After wandering through several streets in the city, Yu Mi noticed that Qi Refining cultivators were almost non-existent, and even those in the early and middle stages of Foundation Building were rare. Cultivators in the Golden Core stage were the majority, with those in the Nascent Soul realm being the second largest group. She speculated that this was related to the geographical environment of Xuan Yue Ancient City.
The extremely high altitude, thousands of miles of snowy regions around, and the thin air isolated Qi Refining cultivators. Qi Refining cultivators, still with mortal bodies, would find it hard to endure the climate here. Without the protection of more powerful cultivators or the support of spiritual medicine and pills, it would be difficult to survive.
Bao Gu felt a bit cold and took another sip of liquor, her little face flushed red from the alcohol, her eyes slightly drunk. She hugged her arms and shrank her body, saying, “Senior Sister, let’s find an inn to stay in! It’s so cold blowing in the wind!” After a big gulp of liquor, she warmed up a bit, but soon felt cold again due to the wind.
“You just hold on a little longer,” Yu Mi told Bao Gu. She felt that they were being followed, with four Golden Core late-stage cultivators trailing behind them.
“Oh,” Bao Gu responded, taking another big gulp of liquor, using the true qi inside her body to transform the spiritual energy in the liquor to warm herself.
When Yu Mi entered the city, she had paid attention and did not see any prohibition on weapons. After entering, she felt fluctuations of fights of varying degrees, meaning that it was possible to engage in fights or be ambushed at any time.
She was still okay, being a Golden Core cultivator with some Golden Core stage treasures on her, which was not too conspicuous. However, Bao Gu, a Qi Refining Stage Level 3 cultivator, decorated with Golden Core stage treasures and wearing a Nascent Soul realm protective jade on her neck, was too eye-catching. Choosing a place to stay required extra caution.
Suddenly, a figure unexpectedly rushed out from a corner towards Yu Mi. She was shocked and quickly activated her defensive treasure. The Lihuo Sword also appeared in her hand. In the instant the figure appeared, she knew that this person must have been using a treasure to conceal their qi, waiting for her to pass by.
“Ouch!” The person hit the light shield of Yu Mi’s defensive treasure and fell backward, face up, spilling a jar of spiritual liquor he was holding, the fragrance of the liquor filling the air.
Yu Mi frowned and walked around the person, intending to leave.
The person sprang up and shouted, “Don’t go! You broke my liquor and just want to leave like that? Where in the world does it work like that?” He grumbled and blocked Yu Mi’s way.
Yu Mi looked at the person, seeing a young man about eighteen or nineteen years old, at the late stage of Foundation Building. The young man was quite handsome, but his eyes were uncomfortable to look at, revealing a hint of slyness.
The moment the young man blocked Yu Mi, the four Golden Core late-stage men trailing behind her also moved forward, surrounding Yu Mi in the middle from four directions.
A man with a small mustache, twirling it, looked at Yu Mi with a slanted eye and said, “Miss, you have to compensate for knocking over someone’s liquor.”
Bao Gu, who was warming up with spiritual liquor and feeling dizzy, turned her head and glanced at the spilled spiritual liquor on the ground, saying, “It’s just a jar of lousy spiritual liquor.” She looked at the young man blocking her way with drunken eyes and said, “Young man, please go back and get a better jar of liquor before trying to scam us! Bringing out such poor liquor to scam, aren’t you ashamed? You’re underestimating me!” She looked up at Yu Mi with her flushed little face and said, “Right, Senior Sister!”
Yu Mi scolded, “Right your head, this is clearly a robbery!”
A man in a white robe, at the late stage of Golden Core, stepped forward, arms crossed, looking coldly at Yu Mi and said, “Robbery? Miss, you broke someone’s liquor and just want to leave by patting your butt, how does that make sense?” He raised his voice to the surrounding crowd, “Everyone, isn’t that right?”
The onlookers just watched silently.
The other three Golden Core late-stage men echoed loudly.
Bao Gu scratched her head and asked, “Senior Sister, can we fight here?” She guessed that if this place was like Yun City, where fighting was not allowed, no one would cause trouble.
Yu Mi looked around with a solemn expression. These people were clearly targeting them because they seemed weak and appeared to be from out of town, obviously trying to extort them. Since leaving home, Yu Mi had always been in life-threatening situations, and after entering the cultivation world, she was already doing well not to bully others. Yet today, someone dared to bully her.
If it were Nascent Soul cultivators causing trouble, she might have backed down, but a few poor Golden Core late-stage loose cultivators bullying her was a joke! She didn’t hide the killing intent in her eyes.
“Oh, this little girl is quite fierce!”
“I’m asking you, will you compensate or not?”
Yu Mi flicked her wrist, and the Lihuo Sword immediately emitted light. Her flowing robe also turned from white to fiery red, emitting flames. She said coldly, “Either get lost or leave your lives behind!” As she spoke, she put away the flying sword and said, “Little monkey, protect your master!”
Duobao Spirit Monkey covered its face, ready to flee again!
Yu Mi turned her head and scolded Duobao Spirit Monkey angrily, “Have some dignity! If Nascent Soul realm experts surround you, you flee, but you also flee from a few mere Golden Core cultivators? Aren’t you ashamed, disgracing our ancestor’s name! Do you believe I’ll expose all your deeds when we get back?”
Duobao Spirit Monkey chattered twice and jumped back onto Bao Gu’s head, gesturing at Yu Mi.
Yu Mi ignored Duobao Spirit Monkey, not even glancing at it.
Bao Gu was originally sitting on Yu Mi’s flying sword. Now that Yu Mi had put the sword away, she naturally sat down on the cold ground, feeling a chill on her buttocks. She quickly got up and took out a bottle of spiritual pills from her storage bag to take, but upon opening the lid, she realized it wasn’t a Qi Refining pill. She threw the spiritual pill back into the storage bag and searched for another bottle, still not finding it. She turned her storage bag inside out, only to find that she had eaten all the Qi Refining pills!
Bao Gu shivered from the cold, feeling her limbs icy and her body trembling. She muttered softly, “Damn Martial Uncle, kicking us to such a cold place, we’re going to freeze to death before even entering the ancient ruins.” Her eyes were dizzy from drunkenness, but it was really cold, so she took another sip of liquor.
A man in the crowd laughed, “A Qi Refining Stage Level 3 wants to enter the ancient ruins, that’s hilarious. Little girl, how long have you been cultivating? I see you’re not young, yet you’re only at Qi Refining Stage Level 3, your cultivation is really poor!”
Bao Gu glared back, unconvinced, and said, “What do you know? I’ve only been cultivating for half a year!” She spread her fingers and said, “I have five complete spiritual roots! How many do you have? Let’s compare and see who has more!”
The crowd burst into laughter at Bao Gu’s words.
The few people surrounding them did not immediately act but watched them warily. With their strength, they naturally did not fear them, but the two of them were full of treasures and had Nascent Soul realm treasures, obviously with some background. Having a background was not scary, but it would be troublesome if an elder was following them. They could handle the two young ones even with Nascent Soul treasures, but if they provoked the elder behind them, they would not end well!
Someone asked, “Little girl, which sect do you come from?”
Suddenly, a voice exclaimed from the crowd, “Fire Dragon?! She actually formed a Golden Core!”
Yu Mi looked in the direction of the voice and saw two disciples from Taiyin Sect standing in the crowd, their cultivation still at the late stage of Foundation Building. Yu Mi was puzzled: Why were there people from Taiyin Sect here?
“Young brother, do you know that girl?”
The two Taiyin Sect disciples exchanged glances with Yu Mi, then squeezed through the crowd to her. Both were in their early twenties, wearing the attire of true disciples.
One of the Taiyin Sect disciples said, “Immortal Yu Mi, I heard that your sect is pursuing you two, and you’ve actually fled here! What treasure did you sell at Jubao Pavilion Auction House? I heard that Xuantian Sect has a treasure of the world on you two, right?”
Yu Mi felt a million grass mud horses galloping through her heart! The news of Xuantian Sect having a world treasure and Jubao Pavilion’s matter had only been a short while, yet it had already spread here! There were people in Xuantian Sect communicating with Taiyin Sect! She glanced around and noticed people from the houses on both sides of the street peeking at them.
Duobao Spirit Monkey also looked around warily, ready to flee at any moment.
The Nascent Soul realm protective jade on Bao Gu’s neck also emitted light, firmly protecting Bao Gu, and isolating others from probing her spirit sea.
Yu Mi wanted to kill these four Golden Core late-stage cultivators and the Taiyin Sect disciples.
In the cultivation world, there were many who coveted treasures! Even if she could kill them, more treasure-coveting people would take action. Away from the protection of her sect, if they encountered a siege for their treasures, even calling for Master Feng to rescue them would be too late!
Yu Mi’s face was as cold as frost, her killing intent chilling as she stared at the two disciples, saying, “Back then, I wanted to join Taiyin Sect, but you didn’t accept me, kicking me off the spiritual platform to find another sect. I joined another sect, yet you opposed me at every turn, what’s the reason? Are you not satisfied with the number of Taiyin Sect’s young disciples who died by my hand? Want to add two more?”
“What a bold tone! Yu Mi, since you’ve admitted to killing our sect’s young disciples, I won’t let you off today!” A voice rang out, and an elder from Taiyin Sect in the Nascent Soul realm floated down from a nearby tavern.
The few scammers turned pale and quietly retreated. They knew the other party had a background and possibly treasures, but they didn’t expect the other party to have such a big background and even provoke a Nascent Soul late-stage expert to jump out.
Yu Mi coldly glanced at the few scammers, her mouth curling into a cold smile. She remembered them, this account would be settled later. She looked proudly at the Nascent Soul realm late-stage elder from Taiyin Sect and said, “Elder Qin, if you want to kill for treasure, just say it. But if you kill me and Bao Gu in front of everyone, aren’t you afraid that Xuantian Sect will be at odds with you?”
“Ha ha ha ha! You’re threatening me? An insignificant Xuantian Sect, I don’t even care about it.”
