Chapter 265 Pioneering
Hearing Ji Rong's arrogant and boastful remarks, even the old Tu Li couldn't help but feel a little envious.
But he was, after all, an old cultivator with a lot of experience. He only sighed in his heart at how formidable the younger generation was, and then led Ji Rong into the inner room of Guiyuan to find Long Yan.
Long Yan did not have an easy time in the days after the Golden Mother Goddess closed her palace.
Originally, he intended to leverage the prestige of Guiyuan, occupy the Golden Summit, build up his power, and continue to serve the new god, with the future in mind.
However, the news of the Golden Mother Goddess's seclusion spread like wildfire among the various vassal clans, and now they are all eager to fight for territory in the Kunlun Mountains.
These surviving cultivators from affiliated powerful clans not only refused to submit to Long Yan, but they also considered all the cultivators of Guiyuan as targets to be killed.
This is understandable, considering that these affiliated clans usually treat the Guiyuan cultivators, led by Long Yan, with great respect.
But in private, they already hated the rule of drawing lots to cook to the core. The cultivators of Guiyuan were the enforcers of this rule, so they naturally hated them.
Seeing that a new god had not yet emerged, these members of the affiliated tribe all wanted to kill their enemies and avenge their blood feud in order to vent the resentment that had been building up in their hearts for many years.
Although these cultivators couldn't kill Long Yan, Long Yan's subordinates had become the targets of all cultivators' clamor for killing, and they would be surrounded and killed as soon as they were alone.
In a short period of time, Guiyuan has lost more than a dozen celestial maidens.
So Long Yan simply led the remaining celestial maidens to stay in the Guiyuan Garden and didn't go out much.
They discussed and sought solutions day and night.
Tu Li explained his purpose to the celestial maiden guarding the gate of Guiyuan, and was then led into Guiyuan to Long Yan's residence.
Long Yan was astonished to see the old butcher from the delicacies restaurant bringing a bird cultivator from the Jade Void Palace to see him. He asked, "Old Butcher, have you betrayed the Empress and joined the Jade Void Palace so quickly?"
Upon hearing this, Tu Li immediately glared at Long Yan and shouted, "Where I go is none of your business."
Looking at the old butcher who used to bow his head when he looked at him, Long Yan was now so impolite. He immediately said excitedly, "You don't need to try to persuade me. I'm not leaving."
Tu Li snorted coldly and said, "Don't flatter yourself. I'm not here to tell you to leave."
This is Qing Jizi, the head of the unloading workshop at Jade Void Palace. She's here with treasure to discuss the sale of the few dragon-like cultivators guarding the teleportation array.
Hearing that the bird cultivator had only come to discuss the ownership of the cultivators guarding the teleportation array, Long Yan was slightly disappointed, but he immediately cheered up because the treasure had grown wings and flown over on its own.
Long Yan offered a very high price; Ji Rong practically emptied the coffers Qi San had given her before finally getting Long Yan's approval.
Ji Rong gave him the treasure, and then Long Yan transformed into a golden dragon, spitting out a piece of jade.
On the jade scroll, there were clearly moving marks. Long Yan reached in with his claw, grabbed several marks, and put them into an empty jade tablet.
Immediately afterwards, Long Yan made a hand seal with his claws and swung one claw out, severing the connection between those marks and the jade.
The jade pendant, which had been lost, fell to the ground. Long Yan caught it with one claw and then tossed it toward Ji Rong.
Ji Rong spread her wings and took it. She looked up at Tu Li and said, "Has my plan succeeded? If it has, let's go."
Tu Li nodded, then withdrew his blood aura, revealing his silver body, and carried Ji Rong towards the Jade Void Mountain Range.
As they traveled, Tu Li was puzzled and asked Ji Rong, "Qing Ji Zi, your cultivation is low, so why are you not afraid of me?"
Ji Rong was staring at the surging clouds ahead when she heard this. She immediately rolled her eyes and said, "Why should I be afraid of you? It won't do me any good to be afraid of you."
My senior brothers and sisters are all at a higher level than me, and many of my junior disciples are far stronger than me. If I'm afraid of them all, what's the point of living in Jade Void Palace?
That's true, Tu Li thought. Ever since Ling Xiaozi, the Jade Void Palace has liked to take in cultivators who are ordinary in appearance but extraordinary in their inner qualities.
Ji Rong must have something special about her to attract Qingpingzi to take her on as a disciple on behalf of his master.
Considering all this, Tu Li was no longer surprised by the matter, but instead became concerned about the method Ji Rong had mentioned.
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong's eyes darted around, and she immediately and quietly folded the tree trunk under the bird's body. She then asked, "Elder Tu, my Jade Void Palace certainly has excellent blood techniques, but there has always been one thing I don't understand. You are a true dragon, so why would you become a butcher?"
Tu Li suddenly felt a weight on his back. He paused and turned his head to look at Ji Rong, only to see Ji Rong, who was also looking at him, with her beak open and two rows of interlocking fangs exposed. The bird seemed to be enveloped in golden divine light, which made Tu Li feel warm and reminded him of the distant past.
Their eyes met, and Tu Li was stirred by the seemingly casual conversation. He thought that the Golden Mother was most likely gone, and he sighed deeply.
As he slowly flew forward, he said, "When I was young, it was the time when the Empress slaughtered so many true phoenixes and dragons in the world that not even one-tenth remained."
I am a true silver dragon, and I do not want to go to that dragon pool to become a breeding dragon, so I picked up my knife and hid in the delicacies hall.
At that time in the delicacies restaurant, the maidservant dissected the phoenix, and I dissected the dragon.
While we appear glamorous, we have actually become objects of racial contempt from the moment we enter the restaurant.
Unlike you, Qing Ji Zi, we are not fortunate enough to enter the Jade Void Palace and become Ling Xiao Zi's disciple.
"You're quite extraordinary; most king-level bird cultivators aren't as heavy as you."
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong raised her chin and laughed loudly, then stared at Tu Li and said, "Is Elder Tu's blood technique the same as Senior Shang Nu's?"
Tu Li nodded and said, "That's right, but she's even better at it."
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong weighed the options in his mind and then said, "Elder Tu, if my blood magic cannot move you, I may buy them from your hands as before."
Or perhaps, do you have any wishes?
Normally, Tu Li would have dismissed these words with disdain, but today, he felt a deep connection with Ji Rong and couldn't help but ponder them.
He replied earnestly, "I practice blood magic, so wealth is of little use to me."
"Besides the Dharma, does Senior have anything else he/she seeks?"
Tu Li thought for a moment and said, "I need a place to settle down. If you can get Qingpingzi to support me in opening a Taoist temple on Kunlun Mountain, I can give you those few butchers."
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong's mind raced, and a plan came to mind. She said, "This matter can be discussed, but I cannot make the decision myself. I need to consult with my senior brother, the Palace Master."
Tu Li said in a deep voice, "That's natural."
Upon arriving at the gate of Yuxu Palace, Ji Rong first found her senior brother Qing Guanzi. She briefly explained why Tu Li had come and then asked Qing Guanzi to take Tu Li outside the palace to settle him in.
Then, Ji Rong flapped her wings and flew towards the cloud cliff to tell Qing Pingzi about this wonderful news.
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