novelraw Chapter 238 If you stop me again, I'll break your legs.
Chapter 238 If you stop me again, I'll break your legs.
Feixian City was situated on relatively high ground, resembling a mountain that had been leveled in the middle and then built upon. Tong Yuheng had a very uneasy feeling about this small city, sensing an ominous aura surrounding it.
"Fellow Daoist Tong, it's getting late. Why don't we go to Flying Immortal City tomorrow?" Sun Desheng suggested.
"Alright, thank you for your help today, Fellow Daoist Sun! You don't need to accompany me any longer. I want to go and check where the edge of the barrier is, and then I'll go back on my own!" Tong Yuheng also prepared to leave.
"Very well, but the news of two outsiders arriving in Wangxian Village must have already reached Feixian City. I wonder if the City Lord will grant them an audience. I urge Fellow Daoist Tong to return as soon as possible!"
Tong Yuheng nodded, thinking to himself that this village chief seemed to be heavily restricted by the people of Feixian City and didn't have much power.
She learned that the highest-level cultivator here was only at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, and there wasn't even a Foundation Establishment cultivator. That's why she felt so comfortable leaving Yu Yao behind to wander around. This Foundation Establishment novice had practically become the number one expert in this small world!
She learned about the nine levels of cultivation from the miscellaneous notes of the Qionghua Secret Realm.
The first level is the Body Tempering Stage, which is the foundation of cultivation. This process can be completed quickly using Body Tempering Pills. With the help of some ordinary weapons and martial arts techniques, the strength is basically equivalent to that of an ancient martial arts practitioner or master. Therefore, the claim that ancient martial arts originated from the basic body tempering techniques of cultivators has some basis.
After drawing Qi into the body, one becomes a cultivator in the Qi Refining stage, which is the true entry into the threshold of cultivation. However, this is only the lowest level. The next nine stages are Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Body Integration, Tribulation Transcending, and Mahayana. The difficulty of advancing to each stage increases exponentially.
Each stage is further divided into seven sub-levels, or sometimes into four sub-levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced, and peak. Each stage of cultivation has corresponding techniques, magical artifacts, elixirs, and so on. Tong Yuheng had only seen these things in his personal Qionghua Secret Realm and a few items at the ancient martial arts trade fair.
After completing the nine stages of cultivation, the legendary ascension to the Immortal Realm follows. That Venerable Qionghua must have successfully ascended, right? As for what that Immortal Realm is like, Tong Yuheng hasn't seen any records about it.
Did those cultivators only have their souls left, and then they transmigrated to another world? Like Venerable Qionghua? Or is the so-called Immortal Realm just a special alternate dimension created elsewhere? Or perhaps they were unwilling to accept their lifespan ending, and the Immortal Realm was just something they fabricated out of thin air?
Anyway, these things are still far from her life! Tong Yuheng stopped imagining things and secretly rejoiced that she had finally reached the Foundation Establishment level through her perseverance, which gave her some confidence to move around here.
This small world only has Qi Refining stage cultivators, but the levels are divided into nine layers. In addition to layers one through seven, there are also two other layers: Qi Refining Peak and Qi Refining Great Perfection. It's just adding two more layers to the late stage of Qi Refining Seven, which Tong Yuheng felt was completely unnecessary.
Originally, cultivators within the same major stage would address each other as "fellow Daoist" or "fellow disciple," while those crossing stages would address higher-level cultivators as "senior." However, since there's only one stage here, they've also addressed those with higher cultivation levels as "senior" according to their smaller levels. It's nothing more than those cultivators trying to elevate their own status.
It is said that when these people's ancestors moved here, Nascent Soul cultivators were already rarely seen in the outside world. However, at that time, there were still Nascent Soul cultivators in the main families.
The formation here is very advanced; Tong Yuheng believes it was at least set up by a Nascent Soul cultivator. Sun Desheng's expectation that she break the formation and lead this group out is nothing short of a pipe dream!
As Tong Yuheng pondered this, she walked towards the edge of the barrier. She could feel an invisible barrier blocking her path. No matter whether she used the internal energy of an ancient martial artist or fire and wood magic, it had no effect on this barrier!
At this moment, she suddenly thought of Yu Yao's ability. She wondered if Yu Yao's corrosive ability, mixed with internal energy, would be effective against this invisible and intangible barrier. She decided to bring Yu Yao over tonight to test it out, but for now, she couldn't reveal her "special ability"!
Tong Yuheng returned to Wangxian Village as the sun was setting, and saw villagers anxiously waiting for her at the village entrance. She hurried over to greet them!
"Brothers and sisters, were you waiting for me?"
"Fairy Tong, you're finally back! Young Master Hong was trying to take your sister away, but the village chief stopped him. He's making a scene at the village chief's house right now!" A woman in her thirties blurted out, quickly telling her what had happened.
"Young Master Hong? Isn't your Wangxian Village under the jurisdiction of the Chu family? What right does he have to take my sister away?" Tong Yuheng didn't expect that in such a short time, someone would be so blind as to cause trouble.
"He's just an unreasonable spoiled brat, but what can you do when he's a cultivator!" another villager said with dissatisfaction.
"So they're from a privileged class!" Tong Yuheng stopped asking questions and quickly headed towards Sun Desheng's house.
Her gaze passed over the low wall of Sun Desheng's house and saw him blocking a man in his thirties with small eyes and a flat face, preventing him from getting close to Yuyao.
Yu Yao stood behind Sun Desheng, using a forked tree branch as a cane under her left arm, and looked at the man with a frosty expression!
"Sun Desheng! Are you trying to be too nice to me? I was just inviting this young lady to my home as a guest, why are you stopping me!" The man's cultivation level was similar to Sun Desheng's, but he was very arrogant.
"Young Master Hong, this young lady is Fellow Daoist Tong's sister. She asked me to take care of her, but you can't take her away without her permission. I won't be able to explain it to Fellow Daoist Tong when she returns! Besides, didn't you see that Miss Tong's leg is injured? She can't go out right now!"
"Then we'll have someone carry you! Young lady, my Hong family is giving you a sedan chair carried by four people; that's already a lot of face for you!" He turned to Sun Desheng and said, "If you stop me again, I'll break your legs!"
"Young Master Hong, you're taking Miss Tong to the Hong family in a sedan chair. Does that mean you're getting married? You didn't hire a matchmaker, didn't give betrothal gifts, and didn't write a marriage certificate. You're just taking her away like this. Are you taking advantage of her being an outsider who doesn't understand our local customs?"
Sun Desheng felt that Young Master Hong was going too far. His village was under the jurisdiction of the Chu family. If the Hong family took the people away from under his nose, his position as village chief would be over.
Young Master Hong Wenkai was thinking: When the Chu family arrives, will he still be able to take this woman away? Such a beautiful girl shouldn't be allowed to fall into the hands of the Chu family! This was the thought that immediately came to him when he saw the beautiful and spirited Yu Yao!
He wanted to quietly carry the person away. Once she entered their house, she would be considered part of their family. There was no marriage proposal or engagement, and she wouldn't even be on his list of wives. What a bargain! He had to get rid of her as soon as possible!