Back in the room, Yu Lou cultivated for an hour and pushed today's cultivation to the limit allowed by heaven and earth.
Just before going to bed, he lay on the bed, staring blankly at the darkness in front of him as he kept his eyes open.
Yu An was already snoring, but Yu Lou could not fall asleep no matter how hard he tried.
At the moment of complete silence, Yu Lou thought of today's "meeting" with Mu Yingxi and remembered what Mu Yingxi had said.
After a long time, he got up softly, walked out of the back door of Fuyuan Jū, and entered the rear courtyard of Zhi Wei Fang.
Initially, Hong Mei was transported by the three members of the Wang family along the way. Wang Rongsheng used the pigeons set up by the Wang family in ordinary towns to send letters to the head of the clan for help.
The Wang family also had means of sending messages in Qingxi Fang, and it was even faster than the carrier pigeons—a grey-backed falcon with an initial rank of cultivation among the mixed demons.
The cultivation level of these grey-backed falcons was roughly equivalent to the early stage of Qi Cultivation, their flying speed could reach one thousand and five hundred miles in a day, and they were spirit beasts nurtured by beast tamer.
The only difference between spirit birds, spirit beasts, and demon birds, demon beasts is that they have been domesticated by cultivators and can be used directly.
By the donkey stable in Zhi Wei Fang, two grey-backed falcons were happily nestled together, standing on the wooden beams beneath the stable.
Seeing Yu Lou coming, the wooden spirit called 'dumbass' in the donkey shed snorted loudly and pointed to the direction of grass with its nose, "Ei, ei."
It wasn't a big deal for it to make a noise, but the grey-backed falcon on the wooden beam was woken up and its peaceful sleep was disturbed by the couple of grey-backed falcons. Without hesitation, they immediately began to peck its forehead.
The attack power of mixed demon birds was not low, fortunately, the wooden spirit called 'dumbass' also had cultivation and its skin was thick and tough, so it didn't get hurt.
"All right, who here is willing to help me deliver this letter to the clan leader?"
Yu Lou pushed some grass material into the dumbass's mouth, making it shut up, and then proposed his request to the grey-backed falcon couple.
Looking at the paper in Yu Lou's hand, the male and female grey-backed falcons discussed for a moment, and finally flew up, standing on Yu Lou's hand.
Although it was a spirit bird with cultivation, the characteristics of its species determined that its weight and size were not large. Therefore, even standing on Yu Lou's hand, it did not feel heavy to him.
Feeling that his fingers were pecked five times by the bird, Yu Lou wondered in surprise.
"Five dragon and tiger dry?" "Delivering messages, aren't you supposed to only need one?"
Dragon and tiger dry sounds intimidating, but in reality, it is just a type of feed for spirit beasts made from tiger root and little heavenly dragon, which can provide a tiny benefit to cultivation and Qi.
The approximate method of production is to stuff the dried tiger root into the stomach of a lizard, and then let it dry.
The price is about six pieces for one piece of essence stone, and the main expenditure is on the smelting of tiger root. The lizard is just an ordinary lizard.
Therefore, even though the grey-backed falcon couple had asked for a lot, it was still very cheap in reality.
But Yu Lou could not forget the family rules of the Wang family – to cut 90% of the price before making a deal.
"The most is one, and more is impossible!"
Upon hearing Yu Lou's words, the two grey-backed falcons flew around him in anger, chattering and cursing rudely.
After cursing for a while, the male grey-backed falcon landed on Yu Lou's shoulder, pecked his arm twice heavily, and then glared at him angrily, implying something very clear.
"Half a piece, but I can't give it to you today. If you agree, I'll entrust you with the task of delivering the letter."
"If you don't agree, I'll wait for the Wang family's caravan to pass through Qingxi Fang next time before delivering the letter."
Yu Lou would not tolerate these arbitrarily raising prices of spirit birds. The rule set by the Wang family was that once a piece of dragon and tiger dry, they randomly raised prices without saying, and even dared to increase by five times at once.
After cursing for a while, the male grey-backed falcon snatched the letter paper from Yu Lou's hand with its beak and flew away without looking back.
Just, the little eyes of that lively spirit were full of disdain.
Stupid human child, how can you easily get half a piece of dragon and tiger dry from your hand? Idiot!
The people of the Wang family like to negotiate prices by cutting them down to the bottom, and under the strong influence of the Wang family, these spirit birds have learned how to retaliate.
Price increases must be first increased, then let the Wang family's imbeciles cut.
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Yu Lou was sleeping soundly, while the male grey-backed falcon carrying the letter was flying swiftly through the starry night towards the Wang family mountain.
At the age of thirteen, Yu Lou and Yu An went out of Wang family mountain together.
Now, three years have passed.
The male grey-backed falcon flew over the capital of Anyang North, the thousand-family lanterns of this mundane kingdom, representing the Wang family that was climbing up in prosperity.
As it flew along, the first light of dawn caught up with its shadow. Its agile figure was reflected on the water surface. The grey-backed falcon, which had flown all night, landed on a floating log in the middle of a nameless lake.
It lowered its head, drank some water, and then took off again accompanied by the morning sun.
Crossing the flat fields and flying waterfalls in the forest.
Finally, amidst the towering mountains and roaring waves, it found the secret entrance to the Wang family's tribal territory.
Under the straight cliffs, a dark green river flows out of the cave at the bottom, and in mid-air, the grey-backed falcon suddenly dives, its body pressing against the water surface, and enters the secret territory of the Wang family.
Through the underground river artificially shaped by humans, a peach blossom-like existence was hidden in the cover of mountains.
Surrounded by towering mountains reaching thousands of feet, the sky above was obscured by a cloud formation. Protected by these mountains and the cloud formation, the Wang family's territory was as beautiful as a fairyland on earth.
Abundant spiritual energy made the male grey-backed falcon a little intoxicated. It flew past the well-arranged courtyards and straight up to the plain platform in the center of the basin.
The eight-level spirit object, the dumbass mule Yuan, is the foundation of the Wang family.
Looking down from the sky, more than a hundred mules are scattered across the plain of Dumbass Mule Yuan, some fighting, some sleeping, and some creating small mules.
At the center of the basin, surrounded by high cliffs, four winding streams flow from the center to the surrounding areas. When they reach the edge of the plain on top of the plateau, they turn into waterfalls.
The water flows into the ground again, and is guided by four waterways back to the underground array buried deep in the Dumbass Mule Plain. By relying on the power of the array, it returns to the Dumbass Mule Plain repeatedly.
This stream is all the spiritual water of Qin Yun Qingxi, and the stream itself is also undergoing the process of transforming from spiritual water to spiritual beings.
At the source of the stream, standing in the center of the Dumbass Mule Plain, are several ancient pines that are lush and green.
The spiritual water from Qin Yun Qingxi flows out of their roots, nourishing them, and at the same time, they nourish it.
On the largest of the ancient pines, there is a platform that grows out from its branches.
On the platform, there is a cultivator meditating with his eyes closed, who is the clan leader of the Wang family of Anyang North.
The male grey-backed falcon landed on the edge of the platform and, leaping twice, placed the letter paper in front of Wang Xianmao.
Wang Xianmao did not open his eyes. A gust of wind blew, and the letter paper opened, revealing the words Yu Lou intended to say.
On the branches beside the platform, there was a beautiful red-capped spiritual crane, which asked the grey-backed falcon.
"Greybeaked, this time shouldn't it be your wife delivering the message?"
Crane elder has a high cultivation, reaching the peak of small demon realm. With the demon realm technique provided by Wang family, it can speak directly.
The grey-backed falcon can't, its cultivation is low, and its intelligence is not high either; it can only reply with simple chirps.
"It's too late, Wang kid, sneak attack, I can't trust it, I'll do it."
"Was the Wang family's kid snuck up and attacked?" the crane elder was shocked.
A member of the Yu branch has already died, Yu Liu, and now there's another sneak attack. The Wang family seems to have been experiencing a lot of misfortunes in recent years.
"Buzz~"
Wang Xianmao did not pay attention to the nonsense of the two spirit birds and instead blew a bone flute.
This specially made bone flute can realize the directional communication within the Wang family territory. By blowing different sounds, Wang Xianmao can call for the corresponding person.
Soon, an elder of the Wang family arrived in front of him.
"Yu Lou and Yu An have been out for three years, it's time to come back for a visit. Go and fetch them, be careful on the way."
This elder was old in appearance but extremely robust in body, with bright eyes. His cultivation was at the peak of training qi.
He nodded thoughtfully and bowed.
"Xian Zhou will comply with the great-brother's orders!"
Wang Xianzhou turned around and left, the clan leader's communication echoing in his mind.
"A few years ago, the disciples of the Miao Feng Mountain sect tried to abduct Rongyuan, but he killed them back."
"Now, they are fighting fiercely with the Valley God sect. Make a bigger noise on your way back this time."
"Let those people know that the Anyang North Kingdom Wang family has the qualification to join in!"
Upon hearing his brother's words, Wang Xianzhou smiled and waved his hand. Such a matter was something he was very clear on how to handle.
"The Valley God sect and Miao Feng Mountain are fighting fiercely. Two of Wang Xianmao's old friends came to Wang family to ask for an alliance."
But Wang Xianmao was dissatisfied with the benefits offered by Miao Feng Mountain, so he delayed his agreement.
This time, by going out to show off, it can achieve the effect of further increasing the entrance fee for the Wang family.
They want the Wang family to join forces, but Miao Feng Mountain only offers a little profit, they have to pay out.
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Qingxi Fang, Gao Jian stuffed a piece of know-flavor oven-roasted mutton from Zhiwei Workshop into his mouth while watching the crowded customers in Baobao Pavilion, his saliva flowing even more.
But thinking about the news shared by his fellow cultivators at the guardian residence, he could only drool.
The courage to sponge off is none at all.
The Wang family's ideas are tough, and over the past few years, they've become tougher.
There are towering mountains like the Mighty Elephant and the suspended script, and under them, there are many high-level cultivators and peak cultivators.
A few days ago, the newly arrived Wang Rongsheng even boasted that he would stomp on the Car family's territory.
Brave, but they have the power to be so.
Similarly, the Wang family's Baobao Pavilion only opened for how many days, causing those competing with it to suffer greatly.
"Head, someone is flying above the Qingxi Workshop with items!"
Gao Jian's subordinate was the first to notice something amiss in the sky and alerted him.
Gao Jian looked up and saw a person driving a white flying vehicle that had stopped in the sky above Qingxi Workshop.
Crazy, Gao Jian could feel that the person riding in the sky was just a refining qi cultivator, but with spiritual light covering them, his divine sense couldn't discern their features.
Seeing him so brazen, Gao Jian was not about to back down.
He threw down the fire, reached for his waist lock-soul rope, and leaped directly to the top of Baobao Pavilion in one step.
He used the rope as a whip, 'slap' one swing, Gao Jian whipped the air and shouted.
"Who dares to violate the regulations of Qingxi Workshop!"
On the surface, he seems fierce, but he's actually just asking for the origin of the person.
He was a smart one. The other party dared to be brazen, naturally because they had power and background. Just showing off a little would do.
Being a dog requires the realization of being a dog. There's no need to be overly dedicated.
But...
Gao Jian tried to be careful, but it was useless because Wang Xianzhou was here on a mission.
Wang Xianmao, sitting on the mirror silver orchid wood flying carriage, saw Gao Jian and smiled, tapping him on the head.
Enshining Needle, a secret technique of the Heavenly Alliance cultivator.
Specializing in attacking the souls of cultivators, it is one of the strongest special attack techniques that a refining qi period cultivator can master.
Wang Xianmao just pointed lightly, and Gao Jian fell from the rooftop as if struck by lightning.
Watching the lifeless appearance of Gao Jian, who had fallen like a dead dog, Wang Xianmao dispersed the spiritual light on his flying carriage and opened his mouth in ridicule.
"Little Gao, how long has it been since we last met, and you're already daring to show your fangs at me?"
Former walker of the Heavenly Alliance, inner door disciple of the Red Lantern Society, strongest refining qi level executioner of the Wang family, holder of the refining qi to foundation setting achievement, Wang Xianmao, stepping forward.
