louisehourcade Chapter 111 Troubled Times [1/3 update]
Chapter 111 Troubled Times [1/3 update]
鈥淢iss Su's cultivation is going smoothly. She should already be at the late stage of Qi Refining, right?
If the world weren't so chaotic recently, the elders of the Guangji Sect, who greatly value Miss Su's safety,
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and didn't want her to take risks, that girl would have insisted on returning herself.
Now, I, this old man, have to make this trip.鈥?,"The old man with the surname Su said calmly as he disembarked the boat.
Qian Yuan's pupils constricted slightly upon hearing this.
The Qian Clan Commerce occasionally sells intelligence resources for transactions.
He knew the age of this Miss Su.
Calculating her age, she's just barely over twenty this year, right?
To actually break through to the late stage of Qi Refining so quickly, it seems she has hope of establishing her foundation in this lifetime.
Perhaps she could become the youngest Foundation Establishment cultivator in Nine Blossom County City in the last hundred years.
As the saying goes, when one achieves enlightenment, even their pets ascend to heaven.
It seems that the Su clan of Flying Snow River will truly rise to prominence on the coattails of their descendant.
The Commerce Guild always values harmony for wealth.
Moreover, they were dealing with such a family of exceptionally talented geniuses.
Qian Yuan didn't want to offend them even more.
The smile on his face became even more amiable, his demeanor even more polite, and he no longer pressed for the reason for their long journey.
He directly invited them into the most comfortable upper-class room in the immortal ship.
Along the way,
the eight or nine-year-old child tightly held the hand of the old man with the surname Su.
His lively eyes blinked twice, curiously observing his surroundings.
He took in the inexplicable gazes of everyone around him.
He whispered:
鈥淯ncle, is Elder Sister very powerful?
It seems everyone respects her very much.鈥?,"The wrinkles on the old man's face squeezed together, revealing a benevolent smile.
鈥淥f course, Hongying's talent, even in the entire Nine Blossom County City, is among the best of the younger generation.
And this is the speed of re-cultivating after joining the Guangji Sect and changing her cultivation method.
If she hadn't changed her cultivation method, Hongying might have been even faster.鈥?,"鈥淭hen why did Elder Sister have to change her cultivation method?
Is the Su family's ancestral cultivation method not good?鈥?,"鈥淥f course not, silly child. Although our Su family is not as deeply rooted as those large sects,
we are in no way inferior to the cultivation methods that those sects are willing to impart to their disciples in terms of cultivation resources.
The reason for changing the cultivation method is just to put those large sects at ease.
Think about it, our loose cultivator families are not related to those large sects by blood or kinship.
If they don't have something to control, how would they be willing to impart all their knowledge?
To put it bluntly, the relationship between master and disciple is just another form of transaction, Peng'er. Remember this.
In this cruel world of cultivation, no one or any relationship is truly reliable except for family blood ties.
Cough, Uncle accidentally said too much again.
It doesn't matter if you don't understand now. When you grow up and join a large sect like your sister, you will naturally understand slowly.鈥?,"Su Pengfei blinked his big eyes and nodded as if he understood.
The child still couldn't understand these things.
But Li Lan was deeply touched by what the old man with the surname Su said.
If he didn't have the ability to complete all methods,
he would definitely be tied to the sect like most cultivators,
and it would be impossible to be as carefree as he is now.
Li Lan carefully observed them.
He found that the old and the young seemed to be visiting relatives in Nine Blossom County City,
and there was nothing suspicious or doubtful about them.
In the end, he didn't choose to disembark.
The immortal ship continued its voyage, and nothing else happened in the remaining time.
The group arrived in Nine Blossom County City very smoothly.
Compared to his first visit, Li Lan clearly felt that there were more patrols near Nine Blossom City.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that there was a guard every five steps and a sentry every ten steps.
Everywhere he looked, he could see cultivators in the uniforms of the three major sects patrolling orderly in the air.
The tall city walls also faintly glowed with a faint spiritual light.
It seemed that even the city's protective array had been activated.
Every cultivator had to go through layers of screening before being allowed to enter the city.
Li Lan wasn't surprised by this situation.
On the way, he had already inquired about the situation from the cultivators traveling on the immortal ship.
As expected, the entire Southern County region was in chaos again.
It was rumored that
the cause was that the Lingxiao Sect was specifically targeted in a demon-slaying operation at the Human Emperor Hall,
which greatly damaged their vitality and led to a failure to replenish their outer sect disciples in time.
The major sects and families were eyeing the spiritual veins under the Lingxiao Sect's domain.
In the end,
after several 'accidental injuries' and 'friendly exchanges' between reputable sects,
the Lingxiao Sect, a peripheral force specifically established to manage the spiritual veins, was completely annihilated.
The spiritual veins of the Lingxiao Sect in the Southern County region were also divided up by other families and sects.
What was strange was that
the Lingxiao Sect, one of the three major sects in Nine Blossom County, didn't take any subsequent retaliatory actions despite being bullied to this extent.
The matter didn't end there; instead, it escalated.
The Guangji Temple and the Sanbao Temple, the other two forces backed by large sects, were also impacted to varying degrees.
Those small and medium-sized families who had tasted the sweetness of the Lingxiao Sect didn't restrain themselves at all and joined forces one after another.
They launched accidental 'accidental injuries' and 'friendly exchanges' against the forces with spiritual veins under their domains.
The grudges between these small and medium-sized loose cultivator families and the Guangji Temple, Lingxiao Sect, and other major forces had been brewing for a long time.
Now that they had such a good opportunity, naturally no one was willing to miss it.
Even many ants can kill an elephant, let alone so many loose cultivators united together.
Within a short period of time,
the spiritual vein resources of the entire Southern County region even had the posture of being reshuffled.
But what was most strange was that
the Human Emperor Hall, which had always taken it as its responsibility to maintain the righteous path, turned a blind eye to this chaotic war that could be called a catastrophe,
and had no intention of intervening.
This undoubtedly fueled the arrogance of those loose cultivator families, and the entire Southern County region completely turned into a Shura field with countless corpses and rivers of blood in just half a year.
This was also one of the reasons why the number of rogue cultivators had suddenly increased so much along the way.
Some bold cultivators wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity to profit from the chaos and strengthen themselves.
Compared to the turmoil in the Southern County region,
Nine Blossom City was as peaceful as ever. The flames of war hadn't spread here.
Apart from the fact that there were more cultivators responsible for patrolling, there was nothing unusual.
Therefore, many small sects and loose cultivators who were not strong and didn't want to get involved in the turmoil chose to flee to this city for refuge.
Perhaps because the Qian Clan Commerce was guaranteeing them, Li Lan and his group on the immortal ship didn't encounter any difficulties.
Each cultivator paid five spiritual stones to the Human Emperor Hall as an entry fee,
answered a few simple questions, registered their identity, and were released.
At this time, it was naturally impossible for Li Lan to use his real name.
He casually used the pseudonym Li Jiangchuan to get through the inspection.
Anyway, the Human Emperor Hall didn't really intend to ask anything through the inspection.
Their main purpose was to collect some spiritual stones.
鈥淏rother Jiangchuan, let's part ways here. Let's meet again when we have time in the future.鈥?,"Several loose cultivators who had traveled with Li Lan on the immortal ship came to bid farewell.
The latter made a Taoist salute as a polite reply.
Having nothing to do on the way,
Li Lan learned a lot about the current situation of the cultivation world through them,
making up for the lack of information he had while living in seclusion in the mountains for the past six months.
After a few back and forth, they could be considered acquaintances.
Below the gate of Nine Blossom City.
Li Lan looked up at the tall city wall, slightly lost in thought.
Now that he had safely arrived in this city and completed the first step of his plan.
Next, how should he find a way to earn spiritual stones?
Just as he was thinking about his future plans, a clear and familiar voice rang in his ear.
鈥淯ncle! Pengfei! You've finally arrived.鈥?,"Li Lan looked up and saw a graceful figure riding a flying sword, slowly landing beside him.
This person was Su Hongying, whom he had met once in the Immortal Trace Valley.