After the two completed the transaction, Qi Zhiheng obtained the resources he wanted and detailed information about other cities.
Yan Yinyue seemed to be in a hurry to leave. Qi Zhiheng noticed her urgency and said, "Lord Yan, I have some matters to attend to. Perhaps we should part ways here today?"
"Alright! Take a look at these materials first, and I'll discuss the details of the city exchange with you later." Yan Yinyue seemed more sincere now than before.
After watching Qi Zhiheng leave, Yan Yinyue also hurriedly went into the backyard with the pills.
After returning, Qi Zhiheng began to look through the list of cities that Yan Yinyue had given him. It contained more detailed information, which was much better than the rough information he had bought in other cities.
After reviewing the information, Qi Zhiheng marked several cities, all of which were worth trying to conquer.
Yan Yinyue disappeared for two days, then reappeared in front of Qi Zhiheng.
This time, Yan Yinyue was somewhat different from before; she seemed to be in a bright and cheerful mood, which suggested that the other person's injury had been resolved.
The two began to discuss the process.
Just as Qi Zhiheng had thought, to participate in the battle for the city, one needed a city lord as a recommender.
Most people recommend subordinates from their own cities, thus establishing an alliance between the two cities.
It is rare for someone like Chi Qing to be recommended by the lord of another city. After all, if the person recommended by the lord of another city wins, the lord of the losing city will definitely resent the lord who recommended him.
Qi Zhiheng asked, "So, if I go to challenge other cities, won't Lord Yan recommend one to me?"
Yan Yinyue didn't hide anything and nodded directly: "That's right. I'm the only Mahayana cultivator in Yanqing City. If I offend the city lords of other cities, I might be targeted. I can't do so many thankless things."
Qi Zhiheng paused for a moment. Although choosing another city would not get Yan Yinyue's support, with his abilities, even if Yan Yinyue was unwilling to help him, it wouldn't be a problem to exchange pills for challenge slots with other city lords.
However, in his opinion, he gets along quite well with Yan Yinyue now, and if they can continue to cooperate, he won't bother looking for someone whose background he doesn't know.
Moreover, he could tell that Yan Yinyue had some affection for the former city lord of Hou Tu City, and that she spared no effort to spend a lot of resources to seek medicine for him, and that the request was urgent, which at least showed that this person was not a cold-blooded person.
Qi Zhiheng agreed to Yan Yinyue's request after a short while and went to challenge Chi Qing of Houtu City.
If there's anything wrong with Thick Earth City, it's that it doesn't have many resources. After all, the resources were already divided up during the last challenge. It's not easy to recover after ten years, not to mention that the current city lord of Thick Earth City is actually less capable than the original city lord.
After agreeing on the deal, the two then discussed the resource issues for the challenge.
Qi Zhiheng needed sufficient resources as leverage to challenge others, and Yan Yinyue was happy to help by introducing him to city lords of other cities, allowing Qi Zhiheng to trade pills with these city lords.
Who wouldn't want top-grade pills? These city lords were naturally no surprise. Upon hearing Yan Yinyue mention top-grade pills, these city lords eagerly rushed over.
Qi Zhiheng was still hesitant about whether to reveal his identity as an alchemist, but then he felt that he had underestimated his own abilities. If he couldn't even handle a few Mahayana cultivators, how could he talk about establishing himself in the Central Continent?
So he showed himself in front of others without any hesitation.
As an eighth-level alchemist, Qi Zhiheng quickly gained the favor of several city lords, which allowed him to acquire considerable resources. He even obtained many spiritual herbs that he had not found before.
He couldn't wait to plant some rare medicinal herbs he had never seen before.
He actually wanted to plant spiritual herbs in an area where time passed more slowly, but unfortunately, normal spiritual herbs could not survive in this area.
He had some ideas in mind, wanting to separate the spiritual energy in that area into two parts: one half normal, gentle spiritual energy, and the other half violent spiritual energy. In this way, not only could spiritual herbs be planted, but Yang Yitian could also cultivate there.
However, given the current situation, he cannot do it unless the space is filled with spiritual energy again and upgrades. And since he doesn't have any spiritual veins right now, he can't cause any changes in the space.
Just because he didn't have any didn't mean others didn't. Qi Zhiheng expressed his desire to trade some spiritual veins, and when the city lords received this news, they all said they could trade spiritual veins for pills.
Even Yan Yinyue traded quite a few pills. Qi Zhiheng also recommended some pills to Yan Yinyue to help accelerate her recovery, which were perfect for the "beauty" that Yan Yinyue kept hidden away.
Yan Yinyue was in a good mood after receiving these pills, and immediately exchanged them for a month's worth.
Qi Zhiheng couldn't help but admire Yan Yinyue's generosity; she actually had so many resources at her disposal, while the other city lords couldn't even come up with that many resources.
However, when he thought of the original identity of that "Jiao", he felt relieved. Even if she was no longer the city lord, she still had half of the original city's resources, which was more than enough to buy some pills.
In the days that followed, Qi Zhiheng could sense Yan Yinyue's good mood whenever he saw her.
After exchanging for enough resources, Qi Zhiheng used the excuse of going into seclusion to refuse visitors. What he needed to do this time was to transfer all the spiritual veins into his spatial storage. He had exchanged quite a few spiritual veins this time, including one top-grade one.
There is a difference in value between a spiritual vein without spirit stones and one with spirit stones, so the price is not high for Qi Zhiheng. After all, it takes time for a spiritual vein to produce spirit stones. Spiritual veins without spirit stones take longer to accumulate spirit stones and are generally used to increase the concentration of spiritual energy in the air.
After the spiritual veins were channeled into the space, just as Qi Zhiheng had expected, a large patch of thick white mist rose from the space.
Qi Zhiheng sat in the space, letting his power of rules control the entire world. This time, he focused his energy mainly on the spacetime region.
A month later, the anomaly ended, and Qi Zhiheng got the result he wanted. As soon as it was over, he couldn't wait to plant the spiritual herb.
Even the Spirit Devouring Insects changed their planting base to a different battlefield, but the space inside was limited. Qi Zhiheng stopped them before they could plant many. He felt that the space should be used to plant rare spiritual herbs, and planting too many useless ones would be a waste.
The Soul-Devouring Insect King was furious about his stinginess and made a great fuss! Finally, Qi Zhiheng promised to let them plant the spiritual herbs they needed in the future, which appeased the group of Soul-Devouring Insects.
Qi Zhiheng's power of rules was exhausted in this ordeal and will take at least one or two months to recover. However, this is not a big deal, as there is no need to use it as long as he is in Yan Qingcheng.
The inter-city competition was only three months away. Before setting off, Qi Zhiheng let Yang Yitian cultivate in his own space. Previously, they had given up on letting Yang Yitian cultivate in his space because they felt that the violent spiritual energy was consumed too quickly and that Yang Yitian's cultivation required a lot of talismans.
Now it's different. He has created a space where Yang Yitian can freely absorb spiritual energy. If there is a lack of spiritual energy, he can simply add more spiritual veins.
Qi Zhiheng's acquisition of spiritual veins was widely believed to be due to his secret cultivation technique. Qi Zhiheng neither admitted nor denied it, which others interpreted as tacit acceptance.
However, cultivators all have a bottom line. Smart people will not openly pry into other people's privacy. Even if they want to know the method, it is too late to start over now that they have reached the Mahayana stage.
After Qi Zhiheng regained his power of rules, Yan Yinyue came to remind him that they were about to set off.
Normally, they would set off a month in advance. Qi Zhiheng had no objection. He entered the space, found Yang Yitian, and brought him out.
Yang Yitian had already reached the peak of the Integration Stage, just one step away from breaking through. However, considering that his departure was imminent, he suppressed the urge to break through and decided to wait until the city battle was over before attempting it.
The day before his departure, Qi Zhiheng finally saw the "beauty" that Yan Yinyue had hidden away in her golden house.
The man had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, with strong features, giving off a tough and masculine vibe.
His face was somewhat pale, and his figure was rather thin, revealing the weakness of someone recovering from a serious illness. However, standing next to Yan Yinyue, he appeared even more assertive.
It must be said that the two of them look quite well-matched standing together.
Qi Zhiheng stepped forward and greeted him.
Yan Yinyue no longer tried to hide herself as before, and generously introduced, "This is Ning Xiu, and this is Qi Zhiheng, the alchemist." After introducing the two sides, she stood aside.
Ning Xiu nodded slightly to Qi Zhiheng: "Thank you for the pills, Master Qi, which allowed me to recover."
Qi Zhiheng did not take credit: "Fellow Daoist Ning is too kind. The pills were all from a deal between Lord Yan and me. If anyone should thank someone, it should be Lord Yan. I would never dare to steal credit from the Lord."
Although Qi Zhiheng said that, Ning Xiu could not think so: "Although it is a transaction, not everyone has the ability to refine eighth-grade top-quality pills. You don't need to refuse to thank Master Qi for taking the blame."
Qi Zhiheng did not delve further into this issue and quickly changed the subject.
As for why Yan Yinyue, who had been hiding for so long, would finally let him out into the light, Qi Zhiheng guessed that it might be because Ning Xiu's injuries had healed, giving Yan Yinyue a great sense of security, which was why he allowed him to appear in public.
In this way, they feel that it is difficult for someone who is angry to cause them any harm.
Qi Zhiheng said, "If Fellow Daoist Ning doesn't mind, how about I examine your physical condition? It wouldn't be in vain that you thanked me."
Ning Xiu acted very generously and extended his hand.
Qi Zhiheng grabbed his wrist and checked his physical condition.
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