Chapter 186: Leaving the Monster Mountain

As a book reader, Shen Xu naturally knew that blood marks were not the only way to track people.

However, the cultivation world was too big, and some special families had their own unique methods.

At this time, he was naturally eager to know the Bai family’s unique method.

“Is that so?” Shen Xu sneered; his voice filled with disbelief.

“My Bai family is one of the oldest families in the Tianqi continent. How can people like you understand the means at our disposal?” Bai Tao couldn’t help but look down on the two.

Although he was in a desperate situation, he didn’t believe the two would kill him.

After all, his Bai family was not easy to mess with.

If they killed him, they would be hunted all over the Tianqi continent.

With such confidence, Bai Tao snorted and quickly continued.

“It’s still not too late to forget this matter. If you break the formation and strip your contract with the little snake, I will forgive you and never pursue you. I will even give you some benefits.” Bai Tao promised, but a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.

Although he promised, he didn’t plan to offer the deal.

After all, the two were witnesses to what happened to his second brother and fourth sister.

No matter what, Bai Tao could not let them go.

“Do you think we are stupid?”

After that, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu didn’t care about the person.

They waited for the killing formation to do its job and when the matter was done, they dismantled the array, collected the loot, and dealt with the bodies and surroundings.

“Brother Yuan, should we leave the East Sun Monster Mountain?” Shen Xu asked with a worried expression.

“Do you want to leave?”

“That person was right. Although the Bai children had no blood marks, there are other ways for the Bai family to find us.”

“In that case, it doesn’t matter where we go. Most importantly, this monster mountain only has one exit. We will draw attention to ourselves if we leave before our time runs out.”

“You are right.” Shen Xu nodded after thinking about it.

Soon after, the two left the area and walked several kilometres away before settling down.

Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu continued their training over the next five years.

They killed monsters, collected resources, sparred with each other, and frequently double-cultivated.

Overall, their life was very fulfilling.

However, they couldn’t stay in the monster mountain forever.

On the one hand, their twenty-year pass was about to expire, and on the other, they needed to find a treasure for Shen Xu to advance to the mid-stage of the nascent soul realm.

When the time came, the two descended the mountain and exited through the protective formation.

However, before they could restart their journey, a harsh voice suddenly stopped them.

“Stop for me.” The person roared and the two turned around, looking at the male cultivator with a confused expression.

“Can we help the fellow Daoist?” Shen Xu asked, forcibly suppressing his unease.

Although he didn’t know the male cultivator, the person was wearing the clothes of the Bai family.

Seeing the person, Shen Xu naturally recalled what happened five years ago.

At the time, he and Zhen Yuan thought the Bai family would immediately come to the East Sun Monster Mountain to investigate.

Unexpectedly, no one came, and the two almost forgot about the matter.

’Just when I was beginning to think we got away with it.’ The double thought and almost sighed.

“Three of my Bai family were killed on this mountain. What do you know about it?” The male cultivator asked, his eyes narrowed into slits.

“My partner and I have been on the mountain for twenty years. Although we have encountered many people, we haven’t seen three people being killed.” Shen Xu helplessly shrugged, and the man turned to Zhen Yuan.

“My wife and I have always been together. I don’t know if we met your family in passing, but we haven’t seen three people being killed.”

After being questioned for ten thousand rounds, the man was satisfied that they didn’t know anything so he let them go.

After leaving, the two didn’t immediately board their ship.

They instead rode their demon horses until they were several kilometres from the exit of the monster mountain.

After confirming there was no one around, they put away the demon horses and boarded their ship.

“It seems the Bai family has been searching for clues for five years.” Shen Xu said, looking at Zhen Yuan.

“They don’t seem to have clues for the time being.”

“We still can’t be complacent.” The double said, and Zhen Yuan nodded in agreement.

“Brother Yuan, where should we go to find resources?”

“Level four resources aren’t rare treasures in the Tianqi continent. We should be able to find some in the Myriad Treasures Pavillion.”

“The card manager Zhang gave us can’t be used in the Tianqi continent, but the one given by Song Changhai can be used. We should be able to get a good discount from the Myriad Treasures Pavillion.” Shen Xu said but soon frowned.

“We got some spirit stones from the Bai children, but the amount is not enough to buy a level four treasure. We still have to sell some things before we can accumulate enough spirit stones to buy what we need.”

Hearing this, Zhen Yuan removed a map from his space ring.

“Xiaoxu, what do you think about settling in Chaoyang city for the time being?”

“Chaoyang city?” Shen Xu couldn’t help but frown.

From what they knew, the territory of the inscription tower had one first tier city, five second tier cities, twelve third tier cities, and countless towns.

Like East Mountain City, Chaoyang City was a tier-two city.

Accordingly, the city lord of Chaoyang City was a void refining realm cultivator.

When Shen Xu thought of settling down in Chaoyang City, he couldn’t help but worry about the city lord.

After all, he and Zhen Yuan had too many secrets.

Considering that, he instinctively wanted to avoid higher realm cultivators.

However, Zhen Yuan didn’t have that worry.

Although they wore masks to hide their appearance, he didn’t want to hide too much.

After all, they were in danger of becoming true pigs if they played pigs for too long.

“Although Chaoyang City is a big place and has many high-realm cultivators, fighting is prohibited within the city. We can retreat with peace of mind.”

“Do you also want to retreat?” Shen Xu asked, looking at his lover with shining eyes.

“Not really.” Zhen Yuan shook his head and quickly explained.

“I have absorbed all the laws in my body, but I don’t need to specifically advance. I can just cultivate normally to advance.”

Shen Xu gritted his teeth in anger when he heard that.

Although he was at the peak of the early stage of the nascent soul realm, there was no guarantee he would advance after retreating.

However, Zhen Yuan didn’t have such worries.

The man didn’t have bottlenecks and could effortlessly retreat when the time came.

Thinking of this, Shen Xu angrily pinched Zhen Yuan’s waist.

’It’s a good thing I have a strong heart. Otherwise, I would have long become mentally unbalanced.’ He thought.

“What will you do when I am in retreat?”

“Practice but also open a shop.”

“What will you sell?”

“What do you suggest?”

Shen Xu fell silent after hearing the question.

Although they mostly trained when in the East Sun Monster Mountain, they didn’t completely neglect everything else.

Occasionally, Shen Xu refined pills and weapons while Zhen Yuan drew talismans and inscriptions and engraved formation disks.

“How about selling formation disks?” Shen Xu asked, and Zhen Yuan couldn’t help but frown.

Formation disks were powerful, but they were expensive.

As a result, they weren’t very marketable, and a formations shop would generally dabble in other things to make up the sales.

“You will also be cultivating and won’t have a lot of time to take care of a shop. A formation shop won’t be too stressful.”

Hearing this, Zhen Yuan smiled and rubbed his wife’s hair.

“Xiaoxu, taking care of the shop is also a way of cultivation. Don’t forget that people and the items on their bodies also have laws. Although I have the purple stick tree and no longer need to observe the world for my cultivation, I think observing is more instinctive. When possible, I would like to comprehend the laws around me rather than relying on the tree.”

“I see.” Shen Xu nodded with a solemn expression.

“In that case, how about wine and talismans?”

“Good.” Zhen Yuan immediately agreed.

Now that they had level four spiritual fruits and other resources, they didn’t need to keep the lower-level wines.

Most importantly, level one to level three wines weren’t too eye-catching.

As long as they weren’t too greedy, they could safely sell the wines without worrying about infringing on other people’s interests.

After thinking about it, the two felt that selling wine and talismans was a good idea…

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