The courtyard where the four sisters of the Celestial Snake Clan resided was a two-section Siheyuan(四合院: a traditional Chinese courtyard house), facing north to south. It was not only exquisitely elegant, but also had a large spirit-gathering formation set up within, making the heaven and earth's spiritual energy within the courtyard even denser than the outside world.
However, at this moment, the four sisters were sitting around a pavilion, their faces a bit strange, even somewhat gloomy.
They had been in Fanghua City for three months. These three months had given them a detailed understanding of Fanghua City, and they also knew that Fanghua City was a very peaceful place. Here, everyone, whether mortal without cultivation or cultivator with achievements, had to abide by the rules of Fanghua City.
If a cultivator bought something from a mortal on the street and wanted to bully the weak by not paying, as long as the merchant complained to the City Lord's Mansion, no matter how strong that cultivator was, the outcome would be extremely miserable.
Such a peaceful environment was undoubtedly very suitable for them to heal their injuries, but their injuries were quite serious and required refining several healing holy pills to recover quickly. Otherwise, relying on their own cultivation to heal would take at least several hundred years.
Several hundred years of activity was nothing to those older cultivators, but they were geniuses who were famous on the Starry Sky Ancient Road. The age they were in was the golden age of cultivators, full of vigor and high spirits.
"Sister, it's all my fault. I didn't take good care of it." Tian Xiaoxiao lowered her head. At this moment, she was full of apathy, like a child who had made a mistake. Where was her usual liveliness?
The injuries on their bodies required refining several healing holy pills as an aid to recover quickly. Otherwise, within a few hundred years, their cultivation would stagnate.
Cultivation is like sailing against the current; if you don't advance, you retreat.
Stagnation was no different from regression for them, because other geniuses would leave them far behind in a few hundred years, and it would be extremely difficult for them to catch up.
And Tian Xiaoxiao, as the youngest sister among the four sisters with a unique talent for treasure hunting, and also the one who loved collecting all kinds of natural treasures, the treasures that the four sisters had found on the Starry Sky Ancient Road over the years, such as holy medicine refining materials, were all handed over to Tian Xiaoxiao for safekeeping.
But this time they encountered a cosmic storm that was rare to see in ten thousand years. Tian Xiaoxiao, as the keeper of the natural treasures, her storage ring was lost when it was sent into the void crack by the cosmic storm, and what was lost at the same time was naturally the natural treasures collected over the years.
Of course, the other three sisters didn't have no natural treasures on them either, but the healing holy pills they needed at this time required several kinds of holy medicine that were in the storage ring lost by Tian Xiaoxiao.
During the three months they were in Fanghua City, they were constantly looking for people who possessed these holy medicines, and then, whether it was buying at a high price or bartering, they had to collect these holy medicines.
In the end, they still had one kind of holy medicine that they hadn't found.
Tianxin Grass!
The holy medicine they were lacking now was Tianxin Grass.
The medicinal effect of Tianxin Grass was not very magical, but Tianxin Grass was extremely rare. They only had one plant before, which they obtained from an ancient secret realm. Nowadays, Tianxin Grass can be said to be extinct.
Because Tianxin Grass is the companion holy medicine of the Celestial Stone, and the Celestial Stone, as far as they know, is only owned by Undying Mountain and Qin Shaoshang, the descendant of the Qin family.
Not to mention that they were not familiar with Qin Shaoshang, even if they were very familiar, they couldn't contact Qin Shaoshang now. They themselves didn't know which corner of the universe they were in. In addition, now that the Great Dao of the mortal world had recovered, the universe had become more vast than before, and could even be said to have become extremely unfamiliar.
Without the Celestial Stone, there would be no Tianxin Grass. Without Tianxin Grass, the healing holy pill they needed would lack a key holy medicine. Without the healing holy pill, they would have to be trapped here for hundreds of years, and their cultivation would stagnate.
Such a result was really a great blow to them, which was also the main reason why their faces were ugly now.
"It's not your fault. We can only admit that we are unlucky. Who knew we would encounter a cosmic storm, which is even rarer than immortal gold divine medicine?" Tian Yuanyuan comforted.
"Yes, little sister, blame the cosmic storm."
"What the eldest sister and second sister said is right. This matter cannot be blamed on you. Besides, according to legends, this place is where His Majesty the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress stayed. His Majesty the Holy Emperor is a miracle. Maybe we will encounter a miracle too!"
Tian Fangfang and Tian Zhengzheng also comforted her.
After hearing about His Majesty the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress, Tian Xiaoxiao's face improved. Seeing this, the eldest sister Tian Yuanyuan took the opportunity to say, "What your third sister said is right. We encountered a cosmic storm by chance and came here by mistake. Perhaps there is a will in the dark. We need to adjust our mentality and heal with all our strength, otherwise, even if there is an opportunity, we may miss it."
"Do you really not blame me?" Tian Xiaoxiao raised her head and looked at the three sisters who looked exactly like her.
"If the eldest sister lost the treasure, would you blame the eldest sister?" Tian Yuanyuan asked.
Tian Xiaoxiao shook her head and said, "Although I like treasures, treasures are dead things. How can they compare to the relationship between me and you, eldest sister?"
"Since you have said so, those natural treasures are just external things. How can they compare to the relationship between our sisters?" Tian Yuanyuan smiled.
"Little sister, do you think that we three sisters are people who care about those external things?" Second sister Tian Fangfang asked Tian Xiaoxiao.
"How could that be?" Tian Xiaoxiao shook her head immediately.
"That's it. Okay, hurry up and return my lively and lovely little sister." Third sister Tian Zhengzheng reached out and pinched Tian Xiaoxiao's tender face that could almost pinch water.
"Oh, third sister, I'm not a child." Tian Xiaoxiao disliked and knocked off Tian Zhengzheng's hand.
When they were young, the three sisters liked to pinch their faces like this the most.
"Haha, this is the little sister." Tian Zhengzheng said, and stretched out another hand to pinch the other side of Tian Xiaoxiao's face, but Tian Xiaoxiao dodged it with quick eyes and hands.
"If you do this again, I won't be polite?" Tian Xiaoxiao looked at Tian Zhengzheng with a puffed face.
"You can be impolite and show me!" Tian Zhengzheng hooked her finger and provoked.
"Damn it, watch my Celestial Snake Shadowless Hand."
The so-called Celestial Snake Shadowless Hand was just Tian Xiaoxiao putting her hands on Tian Zhengzheng's waist and constantly scratching her quickly. This was Tian Zhengzheng's weakness. She was most afraid of others scratching the soft flesh on her waist.
"Hehe... Stop..."
Tian Zhengzheng laughed as she was tickled.
The eldest sister and the second sister smiled at each other. Compared to hundreds of years, they were very worried about the impact this matter would have on Tian Xiaoxiao. If Tian Xiaoxiao thought that it was her fault that they were trapped here for hundreds of years, then this matter would definitely become her inner demon on the road of cultivation. If she was entangled by inner demons in the future, she might be doomed.
"Tatata..."
At this moment, a burst of rapid footsteps came from outside the courtyard. The two who were playing and making noise stopped immediately and returned to their usual dignified and gentle appearance.
Soon, the waiter who had brought them here before came in.
"Why are you still here, fairies?" The waiter's tone was quite urgent.
"What happened?" Tian Yuanyuan asked.
"Didn't the fairies tell me to pay attention to the information of the holy medicine? Just now, the City Lord's Mansion issued a reward, and the reward is called Celestial Stone. I thought that what the fairies needed was Tianxin Grass, which should be related to this Celestial Stone, so I immediately came back to report to the fairies."
The waiter said.
The waiter's words were like a bolt from the blue, shocking the sisters' hearts beyond measure. They had just comforted Tian Xiaoxiao to believe in miracles. Did God hear it, so a miracle appeared?
"Fairies, go quickly, otherwise the reward will be taken away by others."
Seeing that the four sisters were still standing there, the waiter urged.
The four sisters woke up like a dream, looked at each other, and understood each other's eyes.
There is always a way out!
"Thank you, this is a little bit of our heart, please accept it!"
Tian Yuanyuan took out a source crystal bag and put it in the waiter's hand, and then hurriedly took the other three sisters away.
The Celestial Stone was of great importance and should not be lost.
After they left, the waiter transformed into a man in blue.
Gu Changsheng weighed the source crystal bag and then opened it to take a look.
"Not bad, not bad, there are tens of thousands of top-grade source crystals. This girl is generous!"
"Won't they suspect it?" At this time, Yao Xian in white came over.
Gu Changsheng smiled and said, "If it was normal, they might have some doubts about such a coincidence, but now, they are eager to need Tianxin Grass and don't have time to think so much."
"Besides, how would they think that it was their admired Holy Emperor who was planning all this behind the scenes? Even if they were told, they might not believe it!"
Yao Xian agreed with Gu Changsheng's last boastful words.
Then she couldn't help but think of the three people Gu Changsheng had mentioned to her before.
"It's incredible that this small place can breed such a magical race as the Spirit Race, and there are three of them." Yao Xian exclaimed.
"Believe in miracles!" Gu Changsheng said seriously.
Yao Xian was stunned. Why did this sound so familiar? Wait, wasn't this what the three Celestial Snake Clan sisters said to comfort Tian Xiaoxiao?
"Do you think I'm that little girl?" Yao Xian looked at him with shame and anger.
Gu Changsheng smiled and said, "You still say that others are little girls, but they are almost a thousand years older than you."
"I don't care. I have awakened the memories of my previous life. My mental age is older than them. I am an adult. Just tell me if I am right?" Yao Xian raised her head proudly.
"Yes, what my wife said is right!"
Gu Changsheng immediately raised his hand and straightened his chest and said, what his wife said was naturally right.
"You are sensible." Yao Xian was very satisfied with Gu Changsheng's attitude, then took his hand and tapped him lightly on the face.
"Let's go take a look." Yao Xian said.
Gu Changsheng naturally agreed.
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At this time, the four sisters of the Celestial Snake Clan hurried to the City Lord's Mansion. At this time, there were already many cultivators watching in front of the City Lord's Mansion. Seeing this, the four sisters couldn't help but sink in their hearts.
Has the reward been taken?
"Go!"
With Tian Yuanyuan's order, the four sisters walked side by side, forming a powerful aura on them.
Although there are also cultivators above the Saint in Fanghua City, they are all ancestors of various families, either in retreat or traveling, and rarely active on the surface.
At this time, the powerful aura of the Saint King exuding from them made the cultivators watching in front feel a great pressure, and they immediately walked to both sides to make way for them.
"It's them!"
Soon someone recognized them. After all, they have been acting very high-profile in these three months, buying holy medicines everywhere, and even buying them at several times the premium. Such a bold approach naturally makes people remember them.
They only hate that they don't have the treasures that the other party needs, otherwise they can make a lot of money.
Above the clouds, Gu Changsheng was drinking wine with a jug, while Yao Xian was watching the performance of the four sisters of the Celestial Snake Clan below. At this time, the four sisters' aggressive way of making others give way is undoubtedly a way to offend people.
But Yao Xian nodded with satisfaction.
"At the critical moment, not being timid, being decisive enough!"
It is about their own injuries, and extraordinary actions are naturally needed at very moments.
At this moment, the cultivators in front of the City Lord's Mansion were shocked by the four sisters of the Celestial Snake Clan. As the four sisters approached, they retreated further and further.
And Peach Blossom, dressed in pink clothes like a flower fairy, stood in front of the door and watched all this with interest.
"City Lord, they are too presumptuous. This old servant will teach them a lesson!"
At this time, an old man next to Peach Blossom said.
This old man is the chief steward of the City Lord's Mansion, one of the few Great Saint powerhouses in Fanghua City.
Peach Blossom glanced at him lightly and said, "How can you be called young people without a bit of sharpness? And you are not their opponent when you go up."
"How is that possible?" The chief steward didn't believe it. He could see that these four sisters were injured, and even if they were not injured, he was a Great Saint powerhouse, suppressing a few Saint King peak juniors, wouldn't it be easy?
"Don't believe it?" Peach Blossom asked with a smile.
The chief steward nodded.
"Look, isn't there a ruler here?"
Peach Blossom smiled and looked at the sky.
The chief steward was stunned, and then he saw a figure coming from the sky.
"This Weiling Venerable is really hateful, daring to fly in the city." The chief steward's face sank, apparently recognizing who the person was.
Weiling Venerable, his cultivation is similar to him.
Peach Blossom waved her hand and said, "There is no need to be angry. I did not stipulate that you cannot fly in the city."
But the chief steward was still not satisfied and said, "Others know that it is not possible to show respect to your City Lord. This Weiling Venerable's move is obviously provoking your City Lord's majesty."
"It's just a touchstone, let him go." Peach Blossom smiled.
The four sisters of the Celestial Snake Clan naturally sensed that a strong man was coming. They looked up and saw an old man with white hair and beard appearing in the sky, exuding a faint aura.
Great Saint powerhouse!
The four sisters narrowed their eyes.
"Haha, City Lord Peach Blossom, I didn't expect you to take out the Celestial Stone as a reward. What do you want to reward? I am very curious!" Weiling Venerable asked.
"If you want to know what the reward is, it's very simple, as long as you have the strength to take down the reward list." Peach Blossom said lightly.
"How to reveal it?" Weiling Venerable asked.
"Naturally, strength is the most important." The chief steward couldn't help but said.
There were no leaderboards present, so when he spoke of strength being paramount, he naturally meant conquering other competitors with force and then claiming the bounty.
"Among those present, besides myself, only you and the Peach Blossom City Lord have the strength to do so. However, since you initiated the bounty, I presume you won't be competing with this old man."
Venerable Wiling chuckled, his demeanor practically ignoring the four sisters of the Celestial Serpent Clan.
The three older sisters, Tian Yuanyuan and the others, were alright, but the youngest, Tian Xiaoxiao, was the most easily provoked. Back then, when Black Dragon merely urinated on the Ancient Starry Road and she happened to witness it, she clamored to kill Black Dragon. Now, this Venerable Wiling was directly disregarding the four sisters; how could she possibly tolerate that with her personality?
Immediately, she stood up.
"You old geezer, you're so arrogant, ignoring us! This young lady wants to have a good look at what abilities you old thing possesses."
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(Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival in advance, family reunion, and good health!)
