Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

After several days of recuperation, Li Guanqi's twelfth level of cultivation had completely stabilized.

He continued to cultivate diligently every day, and Li Nanting often told him stories about the world of cultivation.

Each time he heard a different story, Li Guanqi couldn't help but feel that the hearts of people in the cultivation world were treacherous.

Li Nanting said with a smile, "These are just some of the many things your master experienced when he was young."

Li Guanqi smiled slightly and said, "Master doesn't look old at all."

"Hahaha, you're just sweet-talking, saying I'm not old."

"I... I'm already two hundred and sixty-seven years old this year. If I were down the mountain, I'd have been buried twice over."

Li Guanqi clicked his tongue upon hearing this.

"That's true."

The old man slapped him on the head and laughed, "You little rascal."

Li Nanting tapped his pipe and said softly, "Recently, that little girl Sui'an has been getting more and more attached to you."

Li Guanqi also smiled and touched his nose, saying, "I quite like this little girl. She's so sensible that it's heartbreaking."

Anyway, my other courtyard is empty with just me living there. It's good to clean up a room for her to live with me.

Li Nanting smiled, suddenly took out a jade slip and handed it to Li Guanqi, saying softly, "I see that your aura has been getting more and more steady recently, so you must have reached a bottleneck."

"As for why you haven't broken through to Foundation Establishment yet, I think you have your own plans, and I won't rush you as your teacher."

"I heard that you've been practicing spirit incantations very diligently recently, so go and ask for something for me."

Li Guanqi took the cyan jade slip and found that it had a Taoist temple drawn on it.

"Master, what are you asking for?"

Li Nanting revealed a mysterious smile and said softly, "A lightning-type spirit incantation."

"Go to the Taoist temple on Dragon Marquis Ridge and find an old man named Ling Daoran. Just say that I sent you."

Li Guanqi said softly, "Master, is it worth it to use all these favors on me?"

Click, click.

Li Nanting smoked his pipe, and wisps of green smoke floated from his mouth, blurring most of his face.

"Worth it! Of course, it's worth it!"

"You are my disciple, Li Nanting. What's not worth it to use favors on you?"

"Oh, right, you should carry this Foundation Establishment Pill with you at all times, just in case."

Li Guanqi didn't decline and took the Foundation Establishment Pill and the jade slip.

Now he has three Foundation Establishment Pills, over five hundred low-grade spirit stones, and twenty mid-grade spirit stones.

Most of these mid-grade spirit stones were taken from the storage ring of the Beast Taming Sect's master.

Li Nanting glanced at his hand and said, "It's best not to show off your storage ring too much. Don't flaunt your wealth."

"Use a storage bag instead. It can save you a lot of trouble."

Li Guanqi nodded, then went down the mountain.

The next morning, he was thinking of going to the Hundred Treasures Pavilion to buy a map of the Northern Region.

After all, he would be traveling outside a lot in the future, and it would be really inconvenient without a map.

"What! A map of the entire Northern Region costs one hundred high-grade spirit stones! Are you trying to rob me!"

The female cultivator disciple inside the counter covered her mouth and chuckled, "Senior Brother Li, you probably don't know how big the Northern Region of the entire Azure Cloud Continent is, do you?"

"It's more than a thousand miles across, and the difficulty of drawing its map jade slip requires even a Nascent Soul Realm great power's formation master to barely imitate it."

"So... a map of a million miles is enough. It only costs five mid-grade spirit stones."

Li Guanqi thought of the Thunder Dragon Egg in his storage ring, and after thinking about it, he said, "I can't afford it. Give me a map of a hundred thousand miles."

The female cultivator wasn't annoyed, and after taking the two mid-grade spirit stones from Li Guanqi's hand, she handed him the blue jade slip.

Li Guanqi walked out of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion with great heartache after receiving the jade slip.

Looking back at the smiling female disciple, he felt that she was eyeing his spirit stones.

His divine sense probed into the jade slip, and a vast map instantly appeared in his mind.

The jade slip detailed all the terrain and major sect forces within a hundred thousand miles centered on the Great Xia Sword Sect.

When his divine sense came into contact with the names of these sects, various information would appear.

"Seven String Sect, known for its redundant weapons and hidden weapons, Sect Master Cao Xinghua, peak Nascent Soul mid-stage."

Li Guanqi murmured, "Interesting, to be able to make the map so detailed."

"What kind of force is the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion that makes and sells maps?"

After putting away the jade slip, Li Guanqi went to the Mission Pavilion again.

When checking the missions, he happened to see a mission to investigate the turmoil of a dynasty within the sphere of influence of the Great Xia Sword Sect.

The mission content was just to investigate clearly, and the points reward was not much.

But with Li Guanqi's character, even a mosquito leg is meat, so he accepted it.

After all, this place is behind Dragon Marquis Ridge, and it doesn't take too long to travel.

Afterward, Li Guanqi returned to the courtyard and brought two pieces of clothing.

Yu Sui'an poked her little head out at the door and asked softly, "Li Guanqi, where are you going?"

"Going out for a while."

"Oh... when will you be back?"

Li Guanqi put away his clothes, rubbed the little girl's head, and smiled, "Don't worry, it won't be long. I'll bring you something delicious when I get back."

Yu Sui'an's eyes lit up, she put her hands on her hips and said loudly, "Then I want the best steamed buns in the area! Four! No... six!"

Li Guanqi laughed and nodded, "Okay, okay, I'll bring you six of the best meat buns in the area."

After saying that, Li Guanqi went down the mountain alone with his sword box on his back.

Along the way, many disciples in the sect took the initiative to stop and bowed to Li Guanqi.

The events of the previous period had also spread some rumors from other peaks.

Although people didn't know if it was true or false, they still respected this first genius of the Great Xia Sword Sect.

Li Guanqi looked at the map. The nearest place where he could take a cloud boat, Minning Wu, was a hundred miles away.

With his current foot strength, it would take him less than an hour to get there.

If he were a Foundation Establishment cultivator flying with a sword, he could reach a hundred miles away in half an hour.

After aiming in the right direction, Li Guanqi exerted force under his feet and used his movement technique, like a cheetah, instantly rushing towards the south.

Before long, Li Guanqi saw various flying cloud boats constantly shuttling in the sky from afar.

The mountain peak, which was five hundred feet high, had been transformed into a huge platform.

Buildings were rising on the platform, and countless people were coming and going, making it very lively.

Seven or eight cloud boats, each ten feet in size, were parked around, and the people coming and going were either rich or noble.

Li Guanqi came to this platform and was immediately fascinated by this lively scene.

There was only this one street on the entire platform, but both sides of the street were occupied by countless vendors.

The shouts were endless. Suddenly, Li Guanqi smiled slightly and tightly pinched a hand on his waist.

The huge force made the skinny man's face full of smiles.

"Sir, please be gentle. I didn't see clearly today. I kowtow to you."

Li Guanqi smiled and let go, saying softly, "You even tried to steal from me. If there's a next time... I'm afraid you won't need these hands anymore."

After saying that, he shook the Great Xia Sword Sect jade slip in front of the man.

The man kowtowed like pounding garlic, shouting, "This sir is discerning. Don't let there be any more blind ones!"

After saying that, the man led Li Guanqi with a flattering smile onto a very luxurious cloud boat.

Li Guanqi didn't decline and went directly onto the cloud boat.

The cloud boat would stop at Wangyue City, which was the closest to Dragon Marquis Ridge.