Chapter 379 - 190: Yiyi’s True Colors
After snapping out of their shock and disbelief, the customers in the tavern looked at the little girl with a hint of fear in their eyes.
Because those few rogue loose cultivators, though surprised at the girl’s capacity for alcohol, kept challenging her, bowl after bowl, seemingly unaware that anything was amiss.
The man leading the group drank more fiercely than the rest, with bloodshot eyes, determined to drink the girl under the table, but ended up vomiting himself into unconsciousness, his hands and feet still twitching.
When the shopkeeper approached, the girl cautiously pointed at the man on the floor, "He just said he wanted to treat me to a drink, and I accidentally drank too much."
"Why don’t we split the bill? Can’t let a good person suffer a loss."
The shopkeeper shook his head, "Since they said they’d treat you, if they can’t pay, they must work off the debt here. You can leave, young lady."
The girl stood up timidly, "Then, thank you, brother. Also, shopkeeper, your wine does have a taste. Would you sell me a hundred, oh no, two hundred jars?"
With that, she pulled out a Luminous Pearl as big as a fist from her sleeve, emitting a bluish glow, containing water element essence, Spiritual Qi rising unceasingly, clearly a rare deep-sea spiritual object, possibly a perfect magic artifact embryo.
"Is this pearl enough to cover the wine cost?"
The customers were left speechless, wondering which family the young lady came from. Such a treasure could buy ten thousand jars, while the Qingyang Spirit Wine was not considered high-end.
The shopkeeper was also taken aback, "No, quickly put it away. Such a treasure should not be displayed here."
The girl realized this as well, hurriedly put it away, and took out several white jade mussel pearls the size of eggs, each smooth and gleaming with a faint glow, undoubtedly of excellent quality.
"Will this do?"
The shopkeeper cautiously picked the smallest one, "Just this one is more than enough, my shop is really benefitting from this."
"Regarding the Spirit Wine, we have a hundred and fifty jars aged five years, ninety-eight jars aged ten years, around thirty jars aged ten to a hundred years, and only two jars over one hundred years old. Ninety percent of my cellar’s inventory is here, does the young lady mind?"
The girl counted silently and felt a bit embarrassed, "This is almost three hundred jars, it’s more than enough."
After collecting the wine from the cellar, the girl left contentedly.
Naturally, some with intentions followed her secretly, but once she left the market, they completely lost her trail.
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At the Dao Palace, Chu Xuan, having gone through the sect’s records, learned that the Blood Sect’s mountain gate was long gone, razed to the ground.
Even the terrain and Spirit Vein of the blessed land [Red Cloud Source] were destroyed, so nobody cared for it. It lay abandoned for centuries before gradually recovering, only to be claimed by emerging sects.
Oh yes, the Blood Sect’s legacy, it seems, was taken by the Blood Robe Old Monster of Mo Luo Palace. He even chased me and Pei Shurou in the Ruo Wood Secret Realm last time.
This person is now on Chu Xuan’s must-kill list, and when the time comes, reclaiming the "Blood Spirit Scripture" might yield benefits.
Therefore, Chu Xuan could only attempt to visit Wuyou Valley and the Wa Emperor Palace.
However, he did not plan to leave immediately, mainly wanting to spend more time with "lonely old friend" Jiang Yiyi.
Recently, she has been quite emotional, seemingly recalling many memories from her youth, spending her days in the Ancestral Hall, muttering to the tablets of old acquaintances.
Additionally, the sect has been busy in recent years, with manpower scarce, having to manage natural disasters everywhere.
In the capacity that he could, Chu Xuan wanted to take on sect missions before leaving, to ease his master’s burdens.
Closing the books, Chu Xuan paid his respects to the Supreme Elder Li Fanzhou, who was reading in the Cloud-Born Sea Tower as if no one else was there, before stepping out.
Unexpectedly, Li Fanzhou suddenly called him.
Chu Xuan turned back, puzzled, only to see the middle-aged, scholarly elder speaking in a gentle tone, "Li Xingchuan has been in closed cultivation for over ten years, it’s uncertain whether he’s alive or dead."
"Typically, breaking through the seventh realm takes three to five years at best, and fifteen to sixteen years at most. If there’s no sign after thirty years, it’s essentially a failure."
Speaking of which, Pei Shurou has also been in closed cultivation for over a decade, similarly attempting to break through the seventh realm this insurmountable boundary, but her cultivation technique isn’t as perilous, so she shouldn’t perish just from a single failure...
Li Fanzhou continued, "This boy has an extremely strong will; even with the ’Demon Heart Sowing Dao Technique,’ a notoriously dangerous cultivation technique, he may not necessarily fail."
"I see you have a good relationship with Li Xingchuan, he was longing to see you before his closed cultivation, so there’s something I want to discuss with you beforehand."
"If he does emerge from closed cultivation, I’ll ask him to leave. If he refuses, I’ll kill him, simple as that."
Chu Xuan paused in silence; back when Li Xingchuan entered closed cultivation, he had been asked to stay in the Dao Palace after his breakthrough, which was likely his master’s wish too.
But clearly, not all of the sect’s leadership shared a unified opinion.
Li Fanzhou appeared to be a character who hates evil and couldn’t tolerate Li Xingchuan staying in the Dao Palace for so many years, even allowing him to read the first six layers of the "Eternal Green Lotus Technique," which was the limit of his tolerance.
Once beyond this red line, even with Sect Leader Fuyunzi, it would be impossible to restrain this elder with terrifyingly high cultivation and senior status.
So ultimately, Chu Xuan nodded, "If he can emerge from closed cultivation, I’ll convey the message truthfully, but whether he leaves is not mine to decide."