Chapter 115: Li Yu is in trouble, and all sides come to his aid
On the main street of Tiandao City, the pills in the old man's hand were sold out in just a short while. One Tongmai Pill cost 1,500 spirit coins, which was less than 80% off. There were many people in Tiandao City who wanted it.
After checking the pills and finding that there were no problems, everyone immediately took action, fearing that they would be snatched away by others.
Li Yu took a quick glance. With his current attainments in alchemy, he could sense that there was something wrong with the pill even from such a distance.
That is not a Tongmai Pill at all, but a Qi Jue Pill.
This old guy is deceiving people again by using the Qi Gathering Pill to impersonate the Tongmai Pill.
This kind of behavior is simply too despicable. For a cultivator with average talent, it may even destroy the hope of building a foundation.
However, Li Yu did not expose the old man in person, nor did he seek revenge on the spot.
Because of his qi-reading technique, he couldn't see through the other person.
Although the old man's aura was only that of an early foundation-building person, when Li Yu looked at him, he found no trace of magic power in his body. This was the first time Li Yu had encountered such a situation.
Even if it is a strong man in the late Nascent Soul stage, he can get a rough idea of it by using the Qi-gazing technique.
But this old man did not have a trace of magic power in his body, just like an ordinary person.
How could someone who could appear here be an ordinary person? Unable to figure out his background, Li Yu did not act rashly.
Anyway, he didn't lose anything. Even if that old man wasn't there, he would probably choose to cultivate the Five Spiritual Veins.
As Li Yu expected, not long after, several heart-wrenching voices were heard from various parts of the street.
"Ah, Qi Gathering Pill, it's a Qi Gathering Pill!"
"Another spiritual vein has been opened!"
"I am going to kill you!"
…
The person who had just bought those Qi Gathering Pills came back with murderous intent, but the old man was long gone, leaving a few people collapsed on the spot, not knowing what to do.
With one more spiritual vein, the difficulty of refining Qi and building the foundation doubled. For those who have low talent and few resources, this undoubtedly means that there is no hope of forming a pill. For some people, even building a foundation has become a desire.
The commotion here even attracted the law enforcement disciples of Tiandao Sect.
After hearing about their experience, the law enforcement disciples said that they were powerless to do anything.
In this Tiandao City, the shops under the Tiandao Sect sell elixirs that are ten times more expensive than fake ones, but they cannot control the transactions of independent cultivators. They only suggest that these disciples keep their eyes open when buying items through unofficial channels in the future to avoid being cheated...
After hearing this, the few people could only consider themselves unlucky and cursed the old man's ancestors in their hearts.
Li Yu watched those people leave in despair, and suddenly a voice came to his ear:
"Young man, have we met somewhere before?"
Li Yu turned his head and looked at the old man with a calm expression. He shook his head and said, "No."
The old man scratched his gray-haired head and said, "That may be my mistake. However, you are really good-looking, young man. I have several Xuanxuan granddaughters who are talented and beautiful, but none of them have a dual cultivation partner. Are you interested in choosing one from them..."
Li Yu continued to shake his head: "Sorry, Senior, I already have a dual cultivation partner."
The old man showed a look of regret and said, "That's a pity..."
After saying that, he shook his head and left, disappearing in the crowd.
The strange thing is that with every step he took, his appearance would change, sometimes old, sometimes middle-aged, and sometimes young, but passers-by on the street were completely unaware of it.
Finally, the old man changed into a middle-aged man and walked into a tavern on the street.
Leaning against the wall of the tavern, the middle-aged man picked up the gourd in his hand, took a sip of the spirit wine, and showed an inexplicable smile on his face. He said, "Interesting, this little guy Kunlun doesn't have a high talent, but his cultivation level is improving very quickly. He seems to have a big secret. I really want to catch him and make him my consort... But forget it. The ancient aura on him makes him look like someone who is not easy to mess with."
On the street of Tiandao City, Li Yu held Ling'er in his arms, looking at the direction where the old man disappeared, as if thinking about something.
There is no doubt that this old man is definitely a powerful person above the level of God Transformation, so even though Li Yu had been deceived by him before, he did not show any anger or revenge.
Strong people above the level of Spirit Transformation are rare even in top sects like Kunlun .
They were so focused on their cultivation that they didn't care about the affairs of their sect at all. It was hard to find them on weekdays. However, an old monster who had lived for more than a thousand years actually used Qi Gathering Pills to impersonate Tongmai Pills to deceive these poor Qi Refining Stage cultivators. It was really hard to describe...
Li Yu didn't want to get involved in such trivial matters. His level was too low, so it was better for him to keep a distance from these old monsters.
Old guys like these have weird tempers, and who knows what they will do.
Putting the matter of the old man aside for the moment, a voice suddenly came to Li Yu's ears:
"Wow, what a cute little tiger!"
Li Yu turned his head and saw a woman passing by who spoke. She looked at Ling'er in Li Yu's arms with a look of fondness on her face.
The woman walked over quickly and said to Li Yu, "Can I hug you?"
Li Yu smiled and said, "Of course."
Ling'er's appearance is very good among spiritual pets. She is very popular among female cultivators, and everyone who sees her wants to hug her.
The female cultivator extended her arms to Ling'er, and Ling'er jumped into her arms without thinking. Based on Li Yu's understanding of her, she would not refuse any female cultivator who was good-looking.
Although this woman's appearance is not as outstanding as Zhou Zixuan and Jiang Li, she can also be considered a little beauty.
The female cultivator held Ling'er in her arms. She liked its cute and adorable appearance more and more. She looked up at Li Yu and said, "My fellow Taoist, I like this pet very much. Can you sell it to me?"
Li Yu didn't think twice and smiled and said, "Sorry, I raise this pet myself and I don't plan to sell it."
After being rejected by Li Yu, the woman did not give up and looked at a male companion next to her.
A young man stepped forward and said to Li Yu with a smile: "My fellow Taoist, I believe you can see that my sister really likes this pet. How about this, you name a price, how many spirit coins are you willing to give it up?"
Li Yu shook his head and said, "I like it too. I won't sell it no matter how many spirit coins you offer."
Unexpectedly, he was rejected directly. The young man was a little embarrassed, but he still kept a smile on his face and said, "I am Luo Yan from the Tiandao Sect. I hope this Taoist friend will give me some face. Don't worry, the spiritual coins I offer will definitely satisfy you..."
Since the other party didn't give him face at the first moment, he had to bring up the Tiandao Sect.
Here, there are not many people who don't give face to the Tiandao Sect.
When most people knew that they were disciples of the Tiandao Sect, they offered their spirit beasts obediently.
Li Yu had already seen that these people were disciples of Tiandao Sect. This woman and several people beside her had the pattern of yin and yang fish on their chests.
However, asking him to give up Ling'er was naturally impossible, as he had so many spirit coins that he could not spend them all.
Li Yu didn't say anything else and clapped his hands at Ling'er.
Ling'er naturally knew the meaning of this action and wanted to return to Li Yu's arms, but the woman held it tightly and seemed not to intend to return it. She kept winking at the young man and even walked directly towards the crowd, as if she wanted to take Ling'er away directly.
But her action angered Ling'er.
The woman was quite powerful, which made it feel very uncomfortable.
It was a spiritual beast in the foundation-building stage, and had never suffered such an injustice before. It suddenly jumped and broke free from the woman's arms.
The female cultivator had never expected that the seemingly cute little tiger in her arms could have such great strength. She was caught off guard and was knocked to the ground by the force of its leap and rebound. Her arm was also scratched by the sharp claws, leaving several bloody marks.
Even Luo Yan, who was in the foundation-building stage, was unable to react to this scene.
He never imagined that this spirit beast was so powerful that even his junior sister who was at the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining could not control it.
The female cultivator was thrown to the ground and sat on the ground without any manners. She looked at the bloodstains on her arms and the gentle expression on her face disappeared. She said angrily, "Brother Luo, help me kill that beast!"
Luo Yan's face also darkened. He bent his fingers into claws and reached out to grab the spirit beast. The aura of the late foundation building stage was clearly revealed.
boom!
Just when Luo Yan's hand was about to grab Ling'er, a purple lightning suddenly appeared out of nowhere, leaving a charred mark on the bluestone ground.
Luo Yan withdrew his hand in time and looked at Li Yu with a look of surprise.
He has built his foundation with dual water and fire spiritual veins, practiced thunder magic, and is still so young. His background should not be simple. Perhaps he is a core disciple of a certain sect. However, this is Tiandao City, and core disciples of any sect are useless.
At this time, several figures walked out of the shop behind Li Yu. They were the three women who heard the noise.
Xu Qingxin looked at Li Yu, then looked at the Tiandao Sect disciple opposite him, and asked Li Yu, "What's wrong?"
Li Yu said: "These people wanted to force Ling'er to buy her. After I disagreed, they planned to rob her."
When Luo Yan saw Xu Qingxin, he knew this person's origins. It turned out that this person was a disciple of Kunlun.
Although Kunlun is famous for its alchemy, there are also geniuses among the younger generation of practitioners who are no less talented than the Ten Saints of Kunlun. Even the disciples of the Tiandao Sect often hear of the names of Qin Keren and Xu Qingxin.
However, this is Tiandao City, so he doesn't have to give face even to Xu Qingxin.
Luo Yan looked at Xu Qingxin and said, "Junior sister just wanted to hug this spirit beast, but she didn't expect it to suddenly attack and hurt people. According to the rules of Tiandao City, this kind of untamed, vicious beast that hurts people at will must be taken back and dealt with."
At this time, there were already quite a few passers-by surrounding them.
There are also those who saw what happened from beginning to end.
It was clearly a female disciple of the Tiandao Sect who had taken a fancy to someone else's spirit beast, but could not force it to be bought. The female cultivator was unwilling to return it, and was accidentally injured when the spirit beast broke free. Now she is blaming the beast...
However, although everyone knew about it, no one dared to come forward to testify.
Tiandao City is good in every way. It is safe, has abundant spiritual energy, and can buy all kinds of resources needed for cultivation. But there is one bad thing, which is that there are many disciples of Tiandao Sect here.
No matter who it is, if they offend the disciples of Tiandao Sect in Tiandao City, they will suffer the consequences.
The commotion here soon attracted a group of law enforcement disciples. A young man looked at Luo Yan and asked, "Brother Luo, what happened?"
Luo Yan bowed to the young man and said, "Brother Qi, you came at the right time. There is a vicious monster here. Sister Qian was injured by it. Please deal with her according to the rules of Tiandao City."
The female cultivator from the Tiandao Sect, whose arm was still bleeding, also walked over and said aggrievedly, "Senior Brother Qi, look..."
The law enforcement disciple named Qi saw the blood on her hand, looked at the little white tiger in Li Yu's arms, and said, "My fellow Taoist, your monster has injured my Tiandao Sect disciples and violated the rules of Tiandao City. Please hand it over to us for disposal."
Xu Qingxin walked up to Li Yu and said to the law enforcement disciple, "It was clearly your sect's disciple who tried to buy the spirit beast by force but failed, and wanted to rob it by force, and was injured by the spirit beast. Could it be that the Tiandao Sect always does things indiscriminately?"
This law enforcement disciple naturally knew Xu Qingxin. However, although he was not as talented or as strong as Xu Qingxin, he did not think that he was inferior to the other. In front of the disciples of other sects, he was absolutely arrogant. Even if the disciples of Tiandao Sect had done something wrong before, the monster that had hurt their disciples must be dealt with.
"What Fairy Qingxin said is only one side of the story." He looked at the crowd and asked, "Can anyone prove that it was the disciples of Tiandao Sect who forced the purchase first? If anyone can prove it, I will enforce the law impartially ."
Upon hearing this, everyone around took a step back.
In this Tiandao City, who dares to go against the disciples of Tiandao Sect, unless they don't want to live here anymore.
Qi Yun showed an expected smile on his face. When he looked at Xu Qingxin, he was about to speak when a hearty voice suddenly came from the crowd:
"Unfortunately, I just passed by here with a few junior brothers, and I happened to see people from the Tiandao Sect trying to force others to buy or sell their spirit beasts, but now they are turning the tables on them. This is really embarrassing for the Tiandao Sect..."
Qi Yun's face darkened when he heard this. He wanted to see who was so disrespectful to the Tiandao Sect. He turned around and saw several people walking towards him. The expression on his face froze.
The man who came was a tall young man with three huge swords on his back. He was like a sword drawn from its sheath, exuding an intimidating aura.
The leader of the Seven Swords of Shushan, Shangguan Hao!
Not long ago, he just entered the Jindan stage.
Although the disciples of Tiandao Sect are arrogant and domineering, there are also people in the world of immortal cultivation that they are afraid of. Even if they meet those guys from Shushan who are willing to draw their swords and start fighting at the slightest disagreement, they have to avoid them.
Shangguan Hao ignored Qi Yun, walked over to Li Yu, patted him on the shoulder affectionately, and said, "Junior Brother Li, what a coincidence, I said I would go to you for a drink later, but I didn't expect to meet you here."
Li Yu also smiled and said, "Let's find a place to have a drink later. I want to ask Brother Shangguan for some advice on swordsmanship."
Seeing the Shushan people interfering, Luo Yan angrily said, "Shushan disciples were not here just now. What do you have to prove it?"
A young man with a pagoda mark on his chest came out and said, "My senior brother from Shushan is not here, but I saw that the female cultivator wanted to hug Senior Brother Li's spirit beast just now. Senior Brother Li kindly gave it to her, but she didn't intend to return it..."
Although Li Yu could not call out the name of this Qingcheng Sect disciple, he looked familiar and seemed to have seen him in the Thousand Poison Cave.
A woman wearing Emei fairy clothes walked out of the crowd and said, "I have also seen it. From beginning to end, this matter was the fault of your disciples. Tiandao Sect is the largest sect in Taoism. This senior brother from Tiandao Sect will definitely enforce the law impartially..."
Tiandao City is about to hold the Immortal Conference. Disciples from various sects are gathered here, and many of them have witnessed what happened just now.
Originally they thought it was better to have less trouble, but people from Shushan, Qingcheng and Emei stood up. Even if they didn't dare to stand up, they could still stand in the crowd and show their support. After all, the disciples of various sects didn't have a good impression of the Tiandao Sect.
"Are the law enforcement disciples of Tiandao City going to protect the people of your Tiandao Sect?"
"No way, no way..."
"Is this the world's largest sect?"
…
All kinds of weird voices not only made Luo Yan and the female cultivator pale and at a loss, but even Qi Yun, the law enforcement disciple, was stunned where he stood.
This was the first time he had encountered such a situation since he became a law enforcement disciple.
These people, for a person who had nothing to do with them, actually didn't give Tiandao Sect any face at all...
However, he also knew that this matter had to be properly resolved.
It's okay if it's just Kunlun, but Kunlun, Shushan, Emei, Qingcheng, and so many disciples from other sects are involved. This is no longer a matter of spiritual beasts hurting people. If things go wrong, it will become a serious diplomatic incident.
The sect's purpose in holding this Immortal Conference is to restore the face it lost some time ago. If this matter is not handled well and the sect blames him, he will suffer the consequences.
His face turned solemn, and he immediately said to Li Yu: "I'm sorry, fellow apprentice from Kunlun, I didn't understand the situation just now. I apologize to you here. I will take these fellow apprentices back and give them a good scolding..."
After saying that, he glared at Luo Yan and the female cultivator, gritted his teeth and said, "What are you still standing here for? Go!"
Amid the mocking and contemptuous looks of the crowd, several disciples of the Tiandao Sect left in disgrace.
Li Yu bowed to everyone present and said, "Thank you all for helping me testify just now..."
"You're welcome, Tiandao Sect disciples. We've long been fed up with you."
"Senior Brother Li has done me a favor, this is what I should do..."
"These guys actually went so far as to bully Senior Brother Li!"
…
A few people here were acquaintances of Li Yu and had been saved by him in the Thousand Poison Cave. Most people had only heard of his name or had read about his deeds in the sect’s monthly report and had a good impression of him.
Even if you have never met Li Yu, you know that he is a good person.
On the contrary, most people do not have a good impression of the disciples of Tiandao Sect.
On weekdays, they often suffered losses at the hands of Tiandao Sect disciples.
As long as someone goes against the Tiandao Sect, they will definitely help.
On the first day of arriving at Tiandao Sect, Li Yu witnessed the arrogance of Tiandao Sect disciples. They did not take Kunlun, the second largest sect of the righteous path, seriously, let alone those small sects and independent cultivators.
Li Yu handed Ling'er to Zhou Zixuan and asked her to take it and Senior Sister Xu Jiang Li back to their residence first.
He held a banquet at a nearby restaurant and invited the disciples from various sects who had helped him out to express his gratitude. At the banquet, he also made friends with several other sects.
At the banquet, everyone spent most of their time accusing the Tiandao Sect disciples of their evil deeds.
"Last year, I found a Jade Spirit Fruit in a secret place and had already picked it, but unfortunately it was discovered by a disciple of the Tiandao Sect. He insisted that he saw it first and snatched it away from me..."
"Damn it, it makes me angry just talking about it. Last year, I and several senior brothers from our sect studied for three whole months and finally broke through an ancient formation, but it was intercepted by a few disciples of the Tiandao Sect. I don't know what good things they got from it."
"This is nothing. A few years ago, a Yuanying ancestor in our Qingcheng accepted a disciple with an extremely good talent for the Golden Spirit Vein. He was originally preparing to hold a ceremony to become a disciple, but in the end, the disciple was taken away by the Tiandao Sect..."
"Some guys in the Tiandao Sect are even more hateful than the Demon Sect. They rely on the sect's background to do whatever they want. They don't take other sects seriously at all."
…
Li Yu didn't know that everyone had such a strong resentment towards the Tiandao Sect.
Of course, it is a bit of an exaggeration to say that the Tiandao Sect is more hateful than the Demon Sect. The disciples of the Soul Refining Sect sacrificed blood on mortals, the disciples of the Puppet Sect dug graves everywhere, and many disciples of the righteous sect died at the hands of these evil people. No matter how bad the behavior of the Tiandao Sect was, it was not as bad as theirs.
It's just that in daily practice, the disciples of the Tiandao Sect have the most conflicts of interest with them, but they don't often encounter the disciples of the Demon Sect, so they don't think it's a big deal.
Of course, as one of the victims of bullying by Tiandao Sect disciples, Li Yu also complained about the various bad behaviors of Tiandao Sect with everyone else. The distance between everyone was immediately shortened a lot. After three rounds of drinking, the Qingcheng disciples told him that if he needed to buy magic weapons, he could go through the internal channels of Qingcheng Sect, and the price would be 30% cheaper. The Huashan disciples patted their chests and said that if they needed any formations, they could call them at any time...
