Good morning, Fellow Daoist Ouyang.
Chen Changming Ouyang Hong genuinely shocked by Ouyang Hong's sudden transformation into a beautiful woman. He hadn't expected her to look so stunning after all the effort she had put into her appearance.
Could she be using her beauty to seduce me?
He immediately became alert.
In Martial Spirit City, morality has collapsed, people's hearts have turned to dust, and it's easy to be robbed on the street. Many people will do anything to survive.
Ouyang Hong was clearly in a good mood, a bright smile on her face, "Fellow Daoist Chen, what's your decision? How about we team up and go hunting Demon Beast in the Savage Wilderness?"
Chen Changming's expression turned serious. "I've made up my mind. I've decided to team up with Fellow Daoist Ouyang."
"That's wonderful!" Ouyang Hong exclaimed with delight.
She had been secretly observing this fellow Daoist Chen next door for a long time and discovered that he was a cultivation fanatic who almost never left his house.
This means that this person spends almost no time in Martial Spirit City, has no opportunity to commit crimes, and most people would know his background.
Moreover, this person has an honest and simple appearance, giving people a sense of composure.
Based on her woman's intuition, she believed that "Fellow Chen Shan " was a trustworthy person.
When forming a team in Martial Spirit City, strength is one aspect, but the most important thing is that one's character is up to par.
Chen Changming rubbed his belly, his craving for flesh and blood making him impatient. He couldn't help but ask, "When do we set off?"
We can set off today.
Ouyang Hong smiled, glanced at Chen Changming, and asked curiously, "Fellow Daoist Chen, you cultivate diligently every day and never go out. Logically speaking, our cultivation levels should be about the same, right?"
"My aptitude is poor."
Chen Changming gave a bitter smile.
When Ouyang Hong first moved here, her cultivation level was the same as his. Now, several years have passed, and this girl's cultivation level has reached the eighth level of Qi Refining.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, if I may ask, what kind of Spirit Root do you possess?"
Ouyang Hong hesitated before speaking.
" Five Elements Mixed Spirit Root." Chen Changming shrugged.
What?
Five Elements Mixed Spirit Root?
Ouyang Hong was shocked upon hearing this, and looked at Chen Changming again, her heart filled with turmoil.
Five Elements Mixed Spirit Root —this is the worst Spirit Root in the world!
Generally, those with this kind of Spirit Root have extremely slow cultivation speed and weak comprehension of Cultivation Method, making it difficult for them to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm in their lifetime.
With slow cultivation and poor comprehension, the strength of someone with Five Elements Mixed Spirit Root is naturally not high.
In an instant.
Ouyang Hong also felt like she had been hunting geese for years, only to have her eyes pecked by the goose herself.
She started to regret it.
She always thought that her neighbor Chen Shan was a hermit and must be very strong, which is why she chose him first when she couldn't find anyone to join the group.
Seeing the change in Ouyang Hong's expression, Chen Changming vaguely guessed what she was thinking, shrugged and smiled, "Did I scare Fellow Daoist Ouyang?"
Because of his Five Elements Mixed Spirit Root, Chen Changming had been looked down upon by many people, so he had gotten used to it.
He is indeed extremely naive.
He has never denied this.
However, his hard work eventually paid off.
"No."
Ouyang Hong shook her head, a bitter smile flashing in her eyes.
She was a woman of her word. Although she regretted it in her heart, since she had already invited Fellow Daoist Chen, she would not go back on her word.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, let's go."
Turning around, Ouyang Hong forced a smile, her mood gloomy.
Chen Changming didn't pay attention to so many details; he wasn't good at dealing with women anyway.
The two walked along the street for a while and then knocked on the door of another house.
"Old Li, this is Fellow Daoist Chen, my neighbor, whom I've mentioned to you before."
Ouyang Hong explained.
A man nearing thirty stood at the door, looking at Chen Changming with a look of sudden realization, and said, "So it's Fellow Daoist Chen. I've heard so much about you. My name is Li Yu, the 'fisherman' of 'draining the pond to catch all the fish.'"
I've heard so much about you?
Is he that famous?
Chen Changming, with a helpless clasped-fist salute, politely said, "Friendly Fellow Daoist Li."
He never expected that Ouyang Hong would tell this fellow Li Yu about his affairs.
"I'll go and inform the others."
Ouyang Hong said, then turned and left. Li Yu also went back to her room to wash up, while Chen Changming waited alone at the door.
After a while.
Ouyang Hong brought two people with her, a man and a woman, both of whom were older and looked to be in their thirties.
The man was slightly overweight with a rather large belly, giving him a somewhat slick appearance; the woman had a full figure, curvaceous curves, and a beautiful face, and was also the type that grew on you over time.
Both of them had the same cultivation level as Ouyang Hong and Li Yu, which was the eighth level of Qi Refining.
Of the five, Chen Changming had the lowest cultivation level, at the seventh level of Qi Refining.
Ouyang Hong enthusiastically introduced, "This is Fellow Daoist Xu Dafu, and Fellow Daoist Huang Yan. They are an enviable and loving dao companion."
"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Xu and Fellow Daoist Huang."
Chen Changming clasped his hands in a fist salute.
Xu Dafu laughed heartily, clutching his stomach, and said, "Greetings, Fellow Daoist Chen. We are truly flattered that someone as ascetic as Fellow Daoist Huang would join our team!"
"Fellow Daoist Xu is joking."
Chen Changming was rather embarrassed.
He's now being labeled an ascetic, which isn't a good thing.
Judging from their reactions, it seems that Ouyang Hong did not tell them about her Five Elements Mixed Spirit Root.
"Let's go find Brother Qian."
Ouyang Hong said.
The group agreed and followed her in single file out of the Wuling Pavilion, heading towards the outskirts of the city.
"Does Fellow Daoist Qian live outside the city?"
After leaving Martial Spirit City, Qian Ge still hadn't shown up, and Chen Changming's expression changed slightly. He couldn't help but ask.
"Yes."
Ouyang Hong glanced at Chen Changming strangely and smiled, "Brother Qian lives in the West District outside the city."
Chen Changming blinked.
"Fellow Daoist Chen is wealthy and aloof, and naturally doesn't know about the east and West District of Martial Spirit City."
Xu Dafu chuckled.
Chen Changming clasped his hands in a fist and said humbly, "Brother Xu, please enlighten me."
"The place we're staying in is very expensive; it's in the city's wealthy area. But there are quite a few poor people in Martial Spirit City. They don't have houses in the city and can only live in the slums outside."
Recalling his own past in the slums, Xu Dafu sighed with a sense of melancholy, "Nearly 200,000 people live in the West District, all owned by the Wuling Pavilion, and the annual rent is only thirty Spirit Stone."
Chen Changming gasped.
Thirty Spirit Stone a year? That's incredibly cheap!
With his wealth, he could live in the West District for a hundred years without any problem.
Without stopping, the four arrived at the entrance to the West District. From a distance, the densely packed houses looked like a honeycomb, the space cramped and oppressive. The streets were filthy and messy, with expired food and excrement everywhere, attracting countless flies and mosquitoes. Every household had piles of excrement and urine basins at their door, emitting a foul stench.
Many cultivators also had to wear shabby and tattered clothes.
Seeing the desolate slums, Chen Changming suddenly felt that his own place was the abode of gods.
Bang! Bang!
In the distance, a fight broke out. A flash of light appeared, and instantly a person was killed, bleeding profusely in the street.
"Damn it, you dare to mess with me? You're still green as a lamb!"
A vicious-looking man picked up the Storage Bag and then dragged the body into the distant jungle.