noveltune Chapter 94 It belongs to my Qi family, who objects?
Chapter 94 It belongs to my Qi family, who objects?
Chapter 94 It belongs to my Qi family, who objects?
On this day, a brother and sister walked into Chen Yi's private kitchen.
"This fellow Daoist must be the chef here? I am Qi Yunxi, the elder sister of Qi Yunshan. You must have heard of me."
Qi Yunxi was about thirty years old, with a tall and straight figure like a green bamboo. He wore a moon-white robe, a unique style for true disciples of the Xuanxiao Sect, with dark silver thunder patterns embroidered on the cuffs. A spiritual light seemed to flow between his movements.
Her face was as cold as frost, her features exquisite yet exuding a sense of aloofness. Her black hair was simply tied up with a hairpin made of lightning-struck wood, and a few wisps of hair fluttered gently in the wind over her forehead.
A faint purple lightning mark was faintly visible between his brows.
In the competition for the title of the first true disciple of the Xuanxiao Sect, this woman, with her mastery of the Xuanxiao Sect's core inheritance, the "Nine Heavens Thunder Scripture," overpowered three senior brothers and sisters who were in the late Foundation Establishment stage, and won the position of the first true disciple in one fell swoop.
Thus, they also receive the full resources of the Xuanxiao Sect for cultivation. Such individuals are the chosen ones, striving to maintain their top-grade True Core and break through to the Purple-Gold True Core with even the slightest possibility.
He is also one of the true top geniuses in the cultivation world of Qi Kingdom.
Qi Yunxi appeared polite in every gesture, but the sharpness in her eyes and the faint, palpable pressure of lightning surrounding her...
It made Chen Yi feel vaguely uncomfortable.
"The name of Fairy Yunxi, one of the eight great prodigies, is renowned far and wide. Fairy, please enter."
Chen Yi led Qi Yunxi into the shop, and Qi Yunshan, who was hiding behind her, gave Chen Yi an awkward smile and followed her in.
Qi Yunshan's forehead was flushed, and his face looked unnatural. When he saw Chen Yi, he even shrank back a little.
Chen Yi was pondering something, guessing what was going on, when unexpectedly, the aloof Qi Yunxi cut to the chase:
"Fellow Daoist Chen, let me be frank with you."
My good-for-nothing brother, using my name, colluded with that alchemist Qiu when refining Foundation Establishment Pills, and took advantage of you quite a bit.
Whether you knew about this or not, I already gave him a severe dressing-down after I found out.
I brought him here today to personally apologize to you.
This is a second-grade superior tortoise shell. Its defensive power can withstand a blow from a fake core cultivator. It is an absolute primary material for refining top-grade magic weapons, or one of the important auxiliary materials for refining magic treasures. It is worth more than six thousand spirit stones and is priceless.
"What do you think of using this to apologize to Fellow Daoist Chen?"
Qi Yunxi did not sit down. She did not want to waste time and always went straight to the point, showing a decisive and efficient approach.
But Chen Yi didn't really like it that way.
He was kept in the dark about what happened back then, and now, regardless of whether the other party is telling the truth or not, he will not admit that he knew anything.
Otherwise, many things would be difficult to explain.
Moreover, it was only Qi Yunshan who came to apologize; Master Qiu didn't make a sound at all.
Chen Yi looked astonished:
"Fairy Qi, I don't understand what you're talking about."
On that day, when Young Master Qi and I were choosing Foundation Establishment Pills, I was the first to make my selection. Wasn't that already a fair distribution?
Chen Yi looked puzzled.
Qi Yunxi looked at Chen Yi with a curious expression:
"You really didn't know??"
Is it really just luck that allows someone to achieve the Earth-grade Foundation Establishment?
She had some doubts.
A year ago, when Chen Yi successfully established his foundation in Qingfeng Immortal City, and was on track to reach the Earth-grade Foundation Establishment level,
Uncle Wu, the old servant beside Young Master Qi, sensed something was amiss and secretly reported the matter to his sister, Qi Yunxi.
Qi Yunxi was busy vying for the position of the sect's top disciple some time ago and had no time to deal with this matter.
Now that she has succeeded in the competition and received news from the sect that she has been sent to this secret realm to hone her skills and seek an opportunity to break through to the Purple-Gold True Core stage,
He then grabbed his younger brother and gave him a severe beating.
"Do you really think you can bully just any random cultivator like this?"
They have the ability to get Qin Xianzi's full support to compete for a top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill. Do you really think they have no background at all?
Qin Chengcheng has lost her memory and is unaware of this matter.
Rumor has it that she has already refined her soul to the third level. The cultivation world is full of wonders. If one day Qin Chengcheng regains her memories and learns that the exquisite Foundation Establishment Pill she once planned for her younger brother was switched by you, do you think you'll forgive her?!
"Even if she regains her memory, she has no evidence!" Qi Yunshan retorted.
Snapped-
A slap landed across the face. "You dare talk back?!"
"In the cultivation world, those above bully those below. When have they ever needed evidence? A mere suspicion is enough to kill you!"
"Besides, how do you know that among all those people you've bullied, none of them will rise to power in the future? To put it in an extreme case, what if one of them is someone with great fortune?"
A hundred years from now, when he reaches the Core Formation stage, if he comes looking for your sister, I'll have to be extremely polite and apologize to him.
If he still harbored resentment at that time, two hundred years later, he would have formed his Nascent Soul.
Our entire Qi family branch could be wiped out by him!
"Sister, what you're saying is too exaggerated. Among the hundreds of millions of rogue cultivators in our entire Qi Kingdom, there are only a handful of people at the Nascent Soul stage!"
Besides, aren't we a branch of the royal family? Even if we've reached the Nascent Soul stage, with the Qi Emperor around, who would dare to destroy a branch of the royal family in Qi?
Snapped-
Another slap landed on Young Master Qi's forehead, making him dizzy.
"If the Nascent Soul stage doesn't work, what about the Deity Transformation stage? The entire Qi Kingdom might be destroyed because of this!"
This isn't something that hasn't happened before in the history of the cultivation world!
"But."
Snapped-
"If you talk back again, I'll slap you to death!"
I don't care what those people you bullied are like, I'm teaching you a lesson!
From now on, when you travel in the world of cultivation, you are not allowed to bully others, whether you are facing the strong or the weak. I don't want the situation that I have worked so hard to build for the Qi family to be ruined by your careless actions.
"If there's a next time, even if others don't destroy you, I'll personally cripple your cultivation, forcing you to obediently become a mortal, return to the mortal realm, and go bear children for my Qi family!"
Under Qi Yunxi's tyrannical power, Young Master Qi had no choice but to obey and come over to apologize.
At this time, in Chen Yi's shop,
Qi Yunxi pressed his head down, and he bowed to Chen Yi to apologize.
Chen Yi quickly dodged to the side, and did not take the tortoise shell worth 6000 spirit stones that Qi Yunxi handed over.
"Fairy Qi, Young Master Qi, I truly have no idea what you are talking about."
Mr. Chen absolutely cannot accept this apology; please retract it.
No matter what the other party said, Chen Yi simply wouldn't accept it.
As long as he doesn't admit to knowing, the initiative remains with him.
result,
Qi Yunxi was displeased and immediately unleashed a powerful lightning spirit power, filling the entire room with its oppressive force.
Chen Yi had no choice but to pretend to be suppressed, taking several steps back and barely managing to hold on.
His goodwill towards this sect's prodigy instantly diminished.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, whether you know about it or not, my younger brother has done something wrong, and today he comes to apologize to you."
You must accept this tortoise shell today.
"Fool, hurry up and apologize to Fellow Daoist Chen!"
Qi Yunxi grabbed Qi Yunshan's head with one hand and simultaneously released her magic power to suppress Chen Yi, preventing him from moving.
Qi Yunshan smiled wryly and bowed deeply to Chen Yi: "Fellow Daoist Chen, I'm sorry."
Chen Yi smiled wryly. He couldn't break free from Qi Yunxi's magical suppression until he revealed his true physical or spiritual strength.
He "had no choice" but to stand in front of Qi Yunshan and accept his apology.
However, Qi Yunxi left the tortoise shell with Chen Yi:
"Fellow Daoist Chen, regardless of the past, I hope this cause and effect will be resolved today."
Faced with the other party's tyranny, Chen Yi had no choice but to sigh; it was the first time he had ever seen someone apologize like this.
"What Fairy Qi said is true, and Mr. Chen accepts it."
Although Mr. Chen did not know what his younger brother had done to him, whatever had happened before, it was all over today.
Actually, my lady, you really don't need to do this. I have never considered your younger brother an enemy.
Those things are not important.
Fellow Daoist Chen, perhaps you are unhappy because I forced you to apologize, and you had no choice but to accept it.
but,
That's how it is in the cultivation world; strength is paramount. I'm taking the initiative to seek you out to resolve our karmic ties, hoping you can genuinely forgive and forget.
If you feel unhappy
If one day you become stronger than me, then you can suppress me and make me do whatever I want.
I won't bother you any longer today.
There are three more companies waiting for me to apologize to.
That idiot, he's always causing me trouble outside.
Goodbye!
After saying that, Qi Yunxi withdrew her magic and left Chen Yi's shop, pressing down on her younger brother who was shrinking back.
Ultimately, Qi Yunxi still didn't really take Chen Yi seriously.
If she truly didn't believe Chen Yi possessed great fortune, she wouldn't have acted this way.
The reason for apologizing was that her younger brother had caused too much trouble, and she was afraid that something might go wrong with him...
Chen Yi stopped smiling only after the person had walked away.
Qi Yunxi,
He was indeed displeased; this kind of arrogant person wouldn't even allow anyone to refuse an apology.
If cause and effect were so easily resolved, then it wouldn't be cause and effect anymore.
Ultimately, Qi Yunxi's act of cleaning up her brother's mess was also an act of abusing her status as a "prodigy" to intimidate others.
But Chen Yi could understand.
In the cultivation world, strength is paramount. Those with high cultivation levels, high status, and strong talent are destined to reach the True Core stage.
She's already giving you face by apologizing now. How she wants to apologize, and whether you accept it or not, is entirely up to her.
Chen Yi temporarily suppressed this resentment in his heart. Today, you are a prodigy, using your magic to force me to accept your brother's apology and forcibly erase that karmic connection.
But today's events have gone against my wishes, and this matter is yet another cause and effect.
If you, Qi Yunxi, can always maintain a cultivation level above mine, then everything is negotiable.
But one day in the future, when I am able to crush you, whether I hold your brother's karma accountable or not is another matter.
Today you have forcibly come here to erase the cause and effect of karma, so I need to have a good talk with you!
Chen Yi returned to the secret room, placed the second-grade high-quality tortoise shell in his palm, and gently stroked the intricate natural patterns on its surface with his fingertips.
He closed his eyes slightly, his divine sense penetrating every crevices of the tortoise shell like a fine spider web, repeatedly probing until he confirmed that there were no divine imprints or tracking arrays left by others. Only then did he breathe a slight sigh of relief.
"Refine it into a magical artifact?"
He muttered to himself, then shook his head.
With his current level of body refinement, his copper bones are fully developed and his gold bones are refined. The defensive power of ordinary first-grade magic weapons is as thin as paper to him.
Instead of wasting materials to craft a useless item, it's better to just consume it and let the system transform it into the purest body-refining resources!
With this in mind, he no longer hesitated, and suddenly exerted force in his palm, causing the system within his body to activate.
In an instant, a faint golden halo appeared on the surface of the tortoise shell, and wisps of spirituality were peeled away—it contained both the heavy spiritual power of the tortoise shell and a long and distant sense of tortoise breath.
"Devour!"
The tortoise shell melted at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into more than twenty dazzling golden points of light, which disappeared into Chen Yi's body like shooting stars.
A faint humming sound emanated from his bones, and the progress of his Golden Bone Tempering advanced by two percent.
The remaining spiritual energy of the tortoise did not dissipate; instead, under the system's guidance, it transformed into a wisp of coolness that rushed straight into the sea of consciousness.
"Perfect!" Chen Yi's eyes lit up.
He had previously mastered the [Mimicry Turtle Breathing Technique] to the peak of the second tier, and was only one step away from the third tier.
At this moment, the spirit of the tortoise breath entered his soul, and he immediately sat cross-legged, immersing his mind in the deduction of the cultivation technique.
In a daze, Chen Yi's consciousness seemed to sink into a deep, dark sea.
He transformed into a thousand-year-old spirit tortoise, with a shell as large as a mountain and limbs as strong as pillars, lying dormant beneath a bottomless abyss.
Its aura blended with the seawater, becoming one with heaven and earth. Even the deep-sea monsters swimming by were unaware that a colossal creature was lurking beside them.
"Buzz—"
In his sea of consciousness, the spiritual essence of the tortoise breath completely merged into the cultivation path of the [Mimetic Tortoise Breath Technique]. The originally obscure barriers melted away like ice and snow, and were suddenly cleared up!
Third-stage Turtle Breath, accomplished!
Chen Yi slowly opened his eyes, a deep, dark blue light flashing in them before disappearing.
At this moment, his aura was completely concealed. Even if he stood in front of a True Core early stage cultivator, the other party would only think that he was an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, and might even misjudge the depth of his cultivation.
"Unless one possesses Qin Chengcheng's Five Elements Divine Sense, perhaps they could glimpse even a clue..."
Chen Yi tapped his knee lightly with his fingertips, pondering to himself.
"But to see through it completely, the other party's spiritual strength would have to be a level higher than hers."
However, he was not pleased by this.
He had witnessed the terror of Nascent Soul cultivators firsthand in Lake and Sea Immortal City—with a single thought from the Emperor Qi, the sea turned into mulberry fields, and puppets built the Immortal City.
Before such immense power, any disguise, any means of concealment, are nothing more than the struggle of ants.
The opponent only needs to use force to overcome skill, and one force can subdue ten techniques. No matter how many variations you have, you cannot escape being crushed.
Ultimately, it's still a matter of insufficient strength.
Chen Yi looked down at his palm. The bones in his palm faintly glowed with a pale golden light, but the tempering process was relatively slow.
Although his private chef business allowed him to exchange rare spiritual materials from those geniuses, it was ultimately not stable enough.
To quickly advance the Golden Bone Tempering process, besides waiting for the secret realm to open and taking advantage of any available resources, it is also necessary to find another stable source of resources...
"Perhaps I should make a trip to Old Zhao's place." He narrowed his eyes, already having a plan in mind.
In the past two years, Zhao Jingwu has shown a tendency to gather and unite those independent cultivators.
Now that Emperor Qi has left...
Those strongmen have once again infiltrated various industries, possessing firsthand resources and information.
After thinking for a moment, Chen Yi transformed into the strongman Xu Jiu and left through an exit of the underground secret chamber using an earth-遁符 (earth-遁符 is a type of talisman used in Chinese fantasy novels).
Arriving in the wilderness, we headed back towards the sub-center of Lake and Sea Immortal City—the original location of Lake and Sea Market.
The original backstreets of the market town have changed considerably, now lined with buildings and pavilions. What was once a lowly working-class area is now filled with beautiful architecture.
As prices rise, the value of the cave dwellings and courtyards here has more than doubled.
Zhao Jingwu's martial arts arena is no longer the dilapidated little courtyard it once was. Now the gate is high and wide, with a martial artist who has just entered the body-refining stage guarding each side. Although they have just entered the threshold of cultivation, their muscles and bones are strong and their eyes are sharp, clearly indicating that they have been rigorously selected.
Chen Yi—no, at this moment he was the strongman Xu Jiu, with the number 35 token hanging from his waist, standing with his hands behind his back, his gaze cold and stern, walking straight into the courtyard.
"Halt! Who dares to trespass—"
The doorman reached out to stop him, but Xu Jiu had already swept past like a gust of wind, not even giving him a proper look, leaving only a cold snort: "Get out of the way."
The doorman's expression changed, and he hurriedly reported inside.
In the backyard, on a steel-framed arena, two shirtless muscular men wrestled, their muscles bulging and veins popping, their fists and palms striking each other with a dull thud.
In the center of the arena, a fist-sized piece of refined thunder copper gleamed with a dark golden luster, with faint thunder patterns flowing around it, clearly indicating its considerable value.
Zhao Jingwu was presiding over the competition when he suddenly heard someone intrude. A flash of golden light, and Jin Xingbu arrived in an instant. Just as he was about to reprimand him, he saw that it was Xu Jiu and immediately frowned, turning to the doorman:
"You blind fool, how dare you stop Brother Xu?"
Xu Jiu's gaze swept across the arena, a slight smile playing on his lips: "Brother Zhao, what's going on on that stage? Bullfighting?"
Zhao Jingwu laughed heartily: "Brother Xu is joking. This is an auction. Our rules for body cultivators are—we don't compete with money, we compete with fists."
He briefly explained that the bidding for the Body Cultivation rank wasn't based on money; the item's value had already been set at 5000 spirit stones.
But who can buy it depends on their financial strength.
Without the use of physical cultivation techniques, the contest is a test of strength. Players take turns going up on stage, the loser is thrown off, and the last one to successfully defend their title has the right to purchase.
Upon hearing this, Xu Jiu's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he suddenly raised his voice:
"Isn't this refined bronze a member of the Qi family? Why is it here? It should be returned to the Qi family!"
These words caused an uproar in the room.
"Bullshit! Who is this bald guy who dares to spout nonsense here?"
"The Qi family? What is the Qi family? A strongman's strength speaks for itself!"
Xu Jiu scoffed, his gaze sharp as a knife: "What? As Qi Yunfeng's personal bodyguard, and having a connection with Qi Yunxi, the current chief disciple of the Xuanxiao Sect—a prodigy—what's wrong with retrieving my family's lost refined thunder copper for Qi Yunxi?"
Zhao Jingwu frowned slightly, but did not step in to resolve the matter.
The arena he organized this time was ostensibly for the purpose of determining the ownership of the Thunder Bronze.
The real purpose was to conduct a simple ranking among these regularly gathered strongmen.
He planned to gather the strongmen together to form an alliance, where they could share information and resources.
The allocation of resources is handled by setting a fixed price, but giving those with higher rankings priority in purchasing.
The competition was in full swing. Besides Zhao Jingwu, there was a fierce warrior named Hong Jinniu who had won several matches in a row, throwing three Bronze Bone Realm body cultivators flying, and had gained a dominant advantage.
Zhao Jingwu estimated that, besides himself, the second most likely person present was this man surnamed Hong.
Unexpectedly, Xu Jiu's arrival was marked by arrogance, provoking public outrage.
That's fine, because here everything is based on ability; being good with words won't get you any benefits.
At the edge of the ring, a burly man over nine feet tall slowly rose, his bulging muscles gleaming bronze in the sunlight.
He crossed his arms, his thick arms with veins coiling like dragons, his physique of perfected bronze bones, and the faint golden halo emanating from his hand bones, clearly indicating that he had already touched the threshold of golden bones.
This man was none other than Hong Jinhu, who had defeated three Bronze Bone Realm Body Cultivators in a row. At this moment, he had a sinister smile on his lips, and his copper bell-like eyes were fixed on Xu Jiu.
"Bullshit!"
Hung Kam-hu's voice was like muffled thunder, causing dust to rise slightly in the arena.
"This refined thunder copper was ore that over a dozen of our brothers risked their lives to retrieve from the secret realm's thunder pool after seven days and seven nights of waiting. We then spent a fortune hiring a weapon refiner to process it. When did it become your Qi family's property?"
He took a sudden step forward, and the black iron arena groaned under the weight:
"Xu Jiu, is it? Stop talking nonsense! If you've got the guts, come up here and fight me!"
Hong Jinhu pointed his large, fan-like finger at Chen Yi, "As long as you can throw me off the stage, I'll give you anything, not just this piece of Thunder Copper, but even call you grandpa!"
A burst of laughter erupted in the arena, and dozens of body cultivators started commotion.
These men, who had spent years fighting against demonic beasts, valued strength above all else, and were all waiting to see this good show.
Bald Xu Jiu laughed instead of getting angry upon hearing this.
"court death!"
In the blink of an eye, Xu Jiu's figure had disappeared from the spot, leaving only a deep footprint and spiderweb-like cracks on the bluestone ground.
"So fast!" Zhao Jingwu's pupils shrank suddenly. His eyesight, which was perfected by the Golden Bone technique, almost failed to keep up with Xu Jiu's movements.
Hong Jinhu felt a blur before his eyes, and before he could react, a rough and powerful hand gripped his shoulder like an iron clamp.
The seemingly casual touch of those five fingers caused his strength to falter.
"you--"
Hong Jinhu roared, his muscles bulging as he tried to break free, but Xu Jiu curled up a cold smile and suddenly exerted force with one arm.
In an instant, Hong Jinhu's massive body, weighing over a thousand pounds, was lifted off the ground like a rag doll, drawing an arc in the air.
"boom!"
With a loud crash, Hong Jinhu slammed heavily onto the courtyard wall three zhang away, causing the brick wall to collapse and dust to billow up.
Amidst the rubble, Hung Kam-hu struggled to get up, but coughed up a mouthful of blood, clearly suffering from serious internal injuries.
The audience was silent.
The previously boisterous warriors were all dumbfounded, and some even unconsciously took a half step back.
As the dust settled, Xu Jiu stood with his hands behind his back in the center of the arena, his cold gaze slowly sweeping over everyone present. Wherever he passed, the warriors lowered their heads and made way.
"In the cultivation world, strength reigns supreme. I'm here, and I say this thing belongs to the Qi family, so it belongs to the Qi family. You have no choice but to accept it."
"This piece of bronze belongs to the Qi family."
"Who's in favor, and who's opposed?"
(End of this chapter)