Chapter 258: Shock In Prefecture And State
Inferior Root Dao Seed Realm Martial Cultivator refers to a Spring Gushing Realm cultivator who opens Eight Springs, a Five Seas Realm cultivator who opens Six Seas, a Dao Seed Realm Martial Cultivator who sows Dao in Feng Fu.
Foundation belongs to the inferior category.
This kind of Dao Seed Realm Martial Cultivator can never breakthrough to Longevity, and can only serve as retainers and consumables. Their status and combat power in the same realm are all much lower.
As for Spring Gushing Realm cultivators who open Seven Springs, Five Seas Realm cultivators who open Five Seas, they fundamentally cannot reach Dao Seed Realm and are eliminated even earlier.
Thus, many Hidden Persons from Jiu Li Hidden Sect die when impacting the Ninth Spring.
The three boarded the carriage together and headed toward the city.
Zuo Qiu Ting sat in the main seat inside the carriage: “It’s not that you must pretend to be egalitarian with everyone, but there’s no need to create unnecessary contradictions and oppositions due to words.”
Qi Xiao smiled bitterly and nodded: “I will certainly keep it in mind!”
Li Weiyi said: “Brother Qi, did you borrow a Dragon Seed to breakthrough to Dao Seed Realm?”
Qi Xiao knew what he wanted to ask and said in a low voice: “It was that night during the Lantern Festival. The Qi Family Old Ancestor was lucky and seized a Dragon Seed that fell from the sky, making me refine it quickly, fearing prolonged nights would bring many dreams. In the past few days, because of Longevity Pills, Dragon Seeds, and Dragon Bones, battles have erupted every day both inside and outside the city.”
Li Weiyi looked at Zuo Qiu Ting: “I made a big splash at the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival, so there must be people who want to capture or kill me. Traveling with you, the First Successor, should be safe, right?”
Zuo Qiu Ting laughed: “Although the city is now full of unrest, this is Qiu Prefecture City. If you die, can I live? If both of us are killed in the city, this joke will spread throughout Under Heaven.”
Qi Xiao said: “Isn’t there a Dao Seed Realm expert traveling with you?”
Zuo Qiu Ting asked: “May I ask what Brother Qi Dao Seed plans to do next? Directly enter the barracks to hone yourself, or go to the Fourth Heaven for advanced study?”
Qi Xiao said: “I plan to first go to the Fourth Heaven to consolidate realm and select Daoist Arts to study. Once the Daoist Arts are initially mastered, then enter the Secret Realm Division.”
Zuo Qiu Ting was somewhat surprised: “Secret Realm Division? That’s a very dangerous place!”
“Zuo Qiu Gatehouse gives five million silver coins in salary each year to Dao Seed Realm Martial Cultivators, which is indeed quite generous, but if one wants to pursue Longevity, it’s far from enough! Exploring secret realms, though dangerous, has extremely high returns, and there might even be heaven-defying opportunities.” Qi Xiao said.
Zuo Qiu Ting said: “War is coming next! Forces like Tian Ya Ridge, Coffin Mountain, San Chen Palace, and Night City, Zuo Qiu Gatehouse will certainly conquer them. Once the war starts, you Dao Seed Realm cultivators can make money very easily.”
Qi Xiao said: “It’s the same everywhere—risk and reward are proportional. Beneath every Longevity Seeker’s feet are the piled white bones of fellow travelers.”
“Those who dare not fight to the death cannot attain Longevity.”
“To win money, one must first stake money; to fight for life, one must first gamble life.”
……
The carriage exited the city gate of Eastern City’s outer city.
The wilderness outside was already crowded with people, countless young Martial Cultivators coming to “admire” the Transcendent’s elegance.
Li Weiyi had psychological preparation but was still shocked.
The Silver Feather Eagle King’s corpse was simply as huge as a mountain body. Even after falling for seven days, its vitality remained vigorous, its aura awe-inspiring, and its heat astonishing.
Those refugees felt heart-pounding fear from several li away and did not dare approach.
Only a Martial Cultivator’s courage could resist that aura.
“So much flesh and blood, and you, the First Successor of the majestic Zuo Qiu Gatehouse, can only get a few jin?” Li Weiyi said.
Zuo Qiu Ting said: “Do you think killing a Transcendent Demon Race is something that happens every year? How many are there in the entire Lingxiao Life Realm?”
“Today, only a portion will be divided! The rest will be sealed with secret methods to prevent loss of vitality and Transcendent Magic Energy, serving as foundation and resources for the next century, supplied to the entire gatehouse’s disciples.”
“The reason for selling it so grandly at the city gate is to beat the grass to startle the snake, telling those Transcendents who are enemies of Zuo Qiu Gatehouse that death is not the worst outcome.”
Zuo Qiu Ting naturally did not need to buy; he directly went to grab some from the Zuo Qiu Gatehouse Clan Elders using his status as First Successor.
Li Weiyi and Qi Xiao happily waited on the side for free Demon King flesh and blood.
Li Weiyi transmitted with Magic Energy: “Brother Qi, help me with something—help me find out where the Sui Sect people are.”
“That five boxes of Spring Coins?” Qi Xiao said.
“Uh……”
Li Weiyi said: “Just help me find Yang Qingxi!”
The Six Desires Talisman must be resolved as soon as possible.
Qi Xiao immediately patted his chest in guarantee, saying this matter was on him, but his eyes were strange, secretly thinking that Li Weiyi definitely did not dare let the Jiu Li know about this, so he could only borrow an outsider like him to find Yang Qingxi.
There really is an affair!
Zuo Qiu Ting returned and handed the Boundary Bag to Li Weiyi: “You two, two hundred jin each! The rest, leave to me.”
“Thank you, Young Master, how generous. I heard that fresh Transcendent flesh and blood sells for quite a high price.”
Qi Xiao summoned a Magic Tool Saber from Zu Tian, and together with Li Weiyi, they divided the meat.
With his Dao Seed Realm cultivation, he still exerted full effort and barely managed to cut the meat.
“Transcendent flesh probably needs a Magic Tool cauldron and exotic flames to stew until tender.” He laughed.
A Five Seas Realm old man covered in blood rushed into the city gate at top speed, bringing back a piece of news that shook the entire Qiu Prefecture City.
Half a shichen later.
Strong Practitioners in the city successively exited the city, heading north, and the numbers kept increasing.
Zuo Qiu Ting’s carriage, carrying the three, was heading toward a pill shop opened by Zuo Qiu Gatehouse. Hearing the commotion from the streets, Qi Xiao jumped off the carriage and grabbed an acquaintance Five Seas Realm Martial Cultivator to inquire.
“What?”
After listening, Qi Xiao was shocked, then wild with joy.
Returning to the carriage, his heart still pounded, excitedly saying: “Let’s quickly go north—there’s a big situation there.”
“Calm down first! You’re already a Dao Seed Realm strong practitioner, yet you can’t stay composed like this?” Zuo Qiu Ting said.
Qi Xiao said: “I can’t calm down! It’s said that at the border between Qiu Prefecture and Fu Prefecture, due to a Transcendent Magic Battle, a ground crack over a hundred li long was struck out.”
“A group of bold Five Seas Realm Martial Cultivators followed the Transcendent’s battle path, searching for opportunities like Transcendent blood and such remnants.”
“As a result, at the bottom of that terrifying ground crack, they discovered the legendary Underground Immortal Mansion entrance. The entrance is said to be over ten li long, built like a palace, spectacular.”
Zuo Qiu Ting was moved and could not stay calm.
He immediately released Zuo Qiu Qingting to inquire for more accurate news.
Li Weiyi’s curiosity was piqued: “What does Underground Immortal Mansion mean?”
Qi Xiao’s blood boiled ceaselessly as he organized his words: “Legend has it that Fu Prefecture is called Fu Prefecture because there is an Ancient Immortal’s Feng Fu underground, also jokingly called the Underworld, size…… um, as big as a prefecture. Over the years, people have indeed found traces of this Underground Immortal Mansion underground, spanning thousands of li, with rock and metal structures, and also space reactions.”
“But that is an Ancient Immortal’s Feng Fu, which cannot be forcibly broken open.”
“For thousands of years, generation after generation of Dao Seed Realm strong practitioners have searched every inch of Fu Prefecture Underground but have never found the entrance.”
“Who would have thought that a Transcendent Great War would blast out the underground entrance.”
Li Weiyi said: “The Feng Fu that Brother Qi mentioned—is it the inner world we open when cultivating the Eighth Spring?”
“Exactly.”
Qi Xiao continued: “Feng Fu is a living inner world. When just opened in Spring Gushing Realm, it is generally very small. But by Five Seas Realm, Feng Fu becomes our Sixth Sea and can expand to over ten thousand fang.”
“Those Martial Cultivators who do not cultivate the Seventh Sea Zu Tian sow Dao in Feng Fu.”
“By Dao Seed Realm, Feng Fu and Zu Tian can continue to expand.”
“To cultivate Feng Fu to the size of a prefecture for living beings—what else could it be but an Ancient Immortal?”
“More importantly, that Ancient Immortal seems to have been a Feng Fu Sowing Dao practitioner. Many years ago, Transcendents discovered Dao marks in Fu Prefecture Underground.”
Li Weiyi said: “Feng Fu Sowing Dao offers no hope of Longevity. But there were sages who walked this path and proved the Dao to become immortal. If this is true, it will indeed drive many people crazy.”
Zuo Qiu Ting said: “What’s the rush? Opportunities aren’t that easy to obtain. Wait—let them explore first. These Ancient Immortal secret realms are extremely dangerous in the early stages.”
Qi Xiao nodded, already calmed down.
Because he realized that even if the Underground Immortal Mansion entrance really appeared, he still needed to consolidate his realm first and could not go in the short term.
Zuo Qiu Qingting flew back and informed him with Mind Power of the intelligence information currently held by Zuo Qiu Gatehouse.
“Is the news reliable?” Li Weiyi asked.
“Eight or nine out of ten.”
Zuo Qiu Ting’s eyes turned, and he smiled: “You wouldn’t also want to go seek opportunities, would you?”
Li Weiyi shook his head, leaning back against the carriage compartment, lazily saying: “Hidden Lord said I progressed too aggressively in Five Seas Realm. In the next one or two years, I’ll probably be in closed-door cultivation, needing to slowly accumulate and settle—where would I have time to explore such dangerous places? Taoli Mountain has extremely high Magic Energy concentration and is sufficiently safe. If I closed-door cultivate here, you wouldn’t drive me away, right?”
Qi Xiao looked at Zuo Qiu Ting, and the two burst into laughter.
“Just in time, we also need to closed-door cultivate.”
……
Li Weiyi spared no expense and purchased sixty Radiant Flame Pills, and also bought a Body-Fixing Talisman that could fix a Dao Seed Realm Martial Cultivator in place.
A total of ninety thousand Spring Coins spent!
On the way back to the mountain, Zuo Qiu Ting asked puzzledly: “Why did you spend such a high price on a Body-Fixing Talisman? Even if a Dao Seed Realm Martial Cultivator is only slightly on guard, you won’t have a chance to fix him.”
Li Weiyi said: “No choice—you’re all about to breakthrough to Dao Seed Realm, while I still have to linger in Five Seas Realm, so of course I need to find ways to get more life-preserving means.”
Ascending to the Third Heaven, the two parted.
Li Weiyi went to the residence of Jiu Li Hidden Sect Martial Cultivators and tossed dozens of jin of Transcendent flesh and blood to Yin Twenty-Four, telling her to hurry and cook it.
Her culinary skills were not commendable, but Li Weiyi believed that as long as she practiced more, she would definitely improve.
The Hidden Sect needed a culinary master.
“A Clan Elder from Zuo Qiu Gatehouse told me he overheard your conversation with Zuo Qiu Ting—you seem to have feelings for Zuo Qiu Hong Ting?” Hidden Lord suddenly appeared.
Li Weiyi was stunned: “Which Clan Elder from Zuo Qiu Gatehouse is so shameless as to eavesdrop on two juniors’ conversation?”
“Shall we chat?”
Hidden Lord’s eyes were extremely serious.
Li Weiyi nodded—he also had something he wanted to discuss with Hidden Lord.
……
Seeking monthly tickets!
