Chapter 230

The night was deep. Looking down from Huangni Ridge, the You River flowed murmuringly, reflecting patches of white, glistening light in the moonlight. This was the north of the western boundary of Wulong Mountain. After going down the mountain, it was Gengsang Cave's territory. The Long Family Fort that Liu Xiaolou had been to before was ten miles away in the southwest direction.

"After leaving, where does Brother Wei want to go?" Liu Xiaolou asked.

Wei Hongqing beside him carefully surveyed the You River and smiled bitterly: "I am preparing to go west."

"Brother Wei is preparing to go to Ba-Shu?"

"Yes, I want to go and see if there is an opportunity for me there."

"Brother Wei, you won't go to defect to Gengsang Cave, will you? Don't turn back and become an opponent of our Wulong Mountain brothers..."

"Rest assured, they cultivate poison gu. Why would I go to defect to them? Moreover, I, Wei Hongqing, will never become an enemy of the Wulong Mountain brothers no matter what. No matter how bad Wulong Mountain is, it is my home."

"That's good."

"Xiaolou."

"Brother Wei, just say what you have to say."

"Xiaolou, I just want to say, one cannot rely on appearance."

"Ah?"

"You and I are known as the Twin Beauties of Wulong Mountain..."

"Haha, fellow Daoists are just joking."

"Whether it's a joke or not, for a man to stand in the world, cultivation is the foundation!"

"Rest assured, Brother Wei. Junior has never relied on his appearance. On the contrary, I hate it very much. You don't know, there are always people who say I look like Lord Lord Jingzhao of the Qingyu Sect. The side profile looks like it. It's annoying to death."

"Is that so? I really haven't seen Lord Lord Jingzhao."

"Alright, let's not talk about it. Going west from here, Brother Wei, have a safe journey!"

"Take care!"

Hands tightly clasped, eyes meeting, each nodded solemnly.

As they let go, the two suddenly lowered their bodies together and lay back down on the ridge.

They saw a patch of brilliance suddenly light up below the ridge, and an inexplicable combat suddenly erupted. The three people fighting were one against two. Those two were clearly not the enemy's opponents and were being chased and fiercely fought by one person.

The scolding voice then faintly came up:

"Demon woman of Xiangxi! How dare you run to our Ba-Dong territory to run wild! Hey..."

"Crossed the boundary! Sneaky..."

"Screw your ancestors..."

"... Third Uncle, run quickly..."

"You go first! It's a Foundation Establishment Mid-stage... I'll hold it off first..."

"Third Uncle, did you bring flowers?"

"No... call for help..."

"Come here... Demon woman of Xiangxi..."

Liu Xiaolou and Wei Hongqing looked at each other and spoke at the same time.

Liu Xiaolou was stunned: "Zhang Da Ming!"

Wei Hongqing said blankly: "It's her... she really didn't give up..."

Suddenly asked: "Are these two Ba-Dong thieves reliable?"

Liu Xiaolou said: "Temporarily reliable..."

As his thoughts turned like lightning, he rose and pounced downward, simultaneously greeting Liu Xiaolou: "Good opportunity!"

Liu Xiaolou also followed, his heart feeling very empty: "Brother Wei, are you sure?"

Two Ba-Dong thieves, one of whom looked like Foundation Establishment Early-stage, plus Wei Hongqing and Liu Xiaolou, this lineup was strong, but if they challenged a Foundation Establishment Mid-stage, they would still die very miserably.

But Wei Hongqing still pounced over, grinning: "She has an old problem in cultivation, we can try..."

The two pounced down straight from Huangni Ridge. Before they finished speaking, they lay down again at the same time and crawled back backward.

Several people in the distance responded and had already heard the news and rushed over.

The fierce battle below suddenly reached a result. Zhang Da Ming let out a muffled groan, retreated more than ten steps in a row, and sat down on his buttocks. The "Third Uncle" who was protecting him in front also retreated at the same time, his magic treasure guarding even more strictly.

From the moment the two sides accidentally broke their tracks and started fighting, to Zhang Da Ming being injured, it took less than half a cup of tea. If it weren't for the "Third Uncle" beside him fighting to the death to block, Zhang Da Ming would probably not just be injured.

This "Third Uncle" really had some ability, and his combat ability was quite outstanding.

The difference between Foundation Establishment Early-stage and Foundation Establishment Mid-stage was quite obvious. There were often those at the ninth or even eighth level of Qi Refinement challenging the tenth level, but there were not many Foundation Establishment Early-stage who could hard-carry Foundation Establishment Mid-stage. This Third Uncle in Zhang Da Ming's mouth was truly a character!

His desperate resistance won time, and the Gengsang Cave reinforcements were able to arrive. Seeing this, Lu Yanshi no longer wanted to fight and turned around to leave immediately. Zhang Da Ming coughed and shouted: "Demon woman, don't go!"

Amidst the voice, a point of golden light escaped from the darkness, hitting Lu Yanshi's back. Lu Yanshi flew out a magic treasure, and it was unclear what it was, dancing like a wheel, wanting to block the golden light, but it was strangely bypassed by the golden light from a certain angle and hit her on the back!

Lu Yanshi vomited blood immediately, but she managed to escape into Wulong Mountain before the owner of the golden light arrived.

At this moment, Liu Xiaolou and Wei Hongqing did not dare to make a sound, detoured to the north side of Huangni Ridge, came down from Damao Slope, and lay by the You River. Then they said take care to each other. Liu Xiaolou watched Wei Hongqing sneak across the You River, land on the opposite shore, and his figure disappeared into the vast night.

Liu Xiaolou breathed a sigh of relief, but did not return immediately. Instead, he waited in place for a day, just worrying about running into Lu Yanshi who had escaped into Wulong Mountain. Lu Yanshi looked seriously injured, but she was not someone he could face.

After a day, Liu Xiaolou slowly returned to the mountain, walking all the way on the main road of the mountain and well-known hilltops, trying not to walk on remote paths. Walking all the way, recalling the golden light that hit Lu Yanshi's back, he didn't know which expert from Gengsang Cave it was. This strike, he thought, would make that woman lie down for a while, right?

Recalling last night again, thinking of it made him feel cold. This woman really waited at the place where he and Wei Hongqing went down the mountain. If it hadn't been accidentally broken by Zhang Da Ming and his Third Uncle, he and Wei Hongqing really didn't know what the outcome would be at this moment.

How did she calculate it so accurately?

Regardless, Wei Hongqing was finally sent away. If this trip went smoothly, he would enter Ba-Shu and gain a foothold on that land with magnificent mountains and rivers. I wonder if he can find an opportunity?

For the next three months, Liu Xiaolou stayed indoors, cultivating in seclusion on Dry Bamboo Ridge, not asking about outside affairs.

Once, Dai Sanren came to find him, intending to issue a Heroic Invitation to him, but was politely refused by him. This Heroic Invitation was issued by Wang Laoda, intending to rob a batch of goods that the Jin Jin Tingpai was preparing to send to the Pingdu Eight-Array Sect. He didn't know the value of the goods, but once Liu Xiaolou inquired, he wasn't very interested.

It should be said that Wang Laoda hadn't issued a Heroic Invitation for several years, so he should have gone to join in the fun, but this time the business was preparing to gather a hundred people, and Wulong Mountain was allocated ten invitations. Once Liu Xiaolou calculated, with so many people going, averaged out to each person, he was afraid there wouldn't be a few spirit stones.

The reason was very simple: the Jin Jin Tingpai was a major sect. If the goods to be sent were too precious, for example, exceeding five hundred spirit stones, there must be a master sitting in town. And Wang Laoda dared to issue a Heroic Invitation, which indicated that the cultivation of the escorts was not that high, and the number of people would not be too many.

He wasn't at the point of lacking spirit stones yet. Taking risks down the mountain for a few spirit stones wasn't worth it. It was better to improve his cultivation steadily.

After three months of hard cultivation, he finally opened the Jiquan Acupoint and Qingling Acupoint. The Jiquan Acupoint consumed four and a half spirit stones, and the Qingling Acupoint consumed a little over three spirit stones. The true qi transformed by nearly eight spirit stones was stored in the two newly opened true qi pools, making his true qi even more vigorous.

Speaking of which, once his cultivation reached the seventh level of Qi Refinement, his speed of transforming spirit stones became a bit faster. On average, absorbing one spirit stone only took twelve days.

By mid-May, Wulong Mountain gradually became hot. This day, Liu Xiaolou was attacking the third acupoint of the Hand Shaoyin Meridian—Shaohai—when the long-unseen White Cloud Swordsman Yun Ao came up the mountain.

"Brother Xiaolou, your Wulong Mountain is truly a bit hot, stuffy and hot! Look at this sweat of mine..." Yun Ao shook a folding fan and sighed continuously.

Liu Xiaolou laughed: "It's a bit stuffy this year. The rain has accumulated several times, but it just won't come down. Brother Yun, didn't you wear the Cool Jade Pendant?"

Yun Ao showed the jade pendant at his waist: "Isn't this it? But it seems useless, and it cost me five spirit stones."

Liu Xiaolou took a gourd from the house and poured two bowls of honey water: "Come, come, Brother Yun, you have a blessing. This is the spirit honey water newly produced on my Dry Bamboo Ridge. Taste it and see how it is?"

Yun Ao took a sip and praised: "Good honey water! It's quite similar to the honey water made from the Jin Huanmi of the Weiyu Xianghe Sect, and the spiritual energy is also sufficient."

Liu Xiaolou immediately asked for the price: "If it's pure honey, how much can one tael sell for?"

Yun Ao asked back: "Does Xiaolou want to sell it? You name a price."

Liu Xiaolou pondered and asked: "One tael of pure honey, one spirit stone?"

Yun Ao laughed: "How about this, Xiaolou, I'm afraid you don't know the market price very well. I'll give you a friendship price: one catty of pure honey for one spirit stone. I'll take as much as you have."

Liu Xiaolou was slightly disappointed and said: "One catty is only one spirit stone?"

Yun Ao said: "I guess this is Jin Huanmi, right? There is Jin Huanmi for sale in the Weiyu Mountain market, one catty for one spirit stone. Rest assured, Xiaolou, I won't pit you. Moreover, I didn't come specifically to buy honey. You consider it yourself. Whether to sell or not is up to you. I came to ask Xiaolou to repair the array plate."