NOVEL NEXT Chapter 34 - 34 Flower and Bird Market
Chapter 34: Chapter 34 Flower and Bird Market
“It’s the Immortal Master!”
“Quick, everyone kneel down and thank the Immortal Master!”
The battle had come quickly and ended even faster.
The villagers only felt a few loud booms, and before they knew it, those arrogant cultivators were all lying on the ground?
And those majestic giant wolves had also scattered and fled in an instant.
A few somewhat knowledgeable elders regained their senses, promptly shouted, and instructed the villagers to kneel and kowtow to Su Ping in unison.
Su Ping picked up a cultivator in a black robe with a broken leg, barely alive, and looked towards the villagers who were watching him cautiously.
Su Ping then gave orders to an elder to have him and the villagers wait for someone from the City Lord Mansion to come and handle the aftermath.
He then carried the prisoner back the way he came.
Watching Su Ping’s figure until it disappeared on the horizon,
the villagers dared to slowly stand up and then began to cautiously discuss among themselves.
An elder recognized that Su Ping was the Inspector of Golden Sparrow City, whom he had led the younger people to meet a while ago.
“We’ve encountered a good Immortal Master!”
The oldest elder, leaning on a walking stick with a face full of gratitude:
“I’ve lived so many years, and this is the first time I’ve seen an Immortal Master from the city willing to come out and exterminate those evil-doing cultivators!”
“I’m going to write to Er Ya and ask her to persuade her husband’s family to move back.”
“The world is becoming increasingly unstable, only under the domain of an Immortal Master who pities us can we live in peace!”
……
Su Ping returned to Frost Moon Villa and began to interrogate the two black-robed cultivators.
The process went smoothly, they didn’t even wait for Su Ping to try the various cruel tortures he had read about online.
Just with a bit of intimidation, the two terrified black-robed cultivators revealed all the information they knew.
These two were loose cultivators from several large cities away, Golden Earth City.
Since they were involved in illicit business, they specially stayed away from their hometown to carry out their activities.
This time, they had come here because they had taken on a big job that required at least two thousand living people in a short time!
The reason they chose that village was nothing special, just that it was near a big river that could be used to ship the villagers out all at once by boat.
Moreover, from what these two said, it seemed that the buyer wasn’t aiming for some Foundation Establishment opportunity through a blood sacrifice but was an evil cultivator specializing in soul refining, apparently in urgent need of a large number of living people to craft a magic artifact.
After Su Ping had finished asking questions, he simply struck out with two palms, ending the sinful lives of the two tribulation cultivators.
Then Su Ping didn’t continue on a righteous spree to find trouble with the evil cultivator crafting the artifact.
Instead, he used the Inspector’s channels to inform the Immortal Sect in great detail.
Before long, Su Ping received a reply through a wooden tablet: Understood!
That same afternoon, a Fire Bird with wings spread over ten meters, its entire body feathered like burning flames, descended from the sky, spoke human language to inquire a few questions from Su Ping, took the jade scroll Su Ping had prepared for his report with its foreclaws, and soared back into the sky towards the Immortal Sect.
“They’ve actually used the Fire Bird species, cultivated by the elders of the Immortal Sect, to transmit and relay messages.”
“The Immortal Sect is also on high alert.”
Su Ping watched the Fire Bird, whose cultivation was at least equivalent to the late period of Qi cultivation and who was especially skilled at long-distance flight, depart.
He then left Frost Moon Villa once more.
However, this time, neither the people of Frost Moon Villa nor Golden Sparrow City believed that the Inspector was simply going fishing or loafing around.
Because of this incident, they felt that the Inspector was a rare one who was willing to take responsibility!
He must be going to patrol the territories of Golden Sparrow City now, otherwise, how could he have discovered the traces of those evil cultivators before?
And saved at least an entire village of villagers?
Having such an Immortal Master was truly a blessing for Golden Sparrow City!
After all, most Inspectors are deemed qualified as long as they can ensure that no major chaos occurs within a hundred miles of the city they are assigned to.
A few villages going missing or a few thousand people disappearing
isn’t something to worry about getting in trouble with the Immortal Sect over.
As for accumulating merits to climb up the ladder… now that they’ve descended to the mortal realm to be Inspectors, how many of them would still have that kind of ambition?
Most mortals can only rely on themselves, and in this world, the only way out for the vast majority of mortals is Immortal Cultivation!
Su Ping was unaware that his reputation among the lower and middle strata had suddenly improved.
He found a cave and activated the Town Return Talisman to return to Water Blue Star.
He took some time to adjust to the non-spiritual environment of Water Blue Star.
First, Su Ping went to the reservoir’s Fishing Point and used up the refreshed 60 fishing attempts.
This time, he didn’t catch any Green Spirit Fish, but he did increase his stash by 40 Little Green Fish and 20 Big Bluefish.
Su Ping checked the information flow:
[Current Fishing Level: 3 (70/1000)]
“Adding the 10 remaining attempts after leveling up at Frost Moon Lake, I’ve got 70 experience points,” he thought.
“That brings me one step closer to level 5!”
“By level 5, I should be able to unlock new exchange items, and that includes the Fishing Compass, an aid for finding Fishing Points.”
“I won’t have to blindly try my luck like now, buzzing around aimlessly.”
“Phew!”
“I feel like it’s been a while since I last went shopping.”
“Let’s take a brief respite from the hustle tonight.”
Su Ping returned to the city from the reservoir, looking up at the crescent moon in the sky, he pulled out his phone to check the time.
He then changed into an ordinary Taoist robe and used the Bone Shrinking Technique to alter his body shape and slightly adjust his facial features.
He dove headfirst into the busiest night market and began eating skewers.
Su Ping was using Little Taoist Zhouxuan’s mobile phone.
It was set up with quick payment, and the considerate Little Taoist Zhouxuan had deposited tens of thousands in pocket money.
With his astonishing appetite, Su Ping did not have to worry about the embarrassment of being unable to pay the bill.
In the night market, some people noticed Su Ping’s distinctiveness, merely giving him a few extra glances without causing a spectacle.
After all, with the bombardment of information these days, people were becoming increasingly fatigued by unusual attire.
Unless it was a big star, to others this Taoist probably seemed like just another internet celebrity from who knows where, despite actually having quite a good demeanor.
Drinking and grilling skewers, he experienced a variety of human flavors.
It wasn’t until dawn began to break that Su Ping stepped out of a 24-hour wonton shop.
He felt he had eaten to about eighty percent full.
“Objectively speaking, modern snacks offer a greater variety and more unusual flavors than in the past,” he reflected.
“If we’re talking about the overall taste, there are pros and cons, but there’s been some improvement.”
“Just not sure how much of that is thanks to the new seasonings.”
Su Ping made a point to return to East King Temple for a quick tidy up.
He then headed straight for the largest Flower and Bird Market in the East District.
He had purchased quite a few Beast Taming Talismans in the Hundred Treasure Workshop.
Now, it wouldn’t be advisable to search for sentient mortal beasts in other workshops within the Immortal Cultivation Realm.
However, there were no such restrictions on Water Blue Star.
Moreover, judging by the rats, the proportion of sentient animals from his hometown was far greater than that of the mortal beasts in the Immortal Cultivation Realm.
The Flower and Bird Market was primarily bustling with middle-aged and elderly patrons.
Therefore, the market opened quite early.
When many young people were still sound asleep, the older generation had already eaten breakfast, finished their morning exercises, and, with bird cages in hand and hands clasped behind their backs, began to stroll through the early market.
Walking among them, Su Ping was not the youngest but certainly the one with the most presence.