Chapter 104 – 98 Eight Diagram_2

    This investment seemed to be quite profitable. Li Shiming’s future would be higher than he had imagined because he knew Yin Fairy and their relationship appeared to be complex.

    Qiu Tan’s eyes were sharp enough to sense the sourness of love from a distance.

    Li Shiming had won the favor of Yin Fairy, which meant he was set for swift ascension.

    He carried this proud feeling all the way back to Changming Island and back to the shop.

    “Mr. Qiu, what’s making you so happy?” a Qi Refinement Realm shop assistant asked with a smile.

    Including Qiu Tan, there were three Qi Refining cultivators in the shop, with Qiu Tan at the Qi Refining Fifth Level and the other two shop assistants at the Qi Refining First and Second Levels.

    Such Qi Refining First and Second Level cultivators were numerous within the sect’s territories, all being individuals who had undergone the Sky Sea Sect’s spirit root test and discovered to have extremely poor spirit roots.

    Most of these people chose to join the Sky Sea Sect, becoming servant disciples in hopes of that slim possibility.

    Others sought to live their own lives by joining establishments like shops or workshops, where they were given a chance to become cultivators and earn greater profits.

    On their own, the chance that they would advance to even the Qi Refining First Level was incredibly low, yet it wasn’t impossible; through methods that damaged their core essence, they could break through to the Qi Refining First or Second Levels.

    Within Qiu Tan’s shop, he was on very friendly terms with the two Qi Refinement Realm assistants, almost like family.

    “Remember the highly promising Spirit Plant we discussed?” Qiu Tan asked, raising an eyebrow with a smile.

    “The best-selling Spirit Rice in the shop lately is cultivated by that Spirit Plant Husbandry fellow Li Shiming, how could we not know!” one of the Qi Refinement Realm assistants replied, nodding.

    Recently, any cultivator who had bought Spirit Rice cultivated by Li Shiming always specifically requested it when making a repeat purchase.

    They had checked themselves, and the quality of this batch of Spirit Rice was surprisingly good.

    “That’s him. On my recent delivery trip, guess what I saw on Eagle Beak Island?” Qiu Tan asked, feigning mystery.

    “Mr. Qiu, don’t keep us in suspense, tell us!” the two Qi Refinition Realm assistants said, pretending to be annoyed as they urged him on.

    At that moment, they did not notice a figure, a cultivator dressed in brocaded robes, passing by the front of the shop.

    “I saw Yin Fairy!” Qiu Tan whispered.

    “Which Yin Fairy?” one Qi Refinement Realm assistant asked, clueless.

    “Which other Yin Fairy of our Sky Sea Sect!” Before Qiu Tan could reply, the other Qi Refinement Realm assistant answered for him.

    “Right, I had not noticed it, but Mr. Li has advanced to the Qi Refining Fourth Level!” Qiu Tan suddenly slapped his head as it dawned on him.

    Cultivators who would haggle over the price of Spirit Rice would not buy the double-priced rice, and those concerned with the quality of Spirit Rice would not mind the increase to two Spirit Stones.

    “Good!” Baili Jin Yan nodded in agreement.

    As Qiu Tan turned around, Baili Jin Yan lightly tapped his finger, and a faint light landed on Qiu Tan’s clothes.

    With this mark, as long as the distance between them was within a thousand li for the next ten days, he could sense Qiu Tan’s location.

    Qiu Tan was unaware of the great trouble his gossip had brought him; he was still directing two Qi Refining cultivators in preparing the Spirit Rice.

    Baili Jin Yan did not intend to spare even the two Qi Refining assistants; he continuously tapped his finger, placing two more marks on the assistants.

    Within a short time, Baili Jin Yan left the market with the Spirit Rice. Find more to read at Novgo

    He took out his Flying Boat, sat inside, and opened a Jade Scroll, which contained a map.

    This was no ordinary map. In the Sky Sea Sect, it was not that maps were unavailable for purchase.

    However, the maps one could buy generally covered only the territories of the Sky Sea Sect and the Xuanming Sect; areas beyond those were not documented.

    A normal cultivator would not venture beyond these two sects’ territories.

    You should know that the territory of the Sky Sea Sect encompasses numerous land nations and vast ocean areas. Without a Flying Boat capable of high-speed flight, an ordinary cultivator would need a great deal of time to traverse this region.

    Additionally, including the territory of the Xuanming Sect, two major sects that were enemies, it was common for both Sky Sea Sect and Xuanming Sect cultivators to undertake missions targeting each other’s territories, hence the maps included the Xuanming Sect.

    But the map Baili Jin Yan had was different; it included the entire continent and was extremely detailed.

    Many of the recorded details were secrets of the sects.

    Baili Jin Yan inserted the Jade Scroll into an Array within the Flying Boat, and a holographic Terrain Map appeared inside.

    He lightly tapped the holographic Terrain Map, transforming it into one centered on his current location.

    He connected mentally and queried the Terrain Map for Eagle Beak Island; soon, the location of Eagle Beak Island lit up.

    “Found you!” Baili Jin Yan said coldly as he looked at the holographic Terrain Map, thinking of Yin Shilan’s extraordinarily beautiful face, his desire to kill Li Shiming surged.

    In his heart, he was already considering a hundred different ways to brutally kill Li Shiming; he never doubted whether he would succeed.

    With his methods, unless Li Shiming hid within the nine peaks of the Sky Sea Sect, it would be impossible for him to escape Baili Jin Yan’s techniques, given the vast differences between them.

    The Flying Boat went from invisibility to accelerating in one swift motion, immediately disappearing into the sky.