My Cultivation Starting from Archery

Chapter 474: Chapter 184: The Human World Guardian, Longqing Goes to Nan Xu_6

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"Daoist, please halt!"

However, the elderly cultivator still took the initiative to approach.

Chen Sansi stopped in his tracks, "What is it that you wish to discuss, Daoist?"

There was no need to be overly anxious, though.

Even if the old Emperor harbored suspicions, at most he would just test the waters; he certainly wouldn't dare to make a move here.

This place was in the heartland of Nan Xu, with an army of a hundred thousand and the Martial Saint outside, plus the Immortals collaborating with Nan Xu. Should Emperor Dasheng's identity be exposed, the consequences were easy to imagine.

"My surname is Xu, with a single name of Liao,"

the elderly cultivator said with a cupped fist salute, "I wish to inquire about some matters with you, Daoist. May I have a word with you in private?"

"Whatever it is, just say it here."

Chen Sansi remained unmoved.

"To be honest, I am a seeker of immortality and I wish to ask for directions to the ends of the earth,"

said the elderly cultivator as he retrieved a spirit stone from his sleeve, "Please accept this as a gesture, Daoist."

"This..."

Chen Sansi accepted the spirit stone, "You simply need to go to the dock and look for a ferry boat."

"I have already searched,"

the elderly cultivator said calmly, "They say there will be no boats coming soon, and even if there were, one would need a jade token to enter the workshop. Have you ever seen such a token, Daoist?"

He was indeed probing.

"Heh, if I had such an item, would I still be hesitating here?"

Chen Sansi had intended to openly claim he was a Loose Cultivator from within the workshop.

But a simple inquiry by the Emperor would reveal the lie, so it was better to play dumb for now.

"However..."

holding the spirit stone given by the other party, "Given your generous manner, Daoist, you must be quite wealthy. Even if you don't have a jade token, you could use spirit stones to access the teleportation array of Daze Fang City and enter the Cultivation World just the same. The only difficulty is finding a ferry boat to cross the river."

"I see."

The elderly cultivator, now going by the name Xu Liao, nodded thoughtfully, "We are both seekers of immortality, and meeting here today is surely fate. I'd like to know your esteemed surname and where you hail from so that we may count each other as friends should we meet again."

"My name is Zhang Shun."

Chen Sansi said with a cupped fist salute, "Just a local from Nan Xu. And where are you from, if I may ask?"

"I hail from Daqing."

The elderly cultivator did not persist in the conversation, "Since Daoist is busy, I won't bother you further. Fate willing, we shall meet again."

"Farewell!"

Chen Sansi saluted with his fist and left, a plan for slipping away forming in his mind.

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Emperor Longqing stood rooted to the spot, quietly watching the unsightly Loose Cultivator depart. Several times, he nearly drew the Dragon Abyss Sword to take the man's head and demonstrate his imperial authority.

Eighty percent!

He was eighty percent convinced that this man was Zhang Lai.

He had stolen from his Cao Family and now came seeking the way of immortality!

But on this trip,

Emperor Longqing had also managed to clarify a few things.

The items left behind by his ancestor were likely the jade token and a Cultivation Method.

The former could be compensated with spirit stones, while the latter he had already obtained.

The most important Dragon Abyss Sword was not lost.

In this light, the loss wasn't too severe.

This person deserved death the most, but he couldn't risk revealing his identity by acting here and now; he had even more important matters to attend to.

After contemplating thrice,

Emperor Longqing chose to let the man go for the time being.

When night fell,

he went back to the docks, searching for a ferry boat to the Tianya Sea.

"Two spirit stones!"

An old man leading a donkey appeared quietly, "I can show you a clear path for that price."

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Emperor Longqing knew the other party's asking price was very high.

But in his urgency, he didn't care about the Spirit Stones and immediately handed them over.

"Hehe~"

Mo Zhu accepted the Spirit Stones.

He had only returned to the workshop recently when he heard that the demon Gui Qi had broken into the market, scaring him into hastily hiding for two days. He hadn't expected that there would still be business to do, which was wonderfully surprising.

He cleared his throat, "These past few days, there have been very few Ferryboats. However, I just saw a young female cultivator returning on a Spirit Boat. Daoist friend, you can try asking her. As long as the Spirit Stones are sufficient, there should be no problem."

Without another word,

Emperor Longqing searched along the coastal dock.

Very soon,

he found a female cultivator who had just disembarked from the Ferry, appearing to be of a young girl's age, not very old.

"Daoist friend,"

Emperor Longqing spoke, "I wonder if you could ferry me across?"

"Not ferrying."

The girl shook her head, "The ends of the earth are in chaos, I've only just returned."

"Five Spirit Stones,"

Emperor Longqing said.

"It's not a matter of Spirit Stones."

The girl still refused, "It's really..."

"Ten Spirit Stones,"

Emperor Longqing raised the price, "Little lady, or you could sell your boat to me, and I will go by myself."

"That's not possible,"

the girl hastily replied, "I rely on it to catch spirit fish in the workshop, it's my livelihood, I cannot sell it no matter what. How about this, I'll remotely pilot the boat for you, and I won't go with you, how's that?"

"Agreed,"

Emperor Longqing consented.

He took out the Spirit Stones and gave them to her, then boarded the Spirit Boat.

With the activation of the Spirit Stones,

the Spirit Boat began to move.

Before long, it entered the vast sea, until it was completely engulfed by the heavy fog.

"This fog..."

Emperor Longqing, watching the glowing boundary of the Spirit Boat, grew vigilant until he was sure there were no problems, and then he focused on looking ahead.

It wasn't that he trusted cultivators easily, but under the circumstances of not revealing his identity, there should be no foes in this place. Even if the Cultivation World was full of cunning and deceit, it wouldn't mean that treachery awaited him at every turn.

And the young female cultivator from earlier was only at the Qi Refining First Level. Should she try anything sneaky, he could exterminate her in the snap of a finger.

"Daze Fang City!"

Emperor Longqing stared into the dense fog ahead, his gaze deep.

This journey was not just about Sun Xiangzong.

If he could take this opportunity to gain control of the channel to freely travel the Cultivation World and gain a foothold there, in the future, he could enhance his strength in secret without being controlled by others.

"Hm?"

Thinking so,

Emperor Longqing clearly sensed the speed of the Spirit Boat slow down.

A flash of spirit light.

The Spirit Boat suddenly began to shrink rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, it disappeared, and he, now outside the protection of the boundary, was immediately enveloped by the dense fog.

Emperor Longqing crushed a talisman to form a defensive boundary around himself.

The engulfing fog made a "crackling" sound, as if countless sharp fanged teeth were gnawing at the boundary.

"Courting death,"

Emperor Longqing was not angered; he wasn't about to fall to such a childish trick, though it meant a delay.

A strong intent to kill arose in his heart as he prepared to fly back out of the fog to settle accounts with the female cultivator.

Just then,

in the midst of the fog, he saw another boat approaching faintly.

Emperor Longqing hovered in the thick mist, the "crack crack" sound of the mist attacking the barrier rang in his ears. He didn't make any rash moves, cautiously watching the approaching ships through the dense fog.

"Esteemed Daoist!"

"We are cultivators from the Jiutian Sect!"

"Who are you, state your name!"

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Beams of golden light shone through, tearing apart the curtain-like dense fog.

A spirit boat was anchored, with several sword cultivators standing on it.

"My surname is Xu, first name Liao."

Emperor Longqing spoke calmly, "I am a loose cultivator from Daqing, having heard that the Immortal Gates have recently opened wide, I have specifically come to seek immortals and inquire about the Dao. Do you esteemed Daoists have any matter with me?"

"Xu Liao?"

The leading sword cultivator spared no courtesy, sternly shouting, "Gui Qi, tear off your human skin mask!"

Gui Qi?

At first Emperor Longqing was puzzled, then he quickly understood.