Chapter 274 (1): At the Sword Qi Great Wall, Chen Meets Chen

Chapter 274 (1): At the Sword Qi Great Wall, Chen Meets Chen

Just as she couldn't hold back any longer and was about to kick Chen Ping'an...

Chen Ping'an suddenly vanished from the alleyway.

It was as if someone had grabbed him and dragged him into another world.

The young girl suddenly felt very empty. The space in front of her was empty, and her heart was also empty. She started to seethe with anger.

She was just about to draw her sword and follow those traces to tear open the fissure among heaven and earth. However, it was also at this instant that her cheeks suddenly flushed a slight shade of red. She seemingly heard something, and she replied with a quick "oh." She then humphed coldly at the location where Chen Ping'an had vanished.

After doing this, she flew toward the plaza at the foot of Lone Peak.

After seeing this young girl who completely ignored the rules again, the young Daoist priest was so enraged that he was about to explode. He angrily threw his book to the floor and jumped up from his straw mat, scolding in fury, "Little girl, do you really think Stalactite Mountain is your bloody backyard?! You come as you please and you leave as you please... This is already the third time! The third time! Even the sword immortals from the Sword Qi Great Wall might not break this rule a single time in their lives. Yet, what about you? You've broken it two times in a single day!"

The sword-hugging middle-aged man yawned and said, "You can hit her if you're so capable."

"Do you truly think I don't dare to?" the young Daoist priest fumed. "If I weren't taking pity on her because of her misfortunes, I would have thrown a single punch and..."

The gallant-looking young girl was expressionless as she walked through the mirror-like gate. She leaned back slightly to face the young Daoist priest, and she said, "Why are you taking pity on me? It's not like we're very familiar with each other."

The young Daoist priest felt like the young girl's words were very unreasonable. At the same time, however, they also seemed slightly reasonable.

Sitting on the hitching post, the sword-hugging middle-aged man held his belly and roared with laughter.

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They had both walked out from that wine shop in Stalactite Mountain.

When Chen Ping'an walked out, he arrived in a secluded alleyway.

When Liu Youzhou walked out, however, he arrived under an ancient locust tree outside the tall walls of a courtyard. He squatted down in boredom and started to count the ants crawling along the ground.

The old woman, an earth immortal, silently stood beside her young master and didn't disturb his daydreaming.

The sun slowly peeked over the horizon and illuminated the sky. Liu Youzhou stood up with a bright glimmer in his eyes, and he turned around as if he were asking the old woman for praise. "I finally understand now. Ants that have grown up in Stalactite Mountain are no different from ants that have grown up in ordinary cities and towns."

The old woman was already accustomed to the young boy's wild imagination, so she simply nodded with a faint smile.

Liu Youzhou glanced at the old locust tree and said in low spirits, "I'm not going to buy it, it's far too expensive. I can't bear to give away my hard-earned New Year's money just like that. I've already saved up for so many years."

The old woman breathed a sigh of relief. She was genuinely afraid that her young master would impulsively throw away all of his money to buy a jar of Forgetting Sorrow Wine. In any case, this golden millet wine had little benefit to Qi refiners at the Middle Five Tiers. Regardless of how wealthy Pure White Continent's Liu Clan was, the young master still shouldn't spend money in a profligate manner.

The Liu Clan had an iron grip on the mountain range where jade was mined to mint snowflake coins. However, tall trees caught more wind, so many people died each year because they couldn't keep their mouths shut. Among the deceased, there would always be quite a number of descendants from the various branches of the Liu Clan.

Right now, Liu Youzhou was still wearing the bright yellow bamboo robe named "Refreshing." This robe was once the treasured possession of an emperor from a large empire in Middle Earth Divine Continent, and the robe was also praised as a small grotto-heaven by many people.

Pure White Continent's Liu Clan also owned another bamboo robe named "Escaping Summer Heat." This bamboo robe formed a pair with Refreshing, and many people praised this robe as a small blessed land.

Liu Youzhou liked to switch between the two bamboo robes.

These robes were comfortable, and they weren't too flashy either. Otherwise, it would be far too eye-catching if he wore those Daoist talisman robes or the Divine Dewbearing Armor. If he wore those, wouldn't he be announcing to the entire world that he was very wealthy?

I am indeed wealthy, but I don't like to say this to others!

In any case, I can't be considered a genuinely wealthy person. After all, I couldn't even bring myself to purchase a jar of Forgetting Sorrow Wine last night, right?

Liu Youzhou sighed and asked, "Grandma Liu, am I really not allowed to go to the Sword Qi Great Wall?"

"The clan leader has given me instructions about this; you're definitely not allowed to go," the old woman replied in a firm voice.

Liu Youzhou asked a question that cut straight to the core of the issue. "At the end of the day, the Sword Qi Great Wall is still populated by convicts and refugees from Majestic World. In other words, their relationship with this side of the gate is not as amiable as we think. To add to that, there are also many dirty things going on in Stalactite Mountain. After sacrificing so much and having so many members killed by the demon tribe, has no one ever betrayed the Sword Qi Great Wall and defected to the demon tribe in anger?"

The old woman contemplated this for a moment before answering, "Those old sword immortals as well as some powerful figures from the three teachings are all keeping an eye on the Sword Qi Great Wall. As such, no major disturbances should occur. However, the type of people you speak of definitely exist. It's just that the Sword Qi Great Wall most likely isn't willing to air their dirty laundry.

"Young Master, you don't actually need to pay too much attention to the situation over there. According to the intel gathered by the Ape Havoc Estate, the current generation of young sword cultivators in the Sword Qi Great Wall is especially talented. Moreover, it's not just a few of them who are talented. Rather, they're like bamboo shoots after rain popping up with their sharp tips one after another. They can almost rival the group of sword immortals from 3000 years ago.

"That generation was genuinely impressive, and they managed to suppress the demon tribe and deter them from provoking the Sword Qi Great Wall for a whopping 800 years. In fact, many members of the demon tribe never caught a glimpse of that great wall in their entire life. So, if you ask me, I'd say that Stalactite Mountain will enjoy peace and prosperity for the next few hundred years."

The young boy felt slightly sad, and he murmured, "The Liu Clan might be making a lot of money, but we're profiting from the death of others."

The old woman wanted to remind Liu Youzhou to be careful of what he said in Stalactite Mountain. Upon seeing his downcast expression, however, she eventually couldn't bring herself to say anything.

A steward from the Ape Havoc Estate appeared in front of the young boy and the old woman. There were two horse-drawn carriages stopped by the side of the street, and the old steward said in a soft voice, "Young Master, we have esteemed guests at the estate."

Liu Youzhou nodded in acknowledgment before stepping into one of the carriages.

After arriving at the Ape Havoc Estate, Liu Youzhou saw a refined man as well as a tall woman. The scholarly middle-aged man was standing there and appreciating a painting, while the tall woman was sitting there and drinking tea.

The man was seemingly a connoisseur of calligraphy and painting, and he praised, "Who would have thought that this is the authentic Hunched Old Lotus Painting? Sure enough, it exudes an outstanding strength and aura. In terms of painting lotuses alone, no one in the past 500 years has been able to rival this."

While returning to the Ape Havoc Estate, the old steward hadn't revealed the identities of the esteemed guests to Liu Youzhou out of an abundance of caution. Only when entering the estate did he quietly inform Liu Youzhou that the esteemed guests were the emperor of Middle Earth Divine Continent's Great Duan Empire as well as his imperial preceptor.

Liu Youzhou clasped his hands and bowed in respect, saying, "Liu Youzhou pays his respects to Your Majesty and His Imperial Preceptor."Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m