by Dragon King
“Godly Cloud Dao took up the entire Eighth Heaven on its own, and the other sects all have to communicate with each other. Big sects would make smaller sects their subsidiary sects and pick talents from them. In the meantime, smaller sects will try their best to level up onto a higher Heaven. Sky Mountain Sect specializes in planting Spirit Herbs and Medicines and raising Spirit Beasts. Although it is a sect on the Six Heaven, it has a pretty good relationship with a few big sects on Seventh Heaven. Therefore, it holds an important position on Sixth Heaven,” Lu Linlin added.
Hao Ren nodded in agreement. The cultivation sects are on and above Fifth Heaven; completely separated from the mortal world. Since the Dragon Tribe’s members lived among the mortals and were somewhat connected, they had some relationship going on. The human cultivators, on the other hand, had absolutely no interest in the humans in the mortal world.
“Nine Lives Soul Protection Pill! Transformation Pill! Ying-Yang Dragon Tiger Pill! White Lotus Pill! Cold Plum Pill!”
The shouts interrupted Hao Ren’s thoughts.
He turned around and saw over 30 bottles of elixir pills on a small table. The owner was a mid-aged cultivator in his 40s in an ordinary dark blue cultivation suit.
“Gongzi, those are all fake elixir pills. You don’t need to go there,” Lu Linlin reminded him from the side.
The cultivator shouted at Hao Ren, “You must be a cultivator from Sky Mountain Sect. Your Snow Lion seems to be very powerful. Buy some Transformation Pills for it so it can level up faster and cultivate both ice and fire elemental energy!”
“You are trying to sell our Gongzi fake elixir pills even though you know he is from Sky Mountain Sect?” Lu Linlin asked him.
She stared at him until the cultivator put his stand away hastily and fled. He thought Hao Ren looked young and the two pretty companies demonstrated how inexperienced and wealthy he must have been. Therefore, he wanted to trick some Spirit Stones out of Hao Ren. However, he didn’t expect to be seen through this easily.
It was his fault to have believed that Hao Ren was only in the Foundation Establishment Realm. He would have never thought that Lu Linlin and Lu Lili, who hid their techniques on purpose, were already on low-grade Qian-level, which was equivalent to low-tier Nascent Soul Realm!
Either Lu Linlin or Lu Lili alone could have shaken three to four small sects on Fifth Heaven!
Lu Linlin smiled charmingly as the mid-aged man fled, “You don’t need to worry about being scammed because we are here, Gongzi.”
Hao Ren smiled back at them. It was true; he wouldn’t fall for it even if he wanted to since Lu Linlin and Lu Lili were by his sides.
Little White was having trouble moving around in the crowd since it couldn’t fly. Therefore, it turned back into its smaller form and followed Hao Ren closely by his heels like a rolling white fluffy ball.
“Hehe, these are all stands from Sky Mountain Sect, Gongzi,” Lu Lili pointed ahead.
Hao Ren saw several adjacent stands surrounded by quite a few people. They seemed to be doing pretty well.
He squeezed in with Lu Linlin and Lu Lili and found that the things they were selling here were indeed more valuable than those at other stands.
“The elixir pills are legit, but the techniques are pretty ordinary. The Spirit Herbs are not ripe enough. To feed Little White, maybe purchasing some elixir pills is a good choice,” Lu Lili turned to Hao Ren and said.
Her body was almost up against Hao Ren due to the crowd. She realized that her face was only a few centimeters from Hao Ren’s after she finished talking; she blushed immediately.
“How much are these elixir pills?” she stepped up and asked the disciple from Sky Mountain Sect.
“Basic Essence Replenishment Pills are 15 low-tier Spirit Stones per bottle, and there are ten pills in a bottle; Basic Spirit Replenishment Pills are 25 low-tier Spirit Stones per bottle of eight pills; Basic Detox Pills are 20 low-tier Spirit Stones per bottle, and there are nine pills in each bottle. We only have these three elixirs left.”
Maybe it was because of Lu Linlin’s pretty look, the disciple put a stop on his current trade to explain to her patiently.
“I’ll take all the Essence Replenishment Pills and Spirit Replenishment Pills,” Lu Linlin was very straightforward as well.
The surrounding cultivators thought the pretty girl was only planning on buying a few bottles. They had no idea that she was going to take everything on the stand!
Lu Linlin asked in everyone’s surprised stare, “Do the nearby stands all have the same price for these elixir pills?”
The stunned Sky Mountain Sect disciple nodded in hesitation. He only came here with his fellow disciples to sell these items for some Spirit Stones in order to get some defensive Dharma Treasures. He never thought that he could actually sell out all the basic elixir pills.
The fact was that these basic elixir pills had very slight effects so that they wouldn’t be of great use in actual battles.
“Alright, then I’ll take all the Essence Replenishment Pills and Spirit Replenishment Pills on all five stands,” Lu Linlin said.
Shoo… All the surrounding cultivators gasped.
Although the Essence Replenishment Pills and Spirit Replenishment Pills weren’t very expensive, there were at least hundreds of bottoms on all five stands. She was buying over a thousand elixir pills at once!
“Get that Ascendance Grass too, Sis. We can feed them to Little White as treats,” Lu Lili said to Lu Linlin.
“Ok!” Lu Linlin nodded and asked the disciple, “How much is the Ascendance Grass?”
“12… 12 low-tier Spirit Stones per bundle,” the disciple of Sky Mountain Sect was already stuttering.
“Ok, there should be around 30 bundles here. I’ll take them all,” Lu Linlin said lightly.
Shoo… The cultivators gasped again.
When the cultivators were wondering what these girls’ background was and why were they spending Spirit Stones like crazy, they both turned around and said, “Should we take all the Detox Pills too? Gongzi? Little White would eat anything, and the Detox Pills can cleanse its body.”
Everyone turned back to look at Hao Ren at the same time.
“These beautiful Foundation Establishment Realm twin sisters are spending Spirit Stones like this on this Gongzi’s order?” they thought, “Who is this young man dressed in regular cultivation clothing? He must be a talented genius of a big sect!”
“Um, get them all, so we don’t have to come back often,” Hao Ren said.
He was so calm that it drove the cultivators around them crazy! In fact, even the Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators of a regular sect on Fifth Heaven could only make 30 low-tier Spirit Stones in a month!
“Ok, Gongzi!” Lu Linlin took out over 40 mid-tier Spirit Stones from her ring and put them in front of the disciple without a word.
Each mid-tier Spirit Stone equaled to 100 low-tier Spirit Stones. But the help it could provide in cultivation was way more than what 100 low-level Spirit Stones could do!
The fact that she took out 40 mid-tier Spirit Stones casually immediately startled the surrounding cultivators!
Even the disciples from Sky Mountain Sect were shocked! They collected all the elixir pills from their fellow disciples and had never thought that the pills could get them so many Spirit Stones!
Lu Linlin and Lu Lili slightly bent their backs and put the elixir pills and Spirit Herbs into their Xumi Rings.
Little White in her tiny form smelled the delicious elixir pills and hopped into Hao Ren’s arms excitedly.
Hao Ren patted its little head. “This time, we have enough for you to eat, Little White.”
“Um…” The surrounding cultivators were all speechless. “If these mid-tier Spirit Stones are traded into low-tier Spirit Stones, there would be over 4000 of them. And all these are used to feed this tiny thing?”
Even that great-looking Golden Lion wouldn’t get such a treatment! If Little White knew this, it would de
finitely stand right in front of the Golden Lion and put its paw on its nose while giving it a prideful and despicable look!
“Oh, do you guys have 10,000-year Seven-Colored Snow Lotuses?” Hao Ren asked casually.
“Kakaka…” The surrounding cultivators were almost losing it.
10,000-year Seven-Colored Snow Lotuses! The ultimate treasure of Sky Mountain Sect! It was said that the Sky Mountain Sect only had three of them, and this young man was trying to purchase them?
“No… We don’t have any.” the disciple of Sky Mountain Sect was stupefied.
“Oh.” Hao Ren wanted to ask them how he could purchase one. However, he realized that it might not be a good idea after seeing how everyone reacted.
“I’ve put everything away, Gongzi. Although Little White is greedy, these can still last it a month,” Lu Linlin and Lu Lili returned to Hao Ren’s sides.
“One month! Over 40 mid-tier Spirit Stones!” Some of the surrounding cultivators actually collapsed at that information.
At the very moment, in the disciple of Sky Mountain Sect’s eyes, the immature Snow Lion was definitely not a Snow Lion but a Godly Beast!
“Let’s go!” Hao Ren carried Little White and left as the twins followed on both sides. They just spent over 40 mid-tier Spirit Stones without even blinking their eyes!
They asked Lu Qing for Spirit Stones a while ago, and he casually gave them 100 mid-tier Spirit Stones. East Ocean had a strong financial background with abundant resources. On top of that, they didn’t need the Spirit Stones to cultivate. Even for powering array formations, they would use top-tier Spirit Stones. Therefore, they couldn’t care less for these mid-tier Spirit Stones!
236 My Mistake
While the astonished cultivators watched, Hao Ren left with Lu Linlin and Lu Lili and merged with the crowd at the Trading Convention.
“Linlin, how many Spirit Stones are left?” Hao Ren turned his head and asked Lu Linlin.
“We still have over 50 mid-tier Spirit Stones. Do you want to buy elixirs or dharma treasures?” Lu Linlin asked.
Since such Trading Conventions were unofficial events organized by cultivators, the objects at the event were not very rare. Lu Linlin had brought 100 mid-tier Spirit Stones to buy some elixir pills for Little White to help it improve its cultivation strength.
“I want to buy beads of wood, fire, and earth to match the gold and water beads on my necklace,” Hao Ren said.
“That’s easy. I think I’ve seen some of them somewhere here!” Lu Lili had been observing the objects of each booth, and she immediately took Hao Ren to three booths to buy the beads.
The payment for three beads was only half a mid-tier Spirit Stone. If Hao Ren had to collect them by himself, it would take him forever. But at the Trading Convention, he bought them with great ease.
Attaching the newly bought beads to the necklace, he now had a five-elemental necklace.
Through the necklace, Hao Ren felt the five beads were interacting with each other and forming a cycle, helping him absorb the five-elemental essence from nature.
This process would greatly help Hao Ren’s cultivation of the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll. While the dragon core in his body was an internal monitor of five elemental essences, the five-elemental necklace was an external adjustor to balance the five elements by small amounts.
Having bought food for Little White and three beads for himself, Hao Ren was satisfied with this trip.
He bought a flexible ‘Dragon Leash’ for 120 low-tier Spirit Stones. Taking off the little bell Lu Linlin and Lu Lili gave him, he attached the bell to the Dragon Leash before putting the leash around Little White’s neck.
Little White looked quite cute with the golden bell on its snow-white fur. The special flexibility of the Dragon Leash made sure the leash wouldn’t break even when Little White changed into a bigger size.
Since Little White followed Hao Ren everywhere, Lu Linlin and Lu Lili could still find Hao Ren’s location with the bell. However, with the bell attached on Little White’s neck, he didn’t have to worry about Lu Linlin and Lu Lili suddenly appearing while he is taking a shower.
“Ruff! Ruff!” Little White in Hao Ren’s arms suddenly started making noises.
It wriggled its rump while nudging Hao Ren’s arm with its mouth.
After some time with Little White, Hao Ren was familiar with its signals. With its wriggling rump, it told him it wanted to go to the bathroom!
Immediately he let it go. Little White jumped to the ground and rushed out of the Trading Convention. The jingling golden bell was dazzling on its white fur.
The little creature had to choose this moment to go to the bathroom on the territory of the cultivating sects.
Resigned, Hao Ren followed it with Lu Linlin and Lu Lili who covered their giggles with their hands.
Without the illumination of the stone columns, the spot Little White chose for its bathroom was quite dim. The small body of Little White hid in a cluster of grass and was busy doing its business.
“Hahahaha!” Suddenly, laughter came from behind them.
They turned and found six male cultivators in different robes had surrounded them in a half circle.
This spot was in the wilderness, blocked by a massive boulder from the venue of the Trading Convention. Hao Ren knew that he and the Lu sisters had been followed ever since they bought the elixirs!
Three Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators, two of whom were beautiful girls, had casually taken out over 40 mid-tier Spirit Stones and were careless with the prices when they purchased things… Naturally, their fortune and the Lu sisters’ beauty had caught the thugs’ eye.
The lowest level of the cultivators attending the Trading Convention was Foundation Establishment Realm. Among the six robbers, three were in mid-tier Foundation Establishment Realm while the others were in the top-tier!
Hao Ren was now at the Li-level which was the equivalent to mid-tier Foundation Establishment Realm while Lu Linlin and Lu Lili were only at low-tier Foundation Establishment Realm!
The difference of the strengths of the two sides was quite evident. Even with the spirit beast which had not reached even the first level, Hao Ren and the Lu sisters were no match for them in strength!
“Little White! Are you done?” Hao Ren turned his head and asked in a low voice.
Swaying its little rump, Little White trotted to him from the cluster of grass. When it found Hao Ren was surrounded, it immediately changed into a magnificent spirit beast of one meter tall, growling.
Without hesitation, the six men threw their dharma treasures at them!
Little White roared with rage and dashed toward the dharma treasures fearlessly!
“Little White! Come back!” Hao Ren beckoned at Little White before taking out a long spear from his hidden space.
Dragon Gold Spear!
The long spear grew longer in the air.
The silver body immediately turned into a dazzling gold color.
“They indeed have powerful dharma treasures!” One of the six robbers yelled, and they combined the power of their dharma treasures to block Hao Ren’s gold spear!
The six of them came together to rob Hao Ren and the Lu sisters, fearing the rich fellow would have powerful defense dharma treasures with him.
They were sure his powerful dharma treasures would become part of the loot.
Clang! Clang… The gold spear collided with the six dharma treasures and bounced them off. But the gold spear couldn’t stop its momentum and shot into the ground!
“This fellow doesn’t know how to handle dharma treasures! Let’s go get him!” The leader of the gang shouted.
However, they were sadly mistaken. The reason Hao Ren was not good at using the dharma treasure was that he had never used it. He threw out the gold spear to stop them from attacking Little White.
“Linlin, Lili, you stay behind!” Hao Ren ordered before shooting out two beams of sword energy from his fingers.
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e he began cultivating, he had never engaged in a real fight, and he had not tried the power of the sword array formation!
“Five-elemental sword energy? Trivia technique!” They blocked Hao Ren’s two sword energies with dharma treasures and moved forward in a half circle when they saw a huge fire loop was crashing toward them.
The fire array formation!
It was made up of 16 fire-elemental sword energies.
If they were trapped by it, they would be severely burned.
Array formations could trap strong enemies inside and defeat them.
Swoosh!
A dense rain of sword energies shot toward them from high up in the sky!
Each group containing 16 gold-elemental sword energy, and there were three groups, forming the gold-elemental sword array formation.
The seemingly random sword energies were, in fact, interacting with each other and strengthening each other. This was the power of sword array formation!
Three mid-tier and three top-tier cultivators of the Foundation Establishment Realm were stunned by the sword array formation falling from the sky.
“We were wrong! He’s a cultivator of the Core Formation Realm! Let’s go!” The leader threw out a white gong before fleeing.
Dong! Dong! Dong…
The dense golden sword energy beams shot into the gong and turned it into a sieve.
The difference between the Core Formation Realm and the Foundation Establishment Realm was drastic. In the Core Formation Realm, the cultivators could use advanced dharma treasures and advanced cultivation techniques!
Even six Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators didn’t dare to mess with one cultivator of the Core Formation Realm!
In fact, Hao Ren’s cultivation strength was indeed at the Li Level which was the equivalent of the Foundation Establishment Realm. However, Hao Ren’s powerful sword array formation made them think he was a cultivator of the Core Formation Realm which was the equivalent of Zhen-level!
When the sword array formation was unleashed, the sky dimmed with its power!
After all, the sword array formation was like any other array formations which borrowed the Nature Essence instead of drawing on the strength of the cultivator.
