Chapter 245 Undercurrent

At dawn the next day, Ye Chunyang left the inn and headed for the colorful auspicious clouds below the city.

This square auspicious cloud is the condensation of spiritual springs, with seven thousand one hundred and eighty-three floors built up. The lower the layer is connected to the spiritual springs, the more spiritual energy there is. Of course, the rent at the lower level is naturally many times more than that at the upper level.

With Ye Chunyang's current net worth, he can only rent a property in the middle class for a few years.

But this was enough for him. After all, with the spiritual spoon as a weapon, as long as the spiritual energy was not unbearably thin, it would be easy to induce the elixir.

Half an hour later, he arrived outside Xiangyun.

This place is in the hands of various sects, so each floor has a person with advanced cultivation. To enter, you need to hand over Qi Lingshi. After making some calculations, Ye Chunyang walked to the middle floor.

The rents for the middle and lower floors of Xiangyun are expensive, while the upper floors have weak aura, so the middle class often has the largest number of people.

After arriving here, he saw hundreds of people crowding outside Xiangyun, each choosing a cave that suited them.

Entering this place, you feel as if you are above the clouds, and you feel like you are soaring into the clouds, giving you a feeling of an ethereal fairyland. It is the most spiritual place that Ye Chunyang has ever seen.

After a brief feeling, I finally selected a satisfactory place and walked there.

In order to facilitate the monks to expand on their own, although Xiangyun is guarded by sects, the unopened area is an open area that can be used as long as the rent is paid as agreed.

When Ye Chunyang came to an open space, there were two monks guarding him in front. Their cultivation level was not high, only around the middle stage of foundation building.

"This cave is where the Qiankun Sword Sect is stationed. If fellow Taoists want to rent a cave here, they need to register regularly."

A middle-aged man in his early forties walked over and felt Ye Chunyang's cultivation aura. He didn't dare to be disrespectful at all and said with a smile.

While talking, he handed over a spiritual book and asked Ye Chunyang to register on his own.

"Qiankun Sword Sect?"

The Qiankun Sword Sect is a well-known second-rate sword cultivation sect in the area. Its disciples mainly practice fairy swords. Looking at the two people's clothes, Ye Chunyang seemed to be familiar with them, but he didn't care. He took the soul book and wrote his name and cultivation level.

"Ye Xiaobao?"

Seeing the names on the soul book, the smiles on the two guards' faces suddenly froze, and then they showed a somewhat strange look.

"How, what's the problem?" Ye Chunyang frowned, feeling slightly surprised.

The two looked at each other, seemingly a little strange, but soon returned to normal.

The middle-aged man then smiled and said: "If you rent a cave here, you will have to pay 20,000 high-grade spiritual stones every year. I don't know how long you plan to rent it for?"

"Twenty thousand spiritual stones? Is it too expensive?"

Ye Chunyang frowned slightly. Although he didn't know this place in detail, it was beyond imagination to turn in 20,000 spirit stones a year. Now he only has 40,000 spirit stones. If he rents this place, he can only support it for two years at most.

"Fellow Taoist, I don't know. There are always a lot of people in this middle level, so the cave is naturally competed by everyone. This is the last place, so the price will naturally rise a little. The price is not much compared to the lower level. Of course, If fellow Taoists think this place is expensive, you might as well go to the upper level, where it may be much cheaper," the middle-aged man said expressionlessly.

Hearing this, Ye Chunyang secretly considered that it was not enough to rent in the lower level, while the upper level had weak spiritual energy, and the cultivation effect in it was very little.

After much thought, only the middle level is the most suitable.

However, he looked at the two of them and sneered in his heart. Just now he saw that after he reported his name, the two of them looked a little strange. Moreover, in the past, even if the cave was full, the price would not be raised to such a high level. Is there something fishy about this? ?

Instead, Ye Chunyang wanted to know what was going on.

With this in mind, he calmly took out a bag of spiritual stones: "These are 40,000 high-quality spiritual stones. I will rent them here for two years. You can just wait and go. Don't bother me again."

Seeing that Ye Chunyang was so generous and accepted the high price of 20,000 spirit stones a year, the two of them were a little surprised. They accepted the spirit stones without hesitation and bowed back.

Ye Chunyang sneered, but didn't care about the two of them. He entered the clouds and started building his own cave.

It wasn't until he disappeared deep into the clouds that the two sword-wielding guards turned back, with a strange look on their faces.

"I didn't expect that Senior Brother Zhuge Yu would be so good at predicting things. He would come to Xiangyun to rent a cave and asked me to wait here early. It was just as expected."

The middle-aged man chuckled, no longer as reserved as before, but more sinister.

Another person also smiled ferociously and said, "I don't know how this person offended Senior Brother Zhuge. Normally, renting a cave here would cost you up to 10,000 spirit stones a year. The two of us charge twice as much, so he should be the one to apologize to Senior Brother Zhuge." ”

"As far as I know, this person seems to be very close to Shopkeeper Xue. Senior Brother Zhuge and Shopkeeper Xue, childhood sweethearts, have already agreed to be Taoist companions. This matter is known to all the sects near Xuankong City. This person dares to challenge Senior Brother Zhuge's majesty. He has committed suicide I want to teach him a lesson," the middle-aged man said gloomily.

"Having said that, it's just that this person's cultivation is higher than that of you and me. If the high fee charged this time angers him..." The man next to him hesitated.

"So what? This is the territory of our Qiankun Sword Sect, I'm sorry he doesn't dare to act wild."

"You are absolutely right, but we still need to report this matter to Senior Brother Zhuge as soon as possible. I think he should still be in the city..."

"..."

The two of them were chatting and laughing, and gradually moved away, unaware of the cave. Ye Chunyang's eyes were already filled with murderous intent.

"So Zhuge Yu came from Qiankun Sword Sect, and all this was arranged by him."

Ye Chunyang's eyes were cold.

With his spiritual awareness, how could the conversation between the two guards escape his perception? However, he never expected that Zhuge Yu hated him so much just because he was recommended by Lady Xue to attend the secret meeting that he secretly targeted him.

It seems that if he doesn't use some tricks, this person really thinks that he can let him do whatever he wants.

Looking at the direction where the two left, Ye Chunyang sneered in his heart.

The two really thought that their things were so easy to get, so don't regret it when the time comes.

But the most important thing now is to open up the cave and prepare to go to the Tianmo Ancient Cave in the outer mountain with Xiahouzhi in three days. This account will be settled later.

Thinking so, Ye Chunyang immediately took out the array plate and set out several forbidden methods. The cloud layer here was covered by the illusion array and became an independent place.

After doing this, he cast several spells in a row, and various attic buildings were erected in the cloud layer.

As he had done in the past when setting up a cave, he first chose a place with the strongest spiritual energy to open up a medicinal field, and then set up a room for spiritual pets, a room for alchemy, a retreat room, and other items.

Within half a day, a brand new cave was formed.

Looking around, Ye Chunyang nodded secretly, feeling very satisfied.

However, he knew that this place was full of people and it was not a place for long-term cultivation. He would have to move after practicing here for a period of time, otherwise his secrets would be exposed.

After making up his mind, Ye Chunyang first planted several valuable spiritual medicines in the medicinal field, and then walked into the retreat room to meditate.

Waishan is a famous dangerous place in the North Vein. Not only are there monsters rampant, but there are also many ancient prohibitions. You must be fully prepared before going there, otherwise you will be unable to move forward.

Now Ye Chunyang has no shortage of elixirs and magic weapons for the time being. The only thing he lacks is the most powerful talisman. Unfortunately, the half-spiritual talisman that could cast the Heavenly Thunder Curse has been used up. Otherwise, with the power of this talisman, even if the Heavenly Demon Ancient Cave is more dangerous, it can be more protected.

Since coming to the Hanging City, Ye Chunyang has often inquired about this item, hoping to buy another half-spiritual talisman. However, refining talismans is not easy, and few people are immersed in it. The profession is even rarer than alchemists and weapon refiners. Not to mention half-spiritual talismans, even supreme talismans are in a state of being in short supply, which makes Ye Chunyang a little distressed.

Although he has also dabbled in refining talismans, this item is too laborious, so he did not go deep into it to avoid delaying his own practice. According to his current talisman skills, he can barely carve supreme talismans, but he is powerless to carve half-spiritual talismans.

After pondering for a moment, he took out the talisman paper and talisman pen, and refined the beast blood into cinnabar. Several talisman refining materials were placed on the table together.

Recalling several supreme spells, Ye Chunyang immediately controlled the pen with his spiritual consciousness and began to carve.

Now the essence of black iron has not been found, and it is impossible to refine the golden mace and the thunder wind cone into spiritual weapons. The talisman is the only way to improve strength. The trip to the ancient demon cave is dangerous and unpredictable, and there are ancient forbidden methods such as the Nine-Turn Slow Wonderful Immortal Forbidden Law, which must not be taken lightly.

Although it is impossible to carve a semi-spiritual talisman, as long as he can refine multiple supreme talismans, the power should not be underestimated, which is enough for him to support the trip to the ancient demon cave.

While Ye Chunyang was practicing hard in seclusion alone, there was a completely different scene in the Yuanlai Inn.

"Are you sure that the person who rented the cave is the boy named Ye?"

Zhuge Yu stood on the terrace, with his back to the junior brother who reported behind him, and his face was calm.

"Yes, according to the report from the guards I sent, the person who rented the cave is indeed Ye Xiaobao. The two also provided a portrait of this person. Senior brother, please take a look." The junior brother presented a portrait.

Zhuge Yu turned around after hearing that, opened the portrait and glanced at the back, revealing a cold light. He smiled grimly and said, "It's him, this kid is really blind, and he bumped into me."

After a pause, he asked again, "Have you found out the identity of this person these days? Does he have any background?"

"Reporting to senior brother, according to the spy's report, this person seems to have come from the northwest, has no background, and is just a casual cultivator." The junior brother said.

"Casual cultivator? Have you found out?"

Zhuge Yu was stunned, and was a little surprised by the result. After all, few casual cultivators can cultivate to the late stage of foundation building, and Ye Xiaobao has a thousand-year-old elixir in his hand, how could he have no background.

"I have found out that this person is indeed just a casual cultivator, and there is no one to support him, but this person seems to have some relationship with the Mu family, and he can come to the Hanging City with the help of the Mu family's teleportation array." The junior brother did not dare to hesitate and replied quickly.

"Mu family?"

Zhuge Yu frowned, and a little strange color flashed in his eyes, as if thinking about something.

"Brother, now that we have found out the details of this person, should we take action against him?" Seeing Zhuge Yu deep in thought, the junior brother couldn't help asking.

"Take action? Just you?"

Zhuge Yu snorted coldly, a sinister look flashed across his face, and said: "This person's cultivation has reached the late stage of foundation building. You are far from his opponent. Recently, I am preparing to go to the outer mountains with Jinlong Sanren. Let the kid live in peace for a few days. When we come back from this trip, I will deal with him!"