The Wandering Immortal

Chapter 43 Feng Shui
Meanwhile, the Guan family and their party left the Luofu Mountain area by carriage and traveled thirty miles north.

Old Lu remained vigilant the whole way, but when he saw Elder Chu standing by the roadside, he was startled. If Elder Chu were to make a move, these people would be doomed.

Just as Lao Lu was about to pull out his magic weapon and fight desperately to give his apprentice a chance to escape, Jiang Yuan reached out and grabbed Lao Lu.

Old Lu then realized that Elder Chu had no intention of killing him.

Elder Chu cupped his hands in greeting to Old Lu, “I originally intended to take Cui Qinghe as my disciple, but unfortunately, I was unable to do so. However, from now on, you and your disciple will face great difficulties in Luofu Mountain. Therefore, I have taken the liberty of writing the sect's genealogy and removing you and your disciple from the list. I did not inform you beforehand, and I hope Fellow Daoist Lu will forgive me!”

Old Lu then realized that Elder Chu wanted to protect him and his disciple. Even he looked aggrieved, so what could he do to compete? He cupped his hands in return and said, "This disciple has misunderstood Elder. Thank you for your protection!"

"There's no need to be so polite. We were originally around the same age and entered the sect at the same time. If we were to establish a lineage, we would be of the same generation. From now on, we shall address each other as fellow Daoists."

"How dare you!"

Elder Chu then said to Qinghe, "Although we are not destined to be master and disciple, we have known each other for a time. I will give you a magic treasure as a token of my appreciation."

Qinghe took it, opened the jade box and saw that it contained a small jade bow, about the size of a palm, which was quite cute.

Elder Chu raised his hand and grabbed it, and the short bow instantly grew to a length of three feet.

With three fingers, Elder Chu drew the bowstring, and an invisible arrow appeared on the bow. He turned, aimed at the nearby woods, and his eyes flashed with murderous intent. Before the arrow even left the bowstring, the birds and beasts in the woods scattered in terror.

Old Lu sensed that two hidden figures were fleeing in panic in the woods. Was someone really trying to ambush him?

Elder Chu sheathed his bow. “I am Chu Yunfei, and I have a small reputation in the cultivation world. I may be able to intimidate ordinary villains, but they cannot use my name to commit evil.”

Qinghe accepted the jade box, saying, "Thank you for the treasure, Elder!"

Elder Chu glanced at Jiang Yuan twice, seemingly casually, and said, "You may go now, but keep heading north without stopping!"

The carriage had traveled half a mile when Qinghe turned around and saw Elder Chu still standing by the roadside.

Old Lu was still shaken, his eyes fixed on Jiang Yuan. "You even foresaw Chu Yunfei's appearance?"

Jiang Yuan laughed and said, "I don't have any supernatural powers to calculate; it's just a guess!"

Old Lu pondered to himself, "Guess? He actually has such a scheming mind. Could it be that my taking Qinghe as my disciple a few years ago was his plan?"
After walking for another ten miles or so, Jiang Yuan reminded him, "Master Lu, you can use your flying artifact again, which will make the journey faster."

Old Lu then realized that they were already far from Mount Luofu, and if anyone tried to ambush them again, Chu Yunfei might not be able to save him. He quickly took out the flying talisman.

These mortals from the Guan family had lived in the outer gate of Mount Luofu for several years and had seen many flying creatures, so they weren't particularly surprised. However, this was their first time riding a talisman boat, and they were quite excited.

Old Lu didn't care about anything else; escaping was the priority. As soon as he boarded the talisman boat, he filled it with spirit stones and used his magic power to propel it, quickly flying hundreds of miles away.

There was probably no one chasing after him anymore. Old Lu felt lost and still had no target.

“Master Lu, why don’t you go to Yangzhou first? I’d like to settle my family there.”

This kid had already planned it out; flying north like this, Yangzhou was indeed not far away.

Jiang Yuan simply felt that the Yangzhou rebellion had been quelled for many years, and now, under the rule of that empress, the mortal world had actually enjoyed a few years of peace.

Yangzhou has always been a prosperous place, so settling the Guan family there shouldn't be any problem. From now on, immortals and mortals are separate, and we can no longer take them to visit immortal sects.

He and Qinghe couldn't just mingle in the mortal realm, since Qinghe was already a Foundation Establishment cultivator and would need more and more resources.

Thus, Lao Lu landed his boat outside Yangzhou city, and the group then took a carriage into the city and found an inn to settle down. The next day, Jiang Yuan went to the largest Buddhist temple in Yangzhou, where he was indeed able to exchange his incense money, and even earned a considerable amount of interest.

Jiang Yuan did not withdraw all the money from the incense bank; he only deposited it back into the incense bank after settling the interest, taking only a small amount.

Since the world is at peace, the purchase of a house can naturally be settled using incense money deeds.

Another day, Jiang Yuan spent 300,000 coins to buy a house in Yangzhou and settled the two elders of the Guan family and their servants.

The two elders now understand that they could not keep their son in the end. They thank that damned blind man, because their son has become a cultivator.

Lao Lu and Jingxuan naturally stayed at the Guan family's residence for a few days.

Jiang Yuan naturally wanted to ask Lao Lu what his plans were. Lao Lu had left in a fit of pique, but now that he was out, he was completely clueless.

He hadn't left his sect for decades and wasn't good at fighting. Even though he was a fourth-grade alchemist, he was nearing the end of his life and no longer wanted to work hard for any small sect.

"Has Master Lu ever considered starting his own business?"

"Hehe, I'm just a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator. Would I be courting death by starting my own sect?"

Even if you're just a rogue cultivator, you still need a place to stay, right?

These past few days, Lao Lu has felt that his disciple's husband is no ordinary person. Even if he knew that his disciple had Foundation Establishment cultivation in the past, it is impossible for him to be able to predict everything.

Of course, he had thought about where he could settle down and live out his old age in peace. He only had tens of thousands of spirit stones and some second-rate magic artifacts. All his wealth combined was not as valuable as the magic treasure that Chu Yunfei gave to his disciple.

"The world is so vast, yet there is nowhere for me to find refuge. I am deeply ashamed!"

Jiang Yuan roughly knew that Old Lu was truly at a loss. "I do know a place, though it's not enough to establish our own sect, it would be sufficient to open up a cave dwelling!"

"Oh, tell me about it."

Qinghe was also surprised. Her husband had never gone out, so where was there a place with abundant spiritual energy and no owner?

Jiang Yuan calmly replied, "To be honest, it was Senior Sister Jingxuan who gave my husband and me this opportunity."

Jingxuan was bewildered. Apart from giving Qinghe a pill furnace, had I ever given her any opportunity?

"There are no immortal sects in the Five Ridges Mountains because the spiritual energy is thin. After my wife and I met Senior Sister Jingxuan, we happened to hunt down a level two demon beast in the Five Ridges Mountains."

Jingxuan was dumbfounded. At that time, Qinghe had just entered the Qi Refining stage, and Guan Canghai was seriously injured and had lost all his magic power. How could he possibly kill a level two demon beast?

"I know a little about feng shui and geomancy. There must be a small spiritual vein in the place where the snake demon is located. There were people who lived nearby before, probably trying to find the spiritual vein, but they left because the spiritual vein was hidden very well."

Old Lu knew that the feng shui and geomancy that Guan Xiaozi mentioned were not the mortal world's tomb raiding and robbing, but rather the study of immortal formations. Major sects mostly used it to find spiritual veins and mineral deposits, as well as hidden immortal realms. No wonder this kid had such a great opportunity as obtaining the Xuanhuang Qi.

Jiang Yuan bid farewell to the two elders of the Guan family, never to tell them the truth that Guan Canghai was dead, hoping they could enjoy their old age in peace.

Jiang Yuan instructed the servants surnamed Guan, including Steward Chen and the families of the two old women, that they must never reveal that they had been to the immortal realm, or they would be killed.

Jiang Yuan had considered using some pills to help them forget some things, but ultimately decided against it, as the entanglement of cause and effect could never be completely severed.

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