lerbook Chapter 110: Acquaintances [Updated on 3/3, extra update for fellow Taoist (True Little Monkey)! ]
Chapter 110: Acquaintances [Updated on 3/3, extra update for fellow Taoist (True Little Monkey)! ]
Having made up his mind, Li Lan left the mortal world and returned to the world of cultivators.
He steered his flying boat, embarking once again on the journey to Nineflower County City.
Li Lan was extremely cautious.
He utilized both of his only two flying boats.
He summoned a spirit bean soldier to pilot a flying boat ahead, while he followed far behind.
This way, if the bean soldier encountered any unexpected events ahead, he could abandon the pawn to protect the king in time.
However,
even though Li Lan was already cautious to this extent,
trouble still found its way to him like maggots in a bone.
This journey was even more unfavorable than the last, one could even say it was utterly terrible.
Before he had even traveled a hundred miles,
Li Lan had already encountered thirteen ill-intentioned robberies.
Each time, the rogue cultivators who coveted the spirit bean soldier varied in strength,
among them was even one with a seventh layer Qi Refining cultivation, not inferior to him.
Fortunately, the other party was a clever person, and seeing that Li Lan was not easy to provoke, he did not take action.
Before leaving,
he even revealed some information,
which allowed Li Lan to understand why he had encountered so many rogue cultivator attacks.
On one hand, it was naturally because the southern region of the county had become uneasy again recently.
On the other hand, it was because,
in this world of cultivators that advocated natural selection and survival of the fittest,
a cultivator traveling alone, whose strength was not strong enough,
was almost no different from a lamb waiting to be slaughtered in the eyes of rogue cultivators.
That seventh layer Qi Refining rogue cultivator even thought that Li Lan was one of them and seriously learned from this experience. Later, he also found a low-level cultivator to cooperate with, luring other rogue cultivators to take the bait.
Subsequently,
Li Lan also learned from the experience and no longer traveled alone.
He found a loose cultivator market nearby and bought a Qian Clan Immortal Boat ticket for the price of two spirit stones.
He traveled to Nineflower County City together with several other loose cultivators who were weak but quite wealthy in spirit stones.
This method was indeed effective.
After traveling for two or three days, the Immortal Boat did not encounter a single rogue cultivator.
Later, Li Lan inquired and learned that.
This Qian Clan was a leading family in Nineflower County City.
They only engaged in businesses that earned spirit stones, such as renting Immortal Boats, buying and selling spirit plants, and trading elixirs,
and did not participate in the most important spiritual vein disputes in the world of cultivators.
Therefore, they had no direct conflict of interest with other major sects and families.
In addition,
the Qian Clan Chamber of Commerce maintained a very neutral position,
and had established a good reputation throughout the Nineflower County territory.
Most cultivators from both the righteous and demonic paths were willing to give them face.
Therefore,
Immortal Boats with the Qian Clan Chamber of Commerce family crest were rarely targeted by rogue cultivators.
The joint markets and auctions they opened also rarely had cultivators causing trouble.
Li Lan's two spirit stones were considered well spent.
However,
the only point worth criticizing was that,
the flying speed of this Qian Clan Immortal Boat was a bit too slow.
Every time it passed a market or family gathering place, the Immortal Boat had to stop to receive new cultivators on board.
On this day,
the Immortal Boat stopped at a market again.
An old man and a young boy wanted to board the boat, but were stopped by the Qian Clan person in charge.
"Fellow cultivator, with your cultivation in the late stage of Qi Refining, it seems that there is no need to waste spirit stones to ride my Qian Clan's Immortal Boat, right?
Could it be that you two have some trouble and came here specifically to avoid disaster?
I must remind you in advance,
that within the Nineflower County territory, the Qian Clan Chamber of Commerce has always maintained an absolutely neutral attitude,
and will never get involved in any family or sect disputes.
This will not change because of any cultivator.
If you have the intention of spending money to avoid disaster, please go back."
The Qian Clan person in charge's perennial smile on his face slightly diminished, and he said the unpleasant things in advance.
The old man's face was crisscrossed with wrinkles, like the bark of an old tree that had experienced the vicissitudes of life.
In his sunken eye sockets,
a pair of turbid eyes, however, revealed a hint of cunning light,
He was wearing a washed-out gray Daoist robe, tied around his waist with a worn-out black belt, on which hung a gray storage bag that had seen many years.
Judging from the dress alone,
I'm afraid no one would associate him with a late-stage Qi Refining expert.
Following him was a child of eight or nine years old,
who had no magic power or cultivation, obviously an ordinary mortal.
This strange combination of old and young,
for a time also attracted the attention of many cultivators on the Immortal Boat.
The gazes they cast on them were all filled with doubt and curiosity.
They speculated about the relationship between these two old and young people with very different identities.
This naturally also included Li Lan.
After all.
Under normal circumstances,
a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, not to mention walking unhindered in the southern region of the county,
even if he was alone, self-protection would not be a problem.
Once the aura was revealed, basically no rogue cultivator who didn't have eyes would dare to step forward to stop him.
Now such a strong person was actually willing to waste four spirit stones,
to board this Immortal Boat that only the weak would choose, which was really strange.
Li Lan's toes quietly pointed outwards.
Once this old man couldn't give a reasonable explanation,
he would not hesitate to disembark and leave.
The old man took out a token from his Daoist robe,
flashed it in front of the Qian Clan person in charge, and said in a flat voice, "If it were in the past, this old Daoist would indeed not need to take your Immortal Boat.
But the world is not very peaceful now, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, this old Daoist can only do this."
The Qian Clan person in charge glanced at the token,
and his pupils shrank slightly.
Immediately, he put on his signature welcoming smile again.
"So it's Fellow Daoist Su, Qian Yuan was just doing his duty earlier, I hope Fellow Daoist doesn't take offense.
I wonder if Miss Su is practicing smoothly in the Guangji Sect in Nineflower County City now?"
The reason why Qian Yuan's attitude changed so quickly,
was not because the old man took out the Su family token,
but mainly because of that Miss Su in the other party's family.
As a well-known chamber of commerce in the world of cultivators,
the Qian Clan family's information was extremely well-informed.
They naturally knew that the genius girl who had joined the Guangji Sect eight years ago came from the same family as the person in front of them.
In the world of cultivators, there are only two types of people who cannot be easily offended.
One is high-level cultivators with strong strength and realm.
The second is talented people who have the potential to set foot in a high realm in the future and lead the family to prosperity.
This Miss Su obviously belonged to the latter.
The Qian Clan Chamber of Commerce had been doing business for many years, so naturally it would not offend such a family that might become a behemoth in the future.
Before it was determined what the relationship between this old guy and Miss Su was, it was better to treat him with courtesy.
Anyway, what he should remind had already been reminded in advance.
Li Lan's attention was highly concentrated, constantly observing both sides.
Although the old man only flashed the token and quickly took it back.
But he still saw the whole picture of the token clearly.
Li Lan was very familiar with this token.
He even had one unused one lying in his storage bag.
A strange look appeared in Li Lan's eyes.
This late-stage Qi Refining old man was actually from the Su family line among the four major loose cultivator families in Flying Snow River.
Soon,
he thought of the Miss Su mentioned by the Qian Clan person in charge.
Li Lan had witnessed firsthand how harsh the standards were for the Guangji Sect in Nineflower County to recruit disciples.
The descendants of ordinary loose cultivator families were not qualified to enter it for cultivation,
at least they had to have extremely high talent.
And Li Lan happened to know that there was indeed such a little genius in the Su family who could meet the requirements.
This was really a bit too coincidental.