Zi Yang, who left Doushen Tower, walked briskly towards the east gate of Liangcheng without looking back, as if he was in a hurry to get out of the city.
Jia Juesheng and Xiao Hai followed him silently. They knew Ziyang's mood at the moment, and neither of them wanted to comfort him.
At this time, the best choice is to let him calm down.
After all, being humiliated like this in front of a group of monks in the Fighting God Tower would always make anyone feel a little uncomfortable if this kind of thing happened to them.
When he walked out of Dongcheng, Ziyang suddenly stopped, stared at the two of them, and asked with a smile: "Why are you so lifeless along the way and don't say a word?"
Jia Juesheng thought he was forcing a smile and didn't dare to reply. In desperation, he had no choice but to push Xiao Hai aside, asking him to explore Zi Yang's tone.
He knew very well that no matter what, Ziyang would not lose his temper with a child, especially a child as well-behaved and sensible as Xiang Xiaohai who was also ostracized.
Xiaohai took courage and glanced away, not daring to look up at him, and said, "Brother Ziyang, are you okay?"
After hearing this, Zi Yang squatted down and Xiao Hai subconsciously took a few steps back.
Jia Juesheng was worried that he would vent his anger on Xiao Hai, so he quickly stretched out his arm to stop him, and protected Xiao Hai in front of him with the other hand. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Children are not sensible, Zi Yang, please don't take it seriously."
"Seriously? What are you serious about?" Ziyang squatted half-crouched, with a confused look on his face. Then he thought about it, straightened up, and suddenly realized, "You are referring to the matter of Doushen Tower, right?"
Jia Juesheng and Xiao Hai did not look at him or reply, obviously acquiescing.
Ziyang immediately sat on the ground and explained: "You must think that I have been humiliated, and you must be in a bad mood now. That's because you only think about the problem from my perspective."
"I have a history with the woman in red. She can generously donate money regardless of past grudges. I don't feel that I have been wronged much."
When Xiao Hai saw that Zi Yang was acting as usual, he sat next to him and asked, "Kneel down and get beaten. Isn't this a grievance?"
Zi Yang nodded and explained: "Yes, she hit me, but she also solved our dilemma. Without her, we wouldn't be sitting here right now."
Jia Juesheng looked confused and said, "Zi Yang, there's something I don't understand. You drank the tea she handed you, why did she still beat you?"
Zi Yang said casually: "Maybe she was dissatisfied with me pushing her down in front of Dou Shen Tower."
Jia Juesheng shook his head slowly, feeling that the behavior of the woman in red was too strange. Since it was Ziyang's own business, he didn't ask any more questions.
Xiaohai stretched out his little hand, gently rubbed the hot palm prints on Ziyang's face, and said, "Brother Ziyang, since you are not angry, why are you so depressed?"
"It's hard to move without the Spirit Source Stone. On the way out of the city, I kept thinking about how to earn the Spirit Source Stone." Zi Yang's face was full of melancholy.
Only then did he understand why Jia Juesheng complained that he gave away all the spiritual source stones, because without the spiritual source stones, he could only sleep in the wilderness.
However, he did not feel any regret. He would never take anything that did not belong to him.
Jia Juesheng did not mention the old things again, but instead analyzed them in detail: "Of the five major forces in Liang City, the East Gate Sword Mansion is not suitable for us, and the West Gate Sword Pavilion is not suitable for us. As for the Ghost Sect of the South Gate Corpse Exorcist Sect, and the North Gate Only The Spirit Clan that accepts the Formation Master will not take us in."
"The only place we can go to is the Sanwang Hall, the gathering place for casual cultivators located in the center of Liangcheng."
"The sect has too many rules. I can't stand their rules, so I'll just forget it." Ziyang refused without hesitation. He couldn't live a life that was too comfortable.
"If we don't join the sect, we can only survive by hunting monsters." Jia Juesheng looked at Ziyang, his expression a little gloomy.
Hunting monsters is not an easy road. Generally, the hides, blood, meat, etc. of monsters can only be sold for a few spirit source stones. They cannot deal with monsters that are too high level. Once provoked, they will be counterattacked. The risk of killing.
Of course, whether you can encounter monsters or not is another matter. If you are unlucky, you won't encounter a few in a day. If you encounter one but cannot defeat it, you will put yourself in danger.
Also, in a place like Liangcheng where there are many sects, some elite disciples from the sects will inevitably form groups to hunt monsters in exchange for spiritual source stones.
High-grade swords, spiritual mystery bags, valuable elixirs, even a bottle of wine, and a decent piece of clothing, all of these things, without exception, are inseparable from the spiritual source stone.
Without a certain level of strength and without joining a force, it would be difficult to move forward in a place like Liangcheng.
The only benefit of hunting monsters is that you can increase your experience by fighting monsters, thereby improving your own realm.
Jia Juesheng looked at Ziyang who was bowing his head in thought, and said with deep meaning: "What a pity. If I have the spiritual source stone in hand, I can use the killing array to kill the monsters in the formative stage."
Ziyang and Xiaohai opened their eyes wide and looked at Jia Juesheng with incredulous eyes, obviously shocked by his words.
The cultivation of monsters is different from that of humans. They only have five realms. The monsters in the formative stage mentioned by Jia Juesheng can be killed by human monks even below the reincarnation stage.
What the formation master relies on is the spiritual source stone, the holy source stone, and the divine source stone. Different levels of the source stone will have different power of the formation.
The source power of the Spiritual Origin Stone is limited, and it is unable to maximize the power of the formation. The Holy Origin Stone can barely sustain it for a while, but it has insufficient stamina.
The divine source stone has sufficient source power. Compared with the first two, it can be said to be the best source stone for array masters.
Jia Juesheng smiled and said: "The premise is that you have to give me time to set up the killing array. The most important thing is to have the spiritual source stone."
"But we don't have the spiritual source stone now." Zi Yang said casually and found that Jia Juesheng was staring at him with a smile and said nothing.
Zi Yang's face changed slightly and said, "Don't even think about it!"
Jia Juesheng's intention was already very clear. He wanted Ziyang to find the woman in red and borrow some Holy Origin Stones. With the Holy Origin Stones, everything would be easier to handle.
Jia Juesheng hurriedly persuaded him, "Zi Yang, don't be anxious. We have no other option right now. Just betray your appearance, bend a little, and then borrow some Holy Origin Stones."
"What does it mean to be a little bit more subdued?! I knelt down for her when we were in Dou Shen Tower. If you ask me to find her again, maybe she will come up with some way to deal with me. If I don't go, I won't. Go!" Ziyang shook his head like a rattle, as if he didn't agree with you no matter what you said.
"Are you still aggrieved? I think you are blessed with blessings! What's wrong with this girl? Needless to say, she has an exquisite figure, and her appearance is of course the beauty of a country. She takes great care of you."
"According to me, it's good that this girl doesn't dislike you, but you still dislike me."
As soon as he mentioned this, Jia Juesheng felt that God was a little unfair. It didn't matter that Ziyang was stronger than him, but his appearance was even worse than him.
Why should he take all the benefits? It's really irritating.
Zi Yang just wanted to argue with him, but after thinking about it carefully, he smiled and said, "I can't find her even if I want to look for her. We can't just focus on looking for her instead of hunting monsters."
"Huh?! You..." Jia Juesheng pointed at him. He was about to say that next time we meet, you have to lend me some Holy Origin Stones. Before he could say this, Zi Yang immediately gave him He stopped thinking about it.
"Okay. If you have the ability, you can borrow it yourself. If you don't, just come with me to hunt monsters."
Jia Juesheng still persuaded without giving up: "No. Ziyang, you have suffered a little, but we have the Holy Origin Stone, which is also a guarantee for us."
"I'm the captain, listen to me in everything! Let's go, Xiao Hai." Zi Yang waved to Xiao Hai, who immediately followed.
Jia Juesheng knew that borrowing the Holy Origin Stone was not feasible, so he didn't say anything more. After all, Zi Yang was the captain, and only he had the final say on some matters.
Doushen Tower
In the corner behind Xuan Yi, there were a bunch of empty wine jars, dozens of them, some turned sideways in the corner, some with their mouths down and their bottoms up, all piled up in the corner.
The same is true behind Shan Ya, where the empty wine jars are also a bit messy.
"How have you been in Daofu recently?" Shan Ya's expression remained as usual. He leaned on the table with one hand and held the wine jar on the table with the other, chatting about home affairs while drinking.
Back then, it was Shan Ya who discovered Xuan Yi begging on the street, and then brought him to Doushen Tower to act as a waiter serving tea and meals.
A few years later, as Xuan Yi grew up, Shan Ya decided to send him to Dao Mansion without authorization. Xuan Yi was extremely dissatisfied with this matter, and the two even had a big quarrel over this.
After the quarrel, everything returned to normal. You still had to go to the Dao Mansion. Not only did the relationship between the two not create a gap, but they became even closer than before.
When Xuan Yiyi has free time, he will come to Doushen Tower to drink with Shan Ya. The relationship between the two is like that of father and son. Whenever Xuan Yi comes back, Shan Ya will ask questions.
"I just received my salary yesterday. Compared with last month, there are ten Holy Origin Stones less. Ten." Xuan Yi crossed his two index fingers together, with a look of regret on his rosy face.
When Shan Ya heard this, he felt that this was a bit strange. Dao Mansion had been recruiting disciples in the past year and treated its disciples better than other forces. Logically speaking, there would be no sudden reduction in salary.
Nowadays, there are many elite disciples in Daofu, which have long surpassed other sects. To put it bluntly, Daofu is now the strongest sect in Liangcheng.
But this inexplicable reduction in salary is not a good sign for Daofu. This will easily make the disciples dissatisfied and switch to other places.
From Xuan Yi's words, it is not difficult to hear that he is not very satisfied with the reduction of salary. Xuan Yi, who has no worries about food and clothing, is still like this. One can imagine the mentality of other disciples in the Dao Mansion.
