Cultivation Daddy-Chapter 109: Fan Ruyin’s Arrival in South River City (1)
The South River City name is famous in the whole country as the richest city. It has many wealthy people, well known for their good reputation, and well connected with other cities, including the Capital.
The Li family in South River City ranked second on the list of the wealthiest families in the city and are very influenced. Although there aren’t as many people in the Li family as the Zhao family that ranked first, there are more than enough talented people.
Which kept their spot solid for many years, and this generation was bad either. For example, there’s Jin Yiwei, one of Li family’s youngest geniuses and one of the most talented people in South River City. He is currently 40 years old and is at the peak of Soul Palace.
To most, Li Yiwei is very young, after all, the life span of the Qi Gathering stage is 200. And with every increase in a cultivation realm, the lifespan also increases. Right now, it is hard to find a Soul Palace Cultivator who is under 50 years old.
Not long after Fan Ruyin came from Qingyuan Town, she was invited over for dinner by Li Xinyue who got the news from her friend Chen Xiarong. When Fan Ruyin returned, she did the opposite of keeping a low profile. The very next day she went to the banquet hosted by Chen Xiarong.
The Chen family aren’t as wealthy as the top seven families in the city, but they still had some prestige in the city even though they are small. The Chen family head is a female, and their clan has more female than male. Xiarong is very talented, although she doesn’t have talent for cultivation, her business skills are remarkable and therefore she holds respect in the eyes of everyone in the family, including outsiders.
Although many young ladies don’t agree with Chen Xiarong’s way of doing things, they still have high regard for her and are willing to socialize with her. After all, she’s very insightful.
When Fan Ruyin arrived at the banquet uninvited, Chen Xiarong didn’t make a big deal out of it, instead she made Fan Ruyin the center of attention. After all, Fan Ruyin who has the worst cultivation talent in the entire city, and had been stuck at Physical Body level six for over a decade has actually leveled up, she was very curious about her encounters.
At the time, Fan Ruyin was very pleased with the attention she got and explained everything. Saying that she went to Qingyuan Town to confirm whether the news that Li Jain has become wealthy was true, but when she got there, Li Jain was like a completely different person.
"Li Jain is the owner of the Spiritual Tavern in Qingyuan Town. I was there for over a week and confirmed that he is now really wealthy. All of the big families in Qingyuan Town respect him and want to associate with him. His restaurant is also famous across Qingyuan Town. I’m sure you guys already know this."
She laughed and continued: "As for the reason for my leveling up, on my second day there, I requested for his well known dish, Nine Spirit prawn Dumplings and he didn’t hesitate to give it to me for dinner. That’s the main reason for my leveling up. If only I had good talent, I would have made lots of progress given how much spiritual food I’ve been eating."
"Wait, wait a minute. You ate spiritual food on a daily basis?" Chen Xiarong asks in shock.
You should know that even some wealthy people in South River City don’t eat food containing spiritual energy for every meal. They do it occasionally or on special events. After all, spiritual food is very expensive.
"Yeah, I was also confused about it. At first, I thought it was because I was a guest and they were showing me good face. But then it happens for every meal, three times a day. The children also seem used to it." The more she thought the more excited she became: "I know you guys won’t believe me, but if you count Li Jain’s wealth now, he might actually be placed in 10th as one of the richest in South River City."
"You’re exaggerating." Tang Meixiu sneered
Tang Meixiu is the princess of the Tang family, as the youngest child of the old couple she was brought up as royalty. She also ranked among the nine top beauties in the city. But despite that, she is very clear headed.
Fan Ruyin knew they wouldn’t believe her easily, so she wasn’t angry.
"I knew you’d say that. But hear me out, for starters, all of Li Jain’s five servants are all above the Soul Palace realm."
Fan Ruyin only found out about that a few days before she left. A group came to make trouble when Li Jain drove his children to school. They brought with them an old man in the Soul Palace realm. She was worried that the restaurant would be in serious trouble for offending such a big shot. However, when the old man was confronted, he was shocked and exclaimed: "How are all the workers here above the Soul Palace realm?!!"
That’s when he realized he couldn’t mess with the Spiritual Tavern and flee with his lackeys.
"I don’t know the price of all the dishes, but I do know that some meals cause over five hundred high grade spirit stones. Also Li Jain has a flying carriage driven by two grown Sky Horses."
Although Li Jain had told her that they were puppets, Fan Ruyin decided to believe her eyes and go with what she saw.
"How is that possible? Sky Horses are very rare. Even the Li family only has a foal. Even if Li Jain is as powerful as you said he couldn’t have gotten his hands on two. Are you sure you saw it right?" Chen Xiarong asked with a frown.
Sky Horses are the most difficult to obtain among the flying beasts because of their strong sense of pride and their self destruction ability. So even if one has tons of money, it’s still difficult to find one, not to mention buy it. And their goal has a low survival rate.
Therefore for Li Jain who is in Qingyuan Town that is not close to any spiritual beast forest to obtain two grown Sky Horses was far too unrealistic.
Fan Ruyin paused and thought, maybe Li Jain was right and they were puppets, but she doesn’t want to go into that and ruin her moment.
"Ahem," She cleared her throat: "That’s not the most impressive thing that happened, sisters, give me a bit of space and I’ll show you all something incredible." She waved her hands.
Once a clear space was formed in the center, she released the Sky Splitting Eagle.
With her release of the Sky Splitting Eagle, everyone in the room fell silent. A level 5 Sky Splitting Eagle!!! Sky Splitting Eagle aren’t the rarest type, but they have a strong flight and combat ability. They’re also very expensive, those that reach level 5 usually awaken their intelligence, so they’re often not for seal.
But today, Fan Ruyin released Sky Splitting Eagle without hesitation. She could see that the others were shocked. She was over the moon. Finally, she has something that those noble ladies can envy.
"Did Li Jain really give this to you for free?" Lady Cui, named Cui Lanyin, didn’t believe it.
"Of course he did! Do you think I’ll lie about it? First of all, I can’t afford it and even if I did, a beast this level won’t be willing to follow me." Fan Ruyin was very much aware of her situation and didn’t have any delusion that she’ll be able to obtain a high level spirit beast until she saw Li Jain Sky Horses: "I wanted him to give me one of his Sky Horses, but he refused and got me this instead."
"You mentioned before that Li Jain servants are above the Soul Palace realm. As someone with no cultivation, how did he pull that off?" Asked a lady dressed as a scholar. Her voice sounds very refined but there was a hint of coldness and contempt in her tone.
Fan Ruyin looked at that lady with a look of disdain and replied: "Li Jain is no longer a waste. Before I left he leveled up to the peak of Soul Palace. He’ll soon breakthrough to the Divine Power realm."
Fan Ruyin was certain about this. After all, Li Jain is the owner of the Spiritual Tavern and he has every spiritual dish in his possession.
He was able to level up to the peak of Soul Palace at just 31 years old and he did it after all of his cultivation was destroyed. Some of the ladies were starting to envy Fan Ruyin’s luck. But Tang Meixiu’s sudden question pulled them back from their admiration for Fan Ruyin’s luck.
"If Li Jain is so great and well off now, then why did you come back? Knowing you, shouldn’t you have stayed and secured your position as madam Li?" Tang Meixiu’s beautiful eyes shone with a trace of malice but it didn’t affect her beautiful appearance in the slightest.
This caught the attention of the other ladies. Everyone who knows Fan Ruyin knows that her greatest wish is to be a part of a wealthy family. Now that Li Jain is rich, why would she give it up and come back here.
"Meixiu is right. You should’ve stayed, the men here are not as impressive as how you describe Li Jain." The scholarly lady, Wei Shiyao said with a smile. Meanwhile, if you listen closely, one could tell there was a hidden meaning behind it and they all understood it.
What Shiyao meant was even if there were such men, they wouldn’t take Fan Ruyin, a girl who works in the brothel, seriously. Shiyao knows Fan Ruyin better than anyone else, that’s one of the reasons they don’t get along.
The elegant and gentle lady Cui Ruoyun also agreed: "Yes, the men of South River City are not as good as they seem to be. You and Li Jain already have children, so you have a higher chance."
Fan Ruyin sighed, it’s much more complicated than that.
