UGB Chapter 42 Two Cows Get into Trouble
Chapter 42 Two Cows Get into Trouble
The difference between the fourth and fifth levels of a cultivator is like heaven and earth.
If we say that the middle stage of Qi Refining is a change in the quality of magical power compared to the early stage, then the middle stage is a change in the quality of magical power.
Reaching the fifth level of Qi Refining means that one can learn some real supernatural powers and techniques.
As Lu Qingyun had planned in advance, the [Green Wood Escape Technique] was both a movement technique and an escape technique.
Once mastered, one can fly through the air like Senior Brother Youhei and Mushan, although not for long, it's enough to fill Lu Qingyun with anticipation.
However, before checking the escape technique, Lu Qingyun first opened the jade talisman and looked at the recent news.
However, Lu Qingyun was taken aback when he saw the first message.
[Mu Chuan: Senior Brother Lu, Hall Master Niu's white-browed tiger has reappeared beside him, and Second Senior Brother Niu... has completely disappeared.]
Lu Qingyun stared at the message from Mu Chuan, speechless for a long time.
After checking the messages from Chen Xiru and the young Marquis Xiao Daojue, it became clear that the two of them were also subtly expressing their concern for Li Erniu.
[Chen Xiru: Master told me that Master Niu is preparing for a breakthrough. Brother Lu, don't say anything, and don't ask.]
[Xiao Daojue: Qingyun, has something happened to him?]
"Erniu..."
Lu Qingyun felt a deep sorrow in his heart.
He recalled the sincere voice of Li Erniu calling him "Brother Lu" when he first joined the sect.
There's also the scene where the scarred cultivator Shi Biao snatches the spirit stones, and Li Erniu pretends to be protected by his master Niu Gao.
He went to the Cloud and Mist Mountains... the elixirs that Li Erniu had scrimped and saved to give him, and finally at the Spirit Plant Peak... that desperate figure.
Lu Qingyun gave a bitter smile.
He knew that Li Erniu might never come back.
"Niu Gao..."
Replying to everyone's messages, Lu Qingyun suppressed his grief and told the young marquis and Chen Xiru that perhaps Li Erniu had taken on a mission from the sect and that they would be unable to contact him for a very long time.
Niu Gao is a Grand Cultivator who is halfway to Foundation Establishment.
Lu Qingyun dared not harbor resentment.
And yet, one cannot hate.
……
For the next ten days or so, Lu Qingyun worked even harder to cultivate the [Azure Wood Escape Technique].
Before the green corn ripened, Lu Qingyun exhaled a breath of stale air and silently opened his eyes.
After many days of arduous training, I mastered the [Azure Wood Escape Technique] much faster than I had imagined, and it was only a short while before I reached the minor mastery stage.
Even without the aid of a flying boat, he could now ride the wind and temporarily fly in the air.
However, Lu Qingyun couldn't be happy at all.
As usual, the jade talisman was opened.
Lu Qingyun frowned as he looked at the message Mu Chuan had sent in a somewhat frightened tone.
[Mu Chuan: Senior Brother Lu, my brother betrayed the sect a few days ago. The sect says he secretly practiced demonic arts and joined the Qingchi Demonic Sect.]
Mu Shan joined the Demonic Sect?
Recalling Mu Shan's cold demeanor in the Yunxia Mountains, Lu Qingyun felt that this was not surprising.
This might even be a good thing for him.
Because the Cui family always believed that Mu Shan killed Young Master Cui, they arranged for Mu Shan to face certain death in sect missions several times.
Meanwhile, Mu Shan secretly allied with the Shen family and helped them kill many members of the Cui family.
Before the two sides could settle accounts, Mu Shan had now joined the Qingchi Demonic Sect, so he no longer needed to worry about the Cui family coming after him.
Lu Qingyun pondered silently, then comforted Mu Chuan, who was worried about being killed by his brother, and told him to go to the young marquis to collect the spirit stones.
In fact, Mu Chuan's worries were unnecessary. He had communicated with Mu Shan in the Yunxia Mountains and knew that although Mu Shan was often unhappy with Mu Chuan when he was a mortal, he did not have much hostility.
After entering the Yunxia Sect, Mu Chuan had easier access to resources than others, and given his ruthless nature, he naturally snatched everything from Mu Chuan, who was right in front of him.
As for the other matters concerning Mu Chuan, they were entirely his subordinates' own actions, intended to curry favor with him.
"In comparison, I should think more about myself. I wonder when I'll be able to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining..."
Lu Qingyun looked at the hundred acres of spiritual fields and remained silent.
The path of immortality is ruthless. If he does not want himself or his old friends to be used as resources again, he must become stronger.
Fortunately, he has the Book of a Hundred Generations, so there's always a chance to rewrite everything.
With a thousand thoughts buried deep in his heart, Lu Qingyun regained his composure.
At that moment, a voice came from outside the spirit field.
"Is Mr. Lu here? I am Bai Yuechan from the Bai family, here to request an audience."
"The eldest daughter of the Bai family?"
Lu Qingyun pondered for a moment. He had already witnessed the Zheng family's sword technique, and now the Bai family's scheming people had finally come knocking on his door.
This Bai Yuechan always wore a white veil and never showed her true face. She used the Bai family's methods of seizing secrets and manipulating their weaknesses to make countless people work for her.
The Bai family is skilled in using poison, and it is said that many mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators have fallen under their control through this woman's schemes.
"It wouldn't be a bad idea to meet them."
Lu Qingyun made a quick decision.
It's time to balance our relationship with both families, otherwise, if we keep getting entangled with the Zheng family's sword seed, we'll inevitably be targeted by the Bai family.
However, he dared to meet Bai Yuechan because he had something to rely on.
Firstly, he was a disciple of the Yunxia Sect, and the other party might not be so audacious as to dare to harm him in the market.
Secondly, his "Ancient Tree Longevity Technique" has many effects on controlling toxins, so he is not afraid of this person.
With this in mind, Lu Qingyun opened the restrictions on the spirit field.
"Miss Bai, what brings you here?"
Lu Qingyun took a sip of spiritual tea and said nonchalantly.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, can't I come to see you if there's nothing wrong?"
Bai Yuechan's eyes were pitiful, and her expression was obscured by the white veil.
You can't hit someone who's smiling.
Lu Qingyun shook his head, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
Bai Yuechan smiled slightly, took out a storage bag and handed it to Lu Qingyun, then spoke eloquently:
"Yuechan hopes that Brother Lu can stop selling rice seeds to the Zheng family. These spirit stones are your reward."
"At the same time, Yuechan is willing to pay double the price from the Zheng family to buy the rice seeds from Brother Lu."
The Zheng family had earned a large amount of spirit stones by planting green corn over the past year. It wasn't until a few days ago, after she recovered from her injuries, that she was sent by her family to investigate the matter and learned that the Zheng family had obtained the rice seeds from Lu Qingyun.
At first, Bai Yuechan, like Zheng Tianxuan, looked down on Lu Qingyun, thinking he was nothing more than a coward who had been abandoned by his sect and was prepared to use some means to force him to submit.
However, upon seeing him face to face, Bai Yuechan immediately sensed that Lu Qingyun's aura, which he had not completely concealed after his breakthrough, was still present.
This made her change her mind, switching from coercion to courtship.
"Miss Bai, you flatter me."
Lu Qingyun opened the storage bag, glanced at it, and smiled slightly.
Bai Yuechan was quite generous, and what he had in his hands was a thousand spirit stones. If he were to rely solely on selling spirit rice, it would take him a year to earn that much.
However, Lu Qingyun knew that if he really accepted these spirit stones and resold the spirit rice to the Bai family, the sword-wielding members of the Zheng family would become completely hostile to him.
Once things fall apart with the Zheng family, will the Bai family still be willing to pay such a high price?
Not necessarily.
"Well, Brother Lu, are you willing to agree?"
Bai Yuechan took a sip of tea, her face beaming with smiles.
A thousand spirit stones are enough to buy a low-grade magic weapon, and she believed that would be enough to bribe the other party.
However, Lu Qingyun shook his head slightly and pushed the storage bag back.
"No need for spirit stones."
"If Miss Bai is willing to buy, I can sell 70% of the rice seeds to the Bai family, but the remaining 30% will still be sold to the Zheng family."
Bai Yuechan wanted to use these spirit stones to test the cadres?
But she was wrong.
In order to cultivate steadily in Pingyang Market and practice the Xuanwu Way.
Even if he didn't want these spirit stones, Lu Qingyun would not agree to side with the Bai family and disrupt the balance between the two families.