Liu Muyun's cooking skills are becoming more and more like those of a chef in the mortal world. The food is full of color and aroma, spicy yet sweet, and crispy yet fragrant.
In particular, the crystal clear and neatly arranged braised pork melts in your mouth, soft but not greasy. Paired with a pot of old wine, even heavenly beings cannot enjoy this deliciousness.
A mouthful of meat and a mouthful of wine can outshine everyone in the world.
Watching Chen Yuan eat the delicious food he made, Liu Muyun's gloomy face showed a smile, and after a while, he regained his composure.
Chen Yuan naturally noticed the change in Liu Muyun's expression, but he said nothing and quietly ate the food on the plate.
"Brother Chen..." The girl hesitated to speak.
Chen Yuan was just drinking and eating meat.
"He will be back soon..."
After saying these few words, the girl's body began to tremble unnaturally. The existence of that "him" kept her awake all the time. Every time she thought about it, she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar and her whole body was as cold as ice.
"A month and a half, a month and a half later, he came back. I...I wanted to escape..."
These words are the girl's true thoughts. With the power of her and Chen Yuan, there is only one way to die when facing that "him".
"Escape? Where can you escape? He has raised you for more than ten years and must have done something to you, otherwise he would not have been able to leave Maple Leaf City alone for two years. He is not afraid of you escaping at all, even if you escape from the Northern Territory When you go to Zhongzhou or Southern Xinjiang, he will always find a way to find you. This is a certain fact."
Chen Yuan's words gave the trembling girl hope again. In fact, on the day Chen Yuan left Tingxi Zhuyuan, the girl was ready to run away at any time, but she didn't want to be alone.
"Brother Chen, do you have any plans?" Liu Muyun asked tremblingly.
"No. Everything is covered by water and soil." This is also Chen Yuan's true thought.
"But our strength level..." The girl was still worried.
"There are no absolutes in the world. Snakes can swallow elephants, and people can kill gods. Your master is not invincible. As long as you and I do our best, even if the result is the worst, we can only say that it is our fate. Destined."
"I don't believe in fate, but I believe in results. Nothing has only one result. Maybe we can achieve the second result."
Liu Muyun also knew that her escape was in vain, but she still hoped to stay away from Maple Leaf City and the place that left a deep impression on her.
Listening to what Chen Yuan said now, her heart broadened a lot. Maybe they could really create a miracle.
The girl continued to accompany Chen Yuan to eat, and the two of them, like a mortal couple, sat among the lotus flowers in the stream, like a fairy couple on earth, envied by everyone in the world.
And there was such a person on the branch of a giant tree not far from the Bamboo Garden.
This person is an old man in his sixties, with ragged clothes and fluffy hair. He is holding a black wine gourd in his right hand and a chicken drumstick in his left hand.
"It turns out you were waiting for this kid. I want to see how you guys will fight against the Blood God Son in a month and a half."
The old man poured half a bottle of wine into his mouth and lay leisurely on the branch of the tree, as if the branch was his home and his bed.
Naturally, Chen Yuan and Chen were unaware of the old man's existence. After eating together, they walked to their rooms respectively.
Luochen County and his party made Chen Yuan fully aware of his shortcomings.
The second level of Qi Refining is the lowest existence in the monk world. Any monk with a background and strength can treat the second level of Qi Refining like an ant and crush it at will.
"The world of monks is a world where the weak prey on the strong and strength is respected. Only strength is the foundation, and everything else is just a cloud."
After Chen Yuan, who was practicing cross-legged, checked his storage bag, he found that half of the hundreds of Qi Gathering Pills had been consumed, and there were only about thirty poisonous Qi Gathering Pills left. For him now, these are simply not enough.
"It's time to go to Leisure City."
After packing up all the items and taking inventory, Chen Yuan got up and walked out of his room.
Kangle City is a small town much smaller than Luochen County. It has a population of about hundreds of thousands, most of which are mortals. But because it is relatively close to Maple Leaf City and Luochen County, there are also many casual cultivators living here.
A force like the Shendan Hall also has its own branch in the small Leisure City, but compared to the branch in Maple Leaf City, the Shendan Hall here is much smaller, and its deacon is just a Qi Refiner. A young monk on the fifth floor.
The Shendan Hall is naturally the best place to buy what you need for alchemy.
"Fellow Taoist, do you want to buy or sell?"
The deacon of Shendan Hall, a middle-aged monk in his thirties, asked respectfully.
"One-star Qi Gathering Pill, I wonder how you can purchase it here?" Chen Yuan asked.
"One spiritual stone per piece. If the quality is good, the price can be negotiated."
The price is similar to what Chen Yuan imagined. In a small place like Leisure City, it is already a high price to buy a Qi Gathering Pill for one spiritual stone.
"Do you think this bottle of Qi Gathering Pill can give you many spiritual stones?"
Chen Yuan naturally took out a bottle of one-star Qi Gathering Pill from his storage bag, which contained a total of 108 pills.
"Since it is a one-star elixir of excellent quality. Let's do this. I will purchase it for one hundred and ten spiritual stones. If fellow Taoist is satisfied, we will make a deal now."
Because of the Yin-Yang Cauldron, Chen Yuan had very few spiritual stones left in his hands. Although one hundred and ten spiritual stones were still a bit small, they at least solved an urgent need and allowed him to upgrade at least two low-grade magical weapons to mid-grade.
After the deal was concluded, Chen Yuan walked out of the Divine Alchemy Hall, but at this time, two monks in strange clothes, one fat and one thin, stared at Chen Yuan, who had succeeded in the deal.
"Brother, this kid is as strong as you and me. He only wants to refine the second level of Qi. If you and I join forces, we should be able to succeed."
The fat monk whispered to the thin monk beside him.
"After three days of squatting, you and my brother finally caught an unlucky guy who is worth a lot of money but has low strength. You and I, my brother, captured him."
The two monks quietly followed Chen Yuan.
Although Chen Yuan's perception has not reached a high level, it is still much better than ordinary second-level Qi Refining monks. When the two monks, one fat and one thin, had just started to move, they had already sensed it.
Walking forward slowly, after bypassing many alleys in Leisure City, Chen Yuan's footsteps finally stopped in the open space behind a house.
"Two fellow Taoists, I've been following you for almost an hour. Now it's time to show up."
Chen Yuan's words faded, and strong winds rose up behind him. The two monks, one fat and one thin, both used fireball techniques to attack Chen Yuan.
After simply taking a shield talisman on his body, Chen Yuan, who didn't say much, took action with the second-grade golden sword talisman. The huge golden sword light smashed the fireball thrown by the fat monk, and then slashed directly on the opponent's head. .
"Second brother, be careful!"
When the golden sword fell, the fat monk on the second level of Qi Refining was like a little baby who had not experienced a battle. His face was full of surprise and shock, since he had forgotten to avoid and defend.
The thin monk seemed to have much more combat experience than the fat monk. When he saw Chen Yuan throwing the golden sword talisman instead of using the fireball technique, he already knew that they had encountered a difficult situation.
He hurriedly used his spiritual power to protect his body and ran towards the sluggish fat monk not far away, as if he was trying to carry the golden sword with his own body.
The fat monk was pushed out three feet and hit the ground heavily, while the thin monk caught the falling golden sword with both arms.
Blood flowed freely, and after this sword strike, the thin monk's arms were almost disabled, but he still persisted.
"Brother, let me save you."
Seeing his eldest brother being suppressed by the golden sword, the fat monk quickly ran towards Chen Yuan, trying to attack again with the fireball technique.
"Second brother, leave quickly. You are no match for him."
Blood was flowing down his wrists and on his clothes, and sweat was breaking out on his forehead. The thin monk had reached the end of his crossbow, and he could be killed on the spot with just a little force of the golden sword.
"Do you think he can still walk?"
Chen Yuan's words were cold. After injecting another layer of power into the golden sword with his right hand, several fireballs popped out from his left hand, blocking all the fat monk's escape routes.
"Senior, senior, please forgive me. My two brothers did not intend to offend, but they were forced to do nothing. Please forgive me, senior, for overestimating our capabilities."
The thin monk gritted his teeth and tried his best to resist the slow downward force of the golden sword.
"Oh, you were forced to have no choice? You want to tell me, why were you to have no choice? And why did you attack me?"
Chen Yuan, with a cold face, gained more strength in his hands.
"The cause of the matter lies in my third sister who loves to play."
It turns out that the fat and thin monks are sworn brothers, and they also have a sworn sister. The three of them practice on a nearby hill named Langya, and they call themselves the Three Hegemons of Langya.
In addition to practicing, the three people make a living by looking after the homes and homes of nearby mortal villagers.
Ten days ago, a wealthy family named Ma in Leisure City celebrated the full moon of their newborn grandson. In order to ensure the safety of the full moon celebration, and to prevent bandits from nearby taking the opportunity to plunder.
The family named Ma invited them, the Three Wolf Fangs, to ensure that the Full Moon Wine goes smoothly.
The full moon wine of the Ma family did come to a successful conclusion, but their three sisters were targeted by people from the Heavenly Demon Sect. Not long after the three of them left the Ma family, the three of them met a monk at the third level of Qi Refining from the Heavenly Demon Sect.
Because her strength was too low, the third sister was captured by the people of the Demon Sect.
However, the Demon Sect monk didn't seem to be a heinous person that day, and gave them a way to let their third sister go.
As long as they can produce a low-grade magic weapon, they can return their third sister.
A low-grade magic weapon requires at least a hundred spiritual stones. If they don't have spiritual stones to buy a Qi Gathering Pill, they can only rely on low-level casual cultivators supported by mortals to get hundreds of spiritual stones.
In order to rescue their third sister, the two squatted near the Shendan Hall for three days, just to find an unlucky ghost who met the conditions.
And Chen Yuan was the unlucky guy they considered.
It's just that they misjudged Chen Yuan's strength.
"It's the Heavenly Demon Sect again? This time the Heavenly Demon Sect captured a mortal girl, and now they're arresting a low-level female cultivator. What do they want to do?"
Putting away the golden sword talisman, Chen Yuan said: "For the sake of your deep love as brother and sister, I will spare your life. Hurry up and get out."
Chen Yuan did not want to provoke the Demon Sect anymore, so he would not ask about the fat and thin monks. He now needed to find the black market of monks in Leisure City.
Turning around and leaving, Chen Yuan entered Leisure City again, but the fat and thin monks did not leave immediately. They were separated by a hundred feet and followed closely behind him.
