C38

"Brother, please wait!"

Lu Ming raised his head in shock, as a breathless man ran over.

The man was wearing a scholar's uniform. The bun that had originally been tied up was scattered due to running, and a few strands of black hair fell onto his ears.

But even so, Lu Ming couldn't help but praise him in his heart, what an elegant and graceful young master. The man looked to be in his twenties. His face was as white as jade. His sharp lips and nose gave him a dignified appearance. His sword-like eyebrows were perked up, and his handsome appearance was extremely handsome.

F * ck, isn't this just a blow to my confidence?

Although Lu Ming thought himself to be handsome, he was still lacking when compared to the man in front of him.

"Brother, I am the winner of this competition, Ying Yan. This Ghost Flower is very important to me. I wonder if you will bear with it and give it to me?"

The man immediately introduced himself, his tone also very anxious. It was a pity that Lu Ming did not know what kind of place the State of Yu was, let alone a winner in the State of Yu. Lu Ming could not help but hesitate for a moment. After all, this Ghost Life Flower was extremely important to the pill he was going to refine next, so he was unwilling to give it up.

Seeing that Lu Ming was hesitating, Ying Yan gritted his teeth and took out a jade pendant from his waist and gave it to Lu Ming, then bowed to him and begged:

"This Ghost Life Flower is a lifesaving object of an elder of my generation. Please give me your love, this jade pendant is the one I have been wearing since I was young, I will temporarily hand it over to you, in the future, I will repay you a hundredfold!"

Lu Ming looked at the anxiousness in Ying Yan's eyes, then looked at the jade pendant in his hand, unable to persevere any longer.

I am Cang Ling Academy Lu Ming. Since Brother Ying is in urgent need, then I shall give it to you.

Lu Ming laughed openly, and imitated Ying Yan's words, not asking for his jade pendant, but giving it to him directly.

Ying Yan did not expect Lu Ming to be so straightforward, and hurriedly received the Ghost Flower, bowing down excitedly.

"Brother Lu, thank you for enduring such pain. Today's an urgent matter. In the future, little brother will definitely pay you a visit!"

Lu Ming immediately dodged to the side, he had never received such a huge courtesy in his life before. After a moment of thought, he took out a medicinal pill from his bosom.

"You need the Ghost Flower. I presume that your elder was poisoned by the 'Thorn Flower'. You bringing this medicinal pill back to him should be able to help him a lot."

The pill was concocted by Lu Ming when he was practising a few days ago, he never expected that it would actually come in handy today.

Ying Yan looked at Lu Ming deeply, cupped his fists in thanks, and then took the Ghost Flower and pellets before hurriedly turning to leave.

With such a small episode, Lu Ming no longer had the fun to stroll around as he directly returned to the Fatty Bai. It's been so long, you should be done buying, right?

When Lu Ming returned, Fatty Bai had just finished settling the accounts and was putting everything into his storage ring.

But when he looked at the items that the Fatty Bai had bought, Lu Ming suddenly revealed a weird smile. Was the one Fatty Bai bought was Han Qingyi's puppet? Could it be that there was such a thing in the cultivation world?

Fatty Bai kept the things and walked towards Lu Ming happily.

"Let's go, Brother Catfish, I'll treat you to a good meal!"

Passing through the bustling crowd, not long later, Fatty Bai brought Lu Ming to another place.

The Moon Pavilion was different from the Myriad Spirit Pavilion. The layout here wasn't extravagant, and ordinary people would come in and out from time to time.

"Waiter, give me a serving of your 'Spring River Banquet' in the room upstairs."

Fatty Bai acted as if he was familiar with the route, he waved his hand and threw a spirit stone into the waiter's hands. The smile on the waiter's face became even more polite as he hurriedly led the two of them upstairs.

"Fatty Bai, what kind of place is this? One spirit stone for a meal?"

When they were alone in the private room, Lu Ming could not help but ask.

Fatty Bai laughed, revealing his full mouth of white teeth: "I said I'll treat you to a good meal, then it must be of high quality."

Not long later, the dishes were served one after another. The entire table was filled to the brim. Lu Ming picked up a piece of meat with his chopsticks and his eyes lit up.

"All of these are made from spirit beast meat?"

Fatty Bai pretended to nod his head modestly, his small eyes revealing a pleased look.

"Not only are these dishes delicious, they are also absorbed by spiritual energy. Although they are a bit inferior to spiritual stones, they are still quite rare."

If one were to say that he was truly unable to compare to Lu Ming in matters of cultivation, but if it came to eating, drinking and having fun, he could definitely throw Lu Ming far, far behind.

The two of them chatted as they ate, while Lu Ming took the chance to voice out his doubts.

"Fatty Bai, you said that we are Yangzhou of the Nine Prefectures, what do you mean?"

Fatty Bai was enjoying his meal. Wiping the grease off the corner of his mouth, he said:

"I don't know what it means, but it's been a legend since a long time ago. Ever since the Tidal Tribulation, nine out of ten of the world belongs to Yangzhou. Didn't they used to say that our Cang Ling Academy was only second to one of the four great academies? "That's because the other provinces are either ruled by sects or managed by families. Only Yangzhou is governed by the academy."

The Fatty Bai's interest was piqued, he did not have time to eat, and started dancing with joy:

"Although our Cang Ling Academy is not considered as the top power in Yangzhou, we are still one of the biggest powers in the world. Two of the nine towns of Yangzhou are our territory. We're just short of the other four academies, so we're already a top subject. "

As he said till here, the Fatty Bai's voice couldn't help but sink.

"If not for our Cang Ling Academy being split up and transferred during the 'Tidal Calamity', perhaps we would be the number one academy now. However, it was still alright now. Compared to the other academies, they were just lacking in status. "Outside, all the forces in the Nine Prefectures want to give us face."

"What is a tide storm?"

"I don't know either. This is something that happened during the ancient times a thousand years ago. Even my family doesn't have it recorded down." "I only know that the calamity that swept across the entire Land of the Nine Prefectures together ended with countless lives being lost. Only then did peace occur."

Lu Ming seemed to be deep in thought after hearing what the fatty said. The 'Tidal Calamity' that the Fatty Bai was talking about should be the same thing that the Old Dragon was talking about, but what did the Old Dragon mean by 'Tide Calamity'? Could it be that the cultivation world is welcoming another great calamity?

"Just now, those people outside seemed to be very respectful to us cultivators. What happened?"

Lu Ming felt that he had become a problem with his life, not knowing anything.

"Haha, you just haven't felt it in the academy. Cultivators are extremely rare in the outside world, even a single cymbidium is enough to make you dominate others. With your current strength, if you go out there, you'll have a stable position. You'll need money, and you'll have beauties. "

Fatty Bai still could not change his perverted nature, and in the end he started to get naughty again.

"Damn fatty, dirty!" Lu Ming could not help but scold him jokingly.