CBGC - ch92.1

Chapter 092: The Woman in the Painting

     The location of the Obliteration Sword Tower is relatively remote.

     Their closest neighbor is the Ming Jian Sect. A thousand li south of the Ming Jian Sect, there is a city called Jinxiu. There are three large Cultivation Clans in it. Naturally, there are also a lot of businesses stationed in this city. Liu Feizhou wants to buy a bulk of low-level medicinal herbs. It is simply best to head over to Jinxiu City.

     He plans to have Su Tingyun go with him.

     He straightens out Su Tingyun's history and recent experiences— Su Lijiang took her from the Secular World and into the Wuliang Sect, and then she fell to the bottom of a cliff. Coming out, she goes to the Obliteration Sword Tower. Although she’s been in the Cultivation Realm for twenty years, she hasn’t seen much of the world. And so, he’s taking Su Tingyun to Jinxiu City to widen her horizons.

     Moreover, she is also learning Alchemy now. But without the guidance of a master, there are currently too many counterfeit high-level medicinal herbs that are being sold. He can teach her how to identify the herbs by taking her there, so she won’t get conned when she goes to buy it by herself in the future.

     Su Tingyun naturally wants to go along, and Bai Chengyu will follow, keeping his mission in mind. Before they could leave, Xiao Budian also goes with them, hugging Su Tingyun's arm like a dog and not letting go. As a result, the original two that will go shopping in Jinxiu City to procure herbs, have ended up turning into four.

     After a day, the four of them arrive in Jinxiu City.

     It’s like spring all year round in Jinxiu City, the place is lined with green trees, and flowers bloom like a brocade.

     Before they could get near, Su Tingyun is a little dazzled in the sky when she spots the city from a distance. Different from the fluttery, ethereal quality of entering the Wuliang Sect, Jinxiu City is like a bustling place in the mortal world. It is beautiful but not aloof, which makes people feel its warmth as soon as the view enters their eyes.

     "Peach blossoms on both sides, dipped in water to bloom", two rows of peach blossom trees grow on both sides of the river embankment, stretching continuously, like a beauty facing the water as she dresses herself. Red rouge scatters for ten li on the surface of the clear river waters.

     To enter the city, you need to pay five low-grade spirit stones.

     For the first time, Su Tingyun feels that the entrance fee is worth it. It’s like buying an entrance ticket to an ancient town. Seeing her eyes light up, Liu Feizhou chuckles, "The Wang family in Jinxiu City have been spiritual planters for generations, and they are good at growing herbs. That's why they filled Jinxiu City with a lot of decorative flowers and plants, flashy but with no substance."

     "They’re better off using those spiritual stones to set up a few defensive formations." Liu Feizhou remarks with disdain.

     In this world of cultivation, cultivation families are generally backed by major Sects. The Wang family in Jinxiu City has some connections with his master Dan Biqing, which makes the Wang family's status quite high, while the other two families are relatively weaker. It is also for this reason that the Jinxu City is able to bloom like a flowery brocade.

     As soon as they enter the city, Su Tingyun and Xiao Budian look around like they have never seen civilization.

     There are quite a few practitioners in the city, and many of them are not high-level. This is the why the cultivation families and the city could exist. Not everyone acts like a proud son or daughter of heaven. With cultivation qualifications that are extremely high, these people also have relatives and friends that they want to keep in their lives.

     Liu Feizhou is initially willing to wait for Su Tingyun and Xiao Budian to fill their eyes, and he lets them look around as they please. But when they haven’t moved on from one street after two hours, he can’t help but look a little impatient.

     He coughs a couple of times, only to discover that the pair are still looking at the nifty little gadgets on the side of the road. And so, he directly pulls on Su Tingyun's arm, while his other hand grabs Xiao Budian by the scruff, dragging the two of them forward. After that, they turn and proceed into an alley.

     This alley is covered with bluestone slabs, which have moss on them.

     It isn’t raining in the city, but the corners of the eaves in this alley have thin water lines streaming down from them, separated by a rain curtain. The rainy alley is long. A person holding an oiled paper parasol unhurriedly walks over. Her silhouette is blurry, but looking at her graceful posture, she must be a stunning beauty.