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13: Chapter 13 So, son, keep a low profile.
"Enough, give the person to me!"
Yao Banmeng stopped the guard leader's violent act, chased the people away, and slammed the private room door shut.
Her fierce gaze pierced Luo Yunkai, who was looking quite at ease. She was so angry that her chest heaved violently, and the thin fabric seemed barely able to contain her bosom, almost bursting out.
"The person they are looking for is you!"
Luo Yunkai: "Perhaps."
Yao Banmeng was about to die of anger from Luo Yunkai's righteous appearance.
She had offended the people under the Sect Master's head Disciple, the Sect's Senior Brother!
Luo Yunkai admired Yao Banmeng's unpredictable expression; well, even a beauty looks distorted when angry.
Killing intent rose in Yao Banmeng's eyes several times, only to be forcibly suppressed by her reason.
She didn't have as many Spirit Stones as Luo Yunkai!
This damn Cloud Carriage Service, why did they have to hire guards from Yunyin Market to protect the safety of the flying boat!
Who came up with this damn idea!
Wanting to kill someone would cause her financial pain!
And she might not be able to outmatch their family wealth; she might even be counter-killed!
It is truly damnation!
Luo Yunkai could see that Yao Banmeng was cursing very filthily in her heart right now.
On the surface, he didn't care, but in reality, he had already stacked several layers of defensive talismans on himself.
Xiao Tian also had defensive talismans he had applied in advance.
Yao Banmeng didn't fall out with Luo Yunkai in the end; she stood up expressionlessly, her fair, slender hand gripping the neck of the attacking Cultivator.
"Snap!"
A life bought for 10,000 Spirit Stones, she killed it.
Luo Yunkai clapped lightly, "I didn't expect Fellow Daoist to make this choice."
But it was indeed the correct choice.
Yao Banmeng didn't respond to Luo Yunkai; she had no choice!
She sat cross-legged to the side, expressionless, ignoring Luo Yunkai and his son completely.
One day later, the flying boat's speed noticeably decreased.
The originally quiet flying boat became noisy.
The meditating Yao Banmeng suddenly opened her eyes, ignoring Luo Yunkai and his son in the same private room, and left on her own, leaving behind a room full of feminine scent.
Xiao Tian watched her leave, then turned to look at his father.
Luo Yunkai also stood up, looking ready to leave, "Tian'er, Father will take you to see the Qingyun Sect."
Xiao Tian hurriedly followed.
Walking out of the private room, the noise and clamor outside became clearer.
"Qingyun Sect, we have arrived at the Qingyun Sect!"
"Look quickly, this whole area is the Qingyun Sect, it's countless times bigger than the market."
"Look at their main gate, how imposing!"
"Do you feel it? Getting closer to the Qingyun Sect, the Spiritual Qi feels much denser."
"That's nonsense! If the Spiritual Qi here weren't dense, why would the Qingyun Sect build here? Isn't it because of the Spiritual Vein underground!"
"With such dense Spiritual Qi, even a pig could become a powerful Yao Beast over time. No wonder the Qingyun Sect has high requirements; you need Foundation Establishment to enter the Inner Sect."
"Hey, you don't understand; it's not like you strictly need Foundation Establishment to enter the Inner Sect."
"What do you mean?"
"Heh, Cultivation, Cultivation, what you cultivate is resources, talent, connections, and Wealth, Companion, Method, and Location! Location and Method are this Qingyun Sect. So what are Wealth and Companion? Wealth is Spirit Stones; if you have Spirit Stones, even a Mortal can be an Inner Sect Disciple! Companion is the hotbed for nurturing talent; only with a talented Dao Companion can you give birth to a talented child. The Qingyun Sect fights over talented children; what is an Inner Sect Disciple? Even a personal Disciple or a Sect Head's Disciple is attainable! With such a child, wouldn't it be like 'even the chickens and dogs ascend to heaven'? You could get any position, and even a piece of trash could be stuffed into a high position to throw their weight around..."
The venting Cultivator didn't see that a vacuum zone had appeared around him.
The Cultivators who were originally standing on the deck admiring the Qingyun Sect scenery all retreated, as if afraid of being tainted by some bad luck.
Luo Yunkai, however, seemed to notice nothing and brought Xiao Tian to the edge of the deck.
"Tian'er, how is this ten-thousand-mile landscape of the Qingyun Sect?"
Xiao Tian could only suppress his worry and cooperate with his father to look into the distance.
Amidst the swirling clouds and mist, several mountain peaks stood tall, piercing the clouds. Immortal cranes circled among them, and on the backs of the cranes, there seemed to be figures with fluttering robes, looking like immortals.
There were also those flying on swords, coming and going high in the sky, free and easy.
Xiao Tian moved his envious gaze away from the people flying in the sky and falling to the earth, and it landed on the approaching Qingyun Sect mountain gate.
The Qingyun Sect's mountain gate was built between three adjacent mountain peaks. The thousand-zhang high peaks were carved into ten thousand steps, like a stairway to heaven with no end in sight.
These three peaks formed a triangle, with the peaks on both sides seemingly sandwiching the stairway to heaven leading to the Qingyun Sect. One could imagine the oppressive feeling of standing on the stairs with mountains on both sides.
Moving forward, there were endless steps; retreating, there was the arduous stairway to climb. How small a person is upon it!
At the end of the stairway to heaven stood a majestic and ancient main gate.
Two stone pillars, appearing to reach the sky, stood on the mountain peak, separated by five or six zhang. The stone pillars were carved with Dragons and Phoenixes, lifelike, as if real Dragons and Phoenixes were clinging to them.
Ten zhang above the pillars hung a plaque made of unknown material.
The plaque was inscribed with three large characters, "Qingyun Sect"!
The flying boat carried everyone down and flew into the Qingyun Sect main gate.
The closer they got, the clearer the plaque inscribed with Qingyun Sect became, carrying the heavy majesty accumulated over time.
The chattering Cultivator suddenly shut his mouth.
Perhaps, seeing this majestic gate, he was intimidated?
The flying boat hovered at the Qingyun Sect Outer Sect; this was the place specifically for parking flying boats, transportation Yao Beasts, and other means of transport.
The Cultivators on the flying boat left one after another; Luo Yunkai and Xiao Tian were in no hurry, following behind.
There was another person even less in a hurry than them, or perhaps, he was a bit afraid to get off the flying boat.
After Xiao Tian's feet touched the ground, he turned to look back at the direction of the flying boat deck; the person who had been talking loudly earlier was still standing in the same place.
"What are you looking at?" Luo Yunkai asked him.
Xiao Tian asked, "Father, what will happen to him?"
Luo Yunkai scanned the Cultivator on the deck; his attire was undoubtedly that of a Loose Cultivator, carrying a sense of determination to burn his bridges and fight to the death.
It was easy to guess that he had suffered a great grievance with nowhere to appeal, and he only had this one life to stake.
And the person who caused him the grievance was most likely one of those people he mentioned who "ascended to heaven" through connections.
A Loose Cultivator versus a Qingyun Sect Sect Head's Disciple; the difference in status was immense, and he clearly knew that even if he risked his life, it would be of no use.
So, not knowing where he had heard the news about the Qingyun Sect's internal auction, he thought that on this flying boat coming to the Qingyun Sect, there would be some influential figures, and perhaps if he voiced his grievance, someone might not be able to stand by and watch, or might have an issue with the Qingyun Sect and help him seek justice.
How truly naive!
He should also realize his own naivety by now, so he didn't even voice his grievance.
But it was already too late.
"I don't know, I suppose he has already prepared himself to accept the consequences."
Luo Yunkai felt no pity for him, only calmness.
This is the Cultivation World.
He looked at his Cheap son, "Scared?"
Xiao Tian took a deep breath and withdrew his gaze, "Father, I am not scared, but I will not be reckless, and I will not cause trouble for you."
Luo Yunkai's mouth beneath his beard curled slightly upward, and he smiled.
That was right; he didn't have some Fatherhood System where he could increase his cultivation if his son caused trouble.
So, Son, keep a low profile.