Immortal Mortal

by Srtyi

Here, only those with spiritual roots can cultivate while those with mortal roots are destined to stay mortal. Mo Wuji only has mortal roots, but will he only remain as a mortal?

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Chapter 33: Drinking among Friends

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Yuan Zhenyi wasn't bragging, the wine he brought was really good; mellow tasting with a long aftertaste. What made it even more amazing was its faint, tipsy feeling which circulated around the body. Mo Wuji could even feel his opened meridian being stimulated.

"This really is good wine! One mouthful, and I can feel my whole body being invigorated," Mo Wuji praised. He could guess that there were some spiritual ingredients within the wine. Otherwise, he would not have felt such comfort.

Hearing Mo Wuji praise his wine, Yuan Zhenyi proudly said, "Brother Mo really knows his wines. I am from the Chang Yan State and there was once I stumbled into the Thunder Fog Forest. I did not expect it to be a blessing in disguise as I actually obtained a spirit fruit. I used that fruit to brew ten jars of wine, this is my last pot. But this is a large pot, Ha ha ha ..."

Mo Wuji could tell that Yuan Zhenyi was a very generous and carefree person. This cup of wine brewed using a spiritual fruit must have an amazing value. Many people would not even be able to buy it, but Yuan Zhenyi readily took it out just because he liked Mo Wuji's words.

"I'm really ashamed. We only met each other by chance but I drank Brother Yuan's good wine," Mo Wuji suddenly recalled that Chang Yan State and Cheng Yu State were currently at war. But it didn't matter to Mo Wuji. Afterall, he did not have any sense of attachment to Cheng Yu State.

Yuan Zhenyi laughed, "Brother Mo, you're treating me like a stranger! When I heard your words 'There is little common ground for understanding between persons of differing principles', I immediately felt like we were old friends. I would have offered you better things, not just this jar of wine. No matter how good something is, it can't be as good as meeting an old friend!"

"No matter how good something is, it can't be as good as meeting an old friend! Brother Yuan, Aunt Eleven, Ding Bu'Er, let's have one more cup!" Mo Wuji's heart was open. This was the first time he felt so happy and carefree ever since he was plotted against by his lover.

The four people raised their glass, and drained it in one gulp.

When he managed to open his first meridian, what he felt was agitation and excitement. It wasn't carefree happiness. At this moment, he truly felt free and relaxed.

After drinking, Mo Wuji could not help but sing:

"There are several friends in the world of life

How much friendship can survive

Today let's not separate our hands

Friendship is often in our hearts

But we still need to say goodbye

He will ask to meet

But some would be unable to

There was a friend

Thousand miles away

Separated and remote

There's no need to meet

We will know in our hearts

Friendship cannot be changed [1]

At first, it was just Mo Wuji singing. Afterwards, Yuan Zhenyi and co. learned the lyrics and they all sang together.

Wen Manzhu was standing outside Mo Wuji's tent, frowning. Seeing Mo Wuji mixing around with someone like Yuan Zhenyi made her unhappy.

Afterall, Mo Wuji was once a prefecture prince. Even though he lost his status, he should not have fallen so far. If he continued to fall further, he could no longer climb back up. If not for the guilt in her heart which made her want to help Mo Wuji, she would have turned away and left. Perhaps she was not aware about it, but she had another purpose for coming, and that was to help Situ Po inquire about the origins of 'The Sly Gentleman'.

But when she heard Mo Wuji sing 'The Light of Friendship', she was shocked. It could be said that she spent most of her life with Mo Wuji, and she understood Mo Wuji down to his bones. But she never knew that Mo Wuji had such talent in music. This song was extremely sweet, and at the same time, it contained great sincerity.

"Brother Mo, that song was good, I like it! We may be separated by thousands of mountains, or millions of seas, but our friendship will not change!" Aunt Eleven drank till her whole face was red. Behaving like a man, she staggered to Mo Wuji's side, grabbed his arms and looked at him with a pair of drunk eyes.

Yuan Zhenyi also stood up and raised his glass, "It indeed is a good song. I like it too! The only pity was that there was no wine in that song, if not it would have been perfect! Here, let's have one more glass!"

Mo Wuji stood up tipsily, drained his glass and said loudly, "If that's the case, how about I sing another song,

Yesterday is gone again

Happiness is the most important

Water cannot be recovered again

After a peach withers, there's still a rose

Life will always have strong winds and rains

A sprinkle of rain will not stop us from drinking

Whether we regret or not, we can slowly decide

At this moment friends this cup of wine is the most precious

Have a cup full of wine and sing loudly

Good friends, nice friends, we'll have so much fun tonight

Also let me know how to cherish a friend's shoulder

The sun will always shine after a heavy storm

Let us raise our head and learn to be strong

Like a friend, this cup of wine warms my heart

I do not worry about anything else

Today we have come to meet

Feelings of affection filled the glass

Years rush like water

Who cares who he was yesterday

… ［2］"

Mo Wuji's hoarse, husky voice made Wen Manzhu completely stunned. She preferred this song to the previous one. Each and every word strummed her heartstrings, making her blood boil, compelling her to go in and drink with them.

Is this the feeling of friendship? She also had her own friends. Cheng Yu State's Ninth Prince, Situ Po. Cheng Yu State's general, Zhao Feihu's son, Zhao Pu. Minister Yao Kang's son, Yao Bingzhen. There was also the hypocrite Zhao Xu... [3]

Which one of them wasn't handsome? Which one of them wasn't a promising hero? Why was it that she can't seem to find this feeling of boiling blood when she's with them? If Situ Po wasn't interested in Mo Wuji's knowledge of the Sunflower Law, would he have advised her to chat with Mo Wuji?

"Good... Good... Brother Mo, I like this song... Have a cup full of wine and sing loudly! Good friends, nice friends, we'll have so much fun tonight..." Yuan Zhenyi joined Mo Wuji and sang loudly.

Ding Bu'Er and Aunt Eleven also joined in.

Wen Manzhu stood outside the tent for a long time, and finally dispelled the idea of entering the tent. If not for what happened today, she would never have known how talented Mo Wuji was. By casually singing those two songs, he was able to make her blood boil and compel her to join in the singing.

She walked faraway to a place where she could no longer hear the songs. Wen Manzhu slowly lowered her head. She knew, it didn't matter how well Mo Wuji could sing, they were two different people from two different worlds.

If Mo Wuji had spiritual roots, she would think of ways to help him. Unfortunately, Mo Wuji only had mortal roots. After she enters a sect and starts cultivating, this distance between them would only get wider.

"Let the past go. If I'm successful in my cultivation, and if we were to ever meet again, I will give him great fortune. I can even help him achieve his dream of taking back the Northern Qin Prefecture," Wen Manzhu muttered as she walked into the inn. She seemed to have found a reason to truly say goodbye to Mo Wuji.

[1] This song is called 友谊之光. You can listen to it here: https//watch?v=Xklq9C79f9A

[2] This song is called 朋友的酒. You can listen to it here: https//watch?v=3QAIm49rC2k

[3] Throwback to when Mo Wuji was in the Worker's Union.

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Chapter 34: Makeshift Market by the Sea

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When Mo Wuji woke up, Yuan Zhenyi and Aunt Eleven were no longer there. Only Ding Bu'Er was with him in the tent.

Despite drinking the whole night, Mo Wuji did not feel hungover. Instead, his whole body felt really relaxed. Ostensibly, Yuan Zhenyi brought out a jar of really good wine.

He seemed to have released all his long pent up pressure and grievances. Mo Wuji was very grateful to Yuan Zhenyi and Aunt Eleven. Those two were people he could befriend.

He opened his bag; the Channel Opening Solution was still there.

The completely relaxed Mo Wuji stood up, grabbed one of the glass bottles and finished it. After opening his first meridian, he did not dare open a second one due to his poor physical state. But now, his body was completely relaxed, and his current state was excellent. This was the best time to drink the Channel Opening Solution.

A line of fire appeared within his body. Mo Wuji could clearly feel a second meridian being opened.

Mo Wuji clenched his fist and completely relaxed himself. If his solution's effects could continue, wouldn't he be a cultivating genius?

Unfortunately, the efforts wore off after two hours. Like when he tried to open his first meridian, his second meridian was stuck at a point.

The experienced Mo Wuji remained calm. He was very clear that the channel opening solution alone was not enough to open a meridian. What he needed to do now, was to find a lightning lake and use the lightning to open his meridians.

This method might be a little cruel to himself, but at least it worked.

Mo Wuji did not intend to try being struck by lightning from the sky. This kind of lightning might directly strike him to death.

If only he had some cultivation manual or technique, then he would not need to put his body through such pain just to open a meridian.

"Wuji, you're awake. Hurry and go wash up. Let's visit the Makeshift Market," Ding Bu'Er excitedly ran towards him and said.

"Makeshift market?" Mo Wuji asked puzzledly.

Ding Bu'Er laughed and said, "Ha ha, you wouldn't know about this. I also only found out after Brother Zhenyi brought me there. The Makeshift Market is a market which was hastily put together, and it could disperse at any time. This time around, many people have gathered here to go to Chang Luo. Many of them want to buy things, while many of them also want to sell things, so they set up this temporary market - the Makeshift Market. When the boat to Chang Luo arrives, the market would naturally disperse."

"I definitely need to see this. Where can I go and wash up?" Mo Wuji quickly said. This Makeshift Market would surely open his eyes to this world. The people heading to the royal capital were largely cultivators. Visiting this market would help him better understand cultivation.

Ding Bu'Er pointed to the sea, "Isn't it right there?"

Mo Wuji glared at Ding Bu'Er, "Seawater is salty, you want me to wash up there?"

Ding Bu'Er laughed, "Who said that seawater must always be salty? This is a freshwater sea. Don't you see many people showering there?"

Freshwater sea? There was no freshwater sea back in Earth. At least Mo Wuji did not know of any. But the universe is vast and there were many planets. There were many things he did not know.

Half an hour later, Mo Wuji and Ding Bu'Er appeared in the Makeshift Market.

Looking around, there was an intense flow of people. Shouting and loud peddling could be heard. It was a really lively scene.

"Wuji, do you see that? Elixirs we would not usually see are actually in abundance here. Of course, the prices are outrageously high. The cheapest ones already cost hundreds of gold coins, and the mediocre ones cost at least ten thousand gold coins. I even saw a Clear Sight Fruit selling for 500 thousand gold coins... Right there, where everyone is gathering at. I think it still hasn't been sold." Ding Bu'Er pointed at a crowd not far away.

"Let's go over and see," Mo Wuji hurried over.

Mo Wuji and Ding Bu'Er joined the crowd and saw a man with an extremely hostile looking face. In front of him, was a big square stone. On that stone, was a clear, transparent glass bottle. In that glass bottle, was a fruit the size of a baby's fist.

The fruit was also crystal clear. In fact, Mo Wuji would have thought it was a crystal if not for the leaf growing on it.

"My friend, your price of 500 thousand gold coins is too outrageous. I am willing to offer you 200 thousand gold coins. That's the highest I can offer you," A hunch backed man said.

The owner of the Clear Sight Fruit did not say anything, as though he did not hear the offer.

"Why don't you say something," The hunched back man said in a heavier tone.

The hostile looking man's eyes fell on the hunched back man, "You took nearly an hour to raise your offer from 150 thousand gold coins to 200 thousand gold coins. You can slowly take more time to increase your offer. Don't ask me to say anything because I will not accept anything less than 500 thousand."

Back in Dan Han Drug Refinery, Mo Wuji read a lot of books and could be considered rather knowledgeable. However, he had never seen the Clear Sight Fruit before.

The hunched back man sneered, "The Clear Sight Fruit can be refined into the Clear Sight Pill, and even the Clear Sight Pill itself might only be worth 500 thousand. Eating the fruit alone can also enhance your eyesight, but the effects are a lot lower than the pill. Friend, you need to learn when to be content."

"I heard that consuming this fruit can allow one to see anything within 100m clearly even on a dark, moonless night," Ding Bu'Er whispered into Mo Wuji's ear.

Mo Wuji took in a deep breath; the effects of this fruit were so strong? Then this fruit is definitely worth more than 500 thousand gold coins. If he had 500 thousand gold coins, he would not bargain and directly purchase the fruit.

Mo Wuji suddenly remembered that he also had a spiritual ingredient on him - the Two-leaved Fire Grass. Previously, he only gave two to Han Ning, so he had one strain for himself.

However, he did not know the purpose of the Two-leaved Fire Grass and whether it was worth as much as the Clear Sight Fruit.

Something's not right... This fruit was so valuable, why would this hostile looking man be willing to sell it? He's even selling it before reaching the royal capital even though it could be sold for a much higher price there. Most of the people here were simply house attendants, it would be really hard for him to find someone with enough money to buy his fruit.

"I definitely want this fruit, but I don't have that much gold coins on me..." A voice came from afar.

An invisible, powerful force pushed Mo Wuji and Ding Bu'Er directly to the side. A clear path appeared within the crowd and along came a man carrying a sword on his back.

There was a small sword embroidered in gold by the corner of his clothes.

"Sir Immortal, are you from the Ancient Sword Gate?" The hostile looking man suddenly asked in an excited tone.

The man carrying the sword on his back nodded, "That's right, I'm Fei Kaichang from the Ancient Sword Gate."

After hearing that sentence, the hostile looking man hurriedly passed the glass bottle over to the man. His voice trembled as he said, "Junior's name is Yan An. I have long admired the Ancient Sword Gate and I would really like to present Senior Fei with this Clear Sight Fruit. I just hope that..."

Fei Kaichang raised his hand and interrupted Yan An'd words, "When we reach Chang Luo, I can pass you the gold coins. I don't have that much clout to get you into the Ancient Sword Gate."

Obviously, he knew what Yan An's intentions were and stopped him in advance.

Yan An hurriedly said, "Junior doesn't need to be an official disciple. I will be satisfied if I can be an outer disciple or even a service disciple in the Ancient Sword Gate."

Mo Wuji finally understood. This guy wasn't intending on selling the Clear Sight Fruit. He just wanted to use it as an opportunity to enter a sect. Perhaps he knew that his spiritual roots might not be good enough to get him into a sect during the Spring Immortal's Gate.

What an opportunistic man. Even if it wasn't a disciple from the Ancient Sword Gate but a disciple from another sect, he would say the same thing.

That's not right, what if someone directly offered him the 500 thousand gold coins to buy his fruit?

Fei Kaichang nodded and casually took out a wooden plaque and passed it to Yan An, "This is my personal plaque. When you reach Chang An, you can directly report to the Ancient Sword Gate service department."

"Yes, Sir Immortal!' Under the envying gaze of the crowd, Yan An put the wooden plaque away.

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Chapter 35: The Female Slave

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As the crowd dispersed, Ding Bu'Er sighed to Mo Wuji, "Ai, I finally understand why the little miss wanted us to find the Two-leaved Fire Grass. She definitely wanted to use it as a gift for an immortal. If only you kept a strain for yourself, then maybe you might be able to use it to exchange it for a service disciple position in a big sect."

Mo Wuji laughed and whispered, "I really did keep a strain for myself. But the value of the Two-leaved Fire Grass cannot be compared to the Clear Sight Fruit. If casually coming out with a low grade spiritual ingredient can make you a service disciple, then there will be far too many service disciples."

Ding Bu'Er nodded his head, "That's true."

"I want Number 17. I bid 20 gold coins."

"Number 17, 23 gold coins."

The loud sound of an auction travelled into Mo Wuji's ears. He curiously looked over and subconsciously asked, "There's an auction? I wonder what are they auctioning?"

Ding Bu'Er said, "I've seen it already, they are actually selling female slaves. I heard that each female slave that is sold is more beautiful than the last, and they are all virgins! This company specially shipped them over to sell to the geniuses participating in the Spring Immortal's Gate."

Mo Wuji asked puzzledly, "Aren't the participants only allowed to bring four house attendants? How will they bring the female slaves up the ship?"

"Here's where you don't understand. We still have some time before the ship departs. Naturally, these rich children would need some fun and company for these few days. Do you want to see?" Ding Bu'Er laughed.

"Forget about it," Mo Wuji shook his head. He was extremely triggered by the sale of women but he was far too powerless to stop it. There's no point going over only to make himself feel more unhappy.

"Congratulations to this friend who bought number 17 at the price of 25 gold coins. We will now be selling number 26. Everyone, please take note. Number 26 is not worse than number 17. In fact, she is even more delicate and prettier than number 17. There's even an additional selling point: she was actually born from nobility; I heard that she is a descendant from the Northern Qin's Mo Clan..."

Mo Wuji stopped in his tracks and looked towards the auction; both his hands were clenched tightly into fists.

Even though his soul was not from the Northern Qin Mo Clan, his blood was. Furthermore, he also had the surname Mo.

Before Ding Bu'Er could say anything, Mo Wuji had already hastily rushed over to the auction site.

Ding Bu'Er was clear about Mo Wuji's past. Seeing Mo Wuji's angry face, he was worried that Mo Wuji might do something rash so he quickly rushed over.

"Wuji, this is not a place where you can fool around. Here, we can be easily crushed like ants," Ding Bu'Er grabbed Mo Wuji's arms and said.

Mo Wuji calmly said, "I know what to do."

"I bid 35 gold coins..." A man, who looked like a little dwarf, shouted.

"Oh, the taste of nobility... It must be delicious, I bid 40 gold coins," an obscene voice sounded out.

Mo Wuji had seen the female slave. There was a trace of anger and despair in her eyes as her ankle was cruelly tied by an iron chain. The obese salesman was right; this was a very beautiful girl. Her green dress was neat and clean, this was clearly to sell her for some extra gold.

"100 gold coins," Mo Wuji said coolly.

His heart was burning in anger. He desperately wanted to pull out a knife to the fatty.

But his rationality told him that rashness is a demon. He could only use gold to solve this problem. If not, he would die a worse death than that fatty. The girl he wanted to save might even have it worse.

The noisy crowd suddenly calmed down. Since the start of the auction, the highest price offered had never entered the hundreds. The previous offers of 35 gold coins and 40 gold coins were already very high. Ah, this guy must be a prodigal to pay 100 gold coins for a female slave. He could have bought many slaves at that price.

Due to Mo Wuji's bid of 100 gold coins, the crowd became quiet. But all of a sudden, someone abruptly bid 101 gold coins, "This girl's not bad, I bid 101 gold coins."

This new bid was like throwing firecrackers into the crowd; the crowd instantly became enlivened and people started to bid higher prices.

Mo Wuji looked at the guy who bid 101 gold coins. He was holding a paper fan, his hair was gelled to the point where he can see his own reflection. Mo Wuji did not even know him and why he wanted to compete with him.

"1000 gold coins," Mo Wuji was in no mood to haggle and he directly raised his bid by 10 times.

When the obese salesman heard the 1000 gold coin bid, he was so excited, even his fats were trembling. Even 10 slaves would not sell for this price; how could he not be excited? But he still looked at the man holding the paper fan. He wanted to two of them to start a bidding war so that he could earn more gold coins.

The crowd became even more excited. It was really incredible to see a female slave being sold for 1000 gold coins.

"This brat has some guts to try and steal my woman. 1001 gold coins! Let's see if you dare bid again," The man folded his fan and stared fiercely at Mo Wuji.

Mo Wuji acted as though he did not hear the man's threats and directly called out, "1001 gold coins... and 1 copper coin."

"You..." The man pointed his fan towards Mo Wuji. Mo Wuji's current bid an obvious slap to his face.

Not only did Mo Wuji not shut up under his threat, he directly added 1 copper coin.

This wasn't simply slapping him in the face; it was slapping him in the face multiple times with a studded glove on.

Hearing Mo Wuji add a copper coin, the obese salesman's fat face twitched a few times and his gaze landed on the man with the paper fan. He hoped that the man would be angered and raise the price in rage.

Unfortunately, his anger ended at pointing his fan at Mo Wuji and he did not continue bidding. As the obese salesman counted to 3, the man with the paper fan did not respond and only fiercely stared at Mo Wuji.

"Congratulations my friend, you have purchased this Northern Qin female slave for 1001 gold coins and 1 copper coin."

"Who said I'm not bidding? Your father here bids 2000 gold coins," the man with the paper fan stared at the obese salesman and shouted.

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Chapter 36: The Mo Clan's Girl

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After the offer of 2000 gold coins was made, the obese salesman was so shocked that his fats trembled and jiggled again. He wanted to slap himself for not waiting longer before closing the deal.

No, he would absolutely not let this additional 1000 gold coins slip away from him. This thought made him shout with excitement, "Someone offered 2000 gold coins. Is anyone willing to offer more..."

Before he could finish his sentence, his felt something icy cold pressed against his neck. He subconsciously bowed his head down and saw a sharp, shiny white knife placed dangerously close.

"You ... you better hurry and let me go... we are at the assembly point of the Spring Immortal's Gate Conference, how dare you attack me here?" The obese salesman initially stumbled on his words but soon spoke with confidence when he realised that Mo Wuji would not dare to do anything rash to him.

Mo Wuji was the one holding the knife against his neck. The crowd was surprised to see that Mo Wuji had made a move. To act violently here was simply not treasuring one's own life.

Mo Wuji laughed and said, "Fatty, you just agreed to my offer previously. We had a verbal contract between us. You and I both know that we should never go back on our word. Even you know that we are at the assembly point of the Spring Immortal's Gate Conference. If one of the immortal masters found out that you started an unethical business here and went back on your word, isn't that considered being ignorant of the rules put in place here? Tearing this verbal contract between us at this assembly point, do you know what will happen to you then?"

Mo Wuji paused intentionally before sneering, "I am afraid you might not live to spend the money you earned. I do not even have to kill you personally. I just need to report to one of the immortal masters here."

Mo Wuji put down his knife after finishing his sentence and looked at the obese salesman with disdain.

The obese salesman broke out in a cold sweat. Mo Wuji was right. If Mo Wuji did not pursue this matter, he would be fine. But why would someone as daring as Mo Wuji not pursue this matter especially after he suffered such a loss? The obese salesman forgot about the danger when his greed for the gold coins overwhelmed him.

He definitely could not act shamelessly in front of so many people. If he did that, he would be granting himself a death wish.

"Ah ah, I'm sorry I made a mistake here. I was blinded by the money and I forgot I already made a deal with you," the obese salesman smiled gently and handed Mo Wuji the key to the girl's chain. His life was more valuable compared to the 1000 gold coins of profit that he would have made.

Mo Wuji grunted, unlocked the chain and threw both the chain and key away. At the same time, he took 1001 gold coins and 1 copper coin from his pocket and handed it over to the obese salesman.

If it was not to save this girl who might have been from his clan, he definitely would not have agreed so easily. Even if he were to purchase her, he would fork out at most 50 to 100 gold coins.

After seeing this fatty try to sell a descendant from the Northern Qin's Mo Clan, Mo Wuji did not intend on letting him go so easily.

The face of the man with the paper fan turned gloomy. However, he did not dare to challenge the rules of the system at the Spring Immortal's Gate Conference. All he could do was to watch helplessly as Mo Wuji took the girl from the obese salesman.

The obese salesman hurried over to the man with the paper fan and said politely, "Mister, I have even better ones over here. Number 31 does not only look beautiful, but is very proficient in a variety of musical rhythms. Compared to the rest, number 31 is the best one I've got here..."

"Is that true? You have an even better one yet you did not offer it to me earlier? I want number 31 too. My offer is 1000 gold coins," Mo Wuji said without waiting for the man with the paper fan to respond.

The man with the paper fan did not react after being humiliated by Mo Wuji previously because he did not want to challenge the rules of the system in the Spring Immortal's Gate Conference. However, Mo Wuji was still trying to humiliate him with this offer for number 31. He would not let this pass as he did not believe Mo Wuji could compete with his wealth.

"2000 gold coins," The man with the paper fan said arrogantly while staring at Mo Wuji with disdain.

The obese salesman was stunned as the two men started bidding for number 31 even before he put her on offer. He became really pleased when he realised this was his chance to earn big.

"3000 gold coins," Mo Wuji shouted out casually.

"5000."

"6000..."

"10 thousand gold coins!" The man with the paper fan's blood was boiling as he did not expect a small fry like Mo Wuji to be so arrogant.

Mo Wuji saw a slightly older man whisper some words to the man with the paper fan. The man with the paper fan then became a little less angsty and did not look as crazy as he was.

"Not bad, you are a rich Lord indeed. I cannot compete with you any further," Mo Wuji pulled the girl he just purchased and said to a completely stunned Ding Bu'Er, "Bu'Er, we are leaving."

At this moment, the man realised Mo Wuji was out to annoy him. He was so angry that the veins on his forehead turned green and he just wanted to order someone to grab Mo Wuji immediately. It was a pity that this place was not under his monarchy so he dared not to do such things.

"Jia Jing, pay him," The man with the paper fan grunted and left without even taking a look at how number 31 looked like.

The one who benefitted the most was the obese salesman. Just selling off these two slaves earned him a year or two worth of profits.

"Wuji, the fatty is not a good person too. Although you managed to pit youself against the irritating fellow, you let the fatty earn a lot from these transactions," Ding Bu'Er said to Mo Wuji.

Mo laughed, "I let him earn a lot? He he, we'll talk about it when we go back."

How dare he put a member of the Mo Clan for sale as a female slave? Mo Wuji considered the fatty dead from the very beginning. He dared to offer a high price only because he was not afraid to pay.

"I will go visit Brother Zhenyi and Aunt Eleven, you can go back first, " Ding Bu'er took the initiative to leave as he realised Mo Wuji might have things to say to the girl.

Mo Wuji brought the girl to the tent and proceeded to set it up.

The girl stared vigilantly at Mo Wuji because Mo Wuji, the man with the paper fan and the obese salesman were the same type of people she hated.

"What is your name?" Mo Wuji did not bother about her vigilant stares as he sat down.

"Mo Xiangtong," The girl continued looking at Mo Wuji vigilantly after saying her name.

"How do you address the Northern Qin Prefecture Lord Mo Tiancheng?" Mo Wuji continued questioning her.

Mo Xiangtong was not surprised as everyone knew that she was born in Northern Qin, "Lord Tiancheng is my uncle, my father and him are cousins."

Mo Wuji looked surprisingly at Mo Xiangtong. Who knew that Mo Xiangtong was actually one generation older than him. He should actually address her as Aunt Xiangtong.

"My name is Mo Wuji, Mo Tiancheng happened to be my grandfather. This is so you understand why I wanted to save you," Mo Wuji explained emotionally.

Mo Xiangtong appeared even more shocked than Mo Wuji after he said that. She hesitated before asking, "Are you the young Lord..."

Mo Wuji laughed bitterly, "What young Lord, technically, i am the only direct descendant of the Lord. However, the position of the Northern Qin Prefecture Lord no longer belongs to the Mo Clan."

Mo Xiangtong's entire body trembled as her eyes turned red and tears started pouring out.

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Chapter 37: Extinction

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"Luo An's Mo Clan's gone...They're all dead..." Mo Xiangtong said with a face covered in tears. She did not continue to speak and continued to cry.

"The incident has already passed. You can take your time and talk." Mo Wuji pulled Mo Xiangtong up and sat her on a chair. The Luo An which Mo Xiangtong mentioned was the capital of the Northern Qin Prefecture. As the prefectural royal family, the Mo Clan stayed in Luo An.

Mo Wuji would not dare inquire about the Mo Clan in front of others, but he naturally did not have such concerns with Mo Xiangtong.

Mo Xiangtong continued to sob, but she endured her grief as she said, " Four years ago, the Mo Clan was dragged into the assassination of the Northern Qin Prefecture Lord..."

"Wait… isn't the Mo Clan from the Northern Qin Royal Family? Why would it be involved in the assassination of the Northern Qin Prefecture Lord?" Mo Wuji interrupted Mo Xiangtong and asked puzzledly.

Mo Xiangtong shook her head, "Four years ago, our Mo Clan was no longer the Northern Qin Royal Family.The Ju Clan is now the new Northern Qin Royal Family. After the previous prefecture lord disappeared, Ju Xufeng took over as the new lord under the instigations of the Cheng Yu State Lord. However, during his rounds, he was assassinated by a member of the Mo Clan. The Mo assassin was killed on the spot and nine generations of the Mo Clan were ordered to be executed..."

Mo Wuji's face turned gloomy. A Mo Clan member assassinated the acting Prefecture Lord? Isn't this excuse too ridiculous? What a sinister plot, even nine generations were to be killed, this was a bit too much.

"How did you escape? When they found you, why didn't they kill you?" Mo Wuji looked at Mo Xiangtong in doubt.

Mo Xiangtong said in an aggrieved tone, "That year when the old prefecture lord disappeared, your parents departed for Rao Zhou to inherit the throne. But there was never news from them, and all the Mo Clan members we dispatched to Rao Zhou also disappeared."

Hearing this, Mo Wuji finally understood why no one from the Mo Clan came to Rao Zhou. From the looks of it, they were all assassinated the moment they left Luo An. A Mo Clan member who left for Rao Zhou was a dead Mo Clan member. During that time, Ju Xufeng had taken over as the prefecture lord and the Ju Clan finally had the power to deal with the Mo Clan.

"Because of the increasing number of disappearances, the Mo patriarch ordered every Mo Clan member to stay in Luo An. Four years ago, I was just 15 years old. I was really pampered so I decided to take the risk and leave Luo An to see the world. On the second day I left, the Mo Clan got involved in the assassination and all nine generations were exterminated. When I heard the news, I did not dare return to Luo An, so I decided to go to Rao Zhou to find your father..."

Mo Xiangtong seemed to recall her painful and helpless days, "To survive I did many things: I stole, I begged, I even ate weeds and leaves..."

Mo Wuji suddenly felt a tinge of regret. He should have offered help to the little girl who tried to steal from him. Who knows whether she might have been another survivor from the Mo Clan.

"I lived like that for over two years until a kind family took me in as their little miss's maidservant. But it all ended three months ago. The family might have offended someone they should not have, and those people suddenly came and killed all the way to our doorsteps. The whole family was killed and only the little miss and I survived. They spared us to earn a bit of extra cash; the little miss and I were sold to a brothel.

This obese salesman was a partner of that brothel. He really knows how to do business. He said that with the opening of the Spring Immortal's Gate, many rich and esteemed people would gather here and maybe buy some female slaves. After they're done with us, they would abandon us here, and the obese salesman would just take us back to the brothel..."

"Pa..." Mo Wuji slapped the table angrily, "How vicious!"

It didn't matter whether he was referring to the obese salesman or the people who killed the little miss's entire family.

Having said that, Mo Wu suddenly remembered, "What happened to that lady?"

"She's called Jing Lengbei. She was that number 31. Wuji, can you find some ways to save her..." Mo Xiangtong looked at Mo Wuji expectantly with tears in her eyes. She could figure out that Mo Wuji was here under the identity of a house attendant but she still hoped that a miracle could happen. Maybe that man with the paper fan appreciated Mo Wuji's guts and was willing to accept his requests.

"We can talk about this later. Just wait for me here," Mo Wuji finished his sentence and left hurriedly out of the tent before Mo Xiangtong could even respond. The saving grace that the Jing Clan had given to Mo Xiangtong by taking her in had to be repaid. He had to hurry before that Jing Lengbei got tainted by that fool.

Mo Wuji saw Ding Bu'Er from afar and hurriedly walked towards him, "Bu'Er, did you find out about the guy I was competing with?"

Ding Bu'Er thought that Mo Wuji was worried and answered urgently, "I just investigated. That guy is the prefecture prince of the Xuan Liang Prefecture. His name is Tuo Baqi and he stays in the same inn as our little miss. He has an explosive temper and is very vengeful. We don't have to worry about him now, but when we get on the ship, we will have to be careful. I heard that the immortal masters don't care if people get killed on the ship."

"I understand. Bu'Er, can you get another tent? I need to find the little miss," Mo Wuji hastily said the last sentence and rushed towards the inn.

Hearing that Mo Wuji was going to find Han Ning, Ding Bu'Er was no longer worried. Mo Wuji probably wanted Han Ning to help him pay a visit to that Tuo Baqi so that he wouldn't do anything unscrupulous.

"Stop, you're not a guest here, you're not allowed in," the inn's doorman stopped Mo Wuji. He recognised Mo Wuji as the person who got chased away by the Cao Hao that little prince.

Mo Wuji politely cupped his fists, "I'm here to look for my little miss. You can't possibly not allow me from meeting my little miss, right?"

The doorman hesitated. What Mo Wuji said made sense; as a house attendant, shouldn't he be allowed to report to his little miss?

When he was about to respond, Mo Wuji stuffed a gold coin into his hands, "Brother, please make an exception. I'm not staying for long, I won't be making things difficult for you."

The doorman was already prepared to let Mo Wuji in. Seeing Mo Wuji take out the gold coin, he no longer hesitated and said, "Just go in. Remember to come out soon."

Mo Wuji thanked him unceasingly. Just when he was about to enter the inn, he seemed to recall something, and whispered in the doorman's ears, "Brother, I heard that the Xuan Liang Prefecture Prince just bought a stunning female slave?"

The doorman laughed and gave Mo Wuji a knowing look, and whispered, "Brother, we're really the same kind of people. That female slave is really not bad. She had a beautiful goose egg face. And her big chest! Oh... I wonder what will holding them feel like..."

The doorman slipped into his perverted fantasies.

"I wonder where does that fellow stay. His neighbours are sure to complain about the loud noise, " Mo Wuji spoke in the same obscene tone as the doorman.

The doorman laughed, "You don't have to worry about that. That little prince stays in room number 17. Right next to it is a big patio."

"What a lucky man. Well, I got to go report to my little miss," Mo Wuji said casually and hurried into the inn.

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Chapter 38: The Rescue

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Room number 17 was indeed next to a patio. It was located in a relatively remote area on the second level.

Mo Wuji reached into his thigh pocket to feel for his knife. He wanted to stun Tuo Baqi by attacking first to make him unconscious before sneaking Jing Lengbei out of there. He believed that as long as he did not murder Tuo Baqi, the immortal masters would never conduct a thorough investigation for a missing female slave. As Tuo Baqi was about to board the ship, he probably wouldn't investigate or send people to search for her due to the lack of time.

Mo Wuji had already made backup plans for instances such as the encounter with Hu Fei previously. In the event that Tuo Baqi was very powerful and Mo Wuji could not knock him unconscious, he would kill him and quickly escape. Whether he killed Tuo Baqi or not would have led to two very different outcomes. If he really did kill Tuo Baqi, Mo Wuji would have to leave immediately.

"Young Prince, the fellow is ready to leave. When we were competing with that b*stard, all the other slaves he brought became so popular and were all sold out very quickly. When I went over, he was already packing his belongings. My guess is that he will be leaving very soon," Mo Wuji heard the conversation very clearly as he hid below a window in the corner.

Mo Wuji did not expect somebody else to be in Tuo Baqi's room. His initial guess was that an arrogant, domineering prince like Tuo Baqi would have his own room. If there really was two people in the room, there would be problems with his plan.

Tuo Baqi sneered and said," Does he really think he can get away safely having taken my money? Jia Jing, bring the two others with you to get the gold coins back and finish him off. Do it when he's further away from here. Do it cleanly and don't leave any evidence behind."

Mo Wuji did not expect Tuo Baqi to think the same way as himself. He was planning to kill the obese salesman after he left this place. If Mo Wuji did not sneak in here, he would not have realised that the obese salesman planned to leave so quickly.

"Young master, I will take my leave then. Do not worry, I will get the gold coins back," the man called Jia Jing sounded off and then Mo Wuji heard the squeaking sound of the door.

Mo Wuji knocked on the door when the sound of the footsteps disappeared completely.

"Who is it?" Tuo Baqi asked.

Mo Wuji imitated Jia Jing's voice and said softly," Young master, I thought of a better idea. Shall I come in and discuss it with you?"

Mo Wuji originally planned to enter through the window but after hearing Jia Jing's voice, he changed his plan.

"Squeak..." The door opened again.

Mo Wuji entered the room as fast as he could and hit Tuo Baqi in the temple with a punch.

Tuo Baqi would have never expected Jia Jing to knock him out and before he recognised that it was Mo Wuji, he heard a humming sound from the back of his head and was knocked unconscious.

Mo Wuji felt relieved as he locked the door. He then retrieved a bottle of solution and poured it into Tuo Baqi's mouth. He was sure the solution would leave Tuo Baqi unconscious for an entire day.

Finishing what he needed to do, Mo Wuji finally took a good look at the girl sitting by the side. He realised that the obese salesman really did not exaggerate her beauty.

This girl was indeed prettier than Mo Xiangtong. She had shoulder length hair, a goose egg face and skin that looked as smooth as cream. Although she looked stunned, she looked more surprised at Mo Wuji as she did not understand how Mo Wuji was so daring.

"Are you Jing Lengbei?" Mo Wuji asked as he took out a black scarf from his pocket.

The girl stood up immediately and looked even more surprisingly at Mo Wuji," How do you know my name? I have not told anyone my name even though i was being trafficked. No one even bothered to know my name. All I was given was a number."

"Let's not waste time. I was entrusted by Mo Xiangtong to save you. Put on this scarf and come with me now. I will distract the doorman downstairs and block his line of sight while you leave the inn. Then wait for me outside," Mo Wuji said while handing her the black scarf.

"Ah, Xiangtong..." Jing Lengbei understood the situation very quickly. Maybe she clicked well with people from the Mo Clan. She did not enquire anymore as she quickly put on the scarf Mo Wuji handed her.

It was not difficult working with her as Mo Wuji said in a low voice," Follow me but remember to stay a distance away from me. When you see me talking to the doorman, that's your cue."

"Understood," Jing Lengbei nodded as her voice trembled. She did not know whether she was anxious or afraid.

Mo Wuji closed Tuo Baqi's door on the way out. If it was not for the immortal masters, he would have sliced Tuo Baqi's throat. If he were to kill him here, the immortal masters would investigate and find him in no time.

Jing Lengbei followed behind Mo Wuji from a distance. She saw Mo Wuji as he patted the shoulders of the doorman at the lobby and had a great time laughing with him.

She did not know how Mo Wuji managed to do it. But she lowered her head and hurried out of the inn's lobby.

"I did not expect little miss to be sleeping causing you not being able to meet her. No worries, you can go up directly next time you're here," the inn's doorman felt embarrassed that he accepted Mo Wuji's gold coin but yet Mo Wuji did not manage to meet with little miss.

Mo Wuji smiled and thanked him as he saw Jing Lengbei leaving," All right, I will take my leave first. I am not very welcomed here by a certain someone anyway."

The doorman was very entertained by Mo Wuji's humour and even walked him out to the exit.

Mo Wuji heaved a sigh of relief after they both left the inn. Fortunately, he did not have to resort to killing Tuo Baqi. Mo Wuji saw Jing Lengbei waiting far away for him therefore he hurried over to her side and said to her, "Follow me."

There were a lot of people around this area, therefore no one would suspect anything as they walked past.

After half a quarter of an hour, Mo Wuji brought Jing Lengbei back to the tent. Ding Bu'Er was still setting up the new tent as he was ordered.

"Xiangtong, is that really you?" Jing Lengbei felt relieved the moment she saw Mo Xiangtong as she knew that Mo Wuji had not lied to her.

"Sister Bei, you are okay, I am so glad..." Mo Xiangtong's eyes were still reddish. It looked as though she cried again after Mo Wuji left.

She then recalled and wondered how Mo Wuji rescued Jing Lengbei, "Wuji, how did you manage to rescue Sister Bei? You did not kill anyone right?"

Even she knew it was very hard to get away with murder in this place and therefore she knew they needed to leave immediately if he really did kill him.

"We will leave now. We can discuss the details later," Mo Wuji said in a hurry.

He did not have the means nor the ability to bring both Mo Xiangtong and Jing Lengbei to the royal capital, as even he did not get his own slot easily.

"Brother Mo, after hearing from Bu'Er, I knew what you were up to. How dare you commit such a crime. Did you really kill Tuo Baqi?" Yuan Zhenyi asked as he, Aunt Eleven and Ding Bu'Er appeared at the entrance of the tent.

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Chapter 39: The Pursuit

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"Oh, Brother Yuan, Aunt Eleven, you're here. I didn't kill him, I merely knocked him out. This is my aunt, Mo Xiangtong, and this is her friend, Jing Lengbei. I was just getting ready to help them escape," Mo Wuji said without hiding anything.

Yuan Zhenyi heaved a sigh of relief, "That's good. As long as you didn't kill him, it's fine. Come, I'll help you."

Mo Wuji hesitated before saying, "Actually, there's still something else I want to do before we leave. I want to kill that damned slave trader who sold my aunt..."

Mo Xiangtong suddenly sounded out, "Wuji, please call me Xiangtong. I'm younger than you so it makes me feel uncomfortable when you call me your aunt."

Actually, Mo Wuji also felt uncomfortable calling Mo Xiangtong his aunt. Afterall, he was not Mo Xinghe, but a reborned Mo Wuji.

Yuan Zhenyi laughed, "You didn't need to hesitate to tell me. Of course I'll help you. It will be a bit hard, but Aunt Eleven and I will help you kill him. But don't underestimate these businessmen, some of them are rich enough to hire guards much stronger than us."

"I will go too," Ding Bu'Er hurriedly said.

Mo Wuji waved his hands and stopped Ding Bu'Er, "Bu'Er, you need to stay here. At least if something bad happens to us, someone knows of this matter. Aunt Eleven, please stay too; having too many people would make things more complicated."

"Wuji is right, the two of us are enough. Bu'Er and Aunt Eleven will stay behind. Even if that businessman has some friends, there still won't be enough people for me to kill," Yuan Zhenyi said laughingly.

However, Aunt Eleven waved her hand and said, "I won't stay, I will help bring Xiangtong and Lengbei away. Xiangtong and Lengbei are plain, normal girls. You'll need someone to take care of them and protect them."

Mo Xiangtong hurriedly interjected, "I lived in the wilderness for two years. I know how to survive and take care of myself."

Aunt Eleven laughed and said, "That may be true, but what will you do if you meet some bandits?"

Yuan Zhenyi nodded, "Aunt Eleven is right. With her methods, it would be far too easy for her to destroy a band of bandits."

"Won't this take away Aunt Eleven's opportunity to go to the royal capital? How about this, I will take them away," Mo Wuji said guiltily.

Ultimately, Mo Xiangtong was his aunt, he should be the one sending her off. To be honest, he did not actually intend to send them off personally. After all, he could not bear to lose this precious opportunity to go to the royal capital. He did not realise it, but he did not actually treat Mo Xiangtong as his aunt. If it was Yan'Er, he would leave with her regardless of the difficulty.

Aunt Eleven laughed, "Wuji, I used to think that Zhenyi was my only true friend who did not feel the need to act chauvinistic in front of me. However, after our drinks last night, I'm glad I met you too..."

At this moment, Aunt Eleven suddenly said softly, "How many people in life truly know you... How many friendships actually survive... Isn't being able to befriend someone like you worth more than this favour of mine? Furthermore, I'm already old and I don't have spiritual roots. It's okay if I don't go to the royal capital. That slave trader can thank his lucky stars; this old lady will no longer be playing with him."

Since Aunt Eleven had already said that much, anything Mo Wuji said would simply be hypocritical. Sometimes, the word 'friend' can be as heavy as mountains. If Aunt Eleven ever needed his help in the future, he would not hesitate to help her.

He said earnestly, "Aunt Eleven, you, Zhenyi and Bu'Er will always be my best friends."

Mo Wuji had gone through life and death, and he only knew a few true friends.

"Thump!" Jing Lengbei suddenly kneeled down and sobbingly said, "Sir Mo, after you catch that man, please help me find out who destroyed my Jing Clan."

Mo Wuji signalled Mo Xiangtong to pull Jing Lengbei up and said, "You can rest assure that I will definitely do so."

Having said that, he looked at Mo Xiangtong and asked, "Do you know the origins of the new Northern Qin Prefecture Lord from the Ju Clan?"

"After Ju Xufeng got assassinated, Ju Xuhuo took over. His sister, Ju Caiyun, was the Cheng Yu State Lord Situ Qian's favourite concubine. But I heard that Situ Qian has a new favourite concubine and Ju Caiyin has gone out of favour..."

Mo Xiangtong only said a few sentences, but Mo Wuji completely understood the gist of the entire issue. No wonder the Mo Clan lost the Northern Qin Prefecture throne. Situ Qian that old fox, I will deal with you someday.

At the same time, Mo Wuji understood why he was lucky enough to escape Situ Qian's chopping knife. It was probably because Ju Caiyun had gone out of favour. Since she had gone out of favour, Situ Qian naturally wouldn't care about the issues regarding the Northern Qin Prefecture. By the time the new Prefecture Lord Ju Xuhuo heard about Mo Wuji, it was already too late. Mo Wuji was sure that if he had stayed in Rao Zhou for a little longer, he would have met with disaster.

But then, who was the one who wanted to poison him?

"Let's hurry before we miss the opportunity," Mo Wuji put those thoughts aside and said. He knew that Tuo Baqi had sent people to kill that obese salesman. It's best if Zhenyi and him could be the lucky third party. [1]

Even though it was already dusk, the seaside was still bustling and full of life. Mo Wuji, Yuan Zhenyi, Aunt Eleven, Jing Lengbei and Mo Xiangtong each held a horse and walked within the crowd. No one even cared about them.

"Just right, that guy's leaving. Wow, he actually has quite a few guards," Yuan Zhenyi looked at a faraway horse carriage and laughed.

After the horse carriage left the crowd of people, Yuan Zhenyi immediately said, "Come, let's catch up to them."

Mo Wuji stopped Yuan Zhenyi, "Zhenyi, wait. Tuo Baqi already sent men to follow him. We just need to wait and be the lucky third party."

"Ha Ha..." Yuan Zhenyu laughed. "That guy is really looking for death. He is so bold to leave this safe place just because he thinks that he has enough guards. He's simply looking forward to his next life."

Mo Wuji laughed coldly, "He's not looking forward to his next life; he's just looking forward to earn a bit of money. In two days, the ship for the Spring Immortal's Conference will arrive. He wants to seize these two days to sell more female slaves. I'm sure, if nothing happens to him, he will be back tomorrow. This is what a greedy man would do."

If this obese salesman was contented with the money he made, and only left

after the ship has sailed off, he would continue living his fat, hedonistic life. Even if Mo Wuji wanted to kill him, he would not waste his chance to go to the royal capital just to do that.

Sure enough, it did not take long before Mo Wuji saw Jia Jing bring two men to follow the obese salesman.

"We can go now," Mo Wuji said after confirming that there was no one else.

After two hours, Yuan Zhenyi suddenly did a hand gesture, stopping the five's advance, "Something's happening in front. Quickly gag your horses and walk carefully."

Mo Wuji used his ears and listened hard. Only with great effort, did he manage to heard the sound of people fighting. He could not help but have a newfound admiration for Yuan Zhenyi.

"Wuji, we're in a windy place, and you've never cultivated before. You wouldn't be able to hear anything. It's okay to just follow Zhenyi," Seeing Mo Wuji concentrating his ears, Aunt Eleven laughed and said.

Mo Wuji knew that Aunt Eleven was not lying. The reason why he could hear the fighting was because he had already opened a meridian.

[1] The original Chinese text is: 做渔翁. It is an adaptation of the idiom, 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利. So... the stork and the clam fight, and they both end up getting heavily injured. Ultimately, it was a third party, the fisherman (渔翁) who gained from their fight.

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Chapter 40: Separation

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After another 20 minutes or so, with Yuan Zhenyi leading the way, everyone managed to creep behind a hill. The aid of the moonlight allowed them to observe the fight in good visibility.

As they witnessed the fight, Mo Wuji realised how ridiculous his intention to assassinate the obese salesman in the dark alone was. Even though there were already seven to eight casualties below, the obese salesman did have one very powerful guard. He was currently fighting against two others, out of whom, one was Jia Jing.

Jia Jing came with two others at first, however, one of them had already been killed.

"I was reckless. If I had come alone, I would never have succeeded in assassinating him," Mo Wuji sighed.

Yuan Zhenyi responded, "You can't be blamed for this. This salesman ain't easy to deal with. Normal salesmen would not hire such powerful guards for themselves."

After a few minutes, Jia Jing managed to put a knife through the remaining guard's shoulder. At the same moment, Jia Jing's companion was pierced through his waist by the guard's long sword.

Jia Jing and his companions were heavily wounded. Jia Jing followed up and sliced open the head of the obese salesman's only remaining guard.

The obese salesman, who was severely wounded, sat by his horse carriage and did not even bother crying for help. He knew there was no point in crying for help anymore.

"Our turn," Yuan Zhenyi said with charisma and slid down the hill like a general.

Jia Jing, who just managed to behead his opponent, was extremely fatigued as he saw Yuan Zhenyi approaching.

"Dang!" After letting out a cry, Jia Jing took a few steps back and fell to the ground.

"Who are you? How dare you attack me? I am working for Xuan Liang's Prefecture Lord, I will let you go as long as..."

Jia Jing's words were interrupted as he saw Mo Wuji coming down from the hill.

He recognised Mo Wuji and the two ladies behind him, Mo Xiangtong and Jing Lengbei. At this juncture, he knew his life was over. Jing Lengbei's presence indicated that they even dared to attack the Lord, so why would they not dare to kill him?

"Pop! " As Jia Jing paused to think, Yuan Zhenyi swung his axe and split Jia Jing's head apart.

Yuan Zhenyi then proceeded on to the heavily wounded companion of Jia Jing and finished him off with his axe too.

Aunt Eleven laughed and said to Mo Wuji, "Wuji, there is no need for us to help him. Given Zhenyi's capabilities, these two soft leg shrimps ain't enough for him."

Although Mo Wuji had been through a life and death crisis in the Thunder Fog Forest, he had never witnessed such a bloody scene. For awhile, his senses could not adapt to it.

"Thank you my Lord, for the rescue. If not for your timely intervention, I would have lost my life. I am willing to give you all my assets to thank you for your life-saving grace..." Mo Wuji did not expect that the obese salesman would actually stand up and thank him for saving his life.

Mo Wuji could not believe that the fatty actually thought that he was here to save him. Mo Wuji could not help but admire this fatty's ignorance.

"Fatty, you are too optimistic. Let me ask you. Where did you find these two girls? Do not bother finding excuses or talk about conditions. If I am happy with your answer, I might give you a good time. If I am not satisfied, I will not kill you but skin you alive and retrieve your tendons."

"From a horse thief, Hei Weifeng, in a region in Wu Xue State..."

"So Hei Weifeng was the one that destroyed Jing Clan too?" Mo Wuji asked on behalf of Jing Lengbei as he saw her trembling beside him.

"I do not know. I really do not know," the fatty, Yong Yong, said repeatedly.

Mo Wuji looked at Jing Lengbei and said, "My guess is it was Hei Weifeng's doing. There is no point in asking anymore."

Jing Lengbei fell to the ground in tears. She had heard of Hei Weifeng's infamous name and his immoral acts before.

Mo Wuji used the knife in his hand and split Yong Yong's head apart too. The splashing fresh blood made him uncomfortable once again. However, he knew that there were some things that had to be done. The fact that the fatty trafficked these young girls made Mo Wuji extremely enraged, not to mention one of them was Mo Xiangtong.

Yuan Zhenyi retrieved the gold and silver coins from his body. In addition to some gold notes he managed to retrieve 16000 gold coins and a few thousand silver coins.

Yuan Zhenyi passed all the gold coins to Mo Wuji. This was Mo Wuji's idea after all.

Mo Wuji did not keep the gold coins. Instead, he took out an additional 20000 gold notes to split the money into three portions for Aunt Eleven, Mo Xiangtong and Jing Lengbei, "Aunt Eleven, hurry up and bring them away from here."

"Understood," Aunt Eleven did not waste any more time and kept the gold notes.

Mo Xiangtong knew Mo Wuji wanted to go to the royal capital but was unable to bring her along. Coupled with the fact that Mo Wuji was also from the Mo Clan, she did not say much and just kept the gold coins. The hesitant Jing Lengbei realised that she might make Aunt Eleven unhappy if she rejected the money so she quietly kept the gold coins too.

"Wuji, in future..." Mo Xiangtong looked at Mo Wuji with some hesitation.

Mo Wuji said with a serious tone, "In future, if I have the ability, I will avenge the Mo Clan."

However, Mo Wuji did not mention that he would give up avenging if he was not capable enough.

"Let's go," Aunt Eleven said and mounted the horse. She was always very straightforward with whatever she said or did.

Jing Lengbei went up to Mo Wuji and Yuan Zhenyi, she bowed respectfully and mounted the horse without saying a word.

"I truly admire this Jing Lengbei, sometimes there is truly no need for words," Yuan Zhenyi said with admiration as he watched the three of them from a distance.

After the trio's voices disappeared under the moonlight, Yuan Zhenyi said," Let's go. We shall just leave the bodies here."

Mo Wuji looked at Jia Jing and said," We can leave the other bodies here but Jia Jing's must be hidden."

Yuan Zhenyi immediately understood the reason, laughed and said," Wuji, you are indeed very careful, how could I not think of this?"

The hustle and bustle of the night was gone and the morning by the seaside seemed so peaceful.

"Ah..." A scream could be heard from even outside Yue Hai Inn. A doorman hurried up to see what was going on.

The doorman knocked on Room 17 and asked, "How may I help you Sir?"

At this period of time, anyone and everyone could stay in Yue Hai Inn. In any of these rooms, there could be a Lord or a prince. Therefore, even if it was a small Lord or small prince, it did not matter much.

Tuo Baqi shouted angrily, " Someone knocked me out yesterday... No, and took my slave away...Wait...Where is Jia Jing? Why is Jia Jing not back yet?"

After finishing his sentence, Tuo Baqi calmed down as he recalled what he asked Jia Jing to do before he was knocked out. Even if he was a small prefecture Lord, he would never get away if someone found out he ordered his men to assassinate the salesman.

"It's okay, you may leave. I just had a nightmare," Tuo Baqi waved his hands as he ordered the doorman to take his leave.

The doorman revealed a look of disdain as he turned and walked away, not bothering about this lunatic Prefecture Lord.

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Chapter 41: Lost Opportunity

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Both Mo Wuji and Yuan Zhenyi went back to the tent to rest without worrying about anything. Even if Tuo Baqi knew that they were the culprits, he could not do anything about it without any evidence.

By the time Mo Wuji woke up, it was already early in the afternoon. Just as Mo Wuji wanted to ask Ding Bu'Er about Tuo Baqi's movements, he saw Ding Bu'Er walking from the direction of Yue Hai Inn.

"Wuji, the little miss wants to talk to you about something," Ding Bu'Er shouted to Mo Wuji from far away.

It was just the right timing that Han Ning wanted to talk to him as he wanted to find out more about Tuo Baqi at the inn as well.

"Hold up..." Ding Bu'Er spoke in a low voice as he approached Mo Wuji, "Wuji, please be careful. I doubt it is good news. Peng Maohua was stuttering when he told me about this."

Mo Wuji gave Ding Bu'Er a pat, "What can happen to me here? Don't worry, I was just about to inquire about something."

The first person Mo Wuji saw when he entered Yue Hai Inn was Tuo Baqi. Tuo Baqi was busy interrogating the inn's doorman to find out if anyone suspicious had entered the inn the previous day. Since the doorman had accepted Mo Wuji's gold coin yesterday and he had no idea what Tuo Baqi was trying to do, he did not tell Tuo Baqi anything.

"Heh," Tuo Baqi grunted as he turned around. He was about to go back up when he saw Mo Wuji enter the inn. He turned back after a few steps to scan Mo Wuji with his eyes. He tried to see if there were any similarities between the Mo Wuji and the man who attacked him yesterday.

Mo Wuji took a glance at Tuo Baqi and was about to tell the doorman he was going to find Han Ning when Peng Maohua shouted, "Wuji, little miss wants me to tell you that..."

Mo Wuji did not have a good feeling about this as Peng Maohua continued, "...Wuji, little miss is unable to bring you to Chang Luo..."

Even Peng Maohua found it difficult to bring this across to Mo Wuji as he was still grateful for Mo Wuji. If not for Mo Wuji, he would have needed to spend more time near the Thunder Fog Forest finding the Two-leaved Fire Grass. Moreover, Mo Wuji was very easy to work with as he did not cause any unnecessary trouble. In fact, he was sometimes of good help too.

"Why?" Mo Wuji voice became very cold as he knew his slot to go to Chang Luo was exchanged with the Two-leaved Fire Grass and not out of Han Ning's kindness. It was like the man who exchanged the spiritual fruit for a chance to be a service disciple.

"It is because..." Peng Maohua hesitated and then finally decided to tell him, "It is because little miss was entrusted by someone to bring a very important person over so..."

Mo Wuji calmed down and thought it through. Even if Han Ning decided not to bring him to Chang Luo, he had to find a way to go over. He would simply be awaiting death if he did not.

"Brother Peng, I want to meet little miss. I want to hear it from her." Mo Wuji said it word by word very audibly. If a lover could stab him from behind, Han Ning, who was not even considered to be his friend, could obviously go back on her word and gratitude for the Two-leaved Fire Grass.

"There is no reason why. It is simply because someone from my clan suddenly wants to go towards Chang Luo. There is no other choice but to take your slot. Of course, if you really wish to go, you can crawl under my leg now and I might consider pleading for you," Cao Hao said sarcastically as he widened his legs.

It was indeed this brat. Mo Wuji clenched his fist and tried his best to said in a calm manner, "Wherever you go, you give off an unbearable stink. That is how I know you have not met the dung beetle [1]. Go back and ask your father and mother why you stink."

"I will murder you," Cao Hao was a classy young man and would not mind if someone of the same stature criticised or mocked him. However, how could he not mind a house attendant like Mo Wuji being this rude to him?

The guard beside Cao Hao hurried to hold the furious Cao Hao back, "My Lord, do not do it now. There will be more opportunities when we board the ship."

Mo Wuji did not bother about Cao Hao after he scolded him. Instead, he looked at Han Ning who was standing behind Cao Hao, "Little miss, I want to know if this was your intention?"

Even if he knew it was her intention, he just needed Han Ning to say it out because he earned this opportunity with his own merit, not by begging her.

Han Ning looked guilty for a split second before saying, "Mo Wuji, I am sorry. I did consider the bigger picture previously...How about you just greet Lord Cao respectfully..."

Mo Wuji said coldly, "What is a puny Wu Xue State prince to me? You are nowhere near the level I would greet respectfully to. Your father passed me this jade hairpin. You can use it in times of trouble to find Yue Qiongyin in Chang Luo. Just to make things clear, I earned my own opportunity to go with you to Chang Luo, and it was not because of your kindness. I will not ask for the Two-leaved Fire Grass back so we will no longer be related in the future."

Mo Wuji took out the jade hairpin which he had kept neatly in a pouch and passed it to Han Ning before laughing, "It is your choice not to keep me, goodbye."

Mo Wuji turned away after he finished and as he exited the inn, he thought of something. He recalled that the one who killed Jing Lengbei's clan, Hei Weifeng, was from Wu Xue State too. If Cao Hao is the Lord of Wu Xue State, he might be related to Hei Weifeng. After he promised to repay Jing's clan's kindness for taking care of Mo Xiangtong, he had to take this matter seriously.

Han Ning held the jade hairpin tightly as she watched Mo Wuji make his way out. She could not figure out why her father passed him the jade hairpin.

"This is the first time I've seen a house attendant who was so arrogant. If he was under me, I would have skinned him alive a long time ago," Cao Hao said as he saw Mo Wuji's backview gradually disappearing.

Tuo Baqi, who wanted to ask Mo Wuji a few things, witnessed how Mo Wuji did not even put Cao Hao in his eyes and hence he did not dare to follow him out. He was all alone now so he could not afford to lose his pride to Mo Wuji outside.

"Wuji, what happened? You look really unhappy," Yuan Zhengyi asked as he saw Mo Wuji returning to the tent. It seemed like Ding Bu'Er had guessed what happened and hence called Yuan Zhenyi over.

"I lost my opportunity to go to Chang Luo because I offended Wu Xue State's Cao Hao. That brat must have had something to use against Han Ning," Mo Wuji said in a disappointed tone.

Yuan Zhengyi laughed out loud, "I was still wondering what was so serious. This is nothing. Now that Aunt Eleven has left, you can follow me over to Chang Luo. Aunt Eleven and I followed Chang Yan State's Wei Yuanhou's grandson here. Our duty is to protect him till he reaches Chang Luo. Once he has found a sect, we are free to go. I can bring you along, this is not a problem at all."

Mo Wuji became ecstatic to hear this. This was indeed like a light at the end of the tunnel. His sole purpose here was not to please Han Ning but to go to Chang Luo.

After solving this issue, Mo Wuji, Yuan Zhengyi and Ding Bu'Er went off to drink and celebrate.

[1: Dung beetles are beetles that feed partly or exclusively on dung. Therefore, Mo Wuji is implying that Cao Hao is a form of dung.

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Chapter 42: Repaying The Saving Grace

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It might have been because she was guilty, but Han Ning did not look for Mo Wuji, not even to explain herself. Tuo Baqi also settled down. Even though he suspected that Mo Wuji was the one who knocked him out, he did not want to cause any troubles on his way to Chang Luo.

On the other hand, Mo Wuji, Yuan Zhenyi and Ding Bu'Er met daily to drink and explore the Makeshift Market. Hearing Yuan Zhenyi's peculiar stories and experiences with cultivators, Mo Wuji really loosened up.

One particular morning, just as Mo Wuji was lifting his tent flap to leave for his daily washing up, he heard a loud rumble. He looked up to see a gigantic ship docked by the seaside and he almost called out in surprise.

The deck of the ship alone could fit several football fields. If the rooms and compartments at the centre were included, the ship should have had an estimated area of 100,000 square meters.

Mo Wuji took in a breath of cold air. It was bigger than an aircraft carrier! An aircraft carrier was designed with a huge deck. On the other hand, this ship was designed with large decks surrounding an even larger living quarters, which were at the centre of the ship. These rooms were in layers, just like a modern apartment building.

What powers this huge thing? Earth's aircraft carrier was not as big as this, and it already required nuclear power to power it. There shouldn't be nuclear power here too, right?

"Wuji, you're scared, right? I also got a huge shock when I first saw it, " Ding Bu'Er's voice called out.

At this moment, Mo Wuji could see that he was not the only one in shock and awe; the seaside was filled with people.

"Wuji, quickly pack up and follow me to the ship. Bu'Er, you can follow your little miss up the ship," Yuan Zhenyi said as he walked out from a crowd.

Ding Bu'Er understood that he would have to follow Han Ning to get on the ship, "Wuji, Brother Zhenyi, I will go first. We'll meet at Chang Luo."

Yuan Zhenyi laughed, "What Chang Luo? We can meet on the ship itself. There are very few restrictions on this ship; as long as you have money, you can have a very comfortable life on the ship."

Yuan Zhenyi was protecting a kind-looking noble named Ji Xing. When Mo Wuji followed Yuan Zhenyi up the ship, he only smiled and nodded to Mo Wuji, not saying anything.

After an hour, Mo Wuji and Yuan Zhenyi were assigned to a large shared house for 50 people.

"Zhenyi, if we stay in this shared house, how will we help if anything happens to Ji Xing?" Mo Wuji was no longer a rookie and he knew how dangerous this ship could be.

"He has his personal bodyguard. If anything happens, we just need to hurry and rush over. Actually, guards like us mainly protect the young master from sea demons. I heard that there have been many sea demon attacks on the way to Chang Luo. When that happens, we can rush over and protect him swiftly. After all, he is also on the same level as us. Only the extreme geniuses get to stay at the higher levels. Well, if anything happens, you don't have to go. Ji Xing understands that you are only borrowing Aunt Eleven's place to board this ship, and you're not actually a guard," Yuan Zhenyi explained.

Hearing about the sea demons, Mo Wuji became really curious. This ship was so huge, what kind of sea demon would actually dare to attack this ship?

Mo Wuji and Yuan Zhenyi were among the last to come, and were assigned beds close to the door. Many people go in and out of the door, making it difficult for it to rest.

"Wuji, this ship is different from the beach before. If anyone gets killed here, nothing much will happen to the killer. To avoid anything unfortunate, try not to make conflicts with others," Yuan Zhenyi pulled up his bed next to Mo Wuji and whispered.

Hearing Yuan Zhenyi's words, the neighbouring people also slightly nodded their heads.

Mo Wuji did not need Yuan Zhenyi to remind him; he would avoid trouble here to safely get to Chang Luo. Once he reached Chang Luo, there were two important things he needed to do. Firstly, he needed a cultivation technique. Secondly, he needed to find a source of lightning which was not fatal, so that he could open all his body's meridians.

Nearly an hour later, Mo Wuji felt a slight tremor and knew that the ship's engine had started.

"Zhenyi, what powers this ship?" Mo Wuji could not suppress his curiosity and asked.

Yuan Zhenyi shook his head, "I'm also not sure. This is also the first time I boarded this ship."

"I heard that there's a powerful immortal master who uses a powerful array to drive this ship. I also heard that it might be some sort of energy source which powers this ship. That energy source is very useful for cultivation and can be traded," a sweet, magnetic female voice sounded over.

Mo Wuji turned his head to see that there was a woman sleeping on the bed beside him. She was around 30 years old. Her hair was tied in a tight bundle, her skin was pale white, her facial features were not very outstanding but there's this beauty about her. Together with her voice, she could be considered a very splendid woman.

Mo Wuji subconsciously sat up and asked puzzledly, "There's co-ed living here?"

Yuan Zhenyi laughed, "Why would there be a need to separate the men and women? Being able to stay in this kind of shared house is our good luck!"

The woman smiled and also sat up, nodding at Mo Wuji and Yuan Zhenyi, "Greetings, I'm Qin Xiangyu from the Ba Prefecture."

When Qin Xiangyu sat up, Mo Wuji found her body to be more perfect than her face.

Mo Wuji laughed, "I'm Mo Wuji from Cheng Yu, and this is Yuan Zhenyi from Chang Yan."

"Aren't Chang Yan and Cheng Yu at war? You two..." Yet another person interrupted. This time, it was a youth with light golden hair.

Yuan Zhenyi said with a slight disdain, "The war between Chang Yan and Cheng Yu has nothing to do with us."

"Wuji..." The sound of hurried footsteps could be heard. Mo Wuji easily recognised that it was Ding Bu'Er's voice.

Mo Wuji hurriedly got down from his bed and asked, "Bu'Er, what happened... Why is there blood on your body?"

After slowing down his pants, Ding Bu'Er hurriedly said, "Some people have acted against the little miss. Peng Maohua and I aren't strong enough. From the looks of it, those people are looking to kill the little miss..."

Mo Wuji furrowed his eyebrows; the ship just started and something like this happened? He did not ask anything further and said, "Come, bring me over."

"Wait..." Yuan Zhenyi stopped Mo Wuji. "Wuji, that Han Ning drove you out, and did not even allow you on this ship to Chang Luo. You have nothing to do with her anymore, why do you need to put your feet back into these muddy waters? Furthermore, the help you've given her was more than enough to repay her."

Mo Wuji said calmly, "Her father may not have intended for it, but he did save my life. Perhaps what I gave her was enough to repay her, but in my heart, a saving grace cannot be repaid through items or money. Now that I know something bad is happening to her, I do not feel comfortable leaving her alone. On the account that the Old Duke saved me, I will help her one more time. After we reach Chang Luo, we can go on our separate paths. Zhenyi, you can wait for me here. Bu'Er, let's go."

Finishing his words, Mo Wuji was prepared to rush out of the shared house. He lived by this principle: Gratitude and grudges must be repaid. The Old Duke's saving grace would be repaid with another saving grace. Regarding the Two-leaved Fire Grass, Han Ning could take it as a gift.

There was also another reason why he had to save Han Ning. He might have been driven out by Han Ning, but Ding Bu'Er was still under her. He might not need to save her, but he needed to rescue Ding Bu'Er. Helping Han Ning was the same as helping Ding Bu'Er.

Yuan Zhenyi laughed, "Aren't we brothers? If you're going, then I'm going too. Let's go!"

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Chapter 43: Mo Wuji's Power

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Han Ning was a main participant of the Spring Immortal's Gate so she stayed in a slightly better 2-man room. Still, her room was on the same floor as Mo Wuji's shared house.

"Bang!" The sound of a large impact on the door resounded. Mo Wuji could clearly some blood flowing out the gap below the door.

"Bi Hui, do you still have a sense of shame? You are a State Prince but you actually lowered yourself to rob me?" Han Ning said grievously.

"Aiyo... This is indeed too low for me. Ferguson, do you want to commit suicide to appease this little miss?" A shrill voice could be heard behind the door. When Mo Wuji heard the voice, he felt goose bumps all over his body. Was this guy a eunuch?

What followed was another voice, "Haha, then I will just kill myself. Look, I'm placing the knife on my neck. Aiyo, I died..."

"I'm going in first..." Ding Bu'Er said as he pushed the door open forcefully.

"Pu!" The sound of a meeting of a knife and flesh could be heard, and someone fell on the ground.

Mo Wuji could see a man slumped in a pool of blood. The knife in his hand had pierced through his throat. In an instant, Mo Wuji understood what had happened. This guy pretended to kill himself and placed his knife on his neck. Little did he know that Ding Bu'Er would suddenly push the door open and that the door would strike the knife. The act actually became a reality.

Besides this guy, Mo Wuji also saw Peng Maohua lying on the ground, one of his arms had been cut off.

Han Ning and Shao Lan were also covered with blood, and they were forced into a corner by two men.

A handsome man, with a long moustache, looked at his dead underling in shock.

"Who are you guys? You dare kill my man?" The moustached man finally came to his senses and cried out.

Mo Wuji almost covered his ears. He did not think that this handsome man, who looked handsome and manly, would actually have such a shrill and sharp voice. From what he could make out, this man must be the State Prince Bi Hui.

At the same time, he did not see Han Ning's group mates, Cao Hao, Yang Junsong and Zhao Xu.

"Bang!" Yuan Zhenyi, who entered the room last, shut the door forcefully. Even though he knew that immortal masters would not pursue this matter, it was not something for people to know.

"Bu'Er, help bandage Chief Guard Peng's wounds," Seeing Peng Maohua struggling on the floor, Mo Wuji flusteredly instructed.

Ever since he killed a man, Mo Wuji was more cold and calm when facing these kinds of things.

Seeing Ding Bu'Er take out a healing drug for the struggling Peng Maohua, Mo Wuji walked to the front of the moustached man and said, "I'm Mo Wuji from Rao Zhou."

Mo Wuji did not need to continue speaking for the moustached man to know why Mo Wuji was helping Han Ning. From the looks of it, Mo Wuji was definitely Han Ning's guard.

"I am the Sixteenth Prince of the Yin Han State, Bi Hui. Are you sure you want to go against me?" THe moustached man calmed down and said with his shrill voice.

Mo Wuji laughed, "I've already killed one of your men. What do you think?"

"If you choose to leave now and ignore this matter, I will no longer pursue this matter. I could even invite you to join my Yin Han State," Bi Hui said quietly, trying to make his tone sound gentle and warm. He could determine that Mo Wuji and Yuan Zhenyi were people he could easily deal with, especially Yuan Zhenyi who was standing at the back.

Before Mo Wuji could speak, Yuan Zhenyi blurted out, "Yin Han State is only a piece of sh*t! I can consider joining you if your state lord licks my feet."

Bi Hui's face instantly turned dark. He turned towards the two men cornering Han Ning and said, "Jody, teach them a lesson."

A man with a face full of black spots responded. He spun the knife in his hand as he walked towards Mo Wuji.

"Wuji, step back. I will teach this kid a lesson." Yuan Zhenyi had never seen Mo Wuji's abilities but he could guess that Mo Wuji was probably not strong enough to deal with Jody.

Mo Wuji's hand went into his pocket; a foot long knife appeared in his hand. "Zhenyi, let me go first. Only help me if I'm losing."

Ultimately, Mo Wuji and Yuan Zhenyi would not always be together. Eventually, there would be things Mo Wuji needed to deal with by himself. Like for today, Mo Wuji would still save Han Ning even if Yuan Zhenyi did not follow him.

While Mo Wuji was speaking, Jody had already started pointed his machete towards Mo Wuji. In his eyes, these three additional people were simply three more people for him to kill, and he could probably kill them easily.

Mo Wuji did not cultivate, but he had some fighting experience. His knife was short; naturally, he needed to draw closer to Jody. As Jody was swinging his machete, Mo Wuji had already took a huge step forward and rushed towards Jody. He used his knife to parry Jody's machete and used his other fist to punch Jody's head.

"Dang!" When the two blades met, Mo Wuji could see a fine blue light flow from his palm to his knife, and then towards Jody's blade.

"Peng!" Mo Wuji's other fist struck at Jody's temple. Jody became like a lifeless piece of rock, crashing down heavily.

Mo Wuji shocked himself. He was so impressive? Mo Wuji was expecting Jody bring his head down to avoid Mo Wuji's fist, and Mo Wuji would then knee him fiercely in the face. But he did not need to do that much; Jody was already knocked down.

He subconsciously looked at his fist, and also saw that Jody's machete hand was a little charred. Mo Wuji suddenly remembered that flash of blue light, which actually reminded him if the lightning he encountered in the lightning lake.

Thinking about this, Mo Wuji instantly understood. After borrowing the power of the lightning bolts to open his meridian, there was some lightning essence left behind in his meridian. No wonder why Jody looked blank when Mo Wuji was punching him, and did not try to avoid Mo Wuji's fist. Jody probably got stunned by the lightning flash from Mo Wuji's knife. This was why Mo Wuji's attack succeeded.

"Zhu Teng, pick Jody and Ferguson up, We're leaving!" Bi Hui immediately called out. He knew that his remaining man was not enough to deal Han Ning's guards.

Mo Wuji did not block them. Yuan Zhenyi was here to help Mo Wuji. Seeing that Mo Wuji did not stop Bi Hui, he naturally did not do so as well. Bi Hui, who had the living daylight scared out of him, ran out of Han Ning's room at top speed.

"Wuji, I did not know you were so impressive. No wonder why you could survive a night in the Thunder Fog Forest," Ding Bu'Er cried out in surprise. He did not even remember to help bandage Peng Maohua.

Yuan Zhenyi also had a face of delight. He did not know that Mo Wuji was so strong. He knew that he could deal with Jody, but probably not with a single punch.

"Drug Refiner Mo, I am truly grateful. I am terribly sorry for what I've done before," Han Ning was ashamed. When she was in greatest danger, her companions who asked her to drive Mo Wuji out did not appear. Instead, it was Mo Wuji who appeared to help her.

Mo Wuji said calmly, "Old Duke Han saved my life before. You can regard my actions today as repaying my debt to him. Once we reach Chang Luo, we will each go our separate ways."

"That Bi Hui was here to snatch our Two-leaved Fire Grass. How did he know that we have some Two-leaved Fire Grass..." Peng Maohua had already woken up, and said hoarsely.

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Chapter 44: Surrounded By Sea Beasts

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"Now, you have paid what you owed her. There's nothing on you right now," Yuan Zhenyi laughed and said, after they left Han Ning's room.

Mo Wuji laughed but did not speak. He saw Cao Hao and Yang Junsong hurriedly walking in their direction. But Mo Wuji could see through the anxiousness in their eyes, and tell that they were only putting on a show.

Cao Hao looked at Mo Wuji, and his eyes fleeted with killing intent. On the other hand, Yang Junsong was full of smiles as he greeted Mo Wuji, "Drug Refiner Mo, long time no see."

Mo Wuji had no interest interacting with this venomous snake and this smiling tiger. He was too lazy to respond to them as he said to Yuan Zhenyi, "I do not owe her anything; she owes me. The person I owe my life to is her father. He entrusted her to me, so I would try my best to help her on this path to Chang Luo."

Yuan Zhenyi laughed, "Wuji, this is one thing I appreciate about you. Perhaps it's due to your personality that we can become such good friends."

In the shared house, a monkey faced man walked in and said in an exaggerated manner, "You guys are all wrong! Indeed, it was that Bi Hui from Yin Han State who acted. But the people who ran out with their tails in between their legs weren't the people who left the shared house but Bi Hui and his men. I even saw them carrying two unconscious men. They were probably overwhelmingly defeated."

"Those two people are so strong? But Bi Hui is a state prince," the golden haired youth from before said in shock.

As a state was a level higher than a prefecture, the state prince's guard should naturally be better. With just two people, they managed to defeat their opponents?

"Maybe after they went in, Bi Hui's men were outnumbered..."

The voice stopped abruptly. This was because, at this moment, the door opened, and Mo Wuji and Yuan Zhenyi entered.

Although the two of them were clean, but the people in the shared house felt something different about them. People stopped talking and people started whispering.

Over the next few days, the shared house was extremely quiet. Except for the occasional restlessness whenever the women entered a tent to change their clothes, everyone minded their own business and there were no conflicts.

Initially, the shared house was really noisy. However, the shared house had become rather quiet which made Mo Wuji quite satisfied. He met a few good people in the shared house. Besides the gentle Qin Xiangyu, he also made friends with the talkative golden haired youth, Yuan Zhi, and a man called Tang Boxian. Tang Boxian looked like a scholar, just that he did not wear glasses.

Half a month quickly passed. During this time, Ding Bu'Er frequently came to visit. Han Ning's maidservant, Shao Lan also came once to thank Mo Wuji.

In addition, there were no longer any calls for help. Mo Wuji spent the days in an extremely relaxed manner; he was either inquiring about all kinds of knowledge about cultivation or trying to learn about the lightning essence in his meridians.

However, he never felt the lightning essence again. He even tried competing with Yuan Zhenyi but he did not manage to stimulate the lightning essence.

He even suspected that the previous flash was like the Six Pulse Holy Sword [1, and could only be used intermittently. Because there was no one here who understood cultivation, and his lightning attack was related to his channel opening solution, Mo Wuji could only bury this issue in this heart.

There was one thing, however, which made him dissatisfied. As everyone in the shared house got familiar with one another, the environment was no longer as quiet.

Some people started gambling and they often bustled for a long time. This made Mo Wuji feel really helpless. He understood that the other shared houses were noisier, but he was still not used to this noisy environment.

On this day, Mo Wuji still did not have any gains after working for half a day. Yuan Zhi hastily entered the shared house and cried, "Big Bro Yuan, Big Bro Mo, I just got some big news! I heard that there will be an auction on the second floor. Even some cultivation manuals are being auctioned..."

Mo Wuji who was concentrating on feeling the lightning essence within his body immediately opened his eyes. Cultivation manual? Wasn't this what he was dreaming for?

"Just a servant..actually coveting the things sold in the auction..." A red robed man walked in and said disdainfully.

The man suddenly stopped talking abruptly, as he saw something which caught his eye. There was a a shirt hung by Qin Xiangyu's bed, and her bed was currently being covered by a small tent. Ostensibly, there was someone changing inside.

He did not hesitate; he rushed over and tore open Qin Xiangyu's tent.

"What do you want?" Qin Xiangyu raged. Fortunately, she had already finished changing her clothes.

"What a beautiful woman. This figure... I like it! You don't have to live here anymore, come with me..." The red robed man laughed cheekily as he raised his hands to grab Qin Xiangyu.

With a flick of her left hand, a gush of wind rushed by, followed by a purple blur.

The red robed man cried out in shock and quickly retreated.

He retreated towards the direction of Mo Wuji, and Mo Wuji did not hesitate to kick him fiercely.

The man was getting ready to pounce at Qin Xiangyu again but he did not expect that Mo Wuji would have acted against him.

This man was not bad; despite the momentum and inertia, he twisted his body to land in the open space between two beds.

He casually pointed at Mo Wuji and said, "Who are you?"

Mo Wuji's hand flashed as he quickly pulled out the knife tied to his leg. Yuan Zhenyi also stood up and stood beside Mo Wuji.

Qin Xiangyu also came over, in her hands, was a purple soft spear.

Was this really a shared house? The red robed man even thought he walked into the wrong place. These were all servants... Why are they all so aggressive? He had been to other shared houses and no one ever dared to treat him like this.

Just as he was about to call out for his subordinates, the boat started shaking violently. Everyone looked out the window in shock, forgetting about the current confrontation.

This giant ship had been sailing for a good half a month, and there had never been such a violent shaking.

Just as people were wondering about their predicament, a vigorous voice resounded in everyone's ears, "Our ship is currently being attacked! Members of the 'Spring Sea' Unit, please bring your weapons and report to the main deck immediately! There shall be no delays; anyone who reaches late will be thrown into the sea!"

Hearing this, the red robed man no longer cared to question Mo Wuji as he turned and rushed out of the shared house.

The boat's shaking got increasingly vigorous and forceful. Yuan Zhenyi anxiously said, "Wuji, we're probably being attacked by sea beasts. Let's go!"

At this moment, the shared house inhabitants all grabbed their weapons and rushed towards the main deck.

When Mo Wuji and Yuan Zhenyi reached the main deck, their jaws immediately dropped; Mo Wuji had never seen such a large surge of sea beasts. The enormous 'Spring Sea' was surrounded by beasts from all directions. These sea beasts had six limbs, with short and sharp barbs growing on their backs. As the sun shone on their thick scales, a deep sea-blue colour was reflected, making them look thick and menacing.

What made Mo Wuji even more surprised was when these sea beasts started to spit out lightning, just like the electric eels on Earth. A few people failed to dodge the lightning, and their whole bodies start twitching spasmodically and they fell to the ground. If they were hit by a second lightning, they would be dead.

However, these six-footed beasts weren't their only opponents; there were also some toad like creatures attacking the Spring Sea. These creatures had extremely long tongues; one of them used its long tongue to wrap around a person's sword, pull it back into its mouth, and swallow it.

"We have encountered a Six-footed Lightning Crocodile horde! Do not let them set any of their six dirty feet on this ship! Remember, their weakness is at the bottom of their throats. Other parts of their bodies are as hard as iron, so only attack under their throats..." A robust middle man shouted out as he jumped out from the third floor. While he was speaking, his knife flashed about and two of the Six-footed Lightning Crocodiles were dissected into four pieces.

Mo Wuji saw what happened clearly; this dude did not attack the bottom of the crocodiles' throats. Looking at his abilities, he's definitely an immortal master.

A few agonised screams could be heard. Mo Wuji could smell a burning, charred smell. As he turned his head, he saw a Six-footed Lightning Crocodile pouncing towards him. At the same time, a lightning bolt quickly raced towards him.

[1] The Six Pulse Holy Sword was Duan Yu's killing move. Duan Yu is one of the MCs of Jin Yong's Demi-gods and Semi-devils.

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Chapter 45: Ballsy

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The thing that Mo Wuji was least afraid of was lightning; he did not even bother to dodge the lightning bolt as he directly used his knife to stab the crocodile's forehead.

"Dang!" Mo Wuji almost thought that his knife stabbed a piece of steel, there were even sparks when his knife met the crocodile. Fortunately, this knife he got from Hu Fei was not bad; it did not even bend under the pressure.

"Pa!" The lightning landed harshly on Mo Wuji's chest.

Mo Wuji could feel a hot searing pain spreading throughout his body. After experiencing that near death crisis in the lightning lake, Mo Wuji was no longer a rookie. He immediately controlled that lightning to enter his second meridian to break apart the clog.

It might have been be due to luck, but the lightning took the initiative to burn the clog.

The searing pain rushed towards Mo Wuji's second meridian. Without a sound, Mo Wuji could faintly feel that part of the obstruction had been burnt off.

While all this was taking place within his meridians, Mo Wuji immediately retreated and climbed to higher ground. This wasn't like the lightning lake; this was a place infested with sea beasts. If he lay on the floor, he would either be killed by the sea beasts, or trampled to death.

What came to him as a pleasant surprise was that the lightning bolts were gentler than the those in the lightning lake. Fighting with these crocodiles was dangerous, but it was also an opportunity. If he was careful, he could very well open his second meridian.

On the other hand, the lightning crocodile was a little shocked. Its deadly lightning actually failed to kill Mo Wuji. After a brief moment of inaction, it rushed towards Mo Wuji again, now with a greater vengeance. Seemingly, it was bitter and infuriate that Mo Wuji was not affected by its attack.

Yet another lightning bolt raced towards Mo Wuji. This time, Mo Wuji was smarter. He knew he wasn't like that immortal master; he could not simply slice the lightning crocodile into four parts. He probably couldn't even slice it into two parts. It was hard to even leave a mark on the crocodile's hard scales.

Mo Wuji continued to ignore that lightning bolt. In fact, he wasn't even fast enough to avoid it. When the lightning arrived together with the crocodile, Mo Wuji immediately used the knife in his hands to stab at the crocodile's throat.

That immortal master was right; Mo Wuji's knife could pierce the crocodile's throat. The knife met with some resistance but it was different from stabbing a hard steel plate like before. Red blood splurted out onto Mo Wuji's arm, causing half of his body to be stained bloody red.

The lightning crocodile cried out, and sent out countless lightning flashes to converge onto Mo Wuji. Mo Wuji's body became riddled with scars, even his hair was charred black.

Yet another sensation of pain; Mo Wuji felt like his body was being cut into small pieces, and his body trembled endlessly. On the other hand, the lightning crocodile did not seem to be affected by the blood spurting out of its throat as it pounced angrily towards Mo Wuji. Mo Wuji had thoroughly infuriated this Six-footed Lightning Crocodile.

The pain he felt was not for nothing. Mo Wuji could feel that his second meridian was opening wider.

Mo Wuji bit his tongue, using his steadfast determination to force himself to stand up. At the same time, he opened a bottle of the channel opening solution and put it into his mouth.

The surrounding people started to retreat. Mo Wuji did not kill the lightning crocodile, and only managed to anger it. No one was willing to bear the brunt of the crocodile's anger.

Not only did Mo Wuji not retreat, he endured the excruciating pain as he pounced towards the lightning crocodile.

Anyone who saw Mo Wuji would think of the same thing: This guy is mad! Under such heavy injuries, he did not retreat but chose to face the lightning crocodile. Was he crazy? Even if he was looking for death, he should not look for such a painful method.

"Pa, Pa..." Two more electro-balls landed on Mo Wuji's chest. At the same time, Mo Wuji's knife also made its way to the crocodile's throat.

The second meridian continued to be opened by the lightning. The crocodile's gaping wound also became bigger.

The lightning crocodile had incredible vitality. Despite being stabbed twice, it still crazily rushed towards Mo Wuji.

Experiencing near death crises before, Mo Wuji was able to stay calm. He continued to drink another bottle of the channel opening solution and thrust out his knife.

After three times, Mo Wuji's whole body was completely stained with blood. He didn't even know whether the blood was his or the crocodile's. Every time he was hit by the electro-balls, he stubbornly stood back up, drinking the channel opening solution and stabbing out his knife.

This became a cycle: Mo Wuji stabbed the crocodile, the crocodile sent lightning flashes or electro-balls towards Mo Wuji, Mo Wuji drank the channel opening solution, Mo Wuji stabbed the crocodile...

The surrounding people looked in shock. This lightning crocodile had incredible vitality, but this little servant had more! These two fellows seemed to be competing in their vitality and perseverance; the one who could no longer stand the pain became the loser. This servant definitely wasn't crazy. How could a crazy person last for so long?

If not for the large numbers of lightning crocodiles, these people would have stopped to see the battle between Mo Wuji and the lightning crocodile.

Ultimately, the crocodile was still made of flesh and blood. After being stabbed by Mo Wuji for close to ten times, its huge 3m long body collapsed on the deck.

The moment the crocodile collapsed, Mo Wuji felt his entire body being relieved.

His second meridian was finally opened. Mo Wuji's hands started to tremble; he did not know whether this was due to him using excessive force, or his sheer excitement from opening his second meridian.

As he almost got killed by the lightning crocodile and felt a hellish amount of pain, he also received a new life. This kind of results earned from hardship, made Mo Wuji cherish them more.

With two meridians opened, Mo Wuji's whole body felt relieved but extremely fatigued. He needed to rest for a while.

The scene of Mo Wuji bravely using his little life to kill the lightning crocodile remained vividly in everyone's mind. Seemingly inspired by Mo Wuji's heroic drive, more people started to bravely confront the lightning crocodiles. Countless people were killed, but countless lightning crocodiles were killed as well.

After killing that crocodile, it was only normal for Mo Wuji to sit down and rest. In fact, it would be weird if he didn't.

But what made everyone go into disbelief was that after resting for a short quarter of an hour, Mo Wuji drank his solution and rushed towards another lightning crocodile.

A few people looked at Mo Wuji in shock. Was this guy mad? Or was he just ballsy? With his previous performance, no one would blame him if he chose to retreat from the fight. In fact, his act of heroism might even get him the recognition of an immortal master.

Mo Wuji wasn't mad; he was very clear that this was a rare opportunity. He had his channel opening solution, and there was such an abundant source of lightning to help him open his meridians. Wouldn't he be an idiot if he did not grab this opportunity?

His sharp knife stabbed into the crocodile's throat. Angry and infuriated, the crocodile pounced at Mo Wuji and spit out an electro-ball.

The scene replayed itself. Mo Wuji was constantly being struck by the lightning flashes or electro-balls, he drank some solution and fought again.

Over and over, the cycle continued. Mo Wuji was never discouraged.

"This guy is ballsy..." Some distance away, a young woman saw Mo Wuji's actions and praised in surprise.

A young man beside her laughed, "He's just reckless, pitting his life against the sea demon's... Well, you can't blame him. He has never cultivated nor made any contact with martial arts. He can only resort to this barbaric method."

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Chapter 46: Killing With Borrowed Lightning

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"Bang!" Mo Wuji was once again sent flying by the Six-footed Lightning Crocodile, but this time, he did not get back up. After sending Mo Wuji flying off, the lightning crocodile also slumped to the ground, never to rise again.

Mo Wuji sighed in his heart. With just one or two more lightning strikes, he might be able to open his third meridian.

Unfortunately, his body was too weak, and he could no longer carry on.

If the surrounding people knew that Mo Wuji was complaining that his body was too weak, they would probably strangle him. In actuality, ever since Mo Wuji opened his first meridian, his body was tempered under the lightning lake, which caused his physical strength to be above average. If not for that, he would not have lasted for so long.

"Swallow this spiritual pill," an indifferent voice sounded in Mo Wuji's ear. Mo Wuji looked around but he did not see anyone near him who might have been speaking to him.

In his hands, was a pill. The pill was a little bigger than a bean, and there was a pleasant fragrance from it.

Mo Wuji did not hesitate and directly put the spiritual pill into his mouth.

If this expert wanted to kill Mo Wuji, he did not need to waste this pill. He could simply have ended Mo Wuji's life there and then. Furthermore, the mere aroma of this pill invigorated Mo Wuji, it definitely was not something bad.

The moment the pill entered his mouth, it felt like there were multiple cold springs emerging in Mo Wuji's body. Mo Wuji could clearly feel his damage subsiding.

In just a few seconds, Mo Wuji could easily stand up. He noticed that his skin, which was charred and scarred, was surprisingly in the process of healing.

Compared this this kind of spiritual pill, his experience as biologist seemed like trash. If not for his experience allowing him to refine the Channel Opening Solution, he would be useless.

The sounds of lightning and screams of pain could be heard in the distance. Mo Wuji slapped himself to his senses. This was a vicious battle. The immortal master who passed him the pill surely did not want him to stay at the sidelines. Moreover, he also did not want to watch by the sides.

Drinking another bottle of channel opening solution, Mo Wuji once again charged to the front.

"Ka!" The moment Mo Wuji rushed forward, a lightning bolt landed on his chest. However, Mo Wuji had largely recovered and this flash of lightning actually did not send him flying. With a thrust of his knife, he accurately stabbed this crocodile's throat. As he pulled the knife out, a gush of blood splurted out. Countless lightning flashes landed on Mo Wuji's body, but he seemingly did not care as he continued to stab the crocodile with the knife in his hands.

"Ka Ka..." The moment the lightning landed on his body, the clear, crisp sound of his meridian opening rang out.

This sound was accompanied by the waves of pleasure; the feeling was simply too wonderful.

Mo Wuji even felt like he could fly and touch the sky. He knew that this was just a false impression, but the comfort from opening his third meridian inundated him.

He did not hesitate to stab the crocodile once more. At the same time, his hand went into his pocket.

He searched for a brief moment, only to come way empty; Mo Wuji had completely depleted his channel opening solution.

In Mo Wuji's mind, there was only one thought: This means I can't open more meridians...

"Pa... Ka..." Two more lightning flashes landed on Mo Wuji's body.

Mo Wuji immediately retreated. Without anymore channel opening solution, he was no longer willing to be struck by the crocodile's lightning. He was not a fool.

As Mo Wuji retreated, the enraged and bloodied crocodile rushed to give chase.

Mo Wuji had accumulated some experience from fighting these lightning crocodiles; they fight with a vengeance. If he did not kill this Six-footed Lightning Crocodile now, he would not be able to make a full retreat.

Determined, Mo Wuji no longer retreated. He thrusted his knife and pierced the crocodile's throat.

At the same time, he saw a red figure running towards him. Behind him, was an angry lightning crocodile. This fella probably infuriated this lightning crocodile. Seeing Mo Wuji, the red figure called out in fright, "Friend, please save me! I will get you unimaginable riches and glory..."

With Mo Wuji's ability, saving this fella was as easy as flipping him palm. He just needed to block the oncoming lightning and this fella would have the chance of surviving.

If it was anyone else, Mo Wuji would not hesitate to save him. However, after noticing who that fella was, Mo Wuji was enraged.

He was the red robed man who ripped Qin Xiangyu's tent apart. If not for this sea beast attack, something bad might have happened to Qin Xiangyu.

"Hurry and save him..." Just as Mo Wuji was about to turn his back and run away, an anxious voice called out to him.

Mo Wuji sneered in his heart. He acted as though he did not hear the voice and he shifted his body to the side. At this instant, the crocodile chasing after him pounced towards him. He had never avoided any crocodile's attack before, but he somehow managed to do so this time around.

"Pa pa, poof..." The two lightning crocodile's bolts landed on the red robed man. The red robed man was already heavily injured. He could no longer hold on, and he fell to the ground. The lightning crocodile which was chasing after him pounced on his body, crushing his throat. His eyes no longer showed any signs of life.

"You're looking for death..." A silhouette came flying over, landing by Mo Wuji's side, throwing a punch towards him.

As the punch was launched, Mo Wuji felt a powerful, overwhelming force. This force filled Mo Wuji's heart with horror; the power behind it was too strong.

"Shao Feng, are you looking for death? Don't think that who can do as you please just because you're from the Jade Net Sect. This is not a place where you can freely kill people," a cold snort sounded. A middle aged man with an indifferent expression landed behind Mo Wuji.

The moment those words were uttered, the incoming powerful force also disappeared without a trace.

This voice was very familiar; it was the voice of the person who gave him the spiritual pill. Mo Wuji was about to express his gratitude when another bright light flashed by. Under this bright light, the lightning crocodile Mo Wuji was fighting with was sliced into two pieces. In fact, it wasn't just one lightning crocodile, but two.

"Shao Feng, you're too much! This performance of this junior here was so heroic. He pitted his life to battle the Six-footed Lightning Crocodile. On the other hand, you were just looking by the side. Now you want to indiscriminately kill him?" Another silhouette landed. This time, it was a beautiful woman in a yellow dress. She had silky hair and snow-like skin. If not for the coldness in her eyes, her beauty would have increased by three points.

"Senior Qin, junior apprentice sister Wan, you heard what happened. I asked him to save Huo Zhenghu, but he didn't do so. Furthermore, he timed his dodge so that both the lightning bolts would land on Huo Zhenghu," the man called Shao Feng said with a frown.

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Chapter 47: Luo Hai Merchant House Contribution Points

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The yellow dressed woman sneered, "Shao Feng, he has never cultivated, and his martial arts is also very weak. He was able to kill two Six-footed Lightning Crocodiles, depending desperately on his healing solution and his cruel ruthlessness. Do you think he could actually save your friend from two of those crocodiles?"

"Junior apprentice sister Wan'Er, I did not mean..." Shao Feng frowned and stuttered to explain himself.

The yellow dressed woman waved her hand, "Shao Feng, call me Qu Wan'Er. I am not your junior apprentice sister. You are from the Jade Net Sect, I am from the Heavenly Temple. We are from different sects. Since that's the case, I will talk to you as a friend. As a talented disciple from a big sect, you should be more lenient and tolerant. In this aspect, Senior Hou Yucheng is a lot better than you."

Shao Feng's face turned angry, "Don't compare me to that b*astard."

The yellow dressed woman did not continue speaking. Mo Wuji was about to thank the Immortal Master Qin and the yellow dressed woman, but a burst of shouting came over. Mo Wuji subconsciously looked back, and saw that the dense crocodile and toad horde had been pushed back.

On the deck, only a heavy scent of blood and several corpses all over the place remained. Some of these corpses were the crocodiles, some were the passengers.

The dead passengers were all charred lightning. On the other hand, only a few of the lightning crocodiles were actually killed by stabs to the throat. Most of them were actually cut into two halves.

Mo Wuji did not need to ask to know that most of them were killed by immortal masters.

"Wuji, are you alright?" After the lightning crocodiles were forced to retreat, Yuan Zhenyi immediately ran to find Mo Wuji. Previously, he was forced to separate from Mo Wuji. It was already hard for him to protect himself, much less divert his attention to look out for Mo Wuji.

"I'm okay. How about Bu'Er?" Mo Wuji asked with a hint of worry.

"Wuji, Brother Zhenyi, I'm fine," Ding Bu'Er called over. His body was also charred black. It looked like it really wasn't easy for him to have survived that attack.

"Immortal Masters, thank you for helping us," Seeing that both Yuan Zhenyi and Ding Bu'Er were alright, Mo Wuji turned and bowed to Immortal Master Qin and the yellow dressed woman.

The yellow dressed woman nodded her head, but did not say a word.

On the other hand, the immortal master surnamed Qin stared at Mo Wuji for a while, and said, "Your performance just now was not bad. You can apply for a single room."

Mo Wuji quickly replied, "Thank you immortal master, but I'm living well in the shared house."

Mo Wuji had somehow offended that Shao Feng. Mo Wuji had no means of protecting himself against an expert like Shao Feng. If he stayed by himself in the single room, he might be killed and no one would even know what happened. At least it would be safer in the large shared house.

Immortal Master Qin did not press on. Instead, he asked, "How are your spiritual roots?"

Mo Wuji said self-deprecatingly, "I had it tested once before. My spiritual roots are very weak, they are no better than mortal roots."

Mo Wuji was definitely lying. He did not test for his spiritual roots once, but twice. Furthermore, his spiritual roots weren't weak, they weren't there at all. He was a plain mortal with mortal roots.

Mo Wuji did not say that to impress Immortal Master Qin so that he would be invited to join Immortal Master Qin's sect. He was afraid that he might actually have spiritual roots now that he had opened three meridians. Thus, he said that to leave himself a backdoor.

When Immortal Master Qin heard Mo Wuji's words, a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes. He shook his head before he turned and jumped away, instantly disappearing without a trace. With Mo Wuji's perseverance and determination, he would have been a good seedling to nurture. However, a good seedling still needed to cultivate. Without spiritual roots, Mo Wuji was just a mere mortal. His perseverance could only get him so far.

The yellow dressed woman's eyes also revealed a trace of regret. Afterwards, she also turned and left. Shao Feng did not stay to trouble Mo Wuji. Instead, he quickly followed the yellow dressed woman.

The whole deck was filled with fresh blood. Some people have already started cleaning the bodies. Mo Wuji roughly estimated, there were at least two thousand people who died.

In just one attack, so many had died. If there continued to have more attacks, then less than half of the passengers on this ship would actually reach Chang Luo. Mo Wuji suddenly understood why no one carried out their private vengeances on this ship. If there were more people on this ship, then their chances of surviving a sea beast attack would also be higher. Except for the strong immortal masters, everyone here could die at any moment.

"Wuji, your injuries aren't light ah," Yuan Zhenyi worriedly said the moment Immortal Master Qin and co. left. He saw that Mo Wuji's body was drenched in blood, and Mo Wuji's body was also charred all over. As a result, he thought that Mo Wuji was heavily injured.

However, Mo Wuji knew that his injuries weren't actually very heavy. This was due to spiritual pill which Immortal Master Qin gave him.

"Zhenyi, I'm fine. We'll talk when we get back."

At this moment, a brown robed man called out to Mo Wuji. "Please wait! May I ask, are you Mo Wuji from the 32nd Shared House from Chang Yan State?" [1]

Mo Wuji looked at the brown robed man in surprise; he did not even know this person. However, this brown robed man was different; he had a book in his hands, which he seemed to be looking at for details.

"Yes, I'm Mo Wuji," Mo Wuji nodded his head and answered doubtfully.

The brown robed man looked up from his book, as he smiled and said, "That's good. I am a personnel from the Luo Hai Merchant House. Just now, you killed two Six-footed Lightning Crocodiles. I believe that it will not be convenient for you to always be carrying their corpses with you wherever you go, right? Our conpany is actually interested in buying them. Would you prefer your payment in gold coins, or in our Luo Hai Merchant House contribution points?"

What? The lightning crocodiles belonged to whoever killed them? Not the immortal masters of this ship? Oh right, the immortal masters probably wouldn't care much about low-leveled beasts like the Six-footed Lightning Crocodiles.

"Wuji, you actually killed two of those lightning crocodiles? Yuan Zhenyi looked at Mo Wuji in short. Ever since Mo Wuji defeated the guard from Yin Han State within a single exchange, Yuan Zhenyi knew that Mo Wuji had some moves under his sleeves. However, even when he overestimated Mo Wuji, he would never have expected Mo Wuji to kill two Six-footed Lightning Crocodiles.

Mo Wuji nodded his head, "That's right, I killed two of those lightning crocodiles just now."

Mo Wuji then turned to the brown robed man and asked, "Senior, may I enquire more about the Luo Hai Merchant House contribution points?"

The brown robed man quickly said, "Luo Hai Merchant House's customers are either individual or regular customers. There 5 grades for regular customers, which are orange, green, blue, indigo and purple, in an ascending order. As long as you purchase anything from Luo Hai Merchant House, you can sign up for our orange card. These cards can accumulate points, and when you get sufficient points, you can upgrade your card. Brother Mo killed two lightning crocodiles. We are willing to pay you 20 thousand gold coins. Alternatively, we can also offer you 200 Luo Hai Merchant House contribution points."

20 thousand gold coins was considered a large amount for an average person. However, it did not mean much to Mo Wuji. He immediately asked, "What can the contribution points be used for?

The brown robed man laughed and said, "Our contribution points can be exchanged for anything within our store. Cultivation manuals, pills, even spiritual tools can be exchanged..."

"I want contribution points!" Mo Wuji did not wait for the brown robed man to finish talking. The moment he heard 'cultivation manuals', he did not hesitate to choose contribution points.

He continued to ask, "How many contribution points would it take to exchange for a cultivation manual?"

The brown robed man's tone became serious, "Well, that would depend on the grade. The lowest graded ones could be around a thousand or even ten thousand contribution points. The highest graded ones could not even be bought even if you had a million contribution points."

Mo Wuji sighed. He desperately fought to kill those two lightning crocodiles, but they were only worth 200 contribution points. Even getting the lowest grade cultivation manual would be a pipe dream.

"Then may I ask how I can earn more contribution points?" Mo Wuji hurriedly asked.

The brown robed man answered, "There are many ways. You can exchange spiritual ingredients, ores, pills, or even complete assignments. All these can be exchanged for contribution points."

[1] Please note that Mo Wuji is currently acting as an attendant of Ji Xing who was from the Chang Yan State.

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Chapter 48: The Royal Capital Chang Luo

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After obtaining 200 contribution points, Mo Wuji and Yuan Zhenyi returned to the shared house.

When Mo Wuji returned, he found that out of the original 50 inhabitants, there were at most 30 people left. In just one sea beast attack, 40% of the people in this room were gone.

The atmosphere in the room was tense. The moment Mo Wuji and Yuan Zhenyi entered, almost everyone stood up. Their faces revealed an expression of respect and awe; they clearly knew about Mo Wuji's wildness and ruthlessness.

Single-handedly killing two lightning crocodiles: This was a feat which, besides the immortal masters, only the extremely powerful martial artists could do.

"What does this mean?" Mo Wuji looked puzzledly at everyone.

"Brother Mo, you really killed two Six-footed Lightning Crocodiles?" The refined and gentle-looking Tang Boxian stepped forward and asked. He had a trace of disbelief in his eyes. He only took the initiative to ask as his relationship with Mo Wuji was not bad.

Mo Wuji laughed, "That was just luck. Oh right, where's Yuan Zhi?"

Tang Boxian's expression immediately sunk, "Yuan Zhi will not be coming back."

Mo Wuji sighed in his heart. People really needed luck. In terms of wit and agility, Tang Boxian could not compare to Yuan Zhi. Alas, Yuan Zhi was gone, but Tang Boxian returned safe and sound.

Initially, when the people in the shared house heard of the news on Mo Wuji, they were all discussing in disbelief. However, after hearing Mo Wuji personally confirming the news, the room quietened down again.

"Thank you Big Brother Mo..." Qin Xiangyu, who was already in her tent, suddenly came out and bowed towards Mo Wuji; her tone held deep gratitude and admiration.

Mo Wuji knew that she must have seen his plot on the red robed man. He nodded towards her, before facing and speaking to the crowd, "I need to rest. I believe all of us do. Please try your best not to make so much noise."

In the shared house, Mo Wuji's words were like the imperial edict. After hearing his words, everyone went back to their own spots to rest. The whole room became quieter than before, and whenever people spoke, they would choose to whisper.

Everyone knew, that this was not due to the 20 less people in the share house, but it was due to Mo Wuji's preference for silence.

It might be due to Qu Wan'Er's warnings, or the fact that Mo Wuji was not even worth his time, that Shao Feng did not come to cause trouble for Mo Wuji.

After understanding the price of cultivation manuals, Mo Wuji no longer intended to take part in the auction. The tens of thousands of gold coins he had on him might seem like a lot, but it was far from purchasing cultivation manuals and other items of the like.

Throughout the journey, the ship encountered several sea beast attacks. However, it wasn't attacked by the Six-footed Lightning Crocodile horde, nor were the attacks in as large a scale. Mo Wuji did not cultivate, but his lightning essence occasionally appeared to help him deal some critical, killing blows. Together with Yuan Zhenyi, they were not at an advantageous position, but they were able to hold their ground.

The two of them were able to kill quite a number of sea beasts. However, these beasts could not be compared to the Six-footed Lightning Crocodile; Mo Wuji only managed to add 50 contribution points to his orange card.

After two months, only 20 people in Mo Wuji's shared house survived when the Spring Sea finally arrived at Xing Han's Royal Capital, Chang Luo.

As the Spring Sea approached the shore, everyone within the ship flocked out to the deck. Even the immortal masters could not control the rush.

After two consecutive months of suppression, and constantly facing the threat of death, the sight of land really excited everyone.

Fortunately, the immortal masters did not try to control the crowd. Due to this mad rush, there were some incidences of people falling down and got were eventually trampled to death. However, no one really cared or stopped.

In just half an incense of time, more than half of the ship had departed. Mo Wuji and Yuan Zhenyi did not squeeze with the crowd. Instead, they walked slowly at the back. They were already at Chang Luo, why the need to rush?

"Wuji, you don't need to follow us anymore. After arriving at Chang Luo, you are free to do what you want. On the other hand, I will be stay with Ji Xing and attend the Spring Immortal's Gate a month from now," Yuan Zhenyi knew that Mo Wuji did not have spiritual roots, and would not want to join him and wait for the start of the Spring Immortal's Gate.

Indeed, Mo Wuji did not intend to stay with Yuan Zhenyi and Ji Xing. He needed to find a place to stay before secretly testing for his spiritual roots. Now that he had opened three meridians, it was still unclear whether he would have spiritual roots. Furthermore, even if he did not have spiritual roots, he still wanted to try all means possible to acquire a cultivation manual, and attempt to stimulate the lightning essence within his body.

At the same time, Mo Wuji would still participate in the Spring Immortal's Gate. After all, the sects would be looking for some service disciples. He might not be able to be a true disciple of the sect, but being a service disciple wouldn't be too bad.

"Then we'll go our separate ways. If I need to, where can I find you?" Mo Wuji knew that Yuan Zhenyi and Ji Xing would not be like him, they would definitely have a fixed place to stay.

"Brother Wuji, Zhenyi and I will be staying at Faraway Inn. If you need Zhenyi, you can find him there," Ji Xing took the initiative to reply Mo Wuji.

After two months aboard the same ship, he had seen how strong Mo Wuji could be. Among all the house attendants and personal guards, there were very few who were able to singlehandedly kill two Six-footed Lightning Crocodiles like Mo Wuji did. If Mo Wuji had spiritual roots, he would have lowered his status and made friends with Mo Wuji.

Unfortunately, Mo Wuji did not have spiritual roots. It didn't matter how strong he was, he would always be destined to be a mortal. The moment Ji Xing enters a sect and cultivates for a year or two, he would definitely be stronger than Mo Wuji. In his eyes, smiling and laughing with Mo Wuji was already a great sign of respect.

Mo Wui did not know the thoughts in Ji Xing's mind. Even if he did, he would not care much about it. After waving goodbye to Yuan Zhenyi, he soon disappeared within the crowd.

He did not need to bother about Yuan Zhenyi and Ding Bu'Er. Yuan Zhenyi had his own plans while Ding Bu'Er would be following Han Ning to the Spring Immortal's Gate. There, Ding Bu'Er would also have a chance to be a service disciple.

It was only Mo Wuji who did not have anywhere to go to. However, he was still in a pleasant mood.

In Rao Zhou, he was constantly in fear, and did not dare to go out. Now, he had finally gained his freedom. Every breath he took felt extremely fresh to Mo Wuji.

Mo Wuji glanced back at the vast ocean he just came from. One day, he would definitely return.

Chang Luo - the royal capital of Xing Han Empire.

Mo Wuji had yet to enter the city itself but he could feel and bustle and the distinguished aura. Several spacious bluestone roads were cobbled together, from afar, the roads looked like a long blue dragon.

Each road was filled with an endless flow of people. Rao Zhou could be already be considered bustling, but it was like a small town compared to Chang Luo.

The majestic city tower and the huge and spacious city gates filled Mo Wuji's heart with fervour. Chang Luo - this was where Mo Wuji would go big.

Mo Wuji quickened his footsteps as he followed the crowds on the bluestone roads into Chang Luo.

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Chapter 49: Living In Tian Luo Hotel

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Rao Zhou was already industrialized. Logically, Chang Luo should have been more heavily industrialized and should possess more advanced technology. However, Mo Wuji felt a greater atmosphere of culture over technology in Chang Luo. The buildings and halls made Mo Wuji feel like he was taken back in history.

The shophouses reminded Mo Wuji of some historical shophouses. Furthermore, all of these shophouses were grand and beautiful.

Mo Wuji needed to find living accommodations as soon as possible. With the coming Spring Immortal's Gate Conference, living accommodations would be quickly snapped up. If he took his time, he might actually end up sleeping on the streets.

Mo Wuji's premonition was right; he went through at least a dozen hotels, but he did not manage to find a room.

Just as Mo Wuji was ready to lower his standards, he saw three huge words: "Tian Luo Hotel".

Tian Luo Hotel may not be in the most crowded part of the city, but it was definitely not remote. Furthermore, the exterior of Tian Luo Hotel looked a lot better than the dozen inns he previously went through.

Mo Wuji guessed that this kind of hotel probably would not have any rooms. Still, he entered the hotel with a "Maybe" attitude. At that moment, a woman hurriedly walked out the hotel with her head lowered. As she walked out, she brushed her shoulders against Mo Wuji. Even though it was just a mere brushing of shoulders, Mo Wuji could see that she had a perfect figure. She was definitely a beautiful woman.

Looking at the luxurious entrance hall, Mo Wuji felt like he was back in a six-star hotel on Earth. As Mo Wuji entered the hotel, a pretty girl bowed and greeted him, "Are you looking for a place to stay or a particular person?"

"I'm looking for a place to stay. Are there any rooms?" Mo Wuji hurriedly asked.

The girl said with a smile, "Our ordinary and VIP rooms have all been booked. However, we still have a Superior Class room. The person living in that room just left. If you want it, you would need to pay two full months of accommodation costs..."

Mo Wuji suddenly recalled the woman who hastily left the hotel as he was entering. If she was the one who vacated the hotel room, then his luck was really too good.

"How much does it cost for two months?" Mo Wuji did not wait for the girl to finish and he immediately interrupted.

The girl maintained her smile and she calmly said, "As it is period of the Spring Immortal's Gate, our rooms are priced ten times higher. Our Superior Class rooms would cost 10 thousand gold coins per month. So it would be 20 thousand gold coins for two months."

Mo Wuji exhaled a breath of cold air. The price wasn't high; it was outrageously high.

If he did not earn money from his sale of penicillin, he would not even be able to set an eye on the room.

"Here's 20 thousand gold coins. I will be living for two months," Despite the outrageously high prices, Mo Wuji gritted his teeth and did not hesitate to take out two bank notes worth 10 thousand gold coins each.

He did not have the rights to participate in the Spring Immortal's Gate. However, the Spring Immortal's Gate was still a once in a lifetime of opportunity for Mo Wuji. Besides looking for geniuses, the sects would also be taking in service disciples. If it was revealed that he had spiritual roots, he might even be taken in as an outer disciple.

Even being a service disciple of a big sect would be useful for his cultivation.

Just like how students aiming to enter Peking University would stay near the university, Mo Wuji wanted to be near the venue for the Spring Immortal's Gate if wanted to join a sect.

During this period, he would have a good rest and maintain a good body condition. He could easily find ways to earn his money back but he could not easily find such an opportunity. If he left the hotel now to find cheaper alternatives, he might end up with nowhere to live in.

Furthermore, this hotel looked extremely grand and prestigious. He might actually meet some immortal masters during his stay here.

The pretty girl did not expect Mo Wuji to take out the 20 thousand gold coins, Besides immortal masters, only royalty or the extremely rich could afford to stay here. Judging Mo Wuji's ordinary looking appearance, he did not look like someone who could afford to stay in this hotel. Previously, she maintained her smile simply out of courtesy.

"Is there any problem?" Seeing the girl's blank look, Mo Wuji hurried and asked. With such a tight supply of rooms, it would naturally be better to enter one as soon as possible.

"Oh, nothing's wrong. Please wait as I check you in," The girl immediately returned to her senses and she respectfully helped Mo Wuji go through the formalities.

In just a few minutes, Mo Wuji got the room key and the occupant identity card. He was staying in room 0182, which was on the third floor.

"Are there still any rooms?" Just as Mo Wuji got his key, an anxious voice called out.

It was a young girl speaking. She had thick eyebrows and big eyes, which made her look extremely stoic. Unfortunately, her stoicism caused her to lose much of her woman's charm. By her side, was a young man with a sword on his back.

"I am extremely sorry. The last room has been booked by this friend over here," the receptionist politely replied.

When the young girl heard those words, she immediately turned to Mo Wuji, "Give me your key. I will give you double the fee."

"I'm just in need for rest, so I cannot give you my room. Sorry," Naturally, Mo Wuji would not give up on his plans for the sake of some gold coins.

"Triple." The thick browed girl wrinkled her brows. After sizing Mo Wuji up, she decided to increase the price. After offering this price, she immediately added, "Kid, be contented. Don't be too greedy and cause trouble for yourself."

"Little girl, may I ask what's the price for one night in your best room here?" Mo Wuji disliked people who tried to solve their problems using money. Furthermore, she even tried to threaten him. Unfortunately for her, Mo Wuji was not a person who was scared of threats.

Hearing Mo Wuji call her 'Little girl', the receptionist blushed as she replied, "The best room is the Immortal Master Room. It costs 10 thousand gold coins a night..."

"Ok, I will take the best Immortal Master Room. You can give them my room for free." Mo Wuji waved his hand and said arrogantly.

The receptionist answered apologetically, "I am extremely sorry. We don't have any more Immortal Master Rooms."

"Oh, since that's the case, I will stop trolling," Mo Wuji turned to look at the thick browed girl. He laughed at her as he walked up the steps.

The receptionist did not understand what Mo Wuji meant by 'trolling', but she could tell that Mo Wuji was not happy with the thick browed girl.

"A mere mortal dares to be so arrogant? I will definitely teach him a lesson," The thick browed girl finally understood that Mo Wuji must have been ridiculing her.

By her side, the young man honestly said, "Junior apprentice sister, since there are no more rooms, let's just find another hotel. Furthermore, we secretly slipped out. If we made too much trouble and the house finds out..."

Seemingly awoken by the words of the honest young man, the thick browed girl hatefully said, "That kid... He better not fall into my hands. If not he will understand the power of the Heavenly Aria Palace. Let's go!"

Seeing the two walk out, the receptionist seemed to recall something as her face revealed an expression of fear. She subconsciously looked in the direction of Mo Wuji's room, and prayed for him silently in her heart.

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Chapter 50: Immortal Mortal Technique

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Having rested for only a day, Mo Wuji left his accommodation and headed towards Luo Hai Merchant House.

There was still a month to the Spring Immortal's Gate Conference, so Mo Wuji decided to look around for his much desired cultivation technique. It's all right if he couldn't afford it, there's no harm in taking a look.

As to the brewing of the channel opening solution, Mo Wuji was surprisingly not anxious. Even if he managed to brew the solution, the absence of lightning would render it ineffective.

The austerity of Luo Hai Merchant House contrasted greatly with the opulence of Tian Luo Hotel. Two statues of an unknown beast stood menacingly at its entrance. The wide doors of the merchant house thronged with people, and as Mo Wuji followed the crowd into the house, he instantly smelt the aroma of drugs.

The lobby on the first floor was packed with a myriad of drugs, arranged neatly into clean and transparent cabinets. With a cursory gaze, it appeared as if nothing was missing. The names of the drugs along with their functions, grades, together with their ingredients, the names of their brewers and even the main herbs that went into making them, were all clearly labelled.

Mo Wuji had previously explored the pharmacies of Rao Zhou City. However, it was only at that moment did he realise that the drugs of the pharmacies of Rao Zhou were merely supplements.

Behind every counter sat an attendant. As long as the customers did not enquire about the prices, the attendant would sit motionless. However, once the customers made an enquiry of any sort, the attendant would promptly reply with his recommendations and suggestions.

Mo Wuji took it all in appreciatively. He hated entering a shop where the attendants swamped him with questions even though he didn't express any desires to make a purchase. How could one make an observation of the products of any sort under those conditions?

After walking a round, Mo Wuji did not purchase any drugs. The only drugs he could use here were the healing pills, the cheapest of which cost at least hundreds of gold coins. The efficacy of these drugs was unlikely to surpass his penicillin.

After looking at those drugs, Mo Wuji began to have a newfound appreciation of the revolutionary properties of his penicillin. Once penicillin entered mass production, it would only cost a few silver coins, perhaps even bronze coins. The difference between penicillin and these drugs could not have been greater.

Mo Wuji went up to the second floor, which contained pills like the first. Judging from their packaging and appearance, they appeared to be a cut above those on the first floor. He did not browse any further, as he could not afford any of them.

On the third floor, Mo Wuji saw cultivation manuals. Immediately, he made a beeline for them.

"The Sagittarius Book of Life Energy, Normal Mortal Grade, is going for 8000 contribution points or one million gold coins. The Qi Circulation Longevity Scroll, Elite Mortal Grade is going for 50 000 contribution points or six million gold coins. The Whirlwind Power Punch, Elite Mortal Grade, is going for 76 000 contribution points or eight million gold coins…"

Mo Wuji made a round, with his heart growing heavier as he walked. All the money that he possessed could not even purchase the cover page of the cheapest cultivation manual.

"May I ask what are you seeking, friend?" Noticing the change in Mo Wuji's eyes after he lifted up his head again, an attendant hurried towards him.

Mo Wuji quickly composed himself, forced a smile and asked, "May I ask, why are all the techniques here Mortal Grade? Also, what is the difference between Normal Mortal Grade and Elite Mortal Grade?"

Upon hearing Mo Wuji's words, the attendant realised that the prospects of a deal were shattered. How could he purchase cultivation manuals if he couldn't even understand the grading system?

Fortunately, the attendant hadn't been here for long. He patiently explained, "The techniques are divided into 3 grades: Heaven, Earth and Mortal grade. The Heaven grade is naturally the highest. Every grade is then subdivided into Normal, Elite and Treasured tiers. The techniques of the Earth grade are considered too high leveled, so we don't sell them here."

The attendant deliberately did not mention that the shop did not even sell many techniques belonging to the Treasured Mortal Grade, let alone those of the Earth grade.

"So the techniques of the Heaven grade is the highest," Mo Wuji muttered to himself. If it were possible to purchase Heaven grade techniques, how much money would be required? The combined wealth of the planet was unlikely to be sufficient to purchase one.

The attendant took the chance to show off his knowledge and said laughingly, "Normally you can find the techniques from these three grades in most marketplaces. But I've heard of techniques belonging to a grade above the Heaven Grade. It's called the Immortal Grade. Those are the true ways of immortality."

Mo Wuji pointed questioningly at the Qi Circulation Longevity Scroll and asked, "Can't this technique prolong your life and also allow you to achieve immortality?"

The attendant, patient as ever, replied, "This is a technique to absorb the spiritual energy from the heaven and earth to cultivate the body. Of course one could obtain longevity, but it's different from living forever. How should I put it…?"

The attendant thought for a long while before realising that he had no suitable analogy. Finally, he thought of something. He pointed to a cultivation manual in a corner and said to Mo Wuji, "For example, that book…"

Mo Wuji rushed over to take a look, "Immortal Mortal…"

Mo Wuji felt his heart beat faster. What an arrogant name! How could a mortal be immortal?

Almost immediately, his gaze fell upon the price. 1000 contribution points or 110 thousand gold coins…

"Why is it so cheap?" Mo Wuji asked immediately.

The attendant chuckled and replied, "Take a look at its grade and you shall know why is it so cheap."

Mo Wuji felt as if he had just seen his crush, sitting next to him. It's almost as if he could smell her fragrance. His heart thumped uncontrollably as his body shook.

"The , Mortal Grade technique…" Looking at that statement, Mo Wuji exclaimed with disbelief, "How is that possible?"

How could it be? Even if it's Mortal grade, why is it so cheap?

The attendant looked at Mo Wuji's stunned appearance, and suddenly felt like adding a few more sentences. Perhaps that guy would eventually fork out the money to buy it.

Just as the attendant was prepared to coax Mo Wuji into buying it, a gentle voice said, "This technique can be found everywhere, and the price here is the most expensive. A street vendor or a small shop would probably sell it to you for 20 or 30 thousand gold coins. You might even get one for just 10 thousand gold coins. Because this technique could only be practised until Channel Opening Stage Level 9 before the user is forced to change techniques. Furthermore, the method of practising it is extremely difficult. Also, to reach Channel Opening Stage Level 9 with this technique would take up considerably more energy and resources compared to other techniques."

The speaker turned out to be a smiling man of average stature. The words of this man splashed upon Mo Wuji like a bucket of cold water. He thought he finally found a bargain, when in actual fact the whole street was selling it.

"Thank you mister for your advice," Despite the aching disappointment in his heart, Mo Wuji raised his hands in an appreciative gesture.

The attendant said sheepishly, "While the whole street is selling this, at least our store is selling the complete version. The versions of the technique sold by the street vendors have missing content, and are made from coarse materials. I promise you, I sell at least 10 copies of this technique here."

The man nodded his head and said, "That's true, you can trust the brand of Luo Hai Merchant House."

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Chapter 51: Basics of Cultivation

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"About that, could you let me take a look at that technique?" Mo Wuji sighed to himself, wanting to lay his eyes on this Immortal Mortal Technique.

He had no other way, the amount of money he had could only afford some techniques of the masses.

"No problem." The shop assistant took the Immortal Mortal Technique manual out from the glass display case and handed it to Mo Wuji with a smile. He did not have the permission to do so for other techniques, but at least for this one, he could make such a decision.

The moment Mo Wuji intended to open the manual, the middle aged man laughed, "My suggestion would be that if you want to make progress in your cultivation for the long term, it would be better to accumulate some points and purchase a higher quality Mortal technique. The Immortal Mortal Technique only goes by this name in this shop. Once you leave the shop, this technique goes by another name."

"What's the other name?" Mo Wuji blurted.

The middle aged man pointed at the manual in Mo Wuji's hands, "Once you open this manual, you will be able to see its actual name."

With that, Mo Wuji hurriedly flipped open the manual. Below the words "Immortal Mortal Technique'', there were a few small unassuming words "Basics of Cultivation"

When Mo Wuji saw those three words, he almost coughed up blood. If this middle aged man did not remind him, he would have bought this manual. What's more, if anyone asked him, he would say that he was training in the Immortal Mortal Technique, which might make him a big laughing stock.

The shop assistant saw that something was amiss, and quickly added, "This is the most basic of the beginner techniques. If you train with this technique, even if you change to another technique in the future, there will be no negative effects. I can assure you, there are no other techniques that are more foundational than this one."

Mo Wuji retorted snidely, "Of course there will be no negative effects. Didn't I just hear that training this Immortal Mortal Technique requires a large amount of time and resources? By the time I have the ability to change to other techniques, won't I already be close to dying from old age?"

The shop assistant chuckled, but did not rebut what Mo Wuji said.

The middle aged man spoke once again, "Technically this shop assistant is not wrong. Even though the technique takes up a long period of time for training, but it has been passed down for countless years, and went through all kinds of refinement, thus making it flawless. Whenever you have a higher quality cultivation technique, you can really swap it out at any moment."

Mo Wuji flipped the manual open. The shop assistant did not lie about its contents. The technique was highly detailed, not only stating clearly how to circulate spiritual energy, but also showing diagrams indicating the direction of flow within spirit channels. On top of that, there were introductions to certain parts of the spirit channel network in the body.

Mo Wuji never cultivated before, and no one had ever taught him how to. The positions and names of spirit channels were completely foreign to him. What more the direction of flow within them.

The shop assistant took out another book and passed it to Mo Wuji, "My friend, if you purchase the Immortal Mortal Technique from me, I will also give you this introductory book on spirit channels for free."

Mo Wuji closed the manual, saying to the shop assistant, "Could you stop bringing up Immortal Mortal Technique. What I want to buy now is this Basics of Cultivation. Speak. What is the lowest price that you can offer? That's right, I still have 250 points, how much money would I have to add on top of that to get this manual and the free gift?"

He was rather impatient. Either he bought this manual, or he would leave the shop empty handed. The amount of money he had could not purchase anything else.

Hearing that Mo Wuji really intended to purchase this Basics of Cultivation, the shop assistant immediately broke into a smile and said, "Just add 70 thousand gold coins…"

"I'll add another 50 thousand gold coins. If you are willing to sell it, I will take it off your hands immediately. Otherwise, I'll go to another shop." Mo Wuji said without hesitation.

Subtracting the money spent at the hotel, He only had approximately 100 thousand gold coins on him. He would have to scrimp and save this sum of money. Initially, he felt that 100 over thousand gold coins was a large sum. But only after walking into this shop did Mo Wuji realise that he was poorer than a beggar. At this rate, he would have to find some way to earn money for meals.

"Deal." The shop assistant passed both the Immortal Mortal Technique and the Introduction to Spirit Channels to Mo Wuji without hesitation.

Mo Wuji took out the orange rewards card to pay with his 250 points, then taking out a 50 thousand dollar gold note. He finally obtained the cultivation technique of his dreams: the Immortal Mortal Technique. No wait, it's the Basics of Cultivation.

Carefully wrapping both books up and stuffing them into his clothes, Mo Wuji decided to find somewhere to test his spirit roots, before going back and seeing if he could cultivate.

As Mo Wuji was about to leave, he turned around and saw that the middle aged man had not left yet. The man did not know Mo Wuji at all, but yet still helped to explain many things to him. It looked like this guy was here to look for him, but he had just arrived in Chang Luo City!

"Thanks brother for all those explanations. I noticed that you've been here for quite some time, could it be that you're here to look for me?" Mo Wuji respectfully asked.

The middle aged man smiled and nodded, "I didn't help much just now, and you still purchased this manual in the end. But you're right, I'm here for you."

Without prompting from Mo Wuji, he explained, "This is a token representing a service disciple of the Formless Blade Sect."

Mo Wuji instinctively took the ice cold token, and asked with suspicion, "But I don't even know you, why are you giving me this token?"

The middle aged man warmly replied, "Don't worry, this token was given to me by Qin Xiangyu. She asked me to pass it to you. If you don't intend to use it, just keep it by your side. You never know when it might come in handy."

Qin Xiangyu? Mo Wuji immediately remembered the lady that lived next to him. That woman seemed pretty normal, but she gave off an aura of distinction. Her figure was even more attractive. That sort of curvaceous body was not only beautiful, but also did not seem like kitsch. Perhaps, this was what an actual aura felt like.

He only helped her conveniently initially, who knew that this woman would remember him, even giving him a title of service disciple within a sect.

This didn't make sense, Qin Xiangyu was a servant like him. How could she have obtained a token for service disciples from such an immortal sect, and afford to give one to him?

Seemingly reading Mo Wuji's mind, the middle aged man explained, "Xiangyu's younger brother, Qin Chen, is the Formless Blade Sect's second elder's direct disciple, and had left home for over ten years. Because of the Spring Immortal Gate Conference, they were able to meet, and she obtained this token from him."

Mo Wuji finally understood. No wonder she could easily obtain such a token.

"As this matter has been concluded, I will take my leave." The middle aged man did not introduce himself, and after Mo Wuji received the token, automatically bade farewell and left.

After the man had left, Mo Wuji then grabbed the shop assistant and asked, "May I ask what level is the Formless Blade Sect?"

The shop assistant looked at the token in Mo Wuji's hand in admiration, replying, "The Formless Blade Sect might not be the best sect around, but it's at least an Earth level Sect, a below average one."

Only a below average Earth level sect. Mo Wuji was slightly disappointed, but still felt greatly indebted to Qin Xiangyu. There might be many people who keep grudges, but much less who remember other people's goodwill.

Putting the token away, Mo Wuji decided to still get his spirit roots tested. If he had spirit roots, and of a decent quality, then he might actually stand a chance to go for the Spring Immortal Gate Conference. When that happens, he would not be only a service disciple, maybe even an outer disciple.

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Chapter 52: The Higher You Go, The Harder You Fall

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Chang Luo City had too many locations for testing spirit roots, and the cheapest only required a fee of 100 gold coins. Being wary of false test results, Mo Wuji decided on the Xing Han Spirit Opening Tower.

After some inquiries, Mo Wuji found out that the Xing Han Spirit Opening Tower was one of the top tier spirit opening towers. Its accuracy rate for testing one's spirit roots was a perfect 100%. Originally, Mo Wuji was worried that his spiritual roots may be of poor quality, and that it would be better to take the test on the sly. However, when he reached Xing Han Spirit Opening Tower, he knew that he was overthinking.

Just by standing at outside of the Xing Han Spirit Opening Tower for a few minutes, Mo Wuji saw up to a hundred people enter and leave the premises. With such a high volume of human traffic, who would notice him?

Mo Wuji walked into the Spirit Opening Tower and was welcomed by a large signboard. The signboard had two arrows, the left one pointing to "spirit root testing", and the right one pointing to "opening of spirit channels".

Taking a left turn, Mo Wuji quickly arrived at a window which had a sign below it that wrote "Pay 700 gold coins for the testing of spirit roots". He handed over the fee, and obtained a card numbered 3121.

There were many people coming to get their spiritual roots tested, and all Mo Wuji had to do was to follow behind the others. He walked up to the third floor, which had a large hall with over a hundred people seated within it. Due to the gigantic size of the hall, even with a hundred people in it, there still seemed to be much extra space left.

At the corner of the hall, there was a metal door that was closed shut. When Mo Wuji entered, one person walked out from that door, and following the reporting of a number, another went in.

Within half a minute, the previous person exited the door, and the person with the next number entered.

Mo Wuji waited for approximately an hour before his name was called; he then entered the room anxiously.

If nothing went wrong, and the test results still indicated that he did not have spiritual roots, then he probably would not have spiritual roots for the rest of his life.

After entering the room, Mo Wuji saw a crystal pillar that was much more transparent and clear than those within Cheng Yu Spirit Opening Tower. Not only was it clearer, its height was also much greater than the Cheng Yu Spirit Opening Tower. By his estimates, it was at least 4.5 to 5 metres tall.

Beside the crystal pillar sat a middle aged woman. Upon seeing Mo Wuji enter, she said emotionlessly, "Stand up there."

Mo Wuji took the test once before, and already possessed experience about the whole process. He immediately stood on the spirit roots test platform.

The next moment, a bright blue light shot up to the sky, exceeding the top edge of the crystal pillar.

In an instant, this blue light disappeared, and the pillar reverted to its original state.

"What's going on?" The female tester suddenly stood up, walking towards the crystal pillar with a look of suspicion. She touched the pillar all over for a good period of time.

Sometime later, she still did not know what had happened, and could only tell Mo Wuji, "You, come down. You'll retake the test awhile later."

Mo Wuji initially got stunned by the blue light that shot into the sky. What followed was a tingling sensation on his scalp. He had saw Yan'Er's spirit roots test before. Hers was a streak of green light which did not even reach the top of the pillar, and she was determined to have Supreme Spirit Roots.

But Yan'Er's green light remained at the pillar all the way until she stepped down from it.

That warm green light was something that Mo Wuji was unable to forget even up till that point in time.

What was the issue with him? After that streak of blue light shot to the sky, it disappeared completely. Moreover, this sort of brilliance was highly disruptive, totally different from the warmth from Yan'Er's light.

"Stand up there again." Seeing that Mo Wuji was in a daze, the tester shouted once more.

Mo Wuji hurriedly stood up onto the pillar. A moment later, he saw that the pillar had some faint specks of blue light that flashed a few times, before the pillar returned to its original state.

The middle aged woman furrowed her eyebrows, and was not very satisfied with the results, pushing for Mo Wuji to take the test again for the third time. It was still the same. A few bits of blue light sparkled for a moment before disappearing.

"Low quality mortal roots, there's no possibility for you to open your spirit channels. You may leave now." The middle aged woman finally confirmed the results of the test. The blinding brilliance of blue light from the first try must have been a glitch with the crystal pillar.

The crystal pillar rarely had any issues, but it wasn't that there were none. It almost caused her to think that some kind of genius was in her presence, wasting the time spent on three tests.

Mo Wuji was devastated, walking out of the room with his head held low. It seemed like the meridians that he opened belonged to the meridian network, not the spirit channel network. If they were spirit channels, he would already have spirit roots.

But what exactly happened with the blue light for the first test? Something must be wrong. His test at Cheng Yu Spirit Opening Tower only yielded a few grey sparkles. However it was blue light flashing this time. Perhaps this had something to do with the lightning source within him?

Now that he had a cultivation technique, no matter what the result, he would go back to start cultivating first. If he really could not cultivate, then he would find a way to learn martial arts.

There was another person that Mo Wuji could not forget: Yan'Er.

Besides his parents, this was the only person he had met that would rather remain hungry and thirsty so that he may have a better life.

Every time he thought of Yan'Er, Mo Wuji would become furious at the woman that took her away.

At Tian Luo Hotel, Mo Wuji stepped into a room, closing the door, and taking out Basics of Cultivation immediately.

"It is a fallacy that spiritual energy appeared after heaven and earth was created. Spiritual energy was created together with the universe. Those born without it, are called mortals. Mortals of my generation, compressed and trained spiritual energy, and achieved longevity…"

The introduction was already so grand, which made Mo Wuji look forward to what lay ahead.

When he saw the terms "compress and train spiritual energy" and "first through the Earth Vein", he was stunned. He had no idea how to do it. If he could not even do this, how would he carry on cultivating. Cultivation really required the guidance of a master, Mo Wuji sighed in his heart before quickly taking out Introduction to Spirit Channels. Finally, he found what Earth Vein referred to. The first step was to let spiritual energy flow through a spirit channel called the Earth Vein, then circulate it through the whole spirit channel network.

Mo Wuji had already opened three spirit channels, but unfortunately no matter how hard he tried, he could not absorb any natural spiritual energy and pass it through any of his meridians.

Could it be that this was the end? No. Mo Wuji was not satisfied and wanted to try the spiritual energy circulation again.

Continuously working at it for three to four hours, Mo Wuji's legs became numb from the prolonged sitting.

"Bang, bang!" Just as he was about to lose all hope, two loud knocks on the door were heard.

Mo Wuji angrily threw the Immortal Mortal Technique to one side, and yanked the door open. At the door, was a rather familiar woman clothed in black. The woman had a perfect figure and she was stunningly beautiful. Mo Wuji did not care how pretty this woman was, immediately shouting, "Do you know that it is bad manners to knock on a guest's door as you wish? If I were sleeping with a woman inside, would you want to come in to take a look?"

The woman in black was taken aback for a moment by Mo Wuji's boundless rage. Coincidentally her gaze landed on the Immortal Mortal Technique that Mo Wuji threw to one side. Even though that was actually the Basics of Cultivation, but the words Immortal Mortal Technique were larger.

"I'm really sorry for disrupting your training. I was the previous guest who stayed in this suite…"

Once the woman in black finished speaking, Mo Wuji suddenly recalled that he brushed shoulders with a woman while entering the suite. Wasn't this that woman?

If it were not for her checking out of the room last minute, he would not have a place to stay at. Mo Wuji suppressed his anger, and forcibly apologised, "I'm terribly sorry. I was just on a short fuse because something went wrong with my training. Didn't you check out already? Why are you still here?"

Mo Wuji's words were simply boastful lies. In reality he did not even manage to start his cultivation, so how could he have faced any problem during it?

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Chapter 53: The Start of Cultivation

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The woman in black felt embarrassed and replied hesitantly, "Something urgent popped up so I couldn't leave Chang Luo and now I'm unable to find another place to stay."

Mo Wuji answered doubtfully, "I'm sorry that you are unable to find a place to stay but I will not move out of this hotel room."

He was still unable to cultivate but decided to keep trying as he already knew of the cultivation techniques and this was a suitable place for him to try cultivating.

The woman in black waved her hand and said, "You will not need to move out, this suite is able to fit two people. Look on the left of the living room, there is another room available."

Mo Wuji had not noticed that room on the left until she mentioned it. He fell asleep straight away when he entered the room last night and left early in the morning today. When he returned, he started trying to cultivate without even stepping into the room.

This two-room concept suite was indeed worth the 20 000 gold coins.

It was not as if Mo Wuji did not want to help this woman but it was a critical period of time for him. If he was not trying to cultivate, he would have very willingly let her stay as it would not be very pleasant if she were to interrupt his training when he was still trying to cultivating.

As she soon realised the reason for Mo Wuji's hesitation, the woman in black hurried to say, "Don't worry, I will not disturb you while you are cultivating. In fact, I could help in some areas which you do not understand."

Mo Wuji's intention was made obvious to the woman in black from the Immortal Mortal manual which he previously threw to one side.

"Are you an immortal master?" Mo Wuji asked, out of curiosity.

The woman in black replied humbly, "I am not considered an immortal master. I am now only at Channel Opening Stage Level 4 but I'm quite familiar with the fundamentals."

Anyone in the Channel Opening Stage was considered to be an immortal master in the eyes of a mortal. However, the woman in black knew she was nothing extraordinary in terms of her Channel Opening Stage. She would be too embarrassed to call herself an immortal master.

Mo Wuji was in awe when he heard this. Han Ning was only at Channel Opening Stage Level 1 and she had mentioned that there would only be a drastic increase in strength after reaching Channel Opening Stage Level 4. He swept across to one side of the door and smiled vibrantly saying, "Elder sister, please come in quickly. It is very windy outside."

The woman in black glanced at Mo Wuji as her impression of Mo Wuji drastically changed after that sentence. How could it have been windy when they were inside a hotel?

She hesitate for a split second to enter the room. However, she really had no other place to stay and could not leave Chang Luo city as she had other plans in the city.

Mo Wuji waited for the woman in black to enter before shutting the door. He then hurried to pick up the manual embarrassingly. He thought to himself that maybe, in the eyes of the woman, he was nothing but a pile of sh*t in the world of cultivation.

"The manual may be cheap but it is not a good book to follow if you want to cultivate efficiently," The woman in black said objectively as she saw him pick up the book.

"Yes, yes. However, I've heard that this manual has been passed down for thousands of years and it is one of the most useful manuals for beginners. I believe that if I want to start cultivating and get stronger, I should get my basics right first. Since I have decided to start cultivating, I am not afraid of working long and hard," Mo Wuji said confidently, even though the truth was that he could not afford any other manual.

The woman in black was pleasantly surprised at the words of Mo Wuji. As he was able to afford to stay in this suite, she did not think that he only bought the manual because he could not afford the others.

"Yes, you are right. I did not have a peaceful state of mind when I first started cultivating," The woman in black agreed.

If she had seen Mo Wuji throw the manual on the floor in frustration before she knocked on the door, she would have realised that Mo Wuji was nothing but peaceful.

Mo Wuji took out some tea leaves and offered to make a cup of tea for the woman in black calmly, "I am Mo Wuji and I just reached Chang Luo recently. I am planning to try my luck at the Spring Immortal's Gate Conference. How may I address you?"

"My name is Shen Lian but you may address me as senior apprentice sister Shen..." The woman in black paused before continued by saying, "I am going to stay here for a long period, should I pay you some rent?"

Why would Mo Wuji want to collect rent from Shen Lian? If he had more money on him, he would immediately give some to Shen Lian.

"Senior apprentice sister Shen, everyone will go through a tough period in life. Moreover, I wouldn't be using the room if you did not approach me. It would be too crude to talk about paying rent," Mo Wuji said with a straight face.

Shen Lian looked as though she was not very good with words. Therefore, she stood up and bowed to Mo Wuji upon hearing him.

Mo Wuji said quickly, "Not trying to hide anything from you but I've barely started cultivating. There are many things about cultivation which I do not understand and will need to learn from you."

This was Mo Wuji's purpose from the start.

Shen Lian looked more comfortable talking about this topic. She also did plan to give Mo Wuji guidance thus she replied, "You can ask me about anything."

Mo Wuji's spirit was immediately lifted. None of his friends knew about cultivation. His only friend who was able to cultivate was Han Ning. However, the difference in their stature made it difficult for him to ask her more.

"Senior apprentice sister Shen, you are currently at Channel Opening Stage Level 4. May I ask how many levels there are in total? And how many spirit channels must be opened to be considered capable?" Mo Wuji asked everything under one breath.

Shen Lian did not need to think for long to answer in detail, "The fact that you are trying to cultivate means you possess spirit roots. The next step after having spirit roots would be to open the spirit. The number of spirit channels opened on the first try would represent how strong you can be in the future. Normally, it is considered decent to open about five spirit channels on the first try. Those with top quality roots will be able to open more than 10 spirit channels…"

Speaking of top quality roots, Mo Wuji could not help but think of Yan'Er.

"How many spirit channels can a genius open on the first try?" Mo Wuji asked.

"That is very hard to say. Those who can open more than 10 spirit channels are already considered geniuses. I've met a genius who once opened up 17 spirit channels. I heard that he was the first one in over a few hundred years to open up so many," Shen Lian said in awe.

"Will you be in the Channel Opening Stage after having spirit channels?"

Shen Lian shook her head, "After having your spirit channels opened, one must cultivate. Channel expansion is the continuous expansion of the spirit channels within your body. The more spirit channels expanded would result in greater power and possible achievements in the future. There are a total of nine levels in the stage. At the ninth level before the promotion to the Spirit Building Stage, if you are able to open 99 spirit channels, you could very well become an expert."

"Does this mean a cultivator can open at most 99 spirit channels?" There were still way too many things that Mo Wuji did not know.

Shen Lian nodded then shook her head, "To be capable of opening 99 spirit channels is already very rare. It is considered to be very impressive to have one or two of such people in an empire over a century. However, opening 99 spirit channels is not the limit. There were myths about a genius being able to open the 100th spirit channel and then proceeding to the 10th level. However, this is only a myth and there was no such person capable of doing this."

"What is the purpose of proceeding to the 10th level if it wastes so much time and effort?" Mo Wuji questioned.

Shen Lian said, "It is not a waste of time. Do you know about the three realms of cultivation?"

Mo Wuji shook his head in embarrassment as he did not know much at all.

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Chapter 54: Ten Breaths

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Shen Lian silently watched Mo Wuji place the Basics of Cultivation by the side, and explained, "Cultivation has three realms: the Mortal Realm, Earth Realm, and Heaven Realm. Each realm is separated into three stages, each stage separated into another nine levels.

The Channel Opening Stage is the first stage of the Mortal Realm. The second stage of the Mortal Realm is the Spirit Building Stage, and the third stage is the Transcending Mortality Stage. Beyond the Transcending Mortality Stage is the Earth Realm.

The Earth Stage's first stage is the Yuan Dan Stage; the second stage is the True Lake Stage; and the third stage is the Nihility God Stage…"

Seeing that Shen Lian could no longer carry on, Mo Wuji anxiously asked, "What about the three stages of the Heaven Realm?"

"Heaven Realm? Legend has it that experts from Quasi-Heaven Sects have crossed into the Heaven Realm. However those people do not show themselves, and most of them remain at the first stage. So the three stages of the Heaven Realm are completely unimportant to us. Knowing them serves no purpose," Shen Lian said while sighing.

In the past hundreds and thousands of years, how many experts within the five empires actually managed to cross into the Heaven Realm?

Mo Wuji also knew that Shen Lian was not spouting nonsense. The Heaven Realm was indeed too far out of his reach. Thinking of what Shen Lian just said, he asked with a tinge of uncertainty, "You previously mentioned that cultivating to the 10th level of the Channel Opening Stage was not a waste of time, but what does all that you just said have to do with the 10th level of Channel Opening that we were talking about before?"

Shen Lian replied, "Because at the ninth level of Transcending Mortality, many people will try everything to go beyond the Mortal Realm, and take a step into the Yuan Dan Stage, the first stage of the Earth Realm."

"Isn't that very normal?" Mo Wuji was really puzzled. Even if he did reach the ninth level of the Transcending Mortality Stage, he would also try all that he could to get into the Earth Realm.

"Yes it's normal, but very few people are aware that there is one more stage after the nine levels of Transcending Mortality" Shen Lian said.

"What stage is it?" Mo Wuji wanted to know.

A tinge of desire appeared in Shen Lian's eyes, "It is called the Extreme Mortal Stage, and it is the 10th level of the Transcending Mortality Stage. Even though there aren't many who know about this 10th level, but there are still some who do. But there has never been someone who could really force their way into the 10th level of Transcending Mortality. Not because they didn't want to, but because they simply couldn't. In order to force your way into the Extreme Mortal Stage, you must cultivate to the 10th level for the first of the three stages of the Mortal Realm, first for the Channel Opening Stage. After that you would have to cultivate until the 10th level of the Spirit Building Stage too. Only then would you have even the slightest chance of stepping into the 10th level of the Transcending Mortality Stage, the Extreme Mortal Stage."

At this point Shen Lian took a quick look at Mo Wuji, before continuing slowly, "In reality, simply cultivating to the 10th level of the Transcending Mortality Stage is nearly impossible, what more of doing that for all three stages of the Mortal Realm? Wouldn't you think that going for the 10th level of the Transcending Mortality Stage is just a waste of time and effort?"

"Then how would it benefit anyone to step into the Extreme Mortal Stage?" Mo Wuji knew that there would be countless benefits to the Extreme Mortal Stage after listening to Shen Lian's explanation, but he did not know any of them. Even if it were something out of his reach, he also wanted to know what it was.

Shen Lian replied, "Firstly, cultivators that enter the Extreme Mortal Stage would have a brighter future. Secondly, they would be stronger than others at the same level of cultivation. Normally, for those in the Mortal Realm, even if they are at the peak of the ninth level of the Transcending Mortality Stage, or halfway into the Yuan Dan Stage, their strength is still greatly inferior to those really in the Yuan Dan Stage. But for those in the Extreme Mortal Stage, they can actually go beyond their current stage and barely be able to fight against experts in the Yuan Dan Stage. This is the greatest difference."

Even though Shen Lian said many things, Mo Wuji did not hear about any of them before. But he knew that Shen Lian's level of wisdom was sufficient for him to ask her to be his master.

"Senior Shen, I know nothing about cultivating. Please guide me." Mo Wuji stood up and bowed respectfully.

Shen Lian took a sip of tea and said, "I can see that. I'll explain the distribution of spirit channels in the body and how to absorb spiritual energy. For the rest, I am unable to teach them to you. You'll have to learn them by yourself."

"Thank you senior."

This was precisely what Mo Wuji lacked. He had no idea how to start cultivating. On the other hand, Shen Lian did not selfishly withhold anything from him, and taught Mo Wiji how to utilise the opened spirit channels to circulate and then absorb spiritual energy. She also taught him how to do a minor circulation and a major circulation, even telling Mo Wuji how to synchronise his mind and the opened spirit channels to absorb spiritual energy. Not able to memorise everything on the spot, Mo Wuji even took out pen and paper to record all of it down.

The teaching and learning went on for a good half day. Shen Lian's mouth was parched and she stood up to say, "I need to rest now. Sigh, staying in a room with you isn't easy."

"Thank you Senior Shen, I will never forget your kindness of teaching me today." Mo Wuji humbly replied. What Shen Lian had taught him today was definitely not something that he could normally learn elsewhere. Even if he became a basic disciple, it would still be difficult for him to learn so many useful things.

"Forget it, I don't want to take you in as my disciple anyway." Shen Lian walked into the room on the right after she finished speaking. She used almost a day's time to just enter this apartment and a room within it.

Mo Wuji chuckled sneakily, saying to himself that he did not intend to ask her to be his master

When Shen Lian reached to the room's door, she suddenly stopped and turned around, asking, "That's right, how's your spirit roots? How many spirit channels did you open before opening your spirit?"

Mo Wuji paused slightly. What spirit roots did he have? If he said that he did not have spirit roots, and never opened half a spirit channel, who knew whether Shen Lian, who spoke until she her mouth went dry, would pounce on him and strangle him.

"Well, my spirit roots are only average, and I'm not very comfortable to disclose how many spirit channels I have opened. In all, my talent and quality definitely is a far cry from Senior Shen Lian." Mo Wuji sheepishly replied with an awkward laugh.

Shen Lian calmly spoke, "I naturally know that you talent is beneath mine. I only want to remind you that even for those with supreme spiritual roots who are absorbing spiritual energy for the first time, they require around a day before they can sense the spiritual energy. For spiritually sensitive people, sensing spiritual energy within two hours is not impossible. People with high quality spiritual roots require three to five days before sensing spiritual energy. People with intermediate quality spiritual roots need around 10 days, while those with low quality ones require a month or even years."

Completing her last sentence, Shen Lian pushed the door open and entered her room. The last sentence seemed to be targeted towards Mo Wuji. He laughed and grabbed his technique manual, swiftly entering the room on the left. He did not have spiritual roots at all, who cares if he would take a few months to sense spiritual energy, he already had the method and manual, what was left was to attempt it. What he learnt from Shen Lian was too much, so he decided to use the two months here to try it out non-stop.

Back in the room, Mo Wuji immediately began to follow the method that Shen Lian had taught him to absorb spiritual energy, and start the round the body circulation. Aware that those with the worst spirit roots would require at least a month to sense spiritual energy, Mo Wuji was completely calm. He did not have spirit roots, and it had not even been half a day yet. It would be unusual if he could actually sense spiritual energy. Cultivation was originally an orderly process with slow improvement, so why the rush?

Taking in a deep breath, Mo Wuji closed his eyes and began to sense the spiritual energy of the heaven and earth. In that moment his heart was calm, without even the slightest bit of anxiety. Nonsense, even those with Supreme Spiritual Roots would need a day to sense spiritual energy, what good would it be if he was riled up.

Not even at his 10th breath, Mo Wuji could feel a cool airflow through the first of his opened meridians, then after half a minor circulation it entered his second meridian.

Mo Wuji got a shock and opened his eyes. The airflow disappeared. This was only half a minor circulation, and Mo Wuji could feel that his whole body was significantly lighter.

This was too simple right? Could this be cultivation? But he clearly did not have spiritual roots.

Mo Wuji exploded in happiness after being stunned for a moment. As long as he could cultivate, who cared if he had spiritual roots. The next instant, Mo Wuji immediately pulled out and opened up the Basics of Cultivation, cleared his mind, and furiously started the circulation process.

(TL Note: we changed hierarchy of cultivation to Realm - Stage - Level for better clarity)

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Chapter 55: Channel Opening Stage Level 1

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After an unknown amount of time, Mo Wuji suddenly opened his eyes. He felt as though his cultivation had met with a bottleneck, without any way of breaking through. It was written in , once spiritual energy fills the body through the spirit channels, the first level would be complete. Mo Wuji could feel his entire body filled with spiritual energy, it's just that he used his meridians instead of spirit channels.

Was this Channel Opening Stage Level 1? Mo Wuji examined his hands in shock. He could smell a hint of rancidity.

Mo Wuji immediately understood that this was the smell of the body's expelled impurities.

He had really reached Channel Opening Stage Level 1 and he just met with his first bottleneck. However, Mo Wuji was clear why he met this bottleneck; it wasn't because he couldn't cultivate, but because he had progressed too fast! All three of his open meridians were filled, resulting in this bottleneck.

Cultivators would need to open more spirit channels to overcome this bottleneck and continue their progress. For him, he would need to concoct more channel opening solution and find a lightning source to open more meridians. More meridians would mean more progress.

"Haha..." Mo Wuji laughed heartily. Cultivation did not amount to much; it was so simple! He felt hungry but he wasn't that hungry till he couldn't move. He had probably cultivated for a day. In a single day, he actually reached Channel Opening Level 1. What other thing could bring him that much joy?

Mo Wuji rushed to the washroom to wash off all the impurities. After putting on a clean set of clothes, his entire body felt refreshed. At this moment, he felt like he could eat an entire cow. Even though he was hungry, he also felt relaxed both in body and spirit.

He merely took a few light steps but he could travel a great distance. Perhaps this was the 'lightened steps' which Han Ning mentioned. His body felt light and nimble.

Even though his methods were different from conventional cultivators, Mo Wuji decided to step on this cultivation path.

The truly deserved its illustrious name. Now, even if someone offered him a higher grade cultivation manual for the , Mo Wuji would not agree.

Wait… Why did people treat this as trash when it actually could help him produce such 'Immortal' results?

Could it be due to the fact that he had opened meridians and not spirit channels? What was the exact difference between meridians and spirit channels?

Mo Wuji could not understand so he simply put it at the back of his mind. He might not understand the theory behind it now, but who says he wouldn't understand it in the future?

As he was about to open the door, Mo Wuji was sure that Shen Lian would ask him why he was cooped up in his room for so long. However, Mo Wuji did not expect that Shen Lian wasn't even outside. Mo Wuji brushed his nose embarrassedly, chiding himself for thinking too much.

There was still more than a month to the Spring Immortal's Gate Conference. He would need to purchase ingredients and concoct channel opening solutions before that happens.

Even though he only had mortal roots, he could cultivate, and at a fast pace at that. Having three open meridians was really too lacking. If he wanted to progress faster, he would need to open more meridians.

"You're leaving?" Just as Mo Wuji was about to leave, Shen Lian opened the door from the room on the right.

Mo Wuji must have been cultivating for a day or two. Shen Lian couldn't have been cultivating for the same time, right?

"Yes, I'm going out to buy some ingredients…" Mo Wuji suddenly came to the realisation that he would also need to purchase some drug refining equipment, which would cost quite a bit of money. Furthermore, things would naturally be more expensive in Chang Luo than Cheng Yu.

"Do you have money to lend me? I will definitely return you the leftovers." As this was a matter regarding his cultivation, there was no reason why he needed to be shy about borrowing money.

Shen Lian stared at Mo Wuji, "Didn't you reject the money I offered you for the room?"

Mo Wuji waved his hand, "Naturally, I won't ask for that money. It's just that I'm buying ingredients now, and I'm afraid that I might not have enough gold. If there's money I did not spend, I will definitely return it to you."

Suddenly, Shen Lian's face turned red as she stuttered, "About that… I don't have any money right now. But I will get some when the Spring Immortal's Gate opens."

Mo Wuji's eyes widened as he looked at Shen Lian, "You don't have money? Didn't you offer to pay rent previously? Were you lying to me?"

The blush on Shen Lian's face extended down to her neck and she said awkwardly, "I taught you the important fundamentals of cultivation. That should be more than enough to pay for the rent."

Mo Wuji understood that this lady here was simply speaking empty words when she offered to pay rent. If he really did ask for it, she would probably come up with some other excuse.

Knowing that her lie had been seen through, Shen Lian lowered her head and said, "It's because I ran out of money that I had to move out. I…"

Shen Lian was speaking the truth. She returned to the hotel knowing that this suite had two rooms. She wanted to negotiate with the current guest. When the Spring Immortal's Gate opens, she would be able to repay him twofold.

Seeing Mo Wuji's frustration with cultivation, she put in great efforts to teach him the basics of cultivation. If Mo Wuji had a conscience, he would not pursue for the rent.

What happened in reality was actually in accordance with her expectations; Mo Wuji did not ask for rent, and was even extremely grateful to her. How could she expect that Mo Wuji would actually ask to borrow some money? If she knew that would happen, she would definitely not open her room door.

But she had no other choice, she could no longer bear the hunger.

"Gu Gu…" Shen Lian's stomach rumbled loudly. Mo Wuji subconsciously looked downwards.

Shen Lian's entire face swelled a bright, rosy red. She had not eaten ever since she entered she first entered this suite. She had been paying close attention Mo Wuji's door. The moment it opened, Mo Wuji would definitely be leaving to have a meal, and she would hop on for a free meal.

"You don't even have enough money for a meal?" Mo Wuji patted his forehead speechlessly. This was his first time meeting a woman who did not even have enough to eat. It would seem normal if her circumstances were like his and Yan'Er's. But she was someone who previously stayed in this grand Tian Luo Hotel. She was definitely not someone poor, she probably spent all her money unknowingly.

Shen Lian became more awkward, but she raised her head in a straightforward manner. "That's right. I don't have anymore money, and I was just intending to follow you for a meal. If you are willing to lend me money, I would answer any questions you have on cultivation "

Mo Wuji answered weakly, "Let's go… let's go and eat." He was intending to borrow money from Shen Lian, but now he was the one lending her money. He was even treating her to a meal. What logic was that? You truly cannot judge a person by her cover.

"Rest assured. I will pay you back twofold." As the two left Tian Luo Hotel, Shen Lian noticed Mo Wuji looking a little frustrated. She thought that Mo Wuji was still worried about the money so she took the initiative to console him.

Mo Wuji waved his hand, "Don't worry, this is just small money."

What he was worried about was the concoction of the channel opening solution. More importantly, he was also concerned about where he could find a place to force open his meridians. After all, his meridians required lightning to open.

"You look like you have something on your mind?" Shen Lian asked curiously.

Mo Wuji was too lazy to answer her; pointing towards a nearby restaurant, he said, "Let's eat here. I still have something to do afterwards."

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Chapter 56: Expensive Drug Refining Equipment

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With two stunned waiters looking at them, Mo Wuji and Shen Ling gobbled down a table full of dishes. The waiters' gaze soon changed to one of reverence, and they looked on as Mo Wuji and Shen Ling left.

Those waiters had met men who had large appetites in the past, but never before was there a woman who could eat that much too. Not only did she have a big appetite, but more importantly she also possessed a level of beauty that neither waiter had seen before. Such a gorgeous woman wolfing down a table of dishes was the complete opposite of what they had expected.

"Senior apprentice sister Shen, since you have already had your fill, how about you head back first. I'll go attend to some issues." Mo Wuji urgently wanted to shake Shen Lian off before going to buy medicinal ingredients and drug refining equipment.

Shen Lian was still wary of Mo Wuji when she initially interacted with him, but now after a meal together and a long discussion about cultivation, she felt more familiar with him. Shen Lian threw that bit of caution to the wind. "I have nothing to do back at the apartment and was planning to go shopping anyway. What are you going to buy? Perhaps I can give you some suggestions."

It became apparent that he would not be able to get rid of this nuisance. Mo Wuji had no choice but to reveal his plan, "I intend to go to buy some equipment for refining drugs. Why would I need you to tag along for that?"

"You are going to buy a pill furnace? How does one who has not even started cultivating buy a pill furnace?" Shen Ling asking in a surprised tone.

Mo Wuji explained himself, "I'm not going to buy a pill furnace, only some normal equipment for refining drugs to try my luck on the path of a drug refiner. You're also aware of my lack of talent in cultivating. If I can become a drug refiner, even if I fail to cultivate, I'll still be able to earn a living."

Shen Lian nodded empathetically, "You're not wrong, but there's no future for a drug refiner. If there's something that's worth learning, it would be the skills of a pill refiner."

"Will you teach me pill refining techniques? If you're willing to, then I won't mind learning how to refine pills," snorted Mo Wuji.

Awkwardly, Shen Lian replied, "There's too much investment required to become a pill refiner. Since you can't cultivate, it'll still be better for you to learn the ways of a drug refiner." How could she not know how hard it was to train in pill refining when her own father was a pill refiner?

Realising that her suggestions were not that realistic, Shen Lian added on, "In the whole of Chang Luo City, Xing He Pill Pavilion has the best pill furnaces. Not only are the pills there top notch, but they also make the highest quality pill furnaces. But my recommendation is for you to go to Luo Hai Merchant House. Even though their pill furnaces are not as good as those at Xing He Pill Pavilion, but their drug refining equipment is the best in the whole Xing He Empire."

"Let's go to Luo Hai Merchant House then." Mo Wuji said without hesitation.

He was not going to refine pills anyway, and what's more was that he knew Luo Hai Merchant House pretty well.

"Sir, what are you looking for today? I'll definitely show you the highest quality goods with the lowest prices." Mo Wuji immediately found the shop assistant that sold him the .

"Do you have any immortal grade drug refining equipment, something on the same level as the ?" Mo Wuji said while patting the assistant's shoulders.

The shop assistant felt rather embarrassed. He had tricked Mo Wuji into buying the manual, and now Mo Wuji brought it up, obviously reminding him not to fool him with something similar.

"Kekeke…" a crisp laugh came from the side, as she heard Mo Wuji praise the , she could not hold it in any longer. It was one thing to skillfully package the , a book that could be found everywhere, as the , but it was another to describe it as a top notch technique. What a joke.

Mo Wuji turned around to see two women, one of which he recognised. Qu Wan'Er, the woman he had met on the ship, was the last person he expected to meet here.

"So it's senior Qu. Thanks for helping me diffuse the situation on the ship." Mo Wuji greeted her with a heart full of gratitude.

Slightly embarrassed, Qu Wan'Er replied, "Sorry about that, my friend was not intentionally laughing at you." However, it was apparent that it was Qu Wan'Er's friend who laughed.

After Qu Wan'Er finished speaking, she instinctively took a glance at Shen Lian. She could not understand why Shen Lian, someone who appeared to be a cultivator, would hang around Mo Wuji, who had only mortal roots.

Mo Wuji waved her off, "It's fine. Maybe to you it's just a mere , but for someone like me who has never cultivated before, it is the highest quality which can make a mortal, immortal. Just take it as I'm ignorant about the outside world."

This time even the cold and unfeeling Qu Wan'Er could not keep it in anymore and burst out in laughter.

"Sir, I have a set of the drug refining equipment that you're looking for. It's called the Eternal Evergreen. Unlike the , it's really named the Eternal Evergreen. It was imported from a faraway land, and has been idling in the shop because not many people use machines to refine drugs. The quality of this set of equipment definitely outclasses the rest by many times, and the drugs that it produces are of high purity." The shop assistant frantically added on to his description of the equipment, seeing that Mo Wuji was staring at him again.

"How much does it cost?" Mo Wuji asked directly. He had bought many low quality equipment back in Cheng Yu State at around one to two thousand gold coins. Even if the equipment were much better here and there were a tenfold increase in price, he would still be able to afford it.

"370 thousand gold coins…"

The shop assistant's words completed rained on Mo Wuji's parade. He barely had 30 thousand gold coins on him, nowhere close to 370 thousand.

"Well I have a stalk of Two-leaved Fire Grass with me, will you accept it as payment instead?" Mo Wuji asked hopefully.

By his estimates, the Two-leaved Fire Grass was worth far less than the Clear Sight Fruit but he had no other way than to try his luck.

"Ah, you have a stalk of Two-leaved Fire Grass? Could you sell it to me? I'll pay 400 thousand gold coins!" Qu Wan'Er suddenly screamed out.

"You want the Two-leaved Fire Grass?" Mo Wuji doubtfully asked. Qu Wan'Er nodded, "Yes, I need the Two-leaved Fire Grass, here's the 400 thousand in gold notes."

Without waiting for Mo Wuji's reply, Qu Wan'Er took out four 100 thousand gold notes. All four were fron Luo Hai Merchant House, so there would be no issues with exchanging them for gold coins here.

Mo Wuji swiftly retrieved a wooden box and passed it to Qu Wan'Er, thanking her at the same time.

"I should be the one thanking you. I'll be making a move first, until next time." Qu Wan'Er grabbed the wooden box, tugged at the woman beside her, and quickly exited the merchant house.

The four gold notes went into the shop assistant's hands, "Could you help me get the highest quality drug refining equipment that you mentioned?"

The shop assistant never thought that he would close such a big deal this fast, and he rushed to keep the gold notes, before replying respectfully, "Please wait for a moment, I will deliver that set of drug refining equipment to you immediately."

Once the shop assistant left, Shen Lian started to speak, "I find this very weird. Even though the Two-leaved Fire Grass is quite rare, but it's still not worth that much. The Senior Qu that you're acquainted with seems to train mainly in water style techniques too. Why would she pay such a high price to buy your stalk of Two-leaved Fire Grass?"

Mo Wuji replied coldly, "None of your business."

In reality, once Qu Wan'Er said that she urgently needed the Two-leaved Fire Grass, Mo Wuji knew that she was lying. She was not well-versed in telling lies, as it did not suit her personality at all. However since she already made her offer, it would not be polite for him to refuse. Regardless of the reason behind her actions, Mo Wuji still accepted this act of goodwill, taking note of this instance of kindness.

"Wan'Er, don't tell me that you have feelings for that kid? I know that you need the Two-leaved Fire Grass too, but why would you give him 400 thousand gold coins?" Qu Wan'Er was grilled by the woman beside her the moment they stepped out of Luo Hai Merchant House.

Qu Wan'Er calmly replied, "He only has mortal roots."

Upon hearing that Mo Wuji only had Mortal Roots, Qu Wan'Er's partner immediately knew that she definitely did not fancy him. But she still looked at her with eyes full of doubt. Qu Wan'Er continued, "Even though he is just a mortal, the level of determination and resilience is something that I've never seen before in my whole life. Being struck by wave after wave of lighting, even cultivators would have retreated, but he didn't. Time after time he was beaten back by the streaks of lightning from the lightning crocodiles; time and again he forged forward, at last using his mortal body to kill both lightning crocodiles."

"So what? He's just another musclehead."

Qu Wan'Er shook her head, "If he were a musclehead, he would not have killed two lightning crocodiles. This incident proved that he knows where his limits are. He knew that during the fight to the death, both lightning crocodiles would die in his hands. Unfortunately, he's just a mortal…"

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Chapter 57: Always Friends

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The sales assistant quickly brought over a set of drug refining equipment. Mo Wuji had seen such equipment countless times before. In fact, he had been among the few who used the most premier equipments back on Earth.

The moment the Eternal Evergreen was brought over, Mo Wuji could tell that it was good stuff; it was far better than the trashy equipment back in Cheng Yu. Even though its features were not the same as those on Earth, Mo Wuji actually felt that it was more suitable for refining drugs.

"Your Eternal Evergreen has arrived. It looks quite advanced," Shen Ling spoke in a disapproving tone.

It would be fine if Mo Wuji had a lot of money. However, she knew that Mo Wuji did not have that much money. As a person who was not wealthy, not only was he staying in a grand suite which cost 10 thousand gold per month, he even spent 370 thousand on useless drug refining equipment. It was simply preposterous!

She did not believe that Mo Wuji would be successful, albeit in drug or pill refining. Not everyone could be a drug refiner; one needed knowledge as well as talent to be one.

Mo Wuji thoroughly checked through his equipment and said casually, "I already have the Immortal Mortal Technique. I should call this equipment: Basic Drug Refining Kit. If not, people would get jealous."

Shen Lian almost laughed out loud. This drug refining equipment and that Basics to Cultivation would call for jealousy?

"Sister Shen Lian, can you help me bring this equipment back to the hotel? I still need to get some ingredients."

Mo Wuji saw Shen Lian's face revealing an unhappy expression and he did not continue talking. He hurriedly took out a one thousand gold note and said, "If I return late, Sister Lian can take this and have a good meal. You don't have to wait for me."

Shen Lian did not even have money for a meal. When Mo Wuji took the note out, she immediately snatched it and kept it. The reason she followed Mo Wuji was to find a chance to borrow money from him. She couldn't have been waiting and following him for meals all the time, right?

One thousand gold was enough to last her for some time.

After sending Shen Lian off, Mo Wuji started exploring and shopping for ingredients.

Chang Luo was the royal empire of Xing Han Empire. As long as you had money, there was nothing you couldn't buy in Chang Luo.

At the end of the day, Mo Wuji returned to Tian Luo Hotel with a huge bag. He purchased enough ingredients to brew 50 batches of the channel opening solution.

The price of the ingredients he required wasn't high, so he bought as much as he could. For instance, for lingzhi fungi, he tried to purchase those above 200 years old.

For lingzhi, anything below a thousand years in age would not be considered a spiritual ingredient. Furthermore, a thousand year lingzhi itself was graded as a low grade spiritual ingredient, and wouldn't cost much.

Additionally, he bought a whole pile of dried rations. The worst thing that could happen while refining drugs is interruptions and disruptions in refining. Thus, it would be quite some time before he would actually leave his room.

When he returned to the suite, he did not see Shen Lian. Shen Lian had put his equipment in the living room.

Mo Wuji did not need to know much about Shen Lian to know that she must be from great origins. Naturally, Mo Wuji would not try to find out what she was doing or intended to do.

Returning to his room, Mo Wuji immediately started the concoction of the channel opening solution.

Mo Wuji had concocted tens of batches of channel opening solution before. Thus, it was as simple as flipping his palm to him.

For a few consecutive days, Mo Wuji did not leave his room. Shen Lian could smell herbal smells emanating from Mo Wuji's room and knew that he was refining drugs. As a cultivator, she knew that it was taboo to disturb others whether it was in cultivation or drug refining. Furthermore, she was not familiar with Mo Wuji, so she wasn't really concerned about what went on throughout the night in Mo Wuji's room.

After every three days, Mo Wuji would take a break and go out for a stroll before returning to his work. In such a manner, Mo Wuji spent approximately 20 days to finish all 50 batches of his ingredients.

In these 20 days, he lost a lot of weight. With 50 batches of ingredients, he managed to concoct 46 bottles of channel opening solution.

If he was not doing it in a hurry, he would not have wasted any of the ingredients.

When he came out again, he still did not see Shen Lian. Spring Immortal's Gate was opening in the coming few days. Mo Wuji had to grab all the time he could to find a lightning source to force open his meridians. It was not entirely impossible to find a lightning source here. Chang Luo was near the sea, so he might actually be able to find some Six-footed Lightning Crocodiles.

However, Mo Wuji did not dare to find the lightning crocodiles alone. It took him so much to finally cultivate; he wasn't going to simply send himself to die.

Perhaps he could look around Chang Luo, and maybe find a team to hunt for lightning crocodiles.

"Wuji…" As Mo Wuji was about to enter the Chang Luo Union gate, a familiar voice called out to him.

"Zhenyi, why are with Bu'Er?" Mo Wuji was pleasantly surprised, but before he continued, he stopped abruptly and asked, "Bu'Er, who hit you?"

A whole half of Ding Bu'Er's face was swollen; a red palm mark was still visible on his face.

"This is not the right place to talk. Let's enter the union first," Yuan Zhenyi said and dragged Ding Bu'Er and Mo Wuji into the union.

"What happened?" Mo Wuji did not even sit down as he stared at Ding Bu'Er and asked.

Ding Bu'Er was not as carefree and generous as Yuan Zhenyi but he was still a good friend. Furthermore, if not for his calls back in the Thunder Fog Forest, Mo Wuji might not end up where he was today.

Ding Bu'Er waved his fist angrily and said, " It was Cao Hao. If I ever have the ability in the future, I will definitely trample that b*stard's head right under my feet…"

Ding Bu'Er did not continue; he knew he was merely talking nonsense. Cao Hao was a genius with impressive spiritual roots, unlike him, who only had mortal roots. How could a person without spiritual roots compete against Cao Hao? Talking about trampling Cao Hao was just an attempt to vent his frustrations.

Mo Wuji said calmly, "You can take your time and talk."

Yuan Zhenyi helped Ding Bu'Er to tell his story, "Ding Bu'Er was always following beside Han Ning. When they reached Chang Luo, Cao Hao brought an immortal master to meet Han Ning, specially for the Two-leaved Fire Grass. The Two-leaved Fire Grass was particularly important to the immortal master. After accepting the grass from Han Ning, he immediately took out a wooden plaque and passed it to Han Ning, accepting her as an outer disciple in his sect."

At this moment, Mo Wuji finally understood why Han Ning was desperately looking for the Two-leaved Fire Grass. Looks like that woman had already made plans; even if she did not get selected during the Spring Immortal's Gate, she could still be an outer disciple. It was not a bad plan.

"The immortal master's surname was Lu. After he kept the two strains of Two-leaved Fire Grass, it was seemingly not enough, and he continued to ask Han Ning where she found it…"

Yuan Zhenyi stopped here as Ding Bu'Er interrupted and said, "This was when I spoke too much, and blurted that you were the one who found it. When the immortal master asked where you managed to find it, Han Ning told him that you found the grass growing by a lake on the outskirts of the Thunder Fog Forest. The immortal master did not continue speaking and immediately took off. However, I did not expect that Cao Hao would start hitting me the moment he left. He pushed me to the ground and started kicking me…"

"Han Ning did not say anything?" Mo Wuji asked solemnly.

Ding Bu'Er shook his head, "No. After Cao Hao was done with me, Han Ning came over and told me that she no longer needed me. I was not a fool. I know when I have been abandoned. I did not have anywhere to stay so I went to find Brother Zhenyi."

Mo Wuji stood up, patted Ding Bu'Er's shoulder and consoled him, "Don't worry. One day, I will help you take your revenge."

Ding Bu'Er's words had downplayed Han Ning's efforts in finding the Two-leaved Fire Grass. Naturally, she would be unhappy. With her self-serving attitude, it was expected that she chased Dong Bu'Er away.

Yuan Zhenyi also stood up, "Wuji, my matter in Chang Luo has also been settled. I'm not going to be participating in the Spring Immortal's Gate. Instead, I will leave Chang Luo to pursue the path of martial arts. How about you and Ding Bu'Er?"

"Martial arts? Is this because you don't have spiritual roots?" Mo Wuji was actually prepared to share the matter of the channel opening solution with Yuan Zhenyi and Ding Bu'Er.

Yuan Zhenyi shook his head and lifted his head up towards the grand ceiling. "Even if I have spiritual roots, I would still choose to pursue the martial arts. I already had this determination before I reached Chang Luo. Now that I am set on my path, maybe we might meet again someday; maybe we might never meet again. Wuji, Bu'Er, this is where we'll bid farewell. Whether we see each other in the future of not, we will always be friends."

Finishing his speech, Yuan Zhenyi turned and walked out the Union. Before Mo Wuji could even say anything, he was already a distance away. As Mo Wuji and Ding Bu'Er walked out the Union, they could faintly hear him singing from afar, "... Today we bid farewell. Maybe we'll meet someday. Even if we don't meet. We'll always be friends…"

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Chapter 58: Setting out to sea

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"Brother Zhenyi is indeed a carefree person..." Ding Bu'Er said as he sighed after the backview of Yuan Zhenyi disappeared.

"Bu'Er, I'm going to hunt for some 6-footed Lightning Crocodiles by the beach. Why don't you stay over at my place and wait for me to return, then we shall head over to the Spring Immortal's Gate Conference together?" Mo Wuji offered his home to Diner Bu'er guessing that he would have no other place to stay after leaving Han Ning.

Ding Bu'Er looked shockingly at Mo Wuji, "Wuji, you do know how strong and powerful those lightning crocodiles are right? Why would you be so eager to die?"

Mo Wuji looked in the direction that Yuan Zhenyi had headed and said in a deep voice, "Zhenyi has his own dreams to chase and so do I. Even without spiritual roots, I have to carve out a path for myself. You should know that I am quite resistant to lightning and have killed two lightning crocodiles previously. I know it's dangerous but it is a choice that I've made. If I do not make it back alive, you are free to do whatever you want."

Ding Bu'Er clenched his fist as he felt more regret instead of shock. How could he just idle around when both Yuan Zhenyi and Mo Wuji had such ambitions of their own?

"Wuji, I will follow you. If you manage to hunt down a Lightning Crocodile, I will even go to the extent of helping you retrieve valuable material from it," Ding Bu'Er made up his mind very quickly.

Rather than being treated like a dog with no respect, he might as well live a life of danger and die without any regrets. Wait, who could guarantee that they would die anyway?

"Why don't the both of you join us to hunt for lightning crocodiles?" A tall brawny man said with a coarse voice.

This fellow with a huge waist is definitely over two metres tall. Behind this tall brawny man was a much skinnier and shorter man as well as a woman with neat short hair.

"Are the three of you planning to hunt for lightning crocodiles too?" Mo Wuji asked skeptically because he did not believe there was such a coincidence.

The tall brawny man said while laughing, "You do not have to worry. We are not out to hunt for lightning crocodiles. We crossed paths with a lot of lightning crocodiles on the way to our destination so we could be of use to each other."

"May I ask what are you people searching for?" Mo Wuji asked bluntly because he felt that it was important to know each other's intent if they were going to help each other.

"This is nothing worth hiding from you. We are going to search for the eggs of a Winged Sea Leopard. The price of these eggs are bound to skyrocket as the Spring Immortal's Gate Conference draws closer. If we are fortunate, we could use these eggs to become a service disciple in a sect. In fact, if look around you, you'll notice that most of these teams are out to search for the eggs of a Winged Sea Leopard."

"What kind of sea beast is this?" Mo Wuji was very confused about these demons.

The tall brawny man replied, "Ha, if I did not hear that you managed to kill two lightning crocodiles, I would have doubted your strength. The Winged Sea Leopard is not a sea beast. It is a lesser demon and its greatest ability is flying. Many cultivators choose the Winged Sea Leopard as their mode of transport because as long as you have their eggs, they are very easy to tame. Furthermore, the Winged Sea Leopard can travel on land and water. There are still some wild Winged Sea Leopards hidden along the beach of Chang Luo. The combat effectiveness of the Winged Sea Leopard is not that strong as compared to the lightning crocodiles but the frustrating thing is that these Wing Sea Leopards usually choose to stay in areas with lightning crocodiles around. Lightning crocodiles are very good at long ranged attacks and their lightning attacks are especially hard to block against."

Mo Wuji believed his words but he was still unable to figure out the reason why they wanted to team up with Ding Bu'Er and himself. Even though he mentioned that he managed to kill two lightning crocodiles, who knew what methods he used? How could the three of them be so easily convinced that they were strong enough?

However, Mo Wuji did not think he had anything to lose by teaming up with them hence answered, "Alright, I agree to team up with you under one condition. If we are under attack by too many lightning crocodiles, everyone has to help out. In addition, we would love to have some of the eggs if we managed to collect more."

"I like it, that's a deal. My name is Ji Guang and these are my companions, Gao Juan and Sun Liyan. Do you need time to prepare? We can leave right away if you're ready."

Mo Wuji hurried to reply, "Why don't we leave now? I have nothing much to prepare. How long will the trip be?"

Ji Guang replied, "We will take at most a day to reach the Seven-angled Sea. We should be able to find the eggs in a couple of days if we're lucky. If not, we'll not be able to find it even after the Spring Immortal's Gate Conference starts. However, do not worry because the three of us want to visit the conference as well so we will not waste our time there for too long."

There were rumours were Chang Luo City got its name because it is a city located near Chang Luo sea, thus it is also known as Seaside city. Chang Luo sea is vast and boundless with numerous danger sites. The danger site closest to Chang Luo City would be the Seven-angled Sea.

The Seven-angled Sea consists of seven continuous sea canyons forming a small sea in between. It is the closest to Chang Luo where the Winged Sea Leopards are most commonly spotted. In recent years, the number of Winged Sea Leopards captured have been increasing. Therefore, we do not see many of the Winged Sea Leopards in Seven-angled Sea anymore. To capture a Winged Sea Leopard, we might have to set out to sea for nearly a day.

Mo Wuji and his team left before the sun set and reached the Seven-angled Sea in the morning.

"There are indeed quite a lot of people here," Mo Wuji could notice a large number of beast carriages and even some flying beast carriages parked here.

Ji Guang said cautiously, "Everyone please be careful because most of the people here come for the eggs of the Winged Sea Leopard. We should try our best to avoid getting close to the people here as many of them live off robbing others of the eggs that they managed to collect. It looks like we have to set out to sea to look for these eggs."

"We have to take a boat right? To set out to sea. Will we be heading out on a boat with a lot of people?" A puzzled DIng Bu'Er questioned Ji Guang.

The quiet Gao Juan sneered at Ding Bu'Er and said, "If a lot of us set out to sea together, how would we have the opportunity to capture the eggs?"

Ji Guang added, "Even though there is a boat rental shop nearby, I did not intent on renting a boat. We brought something of our own."

Ji Guang then took out a big parcel from his bag which Mo Wuji had been wondering what was inside for some time now.

"What is this?" DIng Bu'Er could not help but ask.

Mo Wuji could tell it is an inflatable rubber dinghy. However, he was sure it was not as simple as a normal rubber dinghy.

"This is an inflatable rubber dinghy," Ji Guang pulled out a cap and the rubber dinghy started to inflate itself. In a few seconds, the rubber dinghy stretched out to seven metres long and three metres wide.

"This is very convenient," Ding Bu'Er said surprisingly.

Mo Wuji kept quiet because he knew that this thing could be very risky. Once they set out to sea with this and met any demonic beasts, this thing could sink in one bite. This was not his main worry. His main worry is that there are no motor on board this dinghy. How are we going to move this?

Ji Guang took out four paddles from another bag, "Except for Brother Mo, all four of us take one and with our speed, we should be able to reach our destination before the sun sets. This region should only have lightning crocodiles and not any other demonic beasts."

After he finished his words, his eyes fell on Mo Wuji and said,"Brother Mo, you are capable of resisting against lightning attacks. If we were attacked by the lightning crocodiles, please help block the attacks. If the four of us row at our full might, as long as we go past the region, the lightning crocodiles would not follow us.

Mo Wuji finally understood why he was asked to join their team even though they could tell that both Ding Bu'Er and himself were not strong. By getting Ding Bu'Er and himself in their team, they got themselves a person to help row the dinghy and a person to tank and resists the lightning attacks from the Six-footed Lightning Crocodiles.

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Chapter 59: Single-handed

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Ding Bu'Er also understood what was going on; it turned out that they were being used.

"Wuji…" Ding Bu'Er turned to Mo Wuji, his face turned unsightly.

Mo Wuji already had his suspicions when Ji Guang invited Ding Bu'Er and him into the team. Now that things had become clear, he did not panic, but actually calmed down and said, "This means that we have some value. If we didn't have value, Brother Ji probably wouldn't have invited us, right?"

By the time he uttered the last sentence, Mo Wuji had already turned and faced Ji Guang. In truth, he did not mind. Ji Guang was making use of him, at the same time, he was also making use of Ji Guang. If Ji Guang did not lead the way, it would have been extremely difficult to get here. Furthermore, he found himself three additional helpers.

Ji Guang felt that he was making use of Mo Wuji because he didn't know Mo Wuji actually wanted to be attacked by lightning. Lightning was a nightmare for people like Ji Guang. However, it was the highest opportunity for Mo Wuji. If he did not have anything to offer, it would have been as he said; no one would be willing to accept him and Ding Bu'Er into their teams.

"Good, Brother Mo sure is open-minded. Come, let's set off," Finishing this sentence, Ji Guang hopped on the leather boat.

Seeing Mo Wuji agree, Ding Bu'Er did not speak any further, directly picking up the paddle and hopping on the rubber dinghy together with Mo Wuji.

Mo Wuji initially thought that with four men paddling the dinghy, its speed would not be very fast. However, after actually being on the dinghy, his thinking proved to be false.

The design of the rubber dinghy was incredibly ingenious. With just four people paddling, the dinghy was seemingly gliding through the water, with a speed as fast as a motorboat.

Mo Wuji observed that the rubber dinghy was able to minimise the water resistance. However, it had some weak points. With just four people, there weren't any shifts and rest time. Furthermore, the rubber dinghy could be easily torn.

Two hours later, the sky turned dark.

"Everyone, let's take a break. It looks like a storm is brewing," Mo Wuji suggested after he noticed Ding Bu'Er barely holding on.

Ji Guang nodded and said, "Sure. We will take a break here to rest and eat. After half an hour, we will continue."

The group did not manage to rest for half an hour.

After 20 minutes, lightning flashed, thunder crashed and raindrops the size of soybeans started to descend down on them. Mo Wuji took this time to check on the rubber dinghy; it had an automatic water draining feature, but it did not have a shelter to protect them from the rain.

"Ka…" Another bolt of lightning descended. This time, however, Ji Guang started to shout alarmingly, "The lightning crocodiles are here. Everyone, don't fight them. We'll let Brother Mo handle them. While he helps us block the attacks, we will need to paddle faster. The faster we paddle, the lower the pressure on Brother Mo…"

Ji Guang did not manage to finish speaking as an enormous lightning crocodile pounced towards them. Before it even landed, a flash of lightning had already approached Mo Wuji, who was standing at the rear of the dinghy.

Mo Wuji had no disapprovals with Ji Guang's plan. These lightning crocodiles easily bore grudges; they would fight to the death when provoked. It was best to avoid directly confronting them.

This time, Mo Wuji brought a saber. He did not need Ji Guang to remind him; he immediately drained a bottle of channel opening solution and used his body to block the lightning. At the same time, he thrusted the saber towards the lightning crocodile's throat.

Mo Wuji was already considered a Channel Opening Stage Level 1 cultivator. He was no longer a rookie and he immediately started on the spiritual energy circulation technique. Previously, he had to rely on great efforts and some luck to draw the lightning into his meridians. Now with the help of the circulation technique, he easily drew the lightning bolt into his meridians. Mo Wuji almost cried tears of joy. He was right in finding a cultivation manual. If he did not have a cultivation technique, how could he have drawn the lightning bolt in so easily?

"Ka…" With another lightning bolt, Mo Wuji felt as though his fourth meridian was almost completely opened. The rubber dinghy rocked heavily. At the rear of the dinghy, Mo Wuji was stabbing the lightning crocodile's throat without stop. Mo Wuji could only get one stab in for every three to four lightning bolt which landed on him.

Despite being struck, Mo Wuji was indescribably happy. After reaching Channel Opening Stage Level 1, he knew how fast his progress could be. Furthermore, with the spiritual energy circulation technique which drew the lightning directly into his meridians, the damage he suffered was reduced.

In the past, ten bolts of lightning would have sent him flying, paralysing him for a long time. Now, he had been hit by more than ten lightning bolts but he was still well and fine.

Furthermore, the opening of his meridians became much easier. What Basics of Cultivation? This cultivation technique really deserved to be called the Immortal Mortal Technique. With just ten lightning bolts, his fifth meridian got forced open.

If he wanted to, he could have killed this lightning crocodile a long time ago. However, he was afraid of scaring away the other lightning crocodiles so he stayed his hand.

Ji Guang and Co. saw bolt after bolt land on Mo Wuji. Seeing him hold on valiantly, they all heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed like Mo Wuji wasn't lying; he had the ability to resist the lightning crocodiles, he probably had some special constitution. In the past, when they encountered lightning crocodiles, they could only run and retreat, without any ability to resist. Now with Mo Wuji, they had some means of resisting.

As Mo Wuji forced open his sixth meridian, another two lightning bolts landed on him from the side.

The lightning crocodile finally had some reinforcements. Mo Wuji no longer showed any mercy. The saber in his hand sped up, stabbing the lightning crocodile's throat, sending its dead, inanimate corpse down into the sea.

The lightning crocodile's body had materials which were worth money, but Mo Wuji had no intentions of collecting the corpses. Even though the rubber dinghy was not small, amassing these corpses would cause the dinghy to slow down.

Even though Mo Wuji could use the lightning to open his meridians, he was not able to fully absorb it; a portion of the lightning would land in his body. Soon, his flesh started to tear and his skin charred black.

When Ji Guang and Co. saw the three lightning crocodiles gang up against Mo Wuji, their blood ran cold. However, they did not expect Mo Wuji to suddenly burst with god-like strength, directly killing one of the lightning crocodile.

Seeing Mo Wuji block bolt after bolt of lightning, Ji Guang started to feel that it was really a wise decision to have invited Mo Wuji.

After killing the lightning crocodile, Mo Wuji continued to use the channel opening solution and accept the blows of the two remaining lightning crocodiles. Very soon, Ji Guang and Co. found that Mo Wuji had relied on luck to kill the previous crocodile. Mo Wuji looked like he was no longer able to kill the lightning crocodiles. He only managed to get one stab in after being struck more than ten times.

The lightning crocodile had incredible vitality; one or two stabs was nothing to it.

Worried that Mo Wuji could no longer bear the lightning crocodiles' relentless assault, Ji Guang and Co. paddled with their lives. Ding Bu'Er wanted to help Mo Wuji, but he knew he wasn't even able to withstand a single lightning bolt. As a result, he could only paddle as hard as he can, to get out of the lightning crocodile's attack zone.

However, the lightning crocodile moves extremely fast in water. How could they be so easily ditched?

Under the crazed storm, the rubber dinghy sped forward. At the rear, Mo Wuji was fighting the lightning crocodiles in the rain. The constant flashes of lightning let Ji Guang and Co. know that Mo Wuji was not dead, but still fighting on.

Mo Wuji had already lost the initial excitement and agitation in his heart. He no longer showed mercy. Slowly, each movement he made started to get harder. Even though these lightning bolts could help him endlessly open his meridians, he was too weak to exploit it. His physical body, being only at Channel Opening Stage Level 1, was reaching its limits.

"Kaka…" Three consecutive lightning bolts landed on Mo Wuji, two of which were circulated into his clogged meridians, while the last one roasted a large part of his meat.

When the 19th meridian got forced open, Mo Wuji fiercely gritted his teeth and rushed towards the lightning crocodile. He cannot fall, if he falls, he would directly be killed. All his previous efforts would be wasted. He was a mortal with mortal roots. He needed to persevere and push on to succeed.

Half a day passed, even Ji Guang started to grow weak. He did not know how Mo Wuji could last for so long.

The heavy storm made the rear look extremely hazy. Ji Guang and Co. did not even know what was going on back there, and how many crocodiles Mo Wuji faced. Mo Wuji was like a tough nail, singlehandedly holding the rear; he was strong and infallible.

Even Mo Wuji did not know how many lightning crocodiles he met. If the rubber dinghy was not constantly moving forward, they would have been surrounded a long time ago.

He had killed more than ten lightning crocodiles, but the lightning crocodiles seemed to be coming unceasingly.

The 26th meridian finally opened. Mo Wuji finished another bottle of channel opening solution and discovered that he only had seven bottles left.

At this moment, his entire body felt weak, all the bones in his body felt like they were broken. He was able to stand on sheer willpower alone.

"Ka…" Another lightning crocodile was struck into the sea. At the same time, Mo Wuji's 27th meridian was perforated.

"Ka…" Yet another lightning bolt landed on Mo Wuji's chest. Even though he had opened 27 meridians, his ability was still at the Channel Opening Stage Level 1. After spending so long in the storm and being constantly struck by lightning, Mo Wuji was mentally and physically exhausted. Ultimately, he was made of flesh and blood, and not steel. He could no longer hold on and collapsed heavily.

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Chapter 60: Only With Power Comes Respect

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Mo Wuji was completely drained, and the four paddling the boat was not really better off. Seeing that Mo Wuji was unable to strike back, Ji Guang and the others paddling with greater fervor.

Even though the rubber dinghy had a certain level of resistance against lightning attacks, but with the sheer number of attacks absorbed, its structure was close to giving way. Moreover the whole fiasco was going on in the rain.

At least after Mo Wuji killed 10 over lightning crocodiles, there were only two to three chasing after them. More importantly, these few crocodiles had serious injuries inflicted by Mo Wuji.

As Mo Wuji stopped his assault, the rubber dinghy quickly accelerated and left the critically injured crocodiles in its wake. Without the boat in sight, the crocodiles soon lost any reason for their rage.

Lightning crocodiles were rather peculiar demons as they bore grudges. The greater the grudge, the greater their vitality, offensive strength, and explosiveness. They would also recognise targets too. Unless faced with overwhelming attacks that left them with no way to fight back, they would not retreat.

Around two hours later, the storm ceased, and they arrived at a small island barely five hundred metres wide. Mo Wuji had recovered some energy, but on the other hand Ji Guang and the three others were overcome with fatigue.

"Brother Mo, we owe you big time for this. We'll be going up to rest for awhile, so please drag the boat up and hide it in the reef." Ji Guang was the first to climb up onto the island, and began to refer to Mo Wuji as Brother Mo out of nowhere.

Despite serious injuries and a tearing sensation all over, Mo Wuji remained the strongest within the group.

"Wuji, I don't know how you do it." Ding Bu'Er teetered and tottered but somehow managed to climb up, barely able to lift his arms at all. Both Gao Juan and Sun Liyan looked at Mo Wuji with awe, and any dismissive thoughts had already vanished completely.

While they were totally drained, it was only due to intense physical activity. Mo Wuji actually acted as their shield. If it were not for him blocking all attacks from behind, the lightning crocodiles would surround the rubber dinghy and trap them all.

"Brother Ji, right here?" Mo Wuji saw a rugged island in the distance, but he could only see about a hundred metres out.

Mo Wuji did not elaborate much about how he resisted the lightning crocodile's attacks. In reality, even if he did not engage those demons, Ji Guang and the others might not necessarily have been stopped by them. But of course there was still the possibility of that happening, so he still played a crucial role in their survival.

"That's right, this is the place. I've been here once before. Not many people know about its existence. Wuji, this time your contribution has been the greatest. However, we did not manage to recover a single lightning crocodile's body as the boat was moving too quickly. How about this, as long as we find more that two Winged Sea Leopard's eggs, you'll get one first." Ji Guang spoke with sincerity, a 180 degrees change in the way he treated Mo Wuji.

No one disagreed with Ji Guang's proposal, because power was everything. With the ability to block lightning crocodiles all the way way while killing over 10 of them, Mo Wuji appeared to be stronger the Ji Guang himself. This strength won the respect of everyone in the team.

Mo Wuji naturally had no objections. He was here neither to harvest ingredients from lightning crocodile's bodies, nor to search for Winged Sea Leopard's eggs, but to utilise the attacks of the lightning crocodiles to burst open his meridians. Now that his primary objective had been achieved, it didn't hurt to get a few Winged Sea Leopard eggs.

"My suggestion is for us to set up camp for the night, then leave at dawn tomorrow." Everyone was fatigued with little to no sleep, and Mo Wuji knew that. To search for Winged Sea Leopard's eggs in this sort of situation would be suicide, even for him. Moreover, he had similarly heavy injuries which required at least a night to recover.

Gao Juan nodded, "I agree with Brother Mo's plan. Let's rest here for the night before doing anything else." Although Ji Guang really wanted to set off earlier, but Mo Wuji had spoken and Gao Juan agreed to it, so he went along with Mo Wuji's plan

The raging storm finally calmed down, and all that was left was the unrelenting waves that beat on the shores of the island continuously. In the team, other than Ding Bu'Er, the other four people were cultivators. Hence, while Ding Bu'Er lay down in a cave to sleep, the rest of the team sat cross legged to circulate their spiritual energy. Now with 27 meridians open, Mo Wuji's cultivation speed increased exponentially. Even without a high density of spiritual energy in the area, there was an invisible stream of spiritual energy around him.

Upon waking from a night's rest, Mo Wuji felt totally refreshed. Not only had the state of his injuries improved, but his strength also increased significantly. "Brother Mo, could it be that you are cultivating with the Basics of Cultivation?" Once everyone was awake, Ji Guang was the first to speak. He was a lowly cultivator and could not sense any movement from Mo Wuji as he cultivated. But from his posture, Ji Guang could guess that Mo Wuji was a practitioner of the Basics of Cultivation.

"Yes indeed. It's because I can't afford other cultivation techniques." Mo Wuji laughed it off.

Ji Guang replied in a serious tone, "Brother Mo, with your ability, you definitely can obtain a much higher quality cultivation technique. The price of a lightning crocodile is actually very high, so next time you could just find a team, rent a boat, and sail out to sea to hunt Six-footed Lightning Crocodiles. Before you know it, you'll be able to afford a decent mortal grade cultivation technique. The Basics of Cultivation has too slow a cultivation speed, and also requires a large amount of resources for cultivation. It's not worth it to continue using such a technique."

Mo Wuji replied indifferently, "It's a miracle that I can even cultivate at all, as my spirit roots are really lousy. I don't really care how good or bad my cultivation technique is either. Moreover, my cultivation technique has a really bombastic name too, Immortal Mortal Technique. How impressive does that sound?"

"Hahaha..." Ji Guang and the others doubled up from laughing, not knowing how to respond to what Mo Wuji just said. It was the first time anyone disregarded his future progression just because the name of a cultivation technique sounded impressive.

"Wuji, you can cultivate now?" Ding Bu'Er asked softly. Mo Wuji patted Ding Bu'Er while replying, "Once we return, you can also start cultivating with the Immortal Mortal Technique. My spirit roots are of very low quality, to the extent that they almost do not exist. Since I still managed to cultivate, why don't you give it a try too?" Mo Wuji decided that he would help Ding Bu'Er find a way to open his spirit channels after he had firmed up things on his end.

"I really can cultivate?" Ding Bu'Er eagerly inquired. Immortal Masters were existences that were completely out of his reach. Thus, since Mo Wuji said that he could cultivate too, wouldn't he be overwhelmed by excitement?

Ji Guang smiled and spoke as well, "As long as you have some spiritual nature in you, even with the poorest quality spirit roots, you can still cultivate. The only difference is how far you can go on the path of cultivation." Hearing this, Ding Bu'Er's became invigorated with energy. He might have a wee bit of spirit roots! What's different about his situation from Mo Wuji's was that he did not have the chance to take the test properly yet. Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine out of 10 thousand people have mortal roots, hence for someone of low status, whose ancestors all have mortal roots, he would most surely have mortal roots too. However his thoughts about this issue differed from Mo Wuji: he did not care. Only when he went to the Royal Capital, where there were large swaths of people who possessed spirit roots, did his burning spirit get ignited. The sight of mortals being bullied strengthened his resolve to become strong.

"Let's go." After a night of rest, everyone had recovered to a certain extent. With a wave of his hand, Ji Guang led the team to set out.

On the greatly spacious island, the five men trekked for over two hours, weaving in and out of the oddly shaped reefs and rocks. "Carrying on like this won't get us anywhere." Mo Wuji thought. He intended to ask Ji Guang if how he was navigating about, but he suddenly heard a blood-curdling scream.

Mo Wuji was the first to drop to the ground, at the same time scanning around to identify the source of the scream: Sun Liyan, who had been quiet all this while. A large gaping hole which bled profusely could be clearly seen on his right shoulder

"No one move, it's an Arrow Shooting Beast. The arrows shot from one has corrosive effects, once you're hit by one, the wound will give you extreme pain. It'll make you suffer." Ji Guang immediately shouted out, simultaneously passing a pill to Sun Liyan.

Other than the scream after getting hit by the arrow, the rugged Sun Liyan did not make a single sound. He swallowed the pill Ji Guang gave him, and took out some medicinal powder to apply on the bleeding area before bandaging it up. The powder was highly effective, stopping the bleeding instantly.

The five of them regrouped , and Ding Bu'Er asked softly, "Where are the Arrow Shooting Beasts? Why have I not seen a single one?" To that Ji Guang solemnly answered, " Arrow shooting beasts are highly skilled in camouflage. Sometimes when it disguises itself as a rock, you can't even differentiate it from an actual rock. Most of those who die here searching for Winged Sea Leopards don't get killed by the Winged Sea Leopards, but by these Arrow Shooting Beasts." Everyone instinctively scrutinised all rocks around them, but another scream sounded out once again. This time the five of them were aware that it did not originate from any of them.

"There's someone else here." Just as Gao Juan's words left his mouth, two shadows were seen dashing out from the corner of the reef ahead. A large black silhouette followed closely behind them with its mouth opened up wide, gobbling up one of the two in one bite.

"That's the Winged Sea Leopard?" Ding Bu'Er asked, shaking in fear. He saw that the black silhouette that swallowed one of the guys had the head of a leopard. The only difference was that this aquatic animal had a much larger mouth, and had an additional pair of black wings on its back.

Mo Wuji was also paralysed by fear. Who said that the Winged Sea Leopard's offensive strength was low? This one ate a person in one bite, how is it weak?

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Chapter 61: Generosity

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"Stop talking…" Ji Guang frantically reminded. But it was too late, the Winged Sea Leopard had already heard Ding Bu'Er's voice. With this, it kicked the other lucky survivor to one side, and pounced in Mo Wuji's direction.

"Everyone attack!" As the snarling Winged Sea Leopard sprang towards them, Ji Guang instinctively raised his glistening blade, facing his rabid foe with fiery defiance in his eyes. Gao Juan and the injured Sun Liyan followed suit. Although Ding Bu'Er was weaker than the rest, but he had caused this situation to develop, hence he rushed forward without hesitation too.

Out of the five of them, only Mo Wuji hung back. Not only did he hang back, but he stood completely still. He did so not out of the fear of death, but he was observing the surroundings ever since he heard Ji Guang describe the Arrow Shooting Beast. The combined effort of four men should be able to keep the Winged Sea Leopard under control, so it meant little if he did not participate. Instead, Mo Wuji expressed greater concern for the Arrow Shooting Beast that hurt Sun Liyan. Direct attacks are easy to dodge, but it's much harder to avoid sneak attacks. The presence of a camouflaged Arrow Shooting Beast worried Mo Wuji more.

Indeed the events played out almost exactly as what Mo Wuji predicted it to be: Ji Guang and Co. basically absorbed the attacks of the Winged Sea Leopard. While the Winged Sea Leopard possessed a high level of brute strength, it lacked mobility. Out of the four that surrounded it, three of them, excluding Ding Bu'Er, were battle-hardened with plenty of experience. Taking advantage of this, they fought to a standstill with the Winged Sea Leopard. However, gaps began to show in their offensive. The Winged Sea Leopard seized the opportunity and leveraged on its size to charge ferociously at them. Sun Liyan's injuries acted up, and within a few minutes Ding Bu'Er's lack of strength started to show. Unable to stand up against the force that hit him, Ding Bu'Er was knocked back and left a gap behind. The Winged Sea Leopard saw this, and snapped at the opportunity, biting at Ding Bu'Er.

Unfortunately, Ding Bu'Er's repetitive moves had no way of adapting to the situation. As he was about to be eaten by the Winged Sea Leopard, Mo Wuji let go of all restraint and was about to leap forward. At that moment, a black shadow shot forth like an arrow, piercing through the air towards Ji Guang.

Once Mo Wuji noticed that Ji Guang was also heading to rescue Ding Bu'Er, he immediately turned around to face the arrow. Now he could focus on blocking the sneak attack.

"Ding!" The jet black arrow deflected off Mo Wuji's drawn blade. Fortunately, he was already at Channel Opening Stage Level One, thus he could dissipate the great force that accompanied the arrow. If he were in his pre-cultivation state, this force would have been sufficient to blow him away.

After successfully shielding Ji Guang from the black arrow, Mo Wuji kicked hard against the ground, directly pouncing at a piece of exposed coral. He observed the jet black arrow originating from this particular piece. Putting one and one together, he inferred that this was the Arrow Shooting Beast. Against such a vile and cunning creature, fighting from a distance would be looking for death.

Being Channel Opening Stage Level 1, coupled with 27 opened meridians, although he had not progressed to the next level, Mo Wuji's explosiveness was off the charts. A distance of over 10m was covered in a second. His long blade tore through the air with a whoosh.

The unexpected attack caught the Arrow Shooting Beast by surprise. Never had it considered the possibility that Mo Wuji could block its arrow. Combined with the fast reaction time of Mo Wuji, the beast could only watch helplessly as the blade cut through its flesh.

While the cut appeared on the coral, but there was the sensation of slashing through flesh. A stream of fresh blood flowed out, and the coral transformed into a shadow once again, disappearing from under the blade.

Other than the slight breeze that followed, Mo Wuji did not sense any trace of the Arrow Shooting Beast anymore. Right below where the piece of coral was, lay a puddle of striking red blood. Guessing that the Arrow Shooting Beast would not emerge again, he swiftly turned to help Ji Guang and Co., and at this instant he heard the Winged Sea Leopard let out a violent roar.

Ji Guang's curved sword had severed off the Winged Sea Leopard's lower jaw, and fresh blood spurted out of the wound. Full of rage, the Winged Sea Leopard lost its composure, with the two blades of Gao Juan and Sun Liyan protruding out of the back of its neck subsequently. The giant carcass of the animal fell, crushing a large piece of coral on the ground.

Ji Guang paid no attention to the slain Winged Sea Leopard, but instead walked in front of Mo Wuji, thanking Mo Wuji with a bow, and said, "Brother Mo, thank you for saving my life again." He knew that Mo Wuji helped him to deflect the arrow from the Arrow Shooting Beast while he was busy saving Ding Bu'Er's life. That arrow could have gone through his neck, fatally wounding him.

"Brother Ji, since everyone's part of the team, it's natural for us to look out for each other. Moreover, if it weren't for you, Bu'Er would likely be dead by now." Mo Wuji replied with a smile. But deep down everyone understood that it was Ji Guang that saved himself. If Ji Guang did not step out to save Ding Bu'Er, then Mo Wuji definitely would not have gone to help Ji Guang block the arrow, instead choosing to go to the aid of Ding Bu'Er.

"Brother Mo, I'll be your friend from now on.. I previously thought that you were trying to take advantage of us, but it looks like I've been too narrow minded. If it were not for you hiding behind, waiting for the Arrow Shooting Beast, Brother Ji would not have survived this ordeal." The silent Sun Liyan finally took the initiative to speak to Mo Wuji.

"Let's conclude the niceties here, and focus on searching for the Winged Sea Leopard eggs." Ji Guang gestured to the team, and took point in the search.

It did not take much effort for them to find a coral cave with a smooth platform. The cave was gigantic, with a height and breadth of over 3.2m. Even before taking a step into the cave, all five of them could smell a fishy odor. "This is the place!" Ji Guang exclaimed, "This cave should be a temporary nest for Winged Sea Leopards to hatch its eggs. They will abandon the cave and leave within four months." The five entered one by one, and quickly approached the deepest recesses of the cave. A towering nest made of an assortment of beast fur welcomed them in the depths of the cave. Six eggs lay snugly in the centre of the nest.

These should be the eggs of a winged sea leopard, but what puzzled Mo Wuji was that five out of the six egg was around the size of a volleyball, but the sixth was only a third the size of the others. On top of that, the five large eggs had beautiful black and white stripes on them, while the small egg was dirt yellow, with the appearance of a slightly larger chicken egg. "Our luck is quite good time time, each of us gets one large egg. That puny one shouldn't be a Winged Sea Leopard's egg, it might be something the Winged Sea Leopard picked up elsewhere. Does everyone agree if we give that to Brother Mo too?" Ji Guang immediately settled the distribution of the loot.

Ding Bu'Er and Mo Wuji naturally had no objections; Sun Liyan and Gao Juan agreed as well. They were completely aware of Mo Wuji's level of strength. Moreover, they owed a great part to Mo Wuji for them to be able to reach this far safely.

Unexpectedly, Mo Wuji laughed and said, "No need for that, I'll only take this small egg. Bu'Er gets one large egg, while you three split four eggs among yourselves. After all, it was Brother Ji that led us to this location." After completing his sentence, he swiped the small egg and kept it away. His objectives had been met long ago anyway. Without Ji Guang, he wouldn't have been able to find this place, much less open 27 meridians on the way here. If he also did not have the service disciple token that Qin Xiangyu gave him, Mo Wuji would have not gone against common sense to choose the small egg only, but keep one of each. After all, with a Winged Sea Leopard's egg, he might have been able to become a service disciple. Since he now possessed the token of a service disciple, the Winged Sea Leopard's egg no longer had any value to him. So why not give it to Ji Guang instead. Sometimes being taken advantage of is not necessarily a bad thing; this was a precious life lesson that Mo Wuji had learnt.

Even if he brought the Winged Sea Leopard's egg back with him, he would not bother to hatch it. Killing the Winged Sea Leopard, and hatching its descendents to use as a ride. The whole notion made Mo Wuji feel uncomfortable. Although he did not take part in the killing of the Winged Sea Leopard, he felt the same nonetheless.

"Okay, thank you Brother Mo for your generosity. You'll be my friend from now on, so if there's anything that you need me to help me, please don't hold back." Ji Guang graciously accepted Mo Wuji's act of generosity, after all a single Winged Sea Leopard's egg was not enough for him. Mo Wuji only got the chance to get a Winged Sea Leopard's egg only because he had made greater contributions than Ji Guang, and as Ji Guang owed his survival to Mo Wuji.

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Chapter 62: The Spring Immortal's Gate Conference

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The journey back was extremely quiet. They didn't meet with any Six-footed Lightning Crocodiles, which made Mo Wuji a little depressed. He still had seven bottles of channel opening solution. If they met with some lightning crocodiles, he would be able to open up to his 30th meridian or more.

Two days later, Mo Wuji and Ding Bu'Er arrived back at Tian Luo Hotel. When they arrived, Shen Lian still couldn't be found. Knowing that Mo Wuji had to cultivate, and that Shen Lian was an immortal master, Ding Bu'Er decided to stay at the living room.

Mo Wuji did not show Ding Bu'Er around. He had just opened 27 meridians, and he needed to use this time to cultivate.

When Mo Wuji started to absorb spiritual energy and circulate it in his body, he was almost shocked still. No matter how much spiritual energy he absorbed, it was like simply adding drops of water to the sea; there was no obstacles or obstructions in his cultivation. When he first cultivated to Channel Opening Stage Level 1, he could distinctly feel a bottleneck. However, with his 27 open meridians, he felt that even if he continuously cultivated and absorbed spiritual energy, his 27 meridians would have the capacity to hold it in.

As he continuously absorbed spiritual energy, his cultivation constantly rose. Even though Mo Wuji did not see any geniuses cultivating, he could guess that even geniuses could not absorb spiritual energy as fast as he could. His 27 meridians were like a wide, boundless ocean, free for him to swim and roam.

Mo Wuji suppressed his wild joy. It no longer mattered to him that meridians may not be spirit channels. With his fast cultivation speed, no geniuses with their spirit channels could compare to him.

Two days passed in a flash. Mo Wuji felt like he had reached the peak of Channel Opening Stage Level 1. When he was at the brink of breaking through to Channel Opening Stage Level 2, he suddenly stopped.

This wasn't due to limits in his meridians, but rather his lack of experience. He did not want to break through wrongly and make an irreparable mistake. More importantly, the Spring Immortal's Gate was opening soon. Who knew how long the breakthrough would take?

When Mo Wuji walked out of his room, he saw Shen Lian staring at Ding Bu'Er with huge eyes. Noticing that Mo Wuji had come out, Shen Lian immediately frowned and asked, "Mo Wuji, who is he?"

"He's my friend, Ding Bu'Er. Your room was actually meant for him, but since you didn't have anywhere to go, I decided to let you have it first. When Bu'Er came, he insisted that he would not take your room, so he's temporarily staying in the living room."

With Mo Wuji's words, the originally reproachful Shen Lian turned speechless.

Feeling a little guilty, Shen Lian hurriedly said, "The Spring Immortal's Gate is opening. I came to call you to go and try your luck."

Ding Bu'Er was silently praising Mo Wuji's words in his heart. Hearing Shen Lian's words, Ding Bu'Er's gaze then landed on her.

Previously, he wasn't too excited about the Spring Immortal's Gate. However, he now had a Winged Sea Leopard egg. If he used it well, he might actually get accepted into a school or sect. Even being accepted as a service disciple would be incredible.

Moreover, Mo Wuji could cultivate despite having mortal roots. Maybe he could cultivate too.

"Let's go. The reason why I came was for the Spring Immortal's Gate Conference," Mo Wuji hastily said.

He understood his own circumstances. He knew that his cultivation speed was no worse than geniuses, but as a mortal with mortal roots, it would be impossible to be accepted as a formal disciple during the Spring Immortal's Gate.

However, Mo Wuji did not really mind. It was already good enough that he was confirmed a place to be a service disciple at the Formless Blade Sect. His sole purpose of joining a sect, was to interact with immortal masters. Whenever there were things he did not understand, at least there would be some people he could ask.

Mo Wuji did not know how big Chang Luo was. He only knew that it was the capital of Xing Han Empire, and it was also the biggest city in Xing Han. In his month in Chang Luo, he did not explore much of it. He did not even know where the royal palace was.

Following Shen Lian to Chang Luo Square, Mo Wuji finally knew how big and vast Chang Luo was. Chang Luo Square was filled to the brim with people. Mo Wuji and Shen Lian came relatively late, and could only see from the sides.

In the centre of the square, there was an extremely large marble platform. On the centre of the platform, was a 7m tall crystal pillar. Mo Wuji was familiar with it; it was the thing used to test for spiritual roots.

Besides the crystal pillar, there were tens of round altars erected by the sects and schools. The sects' names were annotated at the top of altars. The big sects occupied a relatively bigger space and were built in a grander manner. For example, the Heavenly Temple's altar was extremely eye-catching and multiple times bigger than the other sects.

In Mo Wuji's eyes, this was like a recruitment fair. It was clear who were the big corporations and who were the small companies.

At the peripherals of the square, there were many sect signs. However, these sects were looking for service disciples. Mo Wuji soon saw a sign from the Formless Blade Sect. From their signs and their altar, Mo Wuji could see that Formless Blade Sect was barely above average.

Shen Lian looked at Mo Wuji and said, "Do you see? This Spring Immortal's Gate is different from the past. In the past, only a few geniuses could participate and be tested. Afterwards, they would be selected by the sects. This time, besides the geniuses, anyone who thinks that they have decent spiritual roots could ask to tested. Even people like you, who came under the identity of a house attendant, could participate and be selected."

Looking at the dense human crowd, Mo Wuji asked in disbelief, "If everyone here is taking part in the selection, when will the selection end?"

Shen Lian laughed, "You think everyone would get tested by that crystal pillar? Only the main participants get to be tested. For the rest, they need to qualify to be tested on the main stage by passing some preliminary tests"

As she spoke, Shen Lian pointed at a tall building at the side of Chang Luo Square, "That's where the preliminary tests are conducted. These tests are not bad. Firstly, it's quite cheap. Secondly, even if you don't qualify to even be an outer disciple, you can apply to be a service disciple."

"Wuji, let me go there and test for my roots." Ding Bu'Er saw many people going towards the preliminary test hall, and got a little eager.

Mo Wuji had no intentions of testing for his spiritual roots, as he nodded at Ding Bu'Er and said, "Sure, good luck."

"What sect are you from?" Mo Wuji suddenly thought of Shen Lian. She was really knowledgeable, and she was at Channel Opening Stage Level 4 at such a young age. She definitely had some background.

"Even if I told you, you wouldn't know," Shen Lian casually replied, not intending to share anything further.

Mo Wuji did not continue asking. He saw a tall man standing in the middle of the marble platform, right next to the crystal pillar.

The crowd went silent, focusing all their attention on the tall man.

"I represent Xing Han Empire to welcome the various sects to Chang Luo to select their disciples. I also welcome the geniuses throughout Xing Han to this selection...

The auspicious hour has arrived! Light the cannons..."

At this point, nine ceremonial cannons by the side of the marble platform shot off.

"Who is this man? Is he the Xing Han Empire Emperor?" Mo Wuji whispered into Shen Lian's ear.

"Of course he is the emperor. Who else do you think he is?" Shen Lian rolled her eyes at Mo Wuji.

Mo Wuji asked puzzledly, "It's true that the emperor is a very distinguished man. But this is a place for cultivators. He doesn't count for much here, right?

Shen Lian looked at Mo Wuji speechlessly, "Do you think it's so simple to be the emperor of an Empire? While his personal power might not compare to some figures in certain sects, he is still extremely strong. Furthermore, do you think those peak experts would come for this Spring Immortal's Gate selection? Even if these experts came, there would probably only be one or two of them, and they would only be here to scout for talented mantle disciples. They won't even reveal themselves."

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Chapter 63: Worrying Encounter

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"...The Spring Immortal's Gate is officially open! I wish the various sects good luck in finding exceptional disciples. And for our participating geniuses, may you 'spring' into immortality and transcend mortality."

With the end of the Xing Han Emperor's speech, the Spring Immortal's Gate Conference officially commenced. A huge queue of people a few metres wide appeared, forming directly at the front of the marble platform in the middle of the square.

As the Xing Han Emperor descended, two officials responsible for recording the test results stood on the two sides of the crystal pillar.

One of them rolled out a long leather scroll and announced, "Chang Luo Prefecture's Ou Zuoce is to take the test. Chang Luo Prefecture's Wei Xi, get ready..."

After the official reported the two names, a youth in golden robes emerged from the queue and hastily walked to the front of the marble platform. With a jump and a somersault, he landed on top of the platform. After landing on the stage, he did not walk towards the crystal pillar but turned to face the crowd.

This youth had an attractive figure. There were even a few girls screaming by the the side.

Shen Lian sneered, "This guy really loves to show off. Unless he has some heaven defying spiritual roots, many schools and sects wouldn't want him."

The golden robed youth stood in front of the crystal pillar. A stream of khaki light rose from the pillar, reaching the 1.5 metre mark before it stopped.

The official on the other side of the pillar announced, "Chang Luo Prefecture's Ou Zuoce, Earth intermediate grade spiritual roots. Qualification: Medium-Low."

Mo Wuji could see that the golden robed youth had quite a satisfied expression. Obviously, he was clear about the grade of his spiritual roots, and knew that it was enough for him to enter some sects as an outer disciple.

However, the youth's expression soon hardened; no sects were interested in him.

The Xing Han Emperor made it sound easy for those with spiritual roots to enter the sects they wanted. However, the prerequisite was for the sects to be interested in them. If no sect expressed interest, then it was meaningless even if one had great spiritual roots.

The golden robed youth stood rooted to the ground, stupefied. Seeing that Ou Zuoce was still standing on the platform, the assessing official said grumpily, "You have not been chosen. Hurry and get down."

"Yes, yes..." Ou Zuoce finally came to his senses, walking down the platform with a blushed face.

Mo Wuji shook his head; even if this fella got selected by a sect, he wouldn't achieve much. He started showing off even before his results were announced, only to end up defeated and ashamed. This was not the mentality for great people.

At this moment, a 3 metre tall khaki light shone from the crystal pillar.

"...Chang Luo Prefecture's Wei Xi, Earth high-grade spiritual roots. Qualification: Medium-High." The assessing official called out yet again.

At this moment, two of the sects' altars lit up with a golden light. Mo Wuji puzzledly asked Shen Lian, "Shen Lian, those two sects are interested in Wei Xi, right? Why are there only two sects interested in a high-grade spiritual root? Don't tell me the sects are only looking for those with supreme-grade spiritual roots?"

Shen Lian answered, "Naturally, that's not the case. Unless it's for a peak level genius, sects usually won't compete for a disciple. These two sects probably indicated their interest at the same time. Usually, you would only see one light."

"Earth Sects Golden Spear Sect and Fire Phoenix School have selected Wei Xi at the same time. May Wei Xi go over and take his pick. Next, Chang Luo Prefecture's Cheng Fei is to take the test..."

The official continued to call out.

Many eager and envious eyes landed on Wei Xi; not only was he favoured by an Earth Sect, he had the privilege of picking his sect.

As everyone's eyes were on Wei Xi, a towering red light drew their eyes back to the crystal pillar. This light was approximately 4.5 metres tall. If it was a little taller, it would have reached the top. Nonetheless, it was an incredibly dazzling pillar of light.

This reminded Mo Wuji of Yan'Er. When she tested for her spiritual roots, there was also a similar towering pillar of light. Her light wasn't as high as this Chang Fei definitely because her testing crystal pillar was of an inferior grade.

"Chang Luo Prefecture's Cheng Fei, Fire supreme-grade spiritual roots. Qualification: High-High..." the official announced with a trembling voice.

As he announced the results, more than ten altars lit with a golden light. Obviously, this Cheng Fei had attracted more than ten sects to compete for him.

"Quasi-sky Sect Heavenly Temple, Distant Fire Sect, Jade Net Sect, Demonic Sect..."

As the official reported the names of the interested sects, Shen Lian muttered astonishedly, "What a fella! In just a short moment, almost all the quasi-sky sects in Xing Han Empire have entered the fray."

Mo Wuji clenched his fist; he suddenly thought of that god damned woman who snatched Yan'Er away, and could not help but get infuriated. This was the place Yan'Er should be. She should be here picking her sect, instead of being snatched away soundlessly.

There were so many quasi-sky sects she could choose from. This was exactly the kind of treatment a Gao Kao [1] scholar would experience. Under the awed and envious eyes of the crowd, Cheng Fei chose the Heavenly Temple.

In the following tests, there weren't anymore supreme-grade spiritual roots. The best were the high-grade spiritual roots. Most of the participants had low-grade spiritual roots, followed by intermediate-grade spiritual roots.

"Wuji, I actually have Earth intermediate-grade spiritual roots! I get to take part in the selection..." Ding Bu'Er's excited voice called over. Mo Wuji turned and saw the jumpy figure of Ding Bu'Er rushing over.

"Bu'Er, congratulations!" Mo Wuji was genuinely happy for Ding Bu'Er.

"Why don't you also go and try your luck?" Shen Lian asked Mo Wuji curiously.

Mo Wuji did not say anything. He only had mortal roots, there wasn't any luck for him to try.

"Ai, Wen Manzhu is going up the platform..." Ding Bu'Er cut himself off halfway through his sentence, remembering the rumors between Wen Manzhu and Mo Wuji.

A red light beam emerged from the pillar and rose to the 2.5 metre mark. Mo Wuji sighed in his heart; this Wen Manzhu had not bad spiritual roots.

As usual, the official reported, "Cheng Yu State's Wen Manzhu, Fire high-grade spiritual roots. Qualification: Medium-High."

Three golden lights simultaneously lit up, ostensibly interested in Wen Manzhu's fire affinity spiritual roots. Mo Wuji saw the Heavenly Temple's light lighting up, and immediately knew that Wen Manzhu would choose the Heavenly Temple.

"This lady is really lucky," Ding Bu'Er lamented saltily.

Mo Wuji laughed. High-grade spiritual roots? So what? He did not have spiritual roots but he was no less than geniuses with high-grade spiritual roots.

"Get out of here. Why is there a beggar like you here at the Spring Immortal's Gate? This is simply humiliating this grand affair..." A snappy voice resounded somewhere near Mo Wuji. At the same time, Mo Wuji heard a painful muffle.

Mo Wuji turned back and saw a disheveled, emaciated girl being kicked. When she fell, Mo Wuji's heart skipped a beat. At the next moment, Mo Wuji immediately rushed over.

Yan'Er. She must be Yan'Er... He definitely did not see wrongly. But... Why was Yan'Er here? How did she fall to such a sticky situation?

[1] Gao Kao (高考) is China's National College Examinations.

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Chapter 64: Nine Tiers Of Pill Refining

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"Young master, young master…" After holding Yan'Er close, Mo Wuji could hear her muttering constantly.

Her eyes were listless, her clothes were tattered and there was a rancid smell coming from her. She was constantly calling out for her young master, but it was not because she had recognised Mo Wuji, but it was because these were the words she had constantly been calling.

"Jing… Fei... Lan!" Mo Wuji uttered those three words one at a time. He only knew that the woman who snatched Yan'Er away was Jing Feilan. After being snatched away by her, Yan'Er ended up on the streets, seemingly a little deranged. If he did not kill that woman, he would be living in vain all his life.

Yan'Er's body was covered in dirt, and her hair was withered and yellow. As Mo Wuji held her within his arms, he could feel that she was at most 10 to 20kg. It was easy to deduce that she must have suffered a lot.

Due to the fury in his heart, Mo Wuji clenched his fists angrily, his nails piercing into the meat in his palm. Fresh blood flowed but he was seemingly unaware.

"Just now, you kicked Yan'Er?" Holding Yan'Er up, Mo Wuji walked towards the man who kicked Yan'Er.

He previously swore that he would not let Yan'Er go through any further suffering. However, in just this short period of time, she went through an unfathomable one. Not only did she end up as a homeless nomad, she was even unreasonably bullied. Mo Wuji was willing to take the pain that Yan'Er had been through, so that she would no longer suffer. After all, she had already suffered enough taking care of him.

The man's eyes swept across Mo Wuji, and he said cold, "Yes, this lord here kicked her. What are you going to do to me?"

"Kacha! Ah! (Pa!)..." With a quick motion, Mo Wuji kicked the man's knee, and the sound of breaking bones could be heard. At the same time, Mo Wuji slapped the man's mouth. If all these suffering happened to him, he could tolerate it and wait for the right moment to act. But he was unable to tolerate Yan'Er being bullied. Sometimes, if you really can't tolerate something, why remain patient?

The man's scream of pain was dispersed with Mo Wuji's slap. He sat on the ground paralysed, hugging his knee, spitting out a few teeth and fresh blood.

As there were too many people and Mo Wuji was only at the periphery of the square, his actions only attracted the attention of the few in his immediate surroundings.

The surrounding people could feel Mo Wuji's aggression and immediately dispersed, emptying the space. Mo Wuji no longer cared about that fella as he turned around to leave with Yan'Er.

"Is she your friend?" Shen Lian hurried over and whispered in Mo Wuji's ear.

As Mo Wuji was about to answer, a gloomy voice called over, "Do you think you can just leave after beating someone during the Spring Immortal's Gate?"

The one speaking with a young man with a long face and slitted eyes. On his back, was a long sword. His hair was tied into a bun and he was wearing a pair of light shoes. Mo Wuji had met with a lot of cultivators recently; one look and he knew that this person was a cultivator.

"Wu Jingwu, what is the meaning of this?" Shen Lian, who was by Mo Wuji's side, furiously questioned.

It was then Mo Wuji knew that this long faced, slitted eyes youth was acquainted to Shen Lian. This fella probably came to cause trouble for him because of his relations with Shen Lian.

Wu Jingwu looked at Shen Lian and said, "Junior apprentice sister, can you please not hang around these lowly mortals? It will only lower your status. Master has been unable to find you, and he knew that you would secretly take part in the Spring Immortal's Gate. But there's no need for you to try anything. Do you think that after I reveal your status, any other sects would dare to accept you?"

Having said that, Wu Jingwu turned back, seemingly trying to call people over.

Shen Lian coldly said, "Wu Jingwu, if you do anything which implicates Mo Wuji, I will never let you off. I, Shen Lian, swear: I will do what I say."

Wu Jingwu's expression turned unsightly as he turned to Mo Wuji and asked, "Who is this guy?"

Mo Wuji turned to Shen Lian and said, "Senior Shen, I will be leaving first. We will meet again if fate permits."

With that, Mo Wuji turned and left hurriedly with Yan'Er, totally ignoring Wu Jingwu.

"Wuji, what happened?" Ding Bu'Er ran over.

Mo Wuji looked seriously at Ding Bu'Er and said, "Bu'Er, continue trying your best. It will be good if you get selected by a sect."

"Ok. After my test, I will immediately rush back." Ding Bu'Er did not know who Yan'Er was, but he had his guesses.

When Mo Wuji returned to his suite, he immediately helped Yan'Er wash up. He did not know how Yan'Er ended up like this, but looking at her emaciated look, he knew that if he did not coincidentally find her during the Spring Immortal's Gate, he would never have seen her again.

After Yan'Er lost her self-consciousness, she was constantly calling out "young master". Mo Wuji knew that Yan'Er must have been looking for him. It was this persistance... this persistance had led her here.

Mo Wuji personally cooked some porridge for Yan'Er and fed her. After she had gone to sleep, he went out to buy a whole pile of medicinal herbs, as well as some clothes for Yan'Er.

Even Mo Wuji did not know whether he could treat Yan'Er's current situation.

It was late into the evening but Ding Bu'Er still did not return. On the contrary, it was Shen Lian who returned to the suite.

"Sorry, I dragged you into my problem just now." The moment she returned, Shen Lian immediately apologized to Mo Wuji.

Mo Wuji waved it off, "It's okay, I wasn't dragged into anything in the end. That person was your senior?"

Mo Wuji made it sound simple, but he knew that he was in an extremely dangerous situation back during the Spring Immortal's Gate. If any enforcement immortal masters noticed, he would have met his dead end. In front of those immortal masters, his life meant as much as an ant's.

Shen Lian shook her head, not wanting to discuss about Wu Jingwu. Seeing Mo Wuji brewing some medicine, she turned to Mo Wuji's room and asked, "How about I go and take a look at your friend?"

"You understand medicine?" Mo Wuji asked puzzledly.

Shen Lian hesitated, but she still said, "My father is an Earth Pill Refiner."

"What's an Earth Pill Refiner?" Mo Wuji still did not understand.

Shen Lian stared at Mo Wuji with her eyes wide open, speechless. After some time, she asked, "Aren't you a drug refiner? You even spent 370 thousand gold coins to purchase some refining equipment, but you don't know what's an Earth Pill Refiner?"

Mo Wuji said awkwardly, "I'm not actually a certified drug refiner. I merely tried my hand at it after purchasing some medicinal ingredients."

Shen Lian facepalmed, but she continued to explain, "In pill refining, nine tiers of spiritual pills can be concocted. Tier 1 to 3 spiritual pills are classified as Mortal grade spiritual pills. Tier 4 to 6 are Earth grade, while Tier 7 to 9 are Heavenly grade. Above that, are the Immortal grade spiritual pills. Being able to refine a certain tier of spiritual pills would classify you as a pill refiner of the same tier. Thus, there are nine tiers of pill refiners, or you can also see it as three grades of pill refiners."

"So an Earth Pill Refiner can refine Tier 4 spiritual pills at the very least? What tier is your father? Is an Earth Pill Refiner very impressive?" Mo Wuji bombarded Shen Lian with a barrage of questions.

Shen Lian became even more speechless. it was only after a whole 10 seconds did she finally say, "In the entire Xing Han Empire, there isn't even a Heavenly Pill Refiner. Do you think an Earth Pill Refiner is impressive?"

Mo Wuji hurriedly stood up and said to Shen Lian, "Senior Shen, please help me take a look at Yan'Er."

"Her name is Yan'Er? What a nice sounding name," As Shen Lian spoke, she had already started walking towards Mo Wuji's room. She was curious to see the kind of girl Mo Wuji was so concerned over.

She had stayed with Mo Wuji for nearly a month. Even though the two of them did not interact much, she had a basic understanding of Mo Wuji. Her beauty was definitely world class, and her figure would arouse jealousy among 99% of women. However, Mo Wuji did not treat her warmly due to her beauty nor her figure. She was clear that Mo Wuji treated her warmly, and even invited her to his suite, was entirely because of her greater understanding of cultivation. It had nothing to do with her appearance.

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