37: Chapter 37 Praised by All Sides

At this time, the sky was just beginning to brighten, with the faint light of dawn.

Liuyun Market was in a state of utter mess, with ruins and broken walls everywhere, and the stream running through it was stained red with blood.

Many corpses lay scattered along the path, never to see today's sun again.

"Bang, bang bang."

The sound of knocking came. Xu Changsheng walked down to the courtyard, and Yun Xin and Wu Qingqing also stepped out of their rooms.

"Greetings, Young Master."

"Good morning, Big Brother Xu."

The door opened.

The visitor was none other than Wu Laoxie.

"Brother Xu, Qingqing, it's wonderful that you both are safe."

Wu Qingqing patted her increasingly shapely chest:

"It was all thanks to Big Brother Xu's foresight. He set up a Formation in the residence beforehand. Last night, I saw several Robber Cultivators trying to break in, but they were all blocked by the Formation."

Then, her pretty face filled with apology: "As for Father, your daughter was unfilial. I didn't have the courage to go out and find you last night."

Wu Laoxie shook his head: "You were right not to come out. It was chaos outside last night. Those god-forsaken bastards were burning, killing, looting, and raping—committing every evil imaginable."

"Along the way, I saw several female cultivators being dragged into dark alleys. Especially at the Yichun Courtyard; it's said even the madam was kidnapped to be a bandit chief's wife."

Hearing such tragic sights.

Wu Qingqing and Yun Xin both felt fortunate to have followed the right man, and they couldn't help but turn their heads toward Xu Changsheng in the middle.

The former's beautiful eyes were full of affection, her gaze overflowing with tenderness, while the latter, though her eyes were closed, had an expression of admiration that was beyond words.

Wu Laoxie continued: "Your old man almost didn't make it last night either."

He recounted the black flood dragon that appeared at the critical moment last night.

"I don't know which expert was so righteous, directly driving away the Robber Cultivators below the Late Stage Qi Refining. He saved at least half the people in the market."

The two women also praised this person highly.

"Later, the Second Miss led her people back, killing or driving away all the Robber Cultivators. She announced that a Monument of Praise would be erected for this person in the central square of the market for future generations to admire."

...

At the same time.

On Xuanxiao Peak, in an Immortal Cave halfway up the mountain.

Chen Xuan had just finished a night of Dual Cultivation with Su Xiaojing.

He lay pressed against her delicate body like a pile of limp mud.

"This Dual Cultivation, while quite helpful for one's cultivation level, consumes quite a bit of kidney essence."

Su Xiaojing said softly, "Brother Chen, get up for a moment. You're pressing on Jinger and it hurts."

Chen Xuan ignored her, still wandering wantonly between the peaks and valleys.

Suddenly sensing something, he sprang up like a leaping carp.

"Brother Chen, what's wrong?"

Without even having time to put on clothes, he rushed to the table.

A gray light flashed, and a shattered Life Tablet appeared in his hand.

"The Life Tablet I specifically made for Huang Laifu has actually shattered."

Su Xiaojing also walked over, draped in a silk quilt, lightly covering her red lips: "How could that be? Brother Chen, didn't you warn him about the Robber Cultivators invading the market?"

Chen Xuan's face was gloomy: "I don't know what that idiot was doing. It seems we'll have to deal with this Xu Changsheng ourselves."

Su Xiaojing's relaxed expression also tightened: "Xu Changsheng is someone who values old sentiments. How about I lure him out and hand him over to Brother Chen to kill?"

"No need."

Chen Xuan raised his hand: "I have my own plans for this matter."

...

Three days later.

On Black Wolf Mountain.

"Lu Yuanze, get the hell out here!"

Jiang Wenzhou held a Golden Sword, floating in mid-air, looking down disdainfully at the Black Wolf Gang below.

However, the awkward thing was.

No one responded to his angry shout.

"Hmm?"

After a good while.

He finally realized.

"Strange, why is there no aura?"

Full of doubt, he slowly landed.

Wherever his Divine Sense swept, there were only tiles and rubble.

A palace of ruins and broken walls.

An empty mine.

A silent forest path.

"Were they so scared they trashed their own home and ran away?"

Just then.

A rustling sound came from the woods.

The sword tip pointed directly at the forest.

"Who is it?"

Seeing the person who emerged.

Jiang Wenzhou lowered his sword, his ugly face barely squeezing out what he thought was a dashing smile.

"Tanger, why are you here?"

The newcomer wore a blue dress, elegant and simple, with features as beautiful as a painting; it was none other than Xie Wantang.

She looked directly into his triangular eyes calmly: "Can't I come?"

"Of course not, but this is the headquarters of the notorious Black Wolf Gang, fraught with danger. Tanger, it's better if you head back soon."

Xie Wantang did not reply.

She walked straight toward the right side of the woods, where there was a cliff.

Jiang Wenzhou, not understanding, followed her.

Standing at the edge of the cliff, the strong wind blew against their faces.

Before them were green pines and cypresses surging like angry waves.

Xie Wantang sighed softly: "I've asked the Mortals at the foot of the mountain; the Black Wolf Gang has already disbanded."

Jiang Wenzhou nodded, thinking to himself that Lu Yuanze didn't dare face his edge and had sensibly gotten lost.

"That's a good thing. Tanger, why are you sighing?"

"What if I told you that months ago, the Black Wolf Gang already existed in name only?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"The Mortals at the bottom were all Mining Slaves of the Black Wolf Gang. It's said that after Lu Yuanze went out once, he somehow had a sudden change of heart."

"Not only did he pardon them all, but he also built houses and rice fields for them at the foot of the mountain, so they could return home on their own later."

"Such a thing actually happened?"

Jiang Wenzhou had a look of disbelief.

"Not only that, there are also Lu Yuanze's concubines in the village. They said he also pardoned all their sisters, sent them back to their families, and finally released all the hostages."

Xie Wantang looked into the distance, the breeze lightly brushing her hair, appearing somewhat moved.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, do you think human nature is inherently good, and that after doing evil, one can find their pure, original heart?"

"No."

Jiang Wenzhou remembered that his plans had been completely ruined by Lu Yuanze, and he couldn't help but feel angry.

His rough fingers rubbed together as he tried to take Xie Wantang's jade-like hand.

But he was swatted away by her: "Fellow Daoist Jiang, please show some self-respect. We are not yet betrothed."

She was frank and did not show any expression of disgust, but her cold attitude of keeping him a thousand miles away was unmistakably clear.

She summoned a sea-blue silk ribbon and flew away gracefully.

"By the way, Fellow Daoist Jiang, don't call me Tanger next time. We aren't that close."

Seeing this scene.

Jiang Wenzhou gritted his back teeth, inwardly cursing Lu Yuanze's ancestors for eight generations.

"Lu Yuanze, don't let me catch you. If I do, I'll definitely skin you alive!"

His wide brocade robe danced with the mountain wind, and his cultivation of Qi Refining Great Perfection was fully revealed.

...

Time flew by.

Soon, another four months had passed.

Xu Changsheng sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed, concentrating and holding his breath.

The Spiritual Pressure on his body was somewhat turbulent.

"Break!"

The bedding on the bed moved without wind.

With a burst of tremors, Xu Changsheng's eyes snapped open, two beams of sharp light shooting out.

"Qi Refining Sixth Layer!"

Feeling the spiritual power flowing through his Meridians, he was all smiles.

"Since Awakening the daily intelligence System, my cultivation has gone from barely being able to Breakthrough to the Qi Refining Third Layer to now reaching the Qi Refining Sixth Layer in less than two years."

"Popping pills is the way to go. Half a year of honest meditation isn't as good as a single Medicinal Pill."

Putting away the white snake pill that helped him Breakthrough, he took out the Stone Skin Flower he had purchased at the trade fair.

At this moment, the flower that was originally pure white and in full bloom was left with only its stem.

"It would be great if I could get another eight or ten of these flowers."

A few days ago.

He used this flower to successfully Cultivate the Cloud Sand Body Refining Art to the second layer, reaching the First-Tier Medium Grade in his Body Refining cultivation.

Seeing the requirements for advancing to First-Tier High Grade or even the second tier later on, even Xu Changsheng couldn't help but click his tongue.

Body Refining spiritual items were so expensive and rare, and the quantity required was so great that it would be basically impossible to satisfy his advancement to First-Tier High Grade in this Liuyun Market.

"I still have to go to Yellow Ox Immortal City. This place is just too poor."

Now, Xu Changsheng held over ten thousand Spirit Stones, which was even enough to buy a high-quality foundation establishment pill at a premium.

But...

There was a price but no market.

[Todays Intelligence (Purple): Array Patterned Turtle]

"Purple Intelligence!"

Xu Changsheng cried out in surprise.