Stop it, Taoist, Your Fight almost Ruins the DAO!

He has the path of Magnetic Field Taoism right in front of him, yet refuses to study such 'spiritual' Daoist Skills—a basket case! Not learning! Not learning!

"Do... do you realize what you are missing out on?" When Li Shiran heard Yi Chen's words, her eyes widened in shock, as if she had heard something utterly unbelievable.

"Yi Chen does not seek immortality, only to live unrestrained. Two hundred Red Jade Coins for this matter in Yang City; I will certainly do my best, fighting a fierce battle with the villains of the Ghost Worship Sect. How about that, Fairy Shiran?"

Unwilling to waste more words with the woman in white before him, considering the Ghost Worship Sect's extermination of his former sect, Yi Chen straightforwardly stated his minimum price.

"Two hundred Red Coins? You really dare to ask for such a price!" Seeing the mercenary expression on Yi Chen's face, a flash of thin anger passed over Li Shiran's face, which then quickly turned to a sense of letting go.

At this moment, she finally understood why her masters often said that small families and sects struggle to nurture a flood dragon.

Because cultivators who come from small families and sects might, by chance, gain opportunities and lead for a while, but due to their lack of experiences and guidance from masters, their path will become increasingly difficult as they progress further.

Seemingly recalling something, with a flip of her jade-like palm, Li Shiran produced a hundred Red Jade Coins on the table.

"Two hundred it is. However, the wealth of my Heavenly Star Sect doesn't come so easily. If you, Young Master Yi, engage in cowardly tricks or desert in the face of battle, believe me, even if you flee to the ends of the earth, you won't escape the pursuit of our sect's law-enforcing cultivators!" Li Shiran said sharply with a look of contained fury.

Equating wealth to qualification for joining the Heavenly Star Sect is an insult to her sect.

If anyone regards two hundred Red Jade Coins as more precious than the opportunity to join her Heavenly Star Sect, it would be a great insult to her sect.

"Fairy Shiran, Yi Chen has significant expenditures, and is well reputed for taking money and rendering services—this you can rest assured of," he replied.

"However, unless I am mistaken, the amount you have taken out is only one hundred Red Coins."

"Yi Chen conducts business by always taking payment first, then rendering services. It's the rule."

Yi Chen hadn't expected that by casually stating his minimum price to accommodate this Heavenly Star Sect's Inner Sect Disciple, it would upset the woman before him. But he didn't care about her anger,

He wanted to visit the Heavenly Star Sect, but this woman couldn't represent the sect anyway—so what if he offended her?

As long as he, Yi Chengzi, kept getting stronger and progressing, in time, there would be plenty of cultivators interpreting scriptures for him, Yi Chengzi.

Perhaps in the future, at a banquet in the Heavenly Star Sect, this woman before him might not even have the qualifications to pour water.

"We are strangers who just met; I'll pay half upfront. As for the remaining half, after this matter is concluded, Shiran will present it all together!" Li Shiran said indifferently, her tone distant as she looked at the brocade-clad young master who seemed almost too eager for the money,

At this point, a sneer flashed across the woman's face as she coldly continued,

"You need not worry that Shiran will default on the remaining one hundred Red Coins. Perhaps you are unaware that the current Sect Leader of Heavenly Star Sect is Shiran's great-grandfather. It's not about one hundred Red Coins—be it a thousand or ten thousand—if Shiran wishes, they could be readily obtained."

"However, Shiran does not wish to rely on family support, but wants to start from the Outer Sect, become an Inner Sect Disciple, a True Disciple, and finally a Core Disciple, to ascend to the Immortal Platform through her own efforts."

"You do not understand Shiran's grand ambition. Yi Brother, you can't discuss ice with a summer insect; the world is vast, and your visions are far too narrow."

Glancing at the woman in white who had casually revealed her family background, Yi Chen dismissed her with the label "beauty without brains" and chose to forgive.

"No, no, no, Fairy Shiran, you have misunderstood me again."

"I am never afraid of being cheated because no one dares to cheat me, Yi Chen."

"Since the Fairy has made her stance so clear, it would be rude for Yi Chen to say any more."

"Let it be one hundred Red Coins for now, Fairy Shiran. You won't regret your decision today."

Yi Chen stood up, smiling at the 'Immortal Second Generation' before him, ready to take the one hundred Red Jade Coins on the table. However, just as he reached out, the coins on the table were pressed down by a jade-like palm.

"Hold on, Young Master Yi, Shiran's money isn't that easy to take."

"If you want to be paid the price of two hundred Red Coins, Shiran needs to see if you have the capability to earn it!"

The lady in white looked at Yi Chen's smiling face and, for some reason, she really wanted to punch that big face into a pig's head. If she had any appreciation for Yi Chen before, now she was filled with nothing but disgust for him.

If she was not mistaken, the thefts of the three major families in Yang City, as well as the earlier extermination of a constable's family there, were undoubtedly this man's doing.

Such a vindictive nature indeed fit his character.

"Fairy, are you certain?"

Looking at the lady in white, who had thrown yet another complication into the situation, a flash of displeasure appeared in Yi Chen's eyes, and his tone had turned somewhat colder.

What was this with the Granddaughter of the Sect Leader of Heavenly Star Sect and her never-ending issues? If it weren't for Li Shiran's request, which he had attended to out of convenience, the mere offer of two hundred Red Jade Coins to buy Yi Chengzi's life was nothing short of a joke about the Dao Fruit.

With his current standing in the Martial Arts Realm, it seemed his True Technique was nothing more than the Thirteen Layers Realm; however, his combat strength had long since become incomparable to before, approaching the True Monarch Realm, with absolutely no one as his match.

And this was the source of his confidence.

Yi Chen also had not expected the three major families and the County Government Treasury to be so wealthy, which enabled him to advance his True Technique to such a realm.

"Simple, just have a fight with Young Master Yi and Li Shiran!"

Suddenly, the window of the boudoir burst open, and Li Shiran transformed into a white shadow, darting swiftly towards the outskirts of Yang City.

Looking at the evening breeze blowing in from the window, Yi Chen's lips curled into a cold smile; he had never heard such a ridiculous request in his life.

After a short while, Yi Chen pushed open the door and returned to the room where he and Young Master Guo were washing their feet.

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The night air was cool and refreshing.

On the pale yellow plains that connected Yang City and Saint Peace City, Duan Zhenliu rode on a peculiar white horse with a blue horn on its head, frantically galloping towards Yang City.

He knew well the status of his junior sister, Li Shiran, who despite not being particularly favored at home was, after all, a member of the Li Family of Heavenly Star Sect.

That alone was worth his utmost effort.

Duan Zhenliu carried a golden battle-axe on his back, beginning to sprint across the plain.

Ever since receiving the news, he had been traveling day and night without rest.

The three silver star patterns on the golden battle-axe shone particularly bright under the moonlight, looking very extraordinary.

This was a Dao Artifact, which Duan Zhenliu had obtained only by dissipating his entire family wealth and even taking on heavy debts. With this Dao Artifact, he had successively parried three strikes from an elder who had just stepped into the True Monarch Realm, while he himself was at the peak of the True Person Realm, without suffering any harm.

"Junior Sister, wait for me, I'm coming!"

Continuing to dash along the way, as the first rays of dawn illuminated the skies above Yang City, the peculiar white horse finally stepped onto the land of Yang City.

Without any obstacles whatsoever, after putting his Spirit Beast into the Pet Beast Bag, Duan Zhenliu's figure immediately flew towards the area he had agreed to meet his junior sister.

Soon, he saw the beauty he had been longing for.

"Junior Sister, why are you still wearing a veil upon seeing your senior brother?" Duan Zhenliu expressed his surprise as soon as he saw Li Shiran.

He used to have a good relationship with his junior sister, and now she was meeting him with a veiled face; could it be that something had happened during her time in Yang City that had caused their relationship to grow cold?

"Senior Brother, it's good that you have come. I am not feeling well today, but that's unimportant. Did you bring the Heavenly Sun Divine Water, Senior Brother?"

"Many people in Yang City have been infected with the Black Seal, and without the Heavenly Sun Divine Water from our Sect to suppress it, I'm afraid these people will all face grave dangers." Upon seeing the familiar silhouette from her memory, Li Shiran forced a smile and said.