Chapter 423 Shoushi City
"So...that's how it is?"
No one had ever told her these things.
Those people would only say that Zhong Zhehao was her fiancé and try to make her believe him.
Even though he kept hurting Ding Xueyan for her sake, the people around her would say that Zhong Zhehao was the son of Master Zhong, and that his family was very wealthy and powerful. She, an orphan, was already climbing the social ladder by marrying him and shouldn't expect anything more.
Those people will also say, "Why would Zhong Zhehao only hurt Ding Xueyan and not Ding Xueyan?"
Let her reflect on whether it's her own problem, whether she didn't do well enough, and whether she failed to win Zhong Zhehao's favor.
Now, someone tells her that it wasn't her fault that those people hurt her and questioned her.
“Of course,” Yu Zhiyi said with a smile.
“A friend once told me that for us humans to be born safely from our mother’s womb is like going through eighty-one tribulations. But the hardest part is not the hardships we have to endure at birth, but competing with hundreds of millions of brothers and sisters for the chance to be born.”
"We have come into this world with great difficulty, so we should live up to our original efforts and not let irrelevant people affect our mood."
"Huh?" Lin Qingxi looked completely bewildered.
Yu Zhiyi refused to say anything more.
After all, Hongluan didn't mean hundreds of millions of brothers and sisters back then, but rather "hundreds of millions of grains of rice".
Lin Qingxi smiled suddenly, a hint of relief in her expression: "Miss Jiang must have a very strong heart."
One cannot speak with such depth without having experienced so much.
Yu Zhiyi did not respond.
The maps of the Hidden Realm come in several different sizes, with the most expensive being the complete map. It not only includes the structure of major cities and the routes to these cities, but also the specific terrain of major dangerous areas, and even marks the habitats of some common monsters and spiritual plants.
Below the full map are maps of different categories, including maps of all hidden cities and maps of all dangerous areas within the hidden realm.
Below that are maps of a single city or a single dangerous place.
It is said that the most expensive complete map reached a terrifying price of one million spirit stones.
The map of the entire city is worth 100,000 spirit stones.
Maps of the entire danger zone also come in different prices, with more detailed maps costing more.
Lin Qingxi and Zhong Zhehao bought a map of the perilous Yunzhi Mountains, and the seller included two routes from Wanyuan City to Zhilan Mountains.
It is worth mentioning that the teleportation array that Zhong Zhihong mentioned is also within the marked area of this map.
Yu Zhiyi originally planned to take the teleportation array, but after obtaining the map, she suddenly had a strong feeling of not wanting to go.
She never goes against her instincts, so she simply changed her strategy.
"Miss Jiang, where shall we go next?"
This is already the edge of the Yunzhi Mountains. We can leave the Yunzhi Mountains after walking for a while longer.
Yu Zhiyi estimated her wealth and felt that the few spirit stones she had were not enough to cover her expenses, so she decided to hunt some demonic beasts first.
As for the pursuit and such.
She had changed her clothes, and with a local from the Hidden Realm by her side as cover, it didn't matter whether the Gao family could guess that she was the one who killed Gao Wenfeng, as long as the Taixu Sect couldn't guess her identity.
The two stayed in the Yunzhi Mountains for another three days, during which they did not encounter any suspicious people.
The only suspicious group flew over their heads without stopping.
In the past three days, they have hunted down five more demonic beasts.
Two second-tier demonic beasts and three first-tier peak demonic beasts.
It wasn't that Yu Zhiyi didn't want to hunt more, but the monsters in the Yunzhi Mountains had already been hunted down to almost nothing. If they wanted to hunt more, they would have to go deeper into the mountains.
The group of cultivators flying overhead were heading deep into the mountains.
Lin Qingxi said that the group of people belonged to the Taixu Sect.
Yu Zhiyi didn't have a penchant for self-disclosure. She estimated that the demon beasts she had could be exchanged for several hundred spirit stones. Even if she gave one-third to Lin Qingxi, she would still have more than three hundred left.
As long as she doesn't spend it recklessly, it should be enough.
After all, she no longer needs to eat or drink.
Yu Zhiyi did not plan to use the teleportation array, and if they walked, Lin Qingxi's speed would become a problem.
"Miss Lin, do you know where I can buy a secret manual?"
Lin Qingxi was taken aback: "A secret manual?"
Cultivation manuals are rare items, usually monopolized by major families and sects.
The occasional secret manuals that do appear are usually found at auction houses.
Of course, some people are lucky enough to enter a place of tradition and receive the inheritance from their predecessors.
These kinds of secret manuals are usually not shown to others.
"So, if I want to buy a secret manual, I can only try my luck at the auction house?"
"If I may ask, what type of martial arts manual are you looking to buy?" Lin Qingxi asked.
She became increasingly certain of her guess.
This Miss Jiang's family is probably not wealthy; she is not from a prominent family.
Otherwise, they wouldn't be so ignorant of such simple common sense.
Yu Zhiyi didn't hide anything: "I want to know how to fly on a sword."
Lin Qingxi nearly tripped over the flat ground: "Flying on a sword?"
After spending the last few days with her, she had discovered that Miss Jiang was quite capable.
However, she only thought that the other party was a Foundation Establishment Realm expert and never considered the possibility that the other party was a Golden Core Realm expert.
Because the other party is too young!
That's too easygoing.
Even in the hidden realm where masters abound, those at the Golden Core stage belong to the elite group.
Those who stand at the top are all somewhat arrogant.
But Miss Jiang was completely devoid of that unpleasant arrogance.
Yu Zhiyi didn't explain anything. After confirming that the path of searching for the secret manual outside was not feasible, she began to prepare to find another way.
As for how to find another path, she has a vague idea, but no concrete plan yet.
Wanyuan City is located in the northwest of the Yunzhi Mountains, which coincides with the direction of the Tianji Sect.
The problem is that the Heavenly Mystery Sect is not on Lin Qingxi's map.
Fortunately, they would pass through a city called Shoushi City along the way. Yu Zhiyi decided to wait until they arrived in Shoushi City, sell the monsters they had hunted, and then buy a new map.
The two encountered several groups of cultivators along the way, but their cultivation levels were not as high as Yu Zhiyi's. Before the cultivators could detect their presence, Yu Zhiyi would conceal herself, so the journey was relatively uneventful.
Two days later, the two arrived at Shoushi City.
Although Shoushi City is just a city, its area is much larger than that of ordinary cities.
The city walls alone are several times larger than those of Shengjing.
Yu Zhiyi was amazed.
What is that?
Above the city gate hung something that looked like a mirror, and Yu Zhiyi felt a sense of unease.
Lin Qingxi said, "This is a Transformation Mirror, a magical artifact used to see through illusion techniques. Large cities usually hang Transformation Mirrors on their city gates to prevent demons or wanted criminals from sneaking into the city."
Yu Zhiyi hesitated inwardly, but did not show it on her face: "Isn't it said that the demon race is cunning and good at changing their appearance? This Transformation Mirror is so powerful that it can see through the demon race's disguise?"
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