147: Master Changfeng: Unexpected Wealth

The 28th year of the lunar calendar, first month.

Northeastern part of the Xuan Yin Continent.

Li Kingdom.

This was a small kingdom with a territory spanning only about ten thousand miles. Within its borders were scattered cultivation forces of various sizes—Sects and families interlocked like dog's teeth—but none were particularly powerful, making it utterly unremarkable on the Xuan Yin Continent.

However, just last year, something major happened in the Li Kingdom.

The cultivation Family, the Changfeng Clan, a great clan with a millennium-long Legacy, had finally given birth to its first-ever Xuantai True Person in history!

[Great True Man Chang Feng, Tian Ling Wu Chen]

Even though it was only the most ordinary Xuantai that had been condensed, it still rapidly shook the entire Li Kingdom.

In just half a year, all cultivation forces within the ten-thousand-mile radius submitted without exception, and the sensible ones quickly acknowledged the Chang Feng Family as the supreme ruler of the Li Kingdom's Cultivation World!

At the same time, Jade Void's footsteps arrived here... the ancestral lands of the Changfeng Clan.

It was situated atop a solitary, mist-shrouded spiritual peak in the northern border of the Li Kingdom.

This peak was named 'Heavenly Spirit Peak.' From afar, it resembled an Immortal's cyan hairpin. The mountain, thousands of feet high, pierced the heavens, its body faintly revealing a jade-like hue, a place of profound spiritual essence.

This was the very locus where the spiritual essence of the entire Li Kingdom converged, home to one of only five second-grade, High Grade Spiritual Veins within the kingdom's ten-thousand-mile territory.

Naturally, with Great True Man Chang Feng's Breakthrough, the entire cultivation landscape of the Li Kingdom was bound to undergo a major upheaval.

Without a third-grade Spiritual Vein for his cultivation dojo, it was highly likely that Great True Man Chang Feng would set his sights on the other four second-grade, High Grade Spiritual Veins within the kingdom's borders.

The summit of Heavenly Spirit Peak Peak, however, was surprisingly broad and flat.

Pure white spiritual mists drifted and swirled with the wind. Every breath carried a sense of pristine, moist vitality, cleansing the Divine Soul.

A sprawling palace complex, covering an area of a hundred zhang, stood here. It was precisely where the Clan Chief of the Changfeng Clan condensed his Xuantai, overcame his Heart Demon, and achieved the esteemed position of True Person.

"Swoosh—"

Suddenly, a hurried streak of sword light pierced the tranquil clouds and shimmering Restrictions at the peak, landing directly on the ground before the palace gates.

As the sword light dissipated, it revealed the excited figure of a young man.

This person was named Chang Feng Jing. Barely over twenty years old, his cultivation had already reached the Peak Qi Refining stage.

Moreover, his status was special: he was the direct descendant of Great True Man Chang Feng, thus he was also somewhat known as a cultivation Genius and the Young Lord of Chang Feng.

"Young Master Jing, what is it—?"

A guard at the palace entrance asked in surprise.

"Quickly, move aside! I have urgent business and must see Grandfather!"

"Please wait a moment, Young Master. I will go and announce—"

"No need, I'll go in myself."

Chang Feng Jing did not pay much attention to the guard at the gate and headed straight for the central main hall, running excitedly and shouting at the top of his lungs.

"Grandfather! Grandfather! Your grandson has wonderful news to report!"

As he reached the entrance of the main hall, a cool, male voice rang out.

"What's going on? What's with all this noise? Have you no sense of propriety?"

"Creak~"

The hall doors swung wide open, revealing the figure of a middle-aged man seated cross-legged in the center of the hall.

This man had a long face with a short beard, sword-like eyebrows, and starry eyes. Dressed in a white robe, he glared unhappily at Chang Feng Jing, who had barged in.

"Didn't I send you to oversee Tianbao Market?"

Tianbao Market was the largest cultivation market in the Li Kingdom. Originally not under the control of the Changfeng Clan, it was incorporated into the clan's domain after Clan Chief Chang Feng's Breakthrough to Xuantai.

Thus, this "Young Lord" Chang Feng Jing was dispatched to oversee and guard it.

"Grandfather, I have great news to report this time!"

Chang Feng Jing hurriedly knelt on the ground and spoke loudly.

"What great news?"

"Your grandson has found a fat sheep!"

Chang Feng Jing raised his head, his expression growing even more excited, "A super fat sheep!"

"A Loose Cultivator appeared at Tianbao Market yesterday. Although he possesses Late Stage Dao Foundation cultivation, he was purchasing extravagantly in the market, spending hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stones..."

As Chang Feng Jing described the scene, Great True Man Chang Feng's expression also shifted, ripples of thought stirring within him.

As a newly advanced True Person, his cultivation had just stabilized. Not only did he lack a third-grade Spiritual Vein for his dojo, but he didn't even have a single third-grade Magic Treasure or third-grade Talisman.

He was incredibly poor!

He couldn't even produce hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stones, yet an unknown Late Stage Dao Foundation Cultivator could. How could he not feel envious?

"Has this person's identity been investigated?"

For the sake of caution, he asked another question.

"No," Chang Feng Jing shook his head, "He has been wearing a bronze mask Magical Artifact the whole time, so his specific identity is unknown."

He truly didn't dare to lie about this.

He wasn't a fool; he guessed that this mysterious person was likely not simple. But... "Grandfather, no matter what identity he holds, in the end, he is just a Dao Foundation Cultivator. The difference between him and a True Person like you is as vast as heaven and earth!"

"Grandfather, you just need to go see for yourself. In your hands, he will naturally have no power to resist. He'll answer whatever you ask. Unless he's the direct Disciple of some Dharma Aspect True Lord, we could spare his life."

"Otherwise—"

Chang Feng Jing lowered his voice, "Even if he's a Disciple of the Taihe Sect or a member of the Xuan Yin Palace, as long as it doesn't provoke the wrath of a True Lord, we can make him vanish without a trace!"

Hearing this, a fierce glint flashed in Great True Man Chang Feng's eyes.

He had already agreed with his grandson's idea.

That's right. He was already a distinguished True Person. Silently eliminating a mere Dao Foundation Cultivator should be simple, shouldn't it?

No matter how poor or weak a Xuantai True Person is, they are not someone a mere Dao Foundation Cultivator can compare to!

His only concern now is this person's identity.

As long as he goes to see for himself and negotiates with a show of courtesy before force, he'll know whether he can afford to provoke them or not.

"Hehehe~"

The laughter of grandfather and grandson echoed within the hall.

A windfall from heaven!