Chapter 232: Meeting Ling Ling Yanzi Again (Two-in-One)

Li Li Tongya saw that this person's face was familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while. He raised his eyebrows slightly, put down the jade cup in his hand, and whispered:

"Wan is naturally solitary and doesn't like to talk much, but seeing you is quite familiar. Where have I seen you before?"

The cultivator wearing animal skin had long, narrow eyebrows, dark skin, a short bow on his back, and a string of yellow gourds of various sizes hanging from his waist. His cultivation was also at the fifth level of Qi Refining. He bowed quite respectfully and smiled:

"The little one is from Jiacuan County under the rule of Mount Qingchi. Jiacuan is adjacent to the valley hunt. I once sold a few Wu Zuo insects to the senior under Guanyun Peak. I was still young that year, and my appearance was quite different from now, so the senior doesn't recognize me now."

"So it's you!"

Li Li Tongya suddenly realized. At that time, this person was still a boy with a tender face, looking timid. When talking about business, he was left speechless by Li Li Tongya. Now he had become a middle-aged man, looking like he had experienced many vicissitudes of life. Li Li Tongya nodded slightly and replied:

"Your Wu Zuo insects were truly good, and they once helped me with some small favors."

So he reached out and invited him to sit at the other end of the table. The valley hunter was overjoyed, bowed respectfully, and sat down quite cautiously, showing envy on his face, and replied:

"Senior's cultivation is truly rapid. In just over thirty years, you have achieved the immortal foundation! It makes the junior very envious."

Li Li Tongya laughed and nodded noncommittally. He had bought some things at the Guanyun Peak market back then, and the valley hunter was just one of them. Later, he met the Xu Xu Yangping couple, and finally died in the snake cave at the hands of Zhang Yun.

Remembering Zhang Yun, the arrogant young man appeared in Li Li Tongya's mind. As a direct disciple of the Jin Yu Sect, one of the three sects, he must have already succeeded in Foundation Establishment and practiced many Jin Yu secret methods. Li Li Tongya could still borrow a sword technique left by Li Li Chijing to act as a big tail wolf and fight him for a move when he was Qi Refining, but now he is probably no longer his opponent.

Withdrawing his mind, Li Li Tongya looked at the cautious middle-aged man in front of him and asked:

"The Wu Zuo insects are good, but they are too slow to raise. They were considered a help when my family was still a small Taixi family, but now more than thirty years have passed, and only a few have been born. It's just that the first few have a larger appetite and cannot be raised in large numbers, which is a bit of a chicken rib."

The valley hunter paused, opened his mouth, seemed to be organizing his language, and said with some hesitation:

"This Wu Zuo insect mother is in my valley family. What the senior got were sub-insects. Perhaps every ten years or so, they will be felt by the spiritual energy and give birth to one or two, but there will be no large-scale reproduction..."

"Oh? It was Wan who offended!"

Li Li Tongya had some guesses, but he didn't expect that this Wu Zuo insect was really the valley family's way of making a living. He apologized gently, which made the valley hunter panic and avoid the seat. Li Li Tongya then said solemnly:

"I wonder if brother can sell a few more to my family? This thing is also quite useful."

"This is naturally no problem!"

The valley hunter clasped his fists, untied a wooden gourd from his waist, and replied:

"I don't have live sub-insects, only forty insect eggs in this gourd. If the senior is willing to take them, ten spirit stones will be enough."

Li Li Tongya is now a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and the valley hunter's attitude is low, so he dare not increase the price, which is even cheaper than when he sold it to Li Li Tongya back then. Li Li Tongya nodded slightly and asked:

"How to hatch?"

The valley hunter explained in detail, bowed gently, and made a guarantee, replying:

"This Wu Zuo insect has tenacious vitality and is the easiest to survive. If the hatching fails, take the insect corpse to find the valley family. My family will pay for every one that dies."

The valley hunter is not stupid. He made a guarantee, but he had to see the insect corpse before he would give up, guarding against people hiding the insect eggs to make money.

Li Li Tongya nodded slightly, pointed out ten spirit stones and gave them to him easily, which made the valley hunter overjoyed. Ten spirit stones are all the liquid funds of ordinary Qi Refining rogue cultivators, and Foundation Establishment cultivators cannot say give them away. Li Li Tongya has a family as a backing, so he can still take out ten spirit stones after spending two hundred spirit stones at Senior Feiluoya.

Taking the gourd, Li Li Tongya whispered:

"Good!"

The valley hunter nodded repeatedly and said respectfully:

"My family is also a family in Jiacuan County. The ancestors were great cultivators of the East Shanyue clan. Later, the Mount Qingchi Sect expanded southward, and my ancestors joined the sect, working diligently and leaving behind many connections, so they were able to sit firmly as a great family in Jiacuan County for hundreds of years."

Li Li Tongya nodded slightly, which solved a doubt in his heart, and thought to himself:

"I said this valley surname was unheard of, so it turned out to be the East Shanyue clan. No wonder."

Looking at the valley hunter again, his skin was hairy, his pupils were dark, and he was naturally the appearance of East Shanyue. He opened his mouth to reveal big white teeth and said in a deep voice:

"Although my family is a descendant of East Shanyue, they are still cultivators of the Early Zifu Jin Dan path, but they have inherited the insect and snake techniques of their ancestors, which is one of the best in the entire Yue Kingdom."

The valley hunter's expression became a bit more proud, and he continued:

"There are also rules in the family. Every lineage must walk the world and collect all kinds of poisonous snakes and insects, so my uncle and I have been running around in Xunlin Plain and Li Xia County for decades, and have a fate with the senior."

"So it is a great family! No wonder brother's words are tactful, advancing and retreating with measure, and have quite a demeanor."

Li Li Tongya bowed and praised a few words, which made the valley hunter laugh. Li Li Tongya asked again:

"Are there many such great families that have been prosperous for a long time like your family in the Mount Qingchi Sect?"

"Not many!"

The valley hunter was born in a family, knew many secrets, and said:

"Mount Qingchi started from the north, produced several peak Early Zifu True Persons, integrated the forces of the south, and combined them into thirty-six peaks, so the north is full of chaotic small families, while the south is full of families, witch temples, and rogue cultivators. These families have deep entanglements with the Mount Qingchi Sect, advance and retreat together, and have stood for hundreds of years without falling."

"Oh."

Li Li Tongya just turned it around in his heart, and he knew the intention of the Mount Qingchi Sect. The south is full of East Shanyue and witch spells, and it is not the family that is prosperous but the tribe. The Mount Qingchi Sect absorbs these people, cedes part of the power, and easily controls the entire south.

The Li family is currently playing this same trick in Dongshan Yue. It has only just begun; although Brother Shamoli is obedient for now, he still harbors ulterior motives. In a few decades, once his offspring—who carry the Li family bloodline—take power, he will be obedient from the depths of his heart. Then, by using the Li clansmen from the maternal side of those offspring to control Dongshan Yue, Dongshan Yue will naturally become a vassal territory.

Coming back to his senses, Li Li Tongya nodded slightly and said with magic power:

"If you pass by Wangyue Lake, you are welcome to come to Mount Mount Lijing to rest your feet. We welcome you."

The valley hunter's expression was happy. Although he was a family disciple, he had been sent out for decades, lonely and helpless, and had long been away from the political center of the family. Now that he could climb up to a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he was naturally overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.

Li Li Tongya picked up the cup and sipped silently. After a dozen breaths of silence, the valley hunter understood immediately, bowed and left. Li Li Tongya turned his head to look at the group of cultivators on this side. The group had already argued until their faces were red and their ears were red, and they had lost their face. He laughed lightly, put down the cup, and suddenly scared the group of cultivators to extinguish the fire, sat down obediently, and talked to each other in a low voice.

Although Li Li Tongya was talking to the valley hunter, he had been paying attention to the True Persons above. The True Person Behind Shangyuan with the sword just raised his glass and disappeared from the seat. Only he came from the Xiuyue Sect. Once True Person Behind Shangyuan left, the entire seat was empty.

After True Person Behind Shangyuan left, the True Persons above all drank two cups symbolically and then cast spells to leave. Only two True Persons who seemed to be Early Zifu immortal families chatted with Xiao Xiao Chuting for two sentences and left shortly after. Xiao Xiao Chuting hid his figure, and the remaining disciples of the three sects and seven gates were no longer restrained. Most of them left directly, and the rest either talked loudly or compared swords, a lively scene.

Li Li Tongya paid special attention to Ling Ling Yanzi, the old child. He hadn't stopped his mouth since he got on the seat, just stuffing it into his mouth, opening and closing his mouth, and didn't talk to the people beside him, until he cleared everything in front of him, even the plate was clean, and he looked at the table of the person beside him with eager eyes.

Beside him was a fairy from Ziyan Gate, who interrupted his movements without ceremony. Ling Ling Yanzi smiled awkwardly and had to sit in place and drink wine, looking very lonely.

Li Li Tongya shook his head, doubting whether Ling Ling Yanzi could still take out a hundred spirit stones from his storage bag.

Li Li Tongya waited for another dozen breaths, and finally saw Ling Ling Yanzi couldn't sit still, drove the wind to the outside of the formation. Li Li Tongya hurriedly followed the wind. Just after leaving the formation, he saw Ling Ling Yanzi turn his head keenly, his white whiskers fluttering, and said in a deep voice:

"Who dares to spy on me?"

Li Li Tongya appeared, laughed lightly, and replied:

"Senior Ling Ling Yanzi, I haven't seen you for many years, do you still remember me?"

"You..."

Ling Ling Yanzi's expression was shocked, and he spat out a word, and quickly swallowed the words behind. He had lived for more than a hundred years, and his heart moved. He knew that Li Li Tongya didn't want to leave traces for the events of that year, so he called himself Wan, and exclaimed in his heart:

"This Li Li Tongya is really cautious!"

Ling Ling Yanzi thought in his heart, and smiled bitterly on his face:

"It's been many years since I saw Brother Wan..."

"Can Senior reward me with two cups of wine?"

Li Li Tongya asked with a smile. Ling Ling Yanzi had to nod, bit the bullet and returned to the formation with Li Li Tongya, found a seat at the end and sat down together. Ling Ling Yanzi reacted afterwards and exclaimed:

"You actually established the foundation?!"

Li Li Tongya nodded, Ling Ling Yanzi exclaimed, and whispered:

"Congratulations, Brother Wan!"

"Same joy!"

Ling Ling Yanzi is now also a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Li Li Tongya congratulated him and said with a smile:

"I have been waiting for Senior's news so bitterly."

Ling Ling Yanzi was very embarrassed for a while, laughed dryly, and explained in a low voice:

"I waited for those spoils of war, and I exchanged them all for spirit stones, but seeing that Foundation Establishment was in sight, I couldn't help but sell them all for elixirs and break through to Foundation Establishment... This life-saving grace, I have broken my promise, it is really... hard to say!"

"Oh."

Li Li Tongya nodded. He could also understand Ling Ling Yanzi's approach. Almost no one could resist this temptation. If it were Li Li Tongya in this situation, he would also break through without hesitation, and then consider making up for these spirit stones after the breakthrough was successful. He said gently:

"Senior, don't take it to heart. If I were in your position, I would also choose to break through. This is human nature."

Ling Ling Yanzi sighed softly, his eyes slightly wet, and he was quite moved, replying:

"Brother Wan is reasonable, Ling Yan admires..."

He took a sip of wine and continued:

"Over the years, I have been frugal, on the one hand to maintain the expenses in the peak, on the other hand to maintain my own cultivation, and the rest have been saved. I, I..."

Ling Ling Yanzi took out the magic sword from his waist, put the magic sword with flowing magic light on the table, and said sincerely:

"Ling Yan still uses the Qi Refining level magic weapon, just to save these spirit stones for Brother Wan!"

Li Li Tongya nodded slightly, indicating that he knew his intentions, and felt both moved and funny and bitter in his heart, thinking to himself:

"What are the three sects and seven gates? This is the three sects and seven gates. My Li family's Taixi cultivators use mortal utensils, and Qi Refining cultivators can use Taixi magic weapons. As the only Foundation Establishment cultivator in the Li family, except for the Mount Qingchi sword on my back, I still use Qi Refining magic weapons, but in the eyes of this Ling Ling Yanzi, the Foundation Establishment cultivator using Qi Refining magic weapons is already a great suffering!"

Looking at Ling Ling Yanzi's tearful appearance, Li Li Tongya could also feel his grievances. Although it was difficult to empathize, he showed a just-right movement on his face and said in a deep voice:

"Senior, don't be anxious. I can take these spirit stones at any time, don't be so wronged!"

Ling Ling Yanzi nodded with deep feeling, wiped his old face, and opened his mouth:

"There is still such a cultivation method!"

Li Li Tongya paused, secretly exclaimed, only the three sects and seven gates can afford such a cultivation method. Looking at Ling Ling Yanzi's angry expression, Li Li Tongya seemed to understand why his popularity in Ziyan Gate was so poor. He smiled awkwardly and asked:

"I don't know how many spirit stones Senior has accumulated for so long?"

These words made Ling Ling Yanzi lower his head, and he was like a child at his age, embarrassed:

"Twenty spirit stones..."

Li Li Tongya was speechless for a while, but he didn't want to let him go so easily. He raised his hand and took the spirit stones that Ling Ling Yanzi was reluctant to hand over without mercy, and whispered:

"Why don't you do this, Senior, do you have any other items that can be used to offset the price, and you don't have to be frugal every year."

"This..."

Ling Ling Yanzi was quite moved for a while, hesitated for a few breaths, took off his storage bag, and poured out a piece of items, replying:

"Except for my sect's secret transmission and my peak's inheritance treasure, the Ziyan Spirit Cover, Brother Wan can pick whatever else!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 233 =====