Chapter 52.2

Cheng Qi was adding fodder to the trough of the stable in the small courtyard while comforting the bull beast that kept snorting with its nostrils, “Niuniu, don’t be angry. I didn’t expect to be out for so long. Next time, I will definitely not forget you. Eat quickly. After eating, I have a Spirit Beast Pill here.”

As soon as the bull beast heard the Spirit Beast Pill, its copper-bell-sized pupils immediately glowed with a bright light, rubbed its big head on the master’s hand, and then lowered its head to eat a big meal.

Cheng Qi looked at the innocent appearance of the bull beast and rubbed the stupid hair on its head with a smile. However, at this moment, a red shadow fell beside him. When Cheng Qi looked down, he was almost frightened by the injured Tan Eyu. He jumped but still crouched down to check, “Tan Eyu, what’s wrong with you?”

Li Tianyan heard the noise and walked out of the house. When he saw Tan Eyu’s current situation, he couldn’t help but frown, “Cultivator?”

“Yes, I just met a cultivator. His aura is similar to yours, so he should be on par with you.” Tan Eyu’s soul was damaged, and her voice sounded soft and ghostly.

It turned out that after Tan Eyu punished two thieves stealing things and left the narrow alley, she fled towards the small courtyard. On the way, she suddenly noticed an aura similar to Li Tianyan’s, so she followed him out of curiosity.

Unexpectedly, she accidentally touched the formation on the carriage and was discovered by the cultivator inside. Although Tan Eyu escaped by hiding in the soul-nurturing tree in time, she was still injured.

After hearing what Tan Eyu said, Cheng Qi bit off his finger and fed her two drops of blood. Then he took Tan Eyu into the soul-nurturing tree to meditate. Li Tianyan saw his actions and did not stop him.

“It seems that the cultivator from that Zhenlan Peak is hiding in Yuncheng,” Li Tianyan thought the fake pharmacist had escaped from Yuncheng long ago.

Cultivators were very popular in the secular world, and even a low-level Qi Condensation cultivator would be treated with courtesy. However, that guy sold counterfeit medicine for profit, and many disciples from aristocratic families had suffered greatly because of it. He had aroused the public anger after making so much profit. There were many high-level warriors here, and it was easy to take his life.

“Young master, are you saying that selling counterfeit medicines might have something to do with the Hou family?” Cheng Qi walked to Li Tianyan and asked.

“The Hou family is indeed suspicious,” Li Tianyan thought that the Hou family was behind this battle for the aristocratic family, and he didn’t know what kind of medicine they were selling in the gourd.

“I knew I shouldn’t have let Tan Eyu go,” Cheng Qi couldn’t help but blame himself when he thought about Tan Eyu’s injury.

Cheng Qi knew it when Tan Eyu quietly left with the thief, but he didn’t pay much attention to it at the time. After all, with Tan Eyu’s cultivation, she would be fine as long as she didn’t take the initiative to provoke high-level warriors, but he didn’t expect that she would still encounter an accident.

“I was indeed careless this time. Cultivators have far more methods than warriors. Even low-level cultivators cannot be provoked rashly. We must be careful in the future,” Li Tianyan glanced at Cheng Qi and said sternly. This also meant the warning was for Tan Eyu in the soul-nurturing tree.

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Tan Eyu’s injury made Cheng Qi no longer interested in going out to play. The two of them stayed in the courtyard for the next few days, but Yuncheng became more and more lively as the auction approached.

A few days later, news came out that the second young master of the Zhao family was engaged. This matter caused a stir in Yuncheng. The Cheng brother and sister were often harassed where they lived. Finally, Madam Zhao personally came forward to bring the two of them in. This matter stopped after they stayed in the Zhao Mansion for a while. Although Li Tianyan never left the courtyard, he could learn about the latest things outside from the people who passed by nearby.

The day before the auction, Guan Haoran came to the small courtyard where Li Tianyan lived again, “Brother Li, are you already used to staying in Yuncheng?”

Guan Haoran had been living in the Tang family since he came to Yuncheng. He had been busy entertaining other relatives who visited the Tang family for the past few days, he could finally take a breath, so he hurried went to Li Tianyan and said, “Tomorrow is the auction. If Brother Li doesn’t have the admission number for the auction, we can go together with the Tang family. We have a private room.”@@novelbin@@

“Thank you, Young Master Guan, for your kindness. We already have the number plate,” Li Tianyan declined with a smile.

“You acted too quickly.” After hearing what Li Tianyan said, Guan Haoran didn’t mention the matter anymore.

Turning to talk about another thing, he said, “By the way, the rules of this battle have come out. It is said that the outcome will be determined by actual combat. At that time, everyone participating in the competition will have to stay in the Yunpeng Secret Realm for the first half of the battle. Whoever gains the most in months will win.”

Hearing that, Li Tianyan became interested in the Yunpeng Secret Realm. He was about to ask Guan Haoran, “I wonder what this Yunpeng Secret Realm is. Can Young Master Guan tell me in detail?”

When Guan Haoran saw that Li Tianyan was interested in this secret realm, he didn’t hide anything and told him everything he knew.

It turned out that the entrance to the Yunpeng Secret Realm was in the Endless Forest. Only people under the age of twenty-five could enter. It was said that the Yunpeng Secret Realm appeared hundreds of years ago. At that time, many immortal cultivators came specially to see the wonders coming from the sky, looking for opportunities here. However, this secret realm was very strange and had never been closed since it was opened.

After nearly a hundred years of carpet-based searching by many immortal cultivators, everything of value in the secret realm had been collected. Not to mention the spiritual grass, even the roots of the spiritual grass were hard to find. No cultivator had been seen for hundreds of years to visit again.

Now, all that was left in the secret realm were ordinary semi-spiritual beasts looked down upon by immortal cultivators. Occasionally, semi-spiritual beasts from the Yunpeng Secret Realm came to live outside, becoming part of the Endless Forest. Many disciples of aristocratic families often regard it as a place of experience.

“I see.” After hearing this, Li Tianyan’s interest in the secret realm had mostly faded. Visiting the old secret realm that had never been closed for so many years, there would be no good things left in it. It was estimated that even the spiritual energy inside would be dispersed. It was almost gone.