"Hehe, Fellow Daoist Xiao is far too rigid!" Zhu Chengli said excitedly from the side in a low voice. "We have no capital for cultivation, so we can only search for it. Though this poor Daoist has never seen Volcano Ridge or Jinyu Valley, they sound like True Person Yuanqing's place—small Qi Stone mines near their own caves serving as capital. Relying on those mines, these seniors need not govern a nation to continue cultivating!"
"Hmph, it is a pity that such spiritual veins are truly scarce! We have no such fortune!" Wu Tianxin snorted. "And even if we were to find such a spiritual vein, we would merely be making a wedding dress for someone else."
Hearing this, Xiao Hua became interested and smiled. "Do these Nascent Soul fellows count as establishing sects? And the Confucian cultivators tolerate them living free and unfettered?"
"Who said True Person Yuanqing established a sect? He never accepts disciples. It is merely that when the National Teachers of certain Daoist cultivation kingdoms are willing but unable, they send some Daoist soldiers to True Person Yuanqing's care for a little guidance!" Zhu Chengli hurriedly explained.
"Then, Fellow Daoist Zhu, what especially renowned Nascent Soul cultivators does Yangzhou have?" Xiao Hua knew there were always exceptions to everything, so he did not press further and changed the subject.
Zhu Chengli smiled. "Aside from True Person Yuanqing of Lefeng Ridge, there is Old Man Haisong of Bilin Sea, Senior Ye Mingye of Ye Kingdom, True Person Mingcheng of Xutian Kingdom, Fairy Yingyun of Cloud Kingdom..."
"Cough, cough, there are quite a few!" Xiao Hua smiled bitterly. Not only did he know nothing of the Nascent Soul cultivators of Yangzhou and Qingzhou, he was not even clear about those of Yuzhou. He had previously spent some time