Chapter 77: First Knowledge of Outside Cultivators

Seeing that everyone present had made a heart demon oath, Lu Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief. He should be able to live now, right?

Lu Zhiyuan raised the 'Talisman Book' high again: "This talisman book is willing to be dedicated to the Fairy."

Hua Changxi didn't take it, but looked at Old You and the others: "Trouble everyone to leave here."

The four old men looked at each other, knowing that Hua Changxi had something to say to Lu Zhiyuan, didn't ask much, and quickly took Guo Yu and the four miscellaneous workers away from this place.

After they left, Hua Changxi looked at Lu Zhiyuan who was still kneeling on the ground, frowned: "Can you still stand up?"

Lu Zhiyuan was stunned, and then hurriedly climbed up.

Hua Changxi then asked: "The heart demon curse and this talisman book appeared out of thin air. Do you have any storage magic treasures?"

Hearing this, Lu Zhiyuan thought Hua Changxi wanted his storage ring. Although his heart ached, he still took off the storage ring on his hand quickly: "Willing to dedicate it to the Fairy."

Hua Changxi took it and looked at it. It was a very ordinary ring, which couldn't compare with the old Daoist's. The old Daoist's ring was engraved with runes, and the material was also better than this one.

"You have this heart demon curse, talisman book, and even a storage ring. Where did these things come from?"

Lu Zhiyuan hesitated. Seeing Hua Changxi looking straight at him, worried that she had a way to identify lies, he could only tell the truth: "Fairy, these were left by Lu family ancestors."

Hua Changxi raised her eyebrows: "So, your Lu family is a cultivation family?"

Lu Zhiyuan hurriedly shook his head: "No, before me, no one in the Lu family could cultivate. I was able to embark on the path of cultivation purely by accident."

"The year before last, I went home to worship my ancestors. I wanted to test the martial arts of the younger generation in the clan. In the fight, I didn't hold back my strength and collapsed the ancestral hall."

"It was while repairing the ancestral hall that I discovered the secret room under the ancestral hall, and then discovered the relics left by the Lu family ancestors, and only then did I embark on the path of cultivation while groping."

Hua Changxi looked at the storage ring and asked as if unintentionally: "Did your ancestors also leave a will telling you how to use such magic treasures?"

Lu Zhiyuan: "I was able to open the storage ring by chance. I was injured while cultivating, and the storage ring happened to be stained with my blood, and then I could use the storage ring."

Hua Changxi looked at him and sighed: "Your luck is really good."

Lu Zhiyuan smiled awkwardly. Before today, he really felt that his luck was quite good. He embarked on the path of cultivation unintentionally, and when he was worried about not having cultivation resources, Senior Senior Zhuo Fan found him and informed him about the Fire Spirit Mine.

But his good luck seemed to have come to an end when he made a move to test the one in front of him.

Knowing how to use the storage ring, Hua Changxi threw the ring back to Lu Zhiyuan and only collected the 'Talisman Book' and heart demon curse that he used to buy his life.

"You can go."

Lu Zhiyuan took the storage ring, looked at Hua Changxi in surprise, and was very surprised that she would return the storage ring to him. Thinking of the evaluation of her by Senior Senior Zhuo Fan and the four, 'a little lady who is naive, likes equal exchange, and is somewhat innocent', he was relieved.

"Thank you, Fairy."

Lu Zhiyuan bowed and retreated, stopped after a few steps, and opened his mouth: "Fairy, the Lu family is not a wealthy family in Zhongzhou, but it also has some foundation. If the Fairy needs the Lu family in the future, please give orders."

Hua Changxi looked at him and didn't commit herself.

After the unpleasant experience of cooperating with Old You and the four, she would not make decisions about cooperating with others as rashly as before.

However, this Lu Zhiyuan was really much stronger than Old You and the four in terms of conduct.

Before meeting, she only had disgust for this person, but now after such contact, she had much less resistance.

Lu Zhiyuan didn't expect Hua Changxi to agree anyway. He just expressed his attitude first. Maybe one day in the future, when the Fairy needs someone, she will think of him.

Hua Changxi watched Lu Zhiyuan leave, returned to her residence, and roughly flipped through the 'Talisman Book'.

Invisibility talisman, escape talisman, water-avoidance talisman, fire-avoidance talisman, lightning-avoidance talisman, immobilization talisman, aura-concealing talisman, communication talisman, teleportation talisman...

All kinds of spirit talismans made Hua Changxi dazzled.

Spirit talismans were also divided into grades, from the first grade to the ninth grade, with nine grades.

The first grade corresponds to the Qi Refining Realm, the second grade corresponds to the Qi Sea Realm, the third grade corresponds to the Golden Core Realm, the fourth grade corresponds to the Nascent Soul Realm, and the 'Talisman Book' didn't record anything after the fifth grade.

"So above the Golden Core Realm is the Nascent Soul Realm."

"According to the grade of the spirit talisman, the cultivation realm of a cultivator should have a total of nine major realms."

Hua Changxi finished reading the 'Talisman Book' and put the book and the heart demon curse into the Shennong Cauldron, and then took out the old Daoist's storage ring.

She was still very curious about what was in the old Daoist's storage ring.

Although Lu Zhiyuan's method of opening the storage ring, staining it with blood, could work, Hua Changxi didn't dare to be careless. The experience of burning the Buddha hand left her with no small shadow.

The old Daoist was so cunning and had many means. She really didn't dare to drip blood directly on his storage ring.

Hua Changxi first condensed a fire lotus and then put the storage ring into the center of the fire lotus to burn.

She was afraid that the power of the fire lotus was too great and would melt the storage ring, so she carefully controlled the transmission of spiritual energy.

Sure enough, during the burning, a 'Jiang' character slowly appeared on the storage ring.

Seeing this, Hua Changxi's fear of the old Daoist deepened, and she was even more convinced that the old Daoist didn't die. The ray of spiritual light that escaped should be the old Daoist's life-saving trump card.

After the 'Jiang' character disappeared, Hua Changxi continued to burn for a period of time. After the storage ring had no other abnormalities, she didn't take it back directly to drip blood, but broke her finger to force out a drop of blood, and used spiritual energy to send the blood to the center of the fire lotus, merging into the storage ring.

As soon as the blood merged into the storage ring, Hua Changxi sensed a space the size of a football field.

There were not many things in the space, most of them were spirit stones, there were some spirit plants and spirit medicines, and there were ten boxes.

Hua Changxi thought about taking the boxes out, and the boxes appeared on the floor of the dormitory.

Five boxes contained various pills. Hua Changxi looked at them. Most were first-grade and second-grade pills, there were only a dozen bottles of third-grade pills, only a few bottles of fourth-grade pills, and none of fifth-grade or above.

Three boxes contained stones, minerals, or bones and claws of spirit beasts.

The remaining two boxes, one contained books, and one contained spirit talismans, weapons, some flags, and round plates similar to gossip plates.

'Medicine Saint Notes', 'Jiang Family Alchemy', 'Five Elements Formula', 'Qianyuan Travelogue', 'Yin-Yang Harvesting', 'Aura Concealment Technique', 'Evergreen Formula', 'Burning Flame Formula', 'Introduction to Four Arts'.

There were not many books. Hua Changxi flipped through each one quickly. She didn't expect that the one she valued most in the end was a travelogue.

"Qianyuan World..."

"That old Daoist surnamed Jiang is actually an outsider cultivator."

Hua Changxi was somewhat shocked, which meant that outside the Great Jin Dynasty where she lived, there was another world, and perhaps, there was more than one world.

That's right, for cultivators who can fly to the sky and escape the earth, one world is still too small. Roaming the universe and traveling through various worlds is the real freedom.

However, the Mountain Spirit said that the interface they lived in was sealed. Since it was sealed, how did the outsider cultivators get in?

The old Daoist Jiang could get in, so were there other outsider cultivators who also got in?

Also, before the spiritual energy recovery, the world they lived in should not be able to cultivate, but outsider cultivators didn't have such obstacles. Then, on the path of cultivation, outsider cultivators definitely walked ahead of local cultivators, and the distance between the two was not small.

"No wonder the old Daoist Jiang's cultivation is so high and his means are so many."

Hua Changxi thought that there couldn't be only one old Daoist Jiang among the outsider cultivators. The old Daoist Jiang was a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, so other outsider cultivators lurking in Great Jin definitely had existences on par with the old Daoist Jiang, or even stronger than him.

"Must be cautious in acting in the future."

The old Daoist Jiang could fall into her hands, except for the powerful divine abilities of the fire lotus and the Buddha hand, partly because he was seriously injured in Mount Wuzhi before.

If it were other Nascent Soul Realm cultivators whose combat power was not damaged, she might not be able to get any good.

Strength, must continue to seize the time to improve cultivation. Powerful strength is her foundation and the confidence not to be afraid.

Hua Changxi ate some spirit fruits and immersed herself in cultivation.

At the same time, at the West Mountain Stone Cliff, the four old men saw Lu Zhiyuan return safely and breathed a sigh of relief.

Senior Senior Zhuo Fan: "That girl didn't make things difficult for you, did she?"

Lu Zhiyuan looked at the four people: "You were right, Fairy Hua is indeed relatively... naive. If it were other old foxes, I would definitely have lost a layer of skin today."

Hearing Lu Zhiyuan call her Fairy behind Hua Changxi's back, the four old men looked at each other.

Lu Zhiyuan didn't care about the reaction of the four, took out the lower part of the Qi Refining Realm of the 'Five Elements Formula' from the storage ring, and handed it to the four old men.

"I already gave you the upper part of the Qi Refining before, this is the lower part of the Qi Refining Realm, you keep it well. When you are about to break through the Qi Refining Realm, I will give you the subsequent chapters. Remember to send me spirit stones every month."

"No, no, no, I'd better come and get the spirit stones myself every month."

In this way, he could also increase the opportunity to contact Fairy Hua.

This suddenly emerged Fairy is incredible. Without power or influence, she actually snatched Mount Wuzhi from the hands of major forces, and her identity was hidden tightly.

This thick thigh must be hugged. If it can't be hugged, create conditions to get closer.

The four old men looked at the ring Lu Zhiyuan was wearing and were somewhat surprised: "That girl didn't want your storage ring?"

They were extremely jealous of this kind of portable storage magic treasure.

If they were Hua Changxi, they couldn't be so generous. The storage ring must be taken as their own.

Comparing the years, Lu Zhiyuan still understood the four: "Say something you don't like to hear, your breadth of mind is really not as good as Fairy Hua."

"The Fairy does things with principles. If she can persist like this, her future is limitless."

The four old men didn't refute this. Cooperating with Hua Changxi, everything is put on the table, which is actually quite reassuring.

Lu Zhiyuan looked at Old You: "Old You, tell me quickly, what are the Fairy's preferences? Next time I come, I can cater to her."

Before Old You could speak, Senior Senior Zhuo Fan couldn't help but speak: "You are really able to let go of your status."

For Senior Senior Zhuo Fan's sarcasm, Lu Zhiyuan didn't get angry, but smiled faintly: "You four have no ancestors to rely on, and you have prospered by your own hard work. This is an advantage and a disadvantage."

"You are the first generation created by the family, and you don't know at all that keeping a business is harder than starting one."

"For me, befriending the Fairy is conducive to the development of the family. What does it matter if I sacrifice some face."

"Four old brothers, listen to my advice. When the choice is in the hands of others, you should be a grandson when you should be. This is not a shameful thing."

"Being able to bend and stretch is a real man."

Senior Senior Zhuo Fan hummed, letting them old guys bow and scrape to a little girl was too difficult, but he didn't say anything to refute.

Jiang Ye looked at Lu Zhiyuan: "Before, that girl asked you if you had been to Mount Wuzhi..."

Lu Zhiyuan directly raised his hand to interrupt him, reminding him with a serious expression: "Don't be too curious about everything, otherwise you won't know how you died."

Jiang Ye changed color, and the three old men were somewhat hesitant, but Lu Zhiyuan didn't mean to continue talking to them and got up and entered the stone room.

Old You looked at his three old friends: "... In the future, we really need to pay attention to our attitude when getting along with Changxi."

On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, as soon as the sky brightened, Hua Changxi woke up from cultivation, said a word to Guo Yu who was guarding the Medicine Valley, didn't see Old You and the others, and left the Three-Fork Medicine Valley directly.

Before returning to the Miscellaneous Hall, she had to go to the Three-Fork Medicine Farm first. Miscellaneous workers coming to the medicine farm to help, they all had to register and leave a file when coming and going.

Arriving at the medicine farm, Hua Changxi found that there were not many people in the farm.

For Hua Changxi, almost everyone in the medicine farm knew her. No way, the strange impression this little lady left on people was too deep.

"Little lady Hua, wait, I'll go help you call Manager Mao."

The few young men who were gambling in the farm didn't want to stay with Hua Changxi, fearing that if they stayed too long, they would become unlucky, preferring to run errands to call people.

Hua Changxi saw the fear of these people for her, and felt quite proud in her heart.

"The young men don't want to get involved with you, but you, little lady, are quite happy."

An old man with white hair and beard, smoking a dry tobacco, sat leaning at the courtyard gate, looking at Hua Changxi with a smile.

Hua Changxi looked over and smiled: "The flies don't buzz around me anymore, and they hide far away when they see me. Of course, it's something worth being happy about."

The old man smiled: "You little lady, your words and deeds are not at all like what someone of your age could do."

Hua Changxi thought, of course not, she was an adult, but she still showed curiosity and asked: "How is it not like?"

The old man said in the tone of someone who had been there: "A thirteen or fourteen-year-old little lady, seeing a young man, is mostly shy and cautious. You, saying you are like a female yaksha is not an exaggeration."

Hua Changxi was angered by these words and laughed: "I also like young men, but the quality of the young men in this medicine farm is too poor, none of them can enter my eyes, of course I won't give them a good face."

The old man looked disapproving: "You girl, you are too high-minded."

Hua Changxi rolled her eyes: "Old man, this is none of your business." Quickly changed the subject, inquiring about the situation, "Old man, it's almost New Year, there is no work in the medicine field, where did the people in the farm go?"

Old man: "Dongchi Village caught a pair of adulterers yesterday, and today the village is preparing to drown the two in the river."

Hua Changxi frowned: "Drowning in the river? Is this Dongchi Village abusing private lynching?"

The old man looked at Hua Changxi with dissatisfaction: "How is this abusing private lynching? Those two did things that were scandalous, and the punishment made by the village is reasonable."

Hua Changxi was somewhat silent. She knew that this era was like this. Imperial power did not go to the countryside. Things in the village were all discussed and handled by the clan elders. Drowning in the river and putting in pig cages were not uncommon.

Just like the Hua clan, the clan also had the right to dispose of and punish the Hua clan members.

Seeing that she didn't speak, the old man thought she was scared, and smiled: "Don't be afraid, as long as you keep your duty and abide by the three obediences and four virtues, no one will drown you in the river."

Hua Changxi lost the desire to talk to the old man, stepped out of the courtyard, stood on the ridge of the medicine field for a while, and saw Mao Yong walking back quickly from outside.

After Mao Yong approached, looking at Hua Changxi who had no expression on her face, for some reason, he felt that the pressure was even greater than before: "I will take you to register. If you didn't need to sign and press your handprint in person, I could have registered for you, and you wouldn't have to make a special trip."

Hua Changxi followed Mao Yong to the office, signed her name on this year's miscellaneous worker file book, and also pressed her handprint.

Mao Yong saw her sign, smiled and handed her a slip recording the time she came to work at the medicine farm: "Take this to the Internal Affairs Hall, and you can collect your monthly allowance for these few months."

Hua Changxi took the slip: "Thank you." Paused, and asked, "Is Dongchi Village really going to drown people in the river?"

Mao Yong looked at her: "The village is all about such rules. When I came back, the people of Dongchi Village had already carried the pair of adulterers to the river."

"By the way, you even know the adulterer."

Hua Changxi was surprised: "I know him?"

Mao Yong smiled: "It's A-Niu who serves the livestock in the livestock room."

Hua Changxi was stunned: "That A-Niu is only how old? How could he be an adulterer?"

Mao Yong smiled: "A-Niu looks thin, but he is actually sixteen."

Thinking of Pucao's watery face, Mao Yong truly felt it was a pity to die. That woman was also stupid, why was her temper so fierce, she would rather die than follow the Dongchi Village clan leader.

Now it's good, she is going to be drowned in the river.

Mao Yong looked at Hua Changxi, whose brows were furrowed. He knew that this little lady was bold and strong in martial arts. He heard that she seemed to be quite good to A-Niu, so his eyes couldn't help but move: "Do you want to go and see with me?"

"You definitely can't see this kind of scene in the capital, even if it's just to broaden your horizons."

Women, they are relatively soft-hearted. Maybe seeing Pucao and A-Niu pitiful, this girl might save the two.

Dongchi Village has a few martial artists, the most powerful is only the seventh grade, about the same strength as Guo Yu. As long as Hua Changxi makes a move, Dongchi Village can only admit defeat. ===== CHAPTER 78 =====