Chapter 41: Entering Yun City

  No one likes to be homeless, and Du Feiyun is no exception. In fact, like the vast majority of people, he also hopes to live a comfortable life in peace.

  Since grudges have already formed and hatred has been sown, the only way to resolve it is for one side to die completely.

  Although he was weak at the time, his opponent was strong and numerous, but he never thought that the first person to fall would be himself. This has nothing to do with self-confidence, nor is it arrogance, but a survival belief.

  The terrain within the Hundred Rivers Domain is mostly extremely rugged and mountainous, with mountains surrounding it, rivers winding around it, and thousands of streams flowing through it. As a result, each city's territory within the Hundred Rivers Domain is extremely vast, with cities far apart from one another, requiring one to traverse mountains and rivers to travel between them.

  Lofty mountain peaks stand tall around, layered white clouds drift through the mountains, occasionally descending a wave of fine rain, casting a wet glow on the winding roads at the foot of the mountain.

  A narrow path, less than one zhang wide, clings to the foot of the mountain. On one side is a cliff face and on the other is a rushing river. The road surface is uneven and somewhat muddy, making it bumpy for horse-drawn carriages to travel on.

  Although he was always on guard against Qin Shou Nuo's revenge, Du Fei Yun did not fear to the point of rushing on the road and deliberately choosing a place with few people to travel. On the one hand, it was to speed up the journey, and on the other hand, it was also to take care of his weak mother and sister, so he chose to rent a horse-drawn carriage in Qianjiang City to facilitate their travel.

  Last night, he deliberated for a long time and finally made up his mind. He decided to follow Xue Rang's intention, take the jade token, and head to Liuyun City to find Xue Bing at Liuyun Sect.

  If he could really join the Flowing Cloud Sect, his mother and sister would have a guarantee of life, no longer having to accompany him in his wandering, and they would have a place to settle down. Moreover, he would also be able to further understand and come into contact with the way of cultivation, which would be greatly beneficial to his own cultivation.

  He had no reason to refuse Xue Renguo's proposal, especially since the proposal could actually solve the current problem and achieve two goals at once.

  Inside the carriage, a thick layer of woolen blankets was spread out. Du Huanqing and Du Shi sat down against the carriage, chatting in low voices, their voices completely drowned out by the creaking sound of the wheels, apparently afraid of disturbing Du Feiyun's cultivation.

  In fact, at this time, Du Feiyun was sitting cross-legged in the carriage with his eyes closed, but he wasn't cultivating. Instead, he was mentally sorting through all that had happened over the past few days.

  He is normally taciturn and slightly melancholic, but it's not that he's foolish or dull-witted. Rather, having experienced two lifetimes, he possesses a profound understanding and has seen through too many things, so he simply doesn't want to waste his words unnecessarily.

  Many times, action is the most persuasive language. So, more often than not, he chooses to do rather than say.

  Life is always at different stages, experiencing different things, and then making different summaries and conclusions, producing different feelings.

  Du Feiyun was no exception, at this moment he was summarizing all the things that had happened during this period of time in his heart.

  Du was poisoned with a dark and sinister toxin when she was ten months pregnant, intending to torture her to death. From the moment he learned of this from Xue Rang's mouth, Du Feiyun remembered it in his heart.

  Originally, Du Feiyun died at the age of four and then came to this world from another one, possessing this body and starting a new life. Du Feiyun's death was due to his mediocre innate talent and the chaotic meridians in his body, all of which were related to the Xuan Yin poison in the Du family.

  If there wasn't a murderer who intentionally poisoned him, Du wouldn't have ended up so tragically, with a weak physique, collapsed veins, and little time left to live. Du Feiyun also couldn't have died young, let alone become an ordinary person of average talent.

  All of this was thanks to the person who secretly poisoned him. Therefore, Du Fei Yun had already made up his mind in secret, and he would definitely find out the murderer behind the scenes in this life.

  Although he didn't originally belong to this world, at first, he didn't have much affection for Du Shi and Du Xiang. However, people are emotional creatures. He had personally seen Du Shi kneeling in the snow on a cold night just to beg for his cultivation method. How many times when he was ill or weak, Du Shi would drag her sick body to make medicine and cook porridge for him at midnight, covering him with a quilt and tucking in the corners.

  How many times, Du Wanting still had braids, and he carried him to pick medicine in the mountains of Langya. Once accidentally fell into the river, Du Wanting didn't care about the icy river water at all, jumped into the river to save him, but himself caught a cold and fainted for several days.

  Too many past events, too much unspeakable deep affection...

  Ten years have passed, with too many bittersweet memories and hardships. Of course, there are also touching and sweet moments. Du Feiyun is also emotional, ten years have made him integrate into this world, into this family, becoming an indispensable part of it.

  He is Du Feiyun, the son of the Du family and the younger brother of Du Juanqing. He only has these two relatives, and his struggles in this life, all his efforts, will also be for them to live a comfortable and peaceful life.

  Even if it's not for eternal life or ascension to immortality, he still needs to work hard to cultivate and increase his strength, becoming a powerful cultivator. Only then can he protect the safety of his loved ones from harm, and give them a stable and comfortable life.

  Of course, the purple ring that his mother had kept with her all along was also treasured by him. He could think of it, this purple ring must have a profound connection with his cheap father whom he had never met.

  If he had the chance, he would go look for that man who abandoned his wife and child, not to recognize him, not to scold or take revenge, but just to fulfill his mother Du's wish. Because he knew his mother had a deep knot in her heart, and countless times when she woke up from her midnight dreams, she would still be muttering that man's name.

  In short... there were too many things waiting for Du Feiyun to do, and too many goals waiting for him to achieve.

  He needs to increase his strength and become even stronger for all this to be possible.

  Another heavy rain fell from the clouds, splashing on the carriage roof, making a series of loud slapping sounds. Du Fei Yun slowly opened his eyes, and the thoughtful expression in them gradually faded away, replaced by a determined look.

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  Those who have never taken a carriage ride probably can't imagine how painful it is to sit in one, especially for an extended period.

  A month later, the carriage finally slowly drove to a majestic city, and when it came to a tall and ancient city gate, Du Feiyun also couldn't help but jump down from the carriage, stretch his waist, and move his hands and feet.

  Not far ahead is the gate of Liuyun City, under the three-zhang-high city wall is a wide moat, and on the surface of the river is a suspension bridge leading to the high gate.

  Compared to Qianjiang City, Liuyun City looks even more majestic and magnificent. The city wall stretches for over 30 miles, all built with massive bluestones, covered in mottled wind and rain erosion marks, exuding an ancient and weathered aura.

  In front of the city gate, people surged forward in a tide, with pedestrians rubbing shoulders and treading on each other's heels. Some were in groups of three or five, while others pushed carts, proceeding to the city gate in an orderly manner to undergo inspection by the gate guards.

  The name of Liúyún City originates from the thousand-year-old Liúyún Sect. The city's residents, whether they are merchants or patrolling guards, mostly have a close relationship with the Liúyún Sect.

  Along with the surging crowd, they arrived at the city gate, and immediately two black-clad guards wearing soft armor blocked their path, inspecting the horse carriage. Du Fei Yun's gaze fell on these two black-clad guards, carefully sizing them up, then glanced at the other twenty or so guards below the city gate, discovering that they were all accomplished cultivators.

  Among these black-clothed guards, the weakest had a cultivation base of seven layers, and the leader had even reached the Refining Qi stage. Moreover, on their chest, there was an embroidered circular pattern depicting a white cloud and a shield.

  Seeing this situation, Du Fei Yun thought for a moment and it wasn't hard to guess that these black-clad guards were probably disciples of the Flowing Cloud Sect.

  "To enter Yunyun City, you need to pay the entrance fee, one low-grade spirit stone." Just as Du Feiyun was thinking about it, the two black-clad guards had finished checking and said to him.

  "A low-grade spirit stone?" Du Fei Yun was stunned for a moment, he didn't have any spirit stones, and had always used silver as currency. He hadn't expected that in this Flowing Cloud City, spirit stones were actually used as currency. It seemed that this city was indeed a gathering place for cultivators, far superior to the small city of Qianjiang.

  "I don't have spirit stones, can I use silver instead?"

  "One hundred and two silver!" Hearing Du Fei Yun's words, the black-clothed guard's eyebrows slightly furrowed, but he did not reveal any expression, and opened his mouth without hesitation.

  It's fine as long as it can be converted to silver, Du Feiyun was relieved, if the other party insisted that he pay with spirit stones, then for a moment, he really had no way.

  After paying one hundred taels of silver, he finally obtained the qualification to enter Yunyun City. Du Feiyun then boarded the horse-drawn carriage and headed towards the city.

  After this incident, he gradually came to realize that the Flowing Cloud City was under the jurisdiction of the Flowing Cloud Sect. The city was filled with cultivators gathering together, and later on, he would come into contact with even more cultivators and gain a deeper understanding of their circumstances.

  A low-grade spiritual stone is basically equivalent in value to one hundred taels of silver, and one hundred taels of silver can buy a hundred-year-old ginseng. From this, it can be seen that the spiritual stone is very precious, and its importance to cultivators is also obvious.

  In this world, poor people probably have no chance to cultivate the Tao for their entire lives. After all, in the world of cultivators, everything is extremely precious. Poor people can't afford any medicinal materials or treasures, let alone cultivation methods or spiritual stones, so they naturally have no chance to cultivate the Tao.

  Only those wealthy and influential families, as well as the people within the sects of cultivators, have enough financial resources to support a cultivator's cultivation.

  With less than a thousand taels of savings in his pouch, Du Feiyun's eyebrows furrowed slightly as he thought to himself that the problems he would face in the future would be even more severe, namely financial difficulties. Once he embarked on the path of cultivation, he would need even more resources to support his practice, otherwise his strength would not be able to advance and he would only be mediocre among others.

  After entering Liuyun City, Du Feiyun found an inn to settle down, letting his mother and sister stay in the room to rest, while he went out to gather information.

  Du Feiyun had already learned from Xue Rang that the Liuyun Sect would open its mountain gate to recruit disciples every ten years, for a period of one month. And now, it was already close to the end of the recruitment of disciples, and in just a few more days, it would come to an end.

  So, Du Feiyun hurriedly went to inquire about the Flowing Cloud Sect's recruitment of disciples, in order to make early preparations.

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