Free Web NovelChapter 646: Chapter 357: Qigong Deviation Suits Me!
Su Que looked at those people with flushed faces and knew they had taken the Enchanting Immortal Pill.
Although he hadn’t left home for two months, he often extended his spirit to learn about the situation on Lin Dong’s side, his neighbor.
He knew that over these two months, Lin Dong had been tirelessly practicing alchemy, refining a great number of Enchanting Immortal Pills for Xiahou Lu, the City Lord of Xianming City.
However, he didn’t expect the Enchanting Immortal Pill to spread so widely in Xianming City.
’This Xianming City has already become a poisonous city...’
Thought Su Que, as he walked into a tavern.
The tavern attendant came forward, eagerly serving Su Que and seating him by a mahogany table.
Su Que noticed that the attendant looked normal, guessing that he didn’t have enough Celestial Gate Gold to buy the Enchanting Immortal Pill.
He then looked at the shopkeeper, who also appeared normal in complexion.
’It seems that no one in this tavern has taken the Enchanting Immortal Pill...’
’Could it be because Xiahou Lu is behind this tavern?’
Su Que thought as he began ordering dishes at the attendant’s request.
After ordering, the attendant withdrew, soon returning with a small red box in hand.
"Honored guest, this is an Immortal Ascension Pill from our establishment. Taking this elixir may help you relax, and perhaps the bottleneck you’ve been unable to break through lately might be overcome after consuming it."
Su Que glanced at it, thinking, "Goodness, it seems that this tavern is indeed backed by Xiahou Lu. Even the attendant and shopkeeper are selling the Enchanting Immortal Pill."
Since it was a gift, Su Que simply accepted it: "Alright, I’ll use it when cultivating."
Under the attendant’s watchful eye, he placed the Enchanting Immortal Pill into his storage bag.
The attendant observed this, a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.
Once the attendant had withdrawn, Su Que looked around elsewhere.
He noticed that about forty percent of the people in the tavern showed signs of having taken the Enchanting Immortal Pill.
Bang bang...!
He saw someone at a nearby table placing an Enchanting Immortal Pill on the table.
Then they took out a dagger and tapped the pill with it.
When the Enchanting Immortal Pill was crushed, it emitted a faint red gas.
After that, this person used the tip of the dagger to scrape a bit of the pill’s powder and placed it near their nostrils.
A heavy inhale.
After the powder was inhaled into the nasal cavity, the person immediately showed a look of extreme enjoyment.
Their facial features seemed to melt, their body reclining slightly.
Su Que shifted his gaze from this person and looked elsewhere again.
Soon, the dishes began to arrive one after another.
Su Que picked up his chopsticks and began eating heartily.
...
About an hour later, Su Que had eaten and drunk his fill and walked out onto the street.
By then, it was evening, and there were still quite a few people on the street.
To the left of the tavern was the famous red-light district of Xianming City.
Su Que looked over there, only to see women who had cultivated replenishing skills already starting to solicit customers.
He noticed that these women also showed no signs of having taken the Enchanting Immortal Pill.
Thus it seemed that the people backing the red-light district must also be Xiahou Lu.
Presumably, Xiahou Lu, well aware of the harm of the Enchanting Immortal Pill, strictly forbade his subordinates from taking it.
Cultivators finished a day of cultivation and came to the street at night.
In Xianming City, it was often busier at night than during the day.
After all, many cultivators went out during the day to hunt demon beasts, obtain elixirs, and earn money, or meditated in solitude at their residences and cave mansions.
At night, they would come out to relax and seek pleasure.
Not all practitioners spent their days in solitary cultivation.
Many cultivators balanced work and relaxation.
This might be beneficial to their cultivation.
After all, not everyone was like Su Que.
His cultivation always results in progress.
To some cultivators, practice might lead to regression instead.
So sometimes they need to come out and let loose a bit, to refresh their minds.
’The residents of this upper realm city, aside from having more power and longer life span than ordinary humans, are not much different from ordinary humans.’
Su Que thought as he walked.
On the street, cultivators were continually setting up stalls.
Su Que could sense that nearly half of the altar masters had taken the Immortal Ascension Pill.
’Looks like most of the money made from stalls is going towards buying the Immortal Ascension Pill.’
’By doing so, Xiahou Lu channels most cultivators’ money into his own pockets.’
’Being the ruler of this city, he faces no intervention in such matters.’
’One wonders whether the Celestial Sect will take action.’
’Xiahou Lu has turned this city into a mess.’
Su Que contemplated as he strolled the street.
He walked for a while, seeing some novel things.
Like Gu Insects and Spirit Pets.
The Gu Insects of the upper realm are unlike those of the lower realm.
They possess greater longevity and attack power than those of the lower realm.
From the memories of cultivators, Su Que knew upper realm Gu Insects could hold more potent mana.
Some cultivators inject mana and spirit into the Gu Insects to use them, enjoying their vision and utilizing them for surveillance.
"Friend, are you interested in buying Gu Insects?"
A stall owner noticed Su Que had stopped, quickly greeting him.
The stall displayed five covered containers, each holding one of the Five Poisons.
Waves of mana radiated from the Gu Insects.
Su Que sensed that the mana fluctuations from the Gu Insects rivaled that of a Divine Realm cultivator.
In other words, releasing this Gu Insect could kill most martial artists from his small world.
Each container had a paper underneath.
Written in ink was the Celestial Gate Gold required to purchase the Gu Insect.
