"Senior, have you ever been to the God Burial Cave in the Heavenly Spirit Land before?"
"Oh?" Xu Qiuqian raised an eyebrow, "The news spread so quickly?"
The city lord smiled and said, "The series of scenes that the senior caused in the Tianling Land were too sensational. I guess many families and sects know about it now. Other cultivators have also asked me about it in the past few days. After meeting the senior today, I found that his reputation is indeed well-deserved."
Boy, that's a lot of praise...
She didn't believe that the city lord had no ulterior motives.
However, she couldn't ask, so she smiled and said, "Thank you for your praise, City Lord. I wonder how you plan to deal with the Cao family."
"Although the Cao family is just a small family, the Five Elements Sect is behind them. The Five Elements Sect should not be underestimated." At this point, the city lord's face became a little solemn, and then he said: "But don't worry, senior, if there are several major sects behind you, even the Five Elements Sect will not dare to attack you."
"Several major sects? But I don't know them, why should they help me?"
"I was worried at first, but I felt relieved when I learned that you have a divine pet."
Xu Qiuqian narrowed her eyes slightly.
Here it comes.
The city lord did not hide anything and stated his purpose right away.
"What does it have to do with my divine pet?"
"Senior, you may not know that five years ago, when Taoist Master Chengche passed by the Wuxiang Mountains, he noticed that a mountain at the innermost part of the Wuxiang Mountains had a barrier. However, even he could not break the barrier of this mountain. Later, he learned how to break the barrier, but he was still helpless."
Xu Qiuqian's expression didn't change: "What do you mean?"
"If you want to break the formation, you need the blood of five divine beasts with different bloodlines to open it. Now the seniors have found four of them, but the last one has not been found yet."
"You mean, my divine beast is this fifth one?"
The city lord chuckled, "It depends on your wishes. Don't worry, it doesn't take much to activate the blood. Only three drops are enough. Moreover, Taoist Master Chengche said that anyone who provides the divine beast with blood will be an ally of the other four sects. If the alliance requires it in the future, the four sects will do their best to meet it as long as it does not involve the bottom line! As for the Cao family, they will also solve it."
He looked at Xu Qiuqian expectantly.
Xu Qiuqian suddenly understood.
No wonder the city lord is so open about it.
After all, this is a favor from the four major sects. Even a cultivator with a high level of cultivation would probably agree to it. Therefore, there is no need to hide it. On the contrary, saying it directly will make you appear sincere.
She didn't hesitate for long before agreeing.
First, although she was not afraid of the Cao family, it was better to have less trouble than more, and she did not want to make enemies so as not to waste time.
Secondly, as the city lord said, with only three drops of blood, she could get the help of the four major sects, which would be of great benefit to her in opening a shop. With the signboards of several major sects, her shop would be able to quickly gain a foothold and be upgraded to level three soon.
"Okay! In that case, I will report to Master Chengche. Senior, you can go back and prepare first. I will send someone to pick you up in seven days."
Xu Qiuqian responded and immediately left the City Lord's Mansion.
During the whole process, she never asked what was in the mountain. There were just some magic weapons, but these magic weapons had no appeal to her.
"What magic weapon can't be bought in the Void Mall? Don't you agree, system?"
After Xu Qiuqian finished speaking, she remembered that the system had left, and the corners of her lips drooped.
After a moment he sighed.
This system left too quickly.
There was no sign at all, he just left without any warning, leaving her without even being able to react.
Forget it, at least she can still use the Void Mall, so it doesn’t make any difference whether she has the system or not.
Thinking of this, Xu Qiuqian returned to his shop.
I don’t know if it was because the city lord sent people to take action, but the large group of people surrounding the store were gone, with only a few people occasionally coming over to look curiously.
Therefore, Xu Qiuqian did not hide his presence and went straight into the store.
As soon as I entered, I was turned out in an instant, looking confused.
What did she see? Why were there so many spirit beasts in the store?
"Owner."
"Master, you are back!"
“Squeak!”
The siblings Xu Mo and Xu Su, as well as Xi Qiu, rushed over.
Xiqiu was still holding the rabbit in his arms, and when he saw her, he was so excited that he squeaked.
Xu Qiuqian looked at the three people and then moved his gaze inside the store.
“…These spiritual beasts.”
Xu Su coughed awkwardly: "Master, please listen to my explanation."
He simply recounted the incident.
"So, these spirit beasts belong to that store?"
"Yes, they are really pitiful. They are treated cruelly by those monks."
Xu Qiuqian looked over, and the spirit beasts staying in the store suddenly trembled when they noticed Xu Qiuqian's gaze, their eyes full of fear. They kept retreating and huddled together.
It can be seen that these spiritual beasts are very afraid of humans.
The smell of blood came from these spiritual beasts. They looked intact on the outside, but were actually covered with wounds, and each of them was in very poor spirits.
"Master, can you please not chase them away?"
Xu Su spoke hesitantly, and Xu Mo looked at her expectantly. As for Xi Qiu, he still had a smile on his face, as if he would not have any objection no matter what decision Xu Qiuqian made.
However, Xu Qiuqian remained silent.
The two siblings went from hope to disappointment, and the light in Xu Mo's eyes gradually disappeared.
At this time, Xu Qiuqian frowned and said, "My store can't accommodate so many spirit beasts, or I can take them to the Tianling Land, what do you think?"
After all, there are too many spirit beasts. She could have kept a few of them, but with so many, would she still be able to run the grocery store business?
"Okay, then I'll take them to the Heavenly Spirit Land now!"
Xu Su was suddenly extremely happy, and Xu Mo's eyes lit up again.
"Wait a minute." Xu Qiuqian called Xu Su, then came in front of the trembling spirit beasts, waved his sleeves, and the spirit beasts suddenly disappeared.
"Where did they go?" Xu Su was stunned.
A hint of coldness flashed across Xiqiu's eyes.
"Wait for me for a moment."
After saying that, Xu Qiuqian entered the space of the Hunling Jade Pendant.
These spirit beasts were already extremely frightened after being brought into a strange space, and now they were even more terrified when they saw Xu Qiuqian.
Every time Xu Qiuqian took two steps forward, they retreated a large circle.
Seeing this, Xu Qiuqian did not move forward. Instead, he sat cross-legged on the spot and began to practice.
She wanted to try if this would work.
As she began to practice, after a while, the spirit beasts realized that something was wrong.
Their bodies and the wounds on them were actually repairing at a speed visible to the naked eye!
What's going on?
They sensed an aura emanating from Xu Qiuqian that made them feel extremely close. Although they didn't know what it was, they couldn't help but want to get closer.
Some younger spirit beasts that had not suffered much damage could not restrain their desire to get closer and cautiously surrounded Xu Qiuqian.
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