Chapter 157: Tian Ge Yun Que
Juze City is an ancient city with a population exceeding a million, boasting a history of ten thousand years. The city is filled with countless famous sights and historical sites. Many legendary figures who traveled through Bing Zu Marsh once stopped here.
The city has Heaven Earth Spring, as well as Dao Domain.
On the streets, martial cultivators, mind masters, exotic beasts, departed spirits, and demon race members can be seen everywhere. People coming from south and north wear diverse clothing, and the city is extremely inclusive.
Qi Wangshu had already arranged accommodations and meals. After entering the city, the group directly checked into Heaven Pavilion.
In Lingxiao Life Realm, for dining and lodging, romance and scenery, Immortal Forest has the highest style. But Immortal Forest only receives pure immortal body cultivators, extremely secluded and exclusive, prioritizing appearance, talent, and status, as if creating a small immortal realm in the mortal world.
Next is Heaven Pavilion.
Heaven Pavilion has branches in all major cities, famous for its luxury. It gathers beauties from under heaven as maids, assembles the finest ingredients, and has the most skilled chefs cooking delicious food and brewing fine wine. Stepping inside, every pavilion is ingeniously designed, with pavilions scattered elegantly, carved beams and painted rafters, a new scene at every step, every detail revealing unique aesthetics.
Beauty, delicious food, fine wine, beautiful scenery.
Here, spending a thousand silver in one night is commonplace.
The group including Li Weiyi checked into Cloud Palace, one of Heaven Pavilion’s twenty-eight palaces.
Inside the palace, there were over twenty or thirty young maids, dressed in light veils, like immortal palace attendants, each having undergone strict training. Not only proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, their martial way cultivation was also quite impressive.
There were ten eunuch attendants, in green brocade robes, young and handsome.
“Heaven Pavilion and Immortal Forest are actually both opened by the same group, belonging to Thousand Mile Mountain.”
“Thousand Mile Mountain claims to select only one in a thousand superior talents from top to bottom, from management to maids and servants. Even the maids in this pavilion are all one-in-a-thousand beauties.”
Qi Wangshu said this.
He sat at the head of the long white jade dining table, dressed luxuriously, of medium appearance, completely the image of a dandy scion of a great clan, with a charming concubine from his clan on each leg, embracing left and right.
Among the group of young talents present, only Li Weiyi saw through him that he was hiding skill in clumsiness, with cultivation at the fourth stage of Five Seas Realm.
A true dandy scion could never reach such a level at his age.
Qi Wangshu continued: “Thousand Mile Mountain has always pursued the top style, but in reality, they are the number one merchant association in Lingxiao, vulgar to the core. Their industries span all trades, black and white, glamorous and shady, all in business.”
“So everyone, if you want to purchase any resources and treasures, just tell the maid beside you. They will report upward, and Heaven Pavilion will gather them at the fastest speed.”
“In short, as long as you have enough wealth, you can buy anything here.”
Li Weiyi was greatly moved and asked: “Can one buy thousand year elixir?”
The people present were first stunned, then burst into laughter.
The pavilion maids attending at the side, and the skilled performers playing qin and sheng in the distance, all showed charming smiles.
Medicinal herbs of thousand year elixir level have already developed consciousness and can be called demons. They can burrow into the earth and ride the wind, extremely hard to capture.
The value of one such elixir surpasses ten times that of nine-hundred-year precious medicine, with medicinal power having undergone clear metamorphosis, a supreme treasure of the world.
Even one casually would start at ten million silver coins.
Not to mention these young martial cultivators; even those at Dao Seed Realm, few could afford it. To be precise, the old guys at Dao Seed Realm would mostly risk great danger to search for thousand year elixirs in nether realm ruins, immortal fall lands, or ancient heavenly emperor tombs to extend their lives.
The maid attending behind Li Weiyi’s left side, appearing seventeen or eighteen, named Yu Die. She smiled and informed: “As long as the guest can afford the price, thousand year elixirs are available. Ten days ago, an extraordinary big shot exchanged a Hundred Character Scripture magic tool at Heaven Pavilion for one thousand year elixir to heal injuries, causing a sensation in Juze City.”
Qi Wangshu was moved and said: “It shouldn’t be a young generation martial cultivator, right?”
“It was that gentleman on the Jia Zi List! It is said he was pursued and killed by a Longevity Realm giant, fleeing all the way from Li Zhou to Juze City, his body almost beaten to pieces! Thirty Li Snow turned into thirty li blood mist.”
Yu Die was quite regretful and sighed: “Rumors say the gentleman Yao Qian is peerlessly handsome, rare in the world; any woman who sees him would fall for him. Unfortunately, though he passed through Heaven Pavilion in Juze City, we couldn’t catch a glimpse of his unparalleled elegance.”
Li Ling, sitting beside Li Weiyi and wearing a mask, snorted delicately: “Pursued to the point of exchanging a magic tool for healing elixir, what unparalleled elegance is left?”
“To escape from a Longevity Realm giant’s hands, who within Jia Zi can do it?” Yu Die was at Seven Springs cultivation, not to be measured by ordinary maids’ vision.
In Lingxiao, only Longevity Realm existences can be called giants, truly standing at the world’s pinnacle. One thought can summon wind and rain, one person can fight a thousand armies, raising hand or foot to split mountains and uproot cities.
One person can support a million-strong sect or million-strong clan.
In any prefecture, a Longevity Realm giant can stand alone, dominating heaven and earth, admired by millions, the ultimate pursuit of countless genius martial cultivators.
Li Ling said: “Yao Qian still can’t be the leader in the Southern Territory, suppressed dead by that one from Zuo Qiu Gatehouse. Within Jia Zi, many can surpass him.”
Yu Die naturally didn’t dare argue with the guest and smiled without speaking further.
Qi Wangshu’s gaze fell on Li Weiyi and he smiled: “Brother Chi, rumors say your Jiu Li Clan’s Longevity Realm old generation giants number several. I originally didn’t quite believe it. But hearing this news today is truly shocking. A ten-million-year ancient clan lives up to its name, with foundation too profound.”
Li Weiyi’s current identity was Chi Yongsheng, the number two figure of the young generation in Chi Li Tribe.
None of the Zhizhou young talents present doubted it.
First, because the young masters from major powers in Li Zhou had indeed fled en masse, mostly heading to Qiu Prefecture to avoid warfare.
Martial cultivators outside the prefecture, except special personnel like Yin Shisan who specifically collect news and monitor the world for hidden sects, actually have limited knowledge of Li Zhou’s young generation masters. Below Cang Li Tribe, they at most know of existences like Chen Wenwu and Yang Qingxi. Further down, knowing the top ten young masters of Li Zhou’s generation already counts as well-informed.
Second, because Li Weiyi’s female companion Li Ling was a pure immortal body and a great mind master.
This was no small matter!
Would such a heavenly proud daughter travel with mediocrity?
In the eyes of many young talents present, the so-called number two of Chi Li Tribe’s young generation was still climbing high to match a sixteen years old pure immortal body great mind master.
The nine Zhizhou young talents present all had backgrounds from sects or great clans. The weakest cultivation was first realm of Five Seas Realm, but none had a pure immortal body.
Li Weiyi drank a cup of Clear Wind Spring and waved his hand: “What ten-million-year ancient clan? It’s long declined. Brother Qi, don’t praise to kill like this. But our clan’s various tribe leaders and Divine Hall’s nine priests are all top strong practitioners. To count our Jiu Li Clan’s several Longevity Realm with one’s fingers is too underestimating!”
The Zhizhou young talents present were all shocked.
Li Ling secretly glared at Li Weiyi, thinking he was boasting wildly.
How many Longevity Realm the Jiu Li Clan truly had, even she didn’t know. Existences of that level were each a clan’s white jade pillar supporting the sky, with overwhelming combat power, awe-inspiring.
She only knew that Cang Li Tribe’s leader, her fourth uncle Li Songlin, had cultivated in Dao Seed Realm for over twenty years, and every mention of Longevity Realm brought long sighs, saying only upon reaching Dao Seed Realm did he realize he was actually mediocre, deeming himself hopeless in this lifetime.
Li Weiyi continued: “Even if declined, a ten-million-year ancient clan still has masters like clouds, in the Southern Territory second only to Zuo Qiu Gatehouse. Sui Sect, San Chen Palace, Tian Yi Sect, including Coffin Mountain, Li Tribe, are all jumping clowns stirring trouble!”
At this moment, the place where their group was gathered for dining and wine was lakeside and open-air, with broad views.
Looking toward the lake surface, a ring of high pavilions and cloud platforms surrounded it, lights blazing, water and sky reflecting, magnificent.
On the circular jade stone platform built in the lake center, immortal officials invited from Immortal Forest were dancing gracefully, their dance poses exquisitely beautiful and moving, spiritual flowers flying. Though wearing veils, one could still see glimpses of the pure immortal body beauty’s stunning allure.
Just as Li Weiyi’s words fell, from a six-story vermilion pavilion beside Cloud Palace, a cold voice drifted out: “Your Excellency has quite the tone, daring to call the Southern Territory’s top several sect powers jumping clowns. In Li Zhou, how have I never seen a figure like you in Jiu Li Clan?”
The opponent’s voice wasn’t loud, not disturbing the music in Heaven Pavilion’s various palaces, but clearly entered the ears of everyone in Cloud Palace.
Li Ling transmitted via mind power: “It’s Chen Lian, what a coincidence, running into him even in Juze City.”
Chen Lian was the third-ranked expert of San Chen Palace’s young generation. In Mang Mountain Range, he had led two Iron Clothes Army old men to pursue and kill Li Weiyi and Li Ling.
Li Weiyi was greatly surprised, pondering whether Chen Lian was here alone or if a large group of San Chen Palace masters were also here.
Suddenly, a voice entered his ear: “Help me probe a bit, see how many masters from San Chen Palace and Sui Sect have come to Juze City.”
Li Weiyi recognized this voice. Back then in that gorge in Mang Mountain Range, when Zen Sea Observing Mist laid cards on the table, this voice’s owner had appeared above the gorge, kicking down mountain stones.
At that time, he wore high-grade magic tool night-walking clothes and could kill out from Iron Clothes Army’s encirclement, clearly a master among the hidden people.
Li Weiyi gazed toward the various palaces around the lake but couldn’t find the voice’s direction, thinking to himself: “Impressive cultivation, likely one of the top ten guys among the hidden people.”
All the Zhizhou young talents at the table looked at him with strange expressions, smiling meaningfully.
Li Weiyi laughed loudly and looked toward the sixth floor of the high pavilion beside: “So it’s Brother Chen Lian, long time no see. Though you don’t remember this Chi, this Chi has life-and-death friendship with your San Chen Palace’s two supreme person heavenly prodigies, Chen Jingtang and Chen Song.”
Chen Jingtang and Chen Song had both died in Zangxian Town, and the opponent mentioning them at this time was full of provocation.
Chen Lian’s face turned iron blue, he pushed open the window, gazing toward Cloud Palace by the lakeside on his right: “Your Excellency is truly from Jiu Li Clan? This can’t be claimed lightly. Li Zhou’s war is fierce, both sides already in a fight to the death. If you claim to be Jiu Li Clan martial cultivator, be careful you can’t walk out of Juze City alive.”
