I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 122 Unexpected Trouble (Alliance Leader Yu Tu Zai Zai +2)

Suddenly, a thief appeared out of nowhere and snatched something. Jiang Yi's red pet dog bristled and growled. Although the red pet dog had some complaints about its master, it was the only one that could bully its master, and no one else could!

Jiang Yi raised her hand to smooth Hong Li's hunched back, and smiled as she stepped back in the face of the intimidating gaze and early Foundation Establishment stage pressure from the blue-robed cultivator.

The jade pendant at the waist of the cultivator in blue jingled, the four characters 'Xuandu Patrol Guard' gleaming coldly, with the character 'Qin' below it.

This indicates that he is a disciple of the Qin family near Xuandu Mountain. The patrol missions near Xuandu Mountain were assigned by the Cangling Sect to the two nearby cultivation families, the Qin and Zhang families.

The market was also managed and maintained by representatives from both families.

Zhao Cangyun had previously mentioned that the person he was trading with was also a disciple of the Qin family.

"I, the captain, will take this piece of dragonwood."

Qin Bai repeated himself, and the young shopkeeper turned pale. Seeing Jiang Yi back down, he cast an apologetic look at her.

The young shopkeeper picked up the storage bag Qin Bai had given him, counted the contents carefully, and then his hand trembled.

"Master Qin, this... this only has ten thousand..."

Qin Bai glanced sideways at Jiang Yi, staring at her slender waist for a few more moments.

"Ten thousand spirit stones is enough for a small shop like yours to generate half a year's revenue. Don't think I don't know how much you spend on inventory. What? Do you want me to bring the brothers in to check your books?"

The young shopkeeper was covered in sweat. "But Master Qin, there isn't much Grade 3 spirit wood to begin with. I went through a lot of trouble to snatch this little bit from someone else. It should cost at least 19,000, no, 18,000 spirit stones."

The cultivator in blue robes suddenly lunged forward, his aura as powerful as a Foundation Establishment cultivator coiling around the young shopkeeper like a venomous snake.

"I'll only ask you once: do you want spirit stones, or do you want an audit?"

The young shopkeeper staggered backward, his back soaked with cold sweat.

Jiang Yi caught a glimpse of several green figures flashing past the door. The patrol team members were all waiting outside; they were all Qi Refining disciples of the Qin family.

The young shopkeeper also saw the dozen or so people outside, swallowed hard, and resignedly said, "Sell, I'll sell!"

The young shopkeeper took out a box containing grade three Panlong wood from his storage magic item and handed it over with both hands.

Qin Bai took the box, gave Jiang Yi a deep look, and said that he could be domineering in front of people he knew well, but he should be cautious with unfamiliar cultivators. Qin Bai withdrew his gaze and left quickly.

The young shopkeeper wiped away a bead of cold sweat and said to Jiang Yi, "I'm really sorry, young friend. If you need anything else, just let me know, and I'll give you a discount."

Jiang Yi chuckled, "No need. Your things are expensive; I prefer free things."

Under the bewildered gaze of the young shopkeeper, Jiang Yi quickly left the shop.

……

At that time, in a certain alley in the market.

Zhao Cangyun, wearing a mask and with a sinister look in his eyes, pressed his knife against the neck of a middle-aged man at the peak of Qi Refining, slowly applying pressure until the skin was torn open and blood flowed freely.

"Tell me again, where did that sign go?"

Zhao Cangyun gritted his teeth and asked, word by word.

The middle-aged man trembled and cried out in fear, "It's not that I'm breaking my promise, really! Qin Yunze is the young master of the Qin family's direct line. I don't know how he knew I had this token. He brought people to forcibly take it away. What could I do? Don't I want the Foundation Establishment Pill too?!"

A hint of cold killing intent flashed in Zhao Cangyun's eyes. "You're making me lose face in front of my senior sister!"

"I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to. If I didn't feel sorry, I wouldn't have come to wait for you so early."

Zhao Cangyun's lips curled into a cruel smile, the knife still pressing down. "Then tell me, how am I supposed to explain this to my senior sister?"

Under the pressure of impending death, the middle-aged man suddenly thought, "I...I know, I heard Young Master Yunze say that it's some kind of forbidden area token, and they've already collected them all. Yes, they said they've collected them all, and you can go to Young Master Yunze and snatch them, snatch even more."

Zhao Cangyun loosened his grip slightly. "Where is he? What is his cultivation level? What is he like?"

"He is at Xiangyun Tower in the market today. He is easily recognizable by the cinnabar mark on his nose. He is at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment."

"Go to hell! Are you telling me to go and die?!" Zhao Cangyun kicked the middle-aged man into the pile of debris, and before the man could get up, he knocked him unconscious with the back of his knife.

Sheathing his sword, Zhao Cangyun snorted coldly.

"You should be glad that I'm now a righteous disciple and can't cause trouble for my senior sister, otherwise I'd feed you to the jade viper and you wouldn't even be left as ashes!"

Hiss!

The jade snake peeked out from Zhao Cangyun's clothes, glanced at the middle-aged man in the pile of clutter, its snake head swaying, and its vertical pupils glanced sideways at Zhao Cangyun.

If it could talk, it really wanted to tell Zhao Cangyun that it doesn't eat just any garbage, and it's not a tool for destroying evidence!
After straightening his clothes and using a cleansing spell to remove a few drops of blood from his body, Zhao Cangyun emerged from the dark alley, bathed in the twilight glow. The coldness on his face faded, replaced by a harmless smile.

"Let's scout out Xiangyun Tower first."

Zhao Cangyun made his way to the outside of Xiangyunlou, the largest restaurant in the market. Just as he was peering inside, he heard Jiang Yi's voice behind him.

"What are you looking at?"

"Senior Sister? What are you doing here?" Zhao Cangyun looked guilty, his eyes darting around.

Jiang Yi glanced at him. "Didn't get the token? The person who took it is in Xiangyun Tower, and you can't beat them?"

Zhao Cangyun's eyes widened. "Senior Sister, can you read minds?"

"If you had the token, you wouldn't be here. But since you didn't get the token, you deliberately showed up here. This means the clue to the token is inside. Knowing your personality, if you could fight, you would have rushed in and grabbed it by now. Why would you be sneaking around peeking around like this?"

Zhao Cangyun's mouth was half open, and he couldn't help but give Jiang Yi a thumbs up, "Senior Sister is indeed Senior Sister, she can see the big picture from small details! Wait, then why are you here, Senior Sister?"

Just as Jiang Yi was about to speak, a group of people walked out of Xiangyun Tower. Jiang Yi immediately pulled Zhao Cangyun to the corner of the wall.

Zhao Cangyun saw the blue-clad man leading the group, who had a red birthmark on his nose, and whispered, "It's him. That bastard Qin Yunze stole our earthen tablets. That Qin family disciple even said they had collected them all."

Jiang Yi withdrew her gaze from Qin Bai and landed on the person Zhao Cangyun had mentioned.

There were five of them, three men and two women. Qin Yunze was in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and the other four were in the early-Foundation Establishment stage.

Zhao Cangyun sniffed and leaned forward. "Senior Sister, their most abundant true essence belongs to the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. It can't be such a coincidence, can it?"

Jiang Yi remained silent; sometimes things just happen by chance.

But food tastes better when everyone's fighting over it.

Judging from their positions, they are from two different families. Qin Yunze, Qin Bai, and another woman from the Qin family are standing close together, while another man and woman are standing together, possibly from the Zhang family, a cultivation clan.

The five people seemed to have already agreed on something in Xiangyun Tower. After coming out, they looked at each other and walked together towards the outside of the market.

"It seems they're going to the Xuandu Mountain Secret Realm tonight to find the Azure Emperor Palace," Jiang Yi said in a deep voice.

"Then what do we do? Should I go..."

Zhao Cangyun looked anxious and suddenly drew his sword, but before he could draw it, Jiang Yi pressed it back down.

"Go find Shang Shixu. Pu Ning and Wushuang are coming over. I'll go with them first. We'll meet directly in Taoyuan."

Zhao Cangyun knew Jiang Yi's abilities all too well and had no doubts about them. He quickly took out a bamboo tube about the thickness of a finger from his waist, sealed it, pulled out the stopper, and shook it vigorously twice on Jiang Yi's head.

A-choo! A-choo!
Hong Li, who had been quietly resting on Jiang Yi's shoulder, suddenly started sneezing, one sneeze after another.

Zhao Cangyun said, "This is the droppings of insects of the Indeterminate order, so that the insects raised by the old merchant can accurately find you."

Jiang Yi's face fell. "Next time, don't pour shit on my head. Just give it to me directly, thank you!"

After saying that, Jiang Yi took Hong Li and quietly followed the five people who had already walked away.

　That's all for today, see you tomorrow!
　　Also, tomorrow is the Qingming Festival holiday. I always have a lot of things to do during holidays, so there might not be any extra updates. I can only guarantee two updates of 4,000 words each day. I'm letting everyone know in advance.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)