Chapter 20 (1/2)
Chapter 20 – Cultivator’s MarketplaceTranslated by:Edited by:TLCed by: OMA
After finding Yang Lingqing, Long Chen finally stopped conversing with Lingxi.
Yang Lingqing had lost to Yang Lingyue in the intra-family compet.i.tion, but she was not dismayed and worked even harder instead. While looking at Long Chen who had actually come to find her, her heart was knotted in a mess, she could only look at Long Chen in a distant manner.
“What do you want from me?”
Long Chen’s feud with her brother; she knew well in her heart that it was only a small fight, and even if Long Chen stripped Yang Zhan’s clothes off in front of everyone, she felt that it wasn’t such a big deal since Yang Zhan was not a maiden. But Yang Zhan was actually not able to endure the humiliation and he committed suicide, which made things even more complicated.
Yang Lingyue thought that Long Chen did not mean it. But it was because of Long Chen that her brother died, so even though she wasn’t that close with her brother, nonetheless blood is thicker than water.
Looking at the anger welling in Yang Lingqing’s eyes, Long Chen knew that he had given this girl a kind of suffering. He did not feel so good about it deep down so he said: “Your brother’s incident, I also did not expect that ending, so I can only say I’m sorry. Today I am here merely to ask you about a few things.”
Yang Lingqing detachedly said: “Ask what you want, I still have to hurry and practice my cultivation. The demonic beast hunting compet.i.tion is right around the corner and I do not want to lose to the Bai family’s younger generation.”
“I need a medicine that has spirit healing properties. Do you know where I can get some of it? Does our house have any?”
Long Chen had asked with an antic.i.p.ating look. But Yang Lingqing was a little cold towards him, so he was worried that this girl may not help him.
However he had still lowered his pride and asked her.
Yang Lingqing thought for a while, and then said: “In the family there shouldn’t be any of these medicines, but you can go to the medicinal stores in the cultivator’s market to have a look. The herbal medicines there have all come from cultivators; either that or the stores have purchased them directly from a larger city, so it’s possible to have the medicine you asked about.”
Long Chen had always been mingling with inns and brothels, so how could he have known where the market was. So he asked: “Where is the location of this place?”
Yang Lingqing replied to him haughtily: “The cultivator’s market is indeed a bit hidden. Alright then, I will show you the way.”
Long Chen looked at her gratefully. Although this girl did harbour some hate for him, but during the time where Long Chen needed her most, she still tried her best to help. Her character was way better then Yang Lingyue and Yang Wu.
It was indeed an eye-catching scene for Long Chen and Yang Lingqing to be seen walking together. But the people watching did not dare say anything much since both of them were the young master and the young miss of the Yang family after all.
Long Chen’s reputation had been spreading in Poplar Town in the past few days, leading him to become a figure that almost every household knew. Before that, many people did know him, but the only feeling they had for him was disdain. But to think that in such a short period of 1 month, the salted fish had flipped its body. And so he had become a reputable figure among the younger generation in Poplar Town.
[TL Note: (Idiom) “Salted fish has flipped its body.” means to make a huge turnaround change.]
“Oh right, since you have practiced the [Falling Star Fist] so quickly, what about the [Seal of the Dragons]?”
Walking on, Yang Lingqing suddenly posed the question.
Long Chen smiled nonchalantly and said: “Are you envying me now? I could teach you again, but you have to call me Big Brother Long Chen first.”
Yang Lingqing at this moment made an angry expression and said: “Right now I’m only in the fifth level of the Dragon Pulse Realm, I don’t have the Qi to practice [Seal of the Dragons]. And also I want to be able to obtain the [Seal of the Dragons] with my own strength!”
Looking at the determination of this girl, Long Chen secretly started respecting her.
After walking for a while longer, Yang Lingqing frowned and said: “You’re also in the fifth level of the Dragon Pulse Realm. The [Seal of the Dragons] is a high level martial technique, so it doesn’t have much uses for you. So you might as well give it to Elder Sister Lingyue. With her strength who knows, she may have a little hope of getting close to the seventh level of the Dragon Pulse Realm……”
After all it was an advanced martial technique, and his true strength was only at the fifth level of the Dragon Pulse Realm. Long Chen did not feel surprised at all about the fact that Yang Lingqing did not think highly of him. He only smiled plainly and stopped speaking.
“Long Chen, you know about the demonic beast hunting compet.i.tion? The Bai family has always been stronger than our Yang family. So if they were to gain the t.i.tle of mayor of Poplar Town, our Yang family, I’m afraid will have to lead a difficult life. Now in Poplar Town, the general consensus is that the Bai family will become the mayor of Poplar Town after which they will become a faction of the Lingwu family in Yuanling City and exercise the authority of the Lingwu family!”
The Lingwu family was situated in Yuanling City. Long Chen had heard of it before, this was the first family of Yuanling City. They were venerated by the imperial family of the Central Granary State and they had the power to rule over the whole Yuanling City. It could be considered as the overlord of Yuanling City. So the mayor of Poplar Town will undoubtedly receive the protection of the Yuanling City, and in addition will also reap enormous benefits.
So even though the masters of the Yang and Bai families are good friends, this time they wanted to compete for once.
Long Chen laughed: “That’s because the current Yang family younger generation doesn’t have any real experience!”
Yang Lingqing’s ears had turned red from embarra.s.sment. Her eyes showing a helpless look as she said: “In our Yang family’s younger generation, we have Big Brother Yang Wu, Elder Sister Lingyue. Also including you, this would only be the equivalent of one cultivator at the seventh level of the Dragon Pulse Realm and two cultivators at the sixth level of the Dragon Pulse Realm.”
“The Bai family has four cultivators, two are at the sixth level of the Dragon Pulse Realm and two are at the seventh level of the Dragon Pulse Realm. Among them Bai Shiji is average, his cultivation can be matched by Big Brother Yang Wu’s. But that Bai Shichen, at seventeen years old, had already reached the seventh level of the Dragon Pulse Realm. Among Poplar Town’s younger generation he was the first to reach the seventh level of the Dragon Pulse Realm and he has a cultivation that is difficult to even imagine. He has always been the strongest among Poplar Town’s younger generation.
Long Chen suspiciously asked: “He is only at the seventh level of the Dragon Pulse Realm, what makes this Bai Shichen so special?”
Yang Lingqing shook her head and said: “You don’t know, but rumor has it that he’s about to break through into the eighth level of the Dragon Pulse Realm already. Also from the Bai family’s advanced Huang martial technique, the [Dark Heavenly Finger], it is said that he has mastered the second finger! The [Dark Heavenly Finger] martial technique, is stronger than our Yang family’s [Seal of the Dragons] by 30 percent. Our [Seal of the Dragons] has two levels, but the [Dark Heavenly Finger] has three and the second finger’s attack power, has long surpa.s.sed [Seal of the Ashened Dragon]. Also Big Brother Yang Wu has only learnt up till [Seal of the Ashened Dragon].
As Yang Lingqing was describing Bai Shichen, her tone was giving off a powerless feeling.
“Seventh level of the Dragon Pulse Realm and the [Dark Heavenly Finger] huh? Indeed it is terrifying. But I, Long Chen, have only lost to him in terms of Qi.”
At this moment, Yang Lingqing looked over and said: “With Bai Shichen’s help, their Bai family could even slay a Huang 8th Grade demonic beast. Now you tell me, how can our Yang family be their match?”
Long Chen did not know how to answer her, so he said: “Right now is not the time to be dismayed. If one were to admit defeat before starting, then that person is no better than a useless trash. Anyway I, Long Chen, am not a useless trash, so whatever that Bai something is, even if he is a white flower, I will still beat him into a blackened colour!”
[TL Note: “white flower” Author making a pun from his name in chinese.]