I Cultivate Longevity in the Cultivation Realm-Chapter 59: Dealt With and Spoils
A series of messages, transmitted through conversations, gave Zhou Changwang a general understanding of the external situation.
Soon after.
He saw one after another, marketplace guards dressed in standard Dharma Robes, approaching from afar.
Among them, a middle-aged cultivator with a rosy complexion loudly declared, "Inside and outside the marketplace, everything is normal and still managed by our Bai Family.
Everyone can freely go out and trade.
Whether inside or outside, if any house is damaged, you can go to the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall to report it, and someone will arrange for repairs.
Our Bai Family Patriarch is kind-hearted, cannot bear to see everyone spend too much, and promises that all repair costs will be halved.
Furthermore, our Bai Family solemnly announces here, that fighting is prohibited inside and outside the marketplace. If discovered, kill without mercy..."
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After the announcement, the guard team dispersed in turn, visiting each household to begin registration.
The primary task was to confirm whether the homeowner survived, if there were still people living there, the number of residents, and so on.
Only after the group left did Zhou Changwang truly relax.
It was over.
The chaos really ended.
The marketplace did not change hands, and the Bai Family was still in power.
This was actually a good thing for these grassroots loose cultivators.
Because it meant stability.
If such a great battle were to happen again, he couldn’t guarantee he would be this lucky and safe.
"As for the house repairs..."
Zhou Changwang glanced at the courtyard he rented, the front door blasted with a hole from last night’s Ice Arrow attack. Although he had repaired it with wooden boards, the entire protective array of the house was already broken.
With a broken array, it had to be re-arranged.
The market price was ten Lower-Grade Spirit Stones, and even if the Bai Family was willing to bear half the cost, it would still require five Lower-Grade Spirit Stones, nearly two months’ rent.
Black-hearted, really black-hearted.
Shouldn’t the whole cost be borne by the marketplace?
Under the guise of bearing half the cost? In fact, the wool comes from the sheep’s back?
"Move, must move.
Just move to the Inner City.
Having experienced this chaos, presumably, there should be enough vacant houses in the marketplace, right?"
Zhou Changwang thought to himself and soon made a decision.
He couldn’t stay in the outskirts of the marketplace. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
Not only was the Spiritual Energy environment not too good, but it was also very dangerous.
Not to mention anything else, even the Tribulation Cultivator next door to Qian Xiaoyue was enough to keep him on edge.
Now that the warning array was gone, he was truly afraid that the other party would silently sneak into his room and attack him.
Later, he returned to his own room within the marketplace.
That night, Zhou Changwang resumed his usual cultivation routine.
The Fireball Technique and Geng Metal Finger had both been cultivated to the Great Success Realm; it was challenging to achieve a breakthrough in a short time, and at the Great Success Level, the spells were sufficient, so he spent his energy on newly learned spells.
Among them, the Protective Body Technique, Light Body Skill, and Concealing Breath Technique could all be maintained for a period after casting, so he focused rather on practicing the Derivation Technique and Sword Control Technique.
The Derivation Technique had a significant impact during last night’s melee, so he naturally paid close attention to it. As for the Sword Control Technique, although it hadn’t been exercised to full potential, he was acutely aware that it was his main means of opposing enemies.
For a Low-Tier Cultivator, possessing a magical artifact meant a vast difference depending on whether they could control the artifact with magic.
And for him, if he wanted to freely control a Dharma Artifact Flying Sword, he naturally needed to swiftly bring the Sword Control Technique to Great Success.
Only then could he, like a Qi Refining Fourth Level Cultivator with Spiritual Sense, truly unleash the full power of the magical artifact.
Of course.
The concurrent cultivation of many spells significantly consumed his Spiritual Power.
So after hardly half an hour, he had to pause and either run his Cultivation Technique to meditate and recover or take out a Talisman Pen and Talisman Paper to practice creating Talismans.
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Early the next day.
Zhou Changwang went out.
The air still held a faint scent of blood.
Fortunately, the corpses everywhere had already been dealt with, and even if there were a few misses, as long as one turned a blind eye, it wasn’t of much consequence.
Soon, he arrived at the marketplace’s Inner City.
Compared to the usual bustle.
The marketplace was now noticeably desolate.
The number of people walking the streets was not only fewer, but when eyes met, there was often a sense of caution and vigilance.
One night of chaos, too many people died.
Not just in the outskirts of the marketplace, but also in the Inner City.
Originally, countless loose cultivators had charged into the Inner City, robbing shops and the cultivators residing there...
However, when he reached the Independent Cultivator Marketplace, the hustle and bustling there made him momentarily think that the events of the previous night never occurred.
Moreover, the trading was even more intense.
All stalls were filled with items.
Jade Scrolls, Talismans, Spirit Pills, Magical Artifacts... some artifacts were even stained with indelible blood.
Most were plundered during the previous night.
Each stall owner was vigorously hawking their wares, their calls overlapping, with prices far lower than market value.
A Magical Artifact, with the lowest price offered, even dropped to one hundred fifty Lower-Grade Spirit Stones, which made even Zhou Changwang somewhat tempted.
But others who shared his interest were also numerous, and soon, one full-bearded face cultivator bought it.
Then, Zhou Changwang began to roam around and unexpectedly saw Chen Yushu’s stall.
Like usual, his stall displayed a lot of Spirit Rice, with various grades available.
However, what truly caught his attention was next to the Spirit Rice, on a piece of leather, were a variety of artifacts displayed.
Magical Artifacts, Talismans, Spirit Pills, Jade Scrolls, and even some Incense...
"Elder Chen, what’s the price of Spirit Rice now?"
Zhou Changwang approached, greeting him.
"One Lower-Grade Spirit Stone for eleven jin.
Autumn harvest is over, so the Spirit Rice price has risen again.
I still give you a bit of a discount here, giving you an extra jin."
Seeing Zhou Changwang, Chen Yushu appeared a bit surprised and then naturally replied.
"Then give me three Lower-Grade Spirit Stones’ worth."
Zhou Changwang handed over three Lower-Grade Spirit Stones.
All his Spirit Rice had been stolen, so he could only choose to buy more, then pretended to be perplexed as he stared at those items on the leather curiously asking, "Elder Chen, these are..."
"Last night, a few Tribulation Cultivators, who didn’t have eyes, came to rob my place, so I cleaned them up.
These are the gifts from them, I have no use for them so I’m just selling them off; it’s convenient anyway."
Chen Yushu said with a relaxed look.
Hearing this, Zhou Changwang did not feel relaxed because he saw clearly, there were three quite powerful Middle-Grade Magical Artifacts on that leather, evidently indicating mid-tier artifacts.
Generally, only a Qi Refining Fourth Layer or higher Middle-Tier Cultivator could wield Middle-Grade Magical Artifacts.
The so-called ’cleaned them up’ naturally meant he had killed them.
As for ’gifts,’ it was the war spoils he pillaged.
Although he always knew that Chen Yushu’s cultivation realm was quite high, having long reached the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, being able to handle at least three cultivators of the same level showed that although he was a Spirit Plant Master, his actual combat skills were equally impressive.
