Chapter 195

"Brother Wang, Brother Jiang, Brother Sun, look, it is not that I do not wish to help you, but I am simply powerless!"

After the notice from Dongxuan City was posted, Li Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He no longer needed to make excuses to Wang Xing, Jiang Dongming, and Sun Da.

Because according to the notice from Dongxuan City, to enter and settle there, he truly could not help them.

But Li Yuan did not expect that upon hearing him say this, Sun Da still showed no sign of giving up: "Li Yuan, you have joined Dongxuan City for so long; you must have quite a few Contribution Points, right? How about you lend me some first, I..."

However, before Sun Da could finish speaking, he was directly interrupted by Mu Qingqing standing nearby:

"Daoist Sun is joking. My husband and I have large daily expenses for cultivation.

Furthermore, your nephew has now embarked on the path of cultivation and similarly requires significant expenses, so we have no Contribution Points remaining."

Hearing his wife's words, Li Yuan hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "Indeed, indeed. Brother Sun, I am truly sorry!"

Upon hearing this, seeing he had gained no benefit, Sun Da felt somewhat unwilling and was about to say something more when he was interrupted again by Jiang Dongming: "Brother Li is joking. Now that we know the conditions for entering Dongxuan City, how we choose is naturally up to us ourselves; how dare we trouble Brother Li to worry about it?"

Seeing Jiang Dongming speak, Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief:

"Brother Jiang is joking. Failing to help you, Li Yuan feels ashamed!"

This Sun Da was truly someone he found hard to deal with; fortunately, Jiang Dongming understood righteousness and did not act like Sun Da.

Jiang Dongming smiled slightly, took out a medium-grade magic treasure long sword, and handed it to Li Yuan:

"Brother Li need not be so. We came in a hurry and prepared no fine gifts; let this magic treasure serve as my gift to your nephew for stepping onto the path of cultivation!"

"This?"

Looking at the magic treasure before him, Li Yuan hesitated and was about to refuse.

But he did not expect Jiang Dongming to speak first again:

"We have known each other for many years as good friends; please do not dislike it, Brother Li."

Seeing Jiang Dongming say this, Li Yuan could only accept the magic treasure: "Then Li Yuan will thank Brother Jiang on behalf of my son."

Li Yuan's son, Li Bin, possesses a dual-element spiritual root talent and is currently cultivating at Dongxuan Academy.

At this moment, Wang Xing standing nearby also smiled and took out a medium-grade magic treasure level shield to hand to Li Yuan:

"Old Li, this is my gift to your nephew; you cannot accept Brother Jiang's and then refuse mine!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan could only accept the shield Wang Xing gave him with a helpless smile.

For a Foundation Establishment cultivator, a medium-grade magic treasure is nothing special.

But his son Li Bin is currently only at the early stage of Qi Refining; for his son, a medium-grade magic treasure is more than enough.

That both Jiang Dongming and Wang Xing remembered his son made Li Yuan very happy in his heart.

Only Sun Da stood aside with a look of disdain, showing no intention of making any statement.

After Li Yuan accepted his shield, Wang Xing spoke again:

"It is getting late now; we will leave first and visit Brother Li and Sister-in-law again in a while."

After saying this and bidding farewell to Li Yuan and his wife, Wang Xing pulled Sun Da and left Li Yuan's residence with Jiang Dongming.

After the three of them left, Mu Qingqing finally spoke:

"Husband, now that Dongxuan City allows the purchase of permanent grotto-heavens, should we buy a first-tier grotto-heaven? We could pass it down to Bin'er later."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan smiled bitterly:

"A first-tier grotto-heaven costs 50,000 medium-grade spirit stones; where would we get so many spirit stones and Contribution Points? Let us talk about it later!"

Meanwhile.

After several days of spreading news, the matter of Dongxuan City killing Luo Jiutian finally reached Huangji Sect.

Inside a certain great hall within Huangji Sect.

The sect master of Huangji Sect, Cheng Yuan, looked gloomily at a Nascent Soul Elder below and asked: "Third Elder, have you investigated the matter of Luo Jiutian's demise clearly?"

Cultivators above the Foundation Establishment realm within Huangji Sect all leave behind a soul lamp within the sect; once they perish, the soul lamp extinguishes.

At the instant Luo Jiutian perished, Huangji Sect already knew the fact of his demise.

For these past few days, the people of Huangji Sect have been investigating the truth behind Luo Jiutian's death.

Hearing his sect master's inquiry, the Third Elder dared not be negligent and hurriedly said:

"According to information returned by disciples within the sect, Elder Luo was killed by a squadron leader of the guard force of Dongxuan City."

"Dongxuan City?"

A flicker of confusion passed through Cheng Yuan's eyes; after thinking for a moment, he finally remembered:

"Is that the Dongxuan City established not long ago, which caused a great stir recently with its promotion of an auction?"

"Replying to the Sect Master, it is indeed this Dongxuan City."

The auction of Dongxuan City had been promoted for nearly ten years.

As the sect master of Huangji Sect, Cheng Yuan had also heard of it, but he had not paid too much attention to the establishment of a mere city before.

Therefore, he was not too familiar with Dongxuan City.

But he did not expect that this Dongxuan City, not knowing life from death, would actually dare to kill a Nascent Soul Elder of his Huangji Sect.

Thinking of this, Cheng Yuan suppressed his anger and spoke:

"Tell me about the situation of Dongxuan City and the detailed process of Luo Jiutian's demise!"

If Dongxuan City did not have the capital to be arrogant, then it did not need to exist.

The Third Elder had already memorized the intelligence on Dongxuan City; facing Cheng Yuan's inquiry, he directly narrated it calmly:

"According to external intelligence, this Dongxuan City was established after the extermination of Wanling Mountain, a gathering place of fifth-tier demonic beasts."

Hearing that Dongxuan City was established after exterminating a gathering place of fifth-tier demonic beasts, Cheng Yuan finally paid slight attention to Dongxuan City, but only slight attention.

"The city lord of Dongxuan City is a cultivator named Guixuanzi, whose origin is unknown; rumors outside claim Guixuanzi has a Nascent Soul cultivation base."

"As for Luo Jiutian, he came into conflict with Dongxuan City during the pursuit of a Nascent Soul cultivator named Su Jianfeng."

"He was slain in a single strike by Xue Yu, the captain of the Purple Mansion Realm guard battalion of Dongxuan City, who harnessed the power of Dongxuan City's city-protecting great formation."

Hearing the end, Cheng Yuan's expression changed slightly:

"What did you say? A Purple Mansion Realm cultivator, using the power of the city-protecting great formation, slew Luo Jiutian in one strike?"

Facing Cheng Yuan's counter-question, the Third Elder spoke with absolute certainty:

"Yes, Sect Master, this cannot be wrong. There were many witnesses at the time."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yuan's expression grew grave, his eyes filled with doubt and surprise:

"Where exactly did this Dongxuan City come from?"

If what the Third Elder said is true, Dongxuan City's city-protecting formation must be a sixth-rank formation.

But Cheng Yuan knew all the sixth-rank formation masters in Xingluo Province, and they should have no connection with this Guixuanzi.

Before ascertaining the true strength of Dongxuan City, Cheng Yuan felt no certainty of victory in launching a rash attack against it.

After all, who knows if the sixth-rank city-protecting great formation is Dongxuan City's last resort?

After pondering for a moment, Cheng Yuan looked at the Third Elder: "Third Elder, go with me to Dongxuan City."

Upon hearing this, the Third Elder felt some hesitation and asked tentatively: "Sect Master, are we going to avenge Elder Luo?"

Cheng Yuan glanced at the Third Elder, knowing his hidden thoughts, so he directly denied it:

"No, we are going to attend Dongxuan City's auction."

(End of this chapter)