Ch116 - Meeting Tao Yu

Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu were not in a hurry to go to Tian City. Instead, the two stayed in Xianghe Town for more than a month. Liu Mufeng read all the books in the three bookstores and reached a state where they had a basic understanding of the situation in this enormous continent. Additionally, Jiang Xu was not idle either. He went to East Street and West Street every day to help his lover buy seeds of the third and fourth-level spiritual plants.

After reading all the books in the bookstore, Liu Mufeng took Jiang Xu to the town again, walking around through the various shops and general stores. He wanted to find out if there was anything that could improve the spiritual water of the lake or a spiritual treasure that could be used for cultivation. But unfortunately, even after wandering around for several days, they still found nothing.

Riding on a third-level demon horse, Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu left Xianghe Town together. Then, they embarked on the road to reach Tian City.

“Mufeng, is Tian City far from Xianghe Town?” Looking at his lover checking the map, Jiang Xu asked.

“It’s not far. We’ll be there in half a month if we ride the demon horse.” Then, putting the map away, Liu Mufeng urged his horse to walk towards the fork in the East.

“Okay.” Jiang Xu nodded when he heard that the city was only half a month away.

“There is a Li Family Village in front of us. We will try to get to Li Family Village before it gets dark. Otherwise, we will have to sleep in a tent.” Looking at his wife, Liu Mufeng said with a smile.

“Okay, let’s go.” With that said, Jiang Xu clamped the horse’s belly and urged his horse to trot forward.

“Slow down…” Looking at his impatient lover, Liu Mufeng smiled helplessly and hurriedly urged his own horse to chase after him.

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In the evening, Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu arrived at Li Family Village. Liu Mufeng inquired from the villagers about lodging and was told that the Li Laohan family were the ones who mainly rented houses for a living.

The location of this Li Family Village was relatively good. It was right on the side of the road. Therefore, some cultivators and caravans that passed by often came to spend the night. Over time, some villagers started to rent houses. Li Laohan’s husband died at an early age. Li Laohan’s three sons were cultivators who had joined a sect and did not live at home. The house was a splendid tile-roofed house, but she lived alone. Therefore, she renovated the house to make smaller rooms and decided to provide accommodation for the passing cultivators and earn rent.

Only after Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu moved into Li Laohan’s house did they find that there were two other groups of people also living in the house. He and Jiang Xu were the third group of people. Regarding this, Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu didn’t think too much. Anyway, it was the same when living in an inn. They often encountered other unfamiliar cultivators, and this was nothing to grumble about.

That night, Liu Mufeng took Jiang Xu to cook grilled fish in the yard. The spiritual fish were much more delicious after the level of the spiritual water had been upgraded.

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“Ei, what are you doing? Stay away from my man.” Jiang Xu stared in dismay at the woman who almost ran over to pull the corner of his man’s shirt.

Blindly shaking off someone’s hand pulling his sleeve, Liu Mufeng smiled and handed the fish in his hand to his lover beside him. “Eat. This is your favorite sweet and sour flavor.”

“En.” Jiang Xu took the fish that his lover handed him.

“Yo, so the two of you are Dao companions.” Looking at the fierce little Dual, the woman said in her heart,‘I don’t know what kind of vision this man has, but he actually found such a fierce Dual as his partner.’

“Do you have anything to do with us, Fellow Daoist?” Looking at the woman in red, Liu Mufeng asked lightly.

“Oh, it’s nothing. I just came over after smelling the fragrance from what you are cooking. Can you give us a few fish? We can pay with spirit stones.” The woman in red asked, smiling coyly.

“Sorry, Fellow Daoist, our fish is only enough for my partner and me. There is no extra. If you have your own demon beast meat, I can give you my recipe to marinate the meat, and you can grill your own meat. Also, I can give you two bottles of hot sauce and sweet sauce to use.” Looking at the woman in red, Liu Mufeng politely refused.

“Oh, that’s a pity.” Being rejected from getting the grilled fish, the woman in red felt a little disappointed.

“Heehee, Rose, sometimes your beauty doesn’t work.” The woman in blue said gloatingly as the woman in red slumped in defeat.

Hearing this, Rose was even more upset. She glared at the woman in blue sternly.

“Okay, since this Fellow Daoist is willing to give us the seasonings, let’s grill some meat to eat. Rose, go and buy some bundles of wood from Li Laohan. Jasmine, take some demon beast meat and deal with it.” The man ordered the women beside him.

“Yes, Young Master.” In response, the woman in red and the woman in blue both left.

Walking over, the man clasped his fists towards Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu. “I am called Tao Yu. I don’t know how to address the two Fellow Daoists?”

“My name is Liu Mufeng. This is my Dao companion—Jiang Xu.” Liu Mufeng introduced himself and Jiang Xu with a smile.

“Oh, it turned out to be Fellow Daoist Liu and Fellow Daoist Jiang.” With a smile, the man sat beside Liu Mufeng.

Liu Mufeng took out the two sauce bottles from his storage ring and gave them to Tao Yu. “Fellow Daoist Tao, this is a sweet sauce and hot sauce. You ask them to brush the sauce on the grilled meat and let it marinate for a while, then brush it over the meat again while grilling. The grilled meat will taste the same as our fish.”

“En, thank you, Fellow Daoist Liu.” Smiling, Tao Yu took the two sauces and handed them over to the woman in yellow beside him. The woman in yellow took the two bottles of sauce and went to find Rose and Jasmine to cook barbecue together.

Tao Yu inhaled the delicious scent of the grilled fish. He then looked at Jiang Xu, who was eating the grilled fish with an intoxicated face. Liu Mufeng was grilling the fish on the side, wiping the corners of his partner’s mouth, delivering water, and giving attentive service. Seeing that, Tao Yu showed an envious smile. “The relationship between the two Daoists is really good.”

Liu Mufeng smiled. “We are just poor cultivators. It’s not easy for a person from a small family to marry a wife. We can’t compare with Fellow Daoist Tao.”

Tao Yu smiled bitterly upon hearing this. “A hero will not be asked where he comes from. A commoner cultivator can become a powerful person in the Spiritual Profound Realm and Spiritual Sect Realm. So why should Fellow Daoists belittle themselves?”

While looking at Tao Yu, who gave them a soft smile, Liu Mufeng showed a polite smile. He didn’t expect the other party to say that. He thought that this person was a second-generation cultivator, more or less. Still, he didn’t expect this person to be so humble, without any arrogance and conceit, very unlike the attitudes of second-generation cultivators they had come to know. Therefore, such an easy-going Tao Yu left a good first impression on Liu Mufeng.

“That’s hard to say. How many commoner cultivators can cultivate into great powers?”How could it be so easy to start from scratch without any support? If cultivation was really that easy, then the male protagonist would not find so many wives. After all, wasn’t the male protagonist still interested in the strength behind those wives?’

‘In the Lingwu Continent, without Meng Family’s full support, could the male protagonist become the Senior Brother of the Sword Academy of Lingwu Sect? In the Shengtian Continent, without the help of the second heroine, could he find many opportunities with the first heroine to improve his strength? And which one of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth heroines was not the second generation of cultivators with a halo above her head? Which one did not provide a huge help to the male protagonist? Otherwise, could the male protagonist really become a peerless genius?’

In fact, the so-called peerless genius was nothing but a peerless freeloader. Nevertheless, with the help of his wives and in-laws, step by step, he reached the pinnacle of his life as a cultivator.

“It’s up to people.” With a smile, Tao Yu felt that nothing was absolute. Things in this world of cultivation were the most unpredictable.

“Mufeng, I’m full. I’ll grill for you.” After eating three fish in a row, Jiang Xu wiped his hands and mouth and took over the task of grilling the fish.

“En.” Nodding, Liu Mufeng handed the unbaked fish to his partner.

“Are the two Fellow Daoists also going to Phoenix Mountain?” Looking at the two, Tao Yu asked uncertainly.

“Phoenix Mountain?” Hearing this, Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu were stunned.

Seeing the expressions of the two, Tao Yu couldn’t help raising his eyebrows. “What, you don’t know about this?”

“Truly, Daoist friend Tao, as I said a while back, my partner and I have always lived in a small town, and the news is relatively limited, so we don’t know much about some things outside.” Liu Mufeng smiled dryly.

“Where are the two country bumpkins from? You don’t even know about the remains of the cultivators in the Spiritual Emperor Realm unearthed in Phoenix Mountain?” An unfamiliar voice said with an air of arrogance. After speaking, five cultivators, consisting of three men and two women, walked in the yard.

Hearing this, Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu looked at each other. They thought,‘They had smuggled themselves in. So how would we know anything about the Shengtian Continent?’

“Fellow Daoist Luo, be careful when you speak.” Tao Yu said unhappily, looking at the purple-robed man at the head of the five-member team.

Hearing this, Luo Yuanjing, the purple-robed cultivator opposite them, looked at Tao Yu with contempt. “Tao Yu, you’re really going even more backwards. You actually came here to chat with a pair of good-for-nothings.”

“Whoever I want to chat with is my freedom. It has nothing to do with Fellow Daoist Luo, right?” Speaking of this, Tao Yu snorted coldly.

“Hmph, Tao Yu, don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking? Why do you want to help them? With your vision, everyone you befriend is useless.” Having said that, Luo Yuanjing left the yard with his group.

Looking at the group of arrogant people, Liu Mufeng felt that these people were more like the second generation of cultivators than Tao Yu.

“Fellow Daoist Liu, Fellow Daoist Jiang, Luo Yuanjing has always been this unpleasant, thinking he’s better than anyone else. So don’t give a face to such people like him.” Looking at Liu Mufeng and his wife, Tao Yu immediately lost his smile.

“It doesn’t matter. It’s just a few words, Fellow Daoist Tao. I want to inquire about the Phoenix Mountain.” Liu Mufeng didn’t care about the unpleasant man who had just left. What he cared most about now was to know more about the Phoenix Mountain.