Ch. 112

Gu Hang stared blankly at the huge sky-like figure of the Ancient Mountain God, his lips moved slightly, but he couldn’t even utter a word.

Ye Xi suppressed a smile, stepped forward, and patted Gu Hang’s shoulder lightly. He said: “Some acquaintances of mine are going to the Chen family to watch the ceremony. If you still want to go to the ancient city, wait until after this ceremony is over. You can go with them.”

Bai Yulou put down his wine glass, glanced at Gu Hang indifferently, got up and left.

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“Although this Luan Bird owned by Senior Brother Ji is only at the Initial Stage of True Dao Realm, its aura is fierce and strong. It does not lose at all to those spirit birds at the Late Stage of True Dao Realm.”

Standing behind Ji Yuenian, Wang Yueyang looked at the azure crown feathers on top of Qingluan’s head, and gasped in admiration.

Yu Yan was sitting on Luan Bird’s back, staring at Ji Yuenian’s long black hair in a daze.

“It has awakened less than 10% of its bloodline.” Ji Yuenian didn’t turn his head, and the black moon robe danced in the wind.

“The bird already begun to awaken its bloodline!” Wang Yueyang was taken aback. “Can Senior Brother Ji tell me how one can achieve this?”

The young man turned around slightly, with a strand of jet-black hair hanging down from his fair face, and said softly: “There is a spell in the Spirit Beast Peak, which can refine the primordial energy into the bloodline power of the Luan Bird, accelerating the awakening. The higher the concentration of Qingluan blood, the more primeval stones needed.”

Wang Yueyang’s heart shook. He felt the aura of the Luan Bird under his feet again, and tentatively said, “Could I ask how many primeval stones Brother Ji has spent on this spirit bird to awaken half of its bloodline?”

“Three hundred.”

As soon as the words were spoken, not only Wang Yueyang but even Yu Yan, who was wealthy, and Liu Qing, who had been silent all this time, had a change in their expressions. They were dumbfounded. They all looked at Ji Yuenian who was sitting atop the Luan Bird in extreme shock.

Three hundred primeval stones!

That was a huge sum that ordinary people couldn’t even fathom!

Ji Yuenian had been cultivating in the Xingyuan Peak since the sect’s entrance examination. He had more than nine hundred primeval stones on hand then. Even if he spent more than three hundred on Luan Bird, he still had around six hundred remaining.

But, spending such a sum to awaken some of Luan Bird’s blood could significantly improve the martial prowess of his spirit bird. And even increase the true combat potential of the Luan Bird. It could completely exceed the ordinary True Dao Realm powerhouse, which would be extremely handy in tight situations.

“Brother Ji Yuenian sure is rich.” Yu Yan’s face was a bit resentful.

She came from a family of water demons in the Huiyao Mountains. She had a profound background, but she was still a little worried about a spiritual weapon worth more than a hundred primeval stones. She couldn’t help feel lament in her heart.

Liu Qing was even more envious, and reached out to stroke Luan Bird’s feathers.

After Wang Yueyang was amazed, he couldn’t help showing a pained look on his face. “Senior Brother Ji, even a high-quality Luan Bird is only worth a hundred of primeval stones. Isn’t it a waste of primeval stones for the Senior Brother to devote so much effort in cultivating it?”

Ji Yuenian shook his head slightly, quietly looking at the misty clouds that were constantly parting in front of Luan Bird, and said, “This bird is different from the rest of the Luan Bird.”

Wang Yueyang opened his mouth, but he didn’t continue to ask. Instead, he took out a jade slip of a map, looked for the specific location of the ancient city.

The territory of the ancient city was more than ten times larger than the territory of Taichu, and the spiritual energy was extremely strong there. Even if it was compared with the hundreds of peaks in the Luoxia Mountain Range of the Outer Sect, it would not be much worse.

Yu Yan was silent for a while, as if she had thought of something. She got up and walked to Ji Yuenian’s side, and said in a low voice, “Brother Ji Yuenian, it’s been a long time now, so it stands to reason that Junior Brother Gu should have caught up with us long ago, but he still is nowhere to be seen. Could something unexpected have happened?”

Before Ji Yuenian could speak, Wang Yueyang came over and said angrily, “Don’t worry about Gu Hang! That guy has a Luan Bird protecting him, what can happen? I was almost killed by Gu Hang just now, but Senior Sister Yu actually still cares about him”

“Don’t talk nonsense, I didn’t mean that!” Yu Yan stammered subconsciously, and took a peek at Ji Yuenian. Seeing that he didn’t care at all, she was slightly relieved.

After Wang Yueyang’s spoke, Yu Yan felt it was inconvenient to bring it up again, but Gu Hang didn’t catch up for a long time, which still cast a layer of haze in her heart.

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This was a city where ordinary people lived together, and only one city guard in the Xuan Realm guarded the gate. The guard was someone who had always been indifferent to everything in the city.

The Land God of Ancient City was different from the Land God of Taichu. All living beings within the territory of the ancient city did not need to worship the Land God, and Luoyan City was no exception.

In contrast, this Land God had not appeared in front of people for thousands of years. No matter if it was demons, monsters or evil spirits, they could enter the territory without hindrance. As long as they hide their identities well, they would not to be noticed by the people of any big families in the ancient city.

“Giving spiritual rice out for free, all for free!” Loud chants sounded from time to time. In a corner of Luoyan City street, a Daoist priest in sackcloth was sitting behind several heavy cloth bags, surrounded by many people. At that time, more and more people were getting attracted by him.

“Daoist, is what you said true?”

“The output of spiritual rice near Luoyan City has plummeted in the past two years, and rice is 40% more expensive than in previous years. How could there be a reason to give it away for nothing?”

“He must be a liar!”

“However, those cloth bags do seem to contain densely packed spiritual rice.”

The onlookers were all talking, and looked at the Daoist and the heavy cloth bags in front of him with different eyes.

Among them, many people wanted to snatch it, but inadvertently saw the long sword sticking out of the Daoist’s waist, and temporarily suppressed the rest of their thoughts.

The Daoist smiled, opened a cloth bag, and said, “My claim of giving spiritual rice for free is naturally true! But the poor Daoist has a small condition, no matter who it is, as long as they eat a piece of velvet grass, I will give him a catty of spiritual rice for nothing!”

After saying that, a large handful of velvet grass appeared in the palm of his hand, and there was an unpleasant smell on it.

“Velvet grass is a poisonous weed. Every time you eat one, you will lose one year of life. Even if you kill me, I won’t eat it!”

“Eating a piece of velvet grass can be exchanged for a catty of spiritual rice. What is the intention of this Daoist?”

“This …”

“This Daoist’s motives are suspicious, let us wait and see before taking any decisions.”

“His motivations seem dubious; something that hurts him and benefits others.”

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