Xi family

Half a Step to Tribulation was already nearing the pinnacle of Cang Xuan cultivators, and her master had been a figure of influence for thousands of years. Every young person today was a descendant of Chang Xia's disciples. But she didn't care much about how others addressed her, so whether others called her Senior Sister or Fellow Daoist, she happily accepted it.

But Xidu is different.

Because his grandfather had already called her senior sister.

And when she and Xidu met for the first time, his grandfather was standing next to her and kept calling her "senior sister". Xidu was not of the same generation as his grandfather, so she had to follow the order of generation and call her "auntie" - auntie in the true sense of the word.

There weren't many people called Aunt Changxia, so she was particularly impressed by Xidu.

Changxia decided not to explain it to her in detail and wait for her grandfather to explain it to her slowly.

Anyway, Xidu has called her "Auntie" for most of his life, so he would definitely not allow his granddaughter to call her "Senior Sister".

So she turned and asked, "What are you waiting for us here, girl?"

Xi Lizhu was still so shocked by Chang Xia's words that her mind was in a state of confusion. She replied subconsciously, "It's Master Ya. The Chamber of Commerce received news half a month ago that Master Ya suddenly bought some clothes and jewelry for little girls in the East Territory with his spirit tickets, which he hadn't used in hundreds of years. There was a man, a woman, and a little girl with them. My grandfather guessed that they were the three disciples of the Sword Immortal, so he asked me to come here to identify them overnight."

Chang Xia was silent. Although spirit tickets were simple and convenient—she didn't have to carry around a lot of spirit stones, and she didn't have to count them when paying—she could pay with a swipe. But this was exactly why she didn't like using them. To some people, most of your whereabouts were practically transparent.

The cultivators have powerful spiritual awareness and can know the number of spirit stones in the storage bag with just a scan. Why bother exposing their whereabouts to others?

On the other hand, the Master, who was very interested in new things and was self-righteous, was encouraging of the spirit tickets.

but……

Xidu is so smart now that he even guessed that they had come to Luhu Chenhun Pavilion.

If you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem that difficult to guess. After all, they are out for fun. Apart from not wanting to be recognized by too many people and cause trouble, they used illusion to cover up their appearance. They didn't do much to conceal their identities along the way.

It is so open and brazen that it is not difficult for anyone to investigate.

The Xi clan is the most prestigious family in the Eastern Territory, aside from the Ji and Jiang clans, and is currently poised to become the ruler of the Eastern Territory. However, the Eastern Territory is governed by multiple aristocratic families, and the intermarriages between them create complex relationships, making it difficult to rise to prominence.

Xi Du's ancestor, Xi Yun, who was from Bie Jingchun's generation, was a close friend of Bie Jingchun's. He had a close personal relationship with Bie Jingchun, but he and Zuo Qin were at odds, often arguing with each other. With the strange mentality that the enemy of my enemy was my friend, Bie Jingchun frequently visited the imperial palace and the Xi clan's territory in the Eastern Territory, visiting them several times, along with Chang Xia and Xie Fengxue.

After all, Xidu's grandfather Xijiang was the one who grew up with the two of them and knew them as equals. But what was interesting was that Xijiang also didn't like Xie Fengxue. Even though he knew that he was the disciple of the Sword Immortal, he never gave him a good look. Changxia attributed this to the Xi family's inherent aversion to fortune-telling masters.

I just wonder if Xi Yun will feel disgusted when she sees her master now. After all, her master is currently half a fortune teller.

When Changxia heard Xi Lizhu say that she was a descendant of the Xi family and her previous rude behavior towards her, her anger subsided a lot - there was nothing she could do. Back then in the Xi family territory, Xi Jiang had treated her so well that she couldn't lose her temper with his descendants now.

This can also be considered a kind of ancestral protection.

She invited Xie Fengxue and Li Bai to sit down and order food.

Xi Lizhu finally woke up as if from a dream: "Senior, this meal is on my table."

Chang Xia didn't say yes or no, she asked: "Are you still going to take the test tomorrow?"

Xi Lizhu frowned and said, "I'm not going."

Chang Xia was just about to say something to comfort her when she heard her say, "I'll be a judge tomorrow."

Changxia: Yeah

Xi Lizhu explained, "Luhu opened up the secret realm, and many of the materials were obtained through the Chamber of Commerce. As you know, the Four Realms Chamber of Commerce is mainly composed of merchants from the East Realm, and the merchants from the East Realm only follow the lead of the aristocratic families. As a token of gratitude, Luhu gave the Chamber of Commerce an honorary elder position, and my grandfather gave it to me before I left."

Changxia: ...

She clenched her hands holding the menu even tighter. She swallowed back the words she was about to say about how an elder could let a younger person treat her. She also decided to order a few more dishes today.

The amount of money in the East Territory was beyond her imagination. After all, the scholars in the academy could not be moved by money. It must be a huge sum of money to move them.

This also explains why when Xi Lizhu slapped the teacher in the face in public, he just refuted him lightly, and even scolded Ji Sheng without directly attacking Xi Lizhu himself.

After all, who would really go against the old man who gives money?

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On the other hand, the three of them decided to take part in tomorrow's test - mainly to accompany Li Bai. They had already tormented the examiner countless times using different identities, and they actually had no interest in this test.

After the meal, Li Bai wanted to go out for a walk. After all, according to the plan, they would return to Cangfeng Mountain after the exams, and it was not known how long it would take for them to come to Lu Lake next time.

Changxia asked Xilizhu if she wanted to go, and the girl in blue shrank her neck and shook her head.

Are you kidding? She just scolded the teacher and broke off her ties with Luhu. Now she walks out in such a brazen manner, isn't she just waiting to be beaten by some extreme Confucian students?

The two major forces in the southern border have taught relatively pure disciples. Some of them are purely concerned about the people and dare to be the first in the world, while some simply believe in the dogmatic ideas in a few words in the book, and will never return according to their own understanding.

Chang Xia was somewhat speechless after learning of her concerns. After all, if she were to be an examiner tomorrow, that would only inflame the Confucian scholars. She estimated that after tomorrow, even if the Luhu disciples wouldn't do anything to her openly, they might secretly...

Unless she leaves after finishing this job, and waits until this generation is almost dead, then she can enter Lu Lake's territory.

Changxia looked at Xi Lizhu, who seemed timid but secretly excited, and thought to himself, maybe she really thought so.

He simply stopped caring about it, took Li Bai with him, called Xie Fengxue, and got on the Sanli San bus and left.

Li Bai spread out the map of Lu Lake's teleportation array on the bird's back.

Although they studied alongside the students of the Dawn and Dusk Pavilion, their roles were different. For example, the students lacked maps that could teleport them to various locations within Luhu Lake, nor could they break the Dawn and Dusk Pavilion's barrier and travel elsewhere. They could only systematically pass assessments, become disciples, and gradually gain access to their privileges.

Changxia and his friends often use maps to sneak into other secret places to play these days.

The map that Master Ya gave to Li Bai naturally had very high permissions, allowing her to visit almost all places in Lu Lake. However, due to various reasons, Xie Fengxue and Chang Xia did not recommend her to visit some secret places. In the past half month, they mostly visited places in Lu Lake that were open to ordinary disciples.

On the last day, Li Bai wanted to go somewhere else.

She pointed to a secret place and said, "Senior Sister, I want to go here."

This is the mining area where the materials for the Luhu-exclusive teleportation array that Xie Fengxue had gritted her teeth for before are located.

She is still obsessed with stealing other people's mines.

Changxia and Xie Fengxue looked at each other.

One of his eyes read: What should I do? If I agree to her, will it spoil the child?

One look said: But it's rare for Li Bai to take the initiative to make a request.

In the end, they played rock-paper-scissors using their spiritual sense, and Xie Fengxue won, so they decided to go.

The mineral is called Chishi, which means that under its power, the ends of the earth will become close at hand.

No one knows how this ore was formed. For tens of thousands of years, it has only been found in this secret place, and Lu Lake has kept it tightly covered.

The sects that don't care about face and want to steal the ore cannot defeat the masters of Lu Lake. The forces that can defeat Lu Lake are generally large and powerful. For them, face has become a very important thing.

Anyway, the old version of the teleportation array is not that difficult to use, so just use it.

Some of the more extravagant ones bought some stones and built a few key passages, but they could never connect every secret realm like Lu Lake.

Because Yunting had previously broken off negotiations with Luhu on price, it did not buy a single piece and became the only large sect without a teleportation array on the map.

However, Luhu did not get any good results. The best formation master in Luhu was said to be the third best in the world, and the gap between Zuo Qin and the third best formation master was ten times that of Xie Fengxue, the second best in the world.

Although full control of the formation was transferred to Luhu upon completion, his meticulously crafted formation resembled a castle built of oddly shaped stones. Its strange balance made it both dangerous and sturdy. While easily understood by others, any modification would cause it to collapse, only diminishing the formation's durability. Therefore, to ensure the proper functioning of their formation, Luhu paid a large fee to Yunting every thirty years to have Zuoqin maintain it.

It is hard to say that Yunting did not make a lot of money from this.

After listening to Xie Fengxue's story, Changxia seemed to understand why the deal between Yunting and Luhu fell through.

She had originally thought that Luhu was being unkind, but she hadn't expected her own sect to be so unkind as well. Based on her understanding of Zuo Qin, this guy was definitely doing it on purpose. Hadn't he seen the formation at the Ziyou City Lord's Mansion? Even Pei Xilai could modify it.

Chishi is considered one of the economic lifelines of Lu Lake, and Hongyuan, where it is located, is always guarded by a master in the Tribulation Crossing stage.

Changxia and Xie Fengxue did not dare to be too presumptuous. Before entering Hongyuan, they took out the talisman paper given by Zuo Qin and pasted three pieces on everyone, regardless of whether they were humans or animals, to hide their aura tightly.

If nothing unexpected happened, the master in the Tribulation Crossing Stage wouldn't have discovered it. After all, they had often used this talisman in the past, stealing wine from Master Fan, who was also a master in the Tribulation Crossing Stage, right under his nose.

It has to be said that for hundreds and thousands of years, Zuo Qin had a hand in all the messes she and Xie Fengxue had done.

Changxia and Xie Fengxue were also visiting the Red River Secret Realm for the first time. They sat on the Sanli Sanbei and looked at the vast sky and earth below.

The other scenery in this secret realm is no different from other places. The only special thing is the river that runs through the entire secret realm.

The river was about twenty feet wide, and the water was not the usual clear water, but a bright red as thick as blood. The rushing water hit the rocks, splashing water, and the surrounding space was distorted with the splashing water. Strange whirlpools formed on the river. In several places where the space was less distorted, someone set up a protective formation, and people wearing Luhu disciples' uniforms were bending over to pan for sand inside.

Changxia and the others looked down from a high place and suddenly felt that the winding river was like human blood flowing.