Chapter 24 - Who are you?
In his yard within the Scented Cloud Mountain, Bai Xiaochun was looking at the jade tablet in his hand. With a shift of the Qi inside his body, the jade tablet immediately radiated a soft green light that enveloped his entire body.
Bai Xiaochun made a couple of signs with his left hand and a wooden sword instantly flew out. After it flew in a large circle, it shot straight back towards Bai Xiaochun. However, the moment it touched the cyan light, it suddenly slowed down as though it had been submerged in water.
“My precious!” Bai Xiaochun muttered to himself. His expression was a little embarrassed as he put away his wooden sword and held onto the jade tablet.
“Nah, it’ll be fine. Li Qinghou might be Zhou Xinqi’s master, but he’s my guide on the path to immortality. According to this relationship, I should, by rights, call him uncle. I should be much closer to him than Zhou Xinqi.” Bai Xiaochun coughed. He put the jade tablet away and stood there as he stretched lazily.
By the time he ate most of Li Qinghou’s spirit tailed chickens, his Unending Longevity Technique had been improved greatly. Currently, it was already seventy percent completed. However, the spirit tailed chickens’ meat only helped in boosting his body’s vitality but not his Qi. Although his cultivation was still at the fourth level of Qi Condensation, his condensation technique had become more profound, as though it had been thoroughly compressed.
As for the chicken bones, he had buried them all in the spirit field. By now, the whole field’s spirit soil had been infused with extremely rich Qi. In fact, it was already overkill to the extent that the Spirit Winter Bamboo planted there had already grown to over two zhang tall. Furthermore, its trunk which was bright green color had already started to darken.
(TL note: one zhang is equal to 3.58 meters, or 3.645 yards)
As for all the important three-coloured flame spirit tails, Bai Xiaochun already had several hundred. Upon thinking about the fact that these tails, when burnt, would produce three-coloured flames, Bai Xiaochun’s heart would be filled with anticipation..
"There’s no rush to train in my cultivation. As long as I have enough medicine pills that I can refine thrice with three-coloured flames, the speed at which my level rises will be comparable to the speed of light. Successfully taking small steps is firmer and safer.” Just as Bai Xiaochun thought about this, his belly suddenly growled. He glanced towards the chicken-rearing yards in Scented Cloud Mountain but soon shifted his gaze to the Purple Cauldron Mountain in the distance.
“First Brother is in Purple Cauldron Mountain, I wonder how he’s doing right now.” Bai Xiaochun sank into reminiscence as he recalled everything that had happened during his time in the Burning Stoves Kitchen. He stood up, walked out of the yard, headed down the mountain and rushed straight towards the Purple Cauldron Mountain.
There were three mountains on the south bank of the Spirit River Sect. The Green Peak Mountain focused mainly on sword manipulation, the Scented Cloud Mountain excelled at creating spirit medicine, while the Purple Cauldron Mountain was famous for its techniques and spirit refinements. All of the basic techniques as well as the Purple Qi Cauldron Manipulation Technique originated from the Purple Cauldron Mountain.
Bai Xiaochun walked along the small road that went through the sect. He arrived at the foot of Purple Cauldron Mountain at dusk. As he looked up at the Purple Cauldron Mountain swathed in clouds and mist, he saw several figures as small as black dots floating in the sky turn into streaks of rainbow-coloured lights. As he watched those figures, complex emotions filled his mind.
"I don’t know when it’ll be that I too will be able to fly. Only when I have mastered this can I explore the vast outside world and truly consider myself as having stepped onto the path of immortality." Bai Xiaochun’s eyes revealed anticipation as he climbed up the Purple Cauldron Mountain.
Even though he was not a disciple of the Purple Cauldron Mountain, as an outer sect disciple, he was still qualified to enter all the mountains. On his way up the mountain, he asked everyone he met for the location of Zhang Dahai’s house. Because his face was filled with an angelic innocence that easily endeared people to him, it didn’t take long for him to find out the place where Zhang Dahai was living. Following the directions that was given to him, he quickly arrived at his destination.
(ED: for those of you who can’t remember, Zhang Dahai is Zhang Fatso One’s name)
Unlike his yard on Scented Cloud Mountain, Zhang Fatso One’s house was located on the sun-facing slope of the mountain peak. The Qi there was evidently richer and only a few houses were built there. One next to the other, all the lofts there looked like a sky ornately decorated with stars, seemingly in some sort of a pattern.
As dusk arrived, it was getting dimmer, but the surroundings wrapped by thin clouds and mist were still visible. Coupled with the spirit plants that were growing everywhere, it looked like a fairy’s land.
"First Brother must have some great backing to actually be able to live in such a place. It’s so much better than mine.” Bai Xiaochun took a deep breath of the surrounding Qi as an envious expression was written on his face.
After searching for a while, he finally found the Zhang Fatso One’s house. When he saw that the yard inside was overgrown with weeds and seemed like it had been neglected for a long time, Bai Xiaochun was momentarily confused, then he knocked on the gate. But even after waiting for a while, nobody responded.
"Did I make a mistake?" Just as Bai Xiaochun was wondering about this, within the yard, the main gate of the loft creaked open. A man with skinny figure and a flying sword in his hand came out. A silver glow on his left hand dimmed as he walked out wearily. In the next moment, an even voice resounded.
"Who is it?!" Just then, the skinny man’s body suddenly jerked when he saw Bai Xiaochun across the yard. His face instantly revealed a surprised glee, as though he had spotted a dear family member. He jumped up quickly and pulled open the door. As he gazed at Bai Xiaochun, he began to laugh loudly.
"Ninth Brother!"
"Who are you?" Bai Xiaochun opened his eyes widely as he immediately
retreated a few steps. He felt like he vaguely recognised this guy standing in front of him, but why was it that he looked so unfamiliar?
The person’s appearance was ordinary and his body was as thin as a stick. It couldn’t be called skin and bones yet but it was almost at that level. Even though his eyes were bright, his sockets were deeply hollowed. As waves of Qi radiated from his body, it seemed like he had already reached the peak of the fourth level Qi Condensation.
"Fatso Nine, I am Fatso One!" When the skinny young man saw Bai Xiaochun, he felt like weeping but no tears came out. As he continued speaking, intense indignation and grief were exposed on his face.
"Fatso Nine, you can’t imagine how much suffering I’ve undergone this year! My master has been very harsh to me! The first time she saw me, she told me that she didn’t like fatsos and willingly starved me for half a year!”
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