C12

The six of them continued on their journey. At Tian Fen's suggestion, they arrived at the mountain city closest to Sky Mountain Sword Sect at noon. Mountain City was the closest city to the Sky Mountain Sword Sect, so it was also a bustling place with relatively lively economic activities. It was the third largest city in the Sky Mountain Country and had a population of nearly two million.

Since this place was opposite of the Mountain Range of Demonic Beasts, Li Xun had never been to this place before. Once he entered the city, Li Xun noticed that this city was much more lively than the ones he had encountered in the past.

"Senior Brother, let's go pick out a few sets of clothes for you first. Look at the six of us, only you're still wearing the uniform issued by the Sword Sect. This is really eye-catching, it's not good for our experiential learning!" Tian Fen said.

"That's true. Lead the way."

Without taking a detour, after passing through two streets, Tian Fen led the group to a clothing store. The front of the store was decorated with the words "Tian" on a signboard.

Li Xun thought to himself, "Could it be that this shop belongs to this little girl?"

As soon as Tian Fen entered, a young girl stepped forward to serve her. Tian Fen took out a jade pendant. The young girl bowed respectfully before turning around to leave. Not long after, the young girl came out. However, before her, there was a young woman with an oppressing aura. The young woman had a smile plastered on her face.

"Aunt Si." Tian Fen stepped forward and embraced the young woman.

"I knew it was you, little girl."

"Hehe, Aunt Si, I brought people to take care of your business." With that, Tian Fen introduced Li Xun and the others one by one.

The young woman was called Tian Si, Tian Fen's aunt. This clothing shop was indeed owned by the Tian Family. Tian Fen was the granddaughter of the current head of the Tian Family.

After Tian Si understood the purpose of Tian Fen's visit, he carefully sized up Li Xun and reported four numbers to the young girl behind him. Soon, the young girl brought over four sets of clothes.

"Senior Brother Li Xun, go test out the clothes with her."

Li Xun tried four sets of clothes in succession. Not only did they fit him perfectly, each set also had its own unique characteristics. As the saying went, 'Buddha relies on gold and men on clothes'. Li Xun had never worn such gorgeous clothes in this Sword Soul Continent. Looking at the handsome figure in the mirror, Li Xun thought to himself: In the past, I was one of the five great beauties of Peking University.

When Li Xun came out wearing the last set of clothes, the eyes of Tian Fen and the others lit up.

"Senior brother, I really didn't expect you to be so handsome." Tian Fen's eyebrows were twitching.

Li Xun smiled innocently as he looked towards Tian Si and said, "The clothes just now were not bad. I want them all. Let's settle the bill."

"Little brother, you must be joking. If I were to take your money, who knows how long I would be scolded by this little girl Tian Fen." "As long as you are happy with your clothes on, you should remember to help our 'Tian Clan' publicize it in the future."

"This, isn't good." Li Xun said embarrassedly.

"Senior Brother, there's nothing good about it. The benefits you gave me a while ago were not something that could be exchanged for just these few pieces of clothes. Have I been polite with you before?"

"Then I won't be disrespectful."

"Aunt Si, we won't be disturbing you then. I know you're going to be busy and won't have time to take care of us."

"Girl, after you're done being a good person, you leave with a pat on your butt. You really don't know how to accompany me."

"Hehe, Aunt Si, next time, next time I will definitely stay for a few more days. We'll be going." After saying that, Tian Fen pulled Qin Qing and Dong Nana away, leaving Li Xun and the other two to bid Tian Si farewell with clasped hands.

After exiting the restaurant, Tian Fen led the five to a luxurious restaurant. Everyone enjoyed their meal very much. During the meal, Li Xun found out that Tian Fen was actually the granddaughter of the current head of one of the three big families in Sky Mountain Country, while Zhou Jie was the young master of the Zhou family, while Cheng Kun was the second young master of the remaining family. Dong Nana was the eldest daughter of the Dong Clan, the third largest business family in the Pine Flower Country. As for Qin Qing, she said that she was from the Qin Clan of Song Kingdom in the north. In the Martial Competition half a year later, Li Xun had a rough understanding.

The organizer of the competition was from Songhua Country, Jin family. In principle, the young geniuses from the twenty or so countries in the southern part of the continent would all rush to participate, and although they would not be older than thirty years old, the members sent by established forces like the Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect would usually not be older than twenty-five years old. They were even younger this time, and after half a year, only Li Xun had barely reached twenty years of age.

After the meal, Tian Fen brought the five people to each pick a horse and then left Mountain City.

"There are people fighting in front of us. We have to be careful." Li Xun instructed.

Zhou Jie and the others also saw the chaotic battle occurring in front of them. When they reached the front, they realised it was the bandits robbing the caravan. Zhou Jie and the other three did not say anything, and quickly took action, but they did not use their respective soul swords. Although there were many bandits, they were still too weak. At least they were unlucky enough to run into Zhou Jie and the others. In less than ten minutes, all the bandits were subdued.

The old man in the caravan walked up to Zhou Jie and the others, bowed and said: "Old manager Meng Song, many thanks for taking action, otherwise, we would have been in a terrible situation. I don't know your names, but when I return to report to the Patriarch, I will definitely reward you greatly in the future."

Before Zhou Jie and the others could reply, they heard Li Xun say, "There's no need to thank me so much. We'll take our leave now." With that, he took the lead. The old man and the other teachers had told Li Xun about their experiences. This time, Zhou Jie and the others helped the Chamber of Commerce to resist the bandits' robbery, but they could also have caused trouble. Who knew if these Thieves had powerful backers, and if there were spies in the Chamber of Commerce, they wouldn't have any interactions with them in the future anyway. They didn't have any hope of repayment, so they might as well leave as soon as possible.

Seeing that Li Xun had left, Zhou Jie and the other three immediately mounted their horses and chased after him.

Seeing their benefactor leave just like that, many people in the Meng Family Chamber of Commerce didn't know what was going on. They thought they had offended him somehow. However, Meng Song looked at the few people who left and admired Li Xun's mentality. He couldn't help but once again feel regretful for not being able to get to know him.

"Senior Brother, why didn't you let us leave our names behind just now?" Zhou Jie was puzzled. He had always wanted to become famous.

"There are always gains and losses in everything you do. If you want to become famous, you'd better give up this opportunity."

The five of them seemed to be deep in thought when they heard Li Xun's words, but they clearly didn't quite understand what he meant.

One day later.

"Senior Brother, the Three Spring City is right in front of us. I was born there. That is also where our Tian Clan's base of operations is located." Tian Fen was very proud.

"Hur hur, that's great. There's no need to spend money on food and lodging." After he finished speaking, Li Xun slapped his horse and sped up.

Everyone could clearly feel that ever since Li Xun had descended the mountain, his mood had been especially good and he often joked around with them. It was completely the opposite of the ice-cold Li Xun who was always in a daze within the Sword Faction. However, the few of them did not point it out, as they liked the current Li Xun more.

The population of the Three Spring City was less than one million, but more than half of them had the surname of Tian. Over 80% of the properties belonged to the Tian Clan.

"Little Fen, where are we going now?"

"Of course it's to go to my house first. I think grandpa will be very happy to see all of you here."

They followed Tian Fen all the way to the Tang Family's castle in the middle of the Three Spring City. Li Xun was also shocked when he got here. The outer wall of the Tang Family's castle was actually five meters high.

Just as he arrived at the entrance, an elder came out to greet him.

"Miss, you're finally back. We received the news of you descending the mountain a few days ago. The lord has been talking about you, so he sent the old servant to guard the door."

"Grandpa Stone, you've worked hard. These people are my senior brothers and sisters. I'll bring them to see grandfather."

"Haha, it's not hard at all. Bring them along quickly, someone else will take care of the horses."

The Tian Clan was truly worthy of being called an ancient clan with a thousand years of heritage. Ancient trees and strange stones lined the interior of the Tang Clan Castle, causing Li Xun to be unable to move.

Senior brother, it seems that you're very interested in these ancient trees and extraordinary stones, but you should first come with me to see grandpa. If you can make him happy, maybe we can get him to open up our backyard for you. I heard that there's a 1500 year old peach tree there, but I've never seen it before.

Hearing Tian Fen's words, Li Xun's curiosity was piqued to the extreme. In his previous life, Li Xun had an inexplicable fondness for nature, which was why when he went out wandering in the west, he found out that there was a red fruit. Now that he heard that there was a 1500 year old peach tree, he wanted to see it immediately.

When Tian Fen brought the five of them into a quiet little courtyard, she softly said, "My grandfather usually paints at this time, so he needs a quiet place. "When we enter later, if Grandpa doesn't say anything, I'll have to trouble senior brothers and sisters to give me some face and not make a sound."

The five of them nodded slightly. Tian Fen had gotten along well with everyone, especially since they were in the Tian Family, and they had met a respected senior. For those who had been in charge of the Tian Family for decades, they had to abide by the rules of the Tian Family.

Old Master Tian was indeed drawing, but after the six of them observed for a short while, he stopped. However, he didn't have any intentions of seeing them, he seemed to be pondering on how to continue drawing.

This wait lasted for over an hour. Just as Tian Fen was about to step forward, old man Tian moved his brush again. After a few strokes, he put it down.

"Grandfather, I'm back."

"Our little princess has returned. Come over and let me take a look." Tian Fen was doted on by old man Tian.

"Grandfather, these are my senior brothers and sisters …" Tian Fen introduced Old Master Tian, Li Xun, and the others one by one.

After carefully examining them, Tian Chanzi's gaze stopped on Li Xun.

"Young man, you're very strong. I've never seen a young man of your age with such strength." Old Master Tian's words of praise caused Li Xun to feel extremely awkward. Actually, he'd already sized up old man Tian, but he couldn't see through him.

The old man had once told Li Xun that once a person's strength reached a certain level, they could roughly calculate a person's strength by observing their mind and spirit. If you couldn't see it, there was only one possibility, and that was that the person's strength was above yours. Old Master Tian's words had clearly confirmed Li Xun's guess. After all, the other party could see through his strength while he couldn't see through it.

"Elder Tian, you're too kind." Li Xun rubbed his head. He didn't know how to answer.

Seeing Li Xun's awkward appearance, Tian Fen and the other two girls covered their mouths and snickered. They had never seen Li Xun with such a comical expression.

"Grandfather, look at you. You've already made Senior Brother Li Xun feel so awkward the first time we've met. You're very rude, aren't you?"

"Haha, I was rude, but the truth is that even though your fellow martial brothers and sisters are rare geniuses, you are the worst. You better work hard." As he spoke, old man Tian pinched Tian Fen's cute little face.

"Grandfather, you're pinching me, I'm angry." Tian Fen pouted, her cheeks swollen.

"Alright, it's your grandpa's fault. Bring the guests to the east hall first, I'll change clothes then. Look, it's almost time for dinner."

During the meal, Master Tian's knowledge and knowledge was extremely attractive to Li Xun and the others. After the meal, Li Xun and the others talked a lot of strange things to Master Tian, and Master Tian clearly took care of these juniors. Everyone chatted until late at night.