When the master of the Yang Family learned that Zhong Bai wanted to part with a Yuan blue-and-white official-kiln meiping vase, he did not hesitate at all, setting the price at three hundred taels of gold on the spot.
For the Yang Family, perhaps this meiping vase was not worth this much at present.
Yet buying the vase showed that Zhong Bai and his senior brother, Daoist Four-Eyes, currently lacked silver.
Adding flowers to the brocade was not as good as sending charcoal in the snow; the Yang Family still understood this principle.
Buying a moderately valued meiping vase to win the favor of Zhong Bai and Four-Eyes was not a loss for the Yang Family.
Inside the small courtyard, when a full three hundred taels of gold were delivered, Four-Eyes was almost instantly blinded by the glittering, golden treasure qi.
He picked up a piece, brought it to his mouth to bite lightly, and then gave a thumbs-up!
"Tsk tsk tsk, this is the exact taste! Junior Brother Qianhe, this Yang Family is truly classy!"
Regarding this, Zhong Bai only smiled. In truth, both he and Four-Eyes knew very well that the Yang Family had not lost out.
However, Zhong Bai did not wish to continue this topic.
"Senior Brother Four-Eyes, now that we have the money, will you return today to establish your Daoist temple?"
Hearing this, Four-Eyes was stunned for a moment, then shook his head frantically. "No, no, no, now is not the time. Junior Brother Qianhe, we have the money to build the temple, but we cannot find workers!"
Saying this, Four-Eyes turned uncharacteristically serious.
"Junior Brother Qianhe, you don't know this, but recently near the place where your senior brother wants to build the temple, a snake demon has appeared, devouring passing pedestrians.
Your senior brother tracked it in secret, and that is a genuine demon soldier!
Even though your senior brother has protective trump cards bestowed by our sect, using them just to deal with a single demon soldier is far too great a loss.
Apart from wanting to borrow some silver from you, Junior Brother, your senior brother came out this time to ask you to make a trip with me. With the combined strength of the two of us, we will slay that snake demon!
Only then will your senior brother be able to build the temple in peace and restore peace to the surrounding people, right?"
Hearing that there was a snake demon at the demon soldier realm, Zhong Bai felt somewhat tempted. After swallowing a mouthful of saliva, he still remained hesitant.
"Senior Brother Four-Eyes, snake demons usually appear in nests. This snake demon..."
"Senior brother understands your worry, Junior Brother Qianhe. However, from what your senior brother has seen, only a single snake demon has shown itself. Therefore, this older brother calculates that there should be no other snake demons lingering nearby."
Hearing Four-Eyes put it this way, Zhong Bai had to admit that his heart was moved.
"Senior Brother Four-Eyes, let's do it!"
At that moment, Zhong Bai seemed to picture the arrival of Exorcism Points; after all, it was merely some snake demon.
"Sir, rest assured, Chunhua and Xiahe will look after the courtyard, and we will take good care of that fat chicken."
"Mm-hmm, that's right. Sir, you just go on your trip; Chunhua and sister can look after the house!"
Outside the small courtyard, facing Zhong Bai.
Chunhua and Xiahe waved goodbye to Zhong Bai. After walking a few hundred paces, Four-Eyes at the side sourly imitated them: "S~ir!"
"Tsk tsk, I have to say, Junior Brother Qianhe, you really know how to enjoy life. The two lasses Chunhua and Xiahe are pretty, have sweet mouths, and cook first-rate meals.
Alas, your senior brother also wants to find lasses like them.
What a pity, your senior brother is destined to live a bitter life in this lifetime."
Listening to Four-Eyes' grumbling, Zhong Bai smiled faintly.
"Senior Brother Four-Eyes, you can completely find a disciple. When the master has a task, the disciples do the work, right?"
"Me? Take a disciple?
Heh, forget it. Your senior brother doesn't even have much skill himself, and my craft is not fully mastered. How could I casually take disciples like others do?
Besides, back then my master, True Immortal Changsheng, had the exact same thought as you, Junior Brother. Heh, now my master is almost annoyed to death by me..."
Hearing this, Zhong Bai could only say that Four-Eyes still possessed self-awareness—well, his evaluation of himself was quite objective.
The sun rose in the east and set in the west.
Three days later, passing through a dense forest.
Ahead lay a relatively flat grassland, and the sound of flowing water could faintly be heard from the distant mountains.
"Leaning against the mountains and accompanied by water, the place Senior Brother Four-Eyes picked is quite good. I must say, it is very suitable to establish a Daoist temple here!"
Zhong Bai gave this place a very high evaluation; it was quiet yet elegant, with convenient water access and an open view.
"This place of mine, older brother, only has these few advantages."
Four-Eyes did not refute Zhong Bai's praise. In reality, aside from the lack of capital in the early stages, Four-Eyes himself quite liked the idea of building his Daoist temple here.
Later, when he acquired his natal corpse, raising it right here would prevent any incidents of harming people.
"Right, Junior Brother Qianhe, that snake demon basks in the sun in the mountains every early morning. This is also the time when its mobility is at its lowest.
Seizing this opportunity, with the two of us senior and junior brothers joining forces, our chances of slaying it are still quite high!"
Zhong Bai felt this proposal was good.
Although the snake demon had gained climate, it remained a cold-blooded creeping animal after all.
Its innate habits could not be altered quickly, and liking to bask in the sun in the morning was one of them.
"That being said, Senior Brother Four-Eyes, we just need to ambush and wait in the mountains early tomorrow for the snake demon to appear, right?"
"That's right, logically speaking, yes...
However, cough, cough, Junior Brother Qianhe, your senior brother is not quite clear on the snake demon's specific strength.
Although both are at the demon soldier realm, a late-stage demon soldier is comparable to a cultivator at the seventh or eighth levels of Qi Refining.
If it proves to be that formidable, I'm afraid we will only be able to use some trump cards."
When saying this, Four-Eyes felt somewhat awkward. He had failed to lay out everything clearly, fearing that once he told Zhong Bai, the latter would be unwilling to exorcise the demon together.
Hearing Four-Eyes finish explaining the actual situation, the corner of Zhong Bai's mouth twitched slightly. He truly did not expect Four-Eyes to be so daring, but as the saying went, now that they had already come...
Night fell.
Zhong Bai did not dare to slack off in the slightest.
Tomorrow he might face that snake demon, and heaven knew what methods the opponent possessed.
If they were truly driven to desperation and forced to use their trump cards, it would pain the hearts of either Zhong Bai or Four-Eyes.
"Taking advantage of this opportunity, I might as well use all my Exorcism Points!"
Consumed 300 Exorcism Points to redeem 300 cultivation days for the Divine Firmament Five Thunder Art.
On the 9th day, having recently broken through to the fifth level of Qi Refining, you once again bitterly practiced the Divine Firmament Five Thunder Art, and you felt your understanding of it deepen by a fraction.
On the 128th day, after four months of sitting in dry meditation, the true essence within your body was exceptionally profound, and your cultivation also showed a trend of progressing further.
On the 252nd day, the true essence in your body had reached a bottleneck. Very smoothly, you reached the mid-stage realm of the fifth level of Qi Refining.
This consumption of Exorcism Points is complete.
A full three hundred Exorcism Points and nearly a year of time were what it took for Zhong Bai to advance to the mid-stage of the fifth level of Qi Refining. Although this did not seem far off from the actual situation, Zhong Bai keenly sensed the impact of heaven and earth spiritual qi on his stat allocation.
Clearly, under conditions where heaven and earth spiritual qi was scarce, even if one had the cheat of Exorcism Points, it would all be in vain if the influx of spiritual qi could not keep up...
"Damn it, this is a slow, grueling effort. It's already somewhat strenuous at the Qi Refining realm; when I reach the Foundation Establishment realm, won't it directly drain the surrounding hundreds of miles of heaven and earth spiritual qi?"
The recent three hundred days of cultivation had emptied the surrounding ten miles of heaven and earth spiritual qi.
Heaven knows how effective the cheat will be once he reaches the Foundation Establishment realm...
Regarding this, Zhong Bai could only smile helplessly.
Having a cheat is still better than not having one. Anyway, in this era, if he himself cannot reach the absolute peak, then probably the heaven and earth spiritual qi will be completely drained down to the last drop.
Otherwise, Zhong Bai could rely on the Exorcism Panel to step onto a broad and smooth path!
The scammer Four-Eyes is about to go online...
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