Xiang Beifei handed the task of building the new city over to Erha, asking him to help manage things quietly here. If someone comes looking, just say he’s cultivating. Meanwhile, he quietly prepared to leave.
But just as he left the Human Race’s outpost, Li Qianluo appeared out of nowhere.
"Xiao Bei, you’re going to rescue someone without taking me!" Li Qianluo came running over eagerly.
"What rescue?" Xiang Beifei asked with a laugh.
"Aren’t you going to Jingxi City to save Chu Xi?"
"How do you also know about Chu Xi?"
"Uncle Duan mentioned it this morning. He’s in charge of gathering all sorts of information from the Edge Corner Airspace daily. He mentioned Chu Jun’s grandson. I was thinking of asking if you wanted to rescue him." Li Qianluo said with a cheeky grin.
"I’ll go by myself, you stay here obediently."
"Is this your first day knowing me?"
Li Qianluo put her hands on her hips and giggled.
"Alright, follow along."
Xiang Beifei was too lazy to persuade her further; this girl was always eager for excitement. Last time at Bone Mountain and Desert Stone Cave, she created a Zha Jiang Stronghold to play around, and persuasion was of no use.
Li Qianluo joyfully ran over, jumped onto Xiang Beifei’s breath soil, and the two headed towards Jingxi City. Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩•𝗳𝗂𝗋𝖾•𝕟𝕖𝕥
Jingxi City was an unremarkable small town, not large in scale. Compared to other towns, it was relatively remote, which was why the Human Race chose it as a contact point, less likely to be noticed by the Dao Palace.
However, ever since Chu Xi was captured, the Human Race abandoned this contact point, even giving up all resources.
Xiang Beifei stood in the void, looking at the Jingxi City ahead, pondering slightly.
Jingxi City was bustling, with people of various races coming and going endlessly. On the surface, it seemed unchanged, but there were undercurrents flowing beneath.
Around this city, there were all sorts of faint formations, extremely concealed. They weren’t offensive and were invisible, but everyone entering or exiting was recorded.
The entire formation was like a cube, wrapping around Jingxi City, with a master of the Inquiry Dao Realm guarding each side! Most importantly, if these formations were triggered from the inside, the entire city would be locked down, and no one could escape!
"They sure have put on quite a display." Xiang Beifei said.
"That’s normal, every time a human is caught, they lay a trap, waiting for a rescue attempt, hoping to kill a few rash humans. But humans have learned now; when captured, they just give up, not attempting a rescue." Li Qianluo said.
"You sure know a lot."
"I was born and raised in the Edge Corner Airspace! I’m knowledgeable about many things." Li Qianluo said, rubbing her fists enthusiastically, "What’s our plan next?"
"What plan? I don’t fully understand the situation yet."
"No plan? Great! No plan is the best plan, catches them off guard!" Li Qianluo rubbed her hands eagerly.
"Let’s enter the city first."
Xiang Beifei easily figured out the characteristics of this formation, then used Yin and Yang energies to simulate different breaths, making entering and exiting this place as easy as pie. The nets set by the Dao Palace were like a pile of junk to him.
"Xiaohei, go gather some information. Remember, don’t act rashly, discuss with me first." Xiang Beifei said.
Xiaohei leapt high and disappeared into the city.
The city was bustling, with vendors lining the streets selling various magical artifacts containing powerful Spiritual Power.
"Boss, how much for this piece of Thousand-Fathom Ice?"
Li Qianluo stopped at the stall of a man dressed in ice crystal clothes, asking for the price.
The vendor of the Thousand-Fathom Ice was a practitioner of the Ice Dao Race, only with the cultivation level of Heavenly Connection Realm. His ears were still translucent ice crystals, sparkling brightly.
Seeing business, the Ice Dao Race man immediately perked up, greeting with a smile:
"Miss, you have a keen eye, immediately spotting the most valuable piece of Millennium Thousand-Fathom Ice from our place! To not hide from you, this piece has been nurtured for millions of years, the Spiritual Power it contains is extremely special, it was once a relic left by an expert of Xuanming Ancestral Dao Realm! For the first sale today, I’ll give you a discount, one fathom of ice for one fathom of soil!"
"Are you crazy? Why not just rob? This lousy ice can only produce thirty fathoms of water at most, and you want to sell it for a fathom of soil? Two feet would be more than enough!" Li Qianluo haggled.
The Ice Dao Race man said: "Miss, that would be unfair. This Thousand-Fathom Ice is top-notch, millions of years of ancient ice, the Spiritual Power it contains is more than just thirty fathoms of water, your price is too low!"
"Are you taking me for a fool? If I didn’t want to soak in an ice spring bath, I wouldn’t even buy it, alright? I just went by the Aquatic Dao Race’s stand, their discounted active free water was only two feet and three inches for the same amount!" Li Qianluo argued on.
The Ice Dao Race man was agitated, angrily saying: "How can the Aquatic Dao Race’s active free water compare to our Thousand-Fathom Ice! They are stealing our work, catalyzing our Thousand-Fathom Ice into water to sell, so shameless!"
"How they sell is their business, whatever grudge between the Ice Dao Race and the Aquatic Dao Race doesn’t concern me, I’m just buying what’s cost-effective. If you don’t agree, I’ll go buy from the Aquatic Dao Race."
"No, no! Alright, I’ll offer three foot one! Can’t go any lower!"
"Three foot one, still not cost-effective."