A life of clearness

Chapter 39 Luo River Boat

There was a reason why Rong Qing asked Zhong Xiu that question.

Although the restrictions in the Book of Everything were difficult to resolve, and she didn't know when she could resolve them, there were always other ways to achieve the same goal.

That was the "key" she mentioned, also called the "Man Fang" unlocking item.

There weren't many things in Rong Qing's storage ring, but they were almost all fine items. If she sold them, she could indeed get a lot of spirit stones in return, but she really couldn't bear to part with them. If she hadn't been in the Liuguang Sword Sect, she wouldn't have had the opportunity to get many treasures. Once sold, it would be difficult to buy them back.

She returned to the yard and asked Dugu Zhi to help look after Zhong Xiu, then hurried back to the palace.

An hour was not a long time, Yun Tong and Shan Xing were still in the study room and did not leave. The difference was that this time there was an additional Yun Nong.

"It seems that the princess will also go to Cangliuzhou?" Rong Qing looked at Yunnong's face that could not hide her joy and guessed that it must be Yunnong's first time to go to Cangliuzhou where her master was, which was why she was so excited.

"That's right." Yun Tong replied, "Since Yun Nong has joined my Baishi Temple, I should have taken her to Cangliuzhou to practice. This time, she is traveling with Daoist Fellow Yu, which saves us the trouble of going back and forth."

Yuntong looked around and said, "Since everyone is here, let's go now."

Rong Qing and others certainly had no objection.

He flipped his hand and took out a palm-sized boat from his storage bag. "This boat is called Luohe Boat. It can accommodate four of us at the same time. Although it is only a fourth-level magic weapon, it is also a top-grade one among the fourth-level. The speed is not the fastest, but its sturdiness is hard to match even by other fourth-level top-grade magic weapons."

Yun Tong made a hand gesture to control the weapon, and the Luohe Boat expanded very quickly. The four of them had already walked into the courtyard, and many servants had long been driven away. Therefore, they were the only ones in the courtyard who witnessed the spiritual boat quickly expanding from the size of a palm to a huge size. It was more than enough to accommodate ten people. The spiritual boat was suspended on the ground, and Rong Qing could see the traces of formations engraved on the bow and stern of the boat at a glance. She didn't know much about formations, but these basic formations were obviously used for reinforcement. It seemed that what Yun Tong said about this boat being extremely solid should be true.

Yun Nong suddenly opened her eyes wide. The process of the flying magic weapon changing was something she had never seen before and was full of novelty.

Rong Qing has long been accustomed to the fact that every world has its own rules. As long as they exist, there must be a reason for it.

"This is a fourth-level magic weapon." Yun Nong exclaimed. She had just entered the cultivation world and knew very little about it. Moreover, because she was in such a special environment as Jing Country, any thing in the cultivation world that was revealed was enough to dazzle her.

Yun Nong lifted her skirt and walked into the boat carefully. From the outside, the Luohe boat looked no different from an ordinary boat. But once she entered the boat, she felt something different. It was as if there was an invisible barrier separating the inside and the outside. This barrier was not strong, but it gave her a strong sense of security.

As her master, Shan Xing had to tell her all the common sense about the cultivation world. He also took this opportunity to teach her some knowledge about magical instruments.

"Flying instruments are generally the simplest instruments to make. During the Qi Refining Stage, one cannot fly instruments, so the instruments used during Qi Refining have no grade and are not considered mainstream. Instruments used during the Foundation Establishment Stage are basically graded from one to three. Grade four is the lowest standard for instruments used by Jindan Zhenren. Each time an instrument is upgraded to a higher grade, its difficulty increases greatly, and the spiritual stones required to purchase it also vary greatly." Shan Xing smiled, "But this is normal. The materials for high-grade instruments are extremely difficult to find, and instrument refiners who can refine high-grade instruments are even rarer. If you ask them to help you once, you will not only have to pay spiritual stones, but you may even owe them a favor. Therefore, high-grade instruments are hard to come by. Some casual cultivators cannot afford a high-grade instrument suitable for them throughout their entire lives. This is also common."

Yun Nong had a complicated expression when she heard this. In the secular world, with the power of the royal palace, there were few treasures that she could not afford. But in the cultivation world, apart from being able to rely on her master, she was a poor and incompetent person.

"It's OK." Rong Qing saw this and comforted Yun Nong. She entered the boat and walked to the end of the boat. "The cultivation world is not full of blood and gore, fighting and killing. Most cultivators are no different from ordinary people. Learning some skills of making talismans and refining pills is enough to earn the spiritual stones needed for daily expenses."

Yunnong looked towards the mountain.

Shan Xing nodded, "Mr. Yu, you are right. That's exactly it."

Seeing that the three of them had found their own seats, Yun Tong did not say much, but stood at the bow of the boat and made a hand gesture. The Luohe boat rose steadily. This was to take care of Yun Nong, who was riding a flying magic weapon for the first time.

After the boat was lifted to a certain height, the speed suddenly increased. With Yun Nong's exclamation, the Luohe Boat flew towards the sparsely populated city. During the flight, Yun Nong was not very scared. Curiosity overwhelmed the fear. With his hands tightly clinging to the boat wall, he looked around carefully. The soft clouds surrounded the boat. The Luohe Boat, which looked quite big in the courtyard, was like a small boat on the sea in the vast clouds. However, the boat was extremely stable.

Yun Nong stretched out a hand tentatively, but was immediately frightened by the strong wind outside and retracted it. The speed of the Luohe boat was slow but only in relative terms. Because there were no reference points in the sky, Yun Nong thought it was not moving fast, and even the slowly moving clouds were just being blown by the wind.

Rong Qing looked at Yun Jing, whom she had not seen for a long time, and Yun Nong's questions rang in her ears again. The teacher taught her very well, and Yun Nong was not very good at hiding her problems.

"That's just to earn some money for daily use, isn't it difficult to break through to a higher realm?" Yun Nong remembered Shan Xing once said that with her three spiritual roots, foundation building should not be a problem, and golden elixir would be a struggle. Yun Nong has not really started practicing yet, so she can't feel the difficulty, so now of course she is thinking about some way to break free from the shackles of her own qualifications and move to a higher realm.

"Of course. In the cultivation world, it is not difficult to survive in a city that is dependent on a sect or a powerful cultivator." Shan Xing said, "But if you want to break through the limitations of your own qualifications, that is a daydream."

"If you want to break through, you have to become a cultivator who risks his life. As everyone knows, in the cultivation world, they have the most spirit stones and the richest resources. What your master said about ordinary cultivators who earn spirit stones by their skills are just trying to make a living under the hands of the cultivators who risk their lives." Rong Qing continued what Shan Xing had not finished saying.

“A cultivator who risks his life. Risking his life…?” Yun Nong looked at Rong Qing in confusion.

"Of course, they are the cultivators who are unwilling to let their lifespan and strength be limited by fate. In order to enter the Dao and to reach a higher level, they fight for everything. They are the ones who fight in the secret realm, so they are also the best at fighting. When these cultivators are at the peak of their strength, they are unwilling to accept the dusty and bleak future that is about to appear, so they choose to let go and fight for their lives. Therefore, they are called cultivators who fight for their lives in the cultivation world."

Although Rong Qing spoke calmly, Yun Nong's blood boiled when he heard it.

"Yu Daoyou is very clear about this." Yun Tong smiled and turned to look. Flying with flying tools is not as good as fighting, and it will not consume much of his mind. He has just been listening to the conversation between Yun Nong and the other two. As for Rong Qing, he hopes she can talk as much as possible. The more she talks, the more information she will reveal. "It seems that there are quite a few life-threatening cultivators in Daoyou's sect."

"Yes, quite a few." Rong Qing smiled bitterly. Except for her, all of them.

In the snowy mountains of the Arctic, there is a group of ruthless Taoist monks who regard their lives as nothing and are devoted to the Tao.

"Most of the resources in the cultivation world are in the hands of desperate cultivators. But no one will be jealous." Rong Qing looked at Yun Nong, "Because the desperate cultivators who are still alive are either powerful cultivators or destined to the Spiritual Transformation Stage. Those who are not very comprehensible and have insufficient luck have already died. Take the secret realm as an example. When the fighting is fierce, less than 10% of them come out alive. A single fight between cultivators consumes resources, not to mention that when fighting for treasures, many cultivators fight together, and the amount of talismans and elixirs consumed is even greater. If you are not willing to be mediocre and want to be a desperate cultivator, you must be prepared to die at any time. As far as I know, there are quite a few desperate cultivators who kill people to prove their truth."

Hearing this, Yun Nong said nothing more, as if she was frightened by the reality that Rong Qing described.

The saying that a son of a rich family should not sit in the hall is not widely used in the cultivation world. The lives of the life-threatening cultivators are precious, but they regard them as worthless. They dare to gamble with their lives at all times. They are the craziest and most calculating gamblers.

While everyone was silent, Yun Tong controlled the Luohe boat to make a turn in the clouds. When it landed quickly, all he saw was a vast ocean.

When the Luohe boat was launched into the sky, the sun was shining brightly, but almost no one noticed it. Most of the people in the city were busy making a living. Even if a child saw it occasionally, because the Luohe boat was very fast, even if they called their friends to come and see it, they would not see it.

Except one person.

Dugu Zhi sat in a wheelchair, with a soft pillow under his neck, looking up at the sky comfortably. If Rong Qing saw this, he would be surprised, because the direction he was facing was exactly the direction of the flight route chosen by Yun Tong. As long as he waited patiently, he could see the whole process of the Luohe boat rising into the sky and sinking into the clouds.

This was indeed the case. The height that Luo Hezhou reached in a short time was beyond his visual limit. Dugu Zhi was not discouraged. He retracted his sight, turned his wheelchair, passed through the flower corridor, and entered a room.

The servants all knew his habit, so they didn't lock the room, but just gently closed the door. Dugu Zhi opened the door and went in easily. He said to the inside: "Don't worry, my child will not do anything without confidence. This time, he will regret it for the rest of his life."

(End of this chapter)