Chapter 140: Astonishing Speed
Master Wu Hua looked at the cave halfway up the mountain with excitement in his eyes. Although this was just a small city, seeing the slightly fluctuating spiritual light outside the cave, he said to a formation master beside him, "Junior Brother Liu, I'll leave this formation to you." Junior Brother Liu nodded and drove his flying sword to the front of the cave and began to study the formation. An hour later, he quickly pinched his fingers and lightly tapped a point on the formation. With a "pop" sound, the formation that was flashing with spiritual light, like a broken mirror, instantly turned into specks of light and dissipated in the air. Everyone looked at the formation being broken and walked in.
If Leng Youran was here, she would definitely roll her eyes. The reason she was able to enter the formation at will before was because when Lieyan advanced to the sixth level, he unlocked his innate magical powers that allowed him to see through the formation instantly and enter the formation without destroying it. Leng Youran and Lieyan had a contractual relationship, so Lieyan had taught her the method of entering the formation before.
Master Wu Hua led a group of people into the cave. They were all excited when they saw the traces of mining around them. You know, even if a family discovers a vein, it will take several years to mine it out, even if it is a small vein. They were happily thinking about how much they could get this time.
But they didn't know that Leng Youran had several capable spirit beasts, and his mining speed was astonishingly fast. If it were someone else, even if there were more than a dozen people, it would take half a year to finish the mining.
, The people around him were as happy as children, and they all thought that this was just a small place, but they did not know how to use it, so they looked at the raw stones in a hurry, and they all thought that it was just a small place, and they all thought that it was just a small place, so they looked at the raw stones in a hurry, and they all thought that it was just a small place, so they looked at the raw stones in a hurry, and they all thought that it was just a small place, so they looked at the raw stones in a hurry, and they all thought that it was just a small place, so they looked at the raw stones in a hurry, and they all thought that it was just a small place, so they looked at the raw stones in a hurry, and they
After all the raw stones were taken out, everyone was surprised to find that there was nothing inside, which made them so angry that they started cursing.
Master Wu Hua felt terrible when he saw this result. He had originally thought that he could get a share even if it was a spiritual jade mine, but now it seemed that their trip was in vain. After venting his anger in the cave, he turned around and left.
Master Wu Hua and his men were heading towards Heze. They couldn't bear this loss and wanted to see if there were any cultivators who had come to sell Lingyu recently. They also wanted to stay in Heze for a while. Their mission this time was to find Leng Youran and kill him immediately if they found him. If they couldn't find him, they would lie in wait near the Zhang family, waiting for him to show up. Leng Youran was spotted by Master Wu Hua and his men as soon as they entered Heze. He had been asking around to see if anyone was selling Lingyu in large quantities recently. He was stunned for a moment when he heard the news, then he broke out in a cold sweat. If this had happened half a month earlier, they would have been trapped. He patted his chest in joy.
Leng Youran felt a little disgusted when he saw what Master Wu Hua and his group did.
A few days later, Leng Youran discovered that cultivators from the Tianyu Sect were lingering near the Zhang family. After thinking about it, she realized what they wanted to do. But how did these people know that she had come to Heze? Someone in the sect must have betrayed her. Who was this person? Now that her information has been betrayed, who will be betrayed next time? That day, Leng Youran took out the Wanli Communication Talisman given by her father and passed the news back to her father to investigate who this person was. She also calmed down completely and became an honest shopkeeper. Her business was very good during this period because the talismans he drew were very useful, and the effects of the pills sold from her were also very good.
In fact, all the mid-grade and high-grade elixirs in her hands were exchanged for spiritual medicines from her fellow disciples in the sect. The reason for this was that her father and mother reminded her that the elixirs below the seventh grade that she refined were all top-grade elixirs, so it would be easy to expose her identity. So she listened to her parents and exchanged a lot of elixirs. As for talismans and magic tools, she also asked the senior brothers and sisters she knew to help her exchange a lot of mid-grade and high-grade talismans and magic tools below the sixth grade. Fortunately, she exchanged these in secret, otherwise she would have been exposed by now.
The cultivators who have lived in Heze for a long time all know that there is an inconspicuous shop in Heze called: Exchange. The things in it are very good. Whether it is elixir or talisman, the quality is good. It also sells hemostatic powder and jade cream with good effects. These are not elixirs but the effects are still good. Moreover, the prices of these two things are not high. They are the favorite exchange items of those mercenaries. She has opened a shop in Heze for more than two months. Many people here know her. They all know that he is an eighth-grade talisman master, so generally even Jindan-stage cultivators will not provoke him casually, and he is very honest in doing business. Although he only sold talismans below the sixth grade, these were the highest-grade talismans available in this small town. He would also occasionally bring out some low-grade spirit wine to introduce to his regular customers, which was a factor in driving his shop's booming business. Every time her spirit wine was released, it would be snapped up, so many cultivators liked to come here to exchange it. Mercenaries familiar to her would also ask her for help when they were seriously injured. When she encountered someone in danger during a mission, she would also help, and she would only take her share. How could they not like such a cultivator? In fact, this was all Leng Youran's deliberate act. If he only helped the Zhang family cultivators, it would attract too much attention. This also led to Leng Youran closing her shop for ten days every month. Even so, her business was very prosperous, so she earned a lot of spirit stones during this time.
Time passed slowly and half a year had passed in the blink of an eye. During this half year, Master Wu Hua did not find any trace of Leng Youran. Leng Youran saw them often walking in front of her, and even bought a lot of pills and talismans from her, as well as a lot of mid-grade spirit wine. Of course, Leng Youran also got a lot of spirit stones from them.
Leng Youran's business has been particularly good in the past two months. She learned from the monks who came to buy things that the four families in Heze City will hold a competition in half a month. This is also related to the distribution of their interests in Heze. This is also the prosperous age of Heze. Every twenty years, the four families will hold a competition and let the younger generation of disciples of the families compete. Each competition is open to the public, with a total of five rounds of competition including alchemy, talisman making, weapon refining, formation setting, and spiritual power competition. This time, because they knew that the shopkeeper of the exchange was an eighth-grade talisman master, the heads of the four families came forward at the same time to invite her to be one of the referees of the talisman competition.
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and the competition among several families began. Leng Youran and several high-ranking cultivators from Heze were invited to the square in the city. There was a row of seats on the high platform, and four arenas were set up below the platform. When everyone had appeared in their seats, Wu Xuan, the mayor of Heze, stood on the main seat and pressed down his hands. Suddenly, the whole square became quiet. Wu Xuan began to speak, "The four major families in Heze City hold a family competition every twenty years. This competition has the same rules as in previous years. The first place in the average family can get the best prize outside the city. "I have twenty years of mining rights to the best mineral vein in Heze. Thanks to the favor of the four great families, I will be the chief judge of this competition. The judges we've invited are all renowned cultivators from Heze: Seventh-Rank Alchemist Lu Feng, Seventh-Rank Formation Master Xiao Ze, Top-Rank Instrument Master Zhi Yu, and the owner of the exchange shop, Eighth-Rank Talisman Master Ling Xiao." As soon as these words fell, the crowd erupted in discussion. Those on the podium were all well-known figures in Heze. Even Leng Youran, transformed into Ling Xiao, was very popular. Although he was only a Foundation Establishment cultivator, no one dared to underestimate him. The crowd began to talk for a moment. Wu Xuan pressed his hands down again and announced loudly, "Now I announce the rules of today's spiritual power competition. During the competition, you must stop when you are satisfied, and you are not allowed to hurt anyone's life." As soon as he finished speaking, a Foundation Establishment cultivator began to preside over the competition. Each of the four families sent out five Qi Condensation disciples to compete. In the first match, there were a total of twenty disciples from the four families. The opponents would be decided by drawing lots. The ten winners of the first round would continue to draw lots and continue the competition. The five winners of the second round would continue to draw lots. One person would be given a bye and directly enter the finals. After that, the top three would be ranked in the finals.
Leng Youran had no interest in the competition between these Qi training disciples, but as a referee she still had the responsibility to be a referee and watched them fight carefully. However, she frowned after watching for a while. Why did she feel that the disciples of the other three families were always targeting the disciples of the Zhang family? Because the disciples of the three families generally would not be cruel when they met each other, but as soon as they met the disciples of the Zhang family, they would be rude, either intentionally hurting one or insulting them. Leng Youran frowned at this. The other referees seemed to be accustomed to it, and the heads of the families had different expressions. The head of the Zhang family had a dark face, which showed that he was angry, while the heads of the other three families were smiling.
Leng Youran was sitting right next to the City Lord, so he asked softly, "City Lord Wu, I've heard a lot of things during the time I came to Heze. The Zhao, Liu, and He families are suppressing the Zhang family like this. Aren't they afraid of the cultivators behind the Zhang family?" Wu Xuan was stunned when he heard Leng Youran's words, and the referees sitting on the other side were also stunned. They just heard that the disciple of the Zhang family who entered the sect had disappeared, so they didn't say anything about the other three families suppressing the Zhang family, but what did Fellow Daoist Ling mean by saying this now?
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