The Ji Family's Pride

Chapter 135 The Way of Cause and Effect
"Yu Qi, have you heard? Shao Yannong, one of the four princes of the Great Xia capital, has died!" An old man in purple robe took a big gulp of spiritual wine and then spoke slowly.

In a small courtyard in Tianbao Mountain, Master Yu Qi, who was eating and drinking with his friends, was stunned.

"Zhu Xiu, is what you said true? I saw this young Yan Nong come to Tianbao Mountain to buy some treasures two months ago, and I was the one who handled it. How could he die so suddenly?"

Zhu Xiu Zhenren smiled mysteriously, "Since I have said this, how can it be false? You also know that when we entered Tianbao Mountain together, you were willing to do some treasure trading, while I was more interested in intelligence gathering."

As Master Zhuxiu spoke, he took another sip from his wine glass, then slowly said, "Just a day ago, Shao Yan took two watermarked portraits and asked me to keep an eye out for information about a man named Qing Ping and Bei Ming at the Tianbao Mountain headquarters. This is nothing, as Shao Yan is a wealthy family, so it's inevitable that they will find a few unknown cultivators."

"But in the past two days, word suddenly spread in a very small area that Shao Yannong's life tablet was broken in the ancestral hall, and I got it from Tianbao Mountain. The competition for Yu Shen Gong is so fierce, it is probably released by someone with ulterior motives. Originally, I just listened to it for fun, but when the two are combined, this information is quite interesting."

"Oh! If you put it that way, it is indeed quite interesting." Master Yu Qi smiled slightly, and then asked curiously, "In the past, when you mentioned this information, you asked me, an old friend, to collect the Yuanye. Why? You have changed your temper today?"

Master Yu Qi and Master Zhu Xiu have known each other for hundreds of years, so he naturally knows the character of his good friend. There must be a reason why he brought up this matter this time.

"Your sense of smell is indeed one of the best among the countless Wanxiang Zhenren in the headquarters in terms of treasure trading." Zhenren Zhuxiu shook his head and then said, "The Zhenren Qingping I just mentioned has appeared and came to our Tianbao Mountain headquarters a few hours ago."

"You came directly to the capital of Daxia? You came directly to the headquarters of Tianbao Mountain?" Master Yu Qi was shocked. "This Master Qingping or that Master Beiming could kill the next Yushen Gong of Shaoyan Clan. They must be extraordinary. They actually came to Shaoyan Clan so brazenly..."

When Master Yu Qi thought of this, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Old buddy, my chance has come! If Master Qing Ping can complete this treasure deal, I'll treat you to a pot of Hundred Flowers Immortal Wine!"

As the purple-robed Yu Qi Immortal spoke, he did not even bother to eat the wine and meat on the table and hurried out of the courtyard.

Zhu Xiu Zhenren shook his head, "This old friend... But the Hundred Flowers Fairy Wine is very valuable. If it really succeeds, it will definitely make a lot of money. I, the old friend, will have to pay a little..."

Master Yu Qi had stayed in Tianbao Mountain for hundreds of years, so he naturally had his own channels. After a while, he arrived outside the courtyard where Ji Xiaoshan was.

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"call!"

Ji Xiaoshan exhaled slowly. The way of cause and effect is extremely mysterious. There are strong and weak ways, difficult and easy ways. It is also true for the same great way. The difficulty of the way of cause and effect is naturally the best among them.

As his mind moved, his scattered spiritual consciousness spread outside the courtyard along a causal line as thin as a hair that was imperceptible to ordinary cultivators, and naturally discovered the man in the Tianbao Mountain standard purple clothes outside the courtyard.

Ji Xiaoshan immediately said, "Daoyou have been standing outside the door for a long time. I wonder why you are here?"

"I am Yu Qi from Tianbao Mountain and I have come to meet you, fellow Taoist." The man in purple said with a smile.

"Oh? Come in!" Ji Xiaoshan smiled slightly.

"Yu Qi?" Ji Xiaoshan looked at Master Yu Qi who walked in slowly. There was a thread connecting them.

The moment Master Yu Qi came in, the causal line that was as thin as a hair suddenly became a little thicker. If Ji Xiaoshan had not been paying close attention to it, it would have been almost impossible to notice it.

Ji Xiaoshan said calmly, "Daoyou Yu Qi has been waiting outside the courtyard for quite some time. Why are you looking for me?"

As soon as Master Yu Qi went up to the third floor, he saw Ji Xiaoshan sitting at a table on one side. He also saw the Wangtian Shenhou feasting on the other side. He was immediately shocked and thought to himself, "This Master Qingping is indeed extraordinary. If I am not mistaken, this spirit beast should be the legendary Wangtian Shenhou that can tear apart a dragon alive when it grows up."

"Master Qingping, I am in charge of the sale of treasures in Tianbao Mountain." Master Yu Qi gathered his thoughts and became more humble. He said, "I came here for this purpose. If anyone wants to sell some treasures, or wants to buy something, I can help. Of course, since this business is done by me, the Tianbao Mountain headquarters will also give me some rewards."

"This is my first time in the capital of Great Xia, and I'm an unknown person. Fellow Daoist, you came to see me today, but maybe you came to the wrong place." Ji Xiaoshan smiled. He had some impression of Master Yu Qi, so he naturally knew why he came.

"Master Qingping is not an unknown person." Master Yu Qi shook his head. "Fellow Daoist was able to come directly to the capital of Daxia after having a feud with the Shaoyan clan. If it weren't for his great magical powers... Although the capital of Daxia looks safer, not everyone can be so fearless. Ordinary immortal cultivators are not so unwise."

Ji Xiaoshan nodded, "You are well-informed. But I also happen to have some treasures that need to be dealt with, so your coming this time will save me from the trouble again."

He had a lot of unused treasures and magic weapons in his hands. He had been planning to dispose of them directly after eating and drinking, and replace them with some essence liquids for cultivation. Now that Master Yu Qi came to his house, it was a lot more convenient.

You know, he and Jackdaw Immortal strangled a large number of insects and beasts in Chaoyin Immortal Mansion and took all the treasures they occupied. In the sleeve world, there are treasures accumulated by Bu Yi's original body and second soul. There are also treasures accumulated by Changmu Tianxian for countless years.

Even though the treasures of Changmu Celestial Immortal were divided among him, Jackdaw Immortal, and Yunjin Fairy, except for the three top-grade arc blade magic weapons, there were quite a few others, a fortune that would make at least one earthly immortal jealous. These bits and pieces had to be exchanged for essence liquid, whether for cultivation, participating in treasure fairs, or bartering, and exchanged for immortal-grade magic weapons suitable for him, but they all needed to be processed by Tianbao Mountain.

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"You said... that True Man Qingping swaggered into the capital of Daxia today? And into Tianbao Mountain?" Upon hearing the news, the immortal Xuanji, who was surrounded by bright starlight, had a flash of uncontrollable anger in his eyes.

"How dare he? He just killed Nong'er, and now he's walking around in front of our Shao Yan clan... Even if this Qing Ping Zhenren has learned a few magical powers by chance and has some connection with the Taoist sect... This shows that he doesn't take our Shao Yan clan seriously at all."

"Reporting to the ancestor. The news from Tianbao Mountain is indeed true. True Man Qingping should be at the Tianbao Mountain headquarters at this moment." Shao Yan Fu Jun said respectfully.

"Okay. You really are so confident." Xuanji Tianxian snorted coldly, "So you think that Shaoyan Clan can't do anything to you? Shaoyan Fujun, send someone to keep an eye on Qingping Zhenren. I have my own plans for the rest."

"Yes." Shao Yan Fu Jun nodded in response.

Xuanji Tianxian thought for a long time, "However, Immortal Qingping cannot be killed for the time being. But that Immortal Beiming Ji Ning, the remnant of the Yuchi clan, must not be allowed to continue to roam freely outside."

"Yes. I have sent my clansmen to keep an eye on him. As long as Ji Ning shows up, they will be able to react immediately." Shao Yan Fu Jun said in a deep voice.

He has countless earthly immortals and scattered immortals in Shaoyan clan, as long as they are not in Daxia city, even if this Beiming Immortal Ji Ning is very powerful, he should send more scattered immortals whose deadline is approaching. Unless this Ji Ning can directly rival the celestial immortals, even if he has many treasures, he can be easily killed.

"Yeah." Xuanji Tianxian nodded with satisfaction.

After performing the time-travel trick in the Wujiang Immortal Mansion, he went directly to Tianbao Mountain in Anchan City and naturally investigated the intelligence of the eight people from the Black and White Academy. Xuanji Tianxian, who was unwilling to give up, naturally went to the Black and White Academy.

The Tuoshan Celestial Being had already appeared before, and now the relationship between the Black and White Academy and the Anchan Marquis' Mansion has been further strengthened. Naturally, they will not sit idly by and watch the Xuanji Celestial Being show off his power. Although the Anchan Beishan clan is not as powerful as the Shaoyan clan that spans three counties, it is not someone who can be bullied at will.

Needless to say, the ending was that Xuanji Tianxian suffered a loss due to the intervention of Anchan Marquis' Mansion, and she was angry but couldn't vent it.

Shao Yan Fujun left naturally after reporting the news. He didn't want to stay any longer in this place where Xuanji Patriarch cultivated himself.

Xuanji Tianxian watched the immortal chariot pulled by nine dragons and fell into deep thought, "Old Ancestor Duchou should have left this Great Xia world and we can never contact him. But this True Man Qingping is so arrogant, it's really hard to swallow this!"

Xuanji Tianxian then closed his eyes, and his powerful aura burst out without reservation, filling the entire volcano.

"Nong'er, Master will definitely find a chance to avenge you... Definitely!"

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"The law of cause and effect is indeed mysterious. After I completed the transaction with Master Yu Qi, the thread of cause and effect between us, which was as thick as a hair, was broken in an instant." Ji Xiaoshan was playing with a round plate as black as jade, on which was engraved a word in a flamboyant style - Xia.

"This means that the cause and effect between him and me has been resolved, and we may have no connection with each other in the future. This is one of the uses of the law of cause and effect, but the mystery of the law of cause and effect should not be limited to this..." Ji Xiaoshan thought, and then smiled. He looked up at Wangtian Shenhu who had already eaten, "Wangtian, I heard from Master Yu Qi that the monthly treasure hunting meeting of Tianbao Mountain headquarters will be held in the first half of this month. It's a good time for us to go and see the excitement!"

"Great! Great!" When Wangtian Shenhu heard this, his eyes lit up. "Brother has sold so many treasures this time. The Yuan Liquid alone is nearly 20 million kilograms. Even three or four ordinary immortal-level magic weapons can be bought with it. We will buy whatever we like and use the Yuan Liquid to smash those immortal cultivators to death!"

“Hahaha!” Ji Xiaoshan laughed. Listening to the childish voice of Wangtian Shenhu saying these words, he couldn’t help but shook his head and laughed, “Be low-key. These essence fluids are nothing when you really spend them.”

Ji Xiaoshan sold all the treasures and magic weapons that he didn't need to Tianbao Mountain through Yu Qi. Now all he had left were some fine and extremely precious treasures and magic weapons.

Among them were three immortal-grade magic weapons of Bu Yi, two top-grade immortal swords, one immortal-grade middle-grade circular strange magic weapon, two sets of 720 heaven-grade top-grade flying swords, the Lihuo Sword, three immortal-grade top-grade magic weapons obtained from the Changmu Celestial Immortal, and an extremely precious Golden Crow relic.

“However, it would be just right if I could break through to the early stage of Return to Void in these few days…” Ji Xiaoshan thought. With the Yuan Liquid in hand, no matter how many treasures he had, it would be meaningless if he didn’t transform it into his own strength.

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Thanks to Shura Xuedi of Zhatian Gang for the reward of 500 starting coins!
Thanks brothers for their support!

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