Chapter 171: Big Brother, Let's Escape Separately

"Hmm, you are quite wise. Tell me, now that you are comfortable, what should we do next?" Xia Daoming looked at the two and continued slowly.

Guan Wanren and Lou Shiyan broke into a cold sweat upon hearing this.

The situation changed too fast.

Their thinking couldn't keep up with the changes at all, so how would they know what to do next!

"Great Grandmaster, what do you think we should do next?" However, Guan Wanren was worthy of being a Grandmaster who mixed in the officialdom, and quickly asked back with a smile that was uglier than crying.

"Right, right, Great Grandmaster, what do you think we should do next?" Lou Shiyan woke up upon hearing this and said quickly.

"According to your rules, your Biluo Valley is stronger than my Yuncui Mountain, even if it is far away in Mangzhou, if anything happens to my Yuncui Mountain, you are beyond reach, but you still need to pay tribute to you every year!

If this is the case, now I am stronger than you, according to your rules, shouldn't your Biluo Valley pay tribute to my Yuncui Mountain every year?

So now, shouldn't I go to Biluo Valley to check and set a quota for your Biluo Valley?" Xia Daoming picked up the tea served by the maid, blew the tea leaves on it, and looked at Lou Shiyan with his eyelids raised.

Lou Shiyan's cold sweat broke out even more happily upon hearing this, and his heart was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

If he answered no, he was worried that this Great Grandmaster would give him another punch.

At such a close distance, if the Great Grandmaster gave him another punch, Lou Shiyan was 100% sure he would be blown up by one punch.

If he answered yes, the original resources of Biluo Valley, which were already stretched, would be even more tense and insufficient.

However, this urgency made Lou Shiyan come up with an answer.

"This, you are a Martial Arts Grandmaster, according to the rules of the Great Ming, you cannot collect tribute from cultivation families," Lou Shiyan said carefully.

"Is that so? But I am a cultivator!" Xia Daoming said indifferently, rubbing his fingers, and a ball of emerald green flame jumped up between his two fingers.

"This..." Lou Shiyan was dumbfounded.

Damn, forgot this guy dual cultivates Dao and martial arts!

"Great Grandmaster, how about this? It was my eyes that didn't recognize the pearl just now and offended you. How about this, after I return to Biluo Valley, I will prepare a generous gift for you as an apology," Lou Shiyan finally regained his senses and said with a smile.

Xia Daoming blew the tea leaves floating on the water while glancing at Lou Shiyan, neither saying it was okay nor saying it was not.

Lou Shiyan continued to break into a cold sweat.

His heart was pounding, and he was so angry that he wanted to flip the table, but he didn't dare.

For a long time, just when Lou Shiyan and Guan Wanren felt that their mentality was about to collapse, Xia Daoming finally spoke again.

"You really should be fortunate that you didn't say you wanted to kill me just now!" Xia Daoming took a sip of tea, put it down slowly, and continued: "Get up and sit down, let's not talk about the generous gift for now, I'm actually a bit curious about what you want the Jin Yu Eagle eggs for? Are you using them for medicine? Could it be that Lou Guzhu Lou also knows alchemy?"

"Great Grandmaster is joking, how could I understand the alchemy method of using the eggs of demon birds for medicine," Lou Shiyan said quickly.

"Not for medicine, could it be that you are preparing to take them directly? Is this egg very useful for improving cultivation?" Xia Daoming continued to ask.

"Taking this egg directly only has a slight effect on improving cultivation," Lou Shiyan replied.

"The Jin Yu Eagle lives deep in the Cangmang Mountain, and its nest is on the cliff; in the vast mountains, it is very, very difficult to find its nest, let alone the danger in the mountains.

Just for a slight improvement in cultivation, you want to force people to take great danger to find the eggs of the Jin Yu Eagle for you!" Xia Daoming's expression suddenly turned cold upon hearing this, and amazing coldness radiated from his body.

"Great Grandmaster misunderstood, misunderstood! Actually, I want to cultivate a spiritual bird," feeling the killing intent radiating from Xia Daoming, Lou Shiyan felt cold air rising from his back, and said quickly.

"Cultivate a spiritual bird? Do you have the method to tame the Jin Yu Eagle?" Xia Daoming's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

He definitely had to take Liu Qiaolian and Ji Wenyue to the Profound

Origin Sect in recent years.

The journey was long.

If he could successfully tame one or two Jin Yu Eagles, not only could he let them help guard the mountain gate, so Xia Daoming and the three of them would have no worries, but if there was any urgent matter, it would also be convenient to send letters and messages.

"It is an ancient method obtained unintentionally some years ago; originally I didn't think about taming a Jin Yu Eagle, because not only is the price of the Jin Yu Eagle egg expensive, but the subsequent cost of feeding and taming is even greater, which could directly drag Biluo Valley down.

But if it can be successfully tamed, it is possible to bring Biluo Valley to rise, and I will also have hope of reaching the ninth layer of Qi Refining, and even have the possibility of Foundation Establishment like my ancestors.

Over the years, Biluo Valley has been in a state of disconnection, and a few years ago it was impacted by the rebellion, and some disciples died, so the situation of Biluo Valley is getting worse and worse, and sooner or later it will be bullied and annexed by others, so I gritted my teeth and prepared to fight," Lou Shiyan said, losing his aloofness, and looking like a man of vicissitudes and worry.

"Do not do unto others what you do not want done to yourself! Since you are worried about Biluo Valley being bullied and annexed, how can you be at ease bullying us, and even want to force our people to die deep in Cangmang Mountain!" Xia Daoming said coldly.

"It is our fault, please Great Grandmaster, have mercy and let us go," Lou Shiyan begged.

"The ancient method of taming the Jin Yu Eagle, do you have it on you? Take it out for me to see," Xia Daoming's expression softened upon seeing this, and said.

"Yes, please Great Grandmaster, take a look," a flash of hesitation flashed in Lou Shiyan's eyes, but he still bowed and replied quickly, then took out an ancient scroll from his storage bag and offered it to Xia Daoming with both hands.

Watching Xia Daoming grab the ancient scroll from the air and take it away, Lou Shiyan's mood was complex, seemingly reluctant and painful, and seemingly a kind of relief.

Xia Daoming slowly opened the ancient scroll.

After reading it, a look of surprise appeared on Xia Daoming's face unconsciously.

The cost of taming and cultivating the Jin Yu Eagle was indeed as Lou Shiyan said, very large, equivalent to betting all the net worth of the Lou family of Biluo Valley, and it was not necessarily successful.

In the incubation stage, it needs to be soaked in specially prepared nutritional medicinal water from time to time, preferably using stalactite spiritual liquid.

During this period, the owner also needs to spend some time every day to release spiritual thoughts to soothe the eagle egg.

After hatching, it not only needs to be fed with spiritual rice and high-quality beast meat, but also needs to be fed with elixirs every few days.

The ancient scroll records five elixir recipes suitable for feeding and cultivating the Jin Yu Eagle.

The lowest-tier elixir recipe requires hundred-year Phoenix Jade Grass, and the last and highest-tier elixir, named Jin Yu Transforming Roc Pill, requires a main medicine named Jin Yu Vermilion Fruit.

According to the ancient scroll, if the Jin Yu Eagle can often eat the Jin Yu Transforming Roc Pill, it can stimulate the ancient bloodline of the Golden Winged Great Roc in its body, thereby evolving and breaking through to the second tier, becoming a third-tier or even higher-level spiritual bird.

Of course, besides these, it also takes time to train and tame.

"No wonder you got this ancient scroll and delayed taking action; the cost of cultivating and taming a Jin Yu Eagle is indeed not small," Xia Daoming slowly rolled up the ancient scroll and looked up at Lou Shiyan.

"Yes, originally I was still hesitant, thinking that if I could force City Lord Ji to lead people to successfully find the Jin Yu Eagle egg, I would fight for it.

Now there is no need to hesitate anymore, I will give this scroll to the Great Grandmaster, and I will give up the idea from now on. As for what other apology gifts are needed, please tell me, Great Grandmaster, so I can go back and prepare," Lou Shiyan bowed.

At this moment, he no longer had any ambition to revitalize the family.

Xia Daoming did not decline, put the ancient scroll into his storage ring, and asked: "I heard what you just meant, the eggs of this Jin Yu Eagle seem to be buyable?"

Seeing Xia Daoming's little finger flash with a trace of light, and the ancient scroll disappear, Lou Shiyan's heart was shocked, and at the same time, he became more respectful: "Reporting to Great Grandmaster, I have been to some markets to inquire about this in the past two years since I had the heart to tame the Jin Yu Eagle.

A few days ago, I finally found a seller in the Baicui Valley market in Lingzhou; this seller didn't know where he got the Jin Yu Eagle eggs, and there were as many as ten of them.

But

the asking price was very high, two hundred spirit stones each. If I buy, I have to buy at least two to guarantee that one will hatch successfully.

If I had so many spirit stones, I could buy a very good defensive magic weapon or cultivate a few more disciples, so in the end, I could only give up."

"There are actually ten," Xia Daoming couldn't help but show a look of joy upon hearing this; as for the price, he didn't pay much attention to it.

Two thousand spirit stones, it is a lot, but it is not too big a number for him.

Seeing Xia Daoming show joy and seem not to pay attention to the price at all, Lou Shiyan and Guan Wanren's hearts couldn't help but thump.

He wouldn't want to go and snatch it directly!

"Great Grandmaster, one needs two hundred spirit stones, ten is two thousand," Lou Shiyan reminded carefully.

Two thousand spirit stones, even a Foundation Establishment family would probably find it difficult to take it out directly and would need to gather it.

"It is a lot, but it's not a big problem; the key is that the egg is still there, and don't let it be bought by others," Xia Daoming rubbed the storage ring on his left little finger with his right thumb and index finger, calculated slightly in his heart, and said.

More than a year ago, he purchased a lot in Qingzhou and hoarded a lot of elixirs and potent medicine, and now his inventory of spirit stones in the storage ring is only two thousand or so.

However, Xia Daoming still has several good-quality magic weapons, five Tong Ling Xuan Guo, and some low-tier elixirs refined by Ji Wenyue these days, all of which can be taken out to exchange for spirit stones, so there is no need to worry about the current expenditure of spirit stones.

What really needs to be worried about is the cultivation and taming of several or even ten Jin Yu Eagles, and the expenditure of his own last level of meridian strengthening.

Two months ago, Xia Daoming had already successfully completed the strengthening of the eight levels of the twelfth-rank realm and officially started the ninth level of meridian strengthening.

But I don't know if it's because this level is related to the Great Grandmaster perfection realm, or perhaps it has reached some limit of the system, this level of strengthening is surprisingly slow, and I'm afraid the amount of potent medicine to be consumed will be a terrifying number.

But this is also normal.

After all, if Xia Daoming completes this level, I'm afraid it will be equivalent to the late Foundation Establishment perfection level, and then it will be the False Core or Core Formation realm.

Even with the system, it is impossible to let nine thousand spirit stones worth of potent medicine strengthen it to the end casually!

However, whether it is the cultivation and taming of the Jin Yu Eagle or the strengthening of his last level of meridians, it is a process of gradual investment, and there is no need to think too much about it now.

Uh!

Guan Wanren and Lou Shiyan widened their eyes upon hearing this, and looked at Xia Daoming with a trace of awe.

Have strength and wealth!

"Didn't you just ask me what other apology gifts are needed? How about this, I see you are quite poor, and you can't pay anything worth spirit stones," Xia Daoming touched his chin, looked at the two, and said thoughtfully.

The two lowered their heads silently.

In Mangzhou, one is a big figure in the cultivation world, and the other is a big figure in the government; if someone else dared to say they were poor, they would have jumped up long ago.

It's just that facing this guy who doesn't really take two thousand spirit stones to heart, they can only silently admit that they are poor.

"How about this, Lou Guzhu Lou, you accompany me to the Baicui Valley market, and today's matter will be over. And for Lord Guan, you are the Zhizhong Congshi, in charge of the election of officials in the prefecture and assisting the Prefecture Governor.

It just so happens that Mangzhou has experienced war in recent years, and the people's lives are difficult; as a Mangzhou person, within my ability, I still want to do something for the people of Mangzhou," Xia Daoming said.

Lou Shiyan heard that he was only asked to accompany him to the Baicui Valley market, and his hanging heart finally fell to the ground, but when he heard the words behind, he was a bit dumbfounded, and subconsciously looked at Guan Wanren.

Sure enough, Guan Wanren's face turned a bit pale, his lips trembled, and he asked carefully: "This, could it be that the Great Grandmaster is preparing to govern Mangzhou?"

Now the Prefecture Governor of Mangzhou is an eleventh-rank Grandmaster, and his strength is definitely not as good as Xia Daoming's.

However, the Prefecture Governor comes from the largest family in the prefecture city,

and the imperial court also trusts him very much.

Not only that, he also has connections in the cultivation world.

And the Prefecture Governor's connections in the cultivation world are not like his Guan Wanren, who only married the sister of the Lou Guzhu of Biluo Valley; his connections are Foundation Establishment level forces.

If Xia Daoming wants to join forces with him to push the Prefecture Governor down and take his place, not only will his family be in danger, but Mangzhou will probably have another bloody storm.

"Uh, you think too much, I don't have the heart or time to govern Mangzhou. I just want to arrange some trustworthy people to serve as officials in other cities to do some good for the people," Xia Daoming was slightly stunned, then laughed.

"That's easy to handle! But Great Grandmaster, you also know that the folk customs in Mangzhou are fierce, and the local family forces are intertwined, so you need powerful strength to suppress the scene and govern one side," Guan Wanren nodded quickly upon hearing this, and then reminded carefully.

Xia Daoming found it easy to understand Guan Wanren's reminder.

Back then, the Xu Clan could be said to be very powerful, but when governing Li Cheng, they were also restricted by local family forces like the Ding Clan everywhere.

However, now several brothers of the Tenglong Mansion are already ninth-rank Grandmasters, and Gu Ren, with the help of famous spiritual elixirs, has come from behind and became a tenth-rank Grandmaster a few days ago.

With their strength, even if they are placed in the prefecture city, they can be considered top powerhouses.

Now Xia Daoming's initial idea is just to let them govern some cities near Li Cheng, and their strength is naturally no problem.

The main thing missing is an official appointment.

"Don't worry about the strength, they are all Grandmaster-level figures, and one is a tenth-rank Grandmaster, and it won't make you difficult; just some cities near Li Cheng, south of Cangmang Mountain," Xia Daoming said.

Guan Wanren felt relieved in his heart, but cold air couldn't help but rise from his back.

Only then did he know that Li Cheng actually hid several Grandmasters, one of whom was at the same level as him.

"If it's just some cities near Li Cheng, then there's definitely no problem," Guan Wanren said quickly.

"Since that's the case, then Lord Guan, you stay and discuss with Old Master Ji and the others, and by the way, treat your injuries. I will set off with Lou Guzhu Lou to Baicui Valley now, so as not to be late and be preempted by others," Xia Daoming said very simply.

After saying this, he greeted Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen and walked out of the meeting hall with Lou Guzhu Lou.

After walking out of the meeting hall, Xia Daoming took out the flying boat.

The flying boat's runes flickered, clouds and mist lingered, making Lou Guzhu Lou envious and hot-eyed.

"Let's go!"

Xia Daoming said to Lou Guzhu Lou and stepped onto the flying boat first.

Lou Guzhu Lou followed closely onto the flying boat.

The flying boat not only had clouds and mist lingering outside, which could hide his tracks, but the interior was also exquisitely decorated and luxurious, with a large space, which could accommodate six or seven people.

Lou Guzhu Lou was at least a ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivator; even if he hadn't eaten pork, he had seen pigs run.

As soon as he boarded this flying boat, he immediately realized that this flying boat was much more unusual than what he had just seen.

When the flying boat drifted towards the prefecture city at a speed like lightning under the cover of clouds and mist, Lou Guzhu Lou was completely stunned.

He now understood that even if he sold all the family assets of Biluo Valley, he couldn't afford the flying boat under his feet.

City Lord's Mansion.

Guan Wanren watched the flying boat drift away quickly under the cover of clouds and mist, disappearing into the horizon in a blink of an eye, his heart was also shocked, and it took a long time for him to withdraw his gaze, turn around and bow to Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen, with an apologetic expression: "City Lord Ji, I have offended you just now."

"Lord Guan, don't take the past to heart. You treat your injuries first, and I will order people to invite several colleagues to meet with Lord Guan and discuss the matter of being an official and governing," Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen waved his hand with a smile, but his heart was hard to suppress his excitement.

Xia Daoming's arrangement just now seemed to be following the trend, but for the development of the Ji family and the Zhuo family, it was of far-reaching significance.

——

Mangzhou has many mountains.

The mountain roads are rugged and difficult to walk.

But it's different with a flying boat.

Traveling a thousand miles a day is easy, Xia Daoming drove the flying boat over the prefecture city, and flew all the way southwest towards Lingzhou.

There is no natural barrier between Mangzhou and Lingzhou, basically it is a plain and hilly area, and the road is very easy to walk.

However, used to the convenience and ease of the flying boat, Xia Daoming was too lazy to walk on the ground and continued to drive the flying boat.

It's just consuming a few more spirit stones.

From Lou Shiyan, Xia Daoming learned that Lingzhou is not a major cultivation state, and the situation is similar to Muzhou.

There is no lack of cultivation forces, but there are no major forces.

The largest force is only at the False Core level.

The force behind the Baicui Valley market mentioned by Lou Shiyan is a False Core force in Xuanli Immortal Mountain in Lingzhou, which is large in scale and has a good reputation.

At least in the market, no one dares to rob and kill.

"Grandmaster Xia, flying another hundred miles south from here, it should be the Baicui Valley market," on the flying boat, Lou Shiyan pointed south and reminded.

"Oh, that's quite fast. Since it's only a hundred miles away, there must be many people coming and going, let's not be ostentatious and walk there," Xia Daoming said.

"I have the same intention. In the Baicui Valley area, there are many spiritual mountains and spiritual veins, and the forces are intertwined, and there is a large market, so it is said that there are many robbers in this area who specialize in killing and looting, so it is always good to be careful," Lou Shiyan said, his heart secretly relieved.

Although this flying boat has clouds and mist lingering, it can only hide people's eyes, and the magic power fluctuation caused during flight is still very difficult to hide from the perception of powerful cultivators.

If they were Foundation Establishment cultivators or disciples from major forces, driving such a high-end flying boat, they would naturally not need to worry about anything.

But the two of them, one is only ninth-layer Qi Refining, and the other is a Great Grandmaster; if they were targeted by Foundation Establishment stage robbers because of the flying boat, it would be troublesome.

However, in this day and age, sometimes things are just so evil.

What you worry about really comes.

Xia Daoming had just landed the flying boat on an open space by a mountain lake, preparing to put it away, when suddenly, four people walked out of the surrounding woods and surrounded the two of them.

One of them was impressively a Foundation Establishment early-stage cultivator, and the other three were one at the ninth-layer Qi Refining perfection realm and two at the ninth-layer Qi Refining.

Among them, the Foundation Establishment cultivator and the Qi Refining perfection cultivator seemed to be a couple.

The man and woman stood intimately side by side.

The man was not only bald but also ugly in appearance.

And the woman was half-old but charming, with a large red flower on her head that looked like it was about to drip.

The woman stared at the flying boat under Xia Daoming and the two of them with fiery peach blossom eyes, and said with a look of surprise: "The guy before was very cunning, actually changing his path suddenly; this concubine thought she would return empty-handed today, but didn't expect to accidentally run into two big fat sheep."

"Mirror Flower Dual Cultivation!" As the woman spoke, Lou Shiyan seemed to have remembered something, and his face turned pale, exclaiming.

"Eh, it seems our reputation is not small!" The man touched his bald head, then showed two rows of yellow teeth to Lou Shiyan, and said: "Since you recognize us, should we do it, or do you do it yourself?"

"Bi, Big Brother, this, this Mirror Flower Dual Cultivation, are, are they very powerful?" Xia Daoming's face was even paler than Lou Shiyan's, cold sweat was dense on his forehead, and his teeth were chattering.

Lou Shiyan looked at Xia Daoming trembling with fear, and was stunned.

He is a Martial Arts Great Grandmaster after all!

No, why does he call me Big Brother?

"Haha!" Seeing Xia Daoming trembling with fear, all four robbers couldn't help but laugh out loud proudly.

"Big Brother, let's escape separately!"

Just as the four robbers were laughing out loud and Lou Shiyan was stunned, Xia Daoming shouted while pinching the magic formula and pointing at the couple.

The green grass in front of the couple grew wildly and wound towards them.

The bald man and the peach blossom woman saw that Xia Daoming was only a third-layer Qi Refining cultivator, yet

he chose to break through from their side and even used a low-level magic to stimulate the grass and trees against them, and couldn't help but be stunned, then couldn't help but laugh out loud.

What a naive kid who hasn't seen the world, a fool!

Lou Shiyan was also stunned upon seeing this.

What kind of operation is Grandmaster Xia doing?

Shouldn't he break through from the direction of the two ninth-layer Qi Refining robbers?

However, Lou Shiyan couldn't care about thinking too much at this time.

Since Grandmaster Xia wanted to help him hold back the two most powerful people, Lou Shiyan was naturally happy.

If not now, when?

(End of chapter)

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