Chapter 244

At the end of the bluestone road, it should have been the due north direction of the dense forest. Most of the people present had been there and clearly remembered it was a cliff with misty clouds. At this time, the cliff was gone, but there was an endless sea.

By the sea, there was a wooden house similar to a grocery store, with many chili peppers, dried fish, and kelp hanging outside, swaying in the wind.

Outside the house, an old man with white hair and beard was sawing wood.

And that strange bird was squatting on the wooden beam under the wooden house, cackling weirdly at the crowd.

This scene came too suddenly!

No one knew how the sea appeared, and what this old man and the grocery store counted for?

Even a group of Primordial Dan experts, secretly calculating and probing with spiritual sense, could not distinguish the truth of the sea, let alone probe the old man's cultivation.

But to be able to suddenly appear with such a large scene and character in ancient ruins tens of thousands of years old, and not be a person like the "cat-faced man."

The pressure brought by the mysterious and unpredictable made everyone feel strange and inexplicable.

Yu Qiuyi said in a low voice: "The real people of the ruins have appeared. With my cultivation, I cannot see his reality or illusion. If it is true, then what kind of profound depth must a lifespan of tens of thousands of years be?"

The nun Yuanyao chanted a Buddha name: "This little nun's spiritual sense has already probed the seawater; it is real, at least this little nun cannot see any illusion!"

Liu Yu said: "From the deep and endless cliff to the boundless sea, I don't know if it is the power of a powerful restriction or the mysterious and unpredictable ability of this old man?"

Shen Qiong frowned and said: "The key is not what we imagined—passing the dense forest test and arriving directly at the ruins of the super sect to start grabbing fate opportunities!"

"It seems there are still tests ahead. This old man and the sea are the key. We should..."

Before finishing the sentence, they were stunned for a moment.

They saw the "cat-faced man" in front suddenly walking toward the old man and the grocery store.

Heng Xian arrived in front of the grocery store, glanced at the strange bird, and then looked at the old man's face, which was as old as tree bark, and his withered white hair.

In front of the old man was a large pile of wood that one could hug. Not far from the wood was a wooden table with three stools beside it.

Heng Xian walked to the table, sat down, and said: "Ten jin of cooked beef, a jar of aged burning knife liquor!"

"Uh!" Not far away, Ye Hongxue, Yu Qiuyi, and the group were dumbfounded.

That guy is eating meat and drinking here, and the key is that it's a grocery store? Is he crazy?

However, the stranger part was yet to come.

The old man suddenly looked at the "cat-faced man" and asked: "Do you have money?"

The voice was old and cold, like the rubbing of old tree branches.

Heng Xian started taking out money, putting stacks of knife coins on the table, no less than a thousand knife coins in total.

The old man's eyes lit up, and he happily pinched ten knife coins and ran into the house.

Heng Xian casually collected the remaining money, idle, picking at his fingernails.

"This..."

The disciples of the various sects were all a bit confused.

"It's clearly a grocery store, but there's actually wine and meat!" Ye Hongxue grumbled.

Yu Qiuyi said: "The key is that those useless knife coins have suddenly become useful!"

Du Qiyue said: "That's right! Since the grocery store and the sea are the key to going down, using money to exchange for things and tools seems particularly important. The cat-faced man has made a fortune!"

The nun Yuanyao frowned and said: "It seems this cat-faced man has insight into everything. He scraped up gray medicinal liquid in advance and exchanged for knife coins. More than half of the knife coins in the dense forest have gone into his pockets!"

"He even knows that there is beef and wine in the grocery store, which is outrageous!"

"This... is indeed magical!" Liu Yu said in a low voice: "How about we take action and rob him now?"

As soon as the words fell, Ye Hongxue had already taken action first. A flying knife appeared in their right hand, and with a light flick, the flying knife shot out with incomparable momentum.

"Whoosh," the sound of breaking air cut through the sky.

This momentum was something no one below the Primordial Dan Realm could block!

However, the "cat-faced man" glanced over and didn't move at all.

Just as the knife was about to reach the "cat-faced man's" neck in an instant, an iron caltrop suddenly flew out from the grocery store, "clack," shattering the flying knife.

Then the old man walked out carrying steaming beef and a jar of wine.

"Clack, clack, clack..." Ye Hongxue retreated four or five steps.

Yu Qiuyi and the group's expressions changed.

Looking at the old man in the grocery store again, they found him smiling as he served the wine and meat, nodding and bowing to the "cat-faced man": "Customer, please enjoy!"

And then he walked to the side and continued sawing wood!

From beginning to end, he didn't look at the sect disciples standing to the side, and after shattering the flying knife, he didn't ask whose it was.

This silent deterrence made people feel even colder in their hearts.

Everyone couldn't help but look at Ye Hongxue: "How is it?"

Ye Hongxue exhaled: "I can't see the depth of the old man. My flying knife is made of Northern Frontier Green Cold Iron, incredibly hard. Even a late-stage Primordial Dan expert couldn't break it, but this old man shattered it in one go!"

Everyone frowned slightly.

Niu Wanli, who had been silent, said: "Do not take action against the cat-faced man for now!"

Everyone nodded, no one dared to act rashly, who knew if the old man would explode and kill someone to protect his customer!

Niu Wanli asked: "How many knife coins do you have left?"

Everyone looked at each other and took out three or five, or more than ten, depending on the person. The ordinary disciples behind had two or three, and many had none at all.

Niu Wanli said: "This cat-faced man doesn't know what his background is, but he clearly knows more than us. We can only learn from him; it won't be too much of a loss!"

Yu Qiuyi thought for a while and said suddenly: "I'll go talk to him!"

As they spoke, they tidied their clothes and hair and walked straight toward the grocery store. When they reached the old man, they bowed: "Senior, I pay my respects!"

The old man didn't even raise his head and ignored them.

Yu Qiuyi was a bit embarrassed and pointed at Heng Xian: "He is my friend, I want to say a few words to him, is that okay?"

The old man still ignored them and continued sawing the wooden board on his own.

Yu Qiuyi had to carefully walk forward a few steps, and seeing that the old man had no intention of taking action, they walked to the "cat-faced man's" table, sat down, and appraised the "cat-faced man."

Although the "cat-faced man" wore a bamboo hat and mask, covering most of his appearance, his eyes and the lower half of his face could still be distinguished—very young and good-looking.

Yu Qiuyi organized their language and said: "Hello, I am Yu Qiuyi, a third-generation true disciple of the Great Expansion Sect, second on the Earth Ranking!"

Opposite, the "cat-faced man" didn't even raise his head, eating meat and drinking wine, eating very deliciously and drinking very refreshingly.

Yu Qiuyi, who had been fasting for a long time, suddenly felt hungry and swallowed their saliva: "You seem very disdainful, it doesn't matter, you are ultimately a disciple of the fourteen sects. Perhaps you are doing this because you hate the disciples of the other fourteen sects, or you disdain to be with others!"

"But, there are many things one person cannot do. Having one more friend is always better than having one more enemy, don't you think?"

Heng Xian finally raised his head and appraised Yu Qiuyi. Their eyes were large, their nose was upturned, and their features were the kind of woman where if you said they were very beautiful, it was a bit lacking, and if you said they weren't good-looking, that wasn't right either.

He said: "I don't need friends, and it doesn't matter if there are many enemies or not!"

"Uh!" Yu Qiuyi was choked and said: "Humans are social animals; you can't always be alone. Friends, love, and fellow sect members are always needed, right?"

Heng Xian said: "I need an hour of love right now, do you want to try with me?"

Yu Qiuyi was a bit angry: "You talking like this makes it very hard for me to continue!"

Heng Xian spread his hands: "Then end it!"

Yu Qiuyi gritted their teeth and said: "I admit, you are very smart, you understand more than us. We just want to ask you for a reminder so that not too many people die. This... is it too much?"

Heng Xian nodded, pointed to his own head, and didn't speak.

(End of this chapter)