Vampire Cultivation Notes

"..."

The cultivators present were momentarily speechless.

...I knew there were no good people in this world!

The two Yu brothers could not bear this humiliation and were about to retaliate when they realized what had happened.

But Old Liu caught up with him, pulled him, and pointed at him.

"Be careful, you two. This Ancestor Fengxin is a Pixiu, who only takes in and never gives out. Who knows how many Thunder Pills and Spirit Talismans he has hoarded, or how many magical artifacts he possesses? And that Scorpion Lady..."

Following Old Liu's pointing finger, the two Yu brothers saw Scorpion Lady busy flirting with someone over there.

In a short time, the two groups seemed to have joined forces.

Remembering the power of that sword strike, Yu Da, who was at the eighth level of Qi Refining, touched the spot where the sword had just grazed and could only suppress his anger for a moment.

"What are you going to do?!" Yu Dadao exclaimed.

"Naturally, this cave should belong to me," Li Jieqing said.

Yu Da immediately flew into a rage: "You release—"

"I only want the cave dwelling; I don't need anything else."

"Don't worry... this is something we can discuss."

Yu Da's expression changed, and he forced a smile.

Heaven knows how many valuable items those people stole while the market was in ruins. They took advantage of the situation to kill several managers and loot a great deal of valuables.

In contrast, if a cave dwelling that is constantly coveted is given up, then so be it; there are plenty of other cave dwellings available.

In broad daylight, he dared not linger outside.

Before long, an agreement was reached.

The Yu brothers and Old Liu gave up their cave dwellings, which had become the target of public criticism, to Li Jieqing. They also agreed on a system of bartering and seeking elixirs and medicines from Li Jieqing, who was currently the only high-grade alchemist they could find.

Although the market town was destroyed and the spirit stone resources were cut off for a time, and no one went to mine them, cultivators still had to make a living.

Li Jieqing naturally wouldn't mind continuing to do business.

Amidst the upheaval of the demon tiger devouring a Foundation Establishment cultivator and destroying Taipingfang City, no one cared about the death of Jiang Ping, a disciple of the Upper Sect, or the changes in Wangyue Valley.

Why not continue using Zhao Danshi's pseudonym?

"...I remember that demonic tiger was the one Fellow Daoist Zhao asked us to hunt back then, wasn't it?" As he packed his things to leave, Old Liu suddenly remembered this and couldn't help but ask, "Now that it has suddenly become a second-tier great demon, Fellow Daoist Zhao, do you have any clues?"

"How could I possibly have a clue?!"

Li Jieqing's expression remained unchanged.

Finally, they saw off Old Liu, the Yu brothers, and others.

Li Jieqing glanced to the side again and saw the Scorpion Lady take a few steps closer, looking at him with a smile, and said, "It's not bad to have a cave dwelling, good brother, it's really a bargain for you to live with me."

Li Jieqing shook his head, went inside, closed the cave door, and the magic array that was still in operation lit up.

The sound of someone seeing the guest off came from inside the door.

"This cave dwelling is the legacy of my good brother, Steward Chengming, and has nothing to do with Scorpion Lady. If you want to freeload, you should go and ask Yu Da and Yu Er for help."

After saying that, there was no more sound.

"What a joke!"

"You bastard! How dare you play tricks on me!"

The gate was pounded loudly, and the magic circle was activated.

"Open the door! Believe me or not, I'll break in and make you my gigolo!"

"Open the door!"

The noise was so loud that several moon eels swam over from the slope in the distance to see what was going on.

"brute!"

Scorpion Lady ultimately lacked Li Jieqing's confidence and dared not cause a scene for the time being. In the end, she glared fiercely at the cave dwelling and left with gritted teeth.

She didn't gain anything again, and she'll remember this grudge!

……

Therefore, there is a different world inside the cave dwelling of Master Baozhou.

Li Jieqing looked around and saw that a large part of the cave dwelling had collapsed, and the various magic arrays that were attached to the cave dwelling, including the spirit gathering array originally set by Master Baozhou, had also collapsed.

Instead, it should have been repaired by Old Liu and the Yu brothers, and a craftsman set up another small magic array.

This is a common protective array for a dwelling, with sensing and owner-recognition capabilities, offering comprehensive protection. An additional layer of concealment has been added, so even if a demonic tiger isn't directly confronted, it should be able to easily deceive some Moon-Gazing Eels.

This small magic array covered an area of ​​about ten feet, within which five or six rooms were set up.

Although Li Jieqing did not know how to set up formations, he had lived in the courtyard on South Street for many years and was able to recognize the effects of similar formations.

"I just can't tell if there's a hidden door... Oh well, I'll make do with it for now."

After inspecting the magic array, Li Jieqing took the key, left his magic power in the center of the array, and then began to examine the spiritual energy within the cave.

The spirit-gathering effect was naturally lost within the reconstructed small magic array.

That's a rare array effect only the Ruyi Sect possesses. Once, when Master Baozhou set up an array at the central node of the spiritual vein in Taipingfang Market, it could cause the entire cave to gather the effect of a proper second-tier spiritual vein, allowing Master Baozhou, who was in the Foundation Establishment stage, to cultivate with ease.

Without the spirit-gathering array, the cave is now filled with spiritual energy of the peak quality of a first-tier spiritual vein, no longer the magnificent sight of legend.

Although Fangshi is still the strongest, it doesn't have many strengths, which explains why Yu Da and Yu Er were willing to leave.

There was only one quiet room.

Li Jieqing moved over, and because of his late-stage Qi Refining stage and the spiritual energy flowing through his body, he casually reached out and picked up a wisp of spiritual energy that had just been exhaled from the underground spiritual vein.

This wisp of spiritual energy was of significantly higher quality than any other part of the cave, and even after the spirit-gathering array lost its effect, it still reached the second-tier quality.

This is why Taipingfang Market was built here.

Beneath the Taiping Market, the first-order spiritual vein occupies a vast area. Over time, a small section of the second-order main vein has grown in the central main vein, and the wisps of spiritual energy that spread from it are naturally also second-order.

Every few years, when the beast tide crashes into the market, there are always a few peak first-tier demonic beasts that come for these few wisps of second-tier spiritual energy.

If another few hundred or a thousand years pass, the entire underground spiritual vein of Taipingfang City will be able to be transformed into a second-order one. This is the way of innate nurturing.

But for now...

Having already witnessed the magnificent mature spiritual vein of Wangyue Valley, Li Jieqing didn't have high expectations for the spiritual vein of Taipingfang City.

He raised his hand and released this wisp of high-quality spiritual energy.

Having located the small section of the second-tier spiritual vein underground, Li Jieqing continued to explore the interior of the cave.

The rooms were empty. The ancient scriptures, magical artifacts for display, and spirit stones and treasures that had been brought in from the last market but had not yet been counted had all been divided up by Old Liu and his men.

These empty rooms remain on the ground.

However, things are different underground.

Li Jieqing peered down nearly twenty feet and suddenly a great underground hall appeared before his eyes. Torches were lit inside the hall, and the freshly dug soil around him was heated to a glassy state, shimmering and sparkling.

"That old Liu, he dug another hole underground, but he left me a good amount of belongings."

Li Jieqing searched the cave thoroughly and found no hidden dangers. He couldn't help but feel satisfied as he sat in the underground hall.

"I'll dig deeper another day and create a few more escape routes around the area, then we'll have nothing to worry about."