Cultivation World 41: Xiaoxi

The sudden noise attracted the attention of everyone in the market.

Yun Yang and Hua Qingyi looked up in disbelief. This ordinary stall owner was actually a Jindan cultivator?

Ling Xiyuan had no intention of making a big deal out of it, but how could he keep silent when he saw someone snatch away the elixir that Xie Yunsui had worked so hard (?) to refine?

This market was formed by a group of Qigong cultivators who helped each other. The highest level of cultivation inside was at the Foundation Establishment stage. They had all cultivated Qigong for many years to reach the Foundation Establishment stage. They finally managed to go out, and seeing that the prices of things outside were low, they bought them back and sold them in exchange for contribution points.

No one expected that there would be a Jindan cultivator here.

You said that you have reached this level of cultivation. Wouldn't it be better to go out and gain some experience than to sit here every day and earn more?

The top-grade elixir only sells for two hundred, so the profit is not much!

The man who had the audacity to rob the pills was secretly complaining, but he didn't expect to run into an iron wall this time.

This was not the first time Ni Luan had done this.

After finally reaching the foundation-building stage, I discovered that there were so many powerful people outside and it was not easy to survive there. There were also life-and-death crises during training, so it was better to stay in the sect and be safe.

But if he wanted to improve his cultivation, how could he rely solely on hard work? He also needed various elixirs to assist him. He had no family background and was not keen on contributing to the sect, so he came up with this bad idea.

He has reached the foundation-building stage, and no cultivator who practices Qi cultivation can defeat him. Even if they are running away, the spiritual power that a cultivator who practices foundation-building can sustain is greater than that of a cultivator who practices Qi cultivation.

He always snatched things and ran away, and most people didn't even get a glimpse of his face.

To avoid trouble, he concealed his face and used the swiftness talisman. As long as he could escape the pursuit, the robbery would be considered a success.

If the pills are suitable for you, use them yourself. If they are not suitable, sell them and buy the ones you need.

It's simply a business with no capital.

Even if a disciple reported him to the sect's law enforcement hall, he would only have to hide outside for a year or two.

The disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall cannot go out and search for him alone. As long as he can survive the initial search, there will be no need to worry about the future.

He repeated the same trick several times and escaped every time.

But I didn't expect to fail here this time.

When he was shocked by the pressure from the Jindan cultivator, he thought that it was a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall who was deliberately disguised just to lure him out.

Ni Luan immediately begged for mercy: "Brother, please forgive me. I was bewildered and greedy. I will never dare to do it again..."

Many disciples at the market also thought so, thinking that the Law Enforcement Hall had finally taken action.

I didn't care about the stall at the moment and just wanted to eat melon and watch the show.

Yun Yang and Hua Qingyi looked at him carefully and felt that this Jindan cultivator did not have the unique temperament of their sect's disciples.

Ling Xiyuan raised his finger slightly, and the bottle of medicine was wrapped in spiritual power and returned to his hand.

I don't know who he thought he was. Although he was dissatisfied, Ling Xiyuan didn't want to deal with people from their sect on someone else's territory. No matter whether it was right or wrong, it was still an act of usurpation.

A little pressure to deter is a small punishment but a big warning.

Since he couldn't fight anymore, Ling Xiyuan said coldly, "I didn't expect there were such unruly disciples in the Hehuan Sect. I've learned a lot today."

The onlookers suddenly became unstable.

What?

This Jindan senior is not a disciple of their sect?

He actually managed to rob someone from outside the sect. This is such a disgrace to the sect!

Just when someone was about to argue, saying that this person was acting sneakily and his identity was unknown, suddenly another divine consciousness was released, and the next second, a person landed lightly in front of Ling Xiyuan.

The man was dressed in black with silver-white cloud patterns embroidered on him. He had a stern face and held a green jade ruler in his hand, exuding spiritual light.

Yun Yang and Hua Qingyi were the first to recognize the newcomer and saluted, "Senior Brother Jin."

Jin Hanyan is a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall. He is cautious in his words and actions, abides by the strict rules, and keeps strangers away. He does not live like a disciple of the Hehuan Sect, and is very old-fashioned and mature.

Any disciple in the sect who made a mistake had been punished by Senior Brother Jin.

The disciples watching saluted Jin Hanyan one after another.

Jin Hanyan was attracted by the pressure of the golden elixir. He slowly swept his eyes over the crowd, pausing for a moment on Ling Xiyuan, and said:

"What happened?"

Without waiting for Ling Xiyuan to speak, Ni Luan, who was kneeling on the ground, began to defend himself, saying that he accidentally knocked down the elixir of the Jindan senior. When he was about to pick it up and hand it to the senior, he was intimidated by the Jindan pressure and fell to his knees. After he begged for mercy, he was still mocked by the other party.

"It's fine if you look down on me, senior, but you absolutely cannot look down on my Hehuan Sect..."

Some people who didn't know the whole story began to doubt whether they had seen it wrong after hearing his righteous words.

Yun Yang and Hua Qingyi saw it clearly and realized that this person had snatched it from them.

Yun Yang immediately said, "I wanted to check the elixirs sold by this Jindan senior, but this person snatched them from me."

Ni Luan shouted, "Brother, please don't talk nonsense. I was in a hurry and left in a hurry. I accidentally brought it to you when I passed by you. It's your fault that you didn't hold it firmly. You and I are from the same sect. What good will it do you to wrongly accuse me?"

Hua Qingyi cursed loudly, "You beast, you're so good at confusing right and wrong! When you said 'bewildered by evil spirits and greedy', weren't you the one who said it?"

"I was afraid that this Jindan senior would kill me without explanation, so I naturally gave in and took the blame on myself."

Ni Luan started crying and felt very aggrieved, as if she was being bullied by a foreign Jindan senior.

Jin Hanyan was bowing to Ling Xiyuan and said, "Please remove your disguise and tell the truth."

Ling Xiyuan sighed inwardly and took off his mask: "I am Ling Xiyuan from Hengwu Pavilion."

Jin Hanyan knew that he and Xie Yunsui came here to help Yin Hongxue set up the mountain protection formation, and they even made their own identity cards.

Ling Xiyuan recounted what had just happened.

Yun Yang and Hua Qingyi both nodded: "That's it."

After all, Jin Hanyan was not at the scene. In his opinion, it was just that the two sides had different opinions.

He would not minimize the matter just because Ling Xiyuan was an outsider in order to avoid damaging the relationship, nor would he deliberately target him to favor his own disciples.

"The cause and effect of this matter still need to be investigated. Please ask Immortal Ling to go to the Law Enforcement Hall."

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The moon is above the willow branches.

Ling Xiyuan sat in the law enforcement hall of the Hehuan Sect, and a little bit of anxiety spread.

Why are these Law Enforcement Hall disciples so slow? It's been almost a day, and they still haven't figured it out?

He originally thought that the matter could be resolved in less than half a day, so he did not report this trivial matter to Xie Yunsui.

Now it's dark, and Xie Yunsui can't see me coming back. Will he think something has happened to me?

Ni Luan was originally kneeling a little far away from Ling Xiyuan. He had never been to the Law Enforcement Hall, mainly because he had never failed in anything he did before.

Before Ling Xiyuan released the pressure of the Golden Core, he wanted to do business in a low profile. After looking around here, he found that most of the disciples were in the Qi training stage, and the highest was only the foundation building stage. So he suppressed his cultivation level and even put on a mask to avoid looking unfamiliar.

Ni Luan thought that this was another fellow disciple who had caused some emotional debt outside, so he sold his things at a low price in exchange for spirit stones.

After the robbery, leave the sect and hide away. This person will not dare to chase you out.

Who knew I was wrong.

Ni Luan raised his eyebrows and glanced at the Jindan senior.

After removing the mask, I found that this person was handsome and elegant, very charming, and seemed easy to talk to.

Ni Luan quietly moved closer and spoke softly, "Senior, there may be some misunderstandings about what happened today..."

Ling Xiyuan came back to his senses and said calmly, "You know clearly whether there is any misunderstanding or not."

Ni Luan bit her lip and knelt over. "Senior, what happened today is all my fault. I had no choice. When Senior Brother Jin comes back, I will explain the whole thing to him. I still have a lot of spirit stones here, and I am willing to compensate you. Senior, can you forgive me for my apology?"

His voice was soft, and there was a hint of charm in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows as he spoke.

He even had the courage to reach out to Ling Xiyuan's legs.

Ni Luan was not bad looking, with charming features between her eyebrows and eyes, especially when she was kneeling at my feet, looking at me with her little face raised, she looked like a small snack that could be played with at will.

Ling Xiyuan frowned and avoided his touch: "Since we are in the Law Enforcement Hall, let your people handle it impartially."

"Senior, do you think that compensating a few spirit stones is not enough?" Ni Luan's eyes suddenly became watery. "I sincerely admit my mistake. If you are still dissatisfied, I am willing to let you deal with it. I just hope that you are happy."

"Wow, did I come at the wrong time?"

A depressing voice came from the door. A sinister look flashed in Ni Luan's eyes and she turned her head to look.

The man who came was wearing a blue robe with flowing spiritual patterns. He leaned slightly against the pillar in front of the Law Enforcement Hall, looked over with his arms folded, and a smile played on his lips.

Surprisingly, he was handsome and elegant in another way, and Ni Luan was amazed.

Ling Xiyuan's frown finally relaxed. He stood up and took a few steps toward the door. "Why are you here?"

Xie Yunsui smiled and said, "I'm here to take you home."

Ling Xiyuan: "Is the matter clear now?"

"That's easy to say. The Law Enforcement Hall is so rigid. They actually rounded up everyone at the market and questioned them one by one." Xie Yunsui was quite dissatisfied. "Does it mean whoever has the most supporters wins?"

Ling Xiyuan only cares about how to solve it.

Xie Yunsui said, "Just recreate the entire situation."

Ni Luan was still shocked that the two were actually a couple, but when she heard this, she immediately fell to her knees: "How is it possible? Recreating the scene at that time? Did they find someone to demonstrate it? Those people don't know what happened at that time!"

When he asked harshly, Jin Hanyan had already slowly walked up the stairs.

Jin Hanyan looked at him: "What else do you want to say?"

When Ni Luan met the gaze of the disciples from the Law Enforcement Hall, her heart trembled inexplicably.

“I, I was…”

He was still wondering what the so-called "complete replay" meant when he saw a black stone in Jin Hanyan's hand suddenly glow with light, and projected into the air a picture mainly from Ling Xiyuan's perspective of the various situations that took place at the scene at that time, including the moment when Ni Luan snatched the pill bottle, which was seen very clearly.

Ni Luan found the truth before her eyes and could no longer explain it, and she eventually collapsed.

The ruler in Jin Hanyan's hand turned into a whip, and he was about to punish the victim with twenty lashes according to the sect's precepts.

When this jade ruler magical weapon whips a cultivator, the pain is so severe that it can touch the soul. Most cultivators cannot withstand ten whips.

Ling Xiyuan only watched two floggings before he couldn't bear it any longer.

Jin Hanyan said, "Wait a minute. My sect's disciples were at fault in this matter. I wonder what kind of compensation Fellow Immortal Ling would like?"

Ling Xiyuan said: "No need, you should keep it to teach the disciples."

Jin Hanyan pursed his lips and did not respond.