Ch229 - Li Family Village

Edited by Zaki

Three years later,

Jiang Xu had been in seclusion for ten years (1 year time outside) in the bracelet dimension. He had successfully refined the Golden Spirit Liquid, and raised his strength to the nine-stars in the Spiritual Emperor Realm.

Liu Mufeng then went into seclusion for 20 years (2 years time outside), refined the Seven Treasure Golden Lotus Seeds, and raised his own strength to the six stars in the Spiritual Emperor Realm. It was worth mentioning that both Xiaoyuan and Wisteria Vine had been in seclusion in the bracelet dimension for 30 years, Xiaoyuan’s strength had been raised to three stars in the Spiritual Emperor Realm, and Wisteria Vine’s strength had also reached one star in the Spiritual Emperor Realm. And the reason why their strengths had improved so quickly was because Liu Mufeng had bought suitable spiritual treasures for them with the 50 million spirit stones he got from Xuanyuan Chen. With the spiritual treasures nourishing them, their strength was improved and they advanced to the Spiritual Emperor Realm.

Not long after Liu Mufeng left seclusion, the husband and wife bid farewell to their two mentors, rode two newly bought third-level demon beast horses, left the sect together, and started their journey to explore the Zunhuang Continent.

Lying on Jiang Xu’s shoulder, the little fox had a disgusted look on its face. “We obviously have a flying magic weapon, right? Why do we have to ride a demon horse? How slow is the demon horse?” (Level 5 demon beasts could now directly speak human language and didn’t need their Master to translate.)

“Be satisfied, we have spirit stones to buy demon horses. Not using you as a ride is already good enough. The flying magic weapon needs to be activated with spirit stones, can you fly without spirit stones?” Jiang Xu said helplessly, rolling his eyes. After all, they were very poor.

“Xiaoyue, we don’t have a destination, we are here to travel, and we don’t need to travel long distances, so there is no need to use the magic flying weapon. We can travel all over the mountains and rivers of the Zunhuang Continent by riding a demon beast horse.” Liu Mufeng felt that there was no need to make a big deal for travelling a close distance.

“Hmph, poor ghost.” Gazing at Liu Mufeng, Xiaoyue’s expression showed a depressed look.

“Master, the boss’s fox hates you for being poor.” Lying on Liu Mufeng’s shoulder, Xiaoyuan said sullenly.

“I am quite resourceful, and I can earn back the spirit stones. When we reach the town ahead, we will have spirit stones after selling a batch of pills.” Liu Mufeng had been in seclusion for twenty years, five of which were spent in refining pills. He didn’t dare to sell it in the sect because he was afraid that Elder Qian would find out that he had refined too many pills. However, it would be different now since he had left the sect, he could now sell part of the medicinal pills wherever he went, and they wouldn’t have to worry about running out of spirit stones.

“Are your pills worth a lot?” Xiaoyue asked Liu Mufeng curiously.

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“It’s already planned, we will go East along this road.” Liu Mufeng planned to try his luck, and see if he could find the opportunity that belonged to the heroine and the second heroine. It would be best if they could find it. Even if they couldn’t find it, there was not much loss, just think of it as a trip out. Anyway, both he andXiaoXu were full of curiosity about this unfamiliar Zunhuang Continent, and both wanted to take a good look around.

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“Okay.” Nodding, Jiang Xu urged his horse, followed his lover and left together.

Two months later, Li Family Village,

Li Family Village was a relatively large village. The farmers in the village made a living by planting spiritual rice. Most of the villagers were old people who were in the Spiritual Realm and Spiritual Mortal Realm, and there were also some ordinary people. The village head was a cultivator in the Spiritual Master Realm. There were not many Spiritual Master Realm cultivators in the village, because most of the young cultivators were unwilling to stay in the village and had gone to the big sects. Only those cultivators with poor aptitude who couldn’t enter the big sects stayed in the village to farm.

After Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu came here, they had rented a house and lived here. The reason was nothing else, but a great opportunity that the first heroine had found – Water Spiritual Stone. According to the original book, the male lead, the female heroine, the second female heroine, and the third female heroine passed through a deserted village and accidentally found a Water Spiritual Stone in the abandoned ancestral hall of the village. The heroine threw the Water Spiritual Stone into the spiritual water lake of the bracelet dimension. And this led to the richness of the spiritual water being raised to another level.

This Water Spiritual Stone was indeed a good thing, but Liu Mufeng thought that since spirit stones could be put in the spiritual lake, it was not necessary to put the Water Spiritual Stone in it as well. Instead the Water Spiritual Stone could be used to allow Xiaolan to advance to the Spiritual Emperor Realm. Now, Xiaoyuan and Xiaoyue were already in the Spiritual Emperor Realm, and the three Princes of the Fire Spirit Insects in his hand had also advanced to the Spiritual Emperor Realm. Because of the nourishment of the Flaming Cloud Tree, the strength of the Fire Spirit Insects and the Beast Fires had significantly improved. In comparison,XiaoXu’s Water Spirit Insects were a bit inferior.

“Mufeng, why do we live here?” Jiang Xu asked curiously.

Liu Mufeng smiled, waved his hand to set up the barrier, took out the Treasure Compass and handed it to Jiang Xu.

Stretching out his hand to take it, Jiang Xu found a dazzling red dot appeared on the compass, and the direction of the pointer was Southeast. “Southeast, isn’t that where the village’s ancestral hall is located?”

“That’s right, it’s on the side of the ancestral hall, so it’s more troublesome.” Liu Mufeng frowned. According to the timelines, he had come twenty years earlier than the heroine, so this Li Family Village was not a deserted and empty village now, but a very ordinary small village.

“It’s troublesome, those uncles and aunts will definitely not let us dig their ancestral hall. Even if we give spirit stones, they will not agree. What should we do?” Holding the compass, Jiang Xu frowned deeply. He thought this was a bit tricky.

“It’s okay. I paid a month’s rent. Let’s stay here for a few days to understand the situation and see if we can give the villagers some spirit stones and medicinal pills and take the spiritual treasure away. If it is not possible, then we can only make some drugs, stun the villagers, and secretly take away the spiritual treasure.” If other Spiritual Emperor Realm cultivators encountered this situation, they would probably kill all the villagers in this village, and then get the things directly and leave. However, Liu Mufeng didn’t want to do that. The villagers were innocent, there was no need to kill people, it was better to buy the land. And at worst, they could make some drugs to stun the people, and just take things away secretly.

“Oh, okay, let’s talk to them first, if we can’t reach an agreement, we will stun them and steal the spiritual treasure.” Nodding, Jiang Xu agreed with his lover’s method, first courtesy and then force. It was best if they could use spirit stones and medicinal pills to solve the issue. If they couldn’t solve it, they could only steal it.

“Let’s rest here for one night first, and go to the town tomorrow to sell some pills for some spirit stones, talk to the villagers about buying land, see how the villagers respond, and then make plans.”

“Okay.” Nodding, Jiang Xu agreed.

“Isn’t it just a broken stone? As for going to such great lengths? Go out and kill those people, won’t that be the end of it?” Rolling his eyes, the little fox spoke in a depressed voice.

“Yes, I’ll take the swarm and rush out and eat them.” Nodding, Xiaoyuan said the same.

“Don’t mess around, they are all old and weak, women and children, and they didn’t provoke us, so why are you massacring the village?” Liu Mufeng said helplessly, staring at the two.

“Yes, they are all farmers, and it’s not easy to work hard on the land. Besides, they didn’t provoke us, so there’s no need to kill them.” Nodding, Jiang Xu also admonished the two.

Hearing Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu say that, Xiaoyue and Xiaoyuan also stopped clamouring about going to slaughter the village.

“Xiaoyue, do you know what the spiritual treasure we are looking for is?” Looking at the little fox, Liu Mufeng asked.

“I can feel a little bit, isn’t it just a stone under that ancestral hall? What’s the use of that stone?”

“I don’t know what it’s useful for yet, but it’s a good thing.” Of course, Liu Mufeng couldn’t say much about the usefulness of this stone.

“Yes, as long as the Treasure Compass could feel something, it must be a good thing.” Nodding, Jiang Xu agreed.

“It’s just some broken rock.” The little fox showed disdain for this.

“Okay, let’s not talk about this. I bought some third-level spiritual vegetables from the villagers, and I will use emerald radishes to stew demon beast meat for you later.” Liu Mufeng released the barrier and took out the emerald radishes he bought.

“It’s emerald green, it looks very appetizing.” Picking up a green radish, Jiang Xu said with a smile.

“En, this is a third-level emerald radish, and its spiritual energy is still quite dense. If we use it to stew fifth-level demon beast meat, it must taste very good.” Liu Mufeng always felt very distressed when he sawXiaoXu following him all the way. He always hopes that his partner could eat better and live more comfortably.

“Okay, I’ll help you light the fire.” He could not cook but Jiang Xu could still light the fire.

“En.” Nodding, the couple went to the yard together.

A few days later,

Sure enough, as Liu Mufeng expected previously, when the Elders in the village heard that they wanted to buy the land where the ancestral hall was located, none of them agreed, and all raised objections. Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu talked to the villagers three times, and offered 50,000 spirit stones plus ten five-level pills. The villagers unanimously opposed, and no one was willing to sell the land to them.

Although Li Family Village was not small, it was a well-known poor village in ten miles and eight towns. In this poor village, 50,000 spirit stones was actually not a small amount. One should know the third-level spiritual rice they planted and those emerald radishes were sold for only three or five spirit stones per catty. Throughout the year, they could only earn hundreds of spirit stones, and if there was no cultivation, they couldn’t make ends meet. However, the people in the village were very old-fashioned in their thinking and believed that tearing down the ancestral hall would bring bad luck to the village. Therefore, even though Liu Mufeng offered a high price, no one was willing to sell the land of the ancestral hall.

After negotiating several times without success, Liu Mufeng had no choice but to prepare a drug. He planned to do it at night to stun the villagers and steal the Water Spiritual Stone. The Water Spiritual Stone was very important, and it was the heroine’s opportunity. Liu Mufeng would never miss it.