Chapter 280 - Yinling City
Li Huowang followed the technique written on the parchment and used his dantian while chanting silently in his heart. He then raised the bronze coin sword with his left hand and stabbed it toward the green bamboo shoot on the ground.
The bronze coin sword trembled for a moment and then scattered, each of the coins stabbing into the bamboo shoot.
When Li Huowang retracted the hilt, the bronze coins all flew back before consolidating into the form of a sword.
Li Huowang turned his attention back to the one-meter tall bamboo shoot, and saw that it had been shredded into ribbons.
After that, Li Huowang took a piece of stone covered in moss and slashed at it.
However, at that moment, Li Huowang suddenly felt a strong power coming from within the sword. He felt as if the sword was twisting his hand instead of him swinging the sword.
Just as the bronze coin sword was about to hit the stone, it scattered and the various bronze coins flew past it. Then, the coins cut down a tree behind the stone before rearranging themselves back into his hand.
This sword is very useful.
Li Huowang smiled as he looked at the sword in his grasp. Compared to the other items, it was far more useful and it didn’t have any side effects. At the same time, it was also a ranged attack, something that he needed desperately.
Meanwhile, Lu Xiucai's eyes were full of envy as he saw Li Huowang easily grasp the technique in such a short period of time compared to him.
However, even though he was envious, he still praised Li Huowang excitedly, “Master is amazing! You are the best in the world!”
Hearing the praises of someone who hadn’t studied and didn’t know how to praise someone, Li Huowang's face was filled with disgust.
“Master, what should I learn next?” asked Lu Xiucai. His eyes revealed just how eager he was as he asked this most important question.
Li Huowang didn’t answer him. There were only two reasons why he had decided to teach Lu Xiucai: One, he wanted to see if the technique used by the disciples of Luoism would be able to chase off the rage within Lu Xiucai’s body, and two, he wanted to test and see whether the technique had any side effects.
However, now that his objectives have been attained, Li Huowang needed to think about how to deal with the annoying fellow.
Since it was impossible to chase Lu Xiucai away with his current temperament, Li Huowang needed to think of something else.
After a while, Li Huowang finally said, “Learn. You need to learn how to read.”
Hearing this, Lu Xiucai was stunned. This was completely different from what he had expected.
“Do you know why I managed to learn that technique so much faster than you? That’s because I’m literate,” said Li Huowang.
“So what if I can’t read? I can still learn how to do it without being able to read! I can cultivate to become an Immortal!” shouted Lu Xiucai angrily.
“You don’t want to? Then goodbye. I won’t be teaching you anymore,” said Li Huowang as he turned around.
Seeing him turn around, Lu Xiucai panicked and kneeled in front of him before kowtowing three times. “Master, I’m sorry! I was wrong! I will learn!”
By the time Li Huowang walked out from the bamboo forest, there was already a book filled entirely with characters in Lu Xiucai’s hands; he had to memorize all of them. He had never worked so hard before.
On the other hand, when it saw its owner walk out, Bun happily approached Li Huowang and smelled him.
Li Huowang patted its head while talking to the others, “Let’s go. We need to walk faster and enter Yinling City today.”
The ox-cart started moving once more while Li Huowang checked the map. There was a big city just up ahead: Yinling City.
Based on the information he had obtained, Yinling City was one of the largest cities within the Liang Kingdom. It was also where one of the members of royalty lived.
However, all Li Huowang cared about was the fact that they would be one step closer to Cowheart Mountain once they arrived at Yinling City.
Their journey would finally come to an end after they reached Bai Lingmiao’s house.
“Senior Li, I’ve never been to Yinling City. However, I have heard from my grandfather’s brother that the people in Yinling city are extremely rich. When he was younger, he managed to hunt a chicken-feet deer[1] and sold it in Yinling City. When he came back, he had enough money to build three houses! He also said that Yinling City was extremely gorgeous and the food there was amazing. I can only imagine just how nice their meals would be.”
Bai Lingmiao was blindfolded as she held onto the hem of Li Huowang’s robe. Currently, she was completely different from before.
On the other hand, Li Huowang just continued to silently listen to her as she talked on and on. They were truly a match made in heaven.
Soon,amidst Bai Lingmiao’s chirpy voice, they arrived at the city wall that was as tall as a mountain.
As they stood at its base, they saw that the shadow of the wall completely covered all of them. It was truly like a mountain!
“This... This wall...” Puppy stammered.
“This wall is massive!” exclaimed Yang Xiaohai.
“Why are you finishing my sentence?” scolded Puppy as he hugged his wife’s waist and followed closer behind the horse carriage.
Soon, they reached one of the city gates where everyone was lining up. The guards, who were wearing robes inscribed with the character for ‘soldier’, checked the people who were trying to enter.
Compared to Qing Qiu, they were much more stern with the inspections over here. Only after checking everything did they let the people enter.
Seeing this, everyone felt worried; they all tightly grabbed the black veil covering their heads.
As they waited to be let into the city gates, Li Huowang heard the conversation of people in front of them.
“Why are you entering the city?” The guard’s tone was cold.
“Sir, I am a performer. I hope this will be enough,” said Lu Zhuangyuan as he passed the recommendation letters while hiding some silver underneath them.
The guard took the letter before throwing the silver onto the ground.
After confirming that the recommendation letter had an official stamp on it, the guards that were waiting to inspect their items backed off. “Pass. Next.”
Li Huowang sighed in relief as he stood beside the ox-cart housing the Black Taisui.
After they entered, Li Huowang heard everyone behind him gasp loudly before letting out a sigh. However, this was to be expected when they were faced with the massive buildings on the sides of the road. The entire street was busy and bustling with activity.
Staring at the busy city, even Lu Zhuangyuan didn’t know what to do. He just stood in the middle of the road, unsure of where to go.
As the people around them saw him, they all had a look of disdain on their faces. It was as if they were mocking him for being a country bumpkin that had never seen a city.
“Why are all of you so worried? We should just do the same thing as usual. Let’s find an inn and settle down.” Li Huowang took the lead and everyone followed after him.
However, as he led everyone else, Li Huowang stared at the scene in front of him with a complicated look on his face. He had never expected to see a place so advanced in this world. He had thought that none of the places in this crazy world were any good.
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