boyutpedia Chapter 20 The Son of Aolai 2
Chapter 20 The Son of Aolai 2
This realm is called the Boundless World, with the Celestial Realm as its master and countless vassal worlds beneath it.
Most of these worlds are small worlds with scarce or even no spiritual energy, with only a few having suitable spiritual energy to cultivate cultivators of all levels.
The Great Wilderness World is one of the few among these few, with a vast territory and abundant spiritual energy, capable of accommodating even the Great Luo Golden Immortal.
There are two ways to go from the Celestial Realm to the Subordinate World: one is exile—like Cai Fei's parents, being captured to fight monsters or mine.
Secondly, there is immigration—when a vassal world is severely short of people, the lord of that world will apply to the Heavenly Court to provide territory and spiritual land for celestial cultivators.
The Heavenly Court will also organize exams and selections, and provide trials in the Realm of Illusion to help immigrants adapt to the new world more quickly.
Such immigrants often need to pay a large sum of spirit stones, usually in the hundreds of thousands.
Cai Fei had to go to the Great Wilderness because Li Zhu had solemnly performed a divination before the ban on Aolai was lifted, and the divination indicated that his future lay in the Great Wilderness.
"The 'Earth's expedition, relocated to the wilderness, brings great fortune.' This hexagram must apply to the Great Wilderness. You were born in Aolai, and your destiny is inevitably influenced by the monkey. The monkey's physical form is suppressed in the Great Wilderness, and your parents were exiled here several years ago—all these signs clearly indicate that the Great Wilderness is inextricably linked to you. There is no doubt about it!"
Li Zhu said so.
Cai Fei didn't have much affection for his parents, but Chu Shanyun left the Savage Beast with him before she left, which meant she still recognized him as her son, so Cai Fei had some attachment to her.
Most importantly, it's the Great Sage!
Li Zhu once said: The reason why Liangjie Mountain is named Liangjie is because this mountain exists in two realms. One is the Heavenly Realm, which suppresses the soul of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, and the other is the Great Wilderness, which suppresses the physical body of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven.
Cai Fei didn't know what connection he had with the Great Sage, but every time he looked north towards Wuzhi Mountain, he felt a sense of mission—since fate had brought him back to this place, it was naturally closely related to the Great Sage.
The Great Sage's physical body was suppressed in the Great Wilderness, and the word "wilderness" should undoubtedly correspond to "the Great Wilderness".
However, there is still a problem with the phrase "the army set out". Logically, it should be interpreted as leading a large force to set off, but the small number of people in Wujialing can hardly be considered a "troop departure".
However, preparing for immigration is essential, so he needs to raise funds, which is the origin of his arrogant behavior today.
Besides, after fifteen years of dedicated cultivation, this body with fused dual souls inevitably felt stifling.
With the lifting of restrictions in Aolai, the young man couldn't help but want to be arrogant and shout to the world: I'm here!
The son of Aolai will step onto the historical stage of this world from this day forward!
Meanwhile, Cai Fei was riding on a paper kite made of spirit bamboo, speeding northward. He was feeling proud and confident, as if he owned the world, when suddenly he sensed something unusual behind him.
When he turned around, he saw three ironwood eagles coming from behind. The ironwood eagles were first-grade high-quality magic weapons, and their speed was much faster than the first-grade low-quality spirit bamboo paper kites. They caught up with Cai Fei in no time.
The sky was open, but the leader charged straight at Cai Fei without any hesitation.
Cai Fei was startled and hurriedly urged the paper kite to avoid it. The ironwood eagle flew past with a "whoosh," and the strong wind made the paper kite shake violently.
As Cai Fei struggled to maintain control, he heard a voice above him laugh loudly: "'Son of Aolai,' a fine name, but it's not you, Cai Fei, but me, Chen Xuanbiao!"
Chen Xuanbiao, also known as Chen Yibiao, was also known as Sushanfang Yibiao.
He was thirty-four or thirty-five years old and had a cultivation level of the seventh level of Qi Refining. Normally, this level of cultivation would only be considered above average at this age. However, he was nine feet tall, with a broad back and a strong waist. He was born with superhuman strength and followed the path of physical cultivation and berserker fighting. He had cultivated a body of steel and iron, and was fierce, cunning and ruthless. He was extremely good at fighting and had been making waves in Sushanfang in recent years. Many cultivators who had reached the Qi Refining Perfection stage were no match for him. He was already the leader of the younger generation in Sushanfang.
Cai Fei was not familiar with him. In fact, because of his birth date, Cai Fei was not familiar with anyone in the Chen family. However, since they lived in the same neighborhood, they had met a few times.
He then laughed loudly, "Brother Biao, you're old enough to be an uncle, why are you trying to steal this title from me?"
"Uncle?"
Chen Xuanbiao did not answer, but burst into loud laughter. Laughter also came from the other two ironwood eagles, and the laughter could still be faintly heard even after they had flown far away.
"He's sixteen or seventeen years older than me, isn't he my uncle's age?"
Cai Fei was puzzled, but he couldn't care less about that now. The three Ironwood Eagles in the distance had already landed quickly, and judging from their direction, they were heading in the same direction as him.
That was the Kong family's residence. I wonder what the three Chens were doing there. Cai Fei was probably there to make money.
The future has opened up, but reality is still a quagmire. For Cai Fei, the first thing to do is to make money.
To immigrate, one must take an exam, and to take the exam, one must go to Aolai Academy. The tuition alone would cost at least ten thousand, and at this moment, he didn't even have a thousand spirit stones in his pocket!
At this moment, Cai Fei had flown to the northern part of the market. He slowly landed in a small alley and looked around, but did not see the three Chens. He guessed that they were not going to the same destination as him.
Put away the spirit bamboo paper kite.
After turning a few corners with practiced ease, Cai Fei pushed open a small door and entered a small room filled with miscellaneous items.
After skillfully pressing a few buttons on a storage shelf, an old futon in the corner quietly moved, making room for a small hole. As Cai Fei jumped down, the futon quickly returned to its place, and the storage room fell silent again.
Inside the small cave was a steep, descending stone staircase. The staircase, about a foot high, had seventy or eighty steps and two large bends in the middle. The space was narrow and cramped, but there were fluorite lights embedded every ten meters along the staircase, and the air circulated well, so it was quite safe to descend.
Finally, after passing through three hidden doors, the chilling energy of the earth's veins crept up my spine, but then my eyes were suddenly filled with light as I arrived at a spacious place.
This is a natural cave with a giant stalactite hanging upside down from the top, and the stone walls along the edges are cool to the touch. It is about three zhang high and ten zhang in diameter.
This was the place where the Kong family made their talismans.
The Heavenly Court cultivators read out the announcement, and the people in the market were filled with unease. However, as a big shot who was on good terms with the manager, Kong Fande had already received the exact information several days in advance.
Therefore, the disciples of the Kong family had already digested the news. They had just gone to the ground to listen to the announcement. Once the Heavenly Court cultivators finished reading it, they all quietly returned to their caves and went about their business.
Of course, confirming that "relocation is not allowed" still left me feeling somewhat depressed.
Cai Fei entered the cave and saw a cauldron on each side, with various materials—bone and blood, fur, herbs, ores, talisman herbs, etc.—piled up in an orderly fashion.
A dozen or so robust ordinary people were busy at work, moving, cutting, blending, stirring, sorting, washing, drying... making talisman water and yellow paper, assisting the talisman maker.
Perhaps because the work of an assistant was too boring, and since it was rare for someone to come, everyone wanted to liven things up. As soon as Cai Fei walked in, the group started joking around.
"The day the ban is lifted is coming so early, Cai Fei, are you even this eager to get beaten up...?"
"A few people just went in, Cai Fei, you might have to wait a bit."
"Watch out, Cai Fei! The old immortal master's temper's a bit bad today. Put a metal plate under your butt in case it gets smashed, hahaha..."
How many just went in?
Are they the three from the Chen family?
Cai Fei was puzzled, but laughed loudly, "You all don't know? My life is worthless, itching for a spanking every three days!"
The air was filled with a cheerful atmosphere. Cai Fei patted his shoulder here and his butt there, walking forward with a laugh. Soon he reached the cave wall in front of him and knocked on it a few times.
The stone wall remained completely still.
Cai Fei raised his hand to knock a few more times, but a bald man nearby stopped him, saying, "Don't knock for too long. The Immortal Master must have something important to discuss. Don't be impolite!"
The bald man, his yellow front teeth gleaming, pulled Cai Fei to a bowl of fire ant powder and shoved a heavy, yellowish-brown stone into his hands: "Grind some stone powder into it, a 20:1 ratio, so I can rest for a bit."
After saying that, he leaned closer, winked and bumped into Cai Fei, then turned and went to hide in the corner.
"Alright!" Cai Fei responded loudly, casually stuffing a small piece of silver into the bald man's collar. Just now, when he bumped into Cai Fei, he pinched his leg twice, meaning that there were two portions of this material, so he could put them in his own pocket!
There is a difference between immortals and mortals. Mortals in this world generally show great respect to cultivators. However, as a poor relative without parents, Cai Fei had become very familiar with the Kong family over the past eight years in order to learn talisman making from them and to get some materials from them.
He could joke around with his arm around someone's shoulder, and he could also work like a slave and do odd jobs, thus becoming buddies with these ordinary people.
Of course, the most crucial point is his generosity—that small piece of silver he just spent was worth half a month's salary for the bald man.
Fifteen minutes later, Cai Fei finished preparing the bowl of fire ant soil and stone powder, got up and knocked on the rock wall again, but still there was no sound.
Someone was already waiting. A burly man with a red face rushed over and enthusiastically put his arm around Cai Fei's shoulder, leading him to the talisman-making station.
He slipped out another coin of silver and added a piece of jade. In fifteen minutes, Cai Fei made seventeen more ice-type talisman papers, and also secretly put two into his Qiankun bag...
The foremen were stingy, and it was very difficult for them to squeeze out even a little bit of material. They relied entirely on scraping the bottom of the basin, trimming the edges, and saving on drips to make a little extra money – truly hard-earned money.
After this happened three times, the day's earnings were exhausted, and from then on it was purely about helping out. Cultivators were far more efficient than ordinary people; Cai Fei's fifteen minutes of work was equivalent to an hour for an ordinary person. So a bunch of people swarmed around him, some holding hands, some pulling at his clothes, baring their teeth and grimacing, calling him "Big Brother" regardless of their age. Cai Fei was laughing heartily...
"What kind of behavior is this!"
A loud shout rang out around the group, startling several people who scattered several feet away. One of them lost his footing and fell flat on his back, his outstretched arms sweeping across the pots and pans, causing a clattering sound.