Chapter 49 A Sleepless Night

  Liáng Shān and Tuòbá Qiū Róng stepped into Chǔ Fēng, and there was a dazzling feeling. From the outside, it looked blurry, with treasures shining brightly, but overall, it couldn't shake off the simple and crude feel of a rural market. However, once inside, it was like entering the night market of Luòyáng, with lanterns aglow and streets lined up.

  "Is this your first time here?" Tuoba Qiurong looked slightly surprised and said: "This is Feng Jun She's move to change the scenery."

  "What a 'change of scene'!" Liang Shan sighed. Feng Kun, their senior fellow apprentice who had entered with them, said "He went ahead" and slipped away, apparently very tactful.

  Liáng Shān looked around and saw that the shops were lined up one after another, with a constant stream of chatter. It felt like being in a tourist souvenir shop in a modern scenic spot.

  "Two monks came over to take a look and bought some excellent wooden carvings struck by lightning, which they took back home for their families to wear as amulets to ward off evil spirits. It's quite effective."

  Struck wood is a tree that has been struck by lightning, with residual thunder fire, which is very effective in driving out evil spirits. Liangshan picked up a string of prayer beads with interest and thought to himself that this thing was just right to bring back for his mother, while a wooden hairpin next to it was just suitable for Fourth Daughter. As he thought about it, Liangshan's gaze became gentle.

  "This monk has a good eye." The stall owner saw that someone was interested in his lightning-struck wooden carving decorations and immediately began to aggressively sell them.

  Tuoba Qiurong was on the right side of Liangshan, looking at Liangshan with a sparkle in his eyes like a child seeing his favorite toy, thinking that until now she couldn't see through Liangshan.

  "How much is this?" Liangshan asked.

  Tuoba Qiurong immediately grabbed Liangshan's hand and ran. After running for a while, Tuoba Qiurong suddenly realized that she had actually taken the initiative to hold a man's hand, and quickly let go.

  "What's wrong?"

  "Brother Liang, the shops outside sell things that cater to worldly tastes. Only disciples who have been granted leave and are returning home would buy these. You're wasting your merit points by buying them now."

  The outermost circle of shops in the Chu Wind area were mostly wooden, jade carvings and some ingenious trinkets. The wood was mainly thunder-struck wood, Ling Xuan wood, agarwood, and purple sandalwood; the jade was white jade, carved with talismans and so on. Practitioners who bought them had no use for them, but they were suitable as gifts for family members, which could ward off evil spirits and bring peace, change one's physique to increase longevity. In Liangshan, there were also workshops that produced equipment that increased the attack and defense power of the entire village.

  Jian saw Liangshan's eyes gleaming, and Tuoba Qiurong said: "Returning home for a trip requires consuming 5 minutes of merit value, half a year's basic points. You now need to exchange some items suitable for cultivation and doing tasks."

  Liáng Shān woke up and said with a bow: "Please teach me, Autumn Lotus sister."

  Tuoba Qiurong couldn't maintain her intimidating demeanor towards Liangshan, and said: "I need to go out on a mission, I still need one more person." She then stopped talking and stared at Liangshan.

  "Alright." Liangshan said with ease.

  "It's a very difficult task." Tuo Ba Qiurong said again.

  Liáng Shān smiled and said, "You wouldn't be thinking of taking your own life, would you?"

  Tuoba Qiurong smiled.

  Through this kind of tourist souvenir gathering and dispersing place, going further in, Liangshan has a feeling of entering the core business district, and things like elixirs and magical instruments that are even more dazzling appear.

  Every new outer door disciple has 2 points of basic merit value, these days Liangshan listened to miscellaneous learning, barely accumulated to 2 points and 2 cents, poor man. Liangshan asked Tuoba Qiurui, the other party already had 4 points of merit value, well-behaved.

  Soon, Tuoba Qiurong, who was leading Liangshan, entered a state of great purchase. Tuoba Qiurong didn't quite understand the true meaning of "shopping" that Liangshan mentioned, but when Liangshan said it, Tuoba Qiurong suddenly remembered her childhood desire to wear beautiful Han women's dresses, only to be cruelly scolded by her father.

  After that, Tuoba Qiurong was sent to a place called "Training Camp", from that moment on, her childhood ended, and death and killing accompanied her.

  Tuoba Qiurong knew that her state beside Liangshan was different from usual, but she enjoyed this state. Soon, Tuoba Qiurong spent 2 points of merit value to purchase two sets of rhinoceros leather armor, two sets of powerful black sleeve arrows with carved symbols, two thunderbolt bombs, a bottle of detoxifying Wàn Dú Sàn, and a bottle of hunger-relieving Biè Gǔ Dān.

  When Liangshan found out that he also had a share, he hastily declined, thinking to himself, does this count as being supported by Tuoba Qiurong?

  Tuoba Qiurong said that after completing the task, there were 20 points of merit value, she got 12 points and Liangshan got 8 points. Liangshan only agreed then. Liangshan was slightly moved, with these 8 points, adding to his original 2 points, he could buy a bottle of Yuanli Dan.

  In fact, during this more than a month when he was studying miscellaneous subjects in the daytime and closing his door to practice at night on Mount Liang, he had planned out his own path of cultivation. Without a master, Mount Liang's best plan was to do more tasks.

  Time and time again, he went out on missions, earned merit points in exchange for Yuan Liquid Dan, and then cultivated by himself. However, this month Liang Shan didn't move.

  He wants to keep a low profile because someone is watching him.

  It's now obvious that he can't pretend anymore, the genius Lei Dong among the useless people was knocked down by himself. I believe it won't take long before something unexpected happens in his life, and at this time, going out on a mission is actually better.

  The disciples of the Holy Sword Hall are not allowed to engage in private fights when they go out, and killing fellow disciples is a serious crime that requires going to the Five Thunder Temple. Tuoba Qiurong found his partner, which means that someone will send pillows whenever he wants to sleep.

  "With so many things, isn't there a spatial ring or something?" Liang Shan asked as he saw Tuoba Qiurong pack all the items into her personal cowhide backpack.

  "What is a space ring?"

  "It's just the size of a ring, but you can put everything inside and carry it with you, extremely convenient." Liang Shan chuckled, but seeing Tuoba Qiuyue's astonished face, he stopped and leaned in, "Don't you have this thing?"

  "Is there such a treasure? I've never heard of it."

  Liáng Shān wants to slap his thigh, it's really killing people.

  "What you're referring to is a small world, with stable ones being Tiankong Fudi, and aside from those, there are some unstable temporary small worlds. To grasp or create spatial powers, one must be at least a Tianxian."

  Under Taobao Qiurong's description, Liangshan gradually understood that Dongtian Fudi was a place for cultivators to cultivate their true selves, and on the ground, there were also some small worlds scattered around with unstable characteristics.

  Liangshan's heart moved slightly, thinking of the place where his wife Zhen Qiong had lived in seclusion to mourn her parents. It seemed that the small world where Zhu Guo was reborn was also temporarily unstable.

  Alas, without a master, one lacks solid foundational knowledge. Liangshan immediately asked many questions, and Tuoba Qiurong naturally answered them one by one. Anyway, they were all common sense, as long as they didn't involve the skills taught by Master Lei, Tuoba Qiurong had no problem sharing.

  At midnight, Liangshan returned to his own courtyard and saw Ma Wencai practicing the "Falling Cow Fist" under the osmanthus tree in the yard. He was fully immersed, crouching, leaning forward, and charging, with a complete display of form and spirit. A faint cow horn appeared on top of his head, and sweat had already broken out on his forehead. Liangshan sighed, thinking that Ma Wencai seemed to have become a different person here.

  Recently, I heard about an incident involving a group of newcomers. The young master of Yue State and Ma Wencai were reduced to doing miscellaneous chores. Apparently, they were "bullied" by an old miscellaneous chore worker and cried for several days before giving up and returning to their residence. Although the outer door disciples value strength, there is still a bottom line. It seems that the world of miscellaneous chores is purely a jungle law.

  Ma Wencai had just finished his second round of Fownuquan, feeling refreshed and relaxed all over, letting out a long breath that almost sounded like the lowing of an ox. However, he saw Liang Shan standing at the door with his arms crossed, looking at him with great interest. His heart skipped a beat as he hastily bowed and said: "Liang Shao, you're back."

  "Your Fēng Niú Quán skills are quite good."

  Ma Wenzai was startled and said: "Please instruct me, Young Master Liang."

  Liáng Shān nodded. Taking in Mǎ Wén Cái was like giving himself a "mirror" to use, and now he could see clearly that even Mǎ Wén Cái was working so hard. If one day he were to be surpassed by him, it would be a great embarrassment! So, he had to work harder!

  "You've already practiced well, I don't have anything to point out to you." With that, Liang Shan entered the main room.

  Ma Wenzai entered his own ear chamber, focusing on the Cow Buckle. There was still half a year before the annual Ten Outstanding Youth Competition for miscellaneous chores. Whoever came in first would be able to advance to outer door disciple or directly advance to the foundation period and become an outer door disciple.

  In the old miscellaneous service, there is a high-ranking and perfect Qi Gong. Ma Wenzai wants to reach his goal, one is to suffer more than others, and the other is to complete the task assigned by Jin Changlao.

  Jin Lao was anxiously pacing outside the Yin Guan Peak at this time. He wanted to report to the wise and enlightened Yang Ming about Liangshan's victory over Lei Dong.

  Funiu Mountain has twelve peaks, each independent of the others. The Holy Son can lead one peak alone. Not long after, the child ran out and told Elder Jin that the Holy Son had not returned yet. Elder Jin looked up at the sky, and on the twelve peaks, lightning flashed and the wind changed. Elder Jin was helpless and could only leave a letter and float down the mountain.

  Tuoba Qiurong returned to her own courtyard and sat in silence for a long time, thinking about whether it was reliable to partner with Liangshan.

  Tuoba Qiurong had inexplicable trust in Liangshan, but couldn't understand this guy. Although Tuoba Qiurong was accepted as a disciple by Lei Zhanglao, Lei Zhanglao's personality was narrow-minded and didn't provide any substantial assistance to his disciples.

  Other masters would reward some elixirs, like Liu Mingde and Lei Dong, they have already obtained a bottle of Yuan Liquid Dan. After thinking about it, Tuoba Qiurong only had the option to go out and complete tasks. Simple ones were time-consuming; difficult ones were hard to accomplish alone, thinking of this, Tuoba Qiurong was certain that partnering with Liangshan was a wise move.

  Tuoba Qiurong's reverie was only for a few breaths, and soon the whole person was like a black ice, silent and still, entering a state of meditation.

  Lei Dong tonight is destined to be sleepless. Tomorrow when the sky lights up, Lei Dong believes some people will vote for Liu Mingde.

  People are self-interested and like to cling to the strong, this is inevitable. Lei Dong thought of himself at the age of eight lying in the mud being trampled on by a cousin, thinking of this made Lei Dong feel relieved, if he could get through that, what's there to fear? The second half of the year's top ten match was his goal, everything else was just fleeting clouds.

  Liu Mingde's mansion was still brightly lit until very late, but he didn't think of Lei Dong or Liangshan, instead thinking of that Wang brother who had gone to great lengths to get himself into the Sacred Sword Hall, that prince whose teeth made an unnatural clucking sound.

  At the third watch, the outer disciples of each mansion got up one by one to meditate and cultivate. Suddenly, there was a loud creaking sound, followed by a rumbling noise. An object fell from the sky, causing the lower courtyard to shake violently for a long time before it subsided. The surroundings were filled with noisy voices, "What's going on? What's going on?" someone shouted in terror.

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