After a month of the Dragon-Phoenix Selection being held, Feng Qingxiu finally managed to make it to the end.

Because he made the sacred stone himself this time, he couldn’t use spiritual stones as energy, so he relied on his own spiritual energy to activate it. After a month of checking and controlling it, plus being the target of extremely pained eyes of those who were unsuccessful. All of that pressure caused him to feel like his body had been hollowed out.

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However, this year, there seem to be more people than in previous years.

A month later, there were still tens of thousands of school-age teenagers wandering outside the flying peak and begging.

Proportionately, at least dozens of teenagers among them would enter Kun-Lai to seek cultivation.

Feng Qingxiu wanted to continue for a few more days, but was stopped by the paper man.

“We must leave a little soup for the minor sects in the Western Continent.” The paper man flew to a point on the apprentice’s forehead and injected a bit of spiritual energy, “If everything is snatched away by Kun-Lai, they are going to cause trouble again.”

“But this seems a bit cruel?” After being injected with a bit of spiritual energy from his master, Feng Qingxiu felt that his spiritual mind was cleared, and the exhaustion and depression seemed to have also gone away.

It was not that his sympathy radius was too large, but that he had experienced the pain of nearly losing the opportunity to go to Kun-Lai and knew what kind of sadness it was.

Nobles had it easier, at least they could go to other smaller sects to try, but it was impossible for commoners. The distance was vast, the bandits were rampant, beasts and creatures infested everywhere, the money was not enough, the need to take care of one’s parents… any of the above could block their path to elevate their station in life.

There was no better way to go further than being selected into Kun-Lai. After being accepted, not to mention the subsidies that Kun-Lai would issue for them, the countries where they were located would also do their best to favor their family, so that they would have no worries.

“Xiao Qing, luck is also a necessary variable, one can’t last for long alone,” the paper man floated in front of him and explained to him, “If you don’t leave some people behind to let the people know that Kun-Lai is not a charitable organization, it won’t even be a hundred years for all nations and peoples to take Kun-Lai for granted.”

It was not that he didn’t know about the Lost Pearl Society and the like, and what it meant to them, but so what?

Once the buyer’s market and the seller’s market were reversed, the troubles would become far more than that.

The human heart was greedy, and before Kun-Lai had the ability to afford more cultivation resources, he would not make this opening casually.

“It’s this apprentice who thinks too much.” Feng Qingxiu thought about it for a while, and understood the reasoning, “Actually, is it possible to open a school in the various countries to share the pressure of Kun-Lai?”

All primary selections were held in Kun-Lai, and if it was divided into lower levels, the selection range would be wider.

“Don’t even think about it.” The paper man smiled lightly, “The rulers of all these countries would not sit back and watch such fat meat without taking a bite of it. The Central Continent did this, but from then on, the number of aristocratic children who entered the major sects were as great as the mountains and seas, and as a result, they had to send someone else out to select among the commoners.”

Speaking of this, the paper man also gave his apprentice a lesson in the four major academies in the Central Continent, and they all had direct recommendations to the major sects.

“I heard about them when I was in my teens. Tuition fees were waived for those with only two spiritual roots and less while mixed roots require 3,000 spiritual stones each year. Kun-Lai had collected statistics and the emergence rate of mixed spiritual roots was one in one hundred and twenty-nine people, and the rate of occurrence of two spiritual roots and less was one in 120,000 people,” the paper man thought of the difficulty he faced trying to get into an academy back then, “and bribes must be paid to the deacons in order for them to be accepted, which even more so cut off the chances of ordinary disciples from commoner backgrounds.”

He was stabbed in the back by his companions more than once just for the meat of beast demons; in order to save a spiritual stone, he had to copy 2,000 talismans; it took more than a year just to buy a low-level book on cultivation, and he was reluctant to spend the money to buy spiritual food which caused his cultivation level to fall back; he wanted to enter a sect, but only heard that he had been eliminated because he had no money for bribes…

This should be his original intention behind holding the Dragon-Phoenix Selection using the Heart-Asking Stone. The Selection was far more fair than if the Selection was carried out by people. Although the disciples selected in the Western Continent regarded the elimination exams in the outer sect as hell, if they truly experienced the suffering of ordinary low-level cultivators in the Central Continent, then it was more than likely that they would immediately cry about wanting to go back to this hell they complained about.

So he never felt that he owed anyone, and in fact he didn’t.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a pain in his heart, and he was a little puzzled. Could it be that he had owed someone over these thousand years?

This was not his style. He always paid back what he owed, and he couldn’t stand being in debt.

“Master?” Seeing the paper man in a daze, Feng Qingxiu asked.

“It’s alright, take a rest, there are still several states left.” The paper man waved his hand.

“Okay.” Feng Qingxiu smiled slightly and pulled open his collar.

The paper man skillfully pasted himself on his apprentice. After all, he was now just a ray of divine consciousness, and could use Xiao Qing’s spiritual energy, which was from the same vein as him, to restore his power, without having to go back to the main body to replenish it.

Speaking of, it would be nice if the main body could charge him wirelessly from tens of thousands of miles away… he must study this when he has the time.

Feng Qingxiu tidied up his clothes, pressed it over the paper man, went to the bed to meditate and recover his energy, and on the way, slapped his own shadow who wanted to touch the paper man back to the ground, and then gave the shadow a cold glare.

Instead, letting the formless sword energy from his fingertips fly out to comfort the shadow.

The paper man was a little confused, Xiao Qing seemed to have less and less respect for the paper man… but acting more like—a programmer who was addicted to collecting figurines of their anime goddesses in his previous life.

Was it an illusion?

***

The flying peak was naturally calm and stable inside, but the outside was completely different.

The people who failed the Selection cried out in all kinds of grief and indignation, and the rumors about cheating and injustice from before were also spread in a prudent manner, as if they had seen it with their own eyes.

People sometimes prefer to believe rumors that were beneficial to them, rather than the truth that was useless to them.

They didn’t dare to offend Kun-Lai in the slightest, so they poured out their anger on the royal and aristocratic families.

Here we must talk about the situation of the states under Kun-Lai.

Apart from the Dragon-Phoenix Selection, Kun-Lai never interfered in the affairs of the mortal governments, so the authority of the states was also extremely high, and because there were Kun-Lai disciples in various townships, although cases of oppression was still inevitable, it did not dare to go too far. So they have long known Kun-Lai’s bottom line for the states—even if the states were involved in great wars, as long as they didn’t slaughter a city of civilians at will, they would not care.

Faced with this kind of thing, they have much experience, so while reassuring and saying what kind of preferential treatment would be given—no taxing this year (the weather had been good for many years, and the granary was full to bursting), while also suppressing discontent martially—the heavy armored soldiers with whips who were like wolves and tigers let loose on the crowds, causing them to run away screaming and crying.

It was just that this year seemed a little strange.

The few who received the whip were literally running directly into the path of the whip, and some even committed suicide in front of the soldiers in rage.

The soldiers killed people!

This stabbed the hornet’s nest, and the people surged forward in anger. The soldiers could not compare in numbers, and became everyone’s venting targets. And for self-defense, the soldiers also had no time to pay attention to the demands of their superiors who only said to use whips. But still a few of them were stabbed to death in the dark.

The conflict instantly became bigger.

Under the deliberate incitation, it quickly spread throughout the city, and the soldiers and commanders were assassinated everywhere. Without a leader, it almost became a huge civil uprising.

Some small-time villains took the opportunity to vandalize and make trouble, commit arson, and for a while, fires burst all over the city, and thick smoke billowed.

“These people were killed with a premeditated plan.”

This commotion naturally alarmed the Kun-Lai disciples stationed in the capital, but the other party was well prepared and they only managed to find a few small fish.

If the other party didn’t use cultivators, they couldn’t use the residual spiritual energy in the air to distinguish the opponent’s actions.

But the chaos still had to be calmed first.

The master of the flying peak immediately cast the rain-calling technique, but the rain-calling technique depended on the gathering of surrounding water vapor. Recently, the autumn weather was quite dry, and the water vapor was inevitably insufficient.

The rain was not very heavy.

Ji Yunlai was dissatisfied, and raised a paper hand to add a trace of his own into the other’s spiritual consciousness.

His path of cultivation was originally very close to the true essence of seals, and it was the favorite target of heavenly tribulations. After joining in, the sky changed drastically in an instant.

Boom!

The sky was covered with dark clouds in an instant, golden snakes of lightning danced wildly, and in less than a moment, heavy rain poured down.

The momentum was so great that the flying peak master himself was shocked.

Under the torrential rain that one could barely see through, the people who wanted to make trouble also shrank back and sought shelter from the rain to keep warm.

Getting a serious illness was no joke. Even if some of the medicinal residues from Kun-Lai could cure most diseases, the price was not affordable for ordinary people.

And the people who were still making trouble at this time, it was obvious at a glance whether they were spies or truly angry civilians.

A little over a hundred of them were easily found, and they were all taken away.

They also quickly spilled the truth in front of the professional interrogators sent by the Great Xiao State to inquire.

They were all members of the Lost Pearl Society.

And the purpose of their evil actions was to draw their attention away.

So what were they trying to do?

This was what everyone wanted to find out the most.

But there was no need to ask, because at this moment, they heard the rumbling sound of a great flood of water.

 ***

“The underground waterway of the Great Xiao State capital has long been dug through by us.” Behind the bead curtain, the person playing the guqin said mildly, “The water had been stored for a long time, and there are double walls blocking inside and outside the city. If the waterway valve was removed in the rainstorm, the water level difference could be added, and the water could rush forth and flood the capital.”

“This is not something ordinary mortals can do.” A voice outside the curtain said flatly.

“Yes, we naturally had help,” said the person playing the guqin calmly. “They call themselves people from the Central Continent, and the one who could open the valve is also the Teacher of the State of Great Xiao sent by Kun-Lai.”

“It was your plan to attract heavy rain?” asked the person outside the curtain.

“Kun-Lai’s cultivators can call forth wind and rain, it is a common thing, and must be included in the calculations.” The person behind the curtain replied. “Although it’s a mortal’s plan, I wonder if it could still make you Kun-Lai cultivators see my belief and determination?”

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“Your belief and determination are firm, being able to go this far as an ordinary mortal.” The voice of the person outside the curtain was also very mild, “Indeed, there really is cause for a whole new level of respect.”

“It’s my honor, I wonder what is the name of this cultivator?” The guqin player asked casually.

The person outside the curtain replied simply, “Ji Yunlai.”

The sound of the guqin stopped abruptly.

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The time bomb that would have sparked a huge disaster was silently quelled.

It was not that no one wanted to condemn the destruction of the sacred stone, but in the face of the future of their descendants, other things must be put aside.

The news of Kun-Lai opening their flying peak to accept disciples had already spread in the capital of Great Xiao State within less than an hour.

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The flying peak!

That’s a flying peak!

There was no one who would not bow their heads and worship such a huge celestial construction.

Even a lot of children’s games involved crafting their own flying peak using whatever was on hand and seeing who could craft more beautifully.

But none of them thought that one day, they would have the opportunity to set foot on a flying peak.

In their eyes, this flying behemoth was far more magical than the sacred stone.

So soon, the flying peak was surrounded by crowds.

Because the flying peak was still a few miles away from the capital, and there were no people around, Feng Qingxiu made the decision and opened some wards on the flying peak.

As soon as the Sunflame Ward opened, the surrounding temperature rose, as if it were now in summer and there was just a gentle breeze, so people didn’t have to worry about catching a cold.

And in order to not force the people to go hungry, they also gave each person a grain of rice.

Although it was only the most common Crystal Rice with the lowest price, one grain was enough for a mortal’s daily needs, but many people just silently put away the rice grain and hid it in the closest place to their body, preferring to go hungry as they were reluctant to just eat it.

However, even so, the gathering of tens of thousands of people was extremely tricky business and it was difficult to keep order.

The army soldiers who came to maintain order from Great Xiao State quickly constructed more than a dozen thatched huts, lest this group of people offended the cultivators.

Countless people were grateful.

Ji Mingyu also breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to Ye Han, “It was really not easy for you back then.”

This kind of environment was practically hell on earth, and the pampered Eldest Miss of Kun-Lai could barely breathe just now—although she was already a Golden Core Formation cultivator, staying in this environment was too terrifying for her.

Ye Han nodded, but he disagreed a bit in his heart. The smell when he was sleeping in the horse stables was much worse than this, not to mention that he had to do a lot of manual work every day. So this scene was simply not worth mentioning.

“As expected of a rich young lady.” The girl next to them snorted softly.

“Don’t say anymore.” Yuan Lie pulled her sleeves, “It’s almost our turn, quickly tidy your appearance.”

A soldier had already come to check the household registration, and they would go in after checking.

They have been fleeing for the past few days, and they both looked quite disheveled.

However, following this Mingyu girl, it was indeed possible to turn bad luck into good luck. From the time he met her, when the riots started, only for a message from the cultivators to arrive, saying that the flying peak was now opened publicly, and the Dragon-Phoenix Selection would take place outside of the city instead. At that time, who outside the city still even remembered to complain about the imperial court? They just rushed outside the city quickly, and their place on the line switched from the back to the front, but this way, they didn’t have to wait in line for several days.

And even spiritual food was distributed—Yuan Lie looked at the slightly transparent, beautiful and plump grain of rice in his hand, hesitated for a while, but put it away.

His mother had suffered while raising him on her own, so he should keep it for her.

Thinking of those individuals who spread vicious rumors before, he sighed slightly.

They did not enter one by one, but twenty people at a time, and they were selected at the same time, so the speed was very fast.

All four of them went in together.

Stepping on the celestial flying peak, he immediately felt different, as if the air was full of power, and just taking a few breaths would make people feel refreshed, not to mention the gorgeous celestial buildings and structures that looked like they had been carved from monolithic stones.

Under the guidance of a cultivator he came to a hall, and saw a young cultivator standing behind a boulder, a hazy light spreading to the boulder along the talisman seal in his hand, causing countless seals to emerge on the boulder.

“Don’t panic, let’s begin,” the young cultivator said calmly.

Twenty sets of pen and paper landed in front of everyone’s eyes. They had already heard of the rules countless times. They should draw the seals they saw, the more the better.

Ji Mingyu showed a faint smile, and when she raised her hand, the pen practically flew across the paper. In just a few breaths, she had already drawn more than 300 seals on it, so fast that one couldn’t even see her fingers.

Ye Han was also doing fine, he drew more than a hundred in one go, and only stopped when the time ended.

Yuan Lie tried hard to recall, but he only drew a dozen or so, unable to recall any more seals.

And the girl who was with him bit at her pen, but couldn’t draw a single one.

What the hell, she clearly remembered that the patterns of the seals were very simple, and could be drawn with just a few strokes. But how was it possible that she couldn’t write any of them down?

“Time’s up.” The young cultivator waved his hand, and no matter how hard everyone clenched the pen and paper in their hands and wanted to write for a moment longer, the paper was mercilessly retracted.

The young cultivator turned over a few pieces of paper very quickly, and pointed to Yuan Lie, Ji Mingyu, and Ye Han: “You, pass. Others, fail.”

“Why!” The girl was furious, “This is cheating, you can’t draw those seals without cultivation.”

But her roar was useless, and soon someone came in and dragged away those disappointed people.

And the three who passed were led to another room.

Feng Qingxiu breathed a sigh of relief: “Mingyu should be satisfied now. Master, I still don’t understand the theory.”

“These talisman seals were calculated by me after simplification. If someone has a spiritual root, it could easily resonate with the spiritual root and in turn could easily be written down. The level of comprehension one possesses could be seen from their first perception of the seal. So if someone doesn’t have even a single spiritual root, naturally they won’t be able to write it down.” The paper man replied, “In fact, all people are born with spiritual roots, but the spiritual roots range from big to small, long to short. Many people’s spiritual roots are too weak to be picked up by the testing spiritual artifacts of those sects and end up being seen as mundane without spiritual roots.”

This test was actually a combination test. If you have good spiritual roots and low comprehension, you can write out the seals by the resonance between the spiritual roots and the power of the seals.

If your spiritual roots are weak, but your comprehension is high, you can write by relying on your comprehension.

If your spiritual roots are not good and your comprehension is also not good, then I am truly sorry, we Kun-Lai have no affinity with you. Please come back in your next life.

“I think those who stole the Heart Asking Stone wanted to unravel how I measured spiritual comprehension.” The paper man lay on his hand and said calmly, “But it’s too difficult for them.”

He had gone too far along the Way of Seals, and ordinary people couldn’t even eat the dust left in his wake.

Even if there was a genius who could become a master at seals, with unparalleled mental arithmetic ability, it would still be difficult to compete with a computer for computing power.

“Master, doesn’t that mean that everyone can become cultivators?” Feng Qingxiu suddenly asked, since everyone had spiritual roots, but just the size was different, if there was a Cloud Talisman Dao Seed to purify the spiritual roots…

“Naturally.” The paper man calmly said, “Those ordinary martial arts manuals can be seen as a kind of cultivation, but ordinary people have a limited life span, and if they don’t enter the innate martial art level, they would only return back to the earth.”

“It’s this apprentice who thought wrong.” Feng Qingxiu came back to himself, raised his hand and ordered to continue to call in the next group of people.

He thought of a sentence written by the Sect Leader in the general outline of the sect precepts: If you don’t accumulate small steps, you can’t reach a thousand miles, and if you don’t accumulate small streams, you can’t make a river. Us cultivators who wander the path to immortality should follow the past and herald the future, and expand the path to immortality to the best of our efforts. For the later generations and the long-term future, plan for the present first.

If there was an era of prosperity for human cultivators, it was the road they were taking now.

He touched his master, thinking that it would be more reassuring to hang the paper man around his neck when he had the free time.

***

Great Xiao State capital, inner city.

Behind the bead curtain, one person raised his hand to play the guqin while listening to his subordinate’s report.

“That Kun-Lai disciple opened the flying peak, so these short-sighted civilians are no longer willing to make trouble with us, and the plan is blocked, sir, what should we do next?”

“It’s hard for the rabble to form a general trend. I only expected them to just act as a distraction.” The person who was playing the guqin plucked the strings, and his voice was calm, “What did Xiao Yuan say?”

“I heard that the person in charge sent by Kun-Lai this time is too high-ranking, and the foreign cultivator invited for this task is no longer willing to take action.” The subordinate replied.

“His status is too high… how about Xiao Yuan?” asked the guqin player.

“Kun-Lai has already sent people to arrest him. He seems to have been dealt a deep blow. He is resting in our place and wants us to help him leave the Western Continent.”

“The price of helping him is a little too high, so just appease him for now, as he is still useful.”

“Yes, sir!”

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“Kun-Lai…” The man sighed, and there seemed to be both love and hate in his voice, “Prepare for the final plan.”

“Sir… what about the Lost Pearl Society?” The subordinate seemed a little hesitant.

“We must let Kun-Lai see our determination. Isn’t that the reason why the Lost Pearl Society exists?” The sound of the guqin remained soothing and unwavering.

“Yes, sir!”

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1. Mountain Gate

The sky was blue, but the Kun-Lai Mountains were cold.

The vast clouds and mist surrounded the majestic mountain gate. The ancient road up to the mountain gate was long and meandering, but there was no one to be seen.

Standing on the ancient road, Shui Lanlan was at a loss for a while.

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“Lanlan, this is the Kun-Lai Mountain Gate,” You Jia introduced to the bright-eyed little girl, “Today is your birthday, Aunt and Uncle know that you have always wanted to play in Kun-Lai, so they had me give you a surprise present.”

“I want to breathe in some immortal energy!” The little girl excitedly pointed to the huge stone pillar with a height of 10,000 meters that marked the mountain gate in the distance.

“That’s not possible.” You Jia patted her head regretfully, “When the mountain gate was just established, many disciples went up to engrave their names as a souvenir, and some of them wanted to knock out a piece to use as a talisman. The stone pillar of the mountain gate ended up looking like a dog chewed on it within a day. In a fit of anger, the Sect Leader attached his sword energy to the pillar, and all those who touched it would be hit and rebounded away.”

“It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter. Being hit by the sword energy belonging to the Sect Leader is also a blessing!” The little girl’s big blue eyes blinked, and she excitedly stretched out a bunch of tentacles and flew over.

With more hands, the sword energy that would hit back would be equal to the number of her tentacles.

And then she was sent flying far away.

2. Inspection

In the residence hall of the Mountain Patrol Bureau, the girl in blue obediently waited for the inspection.

Her eyes wandered along a crystal ornamental fish tank, while a horned person next to her was staring at a pot of spiritual grass on the table.

Shui Lanlan wiped her mouth of drool and swallowed her saliva.

There were many beautiful little fish in the water tank, overflowing with spiritual energy.

You Jia quickly wrote up the form, and the other party handed over a jade charm that authorized them permission to play for a day. After all, Kun-Lai Mountain was not easy to go up to, and you need to hand over spiritual stones as payment.

When looking back, he found that the girl in blue was currently sneaking many tentacles into the fish tank.

 ***

The girl in blue cried in an aggrieved manner.

“It’s alright, it’s just three hundred spiritual stone points.” You Jia said lightly, “Daring to use the baiting trick of the Mountain Patrol Bureau on me. I’ll take care of them in a few days!”

“Baiting method?” Shui Lanlan looked at him blankly.

“Yes, their fastest way to earn extra money. Every spirit demon who comes to Kun-Lai would encounter such tragic incidents.” You Jia thought back to when he was also baited with a small silver fish back then, and touched his chin, “Wait for a few days. When my Kun-Lai Travel Guide For Spirit Demons comes out, they can forget about encountering easy marks again!”

3. Shennong Peak

“It’s your birthday, I’ll treat you. The rice here tastes alright. You can check it out.” Knowing that his cousin has tact, You Jia generously handed her the menu.

Then he lowered his head down and continued to surf the internet.

Miss Shui Lanlan didn’t like rice very much, but she was unable to refuse, so she saw that there was a kind of rice that only cost one spiritual stone, so she said to the waiter, “A bowl of this.”

“Okay.” The rabbit-eared waiter glanced at You Jia, who was immersed in his Net Charm. Seeing that he had no objection, he stepped back politely and quickly served a bowl of red and white colored rice.

The bowl was very small, only the size of a palm, and the rice grains were plump and very cute.

But just one bite, and the unparalleled taste conquered Miss Shui! Moreover, as she ate the rice, she could feel her veins being purified, and she felt that even her cultivation had improved a lot.

God, there was such a good thing in this world!

Satisfied after eating, Miss Shui was still in the mood for more: “One more bowl!”

“Wait! You’ve already eaten a bowl, but you still want more?” Miss Shui looked up at the sudden sound and saw that her cousin was lying on the table, looking practically like a dry squid.

“Is there a lot in one bowl?” Miss Shui ate the last speck of red rice with satisfaction, and said strangely, “I still want to have another bowl. For the first time, I actually feel that rice is better than meat! And it cost only one spiritual stone a bowl! I’ll give you the money!”

“Miss.” The attendant on the side smiled and said, “You read the menu wrong, a single grain of Yin-Yang Blood Rice cost one spiritual stone.”

The bowl in Miss Shui’s hand was shocked into dropping.

4. The Market

Every mountain peak in Kun-Lai had a trading market of different sizes. The expedition year was approaching recently. The disciples of Golden Core Formation or above have all taken out the resources they didn’t need to sell, selling them at a discount, or exchanging them on the online shopping platform on the Net Charm, to prepare what they truly need. Because this was usually held in the first two months before the New Year, it was called the Eleventh Market.

“Why don’t the disciples of the Foundation Establishment level go on the expedition?” Miss Shui asked curiously.

“What would the Foundation Establishment disciples go for, to present their vulnerable necks to the enemies or Qingdi Peak?” You Jia looked disapproving.

“You can’t talk about Qingdi Peak like that.” A black-clothed boy with a cowlick sticking up on his head was setting up a stall. Hearing this, he defended: “Without Senior Sister Qingnu, the number of people who would die on the expeditions would at least double.”

“Ying An,” You Jia looked at him strangely, “You are also one of the Kun-Lai Seven Talents, and you are also the head disciple of Lingyin Peak. Why are you hanging around with Qingnu all day long? Doesn’t your peak master give you grief over it?”

Lingyin Peak was the main peak that cultivated the Way of Killing, and it was incompatible with Qingdi Peak’s cultivation Way of Healing. He really didn’t understand why Ying An insisted on being a thug for Qingnu.

“Kill a life and save a life, this way the mind will be healthy.” Ying An said naturally, “After taking a life when I go out on a mission, I will then find time to save a life, this way I’m still a good person.”

It actually made a kind of sense. You Jia was speechless.

“…Who is this beautiful lady?” Ying An looked at Miss Shui.

“I’m the daughter of cousin You Jia’s mother’s sister.” Miss Shui came over and looked at the meat in front of her, thinking it all looked quite delicious.

“Oh, You Jia’s stepmother came from your family.” The girl in yellow who set up a stall on the side said curiously.

“Wow, Huang Wei, you are here too!” You Jia jumped up, “How can you be here?”

“Hmph, why can’t I be here?” Huang Wei asked with a sneer.

“Weren’t you with that nightingale…” You Jia choked midway because he saw a snake and a bird across from him also setting up a stall selling some ancient books and pine nuts.

For a moment, You Jia felt that the world was about to be destroyed!

He and Huang Wei belonged to the same year in the outer sect. Of course, he knew the cause and effect. Huang Wei, who was originally just a little gray chicken, once saw the Jinwu Great Sage from the Outlands come to trade here. After being charmed by the Jinwu Great Sage’s beauty, she decided to paint herself yellow, turning from a gray chicken to a small yellow chicken.

And according to the news he got, Huang Wei ran into the nightingale from the Great Xuan imperial family a few days ago, and was moved by the other’s wooing, so she issued a temporary residence permit for the bird and snake.

Then the yellow chicken showed the nightingale what she looked like originally.

Nightingale actually broke up with her on the spot, saying that she was a liar pretending to be a beautiful bird!

At that time, many people were present, and naturally the internet exploded.

Everywhere was “What’s the reason for the vicious and deceitful marriage con by the foreign spirit demon? The temptation of Kun-Lai’s residence permit actually made him take risks”, “Love Lies: Today our Emotional World column takes you into the impoverished world of rural spirit demons”, “In the Court of Law: Love between two liars” and other sensational headlines.

It also implicated the black snake who had just been admitted to the study of the cultural history of Great Xuan in the outer sect.

Just now, he also saw the title of “Breaking news, Professor Snake was caught serial cheating, the four boyfriends tell of their painful history of being cheated”.

“What’s the matter?” Miss Shui Lanlan asked curiously.

You Jia told her about the twists and turns of the dog blood drama, and the little girl listened with interest.

“No!” Hearing that he was involved, the black snake Yin Wushe shouted, “I’m innocent. It was agreed at the time that it was only sex, so it can’t be considered cheating! And my temporary residence permit was given by Qingnu.”

You Jia looked at the Net Charm, and there was another post with the shocking title “Being Involved in a Love Square: Qingnu refuses any revelations on the grounds of work.”

“I admire the courage of that gossiper… Is he back?” You Jia was stunned, but then immediately employed all eight tentacles and wrote a new post.

“Professor Snake clarified that he did not pull a marriage con scheme with his friend, and said that the temporary residence permit was issued by the Qingdi Peak Master.”

“You Jia, take it easy.” Ying An was also swiping the Net Charm, and instantly felt a huge pressure pressing down on him.

“If he could take it easy, then when the Sect Leader brought his daughter back to the sect, he would not have posted “What’s the reason for a thousand-year-old man with empty nest syndrome to have a child”, which is just asking for a death wish.” Huang Wei mocked.

“And then caused a huge discussion that swept Kun-Lai, and finally got himself banned for three years from using the Net Charm. And had to buy hours every day, living a life worse than death…” Ying An sighed.

“That which is past is lost and irrecoverable.” You Jia waved, “What good things do you have to sell, I will buy it.”

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“You still have money?” Although there were discounts and price reductions everywhere, Miss Shui still recalled the despairing expression on her cousin’s face from earlier, and she was a little suspicious.

“It’s enough after I chop off one hand.” You Jia said calmly.

“That’s right,” Yimeng Qingnu walked over, holding up a lancet knife, “If it’s not enough, just chop two.”

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The Dragon-Phoenix Selection started every October 15th, and by October, those families who had children of the right age would try their luck.

Some families even early on prepared a jar from the moment a child was born, and deposited a copper coin every day, commonly known as “children’s money”, as a way to save up the expenses needed to participate in the Dragon-Phoenix Selection.

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At this time, it was the most prosperous period of time in various places, all kinds of businesses would make a fortune, and many rural civilians also know that this was likely the only time in their lives they would enter the city.

This period of time was also a good time for the martial arts schools and the imperial army to select talents.

There were always people who had already found their targets early on. Not mentioning those who were selected, but towards those who didn’t pass the Dragon-Phoenix Selection, they would rush over and make their pitch. After all, while Kun-Lai selected only the best, the rest that were left also contained some good seedlings.

And today was October 15th.

The day when the Dragon-Phoenix Selection officially started.

The city could no longer accommodate so many people. Therefore, aside from the residents of the capital city of the Great Xiao State, entry had become restricted. If they carried travel papers from another area, one must go out before another one could enter.

Simply put, the line of people had already stretched outside the city.

A tall girl squeezed into the crowd with an unhappy expression: “Why is there a limit to entry? What gives! Collecting taxes all day long and won’t even forgive a copper less in payment. But now that they have to provide service, there is no one to be seen?”

The frail young man next to her tugged at the hem of her clothes: “Keep your voice down…”

“Why should I? Is there anything wrong with what I said?” The girl was currently angry and argued back directly.

“Of course you’re wrong!” A young soldier on the side gave her a sideways glance, “If we hadn’t started constructing at the beginning of the year, do you think the shack you lived in these few days could still be a place that’s even livable?”

The gathering of people outside the city once every twelve years was an inevitable occurrence. The capital of the state was already familiar with the procedure, and the manpower, housing, and division of duties had been practiced countless times.

The shacks outside the city were the most dilapidated, but they all had stone pillars as the framework. They could provide shelter from wind and rain with just a couple layers of straw bundles on the roof. There were also various vendors from the city who would come out to sell grain, food, and water. Although the living conditions were uncomfortable and there were several people who had to squeeze in a single room, who hadn’t experienced this kind of tight living quarters before?

Before October, all of them had been paid double the salary, and it was stipulated that there should be no problem in carrying out the process, otherwise they would be dealt with from top to bottom. And it was only these young people who did not know good from bad and just complained everywhere.

The girl paused, snorted twice then bowed her head and stopped talking.

The sickly looking young man apologized and continued to wait on the long line.

From time to time, some people walked out of the city with a desolate face, all kinds of crying and sobbing, causing the young people on the line to become even more nervous and anxious.

Although they all knew that the Dragon-Phoenix Selection only selected the best, who did not want to soar into the sky?

Besides, there were far fewer people who succeeded through scholarship, martial arts, or commerce when compared to being selected to go to Kun-Lai.

After cultivating one’s life span becomes longer and indirectly or directly reflects prosperity to their clan and hometown. Even if after going to Kun-Lai they end up being eliminated, these students would still be able to come away with scholarly knowledge, physical defense skills, and broadened horizons. After returning, they were still talents that various countries fought over. Few did not live out the rest of their lives without success and completely faded into the masses.

For normal civilians, this was a direct path to soaring up into the sky.

The line moved extremely slowly, from day to night, but their position on the line only just went from outside the city to in front of the city gates, and the line was still extending.

Those were the children and adolescents from more remote places having finally arrived. They stood far away on the line, and it was early yet till they arrived at the front of the line, but they were still quite anxious and afraid.

After January, the Heart Asking Stones would close, and many people who were delayed on the road would lose their chances forever.

At this time, some rumors faintly began to spread.

“Have you heard?” Someone on the side whispered, “This time there is a problem with the sacred stone.”

“How could something go wrong, that is something set by the true god of Kun-Lai.” The listener and the speaker were both interested, and they soon exchanged words.

“I heard that many nobles colluded with the Teacher of the State and broke the sacred stone.” That person’s voice rose unconsciously, “A lot of nobles have entered prison.”

“I have also heard that the Kun-Lai cultivators returned many of the kidnapped children, apparently they had their hearts plucked to make up for the deficiency in the children of noble families.”

“Those vicious beasts!”

“Then is it a fake this time? Those nobles broke the sacred stone, which is why there are so many people?”

“That’s right, that’s why I was not selected!”

“Wait a minute, maybe the sacred stone is repaired, there are still the Kun-Lai cultivators!?”

“That’s a sacred stone created by the true god. It hasn’t been broken for hundreds of years. Can the cultivators even fix it?”

***

Although the rumors caused a stir, the soldiers around them posed an intimidating deterrent, and the sharp blades in their hands were even more intimidating. It was just that many not yet resigned people lingered around and refused to leave, hoping to come across another chance.

The girl elbowed her companion: “Ah Lie, do you think what they are saying is true?”

The sickly looking young man was knocked back from the elbow. He reached up to rub at the ribs that might have become bruised now, and showed a wry smile.

“Tell me.” The girl urged him. On the whole way, everything he predicted had become right. If it weren’t for this, they wouldn’t be able to find themselves here safe and sound.

The young man glanced around and seemed to hesitate, not knowing how to say.

“Hurry and tell me!” The girl pushed him.

The young man lowered his head, grabbed the girl’s hand, and drew two words on her hand.

Be careful.

The girl’s heart skipped a beat, and she instinctively grabbed the boy’s hand.

“It’s those few people who are spreading the rumors.” The young man continued to write on her hand. He could already see the intertwined lines of fortune on those people which were giving off an ominous black energy, infecting the fortune of other people around them.

Generally, in his eyes, the luck and fortune of ordinary people appeared white, and those who had thick lines were lucky while those who had thinner lines were less so.

The nobles had blue green energy, and there were also differences in thickness. An extremely noble person had purple energy, and he had only seen one with it.

But the black energy signalled death and decay, and once it stained you, you would end up hurt if not dead.

At this time, two people lined up at the back of the line, a boy and a girl.

Their appearances drew the gazes of everyone around.

The girl wore a veil over her face, but while it covered her facial features it could not cover her misty and ethereal aura. Between her graceful posture and every elegant gesture, she was like a fairy who descended from the heavens, unforgettable after just one glance.

However, the young man was 18 or 19 years old, with a tall stature and a very cold and handsome face. He stayed beside the girl in a guarding posture.

The people around couldn’t help but wonder, the two of them didn’t look like ordinary people so why didn’t they go inside the city to jump the line like the other nobles instead of enduring the hard work of queuing here.

One must know that they must stand in line for ten days to half a month. If there was no person you were familiar with to help out, it would be a problem to even drink and eat.

At the end of January, there were many who would come down with serious illnesses.

The eyes of the sickly looking teenager named Ah Lie brightened, and he decisively pulled the girl and withdrew from the front of the line, lining up behind the pair of extraordinary looking boy and girl instead.

“What are you doing? We finally got to the front and were about to enter the city!” The girl raised her hand to hit him.

“Sister Su, you know these two are not normal people with just a glance. Let’s breathe in some immortal energy.” Ah Lie hurried to appease her, and winked a few times. As soon as these two arrived, the black energy outside the city was instantly swept away. The aura of fortune around her was massive and terrifying, and it was a hundred times more scary than the Kun-Lai cultivator who had rescued him before. Approaching such a person, so long as they were not hostile, would only benefit them.

Only then did the girl put down her hand and did not struggle any more.

She just looked at the two in front of them with scrutiny.

The girl in white robes who looked like an immortal fairy looked back at Ah Lie and let out a chuckle as she said, “This little brother has good vision, what’s your name?”

The voice was soft and gentle, with a hint of crispness, just listening to it was a pleasure.

“This sister, thank you for the compliment, my name is Yuan Lie.” He replied respectfully.

“This name is domineering, it’s just that your physique is too weak and you have to cultivate hard to be worthy of the name. Then, Xiao Lie, won’t you follow this sister, okay?” The white robed girl said with a smile, “My name is Mingyu, and I just happen to need a few companions who can go to Kun-Lai and cultivate together.”

Yuan Lie’s heart thumped. Although this girl was also surrounded with purple energy, she actually described Kun-Lai as one would describe their own home. There was likely a problem with her origin. If she was someone who was going to Kun-Lai to make trouble, he might also be implicated.

And her luck was so terrifying, would it cause trouble to the Kun-Lai Immortal Mountains?

However, he saw that the luck of an ordinary Kun-Lai disciple was so terrifying before. If there were ten or a hundred more of the same in Kun-Lai, this girl would definitely not be able to stir up trouble… right?

“Mingyu, don’t fool around,” Ye Han said with a headache, “You have already collected dozens of ‘companions’ along the way…”

“If you were a little bit stronger and could suppress Feng Qingxiu, why would I have to work so hard.” Ji Mingyu snorted, and did not listen to persuasion, determined to continue to go further and further on the path of seeking her father’s attention.

“If I am lucky enough to enter the Kun-Lai Immortal Mountains, naturally we can cultivate together.” Yuan Lie said sincerely, “Being able to accompany this sister is also a wonderful opportunity for me.”

He was gentle, polite and sensible, and soon attracted the girl named Mingyu’s interest in chatting with him, making the ‘Sister Su’ next to him very upset, turning to the side with an unhappy face.

However, after a while, the line still did not make any progress.

The test takers around couldn’t help but become anxious.

Thinking of the previous rumors, the people’s hearts could not help but become unsettled.

Ji Mingyu was also puzzled: “Is there another problem? Didn’t he say that he can deal with it?”

She asked Ye Han.

“After all, it is the Heart Asking Stone. He only learned a few talisman seals and he dared to say that he could make one. It is normal for a little problem to occur,” Ye Han was also very worried, “Should we go to Jiuxi City? The Heart Asking Stone there has no problem.”

Unlike Ji Mingyu, who had a powerful cultivator as a personal bodyguard, he was sincere in his desire to go to the lower school to make up for his lack of knowledge, otherwise it would be difficult to make any progress in the future.

He couldn’t live off of Mingyu forever.

At the same time they were chatting, the surrounding situation faintly began to spiral out of control.

Rumors spread faster than anything. In almost an hour, the news of the destruction of the sacred stone spread throughout the city and there were turbulent accusations cropping up everywhere.

All kinds of people began to attack the imperial court and the Immortal Worship Temple. Although there were many soldiers, one couldn’t imagine how they would fare with massive crowds as great as mountains and seas.

***

In the Immortal Worship Temple, Feng Qingxiu looked at the huge stone that was glowing again, thinking hard.

“You said it was fine, that this sacred stone can be used!” The emperor on one side looked solemn, “Give me a specific time, and I will go suppress the crowd outside.”

He had already explained the current situation to the other. As the head of a state, he always had to give his people an explanation.

And this explanation could only be given by the other.

“Master, what do you think?” Feng Qingxiu asked the paper man quietly.

“There is no way to restart it, it will take a day at least.” The paper man said lightly, “In the past, in order to be able to measure one’s talent for comprehension, the program created was quite complicated. It is normal that a bug showed up after you rewrote it.”

“But now the people outside are about to rise in revolt.” Feng Qingxiu did not dare to give a specific time to let the emperor go and suppress the civilians, “Master, is my authority in Kun-Lai very big?”

“Very big, you can even take all the people outside to Kun-Lai if you want.” The paper man patted his apprentice and didn’t put pressure on him.

“No need!” Feng Qingxiu smiled slightly and turned to the emperor, “Pass the news that the sacred stone is damaged and is still being repaired. The test will now be held on our Kun-Lai flying peak.”

The emperor was overjoyed, this was the flying peak of the immortals, with this name, he no longer had to worry about the people suspecting that he was secretly tampering with the Selection.

No one would doubt Kun-Lai, or a celestial flying peak.

So he left immediately and spread the news to the outside.

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“The flying peak doesn’t have a Heart Asking Stone though?” The paper man asked strangely.

“We can just move this one over.” Feng Qingxiu said confidently, “The sacred stone on the flying peak has not been used before. If something goes wrong, then just let them wait longer and they won’t say anything. Please check it over quickly. Don’t let it crash anymore!”

“My apprentice… pay attention to your attitude!”

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When Xiao Yuan and the strange man wanted to run, Feng Qingxiu and the others couldn’t catch up no matter what.

After all, the gap in cultivation levels was there, and it could not be bridged by a few spiritual artifacts.

Even if Ye Han pointed out the direction, it was still the same.

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So they returned without success and were very unhappy.

Among them, Ji Mingyu was particularly the case.

When they went back, they were silent all the way.

They had to continue with the Dragon-Phoenix Selection and prepare for various situations.

Ji Mingyu wanted to continue to personally attend the Dragon-Phoenix Selection to enter the outer sect; and Kun-Lai also let her do as she wanted.

And with the powerful Demigod cultivator guarding by her side, her safety was quite guaranteed.

The paper man came back into awareness and comforted his apprentice.

Then he was asked by his apprentice.

“Master…” Feng Qingxiu suddenly raised his head after being comforted by a few words.

“What is it?” The paper man asked casually.

“Why are you only good to me?” Feng Qingxiu hesitated for a moment, and then asked the question that had been buried in his heart for a long time, “Today, Mingyu was also by our side.”

You didn’t even look at her at all.

The paper man was dumbfounded.

When Feng Qingxiu said this, although he was uneasy in his heart, he still looked up at the paper man floating in front of him.

“I…” The paper man showed a rare display of hesitation.

Then it fell to the ground.

***

Kun-Lai Mountain, Zhaoyue Peak.

Ji Yunlai slowly opened his eyes. He sat on the top of the mountain and looked at the sea of ​​clouds.

The cold wind couldn’t blow even an edge of his clothes, and it seemed that even getting close to him was a terrifying prospect.

He didn’t pay attention to his surroundings, just pondered over what his apprentice just asked him.

He thought he was just evading his feelings over his daughter and his junior brothers and sisters and didn’t want to be found out of the ordinary.

But he didn’t notice that this was the biggest anomaly.

He was too cold, no matter whether he was dealing with people or things, except in front of Xiao Qing he was still Ji Yunlai, but in front of other people he was only the Xing Dao Master.

Even he didn’t think anything was wrong with this. According to his original personality, he should care about them, even if he didn’t say anything, he would occasionally greet them at least.

How could he be so cold?

There was a problem.

He decided to solve this problem.

So he raised his hand and summoned his still worried junior brother at the bottom of the peak.

He mustered up a smile and asked, “Has Junior Brother been doing well recently? I was upset just now, don’t mind about it.”

Junior Brother was frightened and knelt instantly: “Senior Brother, you, what’s wrong with you? What happened?”

This reaction was too over the top. Ji Yunlai’s smile withdrew in an instant, and he said coldly: “What is the meaning of this, I can’t even smile now?”

Only then did Yan Zhao breath a sigh of relief. It turned out that his senior brother was only acting on a whim: “Yes, of course, Senior Brother, please smile, I am mentally prepared now.”

“Go back.” Ji Yunlai raised his hand and was about to wave him back down the mountain peak.

“No, Senior Brother!” Yan Zhao tried to raise his hand to block the spiritual energy, even thrusting a sword into the ground of the peak, and refused to leave. “What happened just now, did you go to the Fiery Lake, did you fight each other, were you injured? You can’t drive me away if you don’t say!”

“I went, we fought, no injury, you can go.” Ji Yunlai found out that the mode of getting along with his apprentice couldn’t be applied with his junior brothers and sisters, so he simply shooed the other away.

Yan Zhao’s tension finally eased, and he retracted his sword and left.

Ji Yunlai also heard the discussion among his junior brothers and sisters at the bottom of the peak.

“It’s all because of you, why did you complain to Senior Brother about it for no reason!” Bai Shuixian scolded Yan Zhao angrily, “Yan Dan’er, let me tell you, I will not let you go unpunished next time.” (TN: literally Yan Egg, from his birth name Yan Dog Egg, see Kun-Lai Past extra)

“I just wanted Senior Brother to be more vigilant, who knew he would just leave directly!” Yan Zhao’s cold tone had a rare trace of weakness, “Aren’t I worried too?”

“We can no longer predict Senior Brother’s temper after he began practicing that sword, so we must be more careful next time.” Someone next to him persuaded.

“That’s right, with him here, Kun-Lai is as stable as a rock. Don’t worry too much. Those little rats can only try to snoop at most and don’t dare to mess around.”

“This time the fight is so short, it seems that the spirit demon Great Sage didn’t want to fight too seriously.” Bai Shuixian sneered, “These decrepit monsters who have lived for tens of thousands of years are greedy cowards that fear death, so how can they go around fighting to the death so casually?”

Kun-Lai made dozens of expeditions to the Outlands over the years, and they had long known what the laws of the Outlands were like with the weak being prey to the strong.

Every spirit demon Great Sage was an expert at running and escaping with their lives. They fight if they can win, and they run away if they can’t. They did not have to worry about developing heart demons about their dignity at all. The spirit demons that didn’t know how to run were dead long ago and could not have lived to become a Great Sage.

Their cultivation obstacles were almost nothing. So long as they could afford the time and live the longest, they could always become a Great Sage.

Heaven was fair and gave strengths to make up for weaknesses. While it was extremely difficult for spirit demons to activate their spiritual wisdom, their life span was extremely long. Humans were born with spiritual roots and wisdom, but their life spans were short.

So this time it was fine.

“Revise this time’s expedition route, we’ll pass over the Kunwu tiger spirit demons’ territory.” Yan Zhao said indifferently, “their neighbors in the Great Wind Region have long wanted to invite us over, so prepare resources suitable for trade with them instead.”

“It should be like this, we have also explored the situation in that domain, and it’s come time to harvest.” Another junior brother agreed.

“Then go and prepare.” Bai Shuixian waved her hand, “When the Dragon-Phoenix Selection is ​​over, we will prepare for the expedition.”

So everyone scattered like birds.

Ji Yunlai was even more unhappy to hear this. If they didn’t report this stuff to him, who would he test his sword on in the future?

So, it was no wonder he could only be gentle towards Xiao Qing… his daughter… as for his daughter, he still needed to wait a little longer, in any case he could just pay more attention to her in the future.

When Ji Yunlai returned back inside the paper man, he found that he was hung on the window, and the wind was blowing and blowing at him. He was practically like a string tied on a fan.

And Xiao Qing was looking at him nervously on one side.

“What is this?” Ji Yunlai pointed to the thin red rope tied to his hand, asking his apprentice to explain the situation clearly.

“You fell suddenly just now,” Feng Xiao Qing breathed a sigh of relief, with a gentle expression asking for praise, “This is the old method of soul evocation, so I tried it. The effect is really good indeed, I just hung Master up, and Master came back.”

The paper man was silent for a while, and then said lightly: “…My apprentice, let’s make up for a missed lesson today.”

Today he must teach him a lesson and let him know what it meant to respect the teacher!

***

On the second day, Feng Qingxiu did not come out. Senior Sister Tu and Ji Mingyu were surprised so they knocked on the door and asked. After finding out that he was practicing talisman seals, they sighed that Senior Brother was very diligent and then went shopping arm in arm.

“I saw a clothing store yesterday. Although the materials are not very good, the styles are very unique and the patterns are also beautiful.” Senior Sister Tu expressed that as a white rabbit, she loved all kinds of beautiful clothes.

“Then let’s go and have a look. I also saw a jewelry shop that I like. The peacock hairpin there is very beautiful. I’ll bring it back and have the Qi Peak make a few more similar ones.” Ji Mingyu was more interested in jewelry.

“Then you need to save some for me. By the way, there are several kinds of mundane fruit growing in the south of the city. They have a unique taste. I want to take some back and cultivate them with spiritual energy. Maybe it will become another kind of spiritual fruit one day.” Senior Sister Tu smiled.

“That’s good, your family’s signature spiritual carrots have cultivated more than 20 varieties by now. It’s a good thing to add more fruit varieties!”

“I will treat you to some at that time~”

The two chatted and laughed, making various big purchases along the way. Manservant Ye Han followed them along the way, in charge of carrying their purchases and acting as compass. They shopped until the moon was high up.

When they came back, Feng Qingxiu went out for dinner.

The Foundation Establishment Stage still required food and the body had yet to become a little world of its own, a realm where one could sustain itself on wind and drinking dew.

The food on the flying peak had already begun to be charged and it was not cheap.

Feng Qingxiu discovered that Senior Sister Tu and Ji Mingyu were eating happily, but he did not see Ye Han.

He finally found him in a daze in the corner.

“What’s wrong?” Big brother Feng Qingxiu switched on his confidante mode and began to show care towards his fellow Kun-Lai disciple.

“Just taking a breather,” Ye Han’s face still showed traces of lingering fear, “We went out today, and the two of them had all kinds of opinions. When there was a dispute, they would ask me what I think, how do I have any opinions on this kind of thing…”

What they bought were clothes, dresses, jewelry and all kinds of girly things. Of course, Ye Han could only say good, but how could these two ladies be all that reasonable?

They insisted Ye Han say what was good and what was bad, practically causing his head to explode.

Reply just a bit perfunctorily and he would be criticized in various ways.

Compared with this, carrying their purchases which filled several expanded pockets was no problem at all.

“Senior Brother, how about you teach me to identify the various styles, you are born to a gentry family and should know this clearly, right?” Ye Han thought about it, and said gravely, “I must make preparations for tomorrow.”

“I actually can’t help you with this…” Feng Qingxiu said helplessly, “I went to Kun-Lai Mountain very early on, so just grit your teeth and hold on for two more days.”

“…” Ye Han could only agree, and then his eyes fell on the paper man stuck to his neck.

Feng Qingxiu decisively covered it and looked on guard.

“It was just a look.” Ye Han said in a very aggrieved manner.

“What do you even see?” Feng Qingxiu asked him strangely. The paper man was ignored by the others along the way, and only Ye Han noticed it.

“I didn’t see anything at the beginning, but later when we approached Xiao Yuan, it seemed that I got something from him.” Ye Han was also confused, “Then I suddenly knew it was a consciousness transmitting talisman.”

“Don’t look anymore, let’s go eat now.” Feng Qingxiu didn’t want to discuss the paper man and changed the subject.

“Fine.”

***

After Xiao Yuan left, the upper echelons of Great Xiao State panicked for a while.

However, Xiao Yuan was after all the Teacher of the State sent by Kun-Lai, and Kun-Lai was actually more responsible for this mess-up.

So it was not easy to delve in depth into the matter.

But the key issue was that the biggest Heart Asking Stone of the capital was gone, and this was a heavy blow to the capital.

Although those who colluded with Xiao Yuan had been cleaned up from the top to the bottom, no one knew where the Heart Asking Stone went.

This was something related to the national fortune. Although the Western Continent was rich nowadays, and ordinary people could eat fully and dress warmly, which was already a manifestation of the prosperity of the country. But even for the nobles traveling a long distance was very expensive, not to mention for those ordinary civilians who lived far away from the surrounding area and must lodge in inns for many days.

If they had to spend their own money to go to the neighboring city, not to mention the long distance, the fact that there was overcrowding alone was a headache.

If so many people could not attend the Selection for this reason this time, it was inevitable that major unrest would happen.

The emperor of the Great Xiao State visited the flying peak several times and wanted to ask for another Heart Asking Stone, presenting a large list of treasures to show his sincerity.

But how was this something the flying peak master could make promises on.

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This pot was pushed onto Feng Qingxiu, who was the Sect Leader’s only apprentice, as the Heart Asking Stone, which tested for spiritual roots and spiritual understanding, was made by the Sect Leader of Kun-Lai.

“Master, what do you think?” His little apprentice asked the paper man obediently.

“It doesn’t take much time to redo one, but my real self can’t leave Kun-Lai…” The paper man stopped and suddenly clapped his hands, “Come, I will teach you to make it.”

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The Kun-Lai Mountains were entrenched around the Western Continent in a horseshoe shape, acting as both a deterrence and a natural stronghold.

At the same time, it cut off the water vapor and also blocked countless fierce beasts on the north, south, and west sides of the mountain, making the Western Continent safe for countless years.

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To the west of Kun-Lai, there were also stretches of mountains, where volcanoes were clustered, often erupting, but because of the accumulation of mountain ash, it was extremely fertile.

The Fiery Lake was located at a volcanic mountain pass. It boiled with high temperatures all day long and was extremely huge. It was a favorite place for countless fire element spirit demons and a paradise for all kinds of fire element spiritual plants and resources.

Today, however, a huge tiger spirit demon with a span of several miles long was immersed in the lake water, swimming leisurely and in comfort, occasionally turning his belly upwards and spitting out bubbles, as if this was a spring outing.

The tiger spirit demon had yellow fur and a snowy white patch on its forehead, with fire-like markings, three heads, and two wings growing on the back. It was part of the Kunwu tiger spirit demon clan unique to this domain. It was born with a fire affinity and was not afraid of lava.

After yawning comfortably, the tiger spirit demon lay on the lake with his snow-white belly facing upwards, a mile long tail occasionally slapping at the water surface. White flames danced in his emerald-like eyes, and water vapor could be seen evaporating from around his eyes from time to time.

How very boring. He looked at the sky, and then simply closed his eyes.

“Are you sleeping?” A voice suddenly asked.

The tiger spirit demon opened his eyes casually and looked at the young man in obsidian robes standing quietly by the lake.

The new arrival had a tall and upright figure, not inferior to an adult, but his facial features were youthful, without the hard lines and edges of an adult man, but the trace of cold indifference between his eyebrows and eyes was too obvious.

He stood there quietly, and due to the difference in height, was clearly looking up at him. But like the bright moon, the young man gave one the feeling that he was looking down at you instead.

“That’s right.” The tiger spirit demon looked at him, slowly got up from the water and stood on the ripples of the lake water surface. He stretched lazily and then shook his fur.

“Who asked you to come.” The young man asked mildly.

Coming to distract him at this time, it was obviously related to those spies from the Central Continent.

“You monkey spirit demons all look the same, how can I remember?” The tiger spirit demon sat on the lake surface with all three heads looking at him condescendingly, “It’s just that the compensation he gave is not bad, so I decided to come and help him.”

All he had to do was to come here to take a bath, and in return he would get so many fire mines for his descendants, so why not?

“Then did you ask for my permission?” The other appeared calm and was not at all affected by the aura of power emitting from him.

“Why must I ask you?” The tiger spirit demon raised his paw and licked it. “This is not your Kun-Lai territory.”

“Now it is.” The young man said, there was no certainty nor hesitation in the tone, as if he was just stating a fact.

“So we both take a step back?” The tiger spirit demon suggested leisurely, “I take a few days’ bath, it doesn’t hinder you, but if you and I fight, this kind of good place will be destroyed, what a pity.”

As a ten-thousand-year-old spirit demon, all he needed to do was to accomplish a little task, but he did not need to fight to the death with a Human Immortal and freely benefit other spirit demons and monsters.

The young man just chuckled lightly.

“Then stay.”

He raised his right hand casually, his five fingers slender like white lotus root, and sword energy entangled at his fingertips. It glowed with a slight light and appeared so fragile and weak in the eyes of the tiger spirit demon.

However, all the surroundings under the skies suddenly began to wail and become distorted under its power.

There were countless gaps jumping at the fingertips, sharp, cut wounds in the void which itself could not bear the pressure coming from the sword energy.

The tiger spirit demon’s tail stood upright and erect, the muscles on his huge body tightening up to the extreme in the blink of an eye. Then he pounced.

Spirit demons did not need spiritual incantations or divine abilities. In this level of confrontation, their instinct to hunt that had been honed over tens of thousands of years was their most terrifying power.

At a speed that could not even be caught by divine consciousness, the giant claws were already hovering over the opponent’s head in the air. The claws glowed a fiery red, causing the surrounding rocks to melt instantly.

The huge lake of water also evaporated and became completely empty, and countless white smoke rose into the sky, the wisps meandering around the battlefield.

The young man looked at him, and his fingers stretched out.

Stretched out and pressed against those sharp claws.

Like an ant touching against the toenail of a giant elephant.

But it was halted.

The horrific power that could flatten a mountain peak was lightly and easily halted by his palm, silent and still.

At the same time, white camellias began blooming from around his palm.

The huge flowers bloomed fully and then gathered in its petals again.

Enveloping the entire huge body of the tiger spirit demon.

After opening his hand, there was only a small tiger head on the palm of it, the size of a fingertip, tongue out and small eyes expressing panic and unease.

“Ran away quite fast.” The young man slowly fisted his hand, looked at the distance tranquility, and did not pursue the other, “Three heads, three lives?”

Sure enough, these old monsters had some cards up their sleeves, and were very capable of running for their lives.

The other did not want to fight him.

However, his floral chain sword was so thin it was close to having no density, simply just light emitted by the void. The tiger spirit demon was trapped by him for only a moment, but he was cut by the petals of sword energy at least 1024 to the 3rd power.

This time his sword did not go the path of dominance, but leaning the way of the moon, soft as a flower petal and lingering as a spring rain with pervasive killing intent and danger concealed within.

It was much more powerful than the 1.0 version of the Formless Sword he gave Xiao Qing.

The consumption was also great, that sword strike just now used at least one-third of his spiritual energy, and the second strike would only consume even more because of the faint resistance of the void. After all, the level of his previous calculation of this sword was already close to a Dao Seal, and if he used it longer, it would be normal that this kind of damage would attract a heavenly tribulation.

So the next optimization should be placed on spiritual energy, after all, it had been tested already, and there was no need to increase the attack power.

Or perhaps it must be said that it had come to a head already, and adding to the attack power might cause negative effects.

If it could be optimized to consume only one twelfth of the spiritual energy at a time, it should be the most appropriate.

In addition, next time, it might also be best to calculate an anti-escape technique to prevent the opponent from running away. For example, the temple that imprisoned the celestial demons in his sea of consciousness was not bad.

It was a pity that he didn’t know how to get inside. Otherwise, if he trapped the tiger spirit demon just now inside, it should be difficult for the other to escape. He could also go to observe how the temple was built, and he would definitely be able to learn more.

He had already discovered that he hadn’t put many things on the Net Charm back then, and he was also very curious to what extent he could take to in terms of cultivation.

Thinking of this, he looked at the mess around him, the lake was destroyed and magma overflowed, looking like a scene from hell.

He waved his hand to repair the lake embankment.

This time he got good test results, and now knew where the problem lay.

It was just a pity that he didn’t manage to obtain that fine tiger skin.

***

Upon returning to his dwelling on Kun-Lai Mountain, Ji Yunlai saw his junior brothers and sisters waiting anxiously at the door.

“Senior Brother Sect Leader, are you alright?” Yan Zhao stepped up anxiously and looked him over, completely without the dignity of the First Elder.

He got only a cold glance from his senior brother in response.

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Did he look like he had any problem?

Then he shut the door and blocked the others outside.

After entering the house, Ji Yunlai closed his eyes, and sensed that his apprentice seemed to be unhappy.

He should go and take a look.

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