Chapter 72: The Prosperity of Yao Guan (Combined Chapter, 7,000 words)

(It was truly difficult to split into chapters.)

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"I'm not going."

Li Youyi refused directly.

If it were the Cang Li Armor Head Li Songlin, or a separate invitation from the Cang Li, Li Youyi naturally would not find it easy to decline. After all, these two had taken great care of him in Jiu Li City.

Especially Li Songlin, who not only helped him fight for the qualification to challenge for a spot at the Jiu Li Dao Academy, but also personally went to intimidate the Chang Lin Gang, and even spared no effort to offend the Yang Clan to protect his safety for a month.

This favor, Li Youyi had always kept in his heart.

But going to see Li Ling's parents, seeing a whole family of people—what was that supposed to be?

"Don't walk away! My father, my mother, and my brother already know about the two of us!" Li Ling chased after him, following relentlessly.

Li Youyi emphasized, "There is nothing between us! If you continue to spread rumors outside, sully my reputation, or use your family's influence to pressure me, we really won't even be able to be friends."

"I haven't spread rumors."

Li Ling continued, "A month ago, when you were targeted and hunted, after I got the news, I immediately left the Jiu Li Dao Academy to search for you everywhere. My mother felt I was too concerned about you and grew suspicious, so she talked to me. I said you are my best friend and have saved my life many times. I only said that much; I absolutely did not add a single word of rumor. I can swear by the God of Jiu Li."

Li Youyi responded with silence.

He could imagine what Li Ling's mother thought after hearing Li Ling's answer.

Li Ling said, "Do I not even have the right to be concerned about you? Or is it that I can't even consider you my best friend?"

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Yao Guan City had no city walls; it was more like an ultra-large market town with a population of several hundred thousand.

Most of the houses in the city were built with rammed earth and stone structures, quite low and primitive. A few large family manors, restaurants, and inns appeared slightly more imposing, built with logs and reaching three or four stories high.

The immortal radiance anomaly that erupted in Burial Immortal Town caused too great a stir, shrouding the entire region. Within a month, it shook the entire Southern Border's Seven Prefectures, and all sorts of rumors abounded.

Some said Burial Immortal Town was an ancient Realm of Fallen Immortals, where one immortal's fall brings life to all things, and many treasures were about to emerge.

Others said the ground beneath Burial Immortal Town was a corner of the Immortal World about to open. The thick beam of light that flew out from the ground was the path to the Immortal World. Some older powerhouses from Li Prefecture had followed the light beam down into the depths and saw scenes that did not belong to the human world. But they dared not go deeper, as they felt a terrifying aura, and after a hurried glance, they returned to the surface.

Truth and falsehood were mixed, and various rumors flew everywhere, attracting countless cultivators. Naturally, this small city closest to Burial Immortal Town experienced a bustle and prosperity that did not belong to it in such a short time.

Restaurants and inns were already packed, and room and food prices had multiplied several times over.

As the masters of this place, the Beast Li Tribe seized the opportunity to bring out all kinds of rare resources for sale, including Otherworld Coffins, precious medicines, exotic beasts, beast eggs, insect eggs, ultra-dense metal ores, ancient immortal giant beast blood…

As long as one had money, in the current Yao Guan City, one could buy many resources and secret treasures that were usually unavailable.

Li Youyi was quite familiar with Yao Guan City; the first night he arrived in this world, he had stayed in this city with Gao Huan. He did not go to the most prosperous district in the city, but instead headed to the medicinal herb market in the west of the city.

The west of the city was near the Long Mountain range. After herb gatherers picked herbs from the mountains, they would bring the freshest ones here to set up stalls and sell them, at prices much cheaper than the shops opened by powerful clans and sects.

Of course, the quality of the herbs here was not high…

They were just seven larvae; why would they need to eat such high-quality herbs?

Of course, the most critical reason was that Li Youyi's pockets were empty, and high-grade herbs were ridiculously expensive.

Walking into the west herb market, the exotic fragrance of various herbs hit his nose. Everyone's stalls were very simple; some even just spread out a piece of burlap or a straw mat to start selling.

The entire market was chaotic, filled with the sounds of hawking and bargaining.

Li Ling had been following behind him. Walking into the herb market, she couldn't help but say, "If you want to buy herbs, you should go to the chambers of commerce; there are no good things here. The market is a gathering place for all sorts of people, and it's crowded and messy. Even if they pick precious herbs, they sell them secretly to the chambers of commerce first. The Tian Yi Chamber of Commerce has a branch in Yao Guan; if you purchase using the identity of the Cang Li Tribe, there is a significant discount."

"No money," Li Youyi said.

Li Ling didn't believe it at all: "What about the money the Cang Li Tribe gave you to buy a house? It was a full 200,000 silver coins!"

Li Youyi didn't know how to explain, so he could only respond with silence. He arrived at a stall with a wide variety of herbs, pointed to a piece of Cistanche over a meter long on the ground, and asked the price: "How much for this one?"

The stall owner saw Li Youyi's disheveled and wretched appearance and originally didn't want to bother with him, but upon seeing Li Ling behind him, who was dressed in fine clothes and looked like a little fairy, he immediately squeezed out a smile: "Little brother, good eye! This is an 'old herb,' weighing sixty-three catties. Fifty silver coins per catty. How many catties do you want cut?"

Herbs: ten years to mature, a hundred years to become a treasure, a thousand years to become a spirit.

Only those over ten years old could be called "medicinal herbs."

The price of medicinal herbs was already not cheap; the lowest started at five silver coins.

Those that could be called "old herbs" had to be at least fifty years old.

Those that grew for over a hundred years were called "precious herbs."

Those that grew for over a thousand years almost had consciousness, possessed magic power, and even had the ability to shapeshift. Each one was extremely precious and was called a "thousand-year spirit herb" or "thousand-year demon herb."

The reason Li Youyi took a fancy to this Cistanche was not because it was precious, but because the quantity was large, definitely enough for those seven little guys to eat for a long time.

"Fifty silver coins a catty, that's too expensive, right? Lower it a bit."

Li Youyi frowned. That Nine-Leaf Reed was a three-hundred-year-old precious herb, so it being expensive was fine. But this was just an old herb-level medicinal herb; it was shockingly expensive.

If he bought it all, it would cost 3,150 silver coins.

The various coins he had on him now could only be exchanged for a little over 12,000 silver coins.

How long would that be enough for those seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors to eat?

The stall owner's face turned much uglier: "Only fifty silver coins, where is it expensive? Herb gatherers have it very hard. Do you know how dangerous the Long Mountain range is? Do you know how difficult it is to pick an old herb?"

Li Ling walked to the side of the Cistanche, used her finger to pluck off a piece the size of a fingernail, sniffed it, noticed something, and then smiled: "This isn't an old herb, is it? I see it's only thirty-something years old."

The stall owner said, "Little girl, you damaged the appearance of my old herb; you have to pay for it."

"Alright, how much?"

Li Ling took out a black metal token and tossed it to the stall owner.

After the stall owner took it and just glanced at it, the token in his hand immediately seemed to become scalding hot, as if he couldn't hold it. He hurriedly and respectfully returned it, apologizing with trepidation: "So it is a Lord Guide of the Underworld Lamp from the Divine Temple. No wonder your eye is so sharp; where could any herb in this world hide from you, my lord?"

"Then is this an old herb?"

"No, no…" the stall owner laughed awkwardly.

After Li Ling took back the Guide of the Underworld Lamp token, she said again, "Then what about the price?"

"Thirty silver coins a catty, no, twenty-five silver coins a catty," the stall owner said with a face full of smiles.

Li Ling glanced triumphantly at Li Youyi and said again, "Fine! You are a tribesman of the Beast Li Tribe, right? We will go to the ancestral temple set up by the Beast Li Tribe in the city right now, and you can personally tell the elders in charge of family law and criminal law how you deceived my friend, disrupted market order, and damaged the reputation of the Beast Li Tribe."

In the herb market, the age of herbs was originally something the stall owner would shout out at will; if they could cheat someone, they would. If they met someone who knew their stuff, as long as the price was negotiated, there wouldn't be any disputes.

But who told him to provoke someone he shouldn't have today?

After all, the Jiu Li Divine Temple specifically managed the ancestral temples of various tribes and towns.

The stall owner said, "How about you set a price, my lord?"

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In the end, Li Youyi spent 630 silver coins to buy that sixty-three-catty Cistanche.

Being able to buy herbs at a low price, how could Li Youyi let this opportunity pass?

Thus, at the same stall, he selected six other old herbs, and after rounding down the total, he spent a total of 2,400 silver coins.

Li Youyi felt no guilt; after all, if it weren't for Li Ling, based on his knowledge of herbs, he would definitely have been ripped off for a large sum. If the stall owner hadn't been deceptive first, he would never have allowed Li Ling to use her influence to pressure others.

He strolled around the herb market again, and sure enough, he didn't see a single precious herb.

Spending five silver coins to buy a foot-long insect tube, Li Youyi left the herb market.

If he had sufficient funds, he would naturally prefer to buy precious herbs to feed the Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors; after all, the more precious the food, the faster they would grow.

How could he not want to feed the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors to a level comparable to seven Five-Sea Realm combatants as soon as possible?

"It seems I still have to sell magic artifacts."

Li Youyi thought to himself, while playing with the newly bought insect tube, which was made of red gold bamboo, extremely hard, and had ventilation holes and a strap.

The Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperor was an imperial-level exotic insect; even Master Stone Coffin and Master Jar hadn't recognized it. Senior Spirit Tablet said that even in their era, the number of insect tamers in the entire Ling Xiao Life Realm who could recognize it did not exceed ten.

Therefore, she told Li Youyi not to worry too much about exposure.

Keeping the Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors in the blood-mud space on the Buddha's sarira was, of course, no problem. But if he encountered a strong enemy and needed to release them to help, he would definitely expose the secret of possessing a spatial exotic treasure.

Li Youyi suddenly stopped and looked at Li Ling, who had been following by his side the whole time: "Aren't you curious why I bought these things?"

"Even if I were curious, you wouldn't say. You, you never appreciate my kindness. You always feel like I'm trying to harm you," Li Ling said.

Li Youyi thought for a moment: "Shall I treat you to noodles?"

A look of surprise flashed in Li Ling's eyes.

"You helped me save a large sum of money today; I have to thank you."

Li Youyi took Li Ling to a roadside noodle stall under a canopy and sat down first at a square table by the road: "Shopkeeper, two bowls of noodle soup, with beef."

Li Ling was wearing a gorgeous dress, with a belt, sleeves, and collar all white without a trace of impurity, plus her flawless skin as a semi-immortal body and exquisite, peerless facial features, truly out of place in this environment.

As she sat in the seat to Li Youyi's right, countless surprised and curious gazes were cast from the stall and the street, naturally including looks of envy and jealousy.

Li Ling handed over a silk scarf: "Wipe the dust off your face. No one in Yao Guan dares to touch you; there are many powerhouses of the Cang Li Tribe in the city."

Li Youyi didn't know how to handle his relationship with Li Ling either, because he was not a cold-blooded person; on the contrary, he cherished every bit of emotion. Just like that bowl of fish soup from Cai Yutong, he would remember it for a lifetime.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally took the silk scarf to wipe his face and asked, "The price on my head at the Five Burial Temples should have gone up, right?"

Just now, walking from the herb market to the noodle stall, a mere few hundred meters, Li Youyi had discovered at least three followers, all with hostility and murderous intent in their eyes.

There was no help for it; Yao Guan was too small, and Li Ling was too eye-catching.

It would be strange if he and Li Ling walking together weren't targeted and recognized.

Of course, it was precisely because he was walking with Li Ling that no one had dared to make a move yet.

"It went up, it went up several times over. Some Five-Sea Realm cultivators are searching for you everywhere."

Li Ling added, "Now do you know why I had to take you to see my father and mother? Because you are only truly safe when you stay with them. Once you return to Jiu Li City, you can go directly to the Dao Academy to cultivate, without having to fear the assassins of the Five Burial Temples or the freelance killers outside."

"Oh! Doesn't the spot for the Dao Academy need to be fought for?" Li Youyi smiled.

Li Ling laughed: "In that battle a month ago, you killed until a street was stained red, and you dyed the Sui River water red. Now who dares to look down on you? The top-hundred warriors Yao Zhengsheng and Lu Can both died at your hands. Entering the Dao Academy, there is no longer any obstacle; Fourth Uncle even has the intention of taking you as his successor."

"A person's name, a tree's shadow. You now have some fame among the younger generation, more or less."

"Only 'some' fame?" Li Youyi said.

Li Ling said, "Without breaking the Ninth Spring Ancestral Field, not being a pure immortal body, and not entering the Five-Sea Realm, how much fame do you want? My brother possesses all three, and he still hasn't become famous throughout the world."

Two bowls of noodle soup were brought up, steaming hot and fragrant.

The beef was very generous, with over a dozen slices in each bowl.

Li Youyi had just started eating.

A little fatty of fifteen or sixteen years old rushed into the stall canopy in a flurry, sat down panting at the square table where Li Youyi and Li Ling were, and shouted, "I'm starving! Shopkeeper, ten bowls of noodle soup."

The shopkeeper by the stove paused for a moment: "How many people?"

"Are you blind? One, just me," the little fatty slapped the table and added, "Stop talking nonsense, I won't be short on your money."

Li Ling looked around and didn't see any empty tables, so it wasn't easy to drive him away.

The little fatty set his eyes on the bowl of noodles in front of her that she hadn't eaten yet, rubbed his hands, and smiled familiarly: "I see this pure immortal body sister who looks like a goddess descending to earth doesn't look like someone who would eat in a place like this. How about you let me have this bowl of noodles first?"

Semi-immortal bodies and pure immortal bodies, just looking at the appearance, were very hard to tell apart.

"Your mouth is quite sweet. You eat it first, I'm not hungry," Li Ling said.

"Thank you so much!"

The little fatty hurriedly took the bowl over and asked, "My name is Shi Shi, how should I address you two?"

Li Ling said, "Cang Li Tribe, Li Ling."

"Cang Li Tribe, Xie Tianshu."

Li Youyi secretly sized up this little fatty who had appeared suddenly. He couldn't sense any magic power or thought power fluctuations, nor was there any dangerous aura; he seemed like an ordinary person. But for an ordinary person without cultivation to appear in the current Yao Guan City, wasn't that also a strange thing?

While wolfing down the noodles, the little fatty was actually able to talk, commenting on the crowd passing by on the street: "Brother Tianshu, see that carriage pulled by fire lizards? That is the seat of the Young City Lord of Li City in Zhi Prefecture. The Li family is quite glorious; they produced a big figure. In a few decades, I'm afraid they will have a chance to become the second ten-million-household gate in the Southern Border. This Young City Lord, only seventeen years old, has already broken through to the Five-Sea Realm from the Nine Springs. It's a pity he has a mortal physique; if he were a pure immortal body, that would be incredible!"

"Sister Ling, see those dozen or so young people in green martial robes? The leader is the number one of the younger generation of the Three Chen Academy, Chen Wenwu. Among those under thirty in Li Prefecture, he ranks in the top ten… maybe top five…"

"Xue Zheng, who ranks fourth in the Seven Springs Hall of Li Prefecture, is also here! He is also not simple. At less than twenty-five years old, to have such combat power below the Five-Sea Realm, he is enough to sit on equal footing with a pure immortal body. Once he breaks through to the Five-Sea Realm, he will be a fish turning into a dragon."

Only then did Li Youyi and Li Ling finally look toward the street.

Sure enough, Xue Zheng's tall and straight figure, with a magic artifact long saber on his back, was approaching from afar, his gaze fixed on the noodle stall. In the sunlight, his silver skin appeared exceptionally bright and scorching.

Arriving with Xue Zheng were two other Five-Sea Realm powerhouses from the Chang Lin Gang, Xu Changlin and Tang Yan.

But in terms of bearing and mental state, the two Five-Sea Realm experts were actually a notch weaker.

Pedestrians on the entire street sensed an unusual dangerous aura. Except for the martial cultivators confident in their own strength, everyone else retreated far away.

Li Ling naturally knew the visitors were not well-intentioned. She stood up abruptly and walked out of the stall canopy: "Your Chang Lin Gang's courage is getting bigger and bigger. This young lady hasn't gone to find trouble with you yet, and you've actually delivered yourselves to my door. Wanting to kill in Yao Guan City, can you get past me?"

Xue Zheng cupped his hands: "Fourth Miss, you've misunderstood! Xue came here to be concerned about Brother Li's injuries and came specifically to offer condolences. If the injuries have already healed, I would like to ask for some pointers. After all, everyone now says that Li Youyi is the number one of the younger generation of the Spring-Gushing Realm in Li Prefecture. Xue Zheng has never been defeated, yet he is inexplicably pressed down by a head; in my heart, I am somewhat uncomfortable."

Xu Changlin said, "Young people should exchange pointers and communicate more. They are both top geniuses of the Spring-Gushing Realm. Very fair!"

Li Ling said, "How come I've never heard the saying that he is the number one of the younger generation of the Spring-Gushing Realm in Li Prefecture? The number one of the younger generation is my brother. Why don't you people from the Sui Sect also find someone to challenge him?"

Xue Zheng's gaze fell on Li Youyi: "Xue just wants to exchange pointers; does your excellency not even dare? A man who hides behind a woman and lives in shame is destined not to achieve anything great."

Li Youyi finished the last drop of soup in the bowl: "Shopkeeper, bill! I'll pay for his ten bowls of noodles as well."

Li Youyi had already escaped a killing tribulation because he treated someone to noodles. This little fatty in front of him made him unable to see through him, so he felt that forming a good connection was not a bad thing.

Anyway, ten bowls of noodles weren't expensive.

Walking out of the stall canopy, Li Youyi narrowed his eyes and looked at Xue Zheng, who was standing with his back to the sunset, and said: "Just finished eating, not suitable for intense fighting, let's make an appointment for another day. Besides, I'm not hiding behind her; she is the one who took the initiative to protect me. If you have the ability, you can also find a great thought-master to protect you!"

"A beautiful great thought-master who looks like a goddess descending to earth," the little fatty's voice corrected from inside the stall.

Li Youyi naturally didn't want to fight Xue Zheng. If he defeated or killed him, the enemies and assassins would re-evaluate his strength, and the pressure he would face would definitely multiply.

Not fighting, on the contrary, could make the enemies underestimate him even more.

Xue Zheng sized up Li Youyi seriously, as if he wanted to get to know him all over again.

That ruthless character who had slaughtered everyone on the banks of the Sui River was actually not provoked at all.

"Clatter!"

An ox cart slowly approached.

The blue ox pulling the cart was even larger than an elephant, its pupils were golden, its skin was shimmering, and its four hooves and horns were like bronze; one look and it was clearly not an ordinary breed.

Seeing the blue ox, one knew the person.

Everyone present knew that the Cang Li Armor Head had arrived, so they bowed or retreated.

The ox cart stopped beside Li Youyi and Li Ling, and Li Songlin's voice came from the cart: "You two, get on!"

Li Youyi naturally knew that this Cang Li Armor Head was worried he was in danger and had specifically rushed over to back him up, and his heart was naturally touched.

After Li Ling boarded the cart first, Li Youyi looked at Xue Zheng and Tang Yan opposite him and said: "Earlier outside the city, I saw Murong Xiao!"

After dropping these words, regardless of what expressions the three of them had, Li Youyi stepped directly onto the ox cart and entered the carriage.

Li Songlin was sitting in the main seat facing the carriage door, his face quite cold, and then he said bitterly: "Sorry, I originally thought I could protect you for a month, but it turns out others didn't give me any face at all. This time, I lost a lot of face, and the key is that I can't get it back."

Li Songlin didn't mention why he couldn't get it back, and Li Youyi naturally wouldn't be tactless enough to ask.

He said: "The junior is already very grateful. If it weren't for the senior's protection for over twenty days, I wouldn't have had a single chance of survival that night."

Li Songlin finally revealed a smile: "Broken through to the Eighth Spring Wind Mansion realm?"

Previously, Li Youyi had told him that he was at the Seven Springs cultivation base.

Since he had survived that night a month ago and had even killed top-hundred warriors, it was clear that his realm had broken through, which was how he had snatched a glimmer of survival.

Li Youyi struggled in his heart, considering whether to lie to Li Songlin. He really didn't want to deceive this respectable elder in front of him, but in the end, he nodded: "Fortunately, I broke through to the Wind Mansion, otherwise I would already be bones and dust."

Li Songlin had long guessed this, so he wasn't surprised, but instead smiled: "You didn't impulsively agree to Xue Zheng; that was right. I was originally a bit worried that your personality was too rigid. Being too rigid is easy to break! Combining rigidity and flexibility is the true Sword Dao."

"Xue Zheng is already a silver pure immortal body. With his martial arts attainments, below the Five-Sea Realm in the entire Li Prefecture, no one is his match. Even those Nine Springs warriors hidden by various forces might not necessarily be able to win against him."

"If you had agreed to him just now, I'm afraid you would have been cleaved to death by him in one strike. And no one would be able to avenge you, because you agreed to it yourself, and if you couldn't even take one strike, you couldn't blame anyone."

Li Songlin said while observing Li Youyi's expression.

Pure immortal bodies were not just about skin turning into flawless jade; there were also some bodies that turned into silver, gold, glaze… There was no difference in combat power between the physiques.

There was not a trace of disappointment or desolation on Li Youyi's face, because he didn't think he would lose to Xue Zheng, who had transformed from a semi-immortal body to a pure immortal body. He just asked curiously: "Various forces have hidden Nine Springs warriors? So the so-called Seven Springs Hall ranking is just for everyone's amusement?"

Li Songlin shook his head: "The Seven Springs Hall ranking still carries a lot of weight. Young martial cultivators who can open Nine Springs are very few and far between, and after opening Nine Springs, they immediately break through to the Five-Sea Realm and hide this secret."

"After pure immortal bodies open Nine Springs, it is almost known to all under heaven, because geniuses of this level are all recruited by major forces and will be promoted and built up as signboards; no one dares to kill them easily. Ten-million-household gates and ten-million-household sects call them inheritors."

"But how many pure immortal bodies are there?"

"The base of mortals is a thousand times, ten thousand times larger than pure immortal bodies. Even if the cultivation difficulty is greater, there are still some who can open Nine Springs. But they are almost all unknown and have been deliberately hidden."

"According to my understanding, in the last ten years, there have been six young martial cultivators of the Jiu Li Tribe who opened Nine Springs, and Cang Li is just the strongest one. The other five, four are mortals, one is a deformed species."

Li Youyi said: "The Jiu Li Tribe population is more than ten million. Over ten years, only six people opened Nine Springs. The Ancestral Field hurdle is indeed as difficult as ascending to heaven."

"As a million-household power, the Cang Li Tribe has not produced a Nine Springs genius in the last thirty years, except for Cang Li."

Li Songlin smiled bitterly: "After telling you so much, the old man wants to tell you that you must go and impact the Ninth Spring. Only by opening the Ancestral Field will you have a chance to defeat Xue Zheng and make up for the gap in physique. If you really do it, no matter how high the cultivation of others is, they will look at you with high regard, and your status in the Jiu Li Tribe will be very different."

Although Li Songlin was already fifty-two years old this year and still called himself 'old man,' he looked like he was only in his thirties, with quite a lazy and unrestrained flavor.

Li Youyi said: "The junior naturally wants to try it; I won't be in a hurry to break through to the Five-Sea Realm."

Li Songlin nodded with satisfaction and finally entered the main topic: "Do you know why Xue Zheng was able to transform into a pure immortal body in such a short time?"

"Why?"

This sentence was asked by Li Ling.

Li Songlin said: "It was the Armor Head of the Xue family who picked an exotic herb stained with immortal mist near Burial Immortal Town and gave it to him to consume."

The Sui Sect was formed by seven families.

The Yang Clan was the leader, and the Xue Clan was at the end.

"That old fellow was able to cultivate a pure immortal body; the old man naturally wants to cultivate a Nine Springs genius to press him down." Li Songlin looked at Li Youyi with a smile: "Coincidentally, the old man also picked an exotic herb stained with immortal mist a few days ago."

Li Youyi was moved. He originally thought Li Songlin was talking about the Nine Springs Ancestral Field just to encourage him a bit; he never expected the other party to take out such a rare treasure.

Li Ling acted like a spoiled child: "Fourth Uncle, I am still a semi-immortal body! With such an exotic herb, why are you thinking of an outsider first?"

Li Songlin said: "Although both are stained with immortal mist, the effects of the herbs are different. The one I picked is more suitable for helping martial cultivators open the Wind Mansion and the Ancestral Field. In the tribe, who has the hope of opening the Ancestral Field?"

The reason Li Songlin decided to give this exotic herb to Li Youyi was, firstly, that the combat power Li Youyi displayed at the Eight Springs realm was powerful enough to be fully qualified to be listed in the top ten of the top-hundred warriors, and the chance of successfully impacting the Ancestral Field was very high.

Secondly, he heard Cang Li recount what happened that night in Jiu Li City a month ago, and Li Youyi was actually able to go and lure away many enemies alone for the sake of his companions. This courage and character displayed in a desperate situation were too precious, and he really wanted to take him as his successor.

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