Chapter 119: Just Some Insignificant Things

Chapter 119: Chapter 119: Just Some Insignificant Things

"I will send people to negotiate with those two. A single portion of Second Grade Spiritual Cuisine should be enough to make them give up guarding the pillar of light. I hope none of the Purple Cloud Valley disciples have been marked with the Cyan Eagle Blood Mark."

Yu Haoyong spoke slowly. Now that things had come to this, both Nangong Ye and the other Meridian Passage Realm cultivator who might have killed his second brother had to pay the price. The only problem was that he wanted to establish a long-term collaboration with Xie Xichen and that Second Grade Spirit Chef.

If an Inner Sect Disciple from Purple Cloud Valley was marked with the Cyan Eagle Blood Mark, then things would become troublesome. At the very least, any overt collaboration would become impossible.

"I can’t give you a definite answer on that. However, besides me, no one else from Purple Cloud Valley should have broken through to the Meridian Passage Realm yet."

Xie Xichen nodded. Among the Purple Cloud Valley disciples participating in this trial, he would have originally only ranked in the top three. However, the other two had not yet chosen to break through to the Meridian Passage Realm, wanting instead to advance further on the Peak Path. Therefore, he was arguably the strongest disciple from Purple Cloud Valley in this trial.

Under such circumstances, many of his fellow disciples were willing to give him face. So far, none of the junior brothers or junior sisters he had met were marked with the Cyan Eagle Blood Mark. The other two senior brothers had been in secluded cultivation ever since arriving at Fire Dragon Valley, so they clearly didn’t have time to target the Prince of the Black Feather Dynasty.

"Qingxu Hall is deeply tied to the major Noble Families, and Thunder Mountain is too far from the Black Feather Dynasty. When you look at it that way, Purple Cloud Valley is the most suitable to be our ally."

Yu Haoyong nodded, letting Xie Xichen put away the three Tokens. The deal was done. After he returned, he could consume the Spiritual Cuisine. He could even use the Spiritual Cuisine to directly trade for the remaining two pillars of light, which would prevent his fourth and fifth brothers from making trouble.

"Telling me this is useless. Only the Sect Leader can decide on such matters."

Xie Xichen shook his head, then turned and left. Yu Haoyong didn’t elaborate further. After the two returned to the inner perimeter, the waiting Guard followed Xie Xichen to the outside of the alley and took the three portions of Spiritual Cuisine from Yang Haichen.

"I’ll have to trouble Senior Brother to inform our fellow disciples that tomorrow, the Spiritual Cuisine will be sold first in this alley. Purple Cloud Valley disciples only need to pay four thousand Spirit Stones, and we’ll accept credit."

As Xie Xichen was about to leave, Yang Haichen couldn’t help but speak up. Although Yang Haichen had a decent standing among the Purple Cloud Valley disciples thanks to Liu Chen’s reputation, he was, after all, a newcomer. The senior brother before him, however, was different. He was the first publicly known Meridian Passage Realm senior brother from Purple Cloud Valley. No matter what, his influence would be greater than his own.

"Aren’t you worried that accidents will happen later, Junior Brother?"

Xie Xichen couldn’t help but look over. Although everything seemed harmonious here now, once the trial’s area began to shrink, the entire central region would descend into chaos. At that point, it would be impossible for the Purple Cloud Valley disciples to avoid casualties.

"It’s precisely because I’m worried that we’re offering credit. A little more strength means a little more security."

Yang Haichen said calmly. Whether this was truly Junior Brother Liu’s idea or not wasn’t important. What was important was that the Purple Cloud Valley disciples would definitely gain a slight advantage from this. As for the rest, it was beyond their ability to influence.

"Rest assured, Junior Brother. I will inform our fellow disciples."

Xie Xichen nodded and slowly departed. Yang Haichen returned to the courtyard, glanced at the room where Liu Chen was, and then slowly went back to his own room to begin cultivating.

Inside the room, Liu Chen was practicing the Flying Flower Skill. Cultivating inside a room came with restrictions, but after a few experiments, Liu Chen managed to shrink the petals and bamboo leaves formed by the Flying Flower Skill by several dozen times, allowing him to keep the Spiritual Power fluctuations contained within the room.

Streams of Spiritual Power sometimes transformed into flower petals, and at other times, into bamboo leaves. The two forms drifted wantonly around Liu Chen. It seemed as though every petal and leaf was expressing its freedom, but a closer look would reveal that each one followed its own specific trajectory.

[Flying Flower Skill Proficiency +6000]

Three hours passed quickly. All the bamboo leaves and flower petals vanished, replaced by the cold proficiency notification.

Liu Chen slowly opened his eyes. He rested for a moment before stepping out of his room. Senior Brother Yang had already gone out to buy supplies, and Senior Brother Ren was still in his room dispelling poison.

Back on Purple Bamboo Peak, Liu Chen used to wake up at this time as well. Later, he found that he only needed to rest for two hours a day, and he used the extra hour for cultivation.

’After I go back, I should be able to return to that routine. But based on this trend, after reaching Meridian Passage Peak, I might only need one hour of rest per day. And at Qi Refining Peak, I might not need to rest at all to stay in perfect condition.’

’Thinking of this, Liu Chen recalled his Master and his wife, whose daily lives seemed exactly the same as ordinary people. Those two probably didn’t need any rest at all.’

Liu Chen shook his head, giving up on the thought. ’My current Cultivation is still too low to understand. When I reach the same Realm as my Master and his wife, perhaps I’ll grasp the deeper meaning.’

At night, the outskirts of Fire Dragon Valley were a scene of wild revelry, while the central region was exceptionally quiet. Then, every morning, the area would gradually awaken.

"Fellow Daoist Yang, these are the ingredients we collected today."

Yang Haichen had only taken a few steps when Jackal, who had been waiting for him, walked over and handed him a Storage Ring.

"Chief Hu, what is the meaning of this?"

Yang Haichen narrowed his eyes. ’This guy is surprisingly clever.’ After the Spiritual Cuisine went on sale, he had a premonition that people would try to hike up the prices of ingredients, but he truly hadn’t expected Jackal of the Fire Wolf Gang to seize the opportunity to ingratiate himself like this.

"Fellow Daoist Yang, we’ve lived in Fire Dragon Valley for so long, we know the prices of these things better than you do."

Jackal spoke with a smile. The pillar of light had been an apology, so naturally, he wanted something more. The Fire Wolf Gang had some standing among the Loose Cultivators, but they couldn’t afford to offend any of the Noble Families here, let alone the Three Immortal Sects that stood above them.

If they could use this to establish a cooperative relationship with that important figure, let alone just protecting themselves within Fire Dragon Valley, they might even be able to leave Fire Dragon Valley safely when the trial ended.

"If that’s the case, then I’ll have to trouble you, Chief Hu. What is the price for these ingredients?"

Yang Haichen nodded. It was normal for outsiders to get ripped off. Ordinarily, the prices in Fire Dragon Valley wouldn’t be double the prices outside. Clearly, those Loose Cultivators were also planning to take this opportunity to make a quick buck.

As for leaving Fire Dragon Valley, even if they had such thoughts, they had no power to change the situation. Those with grudges against the Three Immortal Sects had either been killed or had defected to the Black Feather Dynasty. The ones who remained at most had feuds with the Noble Families, not so serious as to have offended the Three Immortal Sects.

And since the Three Immortal Sects were maintaining stability in this area, the various families wouldn’t choose this time to eliminate their enemies. Doing so would be tantamount to giving the Three Immortal Sects a reason to eliminate them.

"What are you saying, Fellow Daoist Yang? These are just some insignificant things. Please consider them a gift to you."

Jackal shook his head. ’If I were to mention a price at a time like this, wouldn’t all my effort have been for nothing?’