Blue Silver Grass Guide.

Chapter 563: Watching the Storm
Time flies, the 2628th year of the Douluo calendar ends, and the Douluo Continent enters a new year.

Early that morning, Chen Tianqi walked into the residence of his master Li Zhishu, carrying a food box in his left hand and a celadon wine jar in his right hand.

Don't ask him why he didn't put the food box and wine jar in the storage soul guide, but had to go through the trouble of holding them in his hands.

The question is, it doesn’t look good to go in empty-handed.

"Master Tianqi is here?" Li Fu, the steward of the Li Mansion, happened to come out of the central courtyard. When he saw Chen Tianqi, he immediately greeted him with a smile on his face.

Chen Tianqi smiled back: "Uncle Fu, Happy New Year, where is the master?"

"Happy New Year~Happy New Year~~~"

As Li Zhishu's disciple, Chen Tianqi was no different from a family member in terms of the relationship between the two parties. Li Fu naturally would not hide it. After returning the greeting with a smile, he pointed to the backyard and said, "The master is in the backyard with the two ladies to enjoy the snow, and by the way, he is urging the three young masters and young ladies to practice martial arts~"

"Okay~" Chen Tianqi raised the wine jar in his right hand and nodded, "Then I'll go over~"

Having said that, he didn't treat himself as an outsider and walked straight in.

Li Fu did not stop him, but instead stepped forward quickly and led the way for Chen Tianqi.

Li Fu: "Master Tianqi, let me hold the thing in your hand for you~"

“No, no, no~” Chen Tianqi shook his head without thinking and refused: “It’s just a few steps away, it’s okay——”

It was indeed not far away. Li Zhishu's mansion had only three entrances in total. With their walking speed, they reached the moon gate in the backyard in just a few words.

As soon as he arrived at the door, Chen Tianqi saw three figures, two large and one small, standing in the snow.

Turning my sight, I came to one side of the yard, and saw three figures sitting around a small round table under the veranda. In the middle of the table was a small red clay stove with a yellowish-brown pottery simmering on it. Puffs of misty white smoke were rising from the mouth of the pottery. Next to them were a few exquisite side dishes, as well as wine jugs, wine glasses, and bowls and chopsticks.

"Come in if you're here. What are you standing there for? Do you need me to treat you——"

Just as Chen Tianqi was still looking around, a deep and powerful voice came. Chen Tianqi looked in the direction of the voice and saw his master Li Zhishu, holding a wine glass in his right hand and looking at him with sparkling eyes.

Upon hearing the voice, Chen Tianqi did not delay and walked into the yard with a smile on his face, heading towards Li Zhishu. Passing by the three figures standing in the middle of the yard, he raised his eyebrows and gave them a helpless look.

Li Mubai, the eldest son of Li Zhishu, born to the eldest wife, is eleven years old, has a martial soul of baguette bread, has a congenital soul power of level five, is a level twenty-nine great soul master, and a body-building warrior.

Li Shuhang, Li Zhishu's second son, born to his second wife, is ten years old. His martial soul is meat floss bread. He has a sixth-level innate soul power, is a twenty-eighth-level great soul master, and is a body-building warrior.

Li Xiuning, the youngest daughter of Li Zhishu, was born to the eldest wife. She was six years old, had the spirit of cream cake, had a congenital spirit power of level seven, and was an eighth-level spirit warrior.

Coming to the veranda, Chen Tianqi placed the food box and wine jar in his hand on the small round table. He smiled at Li Zhishu and the two beautiful young women sitting on the left and right of Li Zhishu, bowed and greeted them: "Master, two wives, happy new year~"

"Okay~Okay~" The intellectual young woman with an oval face on Li Zhishu's left nodded with a smile, her eyes swept across the food boxes and wine jars on the table, and said in a dissatisfied manner: "You are here, why do you bring anything? Your master doesn't need anything, it would be a waste to bring him anything~"

"That's right~" The young woman on Li Zhishu's right, who had a more delicate face and a more charming temperament, said in agreement: "It's enough for you to come and wish us a happy new year. Bringing these things is too expensive~"

As he spoke, his eyes swept over the celadon wine jar, especially lingering on the dragon-shaped relief coiled on the jar. Although he had no idea what was inside the food box, the value of this jar of wine alone was beyond the measurement of gold soul coins.

As Li Zhishu's bedmate, she knows a lot of things that ordinary people in the outside world don't know.

"Dragon Bone Wine" is a precious wine brewed from the bones and blood of dragon soul beasts and tribute-grade grains as raw materials.

The grades of "Dragon Bone Wine" vary according to the cultivation level and blood purity of the added dragon soul beast, but the lowest is Grade B, and the highest is said to be brewed from the spine of an "Evil Killer Whale" with a cultivation level of nearly 100,000 years, and is rated as a super-grade fairy wine!

Considering Chen Tianqi's wealth and his respect for his master Li Zhishu, this jar of "Dragon Bone Wine" must be at least second-grade A-grade or above!

"No~" Chen Tianqi grinned, looking a bit childish: "This wine is just a cooking ingredient in my hands, but it is a fine wine in my hands. The city lord also said that wine is meant to be drunk after it is brewed. Good wine needs a good taster to complement it~"

As he spoke, Chen Tianqi turned his gaze to Li Zhishu and said with a grin, "Right, Master?"

"Brat!" Li Zhishu rolled his eyes, raised his finger and pointed at Chen Tianqi while cursing with a smile.

Li Zhishu cast his eyes towards the celadon wine jar and glanced at the vivid dragon relief. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Four claws? It's the 10,000-grade Dragon Bone Wine. You really spent a lot of money this time—"

"With your contribution, you can only buy one jar a year, right? It's just the beginning of the year, and you've already used it? Aren't you living a normal life?"

The ten thousand level "Dragon Bone Wine" has a significant benefit effect even for Li Zhishu, a six-ring soul emperor. Just drinking the "Dragon Bone Wine" in this ten-jin small jar can save Li Zhishu at least two or three months of training time!
Especially now that Li Zhishu's strength has reached level 69, he is only one step away from level 70. With the help of this jar of "Dragon Bone Wine", he can cultivate to level 70 faster and become the first veteran in [Lingyun City] to achieve the seven-ring soul saint.

Dugu Bo does not count, as he achieved the status of a seven-ringed Soul Saint many years ago. In his early years, he protected the growth of Lingyun City and his status is relatively transcendent.

Among the old team headed by Li Zhishu, the strongest one is now Li Zhishu at level 69, followed by Long Yin at level 65, Qingqiu Xin at level 65, Zhang Mufeng at level 64, and Dugu Xin at level 63.

All of them are six-ring Soul Emperors!

Originally, apart from Dugu Xin, based on the innate soul power level of Li Zhishu and others when their martial souls awakened, the highest achievement in their lifetime was probably only a six-ring soul emperor. Even if they were unlucky, they might not even be able to break through to a five-ring soul king.

If they have never seen the peak, they will not be too yearning for it, but will practice diligently and accept whatever level they reach in the end.

However, being in Lingyun City, a newly emerged top power in Douluo Continent, the people they come into contact with every day include Soul Kings and Soul Emperors. They are on friendly terms with Soul Saints, chat and laugh with Soul Douluos, and can even chat with the legendary Titled Douluos. All of this makes them unwilling to return to mediocrity.

They all want to make progress!
With Li Zhishu's status and position in Lingyun City and his relationship with Ling Yi, he is also qualified to purchase the ten thousand year old "Dragon Bone Wine". He even receives treasures of the same level as a direct reward in his annual contribution settlement.

However, these treasures are consumables and no one will have too much.

Li Zhishu now has three pieces of good stuff comparable to the ten thousand year old "Dragon Bone Wine" in his hands, and he is also preparing to use it to break through to level 70 in one fell swoop. By then, with the intelligence network and strength of [Lingyun City], hunting a fifty thousand year old soul beast will be a piece of cake.

The jar of thousand-year-old "Dragon Bone Wine" sent by Chen Tianqi can allow Li Zhishu to advance the breakthrough time that was originally scheduled for next spring and summer to around the end of this year!
Such a temptation is indeed difficult for Li Zhishu to refuse.

However, Li Zhishu finally gritted his teeth, shook his head and refused: "Forget it, I appreciate your kindness, but you should take the wine back~"

"You are now level 48. With this jar of ten thousand year old 'Dragon Bone Wine', you can not only quickly cultivate to level 50 and break through to Soul King, but also use the dragon blood in it to temper your body, allowing you to temper your tendons, bones, membranes and muscles faster, and then enter the stage of transformation and begin to temper your five internal organs..."

However, in the face of Li Zhishu's refusal, Chen Tianqi said with a serious face: "Master, please accept this ten thousand year old "Dragon Bone Wine"!"

"Ok?"

Li Zhishu was stunned by what Chen Tianqi said. When he was about to ask, he heard Chen Tianqi say again: "Master, compared to your breakthrough to the fifth-ring Soul King, your breakthrough to the seventh-ring Soul Saint is the most important thing now!"

"Master, time is running out!" It can be heard that when Chen Tianqi uttered the last five words, there was an irrepressible urgency in his tone.

Seeing this, Li Zhishu narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the disciple in front of him meaningfully, as if he understood the other party's plan.

Just at this moment, heavy snow began to fall from the sky, which was a rare sight in Lingyun City.

It's not like when I was in the [Shuimu Principality], when winter came, there would be heavy snow every now and then, dyeing the sky and the earth white.

For a moment, in the huge backyard, the only sounds were the falling snowflakes and the sound of silver frost charcoal burning in the small red clay stove.

After an unknown amount of time, the smallest of the three people standing in the middle of the courtyard became exhausted. His tiny body trembled slightly, and he looked like he was about to collapse.

Li Zhishu saw it and called out loudly: "Okay, today's standing meditation ends here, come in and have some soup~"

“Bang~bang~bang——”

With three dull thuds, the three little fellows in the courtyard sat down on the soft snow in unison.

Without wasting any time, they looked at each other, then quickly got up and ran towards the corridor.

"Dad! Mom! Big Madam/Second Madam! Senior Brother Tianqi!"*3
The three little guys were very considerate and called out obediently one by one.

"Okay, let's drink the soup~" Li Zhishu said, picking up the pottery pot on the small red clay stove and pouring the milky white broth into three small bowls.

The "Ten-Ingredient Tonic Soup" is made with all the best ingredients and is cooked personally by Li Zhishu, the Six-Ring Soul Emperor of the Food Element. It is enough to lay a solid foundation for the three little guys!

Even in the [Spirit Hall] and [Haotian Sect], only a handful of people can enjoy this kind of treatment.

The three little ones gulped down the warm and slightly hot nourishing soup, and their already rosy faces instantly turned even redder.

"Take them to the medicinal bath~" Li Zhishu said to the two ladies beside him.

"Hmm~"*2
Watching the two adults and three children leave, and seeing the five figures disappear at the end of the corridor, Li Zhishu's expression suddenly turned cold.

Chen Tianqi: "Master..."

"Shut up!" Li Zhishu turned around and glared at Chen Tianqi, scolding him coldly: "You have achieved something~"

"You're actually going to play the betting and investment game, huh?!"

Chen Tianqi: "Master, I..."

"What do you mean by 'I'?!" Li Zhishu pointed his sword at Chen Tianqi's nose and continued to curse: "Do you know what this is called?!"

“Cliques and selfish motives——!”

"Is this what I taught you all these years?! Is this all you learned?!"

"I... I'm not worried..." Chen Tianqi raised his eyebrows and squinted his eyes when Li Zhishu scolded him, and defended himself in a low voice.

It would have been fine if Chen Tianqi hadn't said anything, but when he spoke, Li Zhishu's anger soared: "What are you worried about——!"

"Remember who you are. Who are we?"

"We are food-type soul masters! We are Lingyun City's top chefs!!"

"I don't know who is instigating you, nor do I know what they said to you, but you bastard, remember this, just be a good cook and make your dishes well, and don't get involved in other things! Even if the sky falls, it won't hit you, a little follower--!"

"But..." Chen Tianqi was still a little unwilling: "Master, you don't want to go up anymore..."

"Fuck you!" "Bang!"

Li Zhishu picked up the wine glass at hand and smashed it directly on Chen Tianqi's forehead. The wine glass shattered, leaving no white mark on Chen Tianqi's forehead, but he still subconsciously shrank his neck.

"well--!"

Looking at Chen Tianqi's appearance, Li Zhishu did not continue to smash the second wine glass he had just picked up. Instead, he sighed with some tiredness.

"Let me ask you, do you think the city lord is smart?"

Just when Chen Tianqi was mentally prepared for the next wave of attacks, Li Zhishu's low voice suddenly rang in his ears.

"Of course!" Chen Tianqi answered without thinking, "The City Lord is the smartest person in the world!!!"

"So~" Li Zhishu squinted at Chen Tianqi and asked coldly, "Do you think the city lord can find out about your little tricks?"

"City..." Chen Tianqi was dumbfounded. Li Zhishu's words were like a wake-up call, which made him sober up all of a sudden.

Yes, with the ability of the City Lord, let alone every move within Lingyun City, even other places thousands of miles away, as long as they are still on Douluo Continent, the horror cannot be hidden from those eyes that see through everything.

"Tell me, how dare you do this? Huh——?!"

"The Lord City Lord doesn't usually take care of things, and he turns a blind eye to those people with ulterior motives in Lingyun City. Do you really think he can't see it?"

Li Zhishu looked at the dumbfounded Chen Tianqi and shook his head speechlessly.

If it wasn't inappropriate, Li Zhishu even wanted to tell Chen Tianqi that his two master's wives were actually elite spies sent to "Lingyun City" by other forces. They specifically approached him, Li Zhishu, just to find out the secret information within "Lingyun City".

When Ling Yi told Li Zhishu the news, Li Zhishu was originally planning to go back and destroy her, but was stopped by Ling Yi.

Not only did he stop them, he even encouraged him to use some information to hang the two of them. Finally, under Ling Yi's guidance, he actually succeeded in enjoying the benefits of having two wives.

Now that they have three children, the two girls have focused their attention on Li Zhishu, the head of the family, and their respective children.

"You! Be more careful!" Li Zhishu said finally.

(End of this chapter)