Longevity: Starting From Getting Down The Mountain And Marrying A Wife

Early in the morning.

Zhong Yan walked out of the cultivation room, feeling refreshed.

He originally thought that the system had bound Yan Sandao, only giving her experience bonuses and replenishing her lifespan.

But after this night, he realized.

Besides the experience value stabilizing and increasing tenfold, it seemed to be just as Yan Sandao described in her sea of consciousness - there was indeed some kind of dual cultivation technique at work.

He was no longer as tired as before.

The effect far exceeded the dual cultivation method with the Feixian Pavilion.

The only regret was that Yan Sandao was a mortal and had no spiritual roots.

If he could successfully bind a woman with spiritual roots, the tenfold experience... just thinking about it made him excited.

"The feeling of this dual cultivation technique should only be applicable to Dao'er. I'll try it with someone else when I come back..."

At the entrance of the Chuihua Gate.

Li Shangwen had been waiting for a long time and respectfully greeted, "Nephew pays respects to Uncle!"

"You're up so early!"

"Yes, I also practiced a set of boxing."

Zhong Yan looked at Li Shangwen's handsome yet slightly immature face and stared at him, asking, "How much gambling debt do you owe outside?"

Li Shangwen was startled and quickly bowed, "Uncle, please understand! I haven't been to the gambling house for some time!"

"Why so nervous? I'm asking you how much gambling debt you still owe."

Li Shangwen raised his eyelids and truthfully replied, "I owe six hundred taels to the Datong Gambling House, five hundred taels to the Yongtai Gambling House, and I also borrowed one thousand four hundred taels from the seventh young master of the Yang family. I promise, I will never step into a gambling house again!"

"Do you believe yourself?"

Zhong Yan glanced at him and asked, "Do you remember how much you lost in total?"

Li Shangwen wiped his forehead with his sleeve and said, "It's about thirteen thousand taels, but I've settled all the other debts. There's only two thousand five hundred taels left, no rush."

Zhong Yan laughed, "Your father doesn't know, right? Where did you get so much money to repay?"

Li Shangwen gritted his teeth and said, "Father only knows about the three thousand taels. It was my mother who saved up the monthly money to help repay, and she even secretly sold a lot of jewelry..."

His voice became lower and lower, and in the end, he couldn't meet Zhong Yan's gaze, waiting for scolding and reprimand.

But unexpectedly, Zhong Yan changed the subject and asked, "Have you been to the market?"

Li Shangwen was taken aback and said, "My father took my elder brother there, but I haven't had the chance to experience it."

Zhong Yan flipped his palm and took out ten spirit stones, handing them to him. "Come with me, young people should broaden their horizons."

"This..." Li Shangwen looked at Zhong Yan in shock, his heart trembling.

Although his father was a cultivator, he had only seen a few spirit stones since he was young and had never touched or used them.

Now, his uncle directly took out ten pieces for him.

"Take it, it's not for you to repay your gambling debts. Remember to return it to me in the future."

"Yes." Li Shangwen's hands were trembling as he accepted the spirit stones and carefully looked at them before putting them into his pocket.

Zhong Yan looked at a silver maple tree in the courtyard, where a bird was happily hopping back and forth.

"You grew up in a big family, so you should know how difficult it is for women in this world. Your mother is the second wife of the Li family, officially married by your father, and she gave birth to you, a male heir. But now, among the many concubines in the Li family, your mother's status is probably even lower than those who were married later, right?"

Li Shangwen's nose felt sour, and his eyes turned red. "Nephew understands his mistake..."

"No one is perfect, but those who can recognize their mistakes and correct them are truly great."

"Nephew will remember Uncle's teachings!"

Zhong Yan took a step forward and walked out. "Go, pack up and follow me out of the city."

"Yes!"

...

Two days later.

Three horses stopped, looking towards the entrance of Yangquan Market.

Zhong Yan turned his head and said, "Brother, meet me at the usual place in an hour. I want to catch up with an old friend."

"Alright, I'll go ahead then, drive!"

Bai Siyuan urged his horse forward.

Zhong Yan then looked at Li Shangwen and said, "After we separate later, you can explore the market on your own. Listen and observe more. It could be a week or even half a month. I will contact you and do you remember how to use the talisman I gave you?"

"Yes, Uncle, I remember."

Before long.

The horses were settled.

The two walked towards the stone house next to the entrance of the market.

From afar, Ma Zhida waved his hand and shouted with a smile, "Junior Brother Zhong!"

"Senior Brother Ma!"

Ma Zhida glanced at Li Shangwen, who showed no signs of vitality, and didn't pay much attention. He scanned Zhong Yan up and down and said, "Junior Brother Zhong, are you alright? I heard you had a conflict with Xue Shanhuzi."

Zhong Yan shook his head and smiled, "I'm sorry to have caused Senior Brother Ma to worry. It seems that bad news travels fast."

Ma Zhida said, "That guy has some influence in Qingyang City, but Junior Brother doesn't need to be too afraid. If you need it, I can pass on a message for you. He must give me face!"

Zhong Yan looked around and said, "Senior Brother Ma, can we talk privately?"

Ma Zhida's eyes flickered slightly. He raised his hand and beckoned two people not far away, leading Zhong Yan and Li Shangwen into the stone house and into a room inside.

After sitting down and taking a sip of tea, Zhong Yan went straight to the point and said, "Xue Shanhuzi won't easily give up, and I'm not someone who can be easily taken advantage of. So, Junior Brother is presumptuous to ask Senior Brother Ma for help."

Ma Zhida raised an eyebrow. This posture didn't seem like he was just asking for a favor.

Zhong Yan waved his hand, and a cloth bag appeared on the table.

With a sweep of his divine sense, there were one hundred low-grade spirit stones and one medium-grade spirit stone inside. Ma Zhida's face changed again and again. He was surprised that Zhong Yan could produce such a large number of spirit stones, including a medium-grade one, and was amazed at his boldness and fearlessness in the face of Xue Shanhuzi.

After a moment of silence, Ma Zhida took a deep breath and said, "Junior Brother Zhong, be cautious. Killing Xue Shanhuzi is not difficult, but this person is not someone you can just kill! He has complex relationships in Qingyang City and is involved with many people. The Qingyang Martial Alliance and the City Lord's Mansion will not allow you to do this. Even if you succeed, there will be a lot of trouble afterwards, and it will be difficult to escape!"

Zhong Yan said, "This is just a deposit."

Ma Zhida's eyelids twitched. "Do you want to completely eradicate his influence?!"

Zhong Yan picked up his teacup and used the lid to stir the tea leaves. "I have always been thorough in my actions, leaving no room for future troubles."

After hearing this, Li Shangwen, who was standing behind him, couldn't help but be shocked. This uncle was indeed a ruthless person, just as his father had said.

Ma Zhida glanced at Li Shangwen, then lowered his head to look at the spirit stones on the table. He began to give the guests a hint to leave, saying, "I need to consider this matter carefully."

However, Zhong Yan had no intention of getting up and continued, "Senior Brother only needs to help me eradicate the Xue Family. The complicated relationships that remain will be dealt with by the City Lord's Mansion."

Ma Zhida's face changed again, and he stared at Zhong Yan without blinking. This little cultivator who had left the sect suddenly became mysterious.

Zhong Yan added, "For Senior Brother, this is just a simple assassination, nothing more. It's a profitable deal."

After a pause, he added, "And you're not the only one helping."

"Who else?"

"Huo Donglai, Senior Brother should know him."

"Huo Senior Brother!" Ma Zhida blurted out, thinking that he had some idea about Zhong Yan from his various speculations. "Has he come down the mountain?"

"I will arrive in Qingyang soon."

Ma Zhida lowered his head in contemplation, tapping his fingers on the table. After a while, he waved his hand and stored the spiritual stone on the table into a storage bag. "Good! Tell me about the specific plan..."

After burning an incense stick.

Zhong Yan and the two entered the market.

Li Shangwen hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Uncle, with your relationship with Uncle Bai, why don't you ask him for help instead of finding someone else?"

"It's not appropriate to find cultivators in the city. We need to strengthen Qin Ben's choice and let him know that it was the right decision to choose me as his attendant mage."

"Oh..."

"You can go around by yourself, be careful."

"Yes, Uncle!"

...

Qingyang City, Lord's Mansion.

Qin Ben stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the map on the wall, listening to the report from the soldier Zhang Shun.

In the end.

Qin Ben turned around, "Is that what he said?"

Zhang Shun nodded, "These are his exact words."

Qin Ben's mouth curled into a smile, "Interesting. It seems that we still don't know enough about him. What do you think, sir?"

Zhang Shun said, "Even if he is confident in killing Xue Shanhuzi, the energy he possesses as a Qi Refining fourth-level cultivator is far from enough to deal with the relationships around Xue Shanhuzi. He is clearly taking a gamble, betting that after he kills Xue Shanhuzi, the Lord will help him clean up the mess."

"He does have a thorough understanding of the various forces in the city, knowing that I have been dissatisfied with Xue Shanhuzi for a long time."

Qin Ben said a sentence, then snorted, "Xue Shanhuzi is a reckless man. If it weren't for the instability when I first arrived in Qingyang, how could I have cooperated with such a barbaric and vulgar person? Now he is increasingly disregarding me, the Lord of this city. It's time to make a move!"

Zhang Shun reminded, "A small change can have far-reaching consequences. If there is any mistake, all our efforts to stabilize Qingyang will be in vain. The Lord needs to be cautious."

"Change is inevitable. Only through change can a new situation be achieved."

Saying that, Qin Ben looked at the map again and muttered to himself, "It doesn't matter if the mess is cleaned up, but I don't know how much weight you have, to make me have the courage to seize the opportunity."

Zhang Shun raised his eyelids slightly and no longer dissuaded, "Then I will make arrangements."

Qin Ben waved his hand, "Not for now, wait until he comes back from the market."

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