Chapter 30: How Did the Immortal Sect Territory Become Like This?

The female cultivators at the city gate looked at Su Ping with smiles that did not reveal their teeth.

An old cultivator from the Hundred Treasures Workshop guarding the city gate narrowed his eyes and reminded Su Ping: "Daoist, is this your first time coming to the Hundred Treasures Market?"

"These female cultivators were all adopted and raised from a young age by the Dongli Family, a family of cultivators."

"Although they are just like those Loose Cultivators with only an Inferior Spiritual Root, they are all proficient in charm arts and are completely submissive."

"More importantly, the techniques they practice will not damage a Daoist's vital energy; if you control the intensity well, it can even strengthen your body."

"Do you see those wearing purple? Those are experienced top-tier ones; the experience is absolutely excellent!"

Upon hearing that it could strengthen his body, Su Ping's gaze lingered slightly on a few shops.

Then he saw clearly the price tags standing next to the shops.

His entire person sobered up immediately.

So expensive!

The unit price is cheaper than the female cultivators at the Xianmiao Pavilion.

But one must pay a deposit first to continue! This Dongli Family knows how to earn Spirit Stones.

It is just that this deposit is not something he can afford to pay.

No, it is also not something he should pay.

He, Su Ping, came here to purchase Talismans, metalworking materials, and the like to quickly enhance his own strength.

Strengthening the body? The priority is not high enough!

However, he could write a letter to Yun Jiu to inform him that this place exists, hoping it might be of some small help to him.

Su Ping shook his head and walked quickly away from the city gate.

A few female cultivators looked at Su Ping's back and then withdrew their gazes.

"Looking at that appearance, another poor wretch."

"Wearing a mask, his appearance can't be seen, but his blood and Qi are quite vigorous; he looks like a Body Cultivator. What a pity..."

Su Ping walked quickly into the streets of the Market, and seeing the rows of shops, he soon found his target.

He spent more than half of the Spirit Stones obtained from the white sugar trade in the subsequent transactions with the Yun Family of the Nine Leaves Market.

A Storage Bag appeared at Su Ping's waist, and the bag contained a large number of low-priced Talismans and materials needed for metalworking.

Additionally, Su Ping found an elderly cultivator who knew beast-taming arts at a stall, and under the man's puzzled gaze, he used Spirit Stones to hire him to draw on the spot, using materials provided by Su Ping, more than ten beast-taming Spirit Talismans that only worked on mortal beasts.

Having finished most of his purchasing, Su Ping saw that it was getting late and intended to leave.

Suddenly, a muffled thunderous sound came from the sky.

Many people in the Hundred Treasures Market were startled and looked up, only to discover that the sound was caused by an Immortal Boat quickly streaking across the Market.

The Market soon began to boil, as if some astonishing news was spreading.

Su Ping was stunned for a moment; thinking it was some natural disaster breaking out, he prepared to activate his Return to City Talisman.

Before long, the information arrived.

Someone ran while shouting: "Quickly go to the Daze Post Station! Strange phenomena are occurring frequently there; a rare treasure has appeared in the world!"

"What rare treasure? I heard it's an ancient sect ruin that has appeared there!"

"Hurry and go seize the treasure! We unimportant Outer Sect or family cultivators will never be able to reach Foundation Establishment in our lives without Immortal Fate!"

People became rowdy.

Some were tempted, some instinctively disbelieved, and some were even afraid.

Those young and hot-blooded ones even began calling friends and companions to form teams to set off.

When Su Ping heard the name of the post station, he thought of something; he opened his map and his heart began to beat violently: "Isn't the place where I discovered that strange village near this post station?"

"Rare treasure appearing? Ancient sect ruin appearing?"

"Is someone deliberately setting a trap, or is it more likely both?"

"With an Immortal Boat dispatched, perhaps even Foundation Establishment experts will go. Logically speaking, if there isn't truly something there, they couldn't be fooled."

Su Ping looked at the boiling Market, watching the fanatical and excited faces of most people within his field of vision.

Su Ping felt increasingly uneasy in his heart, and he did not even intend to return the way he came.

Because that would pass by the scene of the incident. Su Ping chose to leave the Market in the opposite direction, preferring to take a longer detour for it.

Not long after leaving, Su Ping discovered other cultivators who, like him, intended to stay away from this area.

Among these cultivators was the kind-faced old cultivator who had sold the beast-taming Spirit Talismans to Su Ping.

"This humble one is Dongli Yu; after retiring from the Immortal Sect, I am now a beast tamer for the Dongli Family."

"Little friend looks young, why not go and try to see if you have any Immortal Fate?"

Upon hearing the name Dongli, Su Ping took another look at this old cultivator and, hearing the inquiry, said: "Uncle-Master Dongli Yu, this junior is Yun Jiu, a Qi Refining cultivator from the Outer Sect's Yi-Chou group!"

Su Ping performed a sect greeting and reported a name that could be verified.

"To tell you the truth, Uncle-Master, I often read various travelogues circulating in the Immortal Sect; hearing this news, I just felt a tightness in my chest, a feeling that a great disaster was imminent."

"You felt a great disaster was imminent from reading novels?"

The old cultivator was stunned for a moment, then smiled, shook his head, and did not continue to make things difficult for Su Ping.

He chose to leave the Market only because he was already old and lacked ambition, and instead worried that the subsequent Chaos would affect him.

That was why he intended to return to the family base to avoid the limelight.

Those traveling with him were basically all old and frail cultivators.

Seeing Su Ping speak so bluntly about being afraid of trouble and thus not going, he actually found it interesting.

The group were all cultivators, so their speed was not slow; after moving about seventy or eighty kilometers away from the Market.

Suddenly!

The earth shook, and both Su Ping and the old cultivator changed expressions slightly, looking back in the direction of the Market.

"An earthquake has occurred somewhere in that direction!"

"If it were around the Hundred Treasures Market, it would be fine, but if it were near that post station, this momentum... I fear the scene there will be incredibly tragic!"

Su Ping muttered to himself, feeling even more that his choice had been incredibly wise.

He also secretly warned himself to be doubly careful in all things.

After all, the territory of the Chiyuan Immortal Sect was starting to become unsettled! After the earthquake occurred, everyone quickened their pace and gradually dispersed because their destinations were different.

In the end, only Su Ping and that old cultivator from Dongli remained.

It was time for both parties to bid each other farewell.

After brief pleasantries, Su Ping watched the old cultivator depart.

He set off again, preparing to take a detour to return to Linyue Villa.

Several dozen minutes later, Su Ping slowed his pace and deliberately took out a map, pretending to look at it.

His gaze, however, quietly drifted toward a pool of water beside a fork in the road a thousand meters away.

That pool of water looked very ordinary.

Yet, it had already been discovered in advance by Su Ping, who possessed Spirit Mouse Xiaobai.

Hidden inside were three cultivators of unknown origin, currently concealed at the bottom of the pool about three meters deep, holding sharp blades and waiting with eyes closed and breath held for passersby.

These three had cultivation levels similar to the old cultivator, all at the Mid-stage Qi Refining.

This was also the tier where most Outer Sect cultivators who had undergone twenty years of bitter cultivation were located.

"Their aura does not seem like that of evil cultivators."

"But they are deliberately hiding in the pool and seem to have even used an Array to conceal themselves; at a glance, they don't look like good people!"

"If I turn away now, I fear it will immediately make the other party think they have been discovered, and they might erupt into a pursuit to kill me!"

"After all, on the surface, I am also just a Mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator, and I am all alone!"

"Sigh, how did the Immortal Sect territory become like this?"

"It is either an abnormal event erupting or the hearts of men are not what they used to be, with Robber Cultivators appearing everywhere!"

"I just want to properly go Fishing and be a peace-loving, kind Cultivator; why is it that some people just won't let me?"

(End of chapter)