The Night Visit of Bai Yu

  Zhu Dahao and a small group of over ten cultivators exited hut number fifty, with everyone exchanging cautious glances.

  "Brother Ye said to calm down and cultivate, consider again after a month! What does this mean? Is he planning to continue challenging the top thirty hut owners after a month? Or is he going to stop here and make a straight dash for the Demon Tower in two months?"

  "If he wants to challenge, then he should hurry up and prepare now. Challenging the top 30 is at least twice as difficult as challenging the top 50...... If we're going straight for the Demon Tower, then there's no need to consider these things."

  "It's unclear what it actually means."

  "We can only talk about it after a month! Let's go and find out the situation of the first thirty hut owners, in case we need to challenge, we can still come up with a plan for Brother Ye!"

  Zhu Dahao scratched his head, and he, Qian Shanli, Feng Yan, and more than a dozen other cultivators left the mountain peak to set up camp on the lakeside not far away, each going their separate ways.

  This small group of people is the core supporter of Ye Chen. After Ye Chen defeated the 50th ranked cultivator, Chen Rongyuan, his reputation as a cultivator at Qing Shan Lake rose rapidly, and the number of loose cultivators following him also began to increase gradually.

  After seeing them off, Ye Chen was calm and collected, but beneath his tranquil expression, he was contemplating something.

  A few days ago, Zhu Dahao tentatively inquired about the possibility of establishing a small business association in Xiancheng. With Ye Chen as the president of the small business association, Zhu Dahao and others organized a group of brothers and sisters. As a result, this group that followed and supported Ye Chen was formally established.

  Once this step is implemented, these monks in Xiancheng will no longer be loose and powerless scattered cultivators, but a small force group with Ye Chen as the leader of the future Xianmen disciple. Zhu Dahao and more than a dozen monks are the backbone members of this small group.

  Zhu Dahao and others are so eager to get the top thirty huts only because he, as the leader, has strong strength and high status, which can make this small Chamber of Commerce stronger and more stable in Xiancheng.

  Ye Chen is still considering this proposal.

  The timing is not quite ripe yet.

  He has not yet become a true disciple of the Jiudao Sect, and he hasn't even climbed the tower. This step cannot be rushed. If he fails to climb the tower, this small group that has just come together will likely disintegrate in an instant.

  As night falls, Qing Shan Lake gradually becomes quiet.

  A white-shirted young man, with a vigorous pace like flying, walked on the mountain peak of Qing Shan Lake, holding a bottle of spiritual wine in his hand. He came to the hut where Ye Chen was located and directly pushed open the wooden door without knocking and walked in. The interior decoration of Hut No. 50 is very simple, with only one low table and several round straw mats.

  Ye Chen was sitting quietly on one side of the low table, opened his eyes and saw that it was Bai Yu who had come in, somewhat surprised, "Why has Lord Bai come?"

  Bai Yu came into the hut, placed the spiritual wine on a low table beside the tufted mat, and sat down on the floor.

  "I heard you've become the master of Hut 50. I was feeling a bit stifled with my evening cultivation, so I brought a jug of spiritual wine to share with you. Let's have a taste and see how it is!"

  Bai Yu smiled faintly and produced two crystal cups from the wide sleeves of her clothes, then filled them with spiritual wine and made a inviting gesture.

  "What kind of wine is this?!"

  Ye Chen picked up one of the cups of spiritual wine, looked at its color, and was surprised by the light yellow liquid. The quality of this wine seemed to be much better than his own Chen Sang brew.

  "This is the spiritual liquor I, Bai, brewed myself, named 'Valley Sweet Dew', made from five kinds of spiritual grains and the water of Spiritual Spring. It tastes sweet and mellow, and drinking it makes one feel refreshed and invigorated. This liquor has been stored in the cellar for over a hundred years to have such a sweet and mellow taste. I brewed it myself and drink it myself. This liquor is far better than the spiritual liquor sold on the streets of Immortal City, which is just watered down. A small cup of this can restore all the magical powers of a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi Refining!"

  Bai Yu laughed.

  Ye Chen savored a small mouthful, relished it for a moment, and couldn't help but praise it. Then he asked, "Have you taken back your No. 27 cottage?"

  "It's back!"

  Bai Yu nodded slowly and said.

  "Congratulations then!"

  Ye Chen smiled and said.

  "That's the hut I lost before, now it's just back, nothing to be congratulated about. Taking back the hut is just a relief for my heart. I have some Yuanqi Dan refined from the Seven-Leaf Ginseng you sold me, if everything goes smoothly, I might be able to break through to the fifth layer of Qi Refining within one or two months. Rushing to the sixth floor of the Demon Tower should be a sure thing!"

  Bai Yu shook his head and said somewhat gloomily.

  "This isn't good enough? Why are you still frowning?"

  Ye Chen felt strange.

  "The problem is, the family doesn't just want me to rush into the Demon Tower, they also want me to get into the top ten. This is very important for enhancing the White Family's prestige in Tianyun Xuan City. The family wants my ranking to be as high as possible! But rushing into the top ten isn't easy, the other large family cultivators aren't pushovers either! You know what I mean? Just now, feeling depressed, I heard that you've become the master of the 50th Hut, so I came to find you for a drink."

  White feathers have no way out.

  He was actually shocked when he just heard the news that Ye Chen became the 50th Hut Master.

  To know, he came to Qing Shan Lake with Ye Chen a month ago. At that time, Ye Chen was still in the third layer of Qi Refining, and in Qing Shan Lake, he was completely unknown. Then Ye Chen suddenly took down the 100th hut owner in less than two or three days, and then a month later, today, he seized the 50th hut.

  Soaring speed is fast, dazzling light is piercing.

  Even the top thirty hut owners couldn't help but discuss this suddenly emerged loose cultivator. Especially those who ranked lower, felt like they had a thorn in their back. Who knows if this loose cultivator would rise again.

  Bai Yu thought for a moment and came over to sit down and take a look at the situation. Anyway, the two of them had some connection and could be considered friends.

  "You are a direct descendant of the Bai family, and how many scattered cultivators in Qing Shan Lake envy you for being able to occupy one of the top thirty cottages! Yet you're still worried about breaking into the top ten!"

  Ye Chen was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

  Bai Yu let out a faint sigh and said, "Although I am the eldest son of the Bai family with the entire family's strong support, it can be said that I have an unfair advantage. However, the family will not invest huge resources in me for no reason. The current support from the family is naturally expected to bring returns in the future. If I cannot provide returns to the family, even if I am the eldest son, it would be useless, and there are other younger brothers in the family who can replace me."

  He took a glance at Ye Chen, somewhat enviously saying, "Actually, I'm quite envious of you. You're an independent cultivator, without the pressure of a large family weighing down on you, constantly urging you to go all out and work hard. You can cultivate however you want."

  "Me?"

  Ye Chen smiled faintly, "Relying solely on my own strength, I am not qualified to sit in the position of the 50th hut master. Otherwise, a single Chen family would be enough to make me unable to cope. Although I am a loose cultivator, I also have a group of friends and brothers supporting me from behind. These friends and brothers are not unconditionally supporting me, they are expecting me to enter one of the nine major sects, so that in the future I can become a backing for all my brothers. Lately, I've been considering this matter."

  "It seems like both of us are shouldering everyone's expectations. However, there is still some difference."

  "White Feather said, 'At least you are their leader, and everything is still up to you. I've always been commanded by my family, unless one day I become the head of the household, otherwise what I say doesn't count.'"

  "Never mind, let's not talk about it, thinking about it is depressing."

  Bai Yu thought for a moment, took a sip of glucose, and asked, "I've heard a lot about you recently. The spells you're cultivating seem to be all over the place - Wind Control, Fireball, Entanglement, Stone Skin, Thunder Strike... just these five small spells already cover five elements. You're almost studying every type of spell. Why do you cultivate such a wide variety of spells?"

  "I'm a versatile spirit root. I just bought some secret manuals of spells and they look good, so I'll learn them all! Is there a problem with that?"

  "I know you're a poly-spirit root, and without being a poly-spirit root, it's impossible to learn these spells. Many cultivators in the Immortal City are poly-spirit roots, but very few people will go on to learn so many types of spells. Generally speaking, cultivation techniques and spells complement each other when used. Cultivators who have reached the later stages usually specialize in one system of spells. I'm really curious, what kind of cultivation technique do you practice?... Is it convenient for you to reveal that?"

  Bai Yu blinked her eyes and asked in doubt.

  "What kung fu is being practiced?"

  Ye Chen said in confusion, "There's no such thing as a magical technique!"

  "What's the use?"

  White Feather just lifted the cup to his lips, about to take a sip, when he was suddenly shocked and almost spat out the spiritual wine. He stared at Ye Chen in disbelief, "No cultivation method? Then how did you cultivate to the fourth layer of Qi Refining? Did you rely solely on taking Yuanqi Pills for your cultivation? How many spirit stones would that require?!"

  Bai Yu had bought a 300-year-old Seven-Leaf Lingcui from Ye Chen, one plant for six or seven hundred spirit stones. He knew that Ye Chen had the spirit stones to buy Yuanqi Dan.

  "Isn't this okay?"

  Ye Chen was taken aback for a moment.

  He never practiced any martial arts, during the warrior period he used herbal medicine to temper his body and strengthen his physique. After becoming a cultivator, he took spiritual pills to enhance his primordial spirit's energy. He has been cultivating for so long without any problems.

  "Go, of course go!"

  Bai Yu was almost speechless, "It's just that it's too wasteful of yuanqi dan. When cultivating a skill, you can cultivate out the strengthening of yuanqi and yuanshen during daily meditation, which can save a lot of yuanqi dan. Even I, a disciple of a large immortal clan, have to cultivate skills!"

  "Oh, and there's this particularity!"

  Ye Chen rubbed his nose. Without a master to teach him, there were always some key things that he overlooked. He just didn't know how important these things were.

  "The Secret Book of Kung Fu is available for sale in the Immortal City! There are single-lineage kung fu methods based on the Five Elements' spiritual roots, such as the 'Golden Spirit Scripture', 'Wooden Spirit Scripture', and 'Fire Spirit Scripture'. You have the Thunder Spirit Root, so you can cultivate the 'Thunder Spirit Scripture', but this lineage's secret book is extremely rare and might be difficult to find. In addition, there are also some dual-lineage kung fu methods, which one you want to learn depends on yourself."

  The white feather was heavily struck.

  Ye Chen was terrible at common sense in cultivation, but his strength had already approached him. This made him wonder whether he should laugh or cry!

  "There's something you might not know, so I'll remind you. The Tianyun Xianyuan Castle places great importance on the annual Tower Rush event. The top three, top ten, and top thirty winners will receive generous rewards from the castle, including magical instruments, treasures, secret manuals of magic and martial arts, which are all precious items stored in the castle's treasury. If you can make it into the top thirty at that time, you'll be able to directly choose a volume of martial arts manual, which is far better than ordinary martial arts manuals sold on the market, and will also save you a large amount of spiritual stones."

  "Thanks for reminding!"

  The two of them finished several cups of liquor and chatted idly for a few more sentences.

  "It's getting dark, I'll leave first!"

  Bai Yu picked up the empty jade bottle, stood up to bid farewell, and just as he was about to leave, he suddenly thought of something and smiled, "Oh right, for the remaining two months of the tower challenge, are you going to take over my hut or not? I'm number 27, thinking of taking it easy for two months, so don't come and compete with me. Number 25 is Wang Zhuo, an old rival of mine from the Bai family. Number 26 is Zhu Qi Feng. And that Kong Xi, I chased him away, he's now at hut number 30. If you have any intentions, go ahead and target them, I'd be delighted to see them suffer. This bottle of precious spiritual wine won't be wasted either."

  Ye Chen smiled and shook his head, but didn't say whether he would take it or not.

  Bai Yu finished speaking and left. In short, as long as no one looked for him, whether Ye Chen continued to seize the hut or not would have no impact on him.

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