Chapter Seventy-Ninth: You Mei Leads The Way

  Entering Jiuhua Mountain, although I should now follow Leng Hansheng back to the Leng Clan, mix up some equipment, familiarize myself with my combined period strength, and bitterly practice against enemies, in preparation for this trip to the Heavenly Tomb.

  However, after a hundred years of separation, Qian Xiaodou's longing for Xiao Jia's thoughts is self-evident.

  Farewell for now, Cold Cicada. Back in Mountain God's Valley, absolutely, absolutely, beyond expectation - Yuan Fei is actually here!

  What a terrible and astonishing thing it is!

  Qian Xiaodou loudly asked with a stern face: "Stinky Master, you're actually so honest and staying in Jiuhua Mountain, there must be demons coming to destroy the door, just in time when the little disciples are all poor and can't get by, quickly take me to rob~"

  He tilted his head, exerting himself to pour from the wine gourd, but not a single drop of wine came out. The ape fell onto the pile of firewood with a look of disappointment on its face and wailed pitifully:

  "Oh, baby apprentice, you're finally back! Hurry up and get me some wine, I'm going to die if I don't drink soon! What's with the robbery talk? Fine, what do you want? Just let me have a good drink, and in a bit, I'll go be a masked bandit with you!"

  Qian Xiaodou asked in an extremely loud and incredulous tone to the fifth and sixth generation disciples around her:

  "How stupid can you be! What a great opportunity, we could have robbed the old man, why didn't you get wine for Master? If we had found the wine, we would have gotten the treasure!"

  "Senior brother, senior uncle... it's not that we didn't look for it, after the big war, when the flood was over, there was hardly any wine left. We searched high and low but couldn't find much. The thing is, we were going to go outside the sect, into the mortal world to buy wine, but now the outside world belongs to those mid-level disciples' demons and monsters. They don't follow any rules, already several bold ones have come to kill us, they're killing people and setting fires, dozens of people have died around the sect... yeah, we can't go out..." The little guys from Shangong Valley were chattering nonstop, all looking worried and frightened!

  Qian Xiaodou straightened her back and scolded loudly with a bad temper:

  "Hmph! You're not even brave enough to make a name for yourself in the world, don't you know that wealth and honor are won through danger? What's there to fear from a few little demons and devils? I, young master, refuse to believe in such superstitions!"

  Whoosh! With a flash of movement - Qian Xiaodou departed on his sword!

  On his way to Yangzhou City in the mortal world, Qian Xiaodou flew with his sword and smiled slyly:

  "Ah, Ice Girl, it's been so many years since we last met, I almost thought you were dead! Hmm...you've actually cultivated to the Ghost General realm? That means I can touch your body now, heh heh...with you leading the way, it'll be absolutely safe!"

  A beautiful girl as pale as a ghost, with skin as white as paper, shouted loudly with an angry face:

  "Stinky Tofu, it's been a hundred years, and in these hundred years, no one has ever spoken to me for more than a few sentences. I'm suffocating! What's the point of cultivating if not for this? It's all your fault, huh? Are you Little Bean? How can you still worry about fighting, aren't you someone who fears no one?"

  Qian Xiaodou let out a dry, mirthless laugh: "I'm not afraid of anyone, but you don't know, every time I get into a fight, I end up losing money. Just like last time, even with my late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, I used a treasure worth over 10,000 spirit stones to kill someone who was only at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, and in the end, I only got a little over 200 spirit stones' worth of stuff... Oh heavens, this is absolutely cruel torture for a merchant like me!"

  "Hehe~" Bing'er covered her small mouth and giggled: "You, after so many years of not seeing each other, are still so muddle-headed. Looking at you now, your lifespan has increased by 500 years, isn't it time for you to reach the fusion period?"

  Qian Xiaodou nodded and said: "After 500 years of cultivating the elixir, my lifespan was almost up. I ate a small portion of the corpse elixir you gave me and suddenly reached the initial stage of merging bodies. However, because I ate too much, I even became a half-undead state and died for several years. Fortunately, I drank the blood of my talented disciple and came back to life. From now on, unless it's a matter of life and death, I absolutely cannot eat corpse elixir again! Hmm, just eat less when breaking through levels, usually still eat a lot of spiritual elixirs, work hard at cultivation, and accumulate gradually!"

  Bing'er frowned and said, "It's the fusion period, Shi Dan can't always eat, you kill people and steal treasures but lose money every time. Where will you get the large amount of medicine you need in the future? Not to mention that doing some small business would be enough?"

  Qian Xiaodou sighed and said, "Don't underestimate the spiritual stones I earned from doing business, it's not a small amount. However, the elixirs needed for the upcoming fusion period are not that easy to make, requiring too many rare and precious materials. We earn more, but spend even more, it's unbearable! Moreover, these treasures are hard to come by, so I, as a man, will venture out, while the girls stay behind to take care of the business, working together in tandem!"

  Bing'er shook her head and sighed, "You go out and take risks, how can that be okay? You don't even know how many evil demons and outsiders are coming to kill you. If I hadn't been leading you around, hiding and dodging, you would have encountered at least two groups of enemies on this road already! Hmm... if you take that path, you'll encounter five waves of enemies!"

  Qian Xiaodou hastily followed closely behind her, heh-heh sneering: "Bing'er, you can rest assured, if we encounter any danger, I'll just hide in the Eternal Ice Coffin, this treasure is now my lifebound spirit treasure, when the time comes, I'll be like a turtle withdrawing its head, let them be the heroes, I'll only take responsibility for dividing the treasure, heh-heh~"

  The little face of Bing Er immediately distorted, and she shouted in a bad temper: "You detestable little bean, take your dirty hands off my leg! Hmph~ I gave you the eternal ice coffin, do you know what a treasure it is? If its previous owner knew that the person who now owns his signature treasure is a turtle with its head shrunk back into its shell, he would be so angry that he would vomit blood and then come down from the upper realm to kill you!"

  Qian Xiaodou smiled carelessly and said, "I know, it's just a legendary spiritual treasure that has already been attuned. So what? People from the divine realm are said to use sacred treasures all the time. They wouldn't bother with me over just one spiritual treasure, right? And they even came down specifically to bully a little kid like me? No way! It's perfect timing for me to take out my spiritual treasure and show it off, so I won't attract any deadly trouble. This time when I go back, I'll thoroughly extort some treasures from Master to prepare for battle!"

  Looking at him with a sly smile on his face, taking advantage of himself, Bing Er smiled wryly and said:

  "Great hero, you are a Taoist priest, should have a clear and calm mind, be gentle and elegant, take it as your duty to save the people, how can you be so unscrupulous!"

  Qian Xiaodou pouted and said, "What Taoist priest, don't restrict me to a small circle, my world is mine to control. Besides, take a look at the cultivators nowadays, which one of them is normal? Just talking about us four disciples who survived, which one of us doesn't have three wives and four concubines? Those who are monogamous are rare, and compared to them, I'm still a kind and good kid for occasionally touching girls' legs!"

  Bing'er patted her forehead and said hastily, "Now that you mention it, I remember something. One time I saw Bai Xiaofei and his fiancé arguing, I really don't understand, why would they argue when his fiancé is such a good person? It must be Bai Xiaofei's fault! But this is great, Xiao Dou, now you have a chance!"

  "Quarrel?" Qian Xiaodou furrowed her brow and thought for a moment before saying: "Hmm, it's normal, there are no couples who don't quarrel. They'll make up after two days, the boy will coax the girl, and that's it! For now, I don't have time to think about emotional stuff. Let's focus on getting some fine wine to please Master, and then fool around with Boss for a bit. We need to gather equipment and collect spiritual grass, that's the priority! Otherwise, the expenses during this fusion period will really drive me crazy!"

  Bing'er thought for a moment, then suddenly smiled mischievously: "Xiao Dou, most of the authentic Xuanmen cultivators in the dual cultivation stage use the male-female dual cultivation method. Why don't you? With your status, can't you find dozens of Foundation Establishment or Jiedan stage cultivators to marry? Even low-ranking disciples would be useful. Wouldn't that greatly improve your cultivation?"

  Qian Xiaodou scratched his head with an embarrassed expression and said: "This... doesn't seem to work, if I play like this, I'll definitely be beaten to death by a few friends. You don't know, through my friends introducing me to girlfriends, there are many good conditions, but can we have that kind of thought? No way, the first time must be loved to the most crazy and passionate, or else it will be regretful later. Besides, I have Zhī Purity Gold Sand, with this cultivation speed is not much slower, the Nine Yang Divine Skill's method only has a child's body cultivating super fast!"

  "Bing'er smiled and said: 'So you're going to blindly chase after Bai Xiaofei, what a boring guy! Ah, we've arrived at Yangzhou City. Oh, right, don't forget to bring me some stuff - roasted chicken, happy fruit, clothes, shoes, lanterns, shuttlecocks, glutinous rice cakes...'"

  It's already half a day! Qian Xiaodou took out a long list with a pale face and went to Yangzhou City to buy things.

  He went there, and the Zhengqi Gang, which had stood upright in the martial arts world for 500 years, suddenly became lively. The lovely little guy looked at his own portrait in the Zhengqi Gang's main hall, surrounded by civilized buildings, and felt a sense of pride!

  Sitting on the main seat, taking a small sip of tea, while hundreds of top-notch helpers in front of him were standing with solemn faces, Qian Xiaodou's mouth corner rose into a smile and said:

  "Put away that little abacus in your heart, I am the descendant of the person in the painting. People can admit their mistakes, but the token cannot be wrong. It's still the old saying from our ancestors 500 years ago: within our family plan, you develop yours well, as long as we exist, others won't bully you!"

  A horse-faced man stepped forward, with an excited smile on his face: "The young master's words are true, as I've heard from our ancestors. In the past, the master led 200 people and was invincible in the martial arts world. For 500 years, through countless battles, conflicts, and even the downfall of dynasties, we, the Zhengqi Sect, remained unscathed. We know that this is all thanks to the young master's family silently supporting us from behind the scenes, allowing us to reap the benefits of our ancestors' efforts! And for so many years, we have also fulfilled our mission - collecting fine wines from all over the world, waiting for the young master's decision!"

  Qian Xiaodou smiled contentedly and said, "Not bad, some things are understood without needing to be said. I've been traveling the world, and this time I coincidentally met a little kid. Apart from what's on the list, you guys can help her collect some more stuff that girls like to play with. Then, no matter how many big or small cars it takes, transport them to the front of the Shuibei water pool in Songbai Mountain in the north of the city. If no one receives them, just leave them there and go. That's all, nothing else to say. It's been many years since I've come to Yangzhou City, I'll take a stroll around and won't be back. You guys live your lives well!"

  As soon as the words fell, Qian Xiaodou's ghostly figure instantly disappeared in the main hall of Zheng Qi Bang, leaving behind a hall of over a hundred people, all of whom were sweating profusely, and that list which was like a holy edict in everyone's heart...