Chapter 85 (2/2)
Gu Hanxuan squinted, saying, “The top ten are very mysterious. They seldom come out and walk around. I only know one who is ranked seventh. He’s called something like None-flower Dust.”
“None-flower Dust? Is Brother Gu talking about the ‘one leaf of flower, one leaf of dust, the flowers fell for one night without leaving dust’, the None-flower Dust?” Liu Fenghuang asked with interest.
Gu Hanxuan nodded. “It is true. This person had reached Core Forming Realm a long time ago. It seems that he has not been out for years.”
Xiao Chen’s eyes narrowed. None-flower Dust? Not only was his name strange, but it also seemed that even his slogan was targeted at him. He might have thought too much.
Two hours later, they had traveled countless miles. The Flying-cloud Stone landed outside a town. The crowd got off the stone one after the other. Gu Hanxuan chanted a spell as the Flying-cloud Stone and the things on it shrank smaller and smaller. Finally, it became as big as a millstone and flew to the clouds on its own. It was really mysterious.
Gu Hanxuan gently smiled. “Teal Stone Town is not far from the mountain gate. We should walk back on foot, or our master would blame us for wasting the Spirit Stones. We could also meet Junior Sister Chu.”
Xiao Chen glanced at the path ahead. Finally, he would join the Teal Jade Sect. The most important thing now was to find a way to get the string of Fuxi Zither first.
When several people entered the town, Xiao Chen saw a lotus pond and a small bridge along the river. They had everything. This town was no different from the towns in the Human World. The only difference was the shops on both sides of the street.
The merchants here mostly sold items such as Spirit Stones and demonic beasts’ Internal Elixir. Of course, there were also some elixir refining materials. Many materials not found in the Human World were very common here.
The common currency in Violet Manor was also silver. Of course, it was only aimed at ordinary families. Like some cultivators’ sects, the exchange of things depended on the Spirit Stones. Therefore, Spirit Stone was the most important thing in Violet Manor. The source of Spirit Stone was mostly developed by professional teams that went deep into the mountains and forests to mine, refine and then sell it. Of course, the grades of the Spirit Stones were also different.
Sure enough, Violet Manor was more suitable for cultivation. It was not only rich in Spiritual Qi but also had everything needed. Most importantly, the world was vaster.
Turning pass a few streets, they entered an inn called “Immortal Stays”. Chu Lingjiao, a dozen female disciples of her, as well as some male disciples of the Teal Jade Sect were all present at the moment.
Everyone got up in succession to greet Gu Hanxuan. Chu Lingjiao also walked up and asked Liu Fenghuang in concern, “Junior Sister, I don’t know where you went last night. Have you been hurt?”
Liu Fenghuang smiled gently and shook her head. Shen Qian said in a cold way, “Thanks to Sister Chu, she is not dead yet.”
Gu Hanxuan knew perfectly well that the two women were against each other before. He did not say much and called Xiao Chen to sit down. At the moment, the shopkeeper was also busy greeting him warmly. The Teal Jade Sect was quite famous in the local area. Ordinary people looked at them as if they were gods. They had never seen so many disciples walking together. Therefore, the waiters in the store stopped greeting other guests and came here one after another.
They asked for a few tables of dishes. Xiao Chen was full of sorrow, so he could not eat much. Liu Fenghuang also told Gu Hanxuan during the meal that Xiao Chen could play the string and was particularly skilled in moving objects by will.
Including Gu Hanxuan, the rest of the male disciples were also very surprised. Gu Hanxuan did not expect that such a seemingly ordinary young man could play the zither three times in a row. He was at Lv 6 Foundation Building Realm, yet he could not even make the zither sound. In the entire East Divine Continent, no one could make the divine zither sound three times in a row.
The power of the divine zither lay in the player’s cultivation. If a peak Core Forming Realm cultivator could continuously play the zither, the zither sound would be enough to seriously injure or even kill any Core Forming Realm expert. If a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator could continuously play the zither, its power would make the gods cry and shake heaven and earth. This was the reason why the Teal Jade Sect had an unshakable position in Zhou State.
But until today in the Teal Jade Sect, only the sect leader, Liu Yunzheng, and Liu Fenghuang could barely make the zither sound. Liu Yunzheng’s strength was only at middle Core Forming Realm.
For the moment, all the male disciples left their bowls and chopsticks and went to surround Xiao Chen. Even Gu Hanxuan also became a lot more polite to Xiao Chen. The politeness before was purely a senior brother’s politeness, but it had turned different now.
Xiao Chen smiled gently and could not explain to them why he was able to play the so-called archaic divine zither in their mouths. This was his own jade zither back then! The Fuxi Zither was ranked second in the artifact rank back then, and its function and power went far beyond this.
After the meal, Gu Hanxuan went to the counter to pay the bill. The shopkeeper insisted not to accept anything. Finally, Gu Hanxuan left a piece of sycee before they left the inn.
After leaving the Teal Stone Town, they went west for about a dozen miles. They saw a huge, towering mountain peak. The peak was covered with clouds and mist. There were many grass and woods, countless strange flowers and plants, and a mountain spring passing by. This was the Teal Jade Mountain, and the Teal Jade Sect was there.
When they reached halfway on the mountain, Gu Hanxuan broke the seal of the barrier. The scenery around them changed instantly. The mountain road was rocky a moment ago, but at this moment, it turned into bluestone steps that led far to the mountaintop.