Ch172 - Outwardly Harmonious

Edited by Zaki

Looking at the five people whose emotions slowly settled down, Liu Mufeng smiled. “There are two ways for me to sell the information here. The first is to buy an inscription stone, which is 10,000 medium-grade spirit stones. All the information you need will be on the inscription stone. However, the inscription stone will only accept two soul powers. That is to say, an inscription stone can only be viewed by two people. There is also a second way which is oral information, you ask me a question and I answer it, one question and answer is 100 mid-grade spirit stones.”

Hearing Liu Mufeng’s words, Ye Qian smiled and turned to look at the woman in red beside him. “What do you think, little Junior Sister?”

“Senior Brother, let’s buy oral news. If you buy an inscription stone, one piece would not be enough.” The woman looked at Ye Qian and said.

“Alright.” Nodding, Ye Qian looked at Liu Mufeng. “We will buy oral information.”

“Okay.” Nodding, Liu Mufeng took out five chairs for the five people to sit down. “You can choose one person to ask, or ask one after another and set up a barrier, so that the information you purchased will not be heard by others. Or else you have lost the money.”

“Okay.” Nodding, Ye Qian arranged a barrier. “I’ll ask the first question. Fellow Daoist Liu, what will the apprenticeship process be like tomorrow?”

Hearing this question, Jiang Xu rolled his eyes and thought to himself,“This guy is such a cheat. This is clearly several questions in one. Ye Qian, this bastard, is too good at saving spirit stones, right?”

“The process is very simple. First, all new disciples will choose the Master they want to learn from, and then accept the test of the Master. Those who pass the test, will become that Master’s disciple, but those who fail the test lose the opportunity to choose and have to wait for other Elders to choose them.” Smiling, Liu Mufeng’s answer was watertight, not revealing anything else.

At this response, Zhou Xiangyun rolled her eyes. “You, your answer is too simple, right? You didn’t say how many Elders in the sect would participate in the selection, and what level of strength are the Elders.”

Liu Mufeng smiled and said, “This Fellow Daoist only asked about the process. He didn’t ask about the Elder’s situation. Why should I answer? Please pay, 100 mid-grade spirit stones.”

“Profiteer!” Zhou Xiangyun glared at Liu Mufeng with a depressed look on her face.

“Okay.” Nodding, Ye Qian took out a hundred spirit stones and placed them on the table in front of him.

Walking over, Jiang Xu happily put away the spirit stones.

“Fellow Daoist Liu, I want to ask who among the Elders is the most powerful in alchemy?” Looking at Liu Mufeng, Ye Fan asked.

“Third Elder – Jiang Yuantu.”

“Then, what does he look like?”

“To acquire the Elder’s portrait, 500 spirit stones a copy, Elder profile 300 spirit stones a copy, do you want to buy?” Looking at Ye Fan, Liu Mufeng asked with a smile.

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“Okay, then I’ll buy the profiles of the other two alchemy Elders.” After speaking, the female cultivator took out 700 spirit stones and handed them over to Liu Mufeng.

“Okay.” Nodding, Liu Mufeng sold two profiles to the female cultivator.

“Oh, so it turns out that the Third Elder, the Ninth Elder, and the Eighteenth Elder are all alchemists.” Taking the profiles, the Ye family siblings and the red-clothed female cultivator looked at them carefully.

Seeing the way they were reading with great interest, Liu Mufeng guessed that these three were also alchemists. In fact, from the time the three of them had come in, Liu Mufeng felt that there was Beast Fire on them.

Seeing that the Ye brothers and Helian Xiaoxiao had bought the materials, Zhou Xiangyun frowned. “There are several sword cultivators in the sect.”

“Three.” Looking at Zhou Xiangyun, Liu Mufeng responded.

“Give me information on the three of them.” Zhou Xiangyun took out 1000 spirit stones and gave them to Liu Mufeng.

After collecting the spirit stones and handing them to his wife, Liu Mufeng gave Zhou Xiangyun three profiles.

After receiving the information, Zhou Xiangyun looked at it carefully. After comparing the three profiles, Zhou Xiangyun finally determined the Master she wanted to worship. “Give me a portrait of the First Elder.” Zhou Xiangyun said as she put down 500 spirit stones as payment.

“Okay.” Nodding, Liu Mufeng gave her a portrait.

“Would you like to buy a map for each of you? Five hundred spirit stones. The Lingwu Sect is very big. If you don’t have a map, it’s easy to get lost.” Jiang Xu kindly reminded the five people.

At that, the five people nodded their heads in agreement. One person took out five hundred spirit stones and bought five more maps from Jiang Xu before leaving.

Seeing the five people leave, Yang Yong smiled. “Within a short time, Fellow Daoist Liu has earned 6,000 Spirit Stones. This speed of earning is amazing.”

Liu Mufeng smiled at that comment and said, “I can only do this business tonight, but I won’t be able to do it in the future.”

“En, that’s true.” If he could earn spirit stones like this every night, he would want to do this business too.

About half an hour later, after Liu Mufeng had sent off another group of buyers, he found that Ye Qian had returned.

“Why did you come back? Do you still have any questions to ask me?” Seeing Ye Qian, Liu Mufeng was a little puzzled.

“No, no more questions. I want to buy an inscription stone and go back and study it.” Ye Qian took out 10,000 spirit stones and gave them to Liu Mufeng.

“Okay.” After accepting the spirit stones, Liu Mufeng sold an inscription stone to the other party.

“Mufeng, don’t you think this person is really strange? He didn’t buy it previously, but he came back to buy it now.” Seeing Ye Qian who was leaving, Jiang Xu shook his head with a smile.

“It’s very simple, he doesn’t want to share it with the others, so he bought the inscription stone himself.” Although the five people came together, Liu Mufeng could sense that the Ye siblings had a better relationship with the woman in red, and not so much with the Zhou family’s eldest lady and the other woman. Probably because those two women were friends of the woman in red, that’s why the five people were together.

“Oh, that makes sense.” Nodding, Jiang Xu expressed his understanding.

“Fellow Daoist Yang, do you know these five people? Who are they?” Turning his head, Liu Mufeng asked Yang Yong who was beside him.

“Oh, I know. The two male cultivators are from the Ye family – the Elder Brother’s name is Ye Qian, and his Younger Brother’s name is Ye Fan. They are the two Young Masters of the Ye family in Tian City of the Shengtian Continent. The woman in red is called Helian Xiaoxiao. She is the daughter of Helian Xing, who was the initiating mentor of the two Young Masters of the Ye family. Therefore, the three have brother -sister relations. Does Fellow Daoist Liu know Helian Xing?”

“I know, he is a famous sixth-level alchemist in the Shengtian Continent, right?” Not only did he know, but he had also met him!TLN

“Yes, that’s him.” Nodding, Yang Yong answered very affirmatively.

“Then, who are the other two women?” Looking at Yang Yong, Jiang Xu asked.

“The one in blue is the Eldest Daughter of the City Lord of Xiang City named Zhou Xiangyun, a sword cultivator. The one who was following Zhou Xiangyun silently is her half-sister named Zhou Xianglan, the Third Young Lady of Xiang City. In fact, the Zhou family sisters and the Ye family brothers have no direct friendship. It’s just that the Zhou family and the Helian family are family friends. Therefore, the Zhou family sisters and Helian Xiaoxiao have a better relationship. Ye Qian probably didn’t want to share the information on the inscription stone with Zhou Xiangyun, that’s why he returned and then came back separately.” Yang Yong said as he looked at Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu.

“Oh, that’s how it was.” Nodding, Liu Mufeng expressed understanding.

Not long after, the Third Young Lady of the Zhou family, Zhou Xianglan, also came back and bought an inscription stone from Liu Mufeng. Looking at the woman’s back, Liu Mufeng thought to himself:It looks like this one and her sister are also not on good terms.

Sitting in front of the Celestial Mirror, the seventy-two Elders of Lingwu Sect were watching all the disciples who had been selected into the inner door of the sect today. The seventy-two Elders were divided into two ranks. From the First Elder to the Eighteen Elders, these eighteen were in the cultivation realm of theSpiritual Venerable Realm, and each of them were assigned their own spiritual mountain. And hence they were also known as the Eighteen Peak Masters. The status of these eighteen people in the sect was second only to the Sect Master.

The remaining fifty-four Elders were all from the Spiritual Sect Realm, and these people were responsible for the management of various miscellaneous items of the sect. To put it nicely, they were called an Elder, but in fact, their role was similar to that of a steward. Their strength was not as good as the Eighteen Peak Masters, and their status was not as good as well. However, they each had their own jurisdictions, and they still had real power. However, they did not have a ranking, they were only called by their surnames, and they did not have their own separate spiritual mountains and most of them lived on a single mountain.

Seeing Liu Mufeng put up the small sign, Elder Qian who managed the trading hall immediately took an instant liking to Liu Mufeng. “This kid is not bad, his name is Liu Mufeng.En, he has a good mind for business, and he is very good at earning spirit stones. Like me. He’s my type.”

Hearing this, Elder Han, who was in charge of the Book Collection Pavilion, sneered. “Old Qian, you think too much. That kid is a single wood spiritual root, and he has Beast Fire on his body. Nine times out of ten, he is an alchemist. He definitely won’t worship you as a teacher.”

Hearing this, Elder Qian threw a pitiful look at Elder Han beside him and said, “Junior Sister Han, can’t you just let me think about it?”

“Impossible, why think about it? We will just pick up crooked melons and jujubes anyway, whoever we fancy will be in vain.” Speaking of this, Elder Han sighed, they were second-class Elders, they had to wait until the Eighteen Peak Masters had finished selecting. By the time people have finished selecting, how could there be any good seedlings left? They would be all crooked melons and jujubes.

“Alas!” Elder Qian sighed lightly when he heard Elder Han’s words.

“This alchemist is not enterprising. He actually found a Dao Companion at such a young age and now he is setting up a stall to sell information. He doesn’t have any goals.” Looking at Liu Mufeng in the mirror, the Third Elder Jiang Yuantu snorted lightly. His first impression of Liu Mufeng was quite bad.

“Third Elder, you can’t say that. A penny can beat a hero. You are an eighth-level alchemist, so of course you have no shortage of spirit stones. But this kid came from a low-level continent. Isn’t it normal for him to lack spirit stones?” Looking at Liu Mufeng’s image in the mirror, Elder Qian thought,‘It would be great if such a wise boy could become his apprentice.’

At that, the Third Elder glanced at Elder Qian, then turned to look at Elder Wang, who was in charge of the reception. “Elder Wang, where did this kid who sells news come from?”

“Oh, this oneah, he came from the lower continent – Lingwu continent. And his Dao Companion, and his friend, all three of them are from the lower continent.” Elder Wang responded with a smile.

“Lower Continent? At the age of forty-five, he was already a five-star Spiritual King Realm cultivator, and he was actually a cultivator from a lower Continent?” If it was in the higher continent, this age and this cultivation level would not be strange. But in the lower continent it was a bit strange. Normally speaking, the cultivators who were brought in from the lower continents, the best qualification they had was Spiritual Master Realm. They could only go to the outer door, and very few could enter the inner door.

“Yes, these three people were brought over by my apprentice Zhang Qiao. Zhang Qiao reported to me. This is Liu Mufeng. I heard that he is very famous in the low-level continent and is very good at raising Spirit Insects. This is Jiang Xu, Liu Mufeng’s Dao Companion, who is a Sword cultivator and can craft weapons. This is called Yang Yong, a fifth-level Array Mage. These three people are very complicated. I heard that they have been to the middle continent. They were promoted to the Spiritual King Realm in the middle continent and after that they returned to their hometown.” Looking at the Third Elder, Elder Wang carefully explained the situation of the three people in question.

“A fifth-level Array Mage? Which one is it?” The Fifth and Tenth Elders all looked over when they heard that there was a fifth-level Array Mage.

“This, Yang Yong.” After looking at the two of them, Elder Wang pointed to Yang Yong in the mirror.

“Oh, this.” Nodding, the eyes of the two fell on Yang Yong.

“Went to the middle continent and then back to the lower continent? Is there something wrong with their brains?” Raising his eyebrows, the Third Elder couldn’t wrap his brain around the fact. Who would go to a place where cultivation conditions were good and then go back to the place where cultivation conditions were not good?

“Maybe there is something hidden in it.” Elder Wang also felt that there should be some reason for this.

“Oh.” The Third Elder nodded and did not ask any further questions, but, looking at Liu Mufeng on the screen, he still felt that this disciple did not satisfy him.