Chapter 1274 – A Temporary Farewell
”The city lord ordered the two of us to assist Commander Zhao, so we will naturally step in to help.” A faint man’s voice immediately came from within the city gates, followed by a white-robed Confucian scholar and a monk clad in a green-colored robe.
The one who spoke was none other than the Confucian scholar who was around forty years old.
Commander Zhao didn’t dare to treat these two Immortal Cultivators lightly, and with a smile on his face, he quickly thanked them.
One of the Confucian and the monk took out a mirror, and the other took out a copper bowl, and then recited under their breath and pinched with one hand, while throwing the magic weapon in their hands into mid-air at the same time.
At once the two magic weapons dripping in the air for a while circling, the mirror spewed out a green haze, will be the forefront of a giant tortoise covered under it, while the bowl flew out of a piece of yellow light, in the vicinity of a few giant wolf riders a roll.
In just a moment’s work, the green haze and yellow light flew away and pounced on other targets behind them.
In this way, the two cultivators went on checking one turtle car after another, the green haze and yellow light flashing interlaced, not letting go of every single person.
In the blink of an eye, more than thirty cars and more than two hundred people were swept through by the two kinds of light haze, and nothing was found to be wrong.
”Good, you guys can go in now. By the way, just to let you guys know. Mrs. Fang has already chartered the largest Ruyun Inn in the west of the city, so after you deliver the goods, you can go directly there to meet up.” Commander Zhao’s expression slowed down and he didn’t make things too difficult anymore, and after casually saying so, he raised his hand to release the goods.
The scar-faced man was stunned, but then with a clasp of his hands, he led the convoy into the city gates.
Entering the city gates only to find that the stone city area is large, but also far above Han Li’s original prediction.
At a glance, the city’s various houses countless, surprisingly unable to see the end of the look. However, this city seems to have been planned at the time of construction, even though the houses are different, and the material used stone wood and so on is very different, but all arranged neatly, leaving a few feet wide green stone street.
At the moment, such a large city is bustling, all the streets are swarming with people, appearing overcrowded.
Han Li couldn’t help but be stunned by this scene, but then realized that most of the people walking on the streets were carrying weapons such as swords and knives, and everyone’s face was grave.
The blue-shirted girl in the carriage saw this scene, but sighed softly and muttered to herself: “It seems that the matter of the beast tide is true, or else the people who originally lived in the villages outside the city would not have all flocked into the city. In this way, the pressure on An Yuan City is even greater.”
Only then did Han Li’s heart suddenly realize.
With so many people, it was naturally a bit inconvenient for a convoy of turtle trucks to pass through. However, it was fortunate that Commander Zhao had long anticipated this matter, and had specially sent several soldiers to clear the way for the caravan. Forcibly dispersing the crowd, he gave the convoy a passageway.
Even so, the advance of the turtle car is still not very fast, enough to travel for half an hour before finally crossing more than ten long streets, on a sparsely populated street, and finally stopped in front of a several-storey-high pagoda.
Behind this building, there are several heavily guarded warehouse-like buildings, and guards with various weapons can be seen everywhere in the vicinity.
The following is naturally much simpler, the people of the Tian Dong Trading Company handed over their goods one by one to the warehouse officials in charge of acceptance, and then after Zhang Kui received his credentials, he led the people with a sigh of relief straight to the west side of the city, as stated by Commander Zhao.
Han Li, who had fully regained his mobility, was naturally among them, but halfway there, he suddenly proposed to Zhang Kui that he wanted to stroll around the city for a bit, and then go to the Ruyun Inn to meet up with the people of the Heavenly East Merchant Company after a while.
When Zhang Kui heard Han Li’s words, his brows furrowed, and after a moment’s thought, he agreed to do so, but in his mouth, he exhorted a few words: “Brother Han, you haven’t met the lady yet, and are not yet considered to have formally joined the trade name, so I’m not sure if I can be too restrictive with you. But you must have seen, nowadays, An Yuan City is mixed with dragons and snakes, and it is quite unsettled. In addition, this city is just a small remote city, I guess there is nothing to see. If brother Han has something to deal with, it’s best to go to the inn as soon as possible afterward.”
This Zhang Leader didn’t look vicious, but his words were spoken in a tactful manner.
With a faint smile and a promise, Han Li drifted away and completely disappeared after turning a street intersection.
Looking in the direction Han Li disappeared, Zhang Kui stroked his chin with his thick palm, a contemplative look on his face.
”What, is Cultivator Zhang afraid that Little Brother Han won’t return once he’s gone?” Nan Qizi, who was standing next to the scar-faced big man, suddenly asked with a smile.
”Having already signed the blood curse document, how could Zhang be worried about this. It’s just that this Brother Han really seems to be someone of great origin, making it a bit hard to see through.” Zhang Kui came back to his senses, but let out a bitter laugh.
”To have such amazing body refining skills at such a young age, it’s naturally unlikely that he’s from an ordinary background. But looking at his demeanor and behavior, he indeed doesn’t look like someone from our Tian Yuan territory, which is true in all likelihood.” Nanqi Zi, however, spoke with a smile.
”Oh, this is something that Mister Zhang naturally sees as well. But as long as he doesn’t get involved with the other major forces within our Tian Yuan territory, even if there is really a problem with his origins, there is no need for our Tian Dong Trading Company to care. Cultivate this person properly, and it might even be possible to cultivate into the fifth layer of the Vajra Skill. In that case, it will definitely become a great arm of Madam.” Zhang Kui’s complexion became grave.
”The fifth layer of the Vajra Skill? Scholar Zhang really dares to think like that, that’s an existence that can fight hard with our JieDan cultivators without losing.” Nan Qizi glanced at the scar-faced big man, revealing an expression that seemed like a smile.
”Mister Zhang is a bit extravagant. However, this person is so young to have his current cultivation level, who can guarantee that he won’t cultivate into the fifth layer of the Vajra Skill in a hundred years. In terms of chances, he seems to have a much better chance than an ordinary body refiner like me. Otherwise, back then, Mister Zhang wouldn’t have let him sign the blood curse instrument in the Green Luo Desert without hesitation.” Zhang Kui also heatedly smiled up.
”That makes sense too. Alright, let’s not talk about this person. We, masters and brothers, were hired by Lady Fang to look after your caravan, and now that the goods have been safely delivered, a few of us have fulfilled our agreement. It’s time to take our leave now as well.” Nanqi Zi gave a slight salute and actually calmly uttered his words of farewell.
”Oh, a few Dao Masters will no longer meet the Lady ……, in that case, then a few Dao Masters will go well!” Zhang Kui didn’t feel surprised, and after slightly retaining him without success, he spoke words of farewell.
As a result, these few hill mountain peak cultivators left the crowd and went far away as well.
”What a pity. It would be nice if our merchant company could also have its own cultivators.” A knight next to him, who waited for a few Taoist monks to go far away, suddenly felt some emotion.
”Own cultivators, this can only be a daydream. Although our Heavenly East Merchant Company is known as one of the three major merchant companies in the Tian Yuan Realm, but in reality, the spirit stones we earn every year, which is enough to hire cultivators all year round. Low-ranking cultivators at the Qi Refining Stage are only about the same strength as the average Body Refiners like me, so hiring them wouldn’t be of much use. The foundation stage cultivator, the annual cost of spirit stones is very shocking, our business can only encounter big business, only to be willing to occasionally hire a time. As for cultivators above the JieDan stage, that’s something you can’t even think about. High-ranking cultivators can find some rare materials somewhere, or refine some magic weapons or spirit tools, which are far beyond the amount of spirit stones provided by our trading company. It’s that if our merchant house really works hard to cultivate middle ranked cultivators, they will eventually leave.” The big man face sighed lightly.
”That’s also true. It’s that the outstanding ones among our Body Refiners, once they have achieved success in their cultivation, they will also immediately run to the dangerous places outside of the country, searching everywhere for those several kinds of spirit medicines that can give birth to spirit roots out of thin air, wanting to become cultivators. After all, once you become a monk, not only can you practice immortal arts, but also the longevity is irresistible. For so many years, I don’t know how many of our body refiners who have been buried outside the three realms because of this, but the number of those who have gone outside the realm before and after are still countless.” That knight also became somewhat emotional.
”Alright. These things have nothing to do with ordinary people like us, it’s better to hurry back to see Madam.” Zhang Kui waved his hand, not wanting to talk about this matter anymore.
That knight also immediately crunched and shut up.
The group then left the place, quickly drowning in the sea of people on the streets.
At this time, Han Li, however, was already standing on a nearby street, raising his head to look at the seven white scorching suns in the sky, and exhaling a long, somewhat depressed breath.
As soon as he came out of the Green Luo Desert and entered the grassland, he immediately felt the amazing spiritual qi that filled the air.
The concentration of spiritual qi in this realm is really far beyond the human world several times, if he can find a more excellent cultivation place, I think the spiritual qi will be more than ten times thicker, it is not impossible.
But it is a pity that he has already dispersed YuanYing, there is still that ice phoenix planted the prohibition, simply can not absorb these spiritual qi in the slightest.
This naturally made him somewhat helpless.
He walked along the street under his eyes while looking around at the passing pedestrians and the various stores on both sides.
These stores were also basically similar to those in the human realm, and didn’t have anything much more rare.
Suddenly his footsteps stopped, his eyes fell on the store in front of him, and after a slight hesitation, he actually walked in, and then looked around at the things placed in the store.
All four sides are a sandalwood table, above the cold light shining, placed with knives, guns, axes and battle-axes and other types of blades, is actually a store specializing in selling weapons.
Inside is not big, only two fellows wait, but in this store to see things guests are really quite a lot. These people are naturally all mortals.
Han Li would walk in, also seeing that this store’s appearance was unremarkable, but business was so good that his heart moved to come in.
”This guest, do you have your eye on anything, this Golden Back Nine Ring Knife, how do you see it. This knife is made from ebony iron, not only does it cut iron like mud, but it’s also not light in weight, so it’s the best weapon for dealing with wolf beasts.” A fellow finally noticed Han Li’s presence after introducing it to one of the guests, and hurriedly came over to say with a compensatory smile.
What he was referring to was a large ringed blade that Han Li was watching, dark and heavy at first glance.