One hundred million Spirit Crystals seemed heavenly, enough to scare many Fish Dragon Realm cultivators away.
However, in Zhang Ruochen’s opinion, it was within the range of affordability. Most of all, that was the mansion where the Half-Saint used to reside, and it must have left behind powerful defence formations inside.
How important were defence formations?
Just by looking at the destruction of the Silver Sky Mercenary Corps, one would know the importance of defence formations.
If the Silver Sky Mercenary Group’s defence formations were even more powerful, how could the cultivators of the black market possibly break in?
Sometimes, just setting up a powerful defence formation would cost more than 100 million spirit crystals.
Moreover, where half-saints live all year round, the grass, trees, houses, doorposts, soil, everything will undergo a certain degree of sanctification, and even drinking a mouthful of spring water can make ordinary people live longer.
The so-called, “When a man achieves the Dao, all his cronies and dogs rise”, is the truth.
Therefore, the Half-Saint’s former residence was definitely a treasure that made people scramble for it, and could only be bought on the auction floor.
Lu Youcai was able to sell that one Half-Saint’s residence for 100 million spirit crystals, and it was estimated that the other party was only transferring it at a low price because of the Divine Sword Holy Land’s face.
“Go, take me to take a look.”Zhang Ruochen said with some impatience.
Lu Youcai immediately led Zhang Ruochen, in a carriage, out of the Martial City Stage House, and travelled towards Famous King Street, which was not far from the Sacred Courtyard.
As the carriage moved forward, Lu You Cai said, “The Famous King Street is 34,000 metres long, and on the left and right sides of the street, there are a total of four hundred and thirty-two mansions. The owners of the mansions are either half saints or the top echelons of the Saint Sect, not to mention the evil people of the black market, even the congregation of the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect wouldn’t dare to step foot on the Famous King Street.”
Since Lu Youcai was a Foreign Affairs Elder of the Divine Sword Holy Land, of course he learnt of Zhang Ruochen’s distress at the Silver Sky Mercenary Group at the first opportunity. That was why he said so.
Zhang Ruochen closed his eyes and slowly took a deep breath, an intoxicated look appeared on his face as he said, “What a rich heaven and earth aura, this Famous King Street is quite extraordinary, it can be called a holy land of cultivation.”
Lu Youcai laughed and said, “Elder brother Zhang, have you heard that there is a holy vein in the Sacred Courtyard?”
“Of course I’ve heard of it.”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, “It is said that in the depths of the Sacred Courtyard, there is a Sacred Mountain, and there is a Sacred Vein that has been deposited for one hundred million years under the ground of the Sacred Mountain, which can release Sacred Qi.”
“Martial artists, if they gulp holy qi and cultivate their techniques, one year of cultivation can be worth ten years of hard cultivation normally. It’s just a pity that only Half-Saints in the Sacred Courtyard can open a cultivation cave in the Sacred Mountain. Ordinary saints simply don’t have that kind of treatment.”
Heaven and earth aura was the root of cultivation.
When the heavenly and earthly aura condensed to a certain level, it would turn into a “spiritual vein” with sufficient aura.
Spiritual veins were deposited in the ground for millions of years, and when they were squeezed by the geology and impacted by some special natural forces, they would form “holy veins”.
Sacred veins can transform the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into sacred energy.
In the depths of the Sacred Courtyard, there was such a sacred vein, which had a history of hundreds of millions of years.
Lu Youcai laughed, ”Hehehe! One of the branch veins of the Holy Vein in the Sacred Courtyard flows out from the Sacred Courtyard, and it passes through the underground of Famous King Street. Although, there is no holy qi under the ground of Famous King Street, there is a rich spiritual qi.”
“That’s why many Saint Clans have allowed their outstanding heirs to reside in the mansion on Famous King Street. I don’t know how many people are competing for such a precious land.”
Zhang Ruochen moved slightly and curiously said, “Since that’s the case, why would the owner of that one Half-Saint mansion sell it out at a low price? Such a mansion, when taken to an auction house, would sell for at least 500 million spirit crystals.”
An odd smile appeared on Lu You Cai’s face as he said, “Wouldn’t you know if you meet the owner of that Half-Saint Mansion and ask her face to face?”
Zhang Ruochen always felt that there was something in Lu You Cai’s words, things were afraid that it wasn’t that simple, and he didn’t know what kind of person the owner of that one Half-Saint Mansion he was referring to was.
The Famous King Street, was very prosperous, with a lot of traffic and numerous martial artists travelling to and from it.
The carriage, stopped outside a rich and magnificent vermilion coloured mansion, on the left and right sides of the gate, there was a stone Qilin standing on each side.
That wasn’t a stone carved into a kylin, but a real kylin stone beast with life, belonging to the fourth-ranked upper class barbarian beast.
The body of the Kirin Stone Beast was seven metres tall, its entire body was as hard as iron, with thin Kirin blood flowing in its body, and it was a native of the Cloud Stone Market Realm.
When the First Central Empire’s army broke through the Cloudstone Market Realm, they captured the stone beasts in large numbers, brought them back to the Kunlun Realm, and sold them at a high price to guard their mansions.
The two Qilin Stone Beasts opened their eyes and bent their two front feet, kneeling on the ground and saluting Lu You Cai, Zhang Ruochen, and Nie Honglou, their mouths spitting out human words, “Greetings to our honoured guests.”
Lu You Cai smiled and said, “Elder brother Zhang, these two Qilin Stone Beasts, both of them are Fourth Order Upper Grade Savage Beasts, enough to erupt with an attack power comparable to that of a Heavenly Extremity Realm Great Extremity Position martial artist. In the Martial Market, one would have to spend at least two million spirit crystals to buy one. It’s one of the giveaways for purchasing the mansion.”
Nie Honglou was quite moved and said, “In other words, as long as one buys this mansion, in the future, Zhang Ruochen will be the owner of these two Qilin Stone Beasts?”
“Of course. Mr Nie, could it be that you are also interested in purchasing this former residence of a Half-Saint?”Lu Youcai asked.
Nie Honglou shook his head and said, “Can’t afford it.”
Although Nie Honglou was a Fish Dragon Sixth Transformation powerhouse with a high level of strength, he had used all of his money to purchase cultivation resources and did not have much savings.
Not to mention 100 million spirit crystals, it would be a difficult task for him to take out 10 million spirit crystals.
Although, he couldn’t afford it, he was very clear about the growth space of the Qilin Stone Beasts.
If he was able to give them a large amount of Qilin blood, they would, in the future, even be able to grow into a fifth rank savage beast.
A Fifth Order Savage Beast was comparable to a cultivator of the Fish Dragon Realm, with a price tag of over 10 million Spirit Crystals.
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards the two Qilin Stone Beasts and nodded, then continued to follow Lu Youcai, walking into the gate of the mansion.
Just as they walked in, a group of beautiful looking maids walked out to greet them. All of them were wearing spotless white clothes, not like servants at all, but rather like well-bred rich girls, among them, there were two women whose martial cultivation had even reached the Earth Extreme Realm.
“Greetings to the guests.”
Those ladies-in-waiting, they all knelt down and bowed, treating Zhang Ruochen with exceptional respect.
Because, Zhang Ruochen would most likely be their master in the future.
“All of you get up!”Lu Youcai laughed.
This mansion, which was very huge, not only had fake mountains hundreds of metres high, but also small lakes, patches of peach, bamboo, and pine forests, and the further one travelled inside, the deeper and more serene it became.
Zhang Ruochen stopped outside of an orchid valley and stretched out his five fingers, pointing them towards a certain direction in the void.
“Wow!”
Instantly, a layer of white light shield emerged in front of Zhang Ruochen’s fingers.
Using only the naked eye, one could also see that strands of array inscriptions, flowed on top of the light shield.
Zhang Ruochen was deliberately touching the formation in the mansion, wanting to test the strength of the formation.
“What a powerful defence formation, it should be a Sixth Grade Formation, moreover, there is still holy power left behind by the Half-Saint in the formation, which is enough to block the full force attack of an average Half-Saint.”
A look of awe appeared in Zhang Ruochen’s eyes as he said, “Just this defensive formation alone is worth more than 100 million spirit crystals. Who exactly is the owner of this mansion, and how is he willing to sell it out for the low price of 100 million Spirit Crystals?”
Just as Zhang Ruochen was puzzled, in the distance, in the middle of the bamboo forest, a melodious sound of a xiao was heard.
The sound of the xiao, pleasant and melodious, was like heavenly music coming down from the Nine Heavens.
“Wow!”
The breeze blew the bamboo leaves, emitting an unusually regular sound that echoed with that one xiao sound.
Upon hearing that one xiao sound, Zhang Ruochen immediately stood still, even his breathing paused, and his entire being was as if he was petrified.
His eyelids jumped straight up, and the thoughts in his heart were as if they were turning over, “How could it be the Lan You Song? How could it be?”
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen’s mind conjured up the beautiful face of a young girl.
It was his cousin, Kong Lan You.
Eight hundred years ago.
“Cousin, why do you always just practice your sword every day, will you play with me?”
A young girl with a pair of beautiful peac*ck feathers laughed cheekily, twisting her long skirt with one hand as she squatted next to the stream, the other hand pouring water up and onto Zhang Ruochen’s body.
Zhang Ruochen put his sword away and shook his head, saying, “Lan You, if you are so playful and don’t cultivate hard, how will you lead the Peac*ck Semi-Human Race to the Avenue of Prosperity in the future?”
Kong Lanyou spat out his tongue, crossed his arms and laughed, “There’s still you, you can protect me! Don’t practice your sword anymore, just play with me for a little while, just a little while, okay?”
“No, I’ve already made a bet with sister Chi Yao that I must succeed in cultivating the Nine Swords of Yang Yi before her.”Zhang Ruochen said solemnly.
“Hmph! You only know how to think about that one Chi Yao sister, you don’t have me as your cousin in your eyes at all, in the future, I don’t even like you anymore! Wooo!”
Kong Lanyou sat down on the ground with a butt, looking very exasperated as she rubbed her eyes with both hands and cried.
Zhang Ruochen sighed and looked towards a green bamboo not far away, waving his sword and sending out two sword qi flying out, slicing that one green bamboo into three sections.
He grabbed one of the bamboo sections, held it in his hand, and knocked it on Kong Lanyou’s head, saying, ”Lanyou, don’t cry. I’ll blow a tune for you, okay?”
“Hee hee! I’m lying, I’m not crying. What tune are you going to play for me?”
Kong Lanyou laughed, made a face, and immediately grabbed Zhang Ruochen’s arm, staying close to Zhang Ruochen, her round eyes widening as she asked curiously.
Zhang Ruochen smiled back and placed the bamboo pipe to his lips, saying, “I composed the tune ‘Lan You Song’ especially for you.”
“Wow! Cousin, you also know how to play the pipe?”Kong Lanyou said in amazement.
“Nonsense! We took music lessons together, it’s just that you fell asleep every time you took a lesson, so of course you don’t know anything about it.”Zhang Ruochen said.
……
It was only after a long time that Zhang Ruochen came to his senses from his reminiscent thoughts, his heart overwhelmed with emotion, as if he had dreamt a dream.
How could he have never imagined that after 800 years, he could still hear the Lan You Song?
Who the hell was it?
