Chapter 55: Yungui City, Meeting the Absurd Daoist Again
Watching the Nascent Soul stage cultivator gradually leave, you drew out the Earth-Rank Mid-Grade Divine Archer Bow, bent the bow and nocked an arrow, aimed at the fleeing Nascent Soul cultivator, and shot one arrow after another!
The other three had their physical bodies destroyed by you and their Nascent Souls fled, and you shot them dead one by one as well.
From the start of the fight to the end, killing four Nascent Soul stage cultivators had taken you only three breaths!
“Clap, clap, clap!” Li Wuyou, a Spirit Transformation cultivator, could not help but applaud after watching your battle.
“Fellow Daoist, the power of your physical body is truly terrifying! Even I don’t dare get close to you anymore!”
Bai Ruoxi, standing to the side, was utterly stunned. She knew you were strong, but she never imagined you were this strong.
“Three breaths, instantly killing four Nascent Soul stage cultivators. Is there anything else about you I don’t know?” Bai Ruoxi murmured to herself, and the way she looked at you had completely changed.
“Senior, you praise me too much. Compared to you, isn’t this little bit of strength something you could wipe out with a wave of your hand?” You picked up the four people’s storage rings, put away the Divine Archer Bow, and said modestly to Li Wuyou.
“Fellow Daoist, you’re too modest. A Golden Core stage cultivator managing to counter-kill four Nascent Soul cultivators, and casually producing an Earth-Rank Mid-Grade Artifact — it seems the power behind you is no ordinary one!” Having witnessed your extraordinary nature, Li Wuyou was inclined to befriend you.
You laughed heartily, then continued on your way with Bai Ruoxi.
A day later, you arrived at the gates of Yun’gui City.
“Finally back!” Bai Ruoxi looked at the three characters “Yun’gui City,” extremely excited.
“Don’t try any tricks. Your life is still in my hands.” You reminded her at the right moment. With a Spirit Transformation powerhouse protecting you, you naturally no longer feared the Bai family’s Ancestor.
But right now, you only wanted to get the Nascent Soul Breaking Pill as soon as possible. You didn’t want any trouble.
At the ninth layer of the Golden Core, your cultivation was sufficient in the northern part of the Heaven Mystery Continent, but in Central State, it was far from enough!
“Hmph, I know. I hope you can keep your word too.” Under Bai Ruoxi’s lead, you began entering the city.
“Greetings, Granny Bai!”
“Granny Bai, you’re back?”
“Granny Bai’s gotten prettier again!”
The guards responsible for watching the city gates hurried forward to greet Bai Ruoxi the moment they saw her.
“How many times have I said it? When we’re out and about, don’t call me Granny!” Bai Ruoxi was furious, and she lashed out at the several people.
The Bai family guards could only smile awkwardly and hurriedly make way, letting the group through.
“Um, my seniority in the Bai family is rather high. Actually, I’m not even a hundred years old yet!” Bai Ruoxi explained in a low voice beside you.
“Cough, cough.” Hearing this, you could not help but cough twice, and looked Bai Ruoxi over once more. You truly could not tell she was almost a hundred years old.
“Golden Core stage cultivators have a lifespan of five hundred years. I’ve only lived a fifth of mine so far. I’m still very young, you know.” Bai Ruoxi continued beside you.
You nodded, not wanting to continue on this topic.
“Where is the alchemist you mentioned? Take me to him, quickly!”
“He’s not in the city.” Bai Ruoxi glanced at you, and after sensing your cold gaze, she hurriedly explained.
“I can only contact him inside Yun’gui City at night.”
“Why?” You asked. Only inside Yun’gui City at night? You could only contact him then?
“How should I put it? This matter is very complicated. It can’t be explained clearly in a moment or two. You’ll know when night comes.” Bai Ruoxi said no more, and led you on a tour around the city.
“Fellow Daoist, what kind of pill is it that you need refined? Our Immortal Treasure Pavilion can also hire alchemists to refine it specifically.” Li Wuyou, hidden in the void, kindly inquired.
“Nascent Soul Breaking Pill!” You slowly spoke these three words.
Li Wuyou was silent for a long time.
“Just what is it about the Nascent Soul Breaking Pill that the major powers control it so strictly? Even your Immortal Treasure Pavilion refuses to sell it.” This question had lingered in your heart for a long time, and you could not help but ask Li Wuyou.
“Sigh!” Li Wuyou did not know what he thought of, but he let out a long sigh. “I searched for the answer to this question for a very long time, and only in the end did I get it.”
“As early as five thousand years ago, the Three Great Holy Lands, the Two Great Dynasties, and the Immortal Treasure Pavilion jointly issued a declaration, forbidding all powers from refining the Nascent Soul Breaking Pill on their own!”
“Nowadays, no matter what power it is, anyone who wants to use the Nascent Soul Breaking Pill to break through to the Nascent Soul stage must register with the Six Great Powers!”
“If any unregistered Nascent Soul stage cultivator is discovered, any power has the right to erase them!”
“What’s the purpose of doing this? Could it just be to record the number of Nascent Soul stage cultivators?” You did not understand.
“Sigh, the thoughts of great figures — how could we possibly know them?” Li Wuyou sighed.
You felt that the Six Great Powers doing this was very wrong. There was definitely a secret no one knew about!
It was just that, at present, you clearly did not yet have the qualifications to know it.
“Hey, there’s a smelly Daoist here. Do you want to go get a divination?” Bai Ruoxi, walking ahead of you, suddenly pointed forward and spoke up.
Hearing this, you looked in the direction Bai Ruoxi was pointing.
“Hm?” You never imagined that in a small city in Central State, you would actually run into an old acquaintance!
It was just that this acquaintance might not recognize you.
You looked at Daoist Outrageous, not far away, sitting at his stall doing fortune-telling, and smiled faintly.
“Senior, can you discern that person’s cultivation?” You sound-transmitted to Li Wuyou without changing expression. With your current cultivation at the ninth layer of the Golden Core, you still could not see through Daoist Outrageous’ cultivation.
“I can’t see through him either. No matter how I look, he feels like an ordinary person.” Li Wuyou quickly replied.
Hearing this, you frowned. No cultivation? How could that possibly be!
No cultivation, yet he could travel from Central State to the north?
No cultivation, yet he could still be alive forty years later?
No cultivation, yet I could run into him in the northern part of the Heaven Mystery Continent forty years later?
You thought this in your heart, and Daoist Outrageous became more and more unfathomable in your eyes.
You followed Bai Ruoxi to Daoist Outrageous’ stall. Looking at your old acquaintance, you thought of that one divination: certain death with no chance of survival!
You pulled Bai Ruoxi aside. This time, you wanted Daoist Outrageous to do another divination!
“Old Daoist, do a divination for me.” You said to Daoist Outrageous before you.
“One hundred mid-grade spirit stones. Pay first, then divine!” Daoist Outrageous stretched out his hand and said to you.
“A hundred mid-grade spirit stones just for opening your mouth — aren’t you afraid your tongue will get torn out!” Bai Ruoxi was extremely indignant upon hearing this.
You took out one hundred mid-grade spirit stones and handed them to Daoist Outrageous.
“Speak. What do you want to divine?” Daoist Outrageous took the spirit stones with delight, stuffed them into his pocket, and asked you.
“Divine whether this journey will go smoothly!”