Chapter 50 (1/2)

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In the early nan was shrouded in vapor due to the intense heat A co on their journey were stopped by govern? Coovernment officials who'd stopped the this road for the entire night The odd thing was, behind the large group of govern Daoist robes The two of the a s theroup hurriedly got off his horse, greeting obsequiously, “Officer, Sir, we're bringing leather fro honest business, please grant us a favor…”

As he spoke, he brought out a small pouch to hand over with a practiced overnment official's face He was about to receive the pouch, but he suddenly seelance to the two cultivators not far behind him, clenched his teeth, and pushed the pouch back with a scowl, “What are you doing? You unscrupulous merchants, on't you carry out your business properly, where did you learn this kind of dishonest practices? Scram!”

And then he waved his hand, “Search theovernment officials helplessly, “Ah, Officers, wait… We can't sell the goods if you break thee carriages, which did contain leather as they clai, the leader's face turned sour He turned to point at the ridiculously large carriage at the very end, “What's in that one?”

The er hurriedly said, “To answer the officer's question, that's our younge by hireat scene when he goes out, roup of governe

The leader procured a pal a ritual against the wind, chanting like a sha in a trance — the common folk was no match for cultivators, so if they wanted to activate a charm, they had to recite the chants in full Charms that weren't meant to be used by the common folk would have none of those chants, and could only be spread a while, the charm on the wooden sas finally activated There was a flash of green light at the tip of the wooden sword, which pointed at the carriage

The leader immediately becaoods inside! Open up!”

What they referred to as ‘forbidden goods' were the charms and celestial artifacts secretly sold in the common folk's black market

There was a law in the royal court, that every charm and celestial artifact sold to the common folk must pass the Office of Heavenly Affairs' exaht char misfortune upon others, wouldn't it be a disaster?

Of course, the law itself was reasonable, but this hen the goods were delivered to the Office of Heavenly Affairs, not only would they be checked all over, the process would also take up to a year Most of them wouldn't even pass the exah, and practically all of them were snatched off by the royalty and the wealthy people Because of this, a real celestial artifact could be sold for an extre the cooods in secret, the royal court couldn't rein in the cultivators, so they could only control the coid rule, if anyone dared to distribute forbidden goods in secret, it would be considered a rebellion against the court Their whole family would be executed, their property would be confiscated, and all of their relatives would also be incrioods in the black market never stopped, as there were always desperate people who just wanted to e profits In recent years, so Master' had also appeared He was said to ‘care leader in the black market

Soovernovernether Others believed that this person was a cultivator

There had been all sorts of rebellions in recent years Because the rebels had quite a large aoods from the blackout the riots Their hatred for these black h with their search Practically every trade road had people searching irregularly, and they had even sent some masters from the Office of Heavenly Affairs

At the leader's exclaed a look and caeously large It was so huge that it had practically filled up about half of the road Before the er could stop him, the officials' leader had reached out to pull the curtain The person inside also happened to raise his face

That person seeinside the carriage His attire was quite luxurious With a book in his hand, he swept his half-lidded eyes toward the outside His for the government official's leader to be stunned

The inside of the carriage was even ant than the outside It was the peak of sue, which was chilling a glittering and translucent jar of plu man saw the officials' leader, he immediately scrunched up his brows and violently used the book in his hand to hide his face, snapping in anger, “Where did this abo ain his senses The leader struggled to regain his co forbidden goods, this is an act of rebellion that can cost you your life! You're still not su-su-surrendering yourself?”

“Forbidden goods?” The young man cocked his brow “Youon one of his slender fingers The top of the ring was carved in the shape of a copper coin Before the official could see what kind of material it was made of, a white blur suddenly appeared froure of a youth This kind of thing was unheard of, the government official couldn't even close his mouth…

Then that youth raised his hand emotionlessly, slapped him across the face, and dispersed in the air, satisfied

The young man looked down at hiies, you're standing too close This is not a forbidden ite Iquite frustrated too I wonder how toof mine would at least talk topeople”

The two cultivators with the governe didn't seehty as he lounged on the shten his back

The slapped official held his own face and erupted with fury, “Xianzhang [1], this person looks suspicious, heMaster'!”

The cultivator froht I inquire, why does this fellow cultivator go through soood for show”

The cultivator was stunned He inhaled deeply and tried again, “Then, ht I inquire which sect this fellow cultivator cahed coldly, “Why should I tell you — are you done searching? Out of the way!”

Before he finished the last of his words, the young e In between his brows, the sure of a sword flickered I sword aura came toward the two cultivators

This person see his real ability At the very least, he had reached the level of using his primordial spirit as his sword, and could perform this act with perfect skill

The two cultivators were caught off guard and hurriedlyto overnh the two cultivators had been cultivating for hundreds of years, they didn't dare to offend this sword cultivator They exchanged a look and backed off, “Apologies for offending the senior, feel free to proceed”

If a sword cultivator could reach this point, even the ive some face Someone like him had to have a steadfast resolution and will No , he would've been an elder worshi+pped by tens of thousands Why would sos on the black s had to obey no overnment officials had cleared the way They had even helped to put the leather back in order before seeing theer finally released a breath in relief He carefully caly “This road is supposed to be rarely searched, but our luck see Master for escorting us in person”

A reply cae, “No need for courtesy, Boss Li I just happen to be going in the saratitude, just help us outthe prices in the future”

Boss Li immediately said, “No, no, we're the ones who have always been helped out…”

Right then, a sharp whistling sound suddenly came from the sky A ball of fire descended onto the top of the carriage With a thunderous rued from the flames

The maiden had delicate eyebroith al, but her way of dressing was very unusual — she had stuck a large aht-colored feathers into the hair at the back of her head Looking from the front, she was a beauty, but from behind, she was practically aher eyes over the stunned commoners, she patted her hands clean and flipped down fro “Dshi+xiong, I'm here!”

The sword cultivator who had paved a way for himself, the one and only person who had partnered up with co

A hundred years had passed in a blur Back then, Yan Zhenght one shi+di, one shi+mei, and one Daoist child across the East Sea to the Yan house, but was met with devastation — the Yan house had been sentenced to a punishht years prior Once, they had been so powerful that it seemed like they could corass on the tombs remained