Chapter 550: Arriving in Qianshan City

The next stop was Qianshan city but the place was three months away from Jieshou city.

Because they didn’t want to waste time, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu stayed in the space.

On some days, they would practice their arts, spar, meditate under the bodhi tree, double cultivate, walk around the space, or sit in the peach garden to enjoy the passing time.

Three real months, equivalent to seven space years passed in this way.

On this day, a puppet transmitted a message saying that Zhou Xuan had come out of seclusion.

"It’s time to go back." Zhen Yuan said and the double nodded.

Soon after, the two exited the space and had just collected the puppets when they felt a tap on the surrounding isolation formation.

"I have got it." Zhen Yuan said and removed the formation.

"The fifth elder has just messaged. We can stay in Qianshan city for one month." Zhou Xuan said and Zhen Yuan nodded before speaking.

"Will you go to the coĺloseum or do something else?" He asked.

"Qianshan city is close to the Qianshan mountain range." A voice sounded and the three turned to see that Zhou Man had also come out of seclusion.

"You want to go to the mountain range?" Zhou Xuan asked with an incredulous face.

After all, his sister was an alchemist and was extremely weak in combat.

Most importantly, she was the kind to pay others to search for materials rather than go to a mountain range.

"Brother, what are you talking about?" Zhou Man rolled her eyes and quickly continued.

"Qianshan city has a large monster market. I plan to buy and contract a powerful monster." She said and Zhou Xuan nodded in understanding.

"A powerful monster will be a good helper." He said.

"I will go to the deck and seen if sister Ruyan and the others are there." Zhou Man said.

With that, the four left their room and went to the deck.

At this time, many Zhou clansmen and their protectors had already settled on the deck.

Looking around, the four saw that all the seats had already been taken so they stood at an empty area.

At the same time, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan resumed their old habit and began eavesdropping.

"Is it true that the twenty-fourth brother has fallen?" Someone asked.

"It’s true. I saw it with my own eyes." A female cultivator said and sighed with a helpless expression.

"How did he fall?" A male cultivator asked.

"It was the fourth day in Jieshou city." The female cultivator started and quickly continued.

"The twenty-fourth brother saw a beautiful woman on the streets and wanted to marry her as a concubine."

"However, the beautiful woman was unwilling but the twenty-fourth brother did not accept her rejection."

"Later, he followed her out of the city and wanted to take her by force, but the woman had a hidden guard and the twenty-fourth brother was beaten to death." She revealed.

"What about his protector?" Someone asked.

"The protector was also beaten to death." The female cultivator said with a complicated expression.

The twenty-fourth brother was originally a lecherous dandy.

Unfortunately, he was paired with a similar-minded protector, and the outcome was disastrous.

"Did the clan elders seek justice for the twenty-fourth brother?" A male cultivator asked and the female cultivator sneered before speaking.

"Seek justice?" She started and quickly continued.

"First, the twenty-fourth brother was in the wrong, so what kind of justice would the elders seek for him?"

"Second, before leaving Bozhou town, the clan elders warned us that they would not interfere with our training during these years. We shouldn’t cause trouble, expecting the elders to stand up for us."

"Enough about the twenty-fourth brother. Is it true that sister Ruyan got a water element mermaid robe in the jade shop?"

"I heard that the robe is a growth weapon, and has a very strong defensive ability."

"I also went to the jade shop and was lucky enough to get a bottle of high-grade soul water. Unfortunately, I was forced to sell it."

"That shop is too cruel. I got a level twelve promotion pill, but I was also forced to sell it." A male cultivator said, looking simultaneously angry and helpless.

"Was sister Ruyan able to take away her robe?" Someone asked.

"Sister Ruyan has three protectors; one is an early-stage great immortal, and two are peak-stage heaven immortals. How could she be unable to leave with her robe with such a team?"

"Why does the seventh sister have three protectors, while we only have one?" Someone complained.

"Who are you and who is the seventh sister?" Another sneered.

"Sister Ruyan is our clan’s hope. It’s only natural that she has more protectors."

[Thank heavens we didn’t end up with lechers.] Shen Xu transmitted and Zhen Yuan smiled.

[Lechers are one form of trouble but we can’t discount others.] The man said and Shen Xu immediately understood.

On the surface, Zhou Xuan was easy-going and well behaved. However, he was also stubborn and uncompromising on some matters.

Although this was not a bad quality, it would likely lead to trouble if Zhou Xuan decided to be stubborn on the wrong matter.

As for Zhou Man, she was arrogant but that characteristic prevented her from interacting with her protectors too frequently. That said, she was the kind to cause trouble if things didn’t go her way.

Fortunately, everything had been going smoothly, so the four hadn’t had the chance to fall out, or make things difficult for each other.

Time passed and before they knew it, the ship landed in Qianshan city.

As before, a clan elder reminded the clan children to be careful, and then opened the hatch to let everyone out.

Qianshan city was larger and more populous than Jieshou city, but it was also more rustic.

At a glance, most people carried a murderous intent, and seemed to be in a hurry to go somewhere.

"Let’s find a place to gather information." Shen Xu suggested, and the others immediately agreed.