Chapter 37 Soto City
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A cold thought, like a venomous snake, slowly rose from the bottom of his heart.
Bibi Dong, although he say a gentleman takes his revenge even ten years later.
But I, Jiang Bai, have never been any kind of gentleman.
Since I cannot kill you right now, then—let the people you care about also taste the flavor of pain.
Aren’t you deeply in love with Yu Xiaogang? Then I’m afraid I’ll have to wrong your old lover first—
Yu Xiaogang, are you ready?
About an hour later, they had left the core area and arrived at a relatively safe region on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Beside a clear stream, the Wind Dragon slowly descended.
Jiang Bai leaped down from the dragon’s back; although his steps were still a bit unsteady, he could move freely.
He looked around, confirmed it was safe, and said to the three dragons.
"Catch a few Spirit Beasts; we need to replenish our energy. Try to avoid powerful or special groups, just catch some common ones."
"Yes, Master!"
The three dragons received the order and quickly dispersed.
After shrinking their size, they moved more stealthily, and in less than a quarter of an hour, they brought back over a dozen unconscious Soft Bones Rabbits.
They were all low-level Spirit Beasts with only a few decades of cultivation, as common as weeds on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Jiang Bai skillfully processed the rabbit meat by the stream with a dagger, skinning, removing the internal organs, and cleaning them.
Afterward, he set up a simple grill, placed the skewered rabbit meat over the fire, and the Fire Dragon controlled a subtle flame to roast it evenly.
Grease dripped into the fire, making a "sizzling" sound, and a rich aroma of meat filled the air.
The shrunken Fire Dragon, Earth Dragon, and Wind Dragon sat around the campfire, staring longingly at the gradually golden-brown roasted meat, their Adam’s apples bobbing involuntarily.
Jiang Bai turned the meat, but his thoughts drifted far away.
He could not return to Spirit Hall for the time being.
At least, before possessing enough strength for revenge, he could not go back.
Where should he go next—
Let’s go back to Niuma Village first.
He had been gone for six years; that remote village that raised him, and his mother’s grave, were still there.
Although there were no relatives worth missing, that was, after all, his "root" in this World.
And go disgust Yu Xiaogang again.
Then—travel the continent, searching for Opportunities to become stronger.
He had to find an Opportunity to eat that "Mandarin Duck Pot," the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!
With so many Immortal Plants, the Tulip inside could not only help his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolve into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, but the rest could also rapidly increase the cultivation of his dragon beasts!
One Immortal Plant—he didn’t ask for an immediate boost of eighty or ninety thousand years of cultivation, but four or five thousand should be guaranteed, right?
However—no rush.
He needed to restore his condition first and formulate a meticulous plan.
"Master, the meat is cooked!" The Fire Dragon’s voice pulled him back to reality.
Jiang Bai snapped out of it, took down a few pieces of perfectly roasted rabbit meat, and distributed them to the three dragons first.
They didn’t even care about the heat; they opened their mouths and swallowed the whole rabbit in one bite, squinting their eyes in satisfaction.
Jiang Bai took one for himself, blew on the heat, and took a careful bite.
It was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside; although there were no seasonings, the freshness of the meat itself mixed with the smoky flavor was surprisingly delicious.
He chewed slowly, feeling the warm current brought by the food dissolve in his body, replenishing his depleted energy.
After eating and drinking his fill, and resting for a bit, Jiang Bai leaped onto the Wind Dragon’s back again.
"Go to the southern border of the Heaven Dou Empire, the Balak Kingdom, Niuma Village."
The Wind Dragon let out a long cry, spread its wings, and took him up into the sky, flying in the direction Jiang Bai pointed.
The Fire Dragon and Earth Dragon returned to the space inside the pagoda to rest and Cultivate.
Ten days later.
Jiang Bai finally arrived within the territory of the Balak Kingdom.
He did not choose to fly directly back to Niuma Village, but instead made a brief stop in Suotuo City along the way.
This city, located in the southeast of the Balak Kingdom, was exceptionally prosperous because it was situated at a major transportation hub between the two great Empires.
In a forest a few miles outside the city, Jiang Bai had the Wind Dragon land and recalled it to the space inside the pagoda to recuperate.
He tidied his clothes; it was still a simple blue and white martial outfit, stained with a bit of dust from days of travel, but it was still neat.
Then he walked along the official road toward the city gate.
After paying the entrance fee, Jiang Bai stepped into Suotuo City.
He did not go shopping immediately; instead, he first found a restaurant that looked clean and affordable, having eaten nothing but roasted meat and wild fruits in the forest for ten days.
Now sitting in the bustling restaurant, listening to the chatter and laughter of the patrons around him, he felt as if a lifetime had passed.
After eating and drinking his fill, Jiang Bai started attending to business.
He first went to several building Materials shops, purchased a batch of tools, and bought some stone Materials and white lime.
Next, he went to the market in the west of the city.
He bought a few gifts, intending to give them to a few people he was close with in the village.
After purchasing these things, Jiang Bai walked on the street, pondering if he had missed anything.
Just as he was thinking, his gaze inadvertently swept over an inconspicuous shop at the corner of the street.
The shop’s frontage was not large, and the signboard hung with a sword, a hammer, and a pattern of a baring fangs and brandishing claws dragon.
Jiang Bai’s footsteps paused.
This logo—Flender’s general store?
Jiang Bai’s heart stirred.
Calculating the time, Tang San should still be at the Nuoding City Elementary Spirit Master Academy studying under Yu Xiaogang.
He hesitated for a moment, then walked toward the shop.
The door was half-open; pushing it open and entering, the interior was dimly lit.
The shop was not big, and the three walls were covered with all kinds of items that looked dilapidated and completely unlike valuable goods.
In the center of the room, there was only a wooden recliner, and a man who looked to be in his fifties was lying on it, swaying back and forth with the chair, making a "creak creak" sound of it being unable to bear the weight.
At this moment, he had his eyes closed, seemingly taking a nap, completely indifferent to someone entering.
Jiang Bai slowly paced inside the shop, his gaze sweeping over the "junk" on the walls.
The treasure appraisal ability inherent to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit gave him a vague sensing of these items.
Most were indeed just ordinary old objects, but a few of them faintly emitted weak energy fluctuations.
His gaze finally locked onto a dark yellow, head-sized crystal.
The surface of the crystal was covered with fine golden patterns, almost invisible in the dim light, but the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda sent a clear throb—this was a good thing!
Board Crystal Gold, or in other words, the raw material for the Dragon Beard Needle.
Jiang Bai was not proficient in forging or Hidden Weapons, but he remembered that in the original work, the Dragon Beard Needle Tang San made with this material had extremely strong armor-piercing capabilities, specifically breaking through Protective Aura and Soul Power defenses.
For him right now, it was indeed a pretty good item.
Besides, isn’t there a saying: you might not use it, but you can’t be without it?
He reached out and took down the board crystal; it felt heavy in his hand.
"Boss, how much for this?" Jiang Bai turned and asked.
Flender on the recliner didn’t even open his eyes, and his hoarse voice lazily sounded: "One hundred gold coins."
"Deal."
Jiang Bai took a small cloth bag from his storage bracelet and tossed it over casually.
After saying this, he didn’t say anything more and turned to walk out of the shop.
The cloth bag traced an arc in the air and landed accurately in Flender’s arms.
Flender raised his hand to catch it, weighed it, and his fingers rubbed the gold coins through the cloth bag, confirming everything was correct.
Only then did he slightly open one eye, peering through his crystal lenses at the lavishly spending youth.
Blue and white clothes, handsome face, clear eyes but with a calmness beyond his years.
His aura was restrained, but with Flender’s Spirit Saint cultivation, he could vaguely sense the surging Soul Power fluctuations within the other party.
A twelve or thirteen-year-old Spirit Elder?