Chapter 720 Encounter

The place was bustling with people.

This was Chen Luo’s first impression of Qingyan City.

Led by the Zhang brothers, Chen Luo easily passed through the gate of Qingyan City.

The streets in the city were full of pedestrians, vendors setting up stalls, jugglers, and people selling monster cubs. It was no different from an ordinary city, the only difference was that the mortals had become immortal cultivators.

From time to time, masters riding on mounts would pass by on the street.

Pedestrians on the street would subconsciously avoid these people when they met them. There were also some people who were dressed in uniform and no one bothered them. According to the Zhang brothers, these people were all powerful and well-connected.

It's not shameful to give way.

Chen Luo followed the two brothers and scanned the situation in the city with his spiritual sense. Most of the cultivators in Qingyan City were in the Foundation Establishment Stage, and there were also many in the Core Formation Stage. He only saw two in the Nascent Soul Stage. As for the Spiritual Transformation Stage, he had not sensed any yet. There were many ancient forbidden areas in this Qingyan City, and he could not see through more than a dozen places.

The scale of this market is very large.

There are many things to buy, so Chen Luo plans to settle down here first.

He needed time to understand the cultivation method here, and then he would be able to investigate the whereabouts of the silent Taoist. The "Tao" of the Qionghua Sect must be taken back, and it is not reasonable to let things that fly into the bowl flow out.

After the three of them crossed the main street, the Zhang brothers said goodbye to Chen Luo.

They are going to hand in their mission.

Only the "nominal disciples" can enter the area. Chen Luo nodded and waited at the door. This was the condition he and the Zhang brothers agreed on. After entering the city, they would protect them for a period of time. In return, the two brothers would serve Chen Luo wholeheartedly and help him solve all matters related to identity, residence and running errands.

“This kind of thing can also be sold for money.”

Chen Luo was playing with a long and thin ID card in his hand.

This is Qingyan City's temporary ID card, one low-grade spirit stone per day. According to the prices here, it is indeed not cheap.

'The thirty-two forbidden methods of reverse time can be cracked using the Yishu method.'

A brain that was proficient in restrictions quickly emerged from the external brain, and it saw through the restrictions in the token at a glance. This kind of cheap identity token used restrictions that were refined in batches, so it was naturally impossible to deceive a restriction master like him.

Chen Luo's spiritual consciousness penetrated into the token, and he clearly saw the thirty-two crisscrossing restrictions inside.

The bottom one of the restrictions had already disappeared, and the second one standing upright was also fading. When all 32 restrictions inside disappeared, this token would be scrapped, and then the formation of Qingyan City would lock him, and then law enforcement disciples would come to expel him.

"Change it for a hundred years first."

Picking up the token, the spiritual power between the index fingers penetrated into it.

He adjusted and rewrote the order of the thirty-two restrictions, and also adjusted the connection with the formation above. When he took his right hand away, the restrictions in the token had turned dark gold. Although there were still thirty-two, there was no sign of disappearing, and the formation above had also cut off the induction of the token.

Formations and restrictions.

He happens to know a little bit about it.

Perhaps the immortal cultivator who made the token in Qingyan City had not expected that the token he casually made would be modified by a big shot like Chen Luo.

"Senior, the mission has been completed. I earned a total of twelve high-quality spirit stones."

Zhang Shi took out the spirit stones and handed them to Chen Luo.

He knew that Chen Luo had no shortage of spirit stones, but he had to show his attitude, which was the experience they had learned in the world of immortal cultivation. If Chen Luo hadn't appeared this time, they would definitely not have been able to complete the task so easily.

As expected, that old immortal Elder Qu accepted the benefit and never showed up from beginning to end.

The appearance of Chen Luo was a great help to the brothers.

That mortal enemy would never dare to take action before investigating Chen Luo's background clearly.

"Let's rent a yard first."

Chen Luo nodded approvingly and asked Zhang Shi to take the spirit stones to help him rent a yard.

The jurisdiction of Qingyan City is very strict. Only native cultivators like the Zhang brothers are eligible to rent a courtyard. This is also to prevent others from sneaking into the city to cause damage. The founder of Qingyan Market had thought of this loophole from the beginning.

"good."

Zhang Shi responded immediately.

The two brothers didn't waste any words and turned around and walked towards the block where they rented the yard. The price of renting a yard was not high, and ten high-quality spirit stones were enough to rent it for half a year.

The three of them crossed the main street and came to the rental area on East Street.

There is a three-story pavilion here.

The furnishings in the pavilion were very simple, with only two bookshelves besides a counter. There was a chair in the middle of the room, and a small fruit plate with a few leftover fruit cores on the table next to it.

An old man with a sallow face was lying on a chair with his eyes closed, dozing off.

Hearing the sound of someone entering the room, the old man stopped rocking his chair and opened his eyes to take a look.

An invisible ripple spread over.

The energy of heaven and earth in the room suppressed them, causing the Zhang brothers at the door to turn pale. Chen Luo stopped and looked at the old man in front of him.

A Jindan monk.

In a place like Qingyan City, Jindan cultivators can definitely be considered strong men. Ninety-nine percent of the foundation-building cultivators in the city will lower their heads obediently when they meet a Jindan cultivator.

"Elder Qu."

The two brothers bowed their heads respectfully.

Is this person Elder Qu?

Chen Luo had heard the Zhang brothers mention this person when he was on the flying boat, but he didn't expect to meet him so soon. This elder Qu's methods were really wild. In addition to the Ancient Sword Sect's mission market, he was also in charge of the house rental in Qingyan City.

"This matter ends here. Huang Xie has already come to see me, and as an elder, I can't be too biased towards you."

The old man closed his eyes again.

He had just checked and found that the helpers recruited by the Zhang brothers were all Jindan cultivators like him.

As long as he is still in the Jindan stage, he is not afraid.

As the "nominal deacon" of Qingyan City, Elder Qu was very confident in his own strength. He didn't dare to say that he could defeat ten casual cultivators of the same realm, but it was no problem to defeat three or five. The skills and accumulation were not at the same level, so there was no need to worry too much.

"clear."

The Zhang brothers nodded immediately. Zhang Chen looked at Chen Luo strangely. In their perception, Chen Luo had just ignored Elder Qu's temptation and was now standing by the wall reading a book.

Elder Qu was not angry at all despite this provocative behavior.

"Then go down."

“We want to rent a yard.”

"Go find Wang An next door. Leave the spirit stone in its old location."

This time, Elder Qu didn't even raise his eyelids and continued to rock the bamboo chair.

"Let's go."

After Chen Luo finished reading the bamboo slips, he said something. The Zhang brothers subconsciously glanced at Elder Qu who was already asleep over there, wondering why he was in such a good temper today.

What they didn't know was that in Elder Qu's perception, Chen Luo had been standing aside with his head down since he entered the room. His submissive look showed that he was an easy-to-tame casual cultivator. It was precisely because of this that he was so easy to talk to and didn't make things difficult for them from beginning to end.

After leaving the house, the Zhang brothers rented a small courtyard on East Street from another foundation-building cultivator named Wang An.

Very cost-effective.

It is considered to be the area with the richest spiritual energy in the East District.

"Thank you very much."

Zhang Shi thanked him.

Wang An said with a smile on his face that it was not necessary, and personally escorted the three of them out the door.

Holding the rented courtyard token, the three of them came to the northernmost courtyard. From the outside, the courtyard was very well decorated, with mountains and water, and an elegant environment.

Squeak

Before Chen Luo entered, the door to the courtyard opposite was suddenly pushed open. A purple-robed monk with a stern face walked out. When the Zhang brothers saw this person, they subconsciously lowered their heads.

Zhang Shi even secretly tugged at the corner of Chen Luo's clothes, wanting him to move aside as well.

The two brothers know this person!

It was the Yuanying ancestor who joined Qingyan City a year ago—Zi Ji Zhenjun! It was said that this person had an erratic personality and a strange temper. Everyone in the city would subconsciously give way when they met him, for fear of angering him and suffering an unexpected disaster.

"Why would a person like Zi Ji Zhen Jun live in the East District?" The two brothers felt extremely regretful. No wonder the guy who rented the courtyard to them was smiling so happily. It turned out that he was waiting for them here.

That guy must be Huang Xie’s man!

Chen Luo stood there without moving, a smile on his face.

He didn't expect to meet an acquaintance so soon. The stern-looking purple-robed man on the opposite side also noticed the three people here and glanced over.

The Zhang brothers' hearts skipped a beat.

Finished!

This is Yuanying Zhenjun!!

"Master!?"

The purple-robed man opposite was also stunned. His eyes widened and his voice trembled.

Three years!

Although there was only a one-day difference, he had actually been in this place for three full years.

No one knows how he spent these three years.

When he first came here, his cultivation was suppressed by the outside world, and he could only exert the strength of the Jindan realm at most. Unlike Chen Luo, Zi Tianji woke up inside a spiritual mine. When he woke up, the two major sects outside were fighting for the ownership of the spiritual mine, and even the Yuanying cultivators were killed.

When he walked out of the spiritual mine, the scene was quiet for a moment.

What followed was a three-year manhunt.

He was unable to use his Return to Void cultivation, and was hunted down by the two Yuanying ancestors of the sects. He was almost kneeling down to kowtow to them, and all the treasured talismans and magic tools in his storage bag were wasted on those two people.

It was not until a year ago that his body gradually adapted to the environment here, and with the knowledge of the Return to Void cultivator, he slowly recovered his cultivation to the Nascent Soul Realm and escaped from the two enemies. After that, he encountered several disasters again. Finally, he had no choice but to take refuge in Qingyan Market under the pseudonym of Ziji Patriarch. With the name of the market owner, a Divine Transformation cultivator, he was able to gain a foothold.

(End of this chapter)