Chapter 1460: Chapter 1461: You Sell Yourself
Next day.
Heavenly God Academy.
On Burn Heaven Peak.
Li Xiaobai and a large group of cultivators were opening up cave dwellings on the mountaintop.
Elder Fen Tian still didn’t show up, this old man spent his days soaked in the Elixir Hall, indifferent to the happenings of the outside world.
“Open up your own cave dwellings and settle down on this mountain for now!”
Li Xiaobai said to the crowd.
“Um…”
“May I ask when Young Master Cai Kun can let us go back?”
The royal relative of the Beiliang Realm, Li Gandang, asked. He was the most unlucky among everyone. Originally, the sect disciples from his family could have paid the ransom to get him out, but they ended up getting tied up together due to stupid teammates.
“Each of you, write a letter and send it back to your respective sects!”
“Tell your clan elders and higher-ups that you want to go back, but they need to pay the ransom!”
Li Xiaobai said with indifference.
“How much…?”
“That depends on your sect’s sincerity. Paying more or less is their freedom, but releasing people is our right.”
Li Xiaobai said with a smile.
“Understood!”
“Rest assured, Young Master Cai, we will immediately write a letter to ensure your satisfaction!”
“Heh, no need to force it. If there’s no money, living on Burn Heaven Peak is quite nice too.”
Li Xiaobai thought for a moment and added: “I have no intention of forcing you.”
“No force, no force, we are all willing!”
“Exactly, exactly, Young Master Cai Kun painstakingly brought us out of the 49th battlefield, this life-saving grace cannot be repaid, we are very grateful in our hearts!”
The masters quickly said.
“Then disperse.”
…
Inside the Elixir Hall on Burn Heaven Peak.
Li Xiaobai set foot in, by proper protocol he should inform his master about returning to the mountain, proper manners are necessary, otherwise small faults are easily found.
Besides, he acknowledged him as a foster father, it’s best to get closer.
“Foster father, disciple is back!”
Li Xiaobai said.
“You actually came back alive, not bad, not bad, did you bring back the Emperor’s Blood?”
A sinister voice came from within the alchemy furnace.
“Useless, since you have no Emperor’s Blood, then you’ll be used for alchemy!”
The top cover of the alchemy furnace shook, and the air was filled with a strong sense of scorching heat.
“But I obtained the core key of the 49th battlefield and gained control of the battlefield!”
Li Xiaobai added.
“Got the core of the battlefield?”
“Just with you!”
The agitation of the alchemy furnace calmed down, followed by the eerie and scornful old voice.
“Just a stroke of luck, but there wasn’t a sign of blood in the 49th battlefield!”
“Why not wait for the next battlefield to open, and I’ll continue to search for it for father?”
Li Xiaobai communicated with the seed at Dantian, radiating circles of light yellow halos, said with a faint smile.
“Didn’t expect you have such capabilities, today I’ll spare your death, maybe those outside are your filial offering to father, quite a gesture of filial piety, though their cultivation level is pitifully weak, but enough for some use!”
Inside the alchemy furnace, Elder Fen Tian jeered with a creepy laugh, though he often stayed in the alchemy furnace, not a blade of grass or tree on the mountain escaped his perception.
“Those are to trade for money, not for alchemy.”
Li Xiaobai said dryly.
“With resources, I can procure more precious herbs for foster father!”
Elder Fen Tian: “No herb in this world compares to cultivators, directly throwing them in is a great tonic!”
Li Xiaobai: “I’ll bring back Emperor’s Blood for foster father in the next battlefield.”
“You may leave!”
After a long silence, Elder Fen Tian said this, and the hall returned to tranquility.
“Thank you, foster father!”
Leaving the hall, Li Xiaobai felt relieved, thinking this foster father was not as difficult to deal with as imagined, just target the cure accordingly, can be easily handled.
Just hadn’t walked a few steps when he vaguely heard Elder Fen Tian muttering: “The academy people seem less recently, it’s embarrassing to use academy disciples as alchemy materials…”
Li Xiaobai shivered, took back his words, this old man is truly violent, one wrong word and he’d use cultivators for alchemy.
“Cai Kun… Senior Brother, this is an invitation from the academy, we should set off.”
The Alchemy Child who initially disregarded Li Xiaobai held an invitation, said with some unease.
The news of an academy outer disciple successfully seizing the 49th battlefield core had spread within the academy, disciples were spreading the word, faster than a virus.
Recalling the cold reception towards Li Xiaobai during this period, the Alchemy Child was very nervous, this fledgling turned into a Phoenix, if settling old scores, he’s helpless to resist.
“What are you nervous about, I’m not foster father, won’t eat you, what’s to fear?”
Li Xiaobai said with a faint smile, took the invitation, opened it, saw a single word: “Please!”
A familiar spiritual pressure hit him, it was eerily familiar, similar to a Central Origin Realm Saint Realm expert drafting edict, words carrying power, easily controlling one’s Divine Soul with a single word.
The purpose behind the invitation wasn’t simple, likely intending to probe his depth, but with System at his side, he automatically immune to all Divine Soul-related harm.
Only disoriented for a moment then immediately returned to normal.
“Understood, look after those cultivators, let them focus on cultivation at the Burn Heaven Peak, watch closely, don’t let them escape!”
“Yes, Senior Brother!”
Li Xiaobai nodded, casually threw out an embroidered shoe, a golden war chariot manifested underfoot, heading towards the direction indicated by the shoe.
This invitation didn’t specify time and place, was also a probe, if academy disciples naturally wouldn’t be ignorant of the celebration venue, deliberately left unwritten, probably someone speculated he was actually a fake Cai Kun rather than the genuine article.
The location indicated by the embroidered shoe was familiar, Peach Blossom Source Forest.
It was where he ambushed before.
Tranquil bridges and flowing water, elegant and serene, full of artistic atmosphere.
Peach blossoms splendid, perpetual spring, fragrant and fresh.
The invitation served as the key to unlock the restriction, this time no hindrance, Cai Kun at Heavenly God Academy was obscure, unknown, Li Xiaobai discreetly merged into the crowd.
“Today’s celebration might offer a good show!”
“The battlefield core was seized by a little-known junior amidst numerous masters entering, surely something unseen transpired.”
“I heard Bai Ge of the Cangtian White Crane Sect recruited several Inner Elite Disciples to seek trouble for Cai Kun in the battlefield, they didn’t come out yesterday, given Cai Kun seized the battlefield core, Baihe Clan cultivators might not let this go!”
“Might not, Cai Kun’s master is Elder Fen Tian, heard he acknowledged him as foster father, not to be trifled with!”
“Heh, we’re here to snack on gossip, perhaps hear explosive tales!”