Daozhou
Beneath Yang Qingchan's veil, a pair of beautiful, dark, and bright eyes gazed at Li Weiyi, emanating a chilling aura capable of freezing the blood of mortals.
"Five High-grade Blood Crystal, you can produce them casually. You must be incredibly wealthy. The Netherworld of the Departed is different from the Realm of Life. There are no rules here; whoever has the strongest fist is the rule."
"I've got my eye on you! Be careful after you leave the Departed Spirit Market."
His tone was low and menacing, carrying a strong sense of threat.
She had the confidence to do so; within her body lay a powerful spirit, unable to unleash its full potential due to Yang Qingchan's weak physique.
The significance of the Phoenix Blood Tree Leaf to her is self-evident.
Li Weiyi is no longer the same as before, so he wouldn't take her threat to heart. He chuckled and said, "Miss, you possess a Pure Immortal Body that is one in a million. You have a graceful figure, skin like jade, and a face that could topple kingdoms. You also carry five High-grade Blood Crystal. You'd better watch out!"
"With such a tone, he must be no ordinary person."
A cold smile flashed in Yang Qingchan's eyes. After releasing a powerful aura in response, she drifted away, disappearing into the crowd like a fleeting shadow and quickly vanishing into the dimly lit street.
Yang Qingxi owed him a huge sum of money, and he didn't know where she had suddenly made a fortune. Her sister casually took out five High-grade Blood Crystal, which made Li Weiyi want to collect the debt.
In a sense, Yang Qingchan is Yang Qingxi's soul servant.
Yu'er, whom he held in his arms, looked up, blinked, and asked curiously, "Master, what does 'graceful figure' mean?"
"..."
Li Weiyi immediately reflected on her actions and decided that she would be more careful with her words and deeds in front of children in the future.
The young vendor standing opposite the stall glanced at Yang Qingchan's back, then looked at Huang Liao standing behind Li Weiyi, and gave a pointed reminder: "You're traveling with a child with a Pure Immortal Body, which is already quite conspicuous. You'd better be careful. In the Netherworld of the Departed, the dead are dangerous, and so are humans."
Huang Liao's expression turned grave. "Brother Li, that woman who seemed to possess a Pure Immortal Body was actually a spirit within, with extremely high cultivation. We shouldn't have offended her. The aura she released just now was terrifying."
"We've already offended them, there's nothing we can do about it."
Li Weiyi had a good impression of the young cargo owner, but she could tell that the owner was only being polite because he had a four or five-year-old Little Girl with him.
It wasn't about his safety.
This young cargo owner is no ordinary person. After using the Conceal Qi Technique, the life force on his body was almost completely concealed, which even Li Weiyi initially misjudged.
This undoubtedly demonstrates that the other party's cultivation level is unfathomable.
And yet, he was extremely young.
Dao Seed Realm Martial Cultivator can slow down aging and maintain peak life functions, making it difficult to judge a person's true age from their appearance. However, having seen many Dao Seed Realm Martial Cultivators, one can naturally form a rough judgment about the age of these martial arts masters.
Logically speaking, someone of such age and cultivation level should not be an unknown figure in the Lingxiao Shengjing.
The young vendor's stall had few goods, but all of them were of extremely high quality.
There are Thousand-Year Elixir, hundred-character artifacts, and even Yin Corpse Dao Fruit.
Five Phoenix Blood Tree Leaf can at most allow Li Weiyi to cultivate his physical strength from 20% to 30% of the Longevity Body's power.
Therefore, Li Weiyi said, "As far as I know, the Phoenix Blood Tree is located in the Old Yuzhou Prefectural City, and is occupied by a giant of the dead called the Crimson Wind Lord. Over the past thousand years, it has evolved into a Bone Mansion where millions of corpses gather, and humans cannot even get close."
"Phoenix Blood Tree Leaf are very helpful for the cultivation of physical bodies by deceased spirits, and they rarely leak out."
"Human martial artists who want to acquire them can only buy them at a high price. Alternatively, they can wait for the Yin Sha Hurricane to pass through and blow the leaves out of the Old Yuzhou Prefectural City, and only with extremely good luck can they find one or two leaves."
"Brother, would you mind telling me how you obtained five pieces? I'm willing to pay for the information."
The young merchant asked, "Did you just come from the Lingxiao Shengjing?"
"That's right," Li Weiyi said.
The young merchant said, "Let's exchange information! You tell me the current situation of the battle in Lingxiao Shengjing, and I'll tell you how to obtain Phoenix Blood Tree Leaf."
"I'm the one who benefits from this!"
Li Weiyi then recounted all the accurate information he had gathered regarding the battle in the Lingxiao Shengjing.
"Since the Rice Sect suffered a great defeat, it seems that Flying Phoenix did not enter the Lingxiao Shengjing."
The young merchant muttered to himself, then looked at Li Weiyi: "Lord Lan took away a large number of powerful spirit warriors to fight in the Lingxiao Shengjing, so the Bone Mansion in Yuzhou City is naturally Kongxu. I obtained the five Phoenix Blood Tree Leaf by sneaking into the city during the war. It's that simple. If you have the guts, you can try to take the plunge."
Thank you.
Li Weiyi bought all three Thousand-Year Elixir from his stall.
He currently only has enough Thousand-Year Elixir to feed Seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors to the fifth stage of the Dao Seed Realm, so he must purchase a large quantity.
The Netherworld of the Departed a vast and boundless place, filled with numerous wondrous and mysterious places where many Thousand-Year Elixir can grow.
Most Thousand-Year Elixir are of little use to the deceased, so they are sold in the Departed Spirit Market in exchange for Soul Crystal, blood crystals, and magical artifacts.
The price is even cheaper than that of the merchants in the Lingxiao Shengjing.
The two left the stall and walked along the streets strewn with the dead. Huang Liao sighed, "This man is truly arrogant."
"Daring to trespass into the Bone Mansion and escape unscathed, one can see his cultivation level is exceptional. He has the right to be arrogant!" Li Weiyi had just asked the young merchant his name, and the man only replied, "His surname is Liu."
Li Weiyi never disliked aloof people.
He was aloof but possessed a principled and kind heart, along with impressive abilities. Li Weiyi was very interested in befriending such a person, but unfortunately, the other party was very cold towards him.
Li Weiyi continued searching for Phoenix Blood Tree Leaf and buying up Thousand-Year Elixir at the Departed Spirit Market.
While they didn't find any more Thousand-Year Elixir, they did buy more than twenty Phoenix Blood Tree Leaf, spending a huge sum of money, which made Huang Liao secretly gasp in astonishment.
The Departed Spirit Market is vast, a gathering place for all sorts of spirits and demons, not just the ghouls and bone races with their gloomy and putrid aura. There are also flower fairies, liquid fairies, water Demon Race, shadow races, stone beastmen, faceless men... which broadened Li Weiyi's horizons.
This place is only two thousand miles from the East Sea, and it is already within the sphere of influence of the water Demon Race.
On land near the sea, demons and humans, demons and the dead often coexist.
Huang Liao said, "Actually, the effects of Phoenix Blood Tree Bark on cultivating the Longevity Body are even greater than those of Phoenix Blood Tree Leaf."
Li Weiyi looked around the market and laughed, "Even the Phoenix Blood Tree Leaf are extremely rare, so the bark is naturally even harder to obtain. We can't possibly follow that young man surnamed Liu's example and directly venture into the Old Yuzhou Prefectural City, can we? That's too dangerous!"
Huang Liao said, "The truly good things aren't displayed on stalls; you need someone familiar with the area to find them. I've lived in Huangjiang Riverside City for decades and I believe I have some connections. I know a place where you can buy Phoenix Blood Tree Bark and even more Thousand-Year Elixir."
Li Weiyi's eyes darted around, a smile spreading across her face, "Why didn't you say so sooner, Manager Huang?"
Huang Liao smiled wryly, "I didn't know you had such wealth and power, Brother Li. Only big clients can enter those secluded places."
In the southeast corner of the Departed Spirit Market, there is a large mansion with four Ghost Fire Lantern hanging from it.
The surroundings were quiet, the gate was tightly closed, and covered with talismans.
Eighteen Yin Banner were planted in various directions around the courtyard wall, forming a defensive array.
Li Songjian is the eldest son of the chief of the Cangli Tribe Jiu Li Tribe, and the elder brother of the Hidden Lord "Li Songgu" and the chief "Li Songlin". He is already 87 years old this year, but he looks only about 50 years old.
He was dressed in a greyish-white cloth robe, his face stern, and he was having a secret discussion with another middle-aged man in the brightly lit main hall.
For many years, Li Songjian has been teaching Benevolent Rice cultivation in the Mang Mountain Range.
When Li Weiyi entered the ancestral territory of the Jiu Li Tribe to retrieve the Seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors, he encountered him. At that time, he was escorting a convoy of eighty-three carts, all carrying rice-man children.
The soil in the ancestral homeland of the Jiu Li Tribe contains spiritual soil, which can grow rice seedlings with high natural talent.
For decades, Li Songjian has frequently traveled between Lizhou and Huangjiang Riverside City, bringing rice people and the secretly salvaged Otherworldly Coffin to this place.
Ever since Li Songgu, in his capacity as an elder, presided over the engagement ceremony for Li Weiyi and Zuoqiu Hongting in Qiuzhou City, revealing his cultivation as Saint Mind Master, which was almost equivalent to revealing his identity as the Hidden Lord, Li Songjian became vigilant.
A month ago, the Jiu Li Tribe conscripted an army to attack the Daojiao sect. Li Songjian felt a strong sense of crisis and decisively left the Cangli Tribe, temporarily settling in Huangjiang Riverside City to observe the changing situation.
Half a month ago, he received a decree from the Kongxu God of the Rice Cult, ordering him to prepare ships, carriages, horses, Spirit Steed in the Huangjiang Riverside City, the more the better.
The middle-aged man sitting next to him was Huo Dingnan, the deputy sect leader of Tianyi Gate and one of the top experts in Lizhou.
Huo Dingnan, who is exactly 100 years old this year, is not only the deputy sect leader, but also the president of Tianyi Chamber of Commerce. He has many talented people under his command, as well as a wealth of experts, and controls a vast amount of resources.
Dao Jiao sent him here to assist Li Songjian in handling the reception matters.
Li Songjian held a steaming teacup in his hands. "I heard that the forbidden figure from Coffin Mountain perished in Lingxiao City, and even the two Rice Ancestors fell at the hands of the Immortal Du'e Temple Immortal Master and the Confucian Dao Ancestor of Zuoqiu Courtyard. Can you really survive by escaping to the island?"
Huo Dingnan said, "What, you want to go back to Lizhou? The Jiu Li Hidden Gate is too powerful. Not only does it have Ancestor Cangming overseeing it, but it also has several Longevity Realm Giants who control a terrifying intelligence system. It is said that in the Battle of Lingxiao City, even the Divine Sect suffered a great loss at their hands. What makes you think they haven't found out your background? The reason they didn't touch you before was probably because they didn't want to alert you."
Li Songjian's eyes darkened.
Huo Dingnan said in a low voice, "In my opinion, landing on the island is a pretense, a way to deceive the Zuoqiu Courtyard and the Jiu Li Tribe. The real purpose is to retreat to the legendary Daozhou."
Li Songjian had heard rumors about "Daozhou".
Legend has it that an old farmer, one of the three great afflicted men, used some extraordinary means to drive away the darkness in the depths of the Netherworld of the Departed and create a small habitat for life.
For decades, the rice-man children and Otherworldly Coffin he sent to the Huangjiang Riverside City were likely transported there.
Outside, hurried footsteps could be heard.
Yao Qingfeng was still in the courtyard when he exclaimed with delight, "Brother Li, a big fish! This time, Huang Liao has sent us a big fish!"
In the side hall to the right of the main hall, Li Songjian's first wife, Madam Yang, and Yang Qingxi peered curiously through the window.
Yang, whose given name was Yang Lin, was born in the Sui Sect.
She is Yang Qingxi's aunt.
Li Songjian frowned. "What kind of time is this to be doing these things? The Zuoqiu Courtyard and the Jiu Li Tribe's army could attack this area at any moment."
Yao Qingfeng entered the main hall and bowed to Li Songjian and Huo Dingnan: "We are members of the Jiu Li Tribe, what are we afraid of? Anyway, the Coffin Mountain Taboo is dead, and the Rice Sect has been defeated. We are essentially free."
"Has the Death Spirit Fire that Xu Fudu planted in your body been removed?" Li Songjian asked in a deep voice.
Yao Qingfeng said awkwardly, "The person will be delivered soon. It's too late to stop it now."
Li Songjian sighed helplessly, slammed down his teacup, and asked, "Who is it this time?"
Yao Qingfeng said, "A young man with very high cultivation, conservatively estimated to have cultivated a Dao Lotus, accompanied by a Little Girl with a Pure Immortal Body, carrying a boundary bag, and proficient in setting up formations."
"Are you sure they're young people? You absolutely mustn't mess with these old guys you can't afford to offend," Huo Dingnan said.
Yao Qingfeng smiled and waved his hand, "Don't worry, Huang Liao has seen countless people, he certainly won't misjudge age."
How strong can a young generation of martial arts practitioners really be?