The plum blossoms fall and the water flows, the faces of people and peach blossoms reflect each other in red. Where have the faces of people gone? The peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze. Red candles dim the gauze curtains, graceful and hazy as joy.
A white gauze dress flies out, catching on the tip of a small tree branch, followed by a complete set of cyan undergarments, and then a bodice.
Wu Tao glanced twice, his throat instantly dry, daring not to look further.
At this moment, his mind was filled with Xu Sheng’s snow-white form, an evil fire rising from his lower abdomen to his entire body.
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“Completely naked, Xu Sheng faced him, her body slender and delicate, a smile on her face as she said, “Haven’t you had enough yet?”
Xu Sheng let out a soft moan, her eyes closed, her proud peaks trembling. The faint gasps made Wu Tao go completely mad.
A strong male body pounced onto a soft, boneless, snow-white female body. This would be a day of delirium.
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After a long time, he sighed. Wu Tao stood by the lake with his hands behind his back, silent for a long time.
This was the sage mode after doing… that.
On the other side, Xu Sheng was fully dressed, her demeanor calm. If not for her slightly damp hair and trembling body.
Everything that had happened earlier felt like a dream.
“Brother Tao, take care!”
Her tender voice still lingered in his ears, her bell-like laughter seemed to echo in the flowers, but the beauty had already vanished, leaving no trace.
Looking down at the scattered crimson on the ground, Wu Tao felt a moment of trance.
“What is wrong with me?”
Shaking his head and chuckling, Wu Tao was still Wu Tao. After a moment of concentration, he quickly regained his composure.
The Chuxi sword was plunged into the ground, and as sword qi spewed forth, the earth began to crack!
With a “boom!” the entire ground within a hundred-meter radius suddenly collapsed, revealing a pit about ten feet long.
That striking crimson had all become smoke in the past.
Spring dreams leave no trace, no resentment, extreme pleasure between men and women, as before, yin and yang unite, the cycle of heaven and earth.
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Wu Tao was a man who couldn’t stay idle. After three months of seclusion, he went to Yanzhou, one of the Nine Provinces.
At this moment, Wu Tao held a map of Yanzhou in his hand.
According to the markings on the map, Wu Tao was currently in the Jiaowei mountain range in the northern part of Yanzhou.
If this mountain range were not so large and visible on the map, Wu Tao, a true road-blind person, would probably have taken some more time to determine his exact location.
Although this map was drawn broadly, it only marked the more famous places.
The destination Wu Tao was heading to was the Great River Plain, tens of thousands of miles away from the Jiaowei mountain range.
Ten days passed, and Wu Tao was still a thousand miles away from the Great River Plain.
Tired from his arduous journey, Wu Tao found a nearby city to rest for a day.
At the city gate.
Perhaps because it was in the heart of Yanzhou, the cultivators guarding the city were all sitting lazily on their chairs. Only a few stood up reluctantly as people approached the gate.
Wu Tao’s brow furrowed at the sight, this was completely different from the atmosphere of the cities he had seen in Qingzhou and Liangzhou.
However, the entrance fee of one spirit stone was quite cheap.
Wu Tao remembered that in Liangzhou, entering any city cost several spirit stones, as if they were robbing people.
He fumbled in his storage bag, took out a spirit stone, and threw it to the guards. Wu Tao entered the city.
“Brother-in-law, do you think it’s him?”
A Qi Refining stage cultivator looked at Wu Tao’s retreating figure and whispered into the ear of the Foundation Establishment stage captain.
The Foundation Establishment stage captain nodded.
“Heh heh, the supervisor from the Cui family said to keep an eye on this person, and we’ll get three hundred low-grade spirit stones. We’ve made a fortune.”
“Three hundred low-grade spirit stones, you get one percent, I get ninety percent, any objections?”
“How could I have any objections? Without you, brother-in-law, this job wouldn’t have fallen to me.”
“That’s good. You go and keep an eye on him, don’t let him out of your sight. I’ll go inform the Cui family and collect the reward.”
“Alright.”
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It turned out that Song Daoyi, who had a deep hatred for Wu Tao for the death of his son, had used his family connections to track Wu Tao’s destination and had reached an agreement with the Cui family, a large cultivation family in Yanzhou.
Zheng Qianqiu, an outer elder of the Heavenly Demonic Sect, had also secretly rushed to Yanzhou.
Over the years, Wu Tao’s enemies had woven a dense net around him, waiting for this foolish bird to fall into it.
Walking down the street, Wu Tao looked around. Overall, the buildings in the city gave a peaceful and tranquil impression.
His curiosity piqued, Wu Tao asked several groups of cultivators and gradually learned about the basic situation of Yanzhou.
Yanzhou was ruled by two dominant forces: the Dan Emperor Immortal Sect, one of the ten great orthodox sects, and the Zhengyi Immortal Sect, another of the ten great orthodox sects.
Due to the dominant position of the orthodox forces, the cultivation world in Yanzhou was rigid and inflexible. The hierarchical system was strict, leaving no room for rogue cultivators or small sects to survive.
Everything in Yanzhou was monopolized by the large cultivation families.
In Yanzhou, one could not survive without being a subordinate to the cultivation families.
Yanzhou was located in the heart of the Nine Provinces, with flat terrain. It had two spirit-rich rivers, the Jijiang and the Yellow River, and few demonic beasts. The daily cultivation needs of cultivators were met by cultivating and irrigating spirit fields, harvesting spirit grains and spirit rice, and trading various resources with the other eight provinces.
Don’t think that spirit grain and spirit rice are worthless just because of their names. Cultivating spirit grain and spirit rice is for the poor.
Spirit grain and spirit rice are divided into nine grades.
Grade nine spirit grain and spirit rice contain too many impurities and insufficient spiritual energy. One stone of spirit grain or spirit rice is only worth ten spirit stones.
Examples include Daoxiang Rice and Huanggu Sui. Most cultivators who eat these kinds of spirit grain and spirit rice are lone Qi Refining stage rogue cultivators.
Grade eight spirit grain and spirit rice also have many impurities and insufficient spiritual energy, but they are slightly better than grade nine. One stone of spirit grain or spirit rice is worth twenty spirit stones.
Examples include Qingsui Gu and Jindao Mi. Most cultivators who eat these kinds of spirit grain and spirit rice are disciples of small sects in the Qi Refining stage.
Grade seven spirit grain and spirit rice have fewer impurities and more spiritual energy. One stone of spirit grain or spirit rice is worth fifty spirit stones.
Examples include Honghong Daomi and Qingjing Suigu. Most cultivators who eat these kinds of spirit grain and spirit rice are disciples of large sects in the Qi Refining stage.
Grade six spirit grain and spirit rice have almost no impurities and sufficient spiritual energy. One stone of spirit grain or spirit rice is worth one hundred spirit stones.
Examples include Suse Yunsuigu and Ganlu Qinxin Mi. Most cultivators who eat these kinds of spirit grain and spirit rice are Foundation Establishment stage cultivators who are willing to spend money.
Grade five spirit grain and spirit rice have no impurities and abundant spiritual energy. One stone of spirit grain or spirit rice is worth three hundred spirit stones.
Examples include Bixiao Mi and Zhanhuo Linggu. Most cultivators who eat these kinds of spirit grain and spirit rice are Core Formation stage cultivators.
Grade four spirit grain and spirit rice contain very pure spiritual energy. One grain of spirit grain or spirit rice is equivalent to an ordinary hundred-year-old ginseng, and long-term consumption can slowly increase cultivation. One stone of spirit grain or spirit rice is worth one thousand spirit stones.
Examples include Heiyou Yumi and Xueshu Linggu. Most cultivators who eat these kinds of spirit grain and spirit rice are powerful Core Formation stage cultivators.
Grade three spirit grain and spirit rice are basically rare exotic varieties. Cultivation and growth
The maturity conditions are very harsh. One grain of spirit grain or spirit rice is worth ten spirit stones, and long-term consumption can nourish the body and transform the internal organs. One stone of spirit grain or spirit rice is worth ten thousand spirit stones.
Examples include Xianzhumi and Nantian Yugao Gu. Most cultivators who eat these kinds of spirit grain and spirit rice are Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
Grade two spirit grain and spirit rice are basically immortal products. One grain of spirit grain or spirit rice is worth one hundred spirit stones, and one stone of spirit grain or spirit rice is worth one hundred thousand spirit stones.
Long-term consumption can cleanse the pores and wash the marrow.
Examples include Fenghuang Xueyumi and Lanwen Longya Gu. Most cultivators who eat these kinds of spirit grain and spirit rice are powerful Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
Grade one spirit grain and spirit rice are basically Dao-infused substances. One grain of spirit grain or spirit rice is worth one thousand spirit stones, and one stone of spirit grain or spirit rice is worth one million spirit stones.
They are born of heaven and earth, and cannot be cultivated by man. Long-term consumption can help the consumer understand the Dao.
Examples include Lianou Daomi and Ziwen Daogu. Most cultivators who eat these kinds of spirit grain and spirit rice are Purple Mansion stage cultivators.
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Yanzhou has forty-five prefectures and six hundred and eighty-six cultivation cities.
And the city lords of these cities are, without exception, from large cultivation families.
The city lord of Qingning City, where Wu Tao arrived, was the younger brother of the current Cui family patriarch, a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator.
Cities like Weining City are generally inherited and monopolized by large cultivation families in Yanzhou.
This means that after the previous generation’s city lord retires, the next city lord will still be from that family.
Wu Tao finally understood why Yanzhou had not experienced any wars for thousands of years, yet its overall strength was inferior to Qingzhou, which was constantly at war.
The large cultivation families controlling the entire Yanzhou cultivation world wished that alchemists were their slaves, artifact refiners were their servants, talisman masters were their maids, and formation masters were their watchdogs.
Ideally, all cultivators in the cultivation world would support them.
Allowing them to maintain their refined and unrestrained aristocratic family demeanor.
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Wu Tao found a restaurant specifically for cultivators and had a few drinks to relieve the fatigue of the past few days.
On the other side.
In a private room in the restaurant opposite.
Zheng Qianqiu, an outer elder of the Heavenly Demonic Sect, was sitting on a comfortable nanmu chair, eating dishes.
Bang, bang, bang!
There was a knock on the door outside the private room.
Zheng Qianqiu raised his eyebrows and said coldly, “Enter.”
The door opened, and a young man from a collateral branch of the Cui family bowed and walked in.
The young man said, “Sir, the person you asked us to watch has arrived in Qingning City and is currently at the Silver Hua Restaurant across the street. Do you need any further assistance?”
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