Great Bear City was one of the Nine Great Ancient Cities of the Mogao Desert. It was ruled by the Great Bear Tribe.
When Lu Qingshan arrived at Great Bear City, the sky was as dark as fire. The sun was setting in the west.
He entered the city through the city gates without concealing himself.
Not long after he entered the city, a shopkeeper quietly closed the doors of a shop near the city gates and left through the back door. He went to a secluded area and patted the spiritual beast pouch at his waist. He released a demon bird with a white head and black feathers.
The demon bird was only at the first rank, but it was born with a pair of wings. It could fly very quickly and was an expert at transmitting messages.
The shopkeeper fed the demon bird a Qi Nourishing Pill. Then, he pinned a spiritual letter to the demon bird's leg and had it spread its wings and soar into the sky.
After that, the shopkeeper returned to the shop. He opened the door and looked at the goods in the shop as usual. However, he could not help but sigh softly in his heart.
The wind was blowing and the clouds were surging.
He had been lurking in Great Bear City for so many years. He was an old fox.
That sword cultivator dared to enter Great Bear City so openly after killing someone. He knew that this meant that the sword cultivator had nothing to fear.
Of course, there was also the possibility that the sword cultivator was exceptionally stupid and did not know the immensity of heaven and earth.
However, there was a rule in his line of work. If he wanted to live long, he could only overestimate his enemy. He could never underestimate him.
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After Lu Qingshan entered the city, he began to search the cultivator shops in the city.
His reason for coming to Great Bear City was simple.
Where there was demand, there would be a market.
Since the cultivators of the Great Bear Tribe cultivated their bodies with lightning, the shops in Great Bear City had the most complete collection of lightning-repellent tools and pills.
Lu Qingshan stepped into the Great Bear Pill Shop.
The shopkeeper of the Great Bear Pill Shop was an extremely young male cultivator. He was completely different from the old Taoist Huang Zhong of the Eastern Sparrow Weapon Shop. When he saw Lu Qingshan enter, he immediately welcomed him with great enthusiasm.
"I need some pills that can resist lightning. However, they must be of the third rank or above. You don't have to bring out anything lower than that," Lu Qingshan said drily.
The young manager was startled as he heard this, but his response was appropriate. He smiled and said, "Sir, please wait a moment."
After that, the cultivator in charge turned around and entered the inner hall. A moment later, when he came out again, he was already holding a transparent jade bottle in his hand.
Inside the jade bottle, there were five brownish-yellow pills the size of longans.
One could faintly see a thick liquid flowing and swaying within the pill.
"Blood Rock Pill, a fourth grade pill, refined using the Blood Rock Fruit as the main ingredient.
After a cultivator consumed the Blood Rock Pill, the medicinal efficacy would be activated and a thick layer of Blood Rock would be formed on the surface of the skin to protect the body from the impact of the lightning.
Even if it was lightning that could injure Void Refinement cultivators, with the help of the Blood Stone Pill, he could resist it for a while.
If its quality can reach the Sixth Stage or above, cultivators can even borrow it to slightly resist the power of the Heavenly Tribulation. "The cultivator in charge introduced.
After a cultivator reached a high level, the amount of spiritual power they could extract from heaven and earth would reach an extremely terrifying level. In addition, a high level cultivator's lifespan was extremely long. If there were no restrictions, no matter how big the Sky Dome Realm was, there would be a day when the spiritual power would dry up.
Therefore, in order to prevent this from happening, the will of the Heavenly Dao would place many restrictions on high level cultivators.
One of them was the Heavenly Tribulation.
When a cultivator reached a high level, they would have to undergo the test of the Heavenly Tribulation if they wanted to break through.
If they could withstand it, their cultivation would reach a higher level. However, if they couldn't, they could only die and return everything to heaven and earth.
The Heavenly Tribulation was an existence that made countless high level cultivators pale.
Since it could even resist the power of the Heavenly Tribulation, the effect of the Blood Rock Pill could be imagined. Lu Qingshan was delighted. He looked at the pill in the jade bottle and asked, "How much is it?"
The cultivator in charge did not answer Lu Qingshan's question. Instead, he asked, "I'm Xiong Xi. How should I address you?"
Lu Qingshan frowned slightly and looked at Xiong Xi thoughtfully. He answered, "Lu Qingshan."
Xiong Xi raised his right hand and directly threw the bottle of Blood Rock Pills out. It floated in front of Lu Qingshan and smiled. "I'll give this bottle of Blood Rock Pills to you for free. Take it as making friends with you."
Lu Qingshan took the Blood Rock Pills and played with the jade bottle in his hand. He asked, "What do you mean by this, Xiong Xi?"
Although the Blood Rock Pills were only fourth-grade pills, with their practical value, they should be priceless pills in the Giant Bear City. They were worth a lot.
If he didn't have a big plan, why would he give away such a precious pill just like that?
Seeing Lu Qingshan take the Blood Rock Pills, Xiong Xi cupped his fists and bowed. He stepped aside and made an inviting gesture. "There may be guests here at any time. It's not convenient to talk. Please come in."
A faint light flashed in Lu Qingshan's eyes.
However, he was bold because he was skilled. He was not afraid at all. He got up and walked inside.
The furnishings inside were different from the outside. Although the area was much smaller, the decorations were elegant and generous.
There was also a middle-aged male cultivator sitting in the room. Strangely, the middle-aged male cultivator was wearing a Confucian robe and had a cultured and refined appearance. It was completely out of place with the rough temperament of the Western Desert.
"Father, this is Lu Qingshan, Fellow Daoist Lu," Xiong Xi said respectfully. At the same time, he introduced him to Lu Qingshan. "This is my father, Xiong Li."
After introducing himself, Xiong Xi quietly left.
Lu Qingshan immediately understood that the person in question should be the Confucian cultivator in front of him.
Xiong Li came up to him and said with a smile, "I hope Fellow Daoist Lu won't blame me for being so rude."
"Shopkeeper Xiong, what do you want to tell me?" Lu Qingshan asked.
"Did Fellow Daoist Lu personally kill the bandit leader, Sindhu, a few days ago?" Xiong Li's expression turned serious. He did not beat around the bush and asked directly.
In East Sparrow City, the bandits had their own ways of transmitting information. The Nine Tribes had been here for thousands of years. How could they be inferior to an outsider bandit?
In fact, the Great Bear Tribe also had their own sources of information among the other eight tribes. It was not that they had to do anything, but they did not want to be deaf.
The same was true for the other eight tribes.
Therefore, the news of Lu Qingshan entering East Sparrow City with his sword had already spread to the other eight tribes.
"That's me," Lu Qingshan nodded. He knew what was going on and was not afraid to talk about it.
"Sindhu is the descendant of Old Man Vulture, and Old Man Vulture is a vengeful person. He must hate you very much right now and wants to get rid of you.
The news of Fellow Daoist Lu entering Great Bear City so grandly will probably reach Old Man Vulture soon.
Does Fellow Daoist Lu know that you are about to face the danger of being hunted down by Old Man Vulture? "Xiong Li asked again.
"Shopkeeper Xiong, if you have something to say, just say it," Lu Qingshan said slowly as he sized up the middle-aged male cultivator in front of him.
"Fine, then I won't beat around the bush." Xiong Li pondered for a moment before he said, "Fellow Daoist Lu, outside East Sparrow City, you openly admitted that you killed the Sindhi, and now you've appeared so brazenly in Great Bear City.
Let me make a bold guess. Fellow Daoist Lu, you seem to have something to rely on and are not afraid of Old Man Vulture's revenge. In fact, you even have designs on him? "
"The outside world is saying that these bandits are very arrogant in the Mogao Desert. Even the Nine Tribes Alliance can't do anything about them. I would like to see just how powerful Old Man Vulture is." Lu Qingshan was not surprised that Xiong Li had seen through his intentions. In fact, there was even a hint of sarcasm in his words.
His move was an open conspiracy. It was tantamount to issuing a challenge to the bandits.
First, he announced the news that he had killed Sindhu. Then, he exchanged a few moves with East Sparrow Yan and revealed his identity as a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator.
Even if Sindhu didn't have Old Man Vulture's bloodline and identity as his personal disciple, Old Man Vulture, who was at the middle stage of the Void Refinement Stage, would definitely have reacted.
Otherwise, if he did nothing when his subordinate was killed by a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, how could he convince the others and maintain his reputation as a bandit in the Mogao Desert?
"Fellow Daoist, you are very righteous." Xiong Li's eyes were filled with excitement, hatred, and shame. His emotions were extremely complicated. "Old Man Vulture is at the middle stage of the Void Refinement Stage and is the most powerful bandit in the Mogao Desert. In addition, he is an evil cultivator who doesn't care about anything. The Nine Tribes Alliance have a lot of businesses. If they are not confident, they naturally won't dare to provoke him.
If they want to take down Old Man Vulture, they will only be confident if all the Void Refinement Stage cultivators of the Nine Tribes Alliance work together.
But the truth is that although the Nine Tribes Alliance is an alliance, they are not united. They are all afraid that they will die when they surround Old Man Vulture. Therefore, they can only swallow their anger and let the bandits wreak havoc in the Mogao Desert. "
In the cultivation world, high-level cultivators were the pillars of a clan, sect, or tribe.
The rank of a sect was mainly determined by the number of high-level cultivators in the sect.
The Sword Sect only had three thousand and two hundred people while the Sword Cleansing Pool had more than a hundred thousand people. Why was the Sword Sect and not the Sword Cleansing Pool the number one sword cultivator sect in the world?
The reason was very simple. Not to mention the number of top-level cultivators, the Sword Sect had a Sword Immortal while the Sword Purification Pool didn't. Just based on this alone, the Sword Sect was capable of firmly suppressing the Sword Purification Pool beneath them, causing it to never be able to rise up from the position of number two.
Although the Mogao Desert was vast, it was still sparsely populated and the population did not exceed ten million.
Therefore, Void Refinement Stage cultivators were basically the limit of the combat power of cultivators in this area.
The Nine Tribes Alliance was also ranked as one of the Nine Tribes Alliance because each of them had a Void Refinement Stage cultivator.
If a Void Refinement Stage cultivator of a tribe was unfortunate enough to die during the encirclement of Old Man Vulture, the tribe would definitely not be able to escape the fate of being annexed by the other tribes.
In the world of cultivators, it was not that there were no morals, but there were not many of them.
No one dared to take this risk.
"Shopkeeper Xiong, why are you telling me this? Are you trying to explain things to me?" Lu Qingshan asked.
"Old Man Vulture is a Mid Void Refinement Stage evil cultivator and his methods are ruthless. Fellow Daoist, you seem to be only a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator. How confident are you in defeating Old Man Vulture and how are you going to kill him?" Xiong Li cupped his fists and asked.
"As a sword cultivator, I naturally rely on the sword in my hand to kill people. Other than that, what else can I use?" Lu Qingshan was able to maintain some patience for the sake of the bottle of Blood Rock Pills.
Xiong Li seemed to understand that if he did not take out something useful, he would not be able to get too much information out of him. With a flip of his left hand, a talisman full of Sanskrit characters appeared in his hand.
Xiong Li handed the talisman to Lu Qingshan and introduced it at the same time, "When I was young, I was fortunate enough to get to know a disciple of the Tantric Sect's Sanbao Temple who came to the Mogao Desert to cultivate.
Now that he has become a Void Refinement Stage cultivator, this is a secret talisman that I bought from the Tantric Sect through him in the past. There is a Dharma spell of the Tantric Sect sealed in it – the Lotus Flower of the Arhat. "
Lu Qingshan took the talisman and his heart skipped a beat. "The boundary Dharma spell of the Tantric Sect, the Lotus Flower of the Arhat?"
In the West Region, the Longxiang Temple was the best sect for body cultivators and the Tantric Sect's Sanbao Temple was the second best sect for body cultivators.
The disciples of the Tantric Sect were different from those of the Longxiang Temple who cultivated the Invincible Vajra Body. They usually cultivated both body and Dharma spells and were especially good at boundary Dharma spells. The Lotus Flower of the Arhat was one of the representative Dharma spells.
As soon as the Lotus Flower of the Arhat appeared, Buddhist chants would be heard and the Dharma Idol would be suppressed. The Buddhist Light would be released and it would be as if the Buddhist Kingdom had reappeared.
The strength of the cultivators who were in the Buddhist Kingdom would be greatly suppressed. Their spiritual power and Primordial Spirit would be weakened and their physical bodies would be suppressed too.
Xiong Li nodded. "With the power of this Lotus Flower of the Arhat, even Old Man Bald Vulture would not be able to escape from its restraints in a short period of time. It might have a miraculous effect when combined with the explosive power of a sword cultivator."
"Is this Shopkeeper Xiong's personal idea or the Giant Bear Tribe's?" Lu Qingshan asked playfully.
"It's my personal idea." A hint of gloominess appeared in Xiong Li's eyes. "The nine tribes were unwilling to join forces to deal with the bandits and the bandits had a good grasp of the situation. They never openly provoked the nine tribes …
Until my Dao companion was kidnapped by Old Man Bald Vulture to be a Human Cauldron when she went out alone … "
"I was only a cultivator who managed to form a weak Nascent Soul with the help of pills. Even the Tribe Leader could not do anything to Old Man Bald Vulture. How could I talk about revenge?"
A hint of self-mockery flashed across Xiong Li's face. He clenched his fists so hard that his veins popped out. "But all these years, I have never given up on the idea of revenge.
I prepared this talisman to deal with Old Man Bald Vulture. I only hate myself for being too weak. Even with this item, it would not be able to make up for the huge gap between me and Old Man Bald Vulture. That was why I did not act rashly … "
"Now that my time is almost up, I still have no hope of revenge. Until you appeared, Fellow Daoist.
If fellow daoist really wants to kill Old Vulture, then fellow daoist should take this talisman. It should be of some help to fellow daoist. The bottle of Blood Rock Pills from before can also be considered as a thank you. "
Lu Qingshan thought for a moment. In the end, he kept the secret talisman and nodded slightly. "Then it would be impolite of me to refuse."
Dealing with Old Man Bald Vulture was part of his plan. The Blood Rock Pills and the secret talisman with the Arhat's lotus spell were both unexpected gains. Naturally, he would gladly accept them.
As for sympathy for Xiong Li, did he? Perhaps he did, but it was not particularly big.
This was because he clearly knew that if Xiong Li's Dao companion had not been kidnapped, his attitude would be the same as the Giant Bear Tribe's. He would play it safe and let the bandits do whatever they wanted as long as they did not provoke him.
In truth, this was the attitude of most cultivators in the world.
They were exquisite egoists.
It was true that they were egoistic. However, Lu Qingshan had always believed that since a cultivator possessed such great power, he still needed to have some feelings.
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Not long after Lu Qingshan entered Giant Bear City, a little novice monk with red lips and porcelain white skin entered the ancient city quietly with a solemn expression, along with a little demon bird hidden in his sleeve.
In the High Desert, several terrifying auras soared into the sky one after another. They streaked across the sky at a terrifying speed, heading straight for Giant Bear City.
The most sinister and terrifying aura came from the bandit leader, Old Man Bald Vulture.
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