"call out!"
With his mind in turmoil, Xiaochen started practicing his sword again. With every move of his sword, he became more and more into the state, and his turbulent thoughts faded away.
The Yuluo Immortal Boat had already crossed a large area by flying, from the Wanfeng Domain where the Wuwu Cliff was located, and then across the Three Domains, to the Lingjin Domain where the Medicine Pill Valley was located. The Lingjin Domain was no longer lined with trees. With peaks and cliffs, the area has tended to be hills and mountains. The Yushu Mountains span across the Umbrella Domain and end at the Lingjin Domain. It spans more than a dozen domains and forms a natural barrier, guarding the 32 internal Righteous Domains.
As for Wanjie Yuan City, it is located in Wanjie Domain and belongs to the territory of Yan Kingdom.
After turning his thoughts around and sheathing his sword, Xiaochen felt a little headache looking at Xia Shang who was sitting on the side eating a spiritual fruit.
Nowadays, he still needs to act affectionate with Xia Shang in order to hide it from Qing Yao. This is what Qiu He reminds him. Xiaochen now has a lot of fears about Qing Yao.
"Master Xiao, come here, the Yuluo fruit is delicious." Xia Shang said quickly when she saw Xiaochen coming over. She peeled off the peel with her hands. The flesh was red, sweet and delicious, and then she put it into her mouth.
Xiaochen picked up a Yuluo Fruit and activated a few sword energy with his fingers. In a moment, the Yuluo Fruit was already peeled.
"Great!" Xia Shang said with her eyes wide open, her fingers unconsciously trying to take it.
"Here you go, Chang'er." Xiaochen gave the Yuluo Fruit to Xia Chang with a flick of his fingertips.
After Xia Chang ate the spirit fruit, she gathered spiritual energy in her hands, washed her fingers, moved her chair next to Xiao Chen, and said, "It's delicious."
Xiaochen wiped the pulp from her mouth with his hand, and the two of them just sat on the front deck of the spirit boat, watching the scenery passing by outside.
"Does it have to be like this every time? Isn't it too deliberate?" Xiaochen whispered to Xia Shang helplessly.
Xia Shang responded: "No, the lady will only look at it occasionally. Anyway, it's fine not to expose the secret."
"By the way, Mr. Xiao, your smile is too stiff. Come, look at me, and smile more naturally." Xia Chang said to Xiao Chen, and demonstrated with a smile on his lips.
He just stared blankly, and it took him a while to learn.
"Master Xiao, we will arrive at Huize City tomorrow, and we will be separated there." After saying this, Xia Chang was also a little disappointed.
Thinking of this, Xiaochen's thoughts were a little wandering. Yao Dan Valley is different from Wuwu Cliff. Disciples in the sect need the existence of a market and a trading venue, so not far from Yao Dan Valley is Huize City. Qingyao and his group are going to Yao Dan Valley. Xiaochen was visiting a distinguished guest in Dangu, so Xiaochen made an arrangement with her to separate in Huize City.
Huize City is also familiar to Xiao Chen. It houses the largest bounty organization for casual cultivators in the 32 regions of the Righteous Path, the Lingjin Bounty Building, and is backed by the Medicine Pill Valley. Countless bounty tasks are placed in the bounty hall every day. , thus attracting more and more casual cultivators, and finally gathered into this grand occasion.
Apart from this, the Zhi Xuetang opened in Yao Dan Valley is also well-known, and the monk elixirs sold there are of quite good quality.
The city that stretches for hundreds of miles is full of everything and is extremely prosperous. The largest replica city is Bailufang City, which is located next to the Lingjin Bounty Hall. The spiritual treasures rumored in the previous life also came from there. Some people say it is a Some people say that the clay fairy statue is a pure jade vase, or even a clay pot.
In addition to Yao Dan Valley, there are four major families in the city, namely the Huyan family, the Rong family, the Murong family and the Wang family. Each of the four families controls some industries and assets in the city, and they are constantly fighting secretly.
Xiaochen glanced sideways at Xia Chang. After spending the past few days together, he always felt that something was strange. Xia Chang didn't seem to object to being with him at all, so he said casually: "Yes, there is always a difference."
"Why hasn't Young Master Xiao gone back to his room to rest these past few nights?" Xia Chang said pointedly.
"The scenery outside is beautiful, you should enjoy it." Xiaochen said while avoiding the burning gaze.
"Besides, monks like us should practice hard, how can we indulge in pleasure every day?"
"Oh, will Young Master Xiao go back to rest tonight? Chang'er has learned some dances and wants to appreciate them with Young Master Xiao." Xia Chang also spoke slowly, with a hint of blush flashing through his words.
At this moment, Qing Yao looked at the two of them with great interest. Seeing this, Xiao Chen's face froze and he agreed.
After a while, Xiaochen said: "I'm going to continue practicing my sword. Would Chang'er want to come with me?"
"Okay!" Xia Chang reluctantly agreed, but seemed to be uninterested, mainly because Xiaochen was too powerful when practicing the sword, and it was difficult for him to parry every move.
Xia Shang's sword was a thin sword, and it fit just right in her hand.
"Ding ding ding..."
Under the sound of sword light, the two of them were fighting inextricably. After a while, Xia Shang said: "This is boring. I am not your enemy. Why do I attack so hard every time?"
"The sword has no eyes, Chang'er." Xiao Chen didn't say anything else. He had already stopped his hand a lot. Even if the sword he swung out was wrong, he would withdraw it under control.
Seeing Xia Shang put away his sword, Xiaochen continued to practice on his own. Since he opened his sword, he naturally had to finish the dance.
It was also during the chats in the past few days that Xiaochen learned that Xia Chang was fifteen years old and had just transformed for two or three years, so he was very curious about the outside world.
Time passed quickly, and another day passed by. Xiaochen let go of Xia Chang's arms, stood up, and glanced at the faint smile on the corner of the sleeping Xia Chang's mouth. For some reason, Xiaochen felt like Xia Chang Really like him.
After washing up, Xiaochen walked towards the front deck of the ship. A majestic and huge city was quietly visible in the distance of the Lingzhou.
"Fairy Qingyao, Huize City is ahead of us, and we will return home." Wan Lirong also bowed in the air on the spirit boat and said.
"Thank you, Senior Wan, for escorting me all the way." Qingyao still said with a smile.
"Fairy Qingyao, you don't have to be polite! Fourth, Luo Wen, let's go, turn around and return!" Wan Lirong did not say any more greetings. After greetings, he quickly changed direction and left.
Qing Yao also focused her attention on Xiao Chen at this time, looked at him a few times again, and said teasingly: "Master Xiao, you are quite used to living in a spirit boat."
Xiao Chen knew why. He turned his gaze slightly and said, "Fairy Qingyao entertained her very well, and Xiao felt very comfortable with her."
Qingyao seemed to have thought of something and chuckled.
"By the way, this is a story I compiled from some folk legends on the spirit boat. It's an accidental story." Xiaochen also took out the jade slips he had prepared and handed it to Qingyao.
"Master Xiao is really interested." Qingyao heard the story and quickly took it over. In fact, the previous story was just a joke. She didn't expect Xiaochen to be so committed.
"Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio - Painted Skin, written by Pu Songling. Mr. Xiao's new pen name?" Qingyao took it and glanced at it, smiling.
"The story is being promoted, and the pen name is just written based on my feelings. Fairy Qingyao doesn't need to care about it." Xiaochen shook his head and said.
"There have been a lot of disturbances during this period, and now we have reached our destination, so Xiao will say goodbye."
"Are you sure you want to leave now? I won't see Xia Shang to say goodbye." Qing Yao was quite surprised at this time, but she still let Yuluo Xianzhou slow down.
"Xiao is afraid that he won't be able to leave after seeing Chang'er." Xiao Chen said naturally.
Qingyao didn't believe it, but still joked: "The hero is sad about the beauty! I didn't expect Mr. Xiao to be like this too, so let's just say goodbye."
"Farewell Fairy Qingyao!" After Xiaochen bowed and said goodbye, seeing the fairy boat stopped, he also jumped away.
When Xiaochen fell to the ground, Yuluo Immortal Boat left quickly.
"Why don't you meet him?" Qingyao said behind her.
A figure walked out from inside, it was Xia Shang.
"Master Xiao should have his own affairs, I shouldn't be an obstacle." Xia Shang seemed to be in a low mood.
Qingyao did not answer any more. In the face of seeking the path and cultivating immortality, love is a side road after all. Xia Shang is still young and will understand in the future, so she said to Qiu He: "Comfort comfort Xiao Shang."
Xiaochen looked at the location where he landed. It should be a few kilometers away from Huize City, so he walked forward along the opened road.
When the Yuluo Immortal Boat landed, many people saw him jumping off. At this time, those people also hurriedly got out of the way, or looked at Xiaochen with curiosity or confusion.
Xiao Chen didn't pay attention. This place was already close to the boundary of Huize City. There were many patrolling soldiers around, and no one with bad ideas would take action here.
Huize City governs the city with strict laws, and this is especially true for casual cultivators. Once a casual cultivator commits a crime, the reward will also be posted on the Lingjin Bounty Tower. Such casual cultivators basically don’t need to hang around in the surrounding area. As long as they show traces, they will wait. They will be hunted down by all kinds of people.
Of course, most of the so-called crimes were to protect the interests of the family stores in the city. As for the fights between the casual cultivators behind the scenes, no one was paying attention.
The assassination among the monks is carried out by another organization, that is, the Yanyu Tower, the largest assassination organization in Canglan Realm. It has branches in both the good and the evil realms. In addition to assassinations, there are also various intelligence. The Yanyu Tower collects intelligence They also sell information. No one knows where the Yanyulou headquarters is, but if someone tries to destroy the branch stronghold, they will be issued a blood claw hunt order and be hunted down countless times.
After Xiaochen entered Huize City, he also went to Bailufang City immediately. After all, those who are destined to get the Lingbao can go and have a look.
"Have you heard about the Murong family incident..."
"Brother Xu, this is not something we can discuss."
"Selling blood spirit fruit! New blood spirit fruit, 30 yuan for a low-grade spirit stone!"
"Green Snake Pill, Green Snake Demon Pill..."
After entering the market, the surroundings were noisy, and various hawking sounds kept coming. Most of these were casual cultivators hawking along the street.
Hearing that someone was selling blood spirit fruit, Xiao Chen became a little interested and walked over.
The seller of blood fruit is a middle-aged man with a long beard, wearing a bamboo sun hat and gray linen clothes.
Seeing that someone was interested, Zhan Gu quickly said: "Little brother, look at this, this is a newly picked blood spirit fruit. It only sells for 30 low-grade spirit stones. Look at it!"
Xiaochen picked up the Blood Spirit Fruit placed on the blanket on the ground and checked it briefly. The color was right, bright red like blood, but there were not enough white marks on the bottom of the round fruit, only three white marks, and Xiaochen needed the Blood Spirit Fruit. If it is above the middle level of the Mysterious Realm, it must have at least 50 scratches.
"The fruit was picked early, the year is wrong." Xiao Chen was also a little disappointed and put down the Blood Spirit Fruit.
When Zhan Gu saw Xiaochen looking at Baihen, he naturally stopped fooling him.
Just when Xiaochen was about to put down the Blood Spirit Fruit and leave, he suddenly saw that one of the more than ten fruits was obviously smaller, with only one white mark on the bottom.
"wrong!"
Xiaochen then turned over each Blood Spirit Fruit, and didn't take a closer look until he reached the small one. When he saw a little gold appearing on the white mark at the bottom, he immediately realized that this one was a century-old Blood Spirit Fruit. , the Blood Spirit Fruit grows a mark every year, and when it reaches a hundred years, it will shed its skin, start to grow white marks again, and the fruit will become smaller, but there will be a golden light under the white marks.
Then his heart moved and he said: "These are blood spirit fruits that are not old enough, and some of them are not even three years old." Xiaochen stood up and pretended not to want to buy, but he still glanced at a few of the oldest ones.
This was immediately noticed by the stall owner Zhan Gu, and he immediately said: "Little brother, although these Blood Spirit Fruits are relatively young, they are enough to treat daily scratches. Several of them are more than ten years old. It can also be used as an alchemy material, and now it only requires a 30-low-grade spiritual stone."
Xiaochen hesitated for a moment and seemed to be thinking about it.
Zhan Gu continued: "This Blood Spirit Fruit was harvested after several people were injured after killing Lianyun Leopard. If it is sold at a low price, it will not even be enough to pay for the medicine."
Seeing that Xiaochen was still unmoved, he gritted his teeth and said, "Buy one like this and I'll give you a new year's blood spirit fruit, okay?"
"Okay then." Xiaochen nodded and picked up three blood spirit fruits that were more than ten years old. He didn't need to choose anymore. Zhan Gu immediately handed the youngest three to Xiaochen.
Seeing that what he wanted was given to him, Xiaochen did not hesitate anymore, handed over 90 low-grade spiritual stones and left.
"The century-old blood spirit fruit is at least a high-grade elixir of the Xuan level. It's like picking up a leak." He had gained something when he first came to Fangshi, and he was in a good mood.
