Li Yankun, the troublemaker

"Oh?" Xiao Ming immediately became interested and said, "You have information about that material? Tell me about it."

"It's about tai xuan gang jade," Jiang Hong said with a smile. "As everyone knows, tai xuan gang jade only exists within a Gang Jade Vein, formed from the essence of the Gang Jade Vein."

"This information I'm providing might lead to the birth of tai xuan gang jade."

"However, the information is also very valuable, Brother Xiao, you..."

After speaking, Jiang Hong smiled but remained silent.

Xiao Ming understood her meaning; she simply wanted him to pay for the information.

Without a word, Xiao Ming immediately pulled out five gold notes, each worth ten thousand Yuan Stones, from his spatial ring and tossed them to Jiang Hong.

That was fifty thousand mid-grade Yuan Stones.

Unexpectedly.

After receiving the five gold notes, Jiang Hong still smiled but remained silent.

"How much do you want?" Xiao Ming asked, frowning.

"You still need to give me three more," Jiang Hong said with a smile. "This information is very secret and could sell for at least eighty thousand."

Xiao Ming was a little displeased.

But he still took out three more gold notes, each worth ten thousand, and tossed them to Jiang Hong.

After Jiang Hong accepted the gold notes, she finally said with a beaming smile, "According to reliable information, about five thousand li to the east, there is a City of Chaos."

"Next to that City of Chaos, there is a massive Gang Jade Vein. In fact, the City of Chaos was established precisely because this Gang Jade Vein was discovered."

"That Gang Jade Vein is very famous, producing a large quantity of Gang Jade every year. From this, it's highly probable that the tai xuan gang jade you're looking for is coexisting beneath the vein."

"Five thousand li away, City of Chaos, Gang Jade Vein..." Xiao Ming murmured to himself, his eyes flickering, wondering what he was thinking.

At this moment.

Jiang Hong suddenly became serious and said, "Brother Xiao, if you want to go to the City of Chaos, you must be extremely careful. Just by its name, you can tell that the city is extremely chaotic and dangerous."

"If you enter the City of Chaos, you must be prepared to fight at any time. You even need to sleep with one eye open."

"I understand." Xiao Ming nodded.

After completing the transaction.

Xiao Ming bid farewell to Jiang Hong and left the Golden Jade Tower.

He quickly returned to the Lingxiao City Lord's Mansion.

However, before he even entered the mansion, he heard a fierce quarrel from the main hall inside the mansion from a distance.

"Why should my spot be given to that outsider?!" a young man roared furiously. "The Fire Domain Grotto-heaven is finally opening, how can I be rejected with just a single sentence?"

"Moreover, there are three people entering the Fire Domain Grotto-heaven, why am I the one who has to withdraw?!"

Li Yunxiao's gentle voice rang out, saying, "Although the Fire Domain Grotto-heaven is a secret realm rich in dense fire spiritual energy, it is also very dangerous. Not to mention the fire-attributed demonic beasts inside, the disciples from Ziguang City and Sunset City are not that easy to deal with."

"Nephew Li Yankun, asking you to withdraw is actually for your own good."

"Bullshit!" the young man, referred to as Li Yankun, shouted angrily. "You, the City Lord, are clearly abusing your power for personal gain! You say it's for my own good, but in reality, you just don't want me to absorb the spiritual energy within the Fire Domain!"

"You know perfectly well that I cultivate fire-attributed techniques and urgently need powerful fire spiritual energy, yet you deliberately make me withdraw. You just can't stand to see me do well!"

"City Lord Li Yunxiao, could that outsider kid be your illegitimate son?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, a vast aura instantly emanated from Li Yunxiao's body.

"Nephew Yankun, some words cannot be spoken carelessly!" Li Yunxiao said with a hint of anger.

"Why can't I say it?" Li Yankun sneered. "Aren't you just bullying me because I have no parents? You're ganging up to exclude me, not treating me as one of your own openly or secretly."

"Uncle Li Yunxiao, I'll call you uncle one more time!"

"I want to remind you, if my father hadn't fought to the death to protect you back then, you would have been annihilated by other forces long ago, let alone become the City Lord of Lingxiao City!"

"Now that my father died in battle protecting you, you've taken the City Lord's position, and as a result, you don't put me in your eyes anymore. This Li family, I'm better off without it!"

After angrily finishing his words, Li Yankun walked out of the hall, seething with indignation.

He happened to see Xiao Ming returning from outside.

Upon seeing Xiao Ming, Li Yankun's anger surged exponentially.

"You outsider brat, you're the one who stole my spot, aren't you!" Li Yankun drew a fire-attributed longsword from his waist, its sharp tip pointed at Xiao Ming, and he said furiously, "I want to duel you!"

"Only the victor can enter the Fire Domain Grotto-heaven!"

Xiao Ming frowned slightly.

It wasn't that he found this guy troublesome, but rather that he felt this fellow was like a mad dog, biting anyone he saw.

Furthermore.

Li Yankun's Cultivation Level had reached the Great Completion of the Divine Sea Realm, one minor level higher than Xiao Ming, but his entire being was incredibly unstable, his foundation extremely shaky.

One look was enough to tell that he was a show-off who had advanced by wildly consuming pills, with an extremely poor foundation!

Xiao Ming seriously suspected that the concentration of true essence in Li Yankun's body probably couldn't even compare to an average Late Stage of the Divine Sea Realm cultivator.

He had the Cultivation Level, but his actual combat ability was extremely poor!

At this moment.

Li Yunxiao, along with Li Jianshi and Elder He, walked out of the hall.

Seeing the tense atmosphere in the courtyard, Li Yunxiao sighed and said, "Nephew Yankun, you are no match for Brother Xiao, quickly stop!"

"What? Are you afraid I'll kill this outsider kid? Are you feeling bad?" Li Yankun sneered. "I just found out that this outsider kid who replaced my spot is only at the Late Stage of the Divine Sea Realm."

"This Cultivation Level is even weaker than mine, what right does he have to enter the Fire Domain Grotto-heaven!"

"Li Yunxiao, you let him replace me, and you still dare to say there's no trickery? It seems my guess was correct, this kid is your illegitimate son, and you're secretly colluding, ganging up to exclude me!"

Upon hearing this.

Li Yunxiao hadn't reacted yet, but Xiao Ming became slightly angry.

"Your name is Li Yankun, right?" Xiao Ming said with a dark expression, "I warn you, you can eat a lot, but you can't speak carelessly! If you dare to babble nonsense again, I will cripple you."

To be falsely accused of being someone's illegitimate son, such an insult, even a clay figure would have a three-point temper!

"Oh, did I hit a sore spot?" Li Yankun shrieked. "I don't care where you came from, you bastard, if you dare to steal my spot, you're going to die!"

With that, Li Yankun stomped on the ground and fiercely charged towards Xiao Ming.

At the same time, he continuously swung the longsword in his hand, unleashing a large expanse of blazing flame sword light.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming let out a sneer.

Li Yankun's aura was unstable, his true essence thin, and his sword light weak.

All were weaknesses!

Just as he was about to go all out and prepare to kill Li Yankun, Li Yunxiao's voice came over, "Brother Xiao, for my sake, please show mercy, just teach him a lesson, please!"