"Liu Li, let me ask you, what are we going to do down the mountain this time?"
"Eat, drink, and be merry."
"Guess again?"
"Eat all over the Nine Regions?"
"Continue to guess?"
"... Are all my guesses wrong?"
"Nonsense, of course not!"
In the face of Wang Lu's roar, Liu Li innocently blinked her eyes. "How could this be? We clearly said it's to eat, drink, and be merry! "
Wang Lu unceremoniously reached out and knocked the girl's head, ignoring the fact that Liu Li entered the sect earlier than him and was essentially his Senior Sister.
"Before we went down the mountain, I actually said it once, and now I repeat it for the second time. Listen, we have three things to do when we go down the mountain. The first is to send a letter to my Master. She has a good friend in the Grand Cloud Mountain of Cloud Region, and I want to give this letter to her. The second is to record what we see and hear along the way to increase our experience, broaden our horizons, and quench our primordial spirit and immortal heart. The third is to find a way to pick a fight, collect prestige, and open the sect's title as soon as possible. Then along the way, we can eat, drink, and be merry, living a free and unrestrained life. But you only remember the last sentence!? "
Liu Li pursed her mouth. "The first part is too complicated, I don't understand it at all."
"... Forget it, just remember one thing. Whatever I tell you to do, do it."
"Oh."
Seeing that Liu Li was no longer making a fuss, Wang Lu sighed with emotion that after five years, Liu Li was still the same as before. He took out a bag of marinated beef cubes from his mustard seed bag and threw it to the girl as a reward for being obedient.
Liu Li giggled, opened the paper bag, and began to eat non-stop, which made the mottled dog endlessly envious.
They were both human's best friends, but this disparity in treatment was really heartbreaking...
Liu Li was even more proud of herself. She swaggeringly licked the minced meat and salt on her fingers. Her scallion like fingers were immediately stained with a layer of crystal. Her expression of enjoying the delicious food made the stupid dog salivate uncontrollably.
However, after eating half of the bag, Liu Li carefully put away the beef cubes, no longer greedy. Seeing this, Wang Lu curiously asked, "Why don't you eat it?"
Liu Li very seriously replied, "If I eat it now, I won't be able to eat it later."
Wang Lu was amused. "What kind of logic is that? Why can't I eat it in the future?"
"Master said, when the disciples of Spirit Sword Sect go down the mountain for experiential learning, they must seriously experience the sufferings of the world of mortals, they must not covet extravagance … In any case, the last time I went down the mountain, I was always hungry, and the spirit stones and silver that Master gave me were all spent in no time."
"How many spirit stones and silver did Martial Uncle give you?"
Fortunately, Liu Li wasn't stupid enough to count with her fingers; she quickly replied, "Five thousand taels of silver, three hundred spirit stones."
Objectively speaking, Zhou Ming wasn't stingy. With Liu Li's peak Qi Refining Stage cultivation base at that time, she didn't need to spend that much. Five thousand silvers and three hundred spirit stones were enough to support her life for several years. However, it was the first time that Liu Li went down the mountain, so she didn't know about moderation, nor did she understand the price of goods. In a bustling capital city's Imperial Banquet Restaurant, she ate all kinds of delicacies. In just a few days, her traveling expenses were completely exhausted, and she had no choice but to swallow her saliva and dejectedly leave. In the following year, she really experienced a lot of hardships.
Listening to Liu Li reminiscing about the bitterness and thinking about the sweetness, and how she treasured a bag of beef cubes, Wang Lu could see that this child had really suffered a lot the last time she went down the mountain. She already had a psychological shadow in her heart when she went down the mountain for experiential learning. He couldn't help but laugh and pat the girl's head. "This time, since you're going down the mountain with me, you don't need to worry too much. Martial Uncle entrusted you to me, not to let you starve here."
Liu Li was actually puzzled. This time, when she went down the mountain, the traveling expenses that her Master gave her were not as much as the last time. And Wang Lu … Non-Phase Peak has always been famous for its poverty.
However, while the girl was still confused, she suddenly saw a silvery light coming from the horizon, and its target was exactly her and Wang Lu. At this time, they had just left the boundary of the Spirit Sword Mountain, but they didn't know who would come looking for them.
Liu Li's eyes turned and immediately swept a glance at that rapid and hazy silvery light. It was actually something that was recorded in the Teng Cloud Hall's Book of Strange Objects. Cloud Wave Boat was a commonly used flying vehicle by cultivators nowadays. Its speed was extremely fast, and the flying process was smooth and comfortable, thus it was quite popular. However, this silver flying boat was a hundred times more luxurious than the one in the textbook. Even Liu Li knew how precious the layer of refined silver cloud on its surface was. Moreover, its flying speed was faster and smoother than what was recorded in the textbook.
The girl's Sword Heart sensed that the flying boat was not hostile, so she withdrew her gaze and ignored it — no matter how good the flying boat was, in any case, it couldn't be used as an entrance.
However, a moment later, the flying boat descended from the sky and stopped in front of the two of them. From the silver boat, a white-clothed cultivator slowly walked out and respectfully saluted in front of Wang Lu. "Greetings, Mr. Director!"
Wang Lu smiled. "Old Ye, long time no see, your cultivation has improved a lot."
The one who came down from the flying boat was the Wisdom Sect's Vice Sect Leader, Intelligence Revenue Service's Deputy Director, Ye Chuchen. It had been nearly eight years since Wang Lu annexed the Seven Stars Sect with the Wisdom Sect's Wisdom Sect's Sect Leader. At that time, the Seven Stars Sect's Sect Leader had completely adapted to the Vice Sect Leader's identity. Now that he thought about it, Ye Chuchen's heart was filled with endless gratitude when he was defeated by Wang Lu and then incorporated into the sect. If not for Wang Lu, he would just be a low-level loose cultivator. Now, although the Wisdom Sect was still the most junior sect in the Wanxian League, his identity and status had undergone earth-shaking changes. And as a cultivator, he had gained too many benefits.
First, when Wang Lu perfected the cultivation method for him, the bottleneck that had shackled him for many years suddenly disappeared. Second, as the Wisdom Sect's Vice Sect Leader, he had countless privileges. With a large number of resources, it would be difficult for his cultivation not to advance by leaps and bounds. After a few years, although his cultivation level had only advanced by one level, for a person with mediocre aptitude like him, advancing another level in the Xudan Stage was more than just a step further. Moreover, his comprehensive strength had doubled. When they first met, as the Seven Stars Sect's Sect Leader, Ye Chuchen was just a level nine Xudan -3 dregs. But now, he was an eighth level Xudan Xiaoming, which was equivalent to advancing by four levels in eight years, advancing by leaps and bounds. If he didn't have to deal with the sect's affairs, which involved a lot of energy, his achievement could be even higher.
All of this, of course, was thanks to Wang Lu. Therefore, Ye Chuchen had long been loyal and devoted to Wang Lu — even if in recent years, Wang Lu had been concentrating on cultivating in the Spirit Sword Mountain and had increasingly let go of the sect's affairs.
"Mr. Director, as soon as I received your instruction, I immediately came here. Moreover, according to your instruction, I brought you this custom-made Cloud Wave Boat, Cloud Wave 2000."
With that, Ye Chuchen chanted an incantation. That thirty feet long, completely black flying boat opened an entrance, revealing the inside of the boat. Looking from the entrance, the inside was unexpectedly vast, far more spacious than it looked.
Liu Li's eyes immediately widened, thinking that this was completely different from what was written in the book. The book said that the Cloud Wave Boat was easy to use and had a high performance-to-price ratio. However, the flying space was narrow, and the cultivators were often extremely uncomfortable. But now, it seemed like that was completely wrong.
Seeing Liu Li's puzzled expression, Wang Lu smiled and explained, "This is the local tyrant version of the Cloud Wave Boat that I asked my men to go to the Mysterious Sky Mansion's Overseas Chinese Crafts Hall to customize. Inside the boat, there is a separate Immortal Cave, which has all the necessary tools. Come on, let's go inside first. "
Upon entering the flying boat, the girl's heart was even more shocked. It turned out that the inside of the boat was not only the hall that she could see from the entrance. Along the edge of the hall, there were also stairs leading to the top and bottom. Who knew how many rooms were hidden inside!
In the girl's incomparable astonishment, Ye Chuchen once again chanted the incantation to close the entrance. The flying boat soared into the air, but the inside of the boat was stable without a trace of shaking.
After starting the flying boat, Ye Chuchen said to Wang Lu. "Unfortunately, the craftsmen of the third rank and above in the Heavenly Crafts Hall are not here. Therefore, the Immortal Cave inside the boat can only be done to this extent. You said that the landscape, grass, and trees, as well as the singing and dancing puppets can't be realized. This subordinate is incompetent, please forgive me, Mr. Director. "
Wang Lu went straight to the lounge chair in the hall and then waved his hand. "No problem. To be able to do this in just ten days is already not bad. After all, we're not supreme customers, so we haven't spent enough points. Later on, if there's an opportunity, we'll just make do with it."
With that, Wang Lu looked at Liu Li, who was curiously exploring around the boat, and then said with a smile, "Old Ye, take out the prepared dishes."
"Yes."
Before long, a table of luxurious dishes was served. Liu Li, who was crazily running upstairs and downstairs, was immediately attracted. She incredulously looked at the dishes in the hall.
Heavenly Fragrant Rain Dew, Vermillion Jade Five Flowers, Emerald Cabbage, Mysterious Ice Cheese … Previously in the Imperial Feast Restaurant, Liu Li had never seen such luxurious dishes. Was, was this real?
Even with her Brilliant Sword Heart's clear temperament, she still couldn't extricate herself from this incomparable shock. In just a moment of daze, Liu Li couldn't help but continuously swallow her saliva.
Wang Lu laughed. "What are you staring at? This is for you to eat!"
"Re-really!?"
Wang Lu picked up a piece of fat and tender lamb chop and threw it to the stupid dog, which then swallowed it in one bite.
"If you don't want to eat, there's no more."
"I want to eat, I want to eat!"
Before long, a table of dishes that could feed more than ten people was cleaned up by Wang Lu and his two best friends. With Liu Li's clear and transparent physique, it was very difficult for her to feel full. However, at this time, after eating a table of dishes, she couldn't help but feel satisfied.
"Old Ye, since you've eaten and drank to your heart's content, you can start the program now."
"Yes."
Then, she heard the sound of bamboo flute in spirals in the hall. Wang Lu leaned back on the recliner, slightly rocking back and forth in satisfaction.
Liu Li couldn't help but be curious. "Wang Lu, this flying boat … is it you who bought it?"
"Yes."
"How much is this going to cost?" Even with Liu Li's naivety, she also knew that such a luxurious flying boat must have a sky-high price. At least, just the table of dishes alone would cost tens of thousands of silver coins, or hundreds of spirit stones.
Wang Lu smiled. "Preferential price, eight hundred thousand spirit stones."
"Eight, eight hundred thousand!?" Liu Li incredulously repeated the number. "Good, so rich."
Wang Lu laughed. "Public expense to buy an official car, of course I have money!"
"Public expense?"
"Yes, didn't I tell you? I have my own business down the mountain, a sect." Wang Lu nodded and then earnestly said, "Although Wisdom Sect is founded by me, a qualified manager must clearly distinguish between public and private accounts. The money that should be spent by the public can't be spent on private accounts!"
"Huh!?" Liu Li felt that there was something wrong with Wang Lu's self-righteous explanation, but she couldn't point it out.
After gawking for a moment, Liu Li blankly said, "But, Master said, to go down the mountain for experiential learning, we must be diligent and thrifty …"
Wang Lu waved his hand to interrupt her. "What a joke! I, the dignified leader of Wisdom Sect, every word and deed represents the face of tens of thousands of people. If I am diligent and thrifty, it would only make people look down on Wisdom Sect. "
With that, Wang Lu confidently lied down. "Little Liu Li, learn well, this is called leader treatment!"
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