"What? You drove him off?" Fang Yuan's pupils contracted when he heard that.
Had the powerful leg he had just latched onto been broken by this man?
Li Xuanfeng's cultivation was higher than his-qi refining eighth layer.
He took in Chun Xiaobai's thoroughly bandit-like air. The anger on his face suddenly vanished, replaced by a smile uglier than a crying face.
"Uh... um... senior brother, a fight brings people together, right? It was all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"
What a joke!
Even a powerful "leg" like Li Xuanfeng, at the eighth layer of qi refining, had been broken by him. Didn't that mean this man's leg was even sturdier?
For people like them, who could rely on neither their family circumstances nor their talent and had no choice but to cling to someone powerful, wasn't this a golden leg delivered right to their doorstep?
Fang Yuan's habit of latching onto powerful people left Chun Xiaobai at a loss again.
He had thought this damned fatty would at least argue a little. Why had he folded in an instant again?
Why did these Immortal Cultivation folks seem to have less backbone than his brothers at the Black Wind Stronghold, who had nothing but the northwest wind to fill their bellies?
No matter how ruthless an opponent his brothers at the Black Wind Stronghold encountered, they never so much as furrowed their brows. Even when government troops had surrounded them back then and blades were pressed to their necks, not one had cried surrender.
He couldn't figure it out.
Nor could he be bothered to.
The fatty before him happened to be useful.
So he put on another friendly smile and reached out to dust the fatty off.
"Um... sorry about that, junior brother. That really was a misunderstanding."
Chun Xiaobai's sudden warm smile left Fang Yuan bewildered.
"Not at all, not at all. My skin's rough and thick. I didn't scrape your hand and hurt it, did I?" He waved his hands with a guileless look.
Chun Xiaobai froze again.
This was his first time meeting someone so "sensible."
At his Black Wind Stronghold, there were three kinds of people they never bullied, and the last was sensible people.
"Mm! I see great things in you!" Chun Xiaobai patted his shoulder, then handed over the jade Formation Talisman he was holding.
"Here, do me a favor. Teach this Great King how to use this."
"Sure!" Fang Yuan immediately took it in excitement, then realized something and asked tentatively.
"Senior brother... are you a newly admitted disciple of the Outer Sect?"
"Mm!" Chun Xiaobai nodded as though it were perfectly natural.
Fang Yuan was startled.
A newly admitted Outer Sect disciple possessed such terrifying raw strength?
He had felt it all too clearly just now. The protective gang qi he had raised with all his strength had collapsed instantly under a single blow.
Why had someone this fierce only joined now?
Seeing him standing there in a daze, Chun Xiaobai urged him impatiently.
"Hey, fatty, what are you thinking about? Hurry up. Stop dawdling!"
"Oh, right!"
Fang Yuan dared not delay any longer.
He was already this formidable just after joining. Leaving his background aside, that talent alone probably put him among the best in the entire Outer Sect.
By the time Fang Yuan secured his grip on this golden leg, the man would have grown even stronger.
Wouldn't he get to bask in the reflected glory then?
"Senior brother, this Formation Talisman is the central control for all the arrays in the cave residence."
"The cave residence comes equipped with four basic arrays: a defensive array, a spirit-gathering array, a concealment array, and an isolation array."
"You only need to connect to this Formation Talisman with your divine sense, and you can activate or deactivate any of them at will."
"Divine sense?"
"I don't think I know how to use that."
Chun Xiaobai rubbed his chin and muttered, then asked, "Can you turn them all off, then?"
Fang Yuan nodded, sending a ring of ripples across his greasy, bulging belly.
"Well, you can..."
Delighted, Chun Xiaobai ordered him outright, "Then turn them all off for me right now!"
"Senior brother, if you turn off both the concealment array and the isolation array, other people may be able to spy on your cultivation inside the cave residence with their divine sense," Fang Yuan reminded him.
"It doesn't matter!" Chun Xiaobai looked utterly unconcerned.
Without turning them off, this Great King can't even get through the door. Am I supposed to stand outside drinking the northwest wind?
"Never mind that. Just turn them all off for this Great King first!"
"This Great King?"
Hearing those words, Fang Yuan muttered inwardly, This guy... couldn't be a bandit who came down from some mountain, could he?
Or is that some special expression from his hometown?
"Hurry up, hurry up!"
Chun Xiaobai impatiently interrupted his wandering thoughts.
He had gone an entire day without eating. His belly was so empty it practically stuck to his spine, and he needed to find something to eat quickly.
Fang Yuan dared not neglect him. He hurriedly formed a hand seal and pointed at the Formation Talisman, shutting off every array restriction on the cave residence before them.
The light barrier dissipated, immediately revealing an elegant courtyard residence.
Chun Xiaobai looked over, and his eyes lit up.
Within the courtyard ahead were artificial hills, flowing water, pavilions, and towers, with bamboo shadows swaying gently. A winding stream even passed beneath a little bridge. The surroundings were peaceful and refined.
"Not bad. Now that's more like it!"
Then Fang Yuan tactfully took on the role of guide, leading Chun Xiaobai around the courtyard residence and showing him the quiet chamber set aside for meditation and the alchemy room for refining pills.
There were even several mu of spirit fields laid out in the back courtyard.
Tender green shoots were emerging from those spirit fields, clearly showing that medicinal herb seeds had only recently been planted.
He had practically picked up a huge bargain for nothing.
The more Chun Xiaobai saw, the more pleased he became, and the brighter his smile grew.
"Senior brother, I live right next door." Fang Yuan pointed at the neighboring cave residence outside the courtyard and continued.
"If you have any questions, you can come find me anytime. I guarantee I'll be there whenever you call."
"Mm!" Chun Xiaobai nodded.
He truly hadn't expected an Outer Sect disciple to be this welcoming. Those menial disciples had been even fiercer than a bandit like him.
"All right, you can head back now!" Chun Xiaobai patted his shoulder in satisfaction.
Fang Yuan felt as though an iron hammer had struck his shoulder, making his entire body sink. This only further confirmed just how sturdy this golden leg was.
He nodded excitedly, then cautiously backed out.
Chun Xiaobai searched the courtyard residence. Never mind food-there wasn't even a kitchen.
His face instantly darkened.
On his way up from the foot of the mountain, he hadn't seen any taverns, restaurants, or similar establishments either.
Thinking about it now, those Outer Sect disciples probably replenished their strength through meditation and cultivation.
Even if they wanted to eat, they would go to that commercial street at the foot of the mountain that stretched beyond sight. But making the round trip on foot over the mountains would take him at least a day or two.
He couldn't spend two days running around just for one meal, could he?
After pondering it, Chun Xiaobai decided to try cultivating first. Once he entered the Dao, he could free himself from needing three meals a day.
He went to the cultivation chamber, sat cross-legged, and took out the Azure Cloud Manual.
After opening it, he read it twice and committed the entire cultivation formula to memory.
Then he closed his eyes and began meditating as the formula instructed.
Yet barely two minutes into meditation, his body suddenly slumped to one side, and he nearly fell asleep on the floor.
"Damn it! How did cultivating make me sleepy?"
"Could it be that this Great King isn't cut out for cultivation?"
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