CHAPTER 145: 144. TEN TALENTS TOKEN (4/4)

Slap!

After drinking three ladles of water, Wen Ping finally tossed the water ladle into the bucket.

"You walk to the end from here, I’ll go get your clothes first."

"I can just wear this. I’ve been wearing it for years, so I’m used to it. Suddenly taking it off feels a bit strange." As he spoke, Huan Shan patted the armor on his body.

"I’ll get it for you, whether you wear it or not is your decision."

"It won’t happen to be what you’re wearing, will it?"

"What else would it be?"

Huan Shan was delighted and quickly responded, "Then I’ll wait for you."

Wen Ping saw how quickly this guy changed his mind and smiled helplessly, choosing to turn around and head toward the Tingyu Pavilion.

Huan Shan, on the other hand, followed the forest path to the outside of the dormitory area, and after glancing around a few times, his eyes landed on the notice board by the wooden bridge.

Gravity Field - 10 gold per hour.

Dormitory Area - 50 gold per day.

Battle Realm - 100 gold per session.

...

"What are these?"

While he was lost in thought, Zhao Qing was returning to the dormitory area, and upon seeing Huan Shan, she was initially stunned, then asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Seeing that a girl was asking him a question, Huan Shan immediately straightened up and responded, "Hello, my name is Huan Shan, I’m a new disciple."

"A new disciple? Doesn’t the Immortal Sect not take in the untalented?"

"Uh... so I’m a named disciple."

Although he didn’t want to explain, nor admit that he was untalented, he wasn’t ashamed of being a named disciple either.

Zhao Qing nodded and said, "Oh, that makes sense. Then you just drop fifty gold coins into that Black Iron Box, and you can come in and find any room to settle down."

Huan Shan nodded, completed the steps Zhao Qing described, and immediately entered the dormitory area. Then, he thought of something and immediately released his perception to probe Zhao Qing’s realm.

It was just out of curiosity.

But probing without knowing can be shocking.

He couldn’t quite believe it; the girl in front of him, a few years younger than him, was already at the Body Refining Sixth Layer, while he, several years older than her, was also at the Body Refining Sixth Layer.

Talents like her seem to only appear once in Cangwu City, making the Kao Shan Sect and the Hundred Sects Alliance go crazy over her.

Yet, the Immortal Sect also has one of them.

Oh my goodness!

Unable to help but let out an exclamation, Zhao Qing suddenly spoke up, "Don’t be so reckless in probing someone’s realm next time in the same realm, you could be considered an enemy."

"Oh, sorry."

Huan Shan smiled awkwardly.

At this time, Wen Ping hurried over from the Tingyu Pavilion, handed the Immortal Clear Wind Robe to Huan Shan, and Huan Shan quickly pulled out two Thousand Gold Tickets and handed them to Wen Ping. Money was something he never lacked, and if he could use it to exchange for the Immortal Clear Wind Robe, Huan Shan was certainly happy to do so.

Wen Ping said, "First find a room to settle down. With your current realm, it’s best to cultivate in the Gravity Field. The Gravity Field has a ninefold increase in cultivation speed, and you can cultivate in it for three hours a day, with each hour costing 10 gold coins."

"Ninefold!"

Huan Shan was startled upon hearing this.

Wen Ping didn’t bother with his expression, and seeing Yang Xi coming out of the house, he asked, "Yang Xi, are you going to the Gravity Field?"

Yang Xi nodded.

"Great, take him with you."

"Okay." Yang Xi nodded.

When Huan Cheng heard the name Yang Xi, he subconsciously turned his head and thought to himself: Could this Yang Xi be the 15-year-old prodigy at the Body Refining Sixth Layer that both the Kao Shan Sect and the Hundred Sects Alliance fought over?

Upon turning his head and seeing Yang Xi’s face, he exclaimed, "It’s really you!"

"So the Young City Lord knows me." Yang Xi smiled faintly.

"Of course." Huan Shan responded, meanwhile thinking: How could anyone not know you, you’re so dazzling.

He now realized he was indeed untalented.

Any random disciple of the Immortal Sect had talent far superior to his.

Just when he was in a daze, he suddenly saw Yang Xi had already left the dormitory area, and Huan Shan hurriedly ran after her. "Wait for me."

Wen Ping glanced at the Zhao Qing who was staring at Yang Xi’s back and jokingly said, "It’s not Lele, no need to stare so intently, right?"

"Sect Leader, I’m going to cultivate now."

Zhao Qing, having her inner thoughts exposed, immediately blushed and dashed away like a bolt.

Just as Wen Ping was about to go to Churao Mountain, he heard the system’s voice.

As expected by Wen Ping, Han Wen hadn’t left Cangwu City. After a day of torment, he couldn’t hold back any longer and went to Yunlan Mountain, but he was now blocked by the Mountain Dog outside the Thousand Layers. Han Wen, who seemed to have learned his lesson, didn’t force his way in but waited at the foot of the mountain, seemingly waiting for Wen Ping.

"Keep guarding there, don’t let him come up."

After ordering the Mountain Dog, Wen Ping went to Churao Mountain, and when he returned, it was already evening.

Han Wen had left.

But the next morning, Han Wen came again, still blocked by the Mountain Dog at the foot of the mountain.

Out of curiosity, Wen Ping let the Mountain Dog release him, and he himself waited at the stone table by the square.

When Han Wen climbed the mountain, he was accompanied by a middle-aged man—a cultivator of the Lower Profound Realm. After witnessing the defeat of the Demon King, upon reaching the mountain, he remained cautious and didn’t even greet Wen Ping, just stood there unmoving, with an attitude of saying less is better than saying more.

Han Wen was the first to speak, "Sect Leader Wen, you’re really young. At your age, I was still naive and ignorant."

"If you have something to say, just say it."

Looking at Han Wen’s smiling face, all Wen Ping felt was how fake it was.

Han Wen, seeing the other party being blunt, didn’t continue with fake courtesy, and immediately spoke, "Sect Leader Wen, this Young Master wants to buy the Wooden Flowing Sand in your possession, name your price."

"No..."

Before Wen Ping could speak, Han Wen interrupted him, "Fifty thousand gold coins."

Wen Ping hastily said, "I meant that the Wooden Flowing Sand is not with me. Even if you offered a hundred thousand gold, I still couldn’t sell it."

"Someone bought it already?"

"No, I accidentally ate it myself."

Upon hearing this explanation, Han Wen’s expression immediately turned cold.

Wooden Flowing Sand, eaten?

If Wooden Flowing Sand could be directly eaten, he’d swallow the Golden Shuttle Leaf directly too.

Han Wen continued, "Sect Leader Wen, now’s not the time to make jokes. If you think the price is low, we can raise it, raise it however you like!"

"One million."

"Sect Leader Wen, aren’t you deliberately making things difficult for people?"

"You don’t believe me when I say the Wooden Flowing Sand is gone. You say I’m making things difficult when I say a million."

Hearing Wen Ping’s words, Han Wen’s face instantly turned livid.

But for the sake of the Wooden Flowing Sand, he had to endure it.

Besides, there were no other options; even the Demon King fell before the Immortal Sect. The Immortal Sect wasn’t something he could clash with at this point.

Han Wen, holding back his anger, continued, "I naturally can’t take out a million, and the Wooden Flowing Sand isn’t worth that much. How about this, Sect Leader Wen, I exchange my Ten Talents Token for the Wooden Flowing Sand, how about it?"

"Ten Talents Token."

"Sect Leader Wen, being young and promising, as long as you hold this Ten Talents Token and go to Huangli City, you can participate in the once-every-five-years Ten Talents Trial in half a month."

"Not interested."

"Sect Leader Wen, you might not know what the Ten Talents Trial is. By merely reaching the top 500 in the Ten Talents Trial, you can join one of the three major Two-star Sects as a Core Disciple, even practice Yellow Level Middle Cultivation Techniques, and open the path straight to the Profound Realm! Enter the top 100, and you might even join a Three-star Sect! I only have one token myself, yet I’m willing to offer it in exchange for the Wooden Flowing Sand."

To retrieve the Wooden Flowing Sand, Han Wen was willing to pay any price.

At worst, don’t participate in the Ten Talents Trial.

If he could create the Vortex Map and acquire the Anomalous Vein, he could still join a Three-star Sect.

With gains and losses, he had to choose getting the Vortex Map, or else all this time would have been wasted.