Chapter 71 Yaoguan Prosperity (2 in 1 7000 words)
(It’s really hard to divide into chapters.)
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"No."
Li Weiyi refused directly.
If it was Li Songlin, the leader of the Cangli, or a separate invitation from the Cangli, Li Weiyi would not be able to refuse. After all, these two people took good care of him in Jiuli City.
Especially Li Songlin, who not only helped him to fight for the qualification to challenge for the Jiuli Taoist Temple, but also went there in person to intimidate the Changlin Gang, and even did not hesitate to offend the Yang clan in order to protect his safety for a month.
Li Weiyi always kept this favor in his heart.
But what was it to go with Li Ling to meet her parents and the whole family? "Don't leave, my father, my mother, and my brother already know about our relationship!" Li Ling chased after him, unwilling to let him go.
Li Weiyi emphasized, "There is nothing wrong between us! If you continue to spread rumors and tarnish my reputation, or use your family's influence to pressure me, we really won't even be able to be friends anymore."
"I'm not talking nonsense."
Li Ling continued, "A month ago, you were targeted and hunted. When I heard the news, I immediately left Jiuli Taoist Temple and looked for you. My mother felt that I cared too much about you and became suspicious, so she talked to me. I said that you are my best friend and have saved my life many times. That's all I said. I didn't say anything nonsense. I can swear on the Jiuli God."
Li Weiyi responded with silence.
He could imagine what Li Ling's mother was thinking after hearing Li Ling's answer.
Li Ling asked, "Don't I even have the qualifications to care about you? Or, am I not even qualified enough to think of you as my best friend?"
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Yaoguan City has no city walls and is more like a super large market town with a population of hundreds of thousands.
Most of the houses in the city were built with rammed earth and stone, and were quite low and primitive. A few of the manors, restaurants and inns of the big families were a little more imposing, with logs and three or four stories high.
The sudden change in the immortal light that broke out in the Immortal Burial Town was so loud that the entire area was enveloped. Within a month, it shook the entire seven states in the southern border and all kinds of rumors were spread.
It is said that the Zangxian Town is the place where immortals fell in ancient times. When an immortal fell, all things came to life and many treasures were about to come into the world.
It is also said that the underground of Zangxian Town is a corner of the fairyland, which is about to be opened. The thick light column flying out from the ground is the road to the fairyland. Some strong men of the older generation of Lizhou sank to the ground along the light column and saw a scene that did not belong to the human world. But they did not dare to go deeper because they felt the terrifying atmosphere. They took a quick glance and returned to the ground.
True or false, all kinds of rumors were flying around, attracting countless cultivators. Naturally, this small town closest to the Burial Immortal Town became bustling and prosperous in a short period of time.
Restaurants and inns have long been fully booked, and room and vegetable prices have increased several times.
As the owner of this place, the Shouli tribe took the opportunity to sell all kinds of rare resources, including alien coffins, precious medicines, exotic beasts, beast eggs, insect eggs, dense metal ores, and the blood of ancient immortal beasts...
As long as you have money, you can buy many resources and treasures that you can't buy normally in Yaoguan City.
Li Weiyi was quite familiar with Yaoguan City. On his first night in this world, he and Gao Huan stayed in this city. Instead of going to the most prosperous street in the city, they went to the medicinal materials market in the west of the city.
The west of the city is close to the Mengshan Mountain Range. After collecting herbs from the mountains, the herbalists will immediately send the freshest herbs here to set up stalls for sale. The prices are much cheaper than those opened by powerful families and sects.
Of course, the quality of the medicinal materials here is not high...
There were only seven larvae, why would they eat such high-quality medicinal materials? Of course, the most important reason was that Li Weiyi was short of money, and high-grade medicinal materials were ridiculously expensive.
Walking into the West City Medicine Market, the aroma of various medicinal herbs hits your nose. All the stalls are very simple, and some even just spread out a piece of linen or a straw mat and start selling.
The whole market was in chaos, with shouting and arguing about prices everywhere.
Li Ling followed him all the way into the medicine market, and couldn't help but say, "You have to go to the Chamber of Commerce to buy medicinal materials. There's nothing good here. All kinds of people gather in the market, and there are too many people. Even if they find precious medicine, they will sell it to the Chamber of Commerce in secret as soon as possible. Tianyi Chamber of Commerce has a branch in Yaoguan. If you purchase with the identity of the Cangli tribe, you can get a big discount."
"No money." Li Weiyi said.
Li Ling didn't believe it at all: "Where did the Cangli tribe give you the money to buy the house? It's as much as 200,000 silver coins!"
Li Weiyi didn't know how to explain, so he could only respond with silence. He came to a stall with a large variety of medicinal herbs, pointed at a meter-long Cistanche deserticola on the ground, and asked the price: "How much is this one?"
The stall owner saw Li Weiyi in such a miserable state that he didn't want to pay attention to him. But when he saw Li Ling, who was dressed in bright clothes and looked like a fairy behind him, he immediately forced a smile and said, "Little brother, you have a good eye! This is an old herb, weighing 63 jin. It costs 50 silver coins per jin. How many jin do you want to cut?"
It takes ten years for medicine to mature, a hundred years to become a treasure, and a thousand years to become a refinement.
It can be called "medicinal material" only if it is more than ten years old.
The price of medicinal materials is not cheap already, the lowest price starts at five silver coins.
To be called an “old medicine”, it must be at least fifty years old.
If it grows for more than a hundred years, it is called a "precious medicine".
Those that have grown for more than a thousand years almost have consciousness, possess magical powers, and even the ability to change shape. Each one is extremely precious and is called "Millennium Essence Medicine" or "Millennium Demon Medicine."
The reason why Li Weiyi took a fancy to this Cistanche was not because it was so valuable, but because of its large quantity, which was definitely enough for the seven little guys to eat for a long time.
"Fifty silver coins per pound, isn't that too expensive? A little less."
Li Weiyi frowned. The nine-leaf cattail was a precious medicine that was three hundred years old. It was expensive. But it was just an old medicine of medicinal material level, but it was frighteningly expensive.
To buy all of them, it would cost 3,150 silver coins.
All the various coins he had on him now could be exchanged for more than twelve thousand silver coins.
How long will it last for the seven Phoenix-winged Moth Kings? The stall owner's face turned uglier: "It's only fifty silver coins. How expensive is that? It's very difficult for herbalists. Do you know how dangerous the Mengshan Mountains are? Do you know how difficult it is to pick an old herb?"
Li Ling walked to the Cistanche deserticola, plucked off a piece the size of a fingernail with her finger, put it to the tip of her nose and sniffed it. She noticed something and then smiled and said, "Isn't this an old medicine? I think it's only a little over 30 years old."
The stall owner said, "Little girl, you have damaged the appearance of my old medicine, you must compensate me."
"Okay, how much is the compensation?"
Li Ling took out a black metal plate and threw it to the stall owner.
After the stall owner took it, he only took a glance at it, and immediately the sign in his hand became hot, as if he couldn't hold it at all. He hurriedly returned it respectfully and apologized nervously: "So you are the Lord of the Dark Lantern Guide of the Temple. No wonder your eyesight is so sharp. How can the medicinal materials in this world be hidden from you, Lord?"
"Is this your old medicine?"
"No, no..." the stall owner smiled awkwardly.
After Li Ling took back the Dark Lantern Guide's sign, she asked, "What about the price?"
"Thirty silver coins per pound. No, twenty-five silver coins per pound." The stall owner was smiling.
Li Ling glanced at Li Weiyi with pride and said, "Okay! You are a member of the Shouli tribe, right? Let's go to the Shouli tribe's ancestral temple in the city. You can tell the elders in charge of family law and criminal law in person how you deceived my friend, disrupted the market order, and damaged the reputation of the Shouli tribe."
In the medicine market, the age of the medicinal materials is simply called out by the stall owners, and they will cheat as many as they can. If you meet someone who knows the goods, as long as you agree on the price, there will be no disputes.
But who made me offend someone I shouldn’t have offended today?
After all, the Jiuli Temple is responsible for managing the ancestral halls of various ethnic groups and towns.
The stall owner asked, "How about you give me a price, sir?"
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In the end, Li Weiyi spent 630 silver coins to buy the 63-jin Cistanche deserticola.
How could Li Weiyi miss the opportunity to buy medicinal materials at a low price?
So, he picked up six other old medicines from the same stall, and after rounding off the decimals, the total cost was two thousand four hundred silver coins.
Li Weiyi did not feel guilty. After all, if it were not for Li Ling, he would have been cheated out of a lot of money based on his knowledge of medicinal materials. If the stall owner had not cheated first, he would never allow Li Ling to use her power to bully others.
I walked around the medicine market again, and sure enough, I didn't see any precious herbs.
After spending five silver coins to buy a foot-long insect tube, Li Weiyi left the medicine market.
If he had sufficient funds, he would certainly prefer to buy precious medicines to feed the Phoenix-winged Moth King. After all, the more precious the food, the faster they grow.
Didn't he want to feed the seven Phoenix-winged Moth Kings as soon as possible until their combat power reached the level comparable to that of seven Five Sea Realm Realms?
"It seems I still have to sell the magic weapon."
Li Weiyi thought so in his heart while playing with the newly bought insect tube in his hand. It was made of a section of red gold bamboo, extremely hard, with ventilation holes and a strap.
The Phoenix-winged Moth King is an emperor-level rare insect. Even Master Coffin and Master Jar could not recognize it. Senior Lingwei said that even in their era, there were no more than ten insect masters in the entire Lingxiao habitat who could recognize it.
Therefore, she told Li Weiyi not to worry too much about being exposed.
There was no problem keeping the Phoenix Winged Moth King in the blood-mud space on the Buddha's relic, but if they encountered a strong enemy and needed to be released to help, the secret of the space treasure would definitely be exposed.
Li Weiyi suddenly stopped and looked at Li Ling who had been following him: "Aren't you curious why I bought these things?"
"You won't even tell me you're curious. You never appreciate my kindness. You always feel like I want to harm you." Li Ling said.
Li Weiyi thought for a moment and said, "I'll treat you to noodles?"
A look of surprise flashed across Li Ling's eyes.
"You helped me save a lot of money today, I have to thank you."
Li Weiyi brought Li Ling to a roadside noodle shop and sat down at a square table facing the road. "Shopkeeper, two bowls of noodle soup with beef."
Li Ling was wearing a gorgeous dress. Her belt, sleeves and collar were all pure white without a trace of impurities. Combined with her flawless skin of a semi-immortal body and exquisite facial features, she was really out of place with the environment here.
As she sat down in the seat to the right of Li Weiyi, countless pairs of surprised and curious eyes, and naturally some envious eyes, were cast over to her from the stalls and on the street.
Li Ling handed over a silk scarf: "Wipe the dirt off your face. No one dares to touch you in Yaoguan. There are many strong men from the Cangli tribe in the city."
Li Weiyi also didn't know how to deal with his relationship with Li Ling, because he was not a cold-blooded person, but cherished every emotion. Just like Cai Yutong's bowl of fish soup, he would remember it for a lifetime.
After hesitating for a long time, he finally took the silk scarf and wiped it, and asked, "The price of my head in the Five Burial Temple should have increased, right?"
Just now, walking from the medicine market to the noodle stall, a short distance of several hundred meters, Li Weiyi discovered at least three followers, all of whom had hostility and murderous eyes.
There is no way, Yaoguan is too small and Li Ling is too eye-catching.
It would be strange if he wasn't noticed or recognized when walking with Li Ling.
Of course, it was precisely because he was walking with Li Ling that no one had dared to take action until now.
"It has increased several times. Some Five Seas Realm cultivators are looking for you everywhere."
Li Ling continued, "Now you know why I have to take you to see my parents, right? Because you will be safer if you stay with them. When we return to Jiuli City, you can directly enter the Taoist temple to practice, and you don't have to be afraid of the assassins of the Five Burial Temple or the customers outside."
"Oh! Don't we have to fight for a place in the Taoist academy?" Li Weiyi said with a smile.
Li Ling smiled and said, "In that battle a month ago, you killed a whole street and dyed the water of the Sui River red. Who dares to look down on you now? Yao Zhengsheng and Lu Can, two of the top 100 warriors, both died at your hands. There is no obstacle to entering the Taoist temple. Fourth uncle even plans to take you in as his successor."
"A person's reputation is like the shadow of a tree. You are now more or less famous among the younger generation."
"Just a little famous?" Li Weiyi said.
Li Ling said: "If you don't break through the Ninth Spring Ancestral Field, don't have a pure immortal body, and don't enter the Five Seas Realm, how famous do you want to be? My brother has all three, but he's still not famous all over the world."
Two bowls of noodle soup were served, steaming hot and fragrant.
The beef was generous, with more than a dozen slices in each bowl.
Li Weiyi just started eating.
A fat boy of fifteen or sixteen rushed into the stall, panting and sat down at the square table where Li Weiyi and Li Ling were sitting, shouting, "I'm starving! Owner, ten bowls of noodle soup."
The shopkeeper beside the stove was stunned for a moment: "How many people?"
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"Don't you have eyes? Only one person, me." The little fat man slapped the table and said, "Stop talking nonsense. I'll pay you."
Li Ling looked around and didn't see any empty tables, so she didn't want to kick him out.
The little fat boy stared at the bowl of noodles in front of her that she hadn't eaten yet, rubbed his hands, and said with a familiar smile: "I don't think this sister with a pure fairy body who looks like a goddess descending to earth is the kind of person who would eat in a place like this, how about you give me your bowl of noodles first?"
It is difficult to tell the difference between a semi-immortal body and a pure immortal body just by looking at the appearance.
"You have a sweet mouth. You eat first. I'm not hungry." Li Ling said.
“Thank you so much!”
The little fat boy quickly took the bowl over and asked, "My name is Shishi, what are your names?"
Li Ling said: "Cangli tribe, Li Ling."
"Cangli tribe, Xie Tianshu."
Li Weiyi secretly looked at the fat man who suddenly appeared. He could not sense any fluctuations in his mana and telekinesis, nor did he have any dangerous aura. He looked like an ordinary person. But isn't it strange for an ordinary person without any cultivation to appear in the current Yaoguan City?
The little fat man was able to talk while wolfing down his noodles, commenting on the people passing by on the street: "Brother Tianshu, did you see the chariot pulled by the fire lizard? That is the carriage of the young city lord of Li City in Zhizhou. The Li family is very prosperous, and a great man has emerged. In a few decades, I am afraid that they will have the opportunity to become the second million-dollar family in the southern border. This young city lord is only seventeen years old, but he has already passed through the nine springs and five seas. It's a pity that he has the physique of a mortal. If he had a pure immortal body, it would be incredible!"
"Sister Ling, did you see those dozen young men in green martial arts robes? The one leading them is the best of the younger generation of the Sanchen Academy, Chen Wenwu. He is one of the top ten people under the age of 30 in Lizhou... maybe the top five..."
"Xue Zheng, who is ranked fourth in the Seven Springs Hall of Lizhou, is here too! He is not simple either. At the age of less than 25, he has such a strong fighting ability under the Five Seas Realm, which is enough to be on par with the Pure Immortal Body. Once he breaks through the Five Seas Realm, he will be like a swimming fish turning into a dragon."
It was not until then that Li Weiyi and Li Ling finally looked towards the street.
As expected, Xue Zheng, with a long sword on his back, walked closer from afar, his eyes fixed on the noodle stall. In the sunlight, his silver skin looked unusually bright and dazzling.
Xue Zheng was accompanied by two Five Seas Realm experts from the Changlin Gang, Xu Changlin and Tang Yan.
But in terms of demeanor and mental state, the two Five Seas Realm masters were actually weaker.
The pedestrians on the street all sensed the unusual dangerous atmosphere. Except for the martial artists who were confident in their own strength, everyone else retreated far away.
Li Ling knew that the visitor had bad intentions, so she stood up and walked out of the stall. "You guys from the Changlin Gang are getting bolder and bolder. I haven't even tried to find you yet, but you've come to me on your own initiative. You want to kill someone in Yaoguan City, can you get past me?"
Xue Zheng clasped his fists and said, "Fourth Miss, you misunderstood! I came here to express my concern for Brother Li's injuries. If he has recovered, I would like to ask for your advice. After all, everyone now says that Li Weiyi is the best of the younger generation in Yongquan Realm of Lizhou. Xue Zheng has never been defeated, but he is suppressed for no reason. I feel a little uncomfortable."
Xu Changlin said: "Young people should exchange ideas with each other more. They are all top talents in Yongquan Realm. It's fair!"
Li Ling said, "How come I have never heard that he is the best of the younger generation in Yongquan Realm of Lizhou? The best of the younger generation is my brother. How about you from Sui Sect also find someone to challenge him?"
Xue Zheng looked at Li Weiyi and said, "I just want to learn from you. Are you afraid? A man who hides behind a woman is doomed to have no great achievements."
Li Weiyi finished the last mouthful of soup in the bowl and said, "Shopkeeper, check out! I'll pay for his ten bowls of noodles as well."
Li Weiyi had already escaped a murder because he treated others to noodles. He was a little confused about the fat boy in front of him, so he thought it was not a bad thing to make a good relationship with him.
Ten bowls of noodles are not expensive anyway.
Walking out of the stall, Li Weiyi narrowed his eyes and looked at Xue Zheng who was standing with his back to the setting sun, and said, "We just finished eating, it's not suitable for a fierce fight, let's make an appointment another day. Besides, I'm not hiding behind her, she took the initiative to protect me. If you have the ability, you can also find a great mind master to protect you!"
"A beautiful great mind master who looks like a goddess descending to earth." The corrective voice of the little fat man was heard in the stall.
Li Weiyi certainly didn't want to fight with Xue Zheng. If he defeated or killed him, the enemies and killers would re-evaluate his strength, and the pressure he would face would double.
Not fighting will make the enemy look down on you even more.
Xue Zheng looked at Li Weiyi carefully, as if he wanted to get to know him all over again.
The ruthless guy who killed everyone on the banks of the Sui River was not provoked at all.
“Crash!”
An ox cart was approaching slowly.
The green ox pulling the cart was larger than an elephant, with golden pupils, shiny skin, and bronze hooves and horns. It was obvious that it was not an ordinary species.
When you see a green ox, you know who he is.
Everyone present knew that the Cangli leader had arrived, and they all saluted or retreated.
The oxcart stopped beside Li Weiyi and Li Ling, and Li Songlin's voice came from the car: "You two, get in the car!"
Li Weiyi naturally knew that the leader of the Cangli clan was worried that he might be in danger, so he came specially to support him, and he was naturally touched.
After Li Ling got on the car first, Li Weiyi looked at Xue Zheng and Tang Yan on the opposite side and said, "I saw Murong Xiao outside the city earlier!"
After saying this, without caring about the expressions of Xue Zheng and the other two, Li Weiyi climbed onto the ox cart and entered the carriage.
Li Songlin sat in the main seat facing the door, his face was quite cold, and then he said bitterly: "I'm sorry, I thought I could protect you for a month, but in the end others didn't give me face at all. This time, I lost face, and the key is that I can't get it back."
Li Songlin did not mention why he couldn't find it, so Li Weiyi naturally would not be so tactless as to ask.
He said, "I am already very grateful. If it weren't for you protecting me for more than 20 days, I would have no chance of survival that night."
Li Songlin finally smiled: "Has he broken through to the eighth level of Quanfeng Mansion?"
Before this, Li Weiyi told him that he was a cultivator of Kai Qiquan.
Since he survived that night a month ago and defeated hundreds of top warriors in a row, it was obvious that he had achieved a breakthrough in his realm and was able to fight for a chance of survival.
Li Weiyi struggled in his heart, considering whether to lie to Li Songlin. He really didn't want to deceive this respectable elder in front of him, but he finally nodded: "Fortunately, I broke through the realm of Fengfu, otherwise I would have been dead by now."
Li Songlin had guessed this, so he was not surprised. Instead, he smiled and said, "You were right not to agree to Xue Zheng on impulse. I was a little worried that you were too rigid. Too much rigidity can easily break you! The combination of rigidity and flexibility is the true way of swordsmanship."
"Xue Zheng has already reached the Pure Silver Immortal Body. With his martial arts attainments, no one in the entire Lizhou below the Five Seas Realm can match him. Even those Nine Springs warriors hidden by various forces may not be able to defeat him."
"If you had agreed to his request just now, you would have been killed by him with one blow. And no one can avenge you, because you agreed to it yourself. You can't even take a single blow, so you can't blame anyone."
As Li Songlin spoke, he observed Li Weiyi's expression.
A pure immortal body does not only have flawless jade-like skin. Some bodies are made of silver, gold, or colored glaze... There is no difference in physical fitness or combat power.
Li Weiyi didn't look disappointed or lonely at all, because he didn't think he would lose to Xue Zheng, who had transformed from a semi-immortal body to a pure immortal body. He just asked curiously, "Do each force have hidden Nine Springs warriors? So the so-called Seven Springs Hall ranking is just for fun?"
Li Songlin shook his head and said, "The ranking of the Seven Springs Hall is still very important. There are very few young warriors who can open the Nine Springs, and after opening the Nine Springs, they will immediately break through the Five Seas and hide this secret."
"After the Pure Immortal Body opens the Nine Springs, almost everyone in the world will know about it, because geniuses of this level are all wooed by major forces and will be used as signs to promote and build. No one dares to kill them easily. Millions of families and sects call them inheritors."
"But how many people have pure immortal bodies?"
"The number of mortals is thousands and thousands of times greater than that of pure immortals. Even though cultivation is more difficult, there are still some who can open the Nine Springs. But they are almost all unknown and have been deliberately hidden."
"According to my understanding, in the past ten years, there have been six young warriors from the Jiuli tribe who have opened the Nine Springs, and Cangli is only the strongest one. The other five are four mortals and one is a deformed human."
Li Weiyi said: "The population of the Jiuli tribe is more than 10 million, but in ten years, only six people have opened the Nine Springs. The Zutian level is indeed as difficult as ascending to heaven."
"The Cangli tribe is a powerful tribe with millions of people, but in the past thirty years, apart from the Cangli, no one has produced a genius who can open the nine springs."
Li Songlin smiled bitterly and said, "I have told you so much because I want to tell you that you have to attack the Ninth Spring. Only by opening the ancestral field can you have a chance to defeat Xue Zheng and make up for the difference in physique. If you really do it, no matter how high the cultivation level is, everyone will look up to you, and your status in the Jiuli tribe will be very different."
Although Li Songlin is 52 years old this year and calls himself an old man, he looks only about 30 years old and has a lazy and free-spirited vibe.
Li Weiyi said: "I will certainly give it a try, I won't be in a hurry to break through the Five Seas Realm."
Li Songlin nodded in satisfaction and finally got to the point: "Do you know why Xue Zheng was able to transform into a pure immortal body in such a short period of time?"
"Why?"
This question was asked by Li Ling.
Li Songlin said, "It was the leader of the Xue family who picked a strange herb stained with fairy mist near the Burial Immortal Town and gave it to him to take."
The Sui Dynasty was composed of seven families.
The Yang clan is the first and the Xue clan is the last.
"That old man was able to cultivate a pure immortal body, so naturally I want to cultivate a genius who can open the nine springs to suppress him." Li Songlin looked at Li Weiyi with a smile: "Coincidentally, I also picked a strange medicine stained with immortal mist a few days ago."
Li Weiyi was moved. He thought Li Songlin was just trying to encourage him by talking about Jiuquan Zutian. He never thought that he would take out such a rare treasure. Li Ling said coquettishly, "Fourth Uncle, I am still a half-immortal! I have such a rare medicine. Why do you think of outsiders first?"
Li Songlin said: "Although both are stained with Xianxia, the effects of each medicine are different. The one I picked is more suitable for helping warriors open up Fengfu and ancestral fields. Is there anyone in the clan who hopes to open up ancestral fields?"
The reason why Li Songlin decided to give this exotic medicine to Li Weiyi was that, firstly, the combat power Li Weiyi showed in the Baquan realm was strong enough and he was fully qualified to be listed in the top ten of the top 100 warriors, so he had a great chance of successfully attacking Zutian.
Secondly, he heard Cangli tell about what happened in Jiuli City that night a month ago. Li Weiyi was able to lead away many enemies alone for his companions. The courage and character he showed in this desperate situation were so precious that he wanted to take him as his successor.
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