Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 132 Going east is not allowed!
The Da Ling and the Northern Barbarians have started fighting.

All sorts of rumors flew in from the west like snowflakes, becoming the most talked-about topic in Youzhou during this period.

Some say it was a bloody tug-of-war between the two sides, but in the end, King Xiao's army was able to break through the Iron Spring Pass.

Some say that after the Ling people marched out of the pass, they were directly defeated, and most of them broke up into smaller groups and are now fighting guerrilla warfare in several counties west of Youzhou.

Others said, "Hey, no one was hit, it's all a rumor."

In the lobby of an inn south of Zhujun Mountain, noisy diners were chatting enthusiastically about the so-called war.

Zhu County is located in the central part of Youzhou. If Da Ling can effectively occupy this place, the outcome of the battle will be clear. Therefore, the local people talk about this without much restraint.

In the crowd, at a table in the corner, sat a furtive figure.

The man was dressed very conservatively, even wearing a hood that concealed his face in shadow.

He only ordered a bowl of wine and two plates of fennel beans, and sat there slowly drinking alone, as if waiting for someone.

Around noon, a little girl came out of the stairs on the second floor of the inn.

It was almost noon, but she was stretching as if she had just woken up.

She swayed as she climbed down the steps, her sleepy eyes glazed over as she looked around.

Then I realized I was really too small; when I looked around, everyone around me was completely blocking my view.

So they had no choice but to climb back up the stairs.

This time she saw it clearly: that idiot who was wrapped up like a rice dumpling in the sweltering heat was sitting in the corner of the lobby.

She ran over, stepped onto the stool, and yanked off his hood, revealing a freckled face.

The young man looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, with dry, yellow hair, sunken cheeks, and brown eyes, suggesting he had Northern Yi ancestry.

He was startled and hurriedly tried to pull his hood back up, saying in a low voice, "Hey, what are you doing?"

He was of mixed Chinese and Northern Yi descent. He was fine with normal people most of the time, but he would feel a bit uncomfortable with people he cared about, whether they were Yi or Chinese.

Pear noticed the sweat seeping from his hair, which was quickly covered by his hood, and couldn't help but roll her eyes.

“Where are the things?” she said.

The young man, feeling very guilty, picked up a bundle from under his feet and whispered, "It's all here."

He took the pear in one go.

Unwrapping the cloth bag revealed that it contained mostly common herbs.

Occasionally, a few spiritual plants are mixed in.

Wild spiritual plants are relatively rare. This thing is rich in spiritual energy, so it's understandable that it attracts demonic beasts. After all, most demonic beasts can sense good from bad and will wait for it to mature.

But if the first thing discovered is an ordinary wild beast that hasn't been infused with spiritual energy, it will most likely be killed immediately.

Pear nodded seriously: "It took a lot of thought."

The young man's heart skipped a beat when he saw Lu Li casually open her bundle. He quickly rewrapped it and looked at her with a hint of reproach: "Why are you so clumsy? What if someone takes a bad look at you?"

Pear wanted to complain that he was covering up his breasts like a steamed bun, saying it was shameful.

But then, thinking about the person's identity and cultivation level, he just hummed twice and couldn't be bothered to blame him.

She reached into the large pocket on her stomach, pulled out two round pills, and handed them to him: "Payment settled."

Upon seeing the pills, the boy's eyes widened under his hood.

These are two Body Tempering Pills, which can only temporarily improve the body's absorption capacity for martial artists in the Transcendent Realm, allowing the body tempering process to be faster.

Come to the realm of illusion. The fast ones are very fast, like the eldest brother. The slow ones are also very slow, like the father and son from the Chang Le Escort Agency.

Therefore, in principle, this kind of elixir has a limited range of applications. However, it sells extremely well.

This is probably why people try so hard to make up for it by spending money.

However, the kid in front of him wasn't there to pay back the money, nor to transform into a ghost; he wasn't even a martial artist at all.

He is a master of both realms.

It is said that he had no master and two months ago he messed around and accidentally refined his first pill. Since then he has called himself a second-level master.

However, because the success rate of pill formation is too low, he still makes a living by reselling medicinal herbs and spiritual plants, just like before.

That's like bumping into someone's arms.

In terms of value alone, these two pills are far inferior to his packet of medicinal herbs, especially since it also contains rare spiritual plants.

But this was a mutually agreeable transaction. The pills that Lu Li took out were of excellent quality, making him extremely envious. He neither ate them nor sold them, but took them back to study on his own.

This is the reality for rogue cultivators. Even for a basic level cultivator, making progress is incredibly difficult. The packet of medicinal herbs he gave to Lu Li was obtained after venturing deep into the desolate mountains and enduring countless hardships. For a basic level cultivator like him, he was not much different from an ordinary person.

As for these two Body Tempering Pills, let alone mastering such consummate alchemy skills, he probably wouldn't even be able to figure out the pill formula in the end.

"It's okay, it's okay..." he muttered to himself as if to comfort himself. "If two aren't enough, then ten will do. This path is my good fortune. It's just a matter of taking some risks and enduring some hardship."

Lu Li, who had already slung the medicinal herbs onto her back, glanced at him and poured cold water on his hopes without any mercy: "Dream on, we're leaving tomorrow."

The young man's face froze for a moment: "Huh?"

Pei Xia was heading east to Yuezhou, and the journey ahead was still long, so he couldn't afford to delay any longer.

He quickly moved closer to the table: "Where, where are we going?"

Pear didn't elaborate, only saying, "East."

The young man blinked: "East? You can't go east!"

"What?"

……

When Lu Li returned to the guest room with her bundle on her back, Pei Xia was sitting cross-legged on the bed, meditating and cultivating.

More than half a month has passed, and the wound on his chest has almost healed, with only a faint white mark remaining.

Not long before settling here, Pei Xia had a proper rest in the large city of Zhu County, so he looked to be in good spirits.

The dark circles under his eyes had faded to almost invisible, and his physique had begun to regain its strength.

Putting aside the period immediately after escaping Beishi City, Pei Xia's mental state has actually been getting better and better ever since she left Weishan.

Tinghu County is a small place, and its popularity cannot compare with that of a proper bustling city.

More importantly, he now has two inner fires.

Although the power these two flames of the heart could counteract was still very limited compared to the complete Calamity Pig, it was a rare relief for Pei Xia, who had suffered for years.

Upon hearing that Lu Li had returned, Pei Xia let out a breath, slowly opened her eyes, and ended her cultivation.

Pear slammed her bundle on the table and asked, "How did it go?"

Pei Xia smacked her lips and shook her head: "So tiring."

Hearing the wind, transforming the netherworld, vibrating the energy, and refining the cauldron are all things that Pei Xia can do with his will. The only limitation is the worry about the calamity in his mind.

Now, considering the dangers of the Liancheng Fire Vein and the little space gained by the two Heart Flames, Pei Xia is attempting to break through to the Tongxuan Realm.

He never expected that, given his abilities, he would be "stuck" at this hurdle.

(End of this chapter)