Chapter 115: Seated Buddha

  "You said that Jiang Feng is only in the late stage of foundation building, but there are already many cultivators here who have reached the purple mansion and spiritual platform stages. Why hasn't anyone gone up to capture him? If they catch him, wouldn't they get everything on his body as well as what he's currently searching for?" A mid-stage foundation building cultivator said to his companion.

  "It's not as simple as you think. This Jiang Feng looks like he's in the later stages of foundation building, but he actually killed his way out of the Five Elements Sword Sect during the Qi Refining stage. And at the Grave of the Bandit King, he single-handedly took on many high-ranking cultivators and wasn't afraid at all. What does this show? It shows that he has a strong backing."

  "A high-ranking cultivator isn't an idiot, either. If someone were to attack Jiang Feng and actually succeeded, they'd become their own target. Who would be that stupid?" Another companion chimed in.

  "But everyone searching everywhere is not a solution either. This small town has almost been turned upside down, but no treasure has been found. Rather than waiting for Jiang Feng to find the treasure and then making a move to snatch it, why not take action now?"

  "That's what they say, but Jiang Feng is no ordinary person. Nobody wants to make the first move. They must all be waiting for an opportunity."

  There are many such rumors in this small town. The monks are guessing what treasure is here while waiting to see who will make the first move against Jiang Feng.

  This small town has a population of only about 30,000 to 40,000 people. Judging from the dilapidated city walls, this city has been around for quite some time, and its residents are not very wealthy, otherwise they would have repaired the city walls.

  Since Jiang Feng arrived in this small town, a large number of monks have also come. Some monks directly dug up the ground inside the city. It's unknown how many houses were destroyed. But nothing was found. Now there are still many gods who are constantly searching.

  In a not-so-big wine house in the city, Jiang Feng was facing a table full of dishes with a gloomy expression. He had originally wanted to have a big meal, but now he completely lost his appetite.

  "Is there really a treasure here? Can you tell me what kind of treasure it is?" Huang Shu asked curiously.

  Jiang Feng's face turned bitter as he looked at Huang Shu, saying helplessly: "I just wanted to come and eat something, not look for treasure. Why do you think like those monks too?"

  "I don't want to either. But look, you dig a hole on the ground and dig out a spiritual vein. You pass by a chaotic burial mound and dig up a treasure sword, and it even comes with a zombie. You pass by a mountain where even ordinary spiritual medicine is hard to find, and yet you manage to get a 5,000-year-old Blood Ginseng. These things can't all be coincidences, right?" Huang Shu said.

  Jiang Feng thought that all of this was really just a coincidence. Before he discovered those things, he truly didn't know that there were things existing there. But if he said this out loud, probably no one would believe him.

  Inside the wine house, there were only two customers, Jiang Feng and Huang Shu. Even the owner of the wine house and his apprentices had left. Now outside the wine house, many Taoist priests surrounded it, all waiting for Jiang Feng's next move.

  For the whole day, Jiang Feng and Huang Shu did not leave the wine tower. The monks who came to the small town searched everywhere for a day, but still had nothing to gain, they stopped searching around and stared at the wine tower where Jiang Feng was.

  The next day at noon, a young monk flew to the vicinity of the wine tower. The monk stood still in front of the main gate of the wine tower and shouted loudly towards it.

  "Tianji Mountain's Cheng Dong is here to see Jiang Feng and Jiang Daoist friend." The monk said loudly.

  There were several tables pushed together inside the wine house, Jiang Feng was lying on top of them, snoring loudly, while Huang Shu sat idly by. Cheng Dong's voice came in at this moment.

  When someone outside shouted, Jiang Feng, who was sleeping soundly, turned over and seemed not to have heard what the person outside said, continuing to sleep. Huang Shufen, who was awake, heard it clearly. After shouting again, Huang Shufen came to Jiang Feng's side and pushed him with her hand.

  "Wake up, someone outside wants to see you." Huang Shu said after shaking Jiang Feng awake.

  "Who is it? Not seen...not seen..." Jiang Feng had just said this when he heard the shouting from outside, Cheng Dong's voice. Upon hearing that it was Cheng Dong, Jiang Feng immediately changed his mind.

  The tightly closed door of the wine building opened automatically, and Jiang Feng's voice came from inside. Cheng Dong stepped in immediately. After entering, the door of the wine building was closed again. Cheng Dong, who had entered the wine building, also rushed to the second floor.

  "Jiang Daoyou, it's really you. I thought the rumors were wrong, but it turns out it's really you here." Cheng Dong said after seeing Jiang Feng.

  "Never mind, now it's all trouble. Let's talk about you instead, how did you also come here? Aren't you afraid of getting stuck?" Jiang Feng said.

  "I was passing by and heard that Jiang Daoyou was here, so I came over to take a look. As for the trouble, I'm not Jiang Daoyou, no one can control me," said Cheng Dong.

  Jiang Feng was about to speak when he inadvertently noticed that Cheng Dong's breath was a bit unusual. He took a closer look and suddenly his expression changed to one of shock.

  "It's been a long time since we last met, how did you reach the Golden Elixir stage so quickly? This is too fast!" Jiang Feng said in surprise.

  Cheng Dong has reached the early stage of Golden Core under the full cultivation of the sect. This cultivation speed is actually not fast, but it's much faster than Jiang Feng.

  "This is also thanks to Jiang Daoyou. If it wasn't for Jiang Daoyou saving our sect leader last time, I wouldn't have been valued by the sect." Cheng Dong said.

  Jiang Feng smiled and said he didn't care about his own affairs. Then he asked how Cheng Dong was doing, and then they talked about whether Cheng Dong had something going on outside this time.

  Cheng Dong hesitated for a moment before saying, "Originally, I just came out to take a walk. But after hearing about Jiang Daoyou's situation, there are indeed some things that I would like to trouble Jiang Daoyou with."

  "If there's anything, just say it, I'll definitely help if I can." Jiang Feng said magnanimously.

  Cheng Dong said, "I heard that Jiang Daoyou dug a spiritual vein of transformation, I don't know if Jiang Daoyou has dug up an extreme-grade spiritual stone. If he did, can he spare one for me?"

  "I'm still wondering what it's for, but that's it, no problem." Jiang Feng said as he took out a Ling Stone from his storage bag and tossed it onto the table.

  There were five top-grade spirit stones on the table, which also made Cheng Dong somewhat surprised. Top-grade spirit stones are the highest grade of spirit stones with the most spiritual energy. Especially top-grade spirit stones can't be found anywhere. Often a whole vein of spirit stone ore may not produce even one. This thing is really rare. Jiang Feng was so generous to take out five, which really caught Cheng Dong off guard.

  "This is too much, I'm afraid it's not worth exchanging." Cheng Dong said somewhat awkwardly.

  Jiang Feng waved his hand indifferently and said, "Whatever you want to exchange, just take it away. After all, this was also dug up unintentionally."

  Cheng Dong still looked a bit awkward and didn't immediately put away the Ling Stone. At this time, a voice suddenly came from outside again.

  "Nanling Mandao Manor's master Qiu Tao seeks an audience with Jiang Feng and Jiang Daoyou." A man's voice came in.

  Jiang Feng heard this and used his eyes to signal to Cheng Dong to put away the Ling Stone, then he rushed outside and shouted: "Who's the master of the manor? I don't know you. If you have something to say, just say it directly."

  Outside the wine building stood a middle-aged man, who was precisely the landlord Qiu Tao. Upon hearing Jiang Feng's words, he hastily said: "I've heard that Fellow Jiang has obtained a Blood Ginseng, I'm willing to buy it at a high price."

  "You said buy and you'll buy it, I didn't plan on selling. That cordyceps is still needed for me to make soup with, go back." Jiang Feng said.

  Qiu Tao's expression changed slightly as he said, "Brother Jiang, I'm begging for this Blood Ginseng to save my injured son. If we don't get it, his life will be in danger. As long as you're willing to part with it, no matter what the conditions are, as long as the Mandala Mountain Villa can do it, I'll definitely agree to your terms."

  The wine building fell silent, and Qiu Tao waited anxiously outside. After waiting for a few minutes, there was still no sound coming from inside the wine building. Just as Qiu Tao was about to plead with Jiang Feng again, even preparing to force his way in if necessary, a window on the second floor of the wine building suddenly opened, and a blood lotus flew out from inside.

  "Take this Blood Ginseng and go, whether you can keep it or not depends on yourself. As for the exchange conditions, I'll tell you when I've thought of them." Jiang Feng's voice came from inside the wine tower.

  "Thank you, thank you Jiang Daoist friend. No matter what requirements the Daoist friend has, Mantou Mountain Villa will definitely do its best to achieve it." Qiu Tao hastily said as he caught the Blood Ginseng.

  As Qiu Tao retreated, the door of the wine tower opened and Cheng Dong walked out from inside. Qiu Tao took a glance at Cheng Dong and turned to continue walking. The monks of Mantou Villa also came to greet their master at this time. Cheng Dong also flew up, seemingly wanting to leave this place.

  Just as Cheng Dong had just flown up for a few seconds, a loud noise came from the building where Jiang Feng was. The entire building disappeared in this loud noise, and a huge deep pit appeared at the original location of the building. A stream of light shot out from the pit, and these streams of light gradually gathered together to form a giant Buddha statue.