Primordial Treasure Mirror

Li Yunxiu led the group and flew for about the time it takes to brew a cup of tea.

Finally, they landed on an inner mountain peak.

This place is similar to Tianqing Peak.

The place is filled with spiritual energy, and everywhere you look there are houses with flying eaves and brackets.

On a clearing at the summit.

A huge flying boat, about ten feet long, was moored there.

The flying boat was entirely dark blue-black, its hull covered with intricate array patterns, and it had giant wings on both sides, resembling a giant bird about to take flight.

Li Yunxiu led the group onto the flying boat and gave them instructions:

"It will take about two days to reach our destination. During these two days, you all need to behave yourselves on the airship and not cause me any trouble."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Then someone led Su Yang and the others to the lower cabin of the airship.

The flying boat has three decks.

Su Yang learned this from the disciple who led the way.

The upper floor was occupied by inner disciples and outer sect stewards, the middle floor by outer sect disciples, and the lower floor by the miscellaneous disciples who had been brought there.

The lower level is actually quite large, but it has been deliberately divided into small cabins, each so small that only one person can squeeze in.

There was only a meditation cushion in the cabin for the servant disciples to use for meditation; there was nothing else.

Su Yang didn't care about the simple conditions; a futon was enough.

Upon entering the cabin, he immediately began his cultivation.

Li Yunxiu said it would take about two days. During these two days, he would be unable to refine pills and would naturally have to devote all his time to cultivation.

Su Yang cultivated for about an hour.

The flying boat took off.

They flew westward towards the Qingyang Sect.

Su Yang didn't know where his destination was. He only hoped that the place where Li Yunxiu was stationed would provide him with enough resources to cultivate to the point of perfect Qi Refining.

The airship traveled for two hours.

Liu Yuanlai called Su Yang to go out for a meal together.

This airship is like a luxurious inn, with all kinds of facilities.

However, menial disciples like them could only stay on the lowest level.

Besides the cabins, the only other place here is a dining area.

Su Yang followed Liu Yuan and the other two.

As Liu Yuan walked, he asked Su Yang:

"Junior Brother Su, were you in the cabin the whole time?"

Su Yang nodded slightly:

"Since there's nowhere else to go, I might as well cultivate in the cabin."

Liu Yuan sighed:

"Junior brother is truly an ascetic, cultivating at all times."

Su Yang gave a wry smile:

"If you lack talent, you can only make up for it with hard work."

We arrived at the place to eat.

The four of them each took a portion of food and found a table to sit down.

He watched the servants and disciples coming and going.

Liu Yuan began by saying:

"Junior Brother Su, we just went for a walk outside and found out quite a bit of information."

Su Yang was somewhat curious:

"What have you found out, Senior Brother?"

A slight hint of excitement appeared on Liu Yuan's face:

"There are more than a dozen disciples at the late stage of Qi Refining on this flying boat, including inner disciples, outer disciples, and two outer sect stewards."

"Like Li Xiangu, they all had to go to the border areas of the prefecture to take charge, but some went to take charge of the city, while others went to take charge of the market."

He lowered his voice as he spoke:

"I heard they were all sent out because of the trouble caused by the demonic cultivators. Several places have asked the sect for help. The sect sent several groups of people this time. We are just one of the flying ships."

Su Yang wasn't surprised. Even an outer disciple like Ma Liu had been sent out, so it was clear that the sect had mobilized a considerable number of people.

He just wanted to know where he was going:

"Does Senior Brother know where we are going?"

Liu Yuan shook his head:

"I'm not too sure either. I only know it's a market town. After all, Li Xiangu is an inner disciple, so the place where she's stationed shouldn't be too dangerous."

"Of the people on the flying boat, two outer sect deacons who have reached the Qi Refining stage are in charge of the two most dangerous cities, while the rest of the late Qi Refining disciples are mostly from ordinary areas."

Hearing that it was a market town, Su Yang breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Most of the markets are not located on the outermost border of Yunyang County, making them much safer than those cities that might directly face attacks from demonic cultivators.

Liu Yuan lowered his voice and added:

"We need to be careful this time. I also heard that several small families in the area we went to suffered. Demonic cultivators forcibly broke in, destroyed their homes, and plundered all their resources."

"Demonic cultivators are even more ruthless than tribulation cultivators, so those small families who were previously unwilling to let the sect interfere in their affairs are now panicking and have no choice but to ask the sect for help."

"This is also a good opportunity for us to gain some benefits. I'm sure those small families won't be stingy with their money."

Su Yang remained silent.

The small family Liu Yuan mentioned, although it didn't have any Foundation Establishment cultivators, did have some Qi Refining late-stage cultivators.

Even such a family was wiped out by the demonic cultivators, so it seems that this time the demonic cultivators are not making a small fuss.

Yunyang County was located on the border of Yangzhou.

The demonic cultivators causing trouble here is tantamount to provoking Yangzhou.

It should be noted that Yangzhou is under the jurisdiction of the Tai Xuan Mansion, yet they still dare to act this way; these demonic cultivators must have something to rely on.

Su Yang didn't know what was behind the resurgence of these demonic cultivators, nor did he care.

This is not something a menial servant like him should worry about.

He only hoped to cultivate peacefully and not encounter too much trouble.

As for Liu Yuan's suggestion of seeking personal gain, he didn't care that much.

The reason why Liu Yuan and other menial servants thought of taking detours was mainly because they had no other way to earn spirit stones.

Su Yang is different; he can refine pills.

In the cultivation world, outside of sect-affiliated areas, elixirs are scarce and easy to sell, and their prices are definitely higher than in Xinyang Market.

Su Yang doesn't need to do anything risky. He just needs to refine pills and sell them to earn enough spirit stones.

Liu Yuan then explained the differences between market towns and city walls.

While the cities nominally belong to the Great Chu Dynasty, they are actually owned by various sects, and the city lords are appointed by the sects.

Those outer sect stewards are to go to the city to serve as city lords.

Most of the markets are jointly run by local small families and do not belong to the Qingyang Sect. However, the Qingyang Sect will have a certain share in each market.

Some markets even have shops run by disciples of the Qingyang Sect, where people like Ma Liu would sell the discarded pills they collected.

Su Yang listened attentively.

After finishing the meal.

The four returned to their respective cabins.

Su Yang closed his eyes and continued his cultivation.

The airship traveled steadily westward.

A day passed in the blink of an eye.

During this time, Su Yang also looked at the scenery below the flying boat with Liu Yuan and the others.

The airship was moving extremely fast, and the scenery below changed rapidly.

From mountains to hills, from hills to plains.

Every now and then you can see cities or villages passing by below.

Occasionally, one can see flashes of spiritual light, which are the residences of cultivation families or small sects that are passing by.

By the afternoon of the second day.

The airship began to slow down for the first time.

They then landed outside a medium-sized city.

The city was built against the mountain, and its walls were tall and quite magnificent.

An outer gatekeeper led several servants off the ship.

The next few hours.

The airship made several stops.

Each time, an inner or outer disciple at the late stage of Qi Refining would go down with their accompanying servants.