Talk About Bragging, How Do You Really Have The Qualifications Of The Great Emperor?

Chapter 42: Mature Soul Nurturing Lotus, City-wide Exorcism Talisman

"Furthermore."

Xiao Qingyu continued, "The corpse of that tiger demon was not used. I went to the disciple trading market to help you deal with it."

"Because it was a female tiger and didn't have a tiger whip, its value was lower. The tiger skin, tiger blood, tiger meat, and tiger bones were sold separately, totaling 2078 spirit stones."

"I rounded down the remainder for you. Here are 2000 spirit stones. Keep them."

After speaking, Xiao Qingyu lightly brushed his sleeve, and four pink silk pouches appeared in front of Wang Xiu. They were embroidered with white lotus flower patterns and emitted a faint fragrance.

Wang Xiu gasped. There was still money to be made from this?

Truly unexpected.

Wang Xiu pushed two of the silk pouches back to Xiao Qingyu and chuckled, "Let Qingyu Senior Sister handle the errands for me. I feel guilty about it, so let's split the money!"

Xiao Qingyu smiled ambiguously and said, "A thousand spirit stones were given as a gift. When did our Wang Xiu Junior Brother become so generous? Could this be a dowry?"

Cough, cough. Wang Xiu laughed helplessly, "Senior Sister makes it sound like I'm stingy. I didn't have money before!"

It really wasn't that Wang Xiu was pretending to be poor. Although the Divination Lineage provided a monthly allowance of 100 spirit stones, it would be enough for many years of enjoyment if he stayed on the mountain. However, cultivating immortality was an expensive endeavor, even a money-burning one.

Before killing the tiger demon and finding the Soul Nurturing Lotus, Wang Xiu didn't have much cash on hand.

The tribute he gave to Xiao Qingyu was squeezed out of his teeth.

"Alright!"

Xiao Qingyu glanced at Wang Xiu with a slight annoyance and said, "You don't have much money now, so keep it for yourself! There will be plenty of places to spend money in the future!"

"I'm stationed in the Task Hall and don't need to leave the mountain. Why do I need so many spirit stones? They're just worldly possessions."

Wang Xiu hesitated for a moment and muttered, "If they're just worldly possessions, why bother rounding down the remainder?"

Xiao Qingyu: ???

Clang!

A dazzling sword light pierced through the Shattering Void and landed in front of Wang Xiu. Xiao Qingyu stomped her foot in anger, "Get out of here!"

Haha!

Wang Xiu laughed and put away the silk pouches embroidered with lotus flowers. He fled in embarrassment, saying, "Since Senior Sister likes lotus flowers, if I find another Soul Nurturing Lotus in the future, I'll give you one!"

"Not for alchemy, just for Senior Sister's enjoyment!"

Watching the figure of the young man leaving, Xiao Qingyu's face blushed slightly, and she spat, "Pah, who cares about lotus flowers? Lotus flowers will wither eventually. Where is the fragrance of spirit stones?"

In the Immortal Cultivation World, in this chaotic era, survival, becoming stronger, and protecting one's own peace were the primary concerns for every disciple of the Three Purities Immortal Gate.

Appreciating flowers?

Unless there was an endless supply of lotus leaves reaching the sky within the Three Purities Immortal Gate, allowing one to appreciate the extraordinary white lotus flowers in the sun.

Otherwise, the Soul Nurturing Lotus that had already been picked had its medicinal power slowly dissipating every moment. Who would be willing to put it in a vase purely for the sake of appreciation?

Exhaling lightly, Xiao Qingyu regained her previous cold demeanor and walked out of the reception room.

...

Let's switch topics.

Leaving the Task Hall, Wang Xiu summoned the Black Tortoise Mirror and sped off towards Maple City at full speed.

Now that his cultivation had reached the Eighth Layer of the Foundation Building Stage, Wang Xiu controlled the Black Tortoise Mirror like a streak of green light, moving so fast that ordinary people couldn't even see his afterimage.

Soon, he crossed hundreds of miles and arrived at Clear Moon Mountain outside Maple City.

The Soul Nurturing Lotus in the Yellow Springs Stone Cave was growing well, with twelve flowers transitioning from blooming to full bloom.

Wang Xiu took out the prepared jade box and applied a sealing charm that could slow down the dissipation of spiritual energy. Then, he carefully placed each lotus flower into the jade box.

Hmm.

Setting aside the one he was preparing to give to Senior Qingyu, he still had eleven that he could sell, which meant he could earn at least over thirty thousand, or even forty thousand spirit stones.

The days of escaping poverty and becoming prosperous were not far away!

After putting away the jade box, Wang Xiu checked the seal at the bottom of the pond, making sure it was intact before leaving.

Leaving Clear Moon Mountain.

Wang Xiu quickly arrived at Maple City, but everything that came into view made him furrow his brows involuntarily.

At this moment.

The atmosphere in Maple City was very strange and eerie. The streets were deserted and quiet, with every household tightly shut, and many houses had yellow talismans fluttering in the wind.

Occasionally, there were pedestrians on the road, but they hurried along as if they didn't dare to linger outside for even a moment.

To describe it in one word: ominous.

Wang Xiu's gaze fell on a house, where he took down a yellow talisman and looked at it. It was a ghost-expelling talisman from the Three Purities Immortal Gate, but it contained sparse spiritual energy and had limited power.

Hmm.

How should I put it?

It's the kind that can be mass-produced by cultivators at the Foundation Building Stage, and it has some effect on fierce ghosts, but not much.

"Senior Qingyu said that Maple City has been restless recently. Could it be haunted?"

Wang Xiu muttered to himself, then reattached the talisman to the door and flew towards the residence of the Three Purities Immortal Gate in Maple City, called "Qingfeng Pavilion."

In Qingfeng Pavilion, there were two disciples of the Three Purities Immortal Gate, with the Daoist names "Qingyun" and "Changfeng."

They had both practiced on the mountains of the Three Purities before, but when their cultivation reached a bottleneck, they didn't want to continue toil and hardship, so they took on tasks from the sect and stayed in one place.

"Qingyun greets Senior Brother."

"Changfeng greets Senior Brother."

The two disciples appeared to be around thirty or forty years old, wearing light blue Daoist robes, giving off an air of immortality.

Although they were clearly older than Wang Xiu, their status in the Three Purities Immortal Gate was only outer disciples, and their cultivation was only at the Foundation Building Stage, Second and Third Layer. Therefore, according to the rules, they should address Wang Xiu as Senior Brother.

"You don't need to be so formal, junior brothers."

Wang Xiu returned the greeting properly, then sensitively noticed that both of these Daoists had signs of damage on their robes and their faces looked somewhat pale.

Obviously, they had just experienced a fierce battle not long ago, and their injuries had not yet fully recovered.

Even...

Wang Xiu, who had cultivated the Underworld Emperor's Prison Suppression Scripture to the perfect realm, could keenly perceive that the soul fires of these two junior brothers were somewhat dim and seemed to have been traumatized as well.

Although the injuries were not particularly severe and might not affect their foundation, it would be difficult for them to fully recover without three to five years of recuperation.

Having received the address from He Yuan's family.

Wang Xiu did not immediately leave, but asked, "Junior brothers."

"I see that every household in Maple City has ghost-expelling talismans posted. Could it be haunted?"

Qingyun and Changfeng looked at each other and smiled bitterly, "Indeed, it is haunted, and it's a very fierce ghost."

As they explained, Wang Xiu roughly understood the situation.

There were four major families in Maple City.

In addition to the wealthiest He family, there were the Zhao, Qian, and Sun families, as well as a dozen or so smaller families.

And this fierce ghost...

Came from the Nie family among the smaller families, and it was the young lady of the Nie family, Nie Linglan.

It was said that Nie Linglan was born into a scholarly family and was well-versed in the Four Books and Five Classics. She excelled in poetry, embroidery, and other feminine arts.

Moreover, she had a compassionate heart, treating even ants with care and protecting moths from harm.

She often sold her paintings and embroidery to help the poor in the city, making her reputation as a great lady in Maple City impeccable.

However, fate is cruel.

(End of this chapter)