256: Chapter 256 News about Auxiliary Spirit Objects

Chen Lingyang and the other two quickly disposed of the corpses, put away their Storage Pouches, and returned to Guangye City.

The deaths of Lu Xing and his two brothers did not cause much of a stir. The three of them were Loose Cultivators to begin with, and combined with the fact that they rarely showed their faces in public, no one knew when they died, with most assuming they had gone elsewhere.

As time passed, no one remembered the three brothers anymore.

After acquiring their Storage Pouches, although Chen Lingyang and the others did not obtain any high-value items from within, it still somewhat enriched their Storage Pouches.

After this incident, the three of them returned to their previous lives once again.

Yunxia City.

Inside an Artifact Refining shop, Chen Changqing and Li Qingling were together selling various Magical Artifacts and Medicinal Pills.

The two of them had been here for several years, and they had gained a good understanding of Yunxia City and even the entire cultivation world of Tang Country.

He even encountered an acquaintance here.

Or rather, a Cultivator who was also from Cang Prefecture of Yan Country.

That Cultivator was a Purple Mansion Master from the Lihuo Sect in Cang Prefecture.

As one of the six Purple Mansion factions within Cang Prefecture, the Lihuo Sect had a total of three Purple Palace Cultivators.

As for why Chen Changqing knew him, it was mainly because decades ago, the two sides had briefly crossed paths on the battlefield of Jizhou City.

At that time, when Chen Changqing had just arrived in Jizhou City, he was besieged and hunted down by the three countries of Wei, Shu, and Han, and among the Purple Palace Cultivators sent from within Jizhou City, one of them was him.

"Fellow Daoist Yanhuo, please!" Chen Changqing smiled and motioned as he saw Master Yanhuo.

Master Yanhuo also wore a smile on his face, "Fellow Daoist Changqing, the news you asked me to inquire about has already been found out."

Hearing this, Chen Changqing hurriedly welcomed Master Yanhuo inside.

"Qingling, pour the tea," Chen Changqing said.

Li Qingling nodded, took out one tael of tier-3 spiritual tea, brewed it, and handed it to the two of them.

Inhaling the fragrance of the tea, Master Yanhuo felt excited in his heart. Tier-3 spiritual tea was very difficult to find, even for a Purple Palace Cultivator like him.

Yet this Fellow Daoist Changqing seemed to have obtained quite a lot of it; every time he came here in the past few times, he had tier-3 spiritual tea to drink, and even the first time, he was given a full two taels.

Moreover, decades ago, he had also witnessed with his own eyes the Master Changqing before him slaughtering in all directions; the number of Purple Palace Cultivators who died at his hands was no less than three, and among them were even those in the Middle Stage of the Zifu Stage.

With such a combat record, not to mention himself from decades ago, even now, with his cultivation level elevated to the fourth layer of the Zifu Stage, he still would not dare claim to be Chen Changqing's match.

"Fellow Daoist Changqing, the matter you entrusted to me previously has been inquired about. North of Yunxia City, in Taoyuan City, one of the lower thirteen cities, an auction will be held in about half a year," Master Yanhuo explained.

"In addition, there will be various other tier-3 treasures, and I happen to be heading there. I wonder what your plans are, Fellow Daoist?" he inquired.

Chen Changqing pondered for a moment. Over the past three years, he had constantly been asking people to search for the whereabouts of the ziyu pill and other spiritual objects that assisted in opening the Purple Mansion.

It was just that in Yunxia City, a major auction was held only once every ten years, and spiritual objects related to assisting in opening the Purple Mansion were only likely to be auctioned once every twenty years.

Therefore, he had no choice but to set his sights on other major cities. As for Master Yanhuo, he had been in Tang Country for over a decade and frequently traveled between several major cities, so Chen Changqing's understanding of the outside world fell far short of his.

He had also thought about asking others for help, but he was unfamiliar with the place. How could strangers casually help an outsider?

"Since that is the case, many thanks, Fellow Daoist Yanhuo. I wonder when you plan to leave? I will certainly attend this auction." Chen Changqing picked up his teacup, took a sip, and then spoke.

"In about half a month. If Fellow Daoist wishes to go, why don't the two of us travel together as companions?" Master Yanhuo suggested.

"Very well, I will have to trouble Fellow Daoist Yanhuo to lead the way then." Chen Changqing nodded.

The two exchanged polite pleasantries once more, and an hour later, Master Yanhuo prepared to leave.

Chen Changqing immediately had Li Qingling bring over tier-3 tea leaves to give to Master Yanhuo, and also handed him a substantial amount of Spirit Stones as remuneration for inquiring about the news on his behalf.

Master Yanhuo declined a few times politely, but in the end, unable to win against Chen Changqing's insistence, he reluctantly accepted it. When he left, his face was beaming with smiles.

"Qingling, I will have to trouble you to look after this place for a while. I will definitely return once I win the ziyu pill at the auction," Chen Changqing glanced at Li Qingling by his side and explained.

"Mhm, I understand. Rest assured and leave this place to me," Li Qingling nodded.

She had reached the Perfection of the Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer for over a decade. Over these years, unable to continue increasing her cultivation level, she could only condense her spiritual power, raising the density of her spiritual power even further.

Moreover, she herself possessed the Divine Soul strength of the Zifu Stage. Solely in terms of the same Realm, her Divine Soul strength surpassed that of Chen Changqing.

Back then, when Chen Changqing was still in the Foundation Establishment Stage, his Divine Soul strength had only reached the first layer of the Purple Mansion. This was accumulated over a long period through the dao bead.

However, Li Qingling was different. Her Divine Soul was naturally powerful, and coupled with the fact that the Cultivation Technique Supreme Qi Nourishing Art could also Cultivate the Divine Soul, this allowed her Divine Soul cultivation to reach a hair-raising degree.

However, looking at it now, the Cultivation Technique Supreme Qi Nourishing Art did not seem simple at all. Even now, he could perceive the terrifying aspects of this Cultivation Technique.

This Cultivation Technique focused on cultivating the Five Spiritual Roots, advancing all five simultaneously; any single kind of Spiritual Root could be cultivated.

Although it was extremely difficult to Cultivate and progressed slowly, once it was cultivated to a certain stage, the boosts and spell techniques it brought were incomparable to ordinary Cultivation Techniques.

The key was that many factions possessed this Cultivation Technique, and quite a few Cultivators had practiced it.

It was just that this Cultivation Technique was difficult to master. Quite a few Three Spiritual Roots and Dual Spiritual Roots Cultivators had also attempted to Cultivate it, only to waste decades of time in vain, in the end failing to even touch the threshold of the Foundation Establishment Stage and dying in sullen depression.

Such a consequence resulted in no one being willing to Cultivate the Supreme Qi Nourishing Art no matter how powerful it was. Furthermore, the effects of this Cultivation Technique had never been verified by anyone.

Even within the Chen family, clan members were basically forbidden from cultivating this technique.

The two of them quietly passed another half month.

On this day, Master Yanhuo arrived.

After conversing with Li Qingling for a while, Chen Changqing left together with Master Yanhuo. This trip might take around a year before he could return.

As for Li Qingling, she remained alone inside the shop to look after it.

Three months later, Chen Changqing and Master Yanhuo finally crossed the territory of Yunxia City and arrived at Taoyuan City, one of the lower thirteen cities.

With the cultivation level of the Zifu Stage, even heading to another city would take several months. For those Foundation Establishment Cultivators and Qi Refining Cultivators, the time required would only be even greater.

After all, in Tang Country, the area controlled by a single lower thirteen city already far surpassed the territory of an entire prefecture in Yan Country, let alone the middle nine cities.

Thus, the region controlled by the upper four cities, even if not as vast as the territory of Yan Country from decades ago, was nearly comparable to it.