Chapter 306 A Serious Person
Regardless of what these disciples of the Blissful Palace might be up to, they were giving away a bunch of things with smiles on their faces, so the couple couldn't very well treat them coldly—at least Zhong Cai couldn't.
So Zhong Cai put all the gifts away.
Before he could even express his gratitude, one of the disciples from the Blissful Palace took the initiative to invite him, saying, "It is fate that we have met you. You two are exceptionally elegant and we admire you greatly. We would like to make your acquaintance, so we have prepared a small feast for you. We would be honored to have you grace us with your presence."
—The reputation of the Palace of Bliss is well-known. Now, they speak in a very proper manner. Although they use the word "admiration," they address each other as "virtuous couple," which is obviously a very serious form of admiration.
Zhong Cai raised an eyebrow.
So, you really just want to make friends?
[Old Wu, what do you think?]
Wu Shaogan held Zhong Cai's hand.
No malicious intent.
Zhong Cai smiled, relieved that there was no malice involved.
Since I've decided to meet them, it means I don't mind associating with them. If they say we should be friends, then so be it. But whether we can truly build a friendship depends on how we get along in the future.
Since the other party is being so hospitable, it's no big deal to have a meal together, just because we're both disciples of a level nine faction.
Zhong Cai then politely replied, "Since you are all so kind, my husband and I will go and have a meal with you."
Upon hearing this, several disciples of the Blissful Palace felt that this fellow was very easygoing—although his Daoist partner did not seem very easygoing, but that didn't matter, since making friends didn't necessarily require matching personalities.
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Now that the auction was over, the group couldn't stay in the private room to chat, so they had to hurry out.
A strikingly handsome man forced a respectable smile and said, "Then please come with us?"
Zhong Cai said, "Please."
Then, the two waiters quickly escorted the group of distinguished guests out.
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Several disciples of the Bliss Palace were very good at enjoying life, so they had prepared an extremely luxurious carriage for them when they arrived. However, they were also quite careful and could tell that the Zhong and Wu couple were not the same kind of people as them. Therefore, the interior of their carriage might make the two of them feel uncomfortable. So, after exchanging glances for a while, they quickly came up with a plan.
One of them painstakingly found a level six carriage that was only slightly more ornate than the ordinary carriage and had been abandoned by this person before, and invited the Zhong and Wu couple to board the carriage together.
Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan didn't pay much attention to the car; they just thought it was quite flashy, but not as flashy as they had imagined.
Then, everyone got into the precious carriage and traveled on their way.
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Along the way, the group quickly exchanged names.
The disciples of the Bliss Palace were named Qian Huang, Xia Piao, Zhan Changle, Li Jingzhi, and Jing Haolin.
Each of them was quite good-looking.
Qian Huang was very charming, and Li Jingzhi, as her name suggests, had a pure appearance, but upon closer inspection, she had a style that was both innocent and alluring.
Both of them are graceful women.
Zhan Changle and Jing Haolin are both the type of rich young masters; the former is more handsome, while the latter is more dashing.
Xia Piao, on the other hand, had some feminine features and was very beautiful.
Everyone maintained a very amicable attitude throughout.
After they announced their names, they all looked at the Zhong-Wu couple with great anticipation.
Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan exchanged a few words and decided not to use pseudonyms—it would be too embarrassing if they were discovered later.
So Zhong Cai smiled and said, "I am Zhong Cai, and this is my Daoist partner, Wu Shaogan."
The disciples of the Blissful Palace did not react much upon hearing this.
Zhong Cai raised an eyebrow.
It seems they haven't looked at the Sky Ranking for the past few months.
So even though they were all martial arts cultivators, they didn't find the name of Old Wu familiar.
That's better.
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In fact, the disciples of the Bliss Palace hadn't looked at the Sky Ranking for a long time, and they had been traveling together for more than half a year.
This period was when they were preparing to return to the Palace of Bliss, and they happened to come across an auction that was perfect for them. That's why they wanted to bid on a few resources that they urgently needed, so that they could go into seclusion and cultivate after returning.
It was precisely because they hadn't seen them for a long time that, after seeing the two of them, they mentioned in their telepathic communication that "the images of some beauties glimpsed on the Sky Ranking are slightly inferior to the two of them in appearance."
Otherwise, if they had seen Wu Shaogan's image, and Wu Shaogan's appearance was already superior to his disguise, how could he be "inferior"?
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Then, several disciples of the Bliss Palace began to find topics to talk about, making sure that their conversation didn't fall into an awkward silence.
Zhong Cai also thought the topics these people had come up with were quite good.
Of course, during this time, the disciples of the Bliss Palace inquired about the factions from which Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan came. They then learned that Zhong Cai came from the Spirit Immortal Sect, while Wu Shaogan came from the War God Hall.
The shady dealings between the Lingxian Sect and the War God Hall are something that almost any disciple who has been in a level nine power for a long time is completely unaware of.
The disciples of the Bliss Palace certainly knew this even better.
After hearing about it, the expressions and actions of the group became noticeably more serious.
Why are they so serious?
The reason is quite simple.
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The Lingxian Sect often produces beauties with outstanding temperament, and the War God Hall also often produces beauties with remarkable figures and bearing.
Anyway, all kinds of beauty are beautiful.
Since the disciples of the Bliss Palace have a penchant for beautiful women, it's natural that they would be interested in the disciples of these two forces. If they were to encounter them, it would be easy for them to flirt with them.
However, since they are all level nine disciples, this kind of provocation is no easier than one from above.
Regardless of status, position, strength, or imposing manner, who is inferior to whom?
The Lingxian Sect, in particular, has many alchemists, who possess a unique and distinctive aura and are often more tolerant of others.
The Temple of War Gods is guarded by many cultivators who are alchemists from the Spirit Immortal Sect...
Therefore, the ending is easy to foresee.
The people in the Bliss Palace are very fickle, while those in the Spirit Immortal Sect and the War God Hall are mostly pure in their feelings.
When the disciples of the Bliss Palace go to provoke the alchemists of the Spirit Immortal Sect, they inevitably anger the alchemists because their attitude displeases them. Before these alchemists can even do anything, the martial arts cultivators of the War God Hall have already become enraged and taken action. Most of the disciples of the Bliss Palace cannot hold out for long and have to run away as soon as possible.
If a disciple of the Bliss Palace tries to provoke a disciple of the War God Temple... if the War God Temple disciple happens to be single, they are likely to get beaten up; if the War God Temple disciple has a crush on someone, then that crush might poison them.
—Everyone here is a respectable person. The alchemists won't kill the disciples of the Bliss Palace by poisoning them, but they will often confiscate their tools for a period of time. Regardless of gender, anyone poisoned by a disciple of the Spirit Immortal Sect will definitely have to abstain from sex for a while.
Over time, when disciples of the Bliss Palace encounter disciples of the Spirit Immortal Sect or the War God Hall, they will carefully consider their actions even if they want to flirt with them, and try their best to be respectable people. In fact, unless they are rare and devoted disciples of the Bliss Palace, they will at most be envious, but few will be so reckless as to actually do it.
If encountering a single person is already like this, imagine if you happened to meet a couple from opposing factions...
Then they really do restrain themselves very much.
After all, there was once a disciple of the Bliss Palace who accidentally flirted with his Daoist partner and was chased by the two for seven days and seven nights. After the extremely promiscuous disciple of the Bliss Palace finally escaped, he did not dare to go out to hunt for women for more than ten years.
The other disciples of the Palace of Bliss: "..."
I'm scared, I'm scared.
In the future, try not to mess around with the disciples of the Spirit Immortal Sect and the War God Hall.
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Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan had only been with their respective factions for a short time and had too much knowledge to learn, so they were unaware of the "entanglement" between the Bliss Palace and their respective backers.
Therefore, Zhong Cai simply felt that as they talked for longer, the attitudes of the disciples of the Bliss Palace became more and more comfortable.
In this way, it will be easier for people to get along.
The encounters along the way were all quite smooth.
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Before long, the car stopped in front of an extremely luxurious inn.
Undoubtedly, several disciples of the Bliss Palace happened to be traveling here and had been staying here for some time.
They said it was true that they prepared a table full of food, but it wasn't specially prepared for the Zhong couple. They had reserved a table before the auction so they could enjoy the meal upon their return.
In order to allow for proper rest and recovery, these foods do not have any special or pleasurable effects; they are simply delicious.
This actually makes it more suitable for Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan.
That's why the disciples of the Bliss Palace weren't at all hesitant when they extended the invitation.
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Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan were soon led into a luxurious private room by several disciples of the Bliss Palace.
The disciples of the Bliss Palace also warmly welcomed them.
During this time, the two naturally ate and chatted at the same time.
The disciples of the Blissful Palace will not allow any topic to come down to earth, nor will they allow any awkward silences.
Naturally, they were still very happy.
Later, Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan exchanged contact information with these disciples of the Bliss Palace.
The disciples of the Bliss Palace were very clever—they very willingly exchanged only the method of remote communication with Wu Shaogan.
This also indicates that they do not intend to take the initiative to contact Zhong Cai.
While making friends is normal, and there's nothing wrong with exchanging contact information between the two sides separately, it's one thing for the disciples of the Bliss Palace to avoid suspicion due to their reputation, and another thing is that they noticed Wu Shaogan's possessiveness was particularly strong between Zhong and Wu.
Several disciples of the Blissful Palace explained that they did this because they considered Zhong and Wu as one, and since Brother Zhong was an alchemist who usually spent a lot of time in seclusion refining pills, it was inconvenient to contact him and they were worried about disturbing him, so they only contacted Brother Wu.
Zhong Cai smiled and thought these people were quite nice.
The aura around Wu Shaogan softened slightly.
Upon seeing this, the disciples of the Blissful Palace exchanged whispers of praise to each other.
【here you go! 】
That's how it should be; it really deepened my friendship with these two brothers.
[Once I get his contact information, I can occasionally reconnect with Brother Wu, and over time we can become friends!]
[By then, if we're still short of Mystic Stones, borrowing them will be very easy!]
【When we contact Brother Wu, we can recommend some ways for him to enjoy himself. They certainly have a deep friendship, but wouldn't it be even better to add a little more spice to their relationship? And afterwards, they should remember our kindness.】
Indeed, judging from their interactions, Brother Wu is clearly superior. His level of understanding is also higher, so naturally, many methods of enjoyment should be passed on to him, allowing him to guide Brother Zhong so that they can fully enjoy pleasure!
We are truly wise!
Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan were unaware that these disciples of the Bliss Palace had exchanged so much information with just a slight movement of their eyes. They were even less surprised that these new friends, with whom they had only just begun to get to know each other, were already so eager to recommend things more suitable for their lovemaking.
Everyone was a disciple of a level nine faction, so they all gave each other face.
The atmosphere also seemed better.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Mr. and Mrs. Zhong bid them farewell.
Now that they had obtained the contact information, the disciples of the Bliss Palace were well aware of the principle of not disturbing the loving couple's time together. Even if they wanted to deepen their friendship, they could not try to stop them at this time, as it would have the opposite effect.
Anyway, now that we have each other's contact information, it will be relatively easier to arrange a meeting in the future...
So after the disciples of the Blissful Palace warmly saw the two off for a while, they let them go.
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Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan held hands and walked through the crowd for a while.
Once the disciples of the Bliss Palace could no longer perceive him, Zhong Cai smiled and said, "These people are quite enthusiastic; I can't see any other purpose in them."
Wu Shaogan said, "Indeed, the only purpose is to make friends."
Zhong Cai was a little puzzled: "They don't even know our rankings on the Sky Ranking, so why do we have to be friends?"
Wu Shaogan pondered for a moment, clearly also somewhat puzzled.
The two of them carefully reviewed the events of the past few days.
Zhong Cai suddenly said, "What's special about us is that we snatched a few items from their auction, right?"
Wu Shaogan nodded, pondered for a moment, and said, "We always manage to win..."
The two thought about it for a while longer.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck them both.
[Old Wu! We won because we paid a hefty price.]
【A-Cai is right.】
[Are the disciples of the Bliss Palace so eager to make friends simply because they think we're both very rich?]
[...That makes a lot of sense.]
As for why the disciples of the Blissful Palace want to make friends with "rich" people, one can deduce some things by considering the general style of behavior of the people in the Blissful Palace.
Zhong Cai's lips twitched slightly.
No way...
[Old Wu, the reason they want to make friends isn't because they're always extravagant spenders, so they want to...]
[Should I make more friends I can borrow money from?]
This is just speculation, and perhaps even a bit... far-fetched?
But after much thought, Zhong Cai had a hunch that these disciples of the Bliss Palace might actually be thinking that way...
Wu Shaogan found it somewhat amusing, but nodded in agreement.
I think there's a considerable possibility.
Zhong Cai was speechless for a moment.
Finally, he waved his hand and said, "Never mind, whatever."
It's not a big deal anyway.
Even if those disciples of the Blissful Palace really wanted to borrow money, they could lend it out later.
The two sides have dealings, even if it's just for the sake of not losing the reputation of the Palace of Bliss—although the reputation was already so-so, at least they weren't considered deadbeats who owed money—these new friends wouldn't be ungrateful.
Besides, it's easy to borrow again if you repay what you borrow!
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Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan didn't take the matter too seriously and quickly found another guide.
Guided by the guide, the couple successfully found a very high-standard training ground.
This place branched out into countless buildings and created numerous training rooms. Coincidentally, it was also under the jurisdiction of Jinshan Pavilion!
As long as you can afford the Mystic Stones, your safety is absolutely guaranteed.
There are cultivation rooms both above ground and underground, but basically, those who want to go into seclusion for a long time will choose the more secluded underground.
Although Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan were not in seclusion, they had secrets and did not want to pay attention to any possible interference from the outside world. So they simply... rented the deepest underground cultivation room.
This is the most expensive one in the underground training room.
Moreover, the time allotted for this cultivation room was originally ten days. To avoid running out of time, Zhong Cai had also deposited a lot of Xuan Stones with the manager, so that payment could be made automatically if the time was exceeded.
That's quite a large sum of money.
The manager was very pleased to see that the two were young and not very accomplished, yet so generous—he had made a great deal.
Naturally, he was happy to take extra care of these two distinguished guests.
In this way, Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan successfully entered the underground.
The door to the deepest training chamber was opened under the protection of multiple arrays. After entering, each layer of defensive arrays was activated, and even more concealed attack methods were deployed within.
In short, such terrifyingly strong defense and attack power have reached the level of level nine!
In other words, even if a cultivator with profound spiritual attainment came, they would not be able to easily break through these defenses and disturb the two people inside.
Even if Tongtian really wanted to cause trouble, the two of them would receive an alarm and, upon quickly regaining their senses, would activate the teleportation array in the cultivation room to send them to a very safe place.
It's very reliable.
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As Zhong Cai walked in, he was very satisfied with the various arrangements of the place; it was indeed worth the high price!
The money was in place, and the service was excellent!
Thus, Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan finally reached the deepest part.
It was at this moment that they finished listening to the steward's explanation and watched him leave—then, they used the array hub in the room to activate all the measures.
All defensive measures were quickly activated, providing tight protection for the entire training room.
In addition, there are soundproofing arrays, isolation arrays, arrays that shield against unusual phenomena...
There's nothing you can't find in the cultivation room, only things you haven't thought of.
Such a defense would require careful planning even if the two were within their respective territories.
There were no elaborate arrangements made in advance—after all, both forces had countless defenses both inside and outside, so there was no need to make such an extremely tight defense in the training room.
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Once the entire training room was completely sealed off, Zhong Cai pulled Wu Shaogan along and found a place to sit down.
Zhong Cai breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "We're safe now."
Wu Shaogan also took out several defensive array plates and set them up.
Zhong Cai watched him busy, resting her chin on her hand, while at the same time recalling the so-called apologies that the disciples of the Bliss Palace had given him.
I'm a little curious.
What will they send?
Zhong Cai has always been a straightforward person; once she has an idea, she will do it. Since she wanted to know, she immediately took out all the apologies.
At this moment, Wu Shaogan finished his work skillfully and quickly, then came to Zhong Cai's side and sat down.
The two leaned against each other.
Zhong Caixian took out a box, opened it, and said, "This seems to have been given by Xia Piao."
Wu Shaogan leaned over and took a look.
Inside the box were three small boxes that looked like they were made of strange wood.
Zhong Cai took out a small box and opened it.
In an instant, a unique fragrance wafted through the air, refreshing and delightful.
At the same time, a vague restlessness arose in Zhong Cai's heart, as if her blood was boiling—
"Smack!"
Zhong Cai immediately closed the box again!
His eyelids twitched, and his mood suddenly became a bit strange, a mix of amusement and exasperation.
Wu Shaogan didn't recognize it and raised an eyebrow, asking, "A-Cai, do you know what this is?"
There was no information on the box at all.
Zhong Cai tried to hold back, but couldn't help saying with a hint of amusement, "As expected of the Palace of Bliss, they can do such a thing."
Wu Shaogan raised his eyebrows even higher and asked, "Could it be related to what the Bliss Palace excels at?"
Zhong Cai has always been frank about this, so she had nothing to hide and said directly, "Isn't that right? The mimosa flower component in this is very obvious; you can smell it as soon as you smell it."
Wu Shaogan couldn't help but laugh.
Zhong Cai deliberately sighed and said, "This thing is used for our dual cultivation..." He paused deliberately and added, "...it's the kind of dual cultivation where we don't circulate our cultivation techniques, and the effect is even better."
Wu Shaogan cleared his throat: "Then we can't let our new friend's good intentions go to waste."
Zhong Cai chuckled again.
Then, Wu Shaogan helped Zhong Cai open the boxes that the other disciples of the Bliss Palace had given them.
Some of the gifts included ointments, while others were small trinkets designed to enhance the experience... Some of them were even unfamiliar at first glance and required some exploration to understand.
Since Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan had plenty of time, they explored each one in turn.
Everything is actually quite good.
And they are indeed... quite useful.
Many items are even sold in multiple portions of the same type, but they come in many different fragrances.
That's...quite thoughtful?
Once Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan got their hands on these things, they couldn't resist trying them out. After playing around for two days, they finally calmed down.
The two quickly cleaned up the mess and then looked at each other.
Zhong Cai scratched his face and said, "Old Wu, let's draw cards first."
Wu Shaogan naturally nodded.
Without hesitation, Zhong Cai took out the ancient city.
The ancient city quickly adapted to the size of the entire training room.
The couple entered the ancient city together and quickly began offering sacrifices to Dan Yun.
All 20 million Dan Yun were invested, and the Golden Flame Pool was used for 20 consecutive ten-pulls!
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