Keqing, it’s just cultivating immortality, is it that difficult?

"Would you mind if you lost a hundred high-grade spirit stones?"

"probably not……"

Yi Lao frowned. One hundred high-grade spirit stones were not a lot for someone of his stature. He could earn them easily and there was no need to worry about it.

"If that's the case, why do you care so much about Daoist's emotional fluctuations? Although Daoist was cheated of 100 spirit stones,

It was due to negligence, but it was also a lesson learned.”

"You are of a high status and have rich experience, but whether you are a mortal or a cultivator, the process of growth is from ignorance to enlightenment, from ignorance to understanding. Regardless of your realm, although being deceived is not good, in a way, you have also gained a warning, and it is also a kind of experience for you."

"After all, fellow Daoist, you know that those stalls usually don't have any good stuff. Most of them are real and fake, and it's hard to tell the real from the fake. This is like gambling on stones. Sometimes good, sometimes bad. It all depends on your eyesight. Trading with each other is also about buying knowledge and experience, as well as the exchanges between you and me."

"It's just a few hundred spirit stones. To you, it might just be the cost of a meal. But I think you seem to be a little obsessed. I don't think you are doing this simply because you were cheated."

Seeing Yi Lao's face darken and he looked unhappy, Keqing said.

"If I'm guessing correctly, he must be so angry because he felt cheated and humiliated by a junior who is not as good as him. But who can say that the means of a person with a lower realm than himself are not as good as those of a person with a higher realm?"

"If the other party is also a great master of the Divine Transformation Realm, would you still be so angry?"

Keqing smiled faintly, looking calm.

"Transformation into a spirit does not refer to a state of mind, but also represents a state of mind that is naturally clear and bright. Daoist friend, do you agree?"

"It is not advisable to vent your anger on others."

Keqing's voice was like the gurgling of water or the sound of a stream, clear and like a transparent mirror. It cooled Yi Lao's hot and angry heart in just a moment.

Originally, Yi Lao was somewhat dissatisfied when he heard Keqing's tone which was almost like teaching and instructing. Although they were all gods, he thought that he was older and more experienced. Even if you were a master of alchemy, you would not use this as an excuse to instruct him in a preaching tone. It's not like he was being deceived.

But as Keqing spoke slowly, somehow, Yi Lao gradually listened to her. He also knew that the other party was not trying to lecture him, but to enlighten him.

Yes, what I care about is not being cheated, but being slapped in the face.

If he cared about being cheated, he should have directed it directly at the person who cheated him, instead of getting angry and taking it out on everyone present...

Yi Lao's thoughts were surging, and he finally let out the anger in his heart.

"You are right, my friend... I have learned your lesson. This old man has also lost the battle!"

Seeing that he was still somewhat unconvinced, Keqing was not as angry as before to the point of wanting to vent her anger on others, so she didn't say anything.

The stronger you are, the harder it is to tolerate those who are stronger than you. You will refute, rebuke, and teach others. Your arrogance will grow stronger day by day, but you will gradually lose the light in your mind and be unable to look at yourself and the world around you with an indifferent attitude. Your objective observation ability will never return. With the suspicion of bias, your path will become more and more deviated. In the end, you will go astray.

The higher you climb, the more likely you are to be arrogant and condescending. You will be immersed in the admiration of others. It is inevitable that you will be arrogant, and it is difficult to stay calm.

Those who climb higher need to reflect within themselves. The stronger their strength becomes, the more they need to be self-disciplined and serve the public, rather than looking down on others.

Keqing has seen very few people who can do all of this. Most people’s cultivation is indeed higher than that of ordinary people, but their state of mind is far from matching their strength.

Keqing often heard that in order for a cultivator to reach a certain level of strength, he must have a state of mind that matches it. But now it seems that the state of mind of most cultivators is not so matched. Why is that?

Instead, they are more obedient to desires and material things.

Keqing felt curious, and thinking that Senior Yuehu beside her was also a powerful Void Refining expert, she couldn't help but ask.

"Although I am a demon beast and my system is different from yours, I do have some ideas about the so-called state of mind."

Yuehu said leisurely.

"The state of mind is an illusory thing, a spiritual existence that is difficult to describe."

"However, there are no identical leaves in the world. Even the leaves on a tree are different. How can you expect your state of mind to be the same?"

"Some people like color, some people like talent, some people hate water, some people hate fire, beauty is different for everyone."

Yue Fox swung her tail lazily, the tip of her tail gently moving a strand of hair, and her unfocused tone carried a clarity that penetrated everything.

"What you like is also liked by others, and what you insist on is not what others insist on. People are different. This is also true for the mind and the heart of Tao. How do you know that it is wrong for the other person to pursue something different from you?"

Hearing this, Keqing seemed to be thinking about something.

Chapter 720: Eating Watermelons and Watching the Show (Part 3)

Although he had let it go, Yi Lao still felt resentful of being deceived. Whenever he thought about how he had lost face in front of Keqing, he felt endless embarrassment. He had thought he had a unique vision, but he didn't expect that he had been deceived by a liar.

How can this work?

"What's wrong with you guards? How can you let those scammers run rampant in my Qingcang City?" Yi Lao was very disappointed with the management of the guards. He immediately summoned the captain of the guard who was responsible for managing the market and city order and scolded him.

This made the Jindan stage cultivator and the captain of the guard who were called here completely confused and bewildered.

Isn't this how the market works? I have to be in charge of this?

Isn't it all about eyesight when a cultivator trades? If your eyesight is not good enough, you don't need to go to the stalls, you can just buy directly from the shops.

Even their guards are helpless against those scammers.

But what can we do? How can they have such a good eye to distinguish the quality of the goods on the stalls? Even if some monks find that they have been cheated and want to argue, those scammers have already changed their appearance and fled. How can we control them?

The captain of the escort team felt aggrieved, but he couldn't say it directly. Facing Yi Lao's reproaches and requests, he could only say on the surface that he would definitely complete it.

"Okay, do it quickly. We must not let those scammers go unpunished. This has seriously damaged the prestige of our Qingcang City!" Yi Lao said righteously.

The captain of the guard couldn't help but wonder in his heart, maybe you were deceived, so you made such a request.

You know what, he guessed it right.

After Yi Lao left, the brothers beside him came over cautiously.

"Captain, what did that person say? Judging from your expression, is the request difficult?"

"Who knows what happened? They asked me to deal with those scammers right away..." Zeng Jin sighed.

"Doesn't trading in this market rely on eyesight? If you really don't want to be cheated, just go to the shops. If I knew who the cheaters were, I would have gone to pick up bargains a long time ago. Why would I have to be the captain of the guard!?"

"I don't know what that person was thinking. He asked me to take care of those scammers. How can I know who the scammers are?

"Ah!? How do we catch a liar?"

The team members were also confused. Those scammers would change their appearances one by one, so how could they catch them?

I've been thinking about it, but I still have no clue.

"First, catch those who blatantly cheat and deceive, and the rest can be dealt with later. Just patrol more. Since we can't find those expert scammers, we can always take care of those madams who use tricks to defraud! There was no need to take care of it before, but now it may be that the powerful young master was deceived, so I was asked to pay attention."

"Yes, we should do something first. At least on the surface we should have an attitude. It's just a pity to waste those tributes."

The team members felt a little regretful because they had received a lot of filial piety!

If the guards had not been so greedy for the tributes and turned a blind eye to those who cheated and deceived, how could the atmosphere at the stalls have become so bad?

"Oh, maybe those madams went too far and cheated a big shot!"

The other team members nodded. They usually ignored those people because they would send gifts, but now that the higher-ups have given the order, they have to take care of them!

After some communication, the guard team immediately began to rectify the situation.

Those who should be arrested were arrested, and those who should be punished were punished, and they no longer turned a blind eye as before. As a result, the atmosphere in the market improved a lot. After those fraud leaders were arrested, everyone was in danger, and there were fewer cases of fraud. Once this atmosphere spread, it made the scammers more cautious and no longer acted recklessly like before. For a while, the market in Qingcang City was even more lively than before.

Stalls and shops were originally competitors. People went to shops to buy peace of mind and authentic products. Now, after the turmoil, the number of scammers has been greatly reduced, and the stalls have become lively again. For a time, those monks who relied on shops to sell their goods also became enterprising, and competition made the market more colorful.

Those shops that secretly sold fake goods to damage the reputation of their stalls were quickly caught. After several incidents, the previous methods no longer worked, and they could only let the real products compete in the market.

Yi Lao didn't know that his dissatisfaction would rekindle the vitality of the market.

After losing face, he rubbed his nose and felt that it was not a good idea to go on shopping, so he hurried to the City Lord's Mansion to solve the problem of the elixir. It was more important than anything else to clear the name of this elixir master as soon as possible.

Keqing had no objection to this. She had plenty of opportunities to go shopping anyway, and her other goal also required meeting the city lord to be achieved.

Since they had reached an agreement, Yi Lao led the way and soon brought Keqing to the City Lord's Mansion.

"Fellow Daoist, please come in. This is the City Lord's Mansion."

Old Yi led the way with a smile and brought Keqing to the City Lord's Mansion. There were no ordinary cultivators standing guard in front of the City Lord's Mansion. Instead, there were two giant beasts like stone lions, each two meters tall, standing on both sides of the City Lord's Mansion.

His eyes were huge and his gaze was bright. When Keqing arrived, his gaze instantly froze on her.

Keqing sensed that this thing was a puppet and had at least the cultivation level of a golden elixir.

Yi Lao just made a casual move with his hand, and as the air in front of him fluctuated, the two giant beasts instantly withdrew their gazes.

When you look at it, the entire City Lord's Mansion is built against the mountain and beside the water, like a fairy mountain pavilion, which is more magnificent than the imperial palace.

Keqing took a look and it seemed as if there was no end in sight.

"This human is actually good at building a cave for himself. It's so grand and majestic. I'm afraid he used a lot of waste stones..."

Yuehu clicked her tongue.

"I have to say, the mayor of Qingcang City is obviously very wealthy, otherwise he wouldn't spend so much on external things."

Keqing nodded in agreement.

This City Lord's Mansion is much larger than the one in my own Li City. It is more like a city within a city than a mansion. A city this big is even larger than the imperial palace of my own mortal dynasty.

Originally, the puppet beast's sights were on Keqing, but after Yi Lao waved his hand, the puppet beast seemed to have received an order and became quiet.

"Fellow Daoist, please..."

After taking Keqing to the hall and telling the servants to take good care of the guests, Yi Lao hurriedly left to report to the city lord.

Xiang Yanwu didn't follow, because as soon as he entered the city, Yi Lao

He ordered someone to take her to the dungeon and bring out the people from her business alliance. After all, she was not the only one who was captured. Once the city lord was angry, how could he not vent his anger on others?

As Yi Lao left, the entire hall became quiet again.

"Dear guest, this is the finest Qingwu tea, please enjoy..."

Two cups of steamy tea were served, and there was even a spiritual pet.

The maid respectfully stepped forward to pour tea. Keqing thanked her and took it.

Instead, the maid was frightened and she quickly withdrew her hand and retreated in a hurry.

"Am I that terrible?"

Keqing paused and patted her face.

“It’s terrible~ So terrible~”

I’m afraid that maid has never been thanked by a cultivator in the God Transformation Stage.

Yuehu jumped onto the table with a smile, looked at the tea in front of her and took a deep breath.

"It's just so-so... But it's luxurious to use for entertaining guests. Although the spiritual energy is not very rich, it tastes good."

Yuehu stuck out his tongue and licked it gently, smacking his lips and shaking his head.

Although she said no, her body actually finished the drink obediently. Seeing this, Keqing pushed her cup over. Yuehu was of course not polite at all and held the teacup and smacked her lips. She held her own small teacup with her two front paws, her ears drooping and standing upright, and she sucked and smacked her lips at the same time, which was quite silly and cute.

Keqing leaned her elbows on the table, her chin supported by her palms, and watched the scene quietly. She thought to herself that the tea tasted so good, so she could ask Yi Lao later to see if she could get some seedlings to plant for Senior Yuehu to taste.

I don’t know whether Senior Yun Xin likes it or not. He doesn’t like trouble. As soon as he entered the city, he gave a notification and disappeared without a trace.

While Keqing was deep in thought, there was a sudden noise outside.

"Where are your eyes!"

"I'm sorry, miss, I'm really sorry..."

"Is that enough to say sorry? You hurt me!"

"I'm sorry, miss, I didn't mean it!"

"Are you still trying to do this on purpose!?"

A childish but slightly coquettish scolding voice broke through the air, instantly breaking the previous silence.

The servants in the hall were attracted by the sound and looked out. Yue Hu was also interested in the sound outside after sniffing the air.

She rolled her eyes, her bright fox eyes full of curiosity.

"It's so boring. I want to go see what's going on outside!"

As she spoke, she put down the teacup in her hand and jumped over to watch the fun.

"wait……"

Before Keqing could say anything, she saw a jumping white shadow disappear from her sight in an instant.

"Ah...why didn't I realize before that she also likes to watch the fun..."

Keqing sighed, stood up from her seat calmly, and walked out of the hall at a leisurely pace.

When they arrived outside the hall, following the scent, Keqing's eyes finally caught sight of Yuehu, who was sitting on the flower bed watching the fun. She looked at her erect fox ears and eyes sparkling with interest, intently watching the people who were joining in the fun.