First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 2224 – What Do You Want From Me?

Su Yi rubbed his forehead. He could feel a headache coming on.

He wasn’t letting them help, but they stubbornly insisted on helping him anyway! They were effectively saying, “I’m doing this for your own good. One day you’ll understand my good intentions.

Su Yi couldn’t bring himself to be angry, so he just stayed quiet.

Qi Wei, however, laughed as if she’d won. “I’ll arrange our route. You needn’t worry about this.”

As she spoke, she elegantly rose, but just as she was about to set off, something occurred to her, and she placed a jug of wine on the table beside Su Yi.

“This is a divine brew from our clan ancestor’s collection. It’s called Seeking Something. Who knows how many of the God Domain’s old-timers long to acquire a jug, yet cannot? Go ahead and try it.”

Qi Wei smiled and left.

‘Those who know me know my heart is troubled, while those who don’t think I am seeking something…’ Su Yi recited to himself. That’s quite the name.

The divine brew “Seeking Something” was indeed a priceless treasure. Even Li Fuyou and Yi Daoxuan had heard of it.

It wasn’t just that the wine was delicious. More importantly, it was a rare divine treasure, and there was nothing else like it. You could drink it, but you could also use it to cultivate or treat your wounds!

Su Yi opened the jug and had a sip. A current of warmth coursed into his throat, then gently coursed throughout his body, reaching every last nook and cranny. A wondrous fragrance filled his mouth and nostrils, and hundreds of flavors danced on his tongue.

His soul, blood, and qi were bathed in the radiant light of the Grand Dao, and his heart and body were cleansed and elevated. He felt light and airy.

Boom!

The Sea of Chaos within his body churned, rumbling like thunder, and the Epoch Spark swayed and scattered Chaos Dao Light.

Su Yi’s cultivation base, soul, fleshly body, and powers of the Grand Dao instantly heated up, practically boiling.

His cultivation base swelled as if on the verge of a breakthrough.

Su Yi couldn’t help but be impressed.

He’d spent the past month in seclusion on Spirit Bamboo Peak. After exhausting his entire supply of divine medicine, he’d finally finished treating his wounds.

He hadn’t simply recovered, either. He’d taken a step beyond his former peak and reached the late-stage Creation Realm.

Now, all he did was have a sip of wine, but his cultivation base had both further solidified and advanced. It seemed he was nearing the peak of the realm.

This wine really is a priceless treasure. It’s no wonder so many old monsters long to sample it!

The jug contained a catty of wine, enough to fill twenty-four cups. If he used it to cultivate, it would have unquestionably wondrous effects!

Yet Qi Wei had just casually taken out a bottle and handed it to him. It was obvious that she loved to throw her money around.

She was the very picture of a wealthy heiress!

I’ll have another cup when it’s time to break through, thought Su Yi.

He really was quite broke. He had nothing on him but a handful of divine and Undying Materials. He didn’t have even a single stalk of divine medicine left.

Thus, when he saw the “young heiress” Qi Wei throw her money around, Su Yi couldn’t help but be a bit jealous.

Of course, that was the extent of it.

……

Spring and Autumn City.

A large crowd was waiting in front of the ancient transmission formation.

“Elder Wei, we’ve already paid our fare. When will you let us use the formation?”

“That’s right. We’ve already waited here all day!”

“You can only activate the formation once every twenty-four hours, and each time, you can send thirty-six people at most. Almost a hundred fellow Daoists are waiting here, three trips worth of passengers. If you keep waiting, more and more people will show up, and you’ll only delay everyone here!”

“Besides, won’t stalling for time affect the Qilin Trading Company’s bottom line?”

Some of the old-timers were resentful and complaining to the man currently in charge of this branch of the Qilin Trading Company, Elder Wei.

They were from the top factions of the Southern Flame Divine Continent. Each had a loftier status than the one before. Their ranks even included numerous Master Gods who hadn’t appeared in public in years!

Yet now, all of them were waiting patiently in line, and they’d already been waiting a full day!

It was no wonder they were complaining.

There were almost a hundred others waiting in line behind them, too. All of them were here to use the ancient transmission formation.

They hailed from different top sects, and they traveled in groups of three to five.

Elder Wei of the Qilin Trading Company just stood there beside the formation, ignoring the complaints.

“When the manager of this branch of the Qilin Trading Company arrives, this old man will naturally activate the formation,” Elder Wei said flatly. “If any of you do not wish to wait, the Qilin Trading Company can return your money.”

The complaints instantly died down.

The Master Gods frowned, but in the end, they said no more.

The Qilin Trading Company was one of the God Domain’s three great trading companies, and this was one of just a tiny handful of formations in the Southern Flame Divine Continent capable of crossing continents. What could they do about it?

There was nothing they could do about it. They needed the Qilin Trading Company’s help!

Even though they were paying customers, they had no choice but to swallow their complaints and wait!

This was the scene that greeted Su Yi, Qi Wei, and the others when they arrived.

“Madam Qi Wei is here!”

“Now they’ll finally activate the formation.”

“Ee? That’s strange. The third and grand elders of Qingwu Divine Court are traveling with Madam Qi Wei.”

“Isn’t that young man the descendant of Torch Dragons, Xiao Jian? I heard he’s already been promoted to vice palace master of Wandering Night Palace. Truly incredible!”

…Uproar followed Su Yi and the others’ arrival. Qi Wei, Wei Zhong, and Ku Zhen naturally drew the most attention, but quite a few people recognized “Xiao Jian” too.

Only then did Su Yi realize that his reputation wasn’t limited to Qingwu Divine Court. His name had spread throughout the rest of the Southern Flame Divine Continent.

Wei Zhong and Ku Zhen, meanwhile, were quite surprised.

They could see almost a hundred people waiting to borrow the transmission formation, including no shortage of prominent members of peak factions, and several Master Gods!

Based purely on status, the two of them were a notch inferior.

When they followed Qi Wei through the crowd, bypassing the line to arrive at the formation, many of these experts with statuses even more illustrious than theirs looked startled and impressed.

And even… envious!

Both Ku Zhen and Wei Zhong found this immensely appealing to their sense of vanity.

Who said that old-timers like them didn’t care about their face? It was just that they needed validation from people of even higher ranks and loftier statuses than them, that’s all.

Even though Wei Zhong and Ku Zhen knew that they were borrowing another’s prestige, they couldn’t deny that… this felt really friggin’ great!

Su Yi’s reaction was the calmest of the four of them.

Throughout the ages, everyone hated nothing more than special treatment, but at the same time, they longed for nothing more than its advantages and benefits.

That was true in the mundane world, and it was naturally true among cultivators as well.

“Young Mistress, preparations are already in order. You can set off whenever you’re ready.” Elder Wei had been incomparably unyielding just moments prior, but now, he was all humble smiles as he clasped his fist in greeting.

This naturally made Qi Wei the center of attention.

“What do you say, Fellow Daoist Xiao?” Qi Wei looked at Su Yi.

The crowd’s attention instantly shifted to Su Yi. Their eyes widened with surprise and bewilderment. Just what is so special about Xiao Jian? Why would Madam Qi Wei attach such importance to him? She’s even asking for his opinion?

What winds and waves hadn’t Su Yi seen before? In his past lives, he’d enjoyed countless dazzling accolades. He naturally wouldn’t take a trivial scene like this to heart.

“This is the Qilin Trading Company’s territory. Naturally, it’s up to you to decide,” said Su Yi.

“Then let’s set off.” Qi Wei promptly made a decision. From beginning to end, she didn’t bother to ask Wei Zhong or Ku Zhen their opinions.

Both of them felt a bit uncomfortable, but the thought that they were taking the formation for free made them feel too awkward to object.

Elder Wei promptly got them situated, followed by another thirty-two people. Once everyone was in place, Elder Wei activated the formation.

“Historically, we’ve seldom activated this formation, yet now, the operation targeting the Xi Family has caused such a disturbance that the top factions of the Southern Flame Divine Continent can no longer sit still. They long for nothing more than to get there immediately. That’s made our formation an unusually hot commodity,” Qi Wei said from inside the formation.

“The people waiting outside all had to pay a fare of three hundred Undying Divine Crystals per person, and even after paying, they still have to wait in line.”

When Grand Elder Wei Zhong heard that, he smiled and thanked her.

Ku Zhen, meanwhile, silently did the math.

At three hundred Undying Divine Crystals a head, thirty-six passengers meant that the Qilin Trading Company earned a total of 10,800 Undying Divine Crystals each time they activated the formation!

Ku Zhen couldn’t help but gasp. The Qilin Trading Company is really making a killing!

But then, Qi Wei said calmly, as if reading his mind, “Almost eight thousand Undying Divine Crystals are required to power the formation each time we activate it. Do the math, and the Qilin Trading Company only makes a token profit for our hard work, that’s all.”

“…” Ku Zhen didn’t know what to say. You call that a token profit!?

Su Yi quietly listened in but said nothing.

In the God Domain, the leader of the Qilin Race was often referred to as “the god of wealth.” It was thus obvious how wealthy the Qilin race was.

Qi Wei was the daughter of the family head. She was naturally a “little goddess of wealth” in her own right.

Boom!

Before long, the formation started rumbling. Terrifying spacetime power surged forth, contorting the surrounding skies.

A moment later, everyone in the formation vanished.

Su Yi suddenly felt a wondrous sensation, as if a giant, invisible hand were holding him aloft and shuttling rapidly through time and space, past countless barriers between words…

All he could see were resplendent, colorful lights dancing about, then rapidly vanishing in front of him. He couldn’t sense anything else.

Something suddenly occurred to Su Yi.

Those spacetime nodes are like anchors placed in the God Domain’s various forbidden zones. When the Dark Days of Legend arrive, will they act like this formation and usher those terrifying existences not of the present day into our world?

But before Su Yi could give the matter any further thought, something shook violently, and everything exploded in front of him, filling the surroundings with a rain of light.

Practically simultaneously, a respectful voice rang out.

“I am the manager of the Divine Abyss City branch of the Qilin Trading Company. My subordinates and I are here to welcome you, Young Mistress!”