Chapter 17

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Chapter 17

In the Mortal World, the middle-aged cultivator guarding the teleportation array was not as skilled; he was only at the Foundation Establishment Stage. Although he was at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, his big belly and greasy appearance showed that his mind was unstable, and he had too much worldly atmosphere around him. His path to cultivation might end at the Foundation Establishment level, and he could live only two hundred years before he would fall.

The guarding cultivator in the Mortal World comes from the same school as the Nascent Soul cultivator in Songshi City, but the latter is a cultivator trained by a sect, whereas the cultivator in the Mortal World is just an ordinary person sent there by the sect, lacking talent and with a poor mindset.

Upon sensing the golden core cultivator’s aura from Yun Chuyou, the Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator immediately became much friendlier, recorded their sect and intentions, and did not take the opportunity to ask for a service fee. If someone similar to him had shown up, this person would have definitely tried to take advantage.

The middle-aged cultivator kindly said to Yun Chuyou, "Are you searching for someone, friend? I have many connections in the imperial city, and I can help you look for people or items."

Yun Chuyou shook her head politely and declined the offer, saying, "We would like to look around the area first, with no specific goal in mind."

The middle-aged cultivator named Chen Qi was not upset, "May I ask if the lady has a Spirit Connecting Jade? We could exchange contact information."

"Spirit Connecting Jade?" Meng He asked curiously, "What is that?"

Chen Qi smiled slightly, "It is a magical tool made by Master Xuanyuan, used for communication. Cultivators can also post tasks on it to seek information. I believe the blacksmith shop in Songshi City sells them."

The Spirit Connecting Jade is a communication tool created by the great master of artifact crafting, and it has only been around for six years with limited promotion and usage. Initially, it was only available to disciples of major sects as an internal artifact, but now production has increased and it is sold to the public.

This artifact is somewhat like a modern mobile phone, but it does not have many features, only a public forum function where the owner can post messages. After making friends, they can communicate simply through text; there are no voice or video features.

Mobile phones need to use electricity, while Spirit Connecting Jade consumes Spirit Qi. If there are no spirit stones, a cultivator can also continuously provide Spirit Qi for the Spirit Connecting Jade to function normally.

The Spirit Connecting Jade has limitations on where it can be used. If you are too far away, the cultivator cannot use the private chat function. If the user enters a secret realm, they cannot receive signals from the Spirit Connecting Jade, and it will become a useless brick.

This item is a consumable and is quite expensive because it is rare. It currently sells for four hundred middle-grade spirit stones each, which is equivalent to Yun Chuyou using a teleportation array for a round trip with four people.

Zhong Wei had a hard childhood, so she values spirit stones greatly. Upon hearing the price, she couldn’t help but frown, "This is too expensive."

Four hundred middle-grade spirit stones could buy a good defense or attack artifact. Spending it on a useless communication tool seems like a bad deal.

In fact, it is true that casual cultivators without a sect, servants in major sects, and even inner disciples of small sects may not be able to afford it. Having this spirit stone would be better spent on cultivation.

Chen Qi shook his head mysteriously, "You can’t just look at the surface functions. If you can connect with high-reward missions through the Cloud Platform, you can quickly earn back the money for the Spirit Connecting Jade."

He saved money for a long time and used all the compensation his sect gave him to buy a Spirit Connecting Jade. He wanted to build connections and take on some missions.

The forums of Spirit Connecting Jade are filled with sect disciples. The outside selling price is four hundred middle-grade spirit stones each, but sects have a cheaper wholesale price. Top sects can even get a bulk supply for free, and nearly every inner disciple of Tianheng Sect has one.

Because it is expensive, the users of Spirit Connecting Jade have a certain requirement. If a casual cultivator is well-known in the cultivation world, they must be at least a Golden Core cultivator. Chen Qi aims to connect with others, hoping to meet a kind-hearted powerful cultivator who could help him avoid a fate of wasting away in the Mortal World.

When Chen Qi thought that the golden core cultivator in front of him was not as good as he was, he couldn’t help but feel a bit proud. He noticed Yun Chuyou and her friends looking at him with a sense of superiority, like disciples from a big sect examining a small one.

Qingxu Sect seemed to be an unknown small sect with little background and no wealth. It made sense that they had spent most of their savings to come here using the teleportation array and couldn’t afford to buy the Spirit Connecting Jade.

But Yun Chuyou said, "Yes."

She took out a palm-sized jade plate with a cloud design from her storage bag, placed a middle-grade spirit stone into a slot above it, and the seemingly ordinary jade plate immediately shone with a beautiful glow.

Chen Qi’s expression changed instantly as he eagerly added Yun Chuyou’s contact number.

Chen Qi used the name Tianjing Sect Chen Qi, showing that he took pride in being a Tianjing Sect cultivator. He looked up the Spirit Connecting Jade number provided by Yun Chuyou, "Is it you, Daoist Yun Wuxin?"

Yun Chuyou nodded; who still used their real name online?

Back in the shop, she had figured out how to use the Spirit Connecting Jade and even changed her profile picture to a pure white, fluffy cloud that looked like cotton candy.

After parting ways with Chen Qi, she took out three identical white jade plates from her storage bag. "I forgot to organize these after buying them earlier. You should register your accounts and bind them with your spiritual power, so even when we’re apart, we can stay updated on each other’s news."

After arriving at the Imperial Capital, Yun Chuyou’s system immediately unlocked the map of the Imperial City area. She could find her junior brother and younger martial sister using the map without the Spirit Connecting Jade, but having a way to communicate was still very important.

Zhong Wei, who received the jade tablet, was somewhat surprised and said, "Do I have one too?"

Yun Chuyou replied, "Everyone in our sect has one; it’s a true disciple benefit. I have already sent the one for Master to Qingxu Sect, but the spirit stones used for the Spirit Connecting Jade are not included in the benefits."

In Songshi City, the place that sells this kind of magical tool is a big store called Linglang Pavilion, which is backed by one of the top five big sects in cultivation. When she heard about the Spirit Connecting Jade, she directly bought ten pieces, one for each person, keeping the rest as spares.

"Of course," Meng He said, "I will definitely use my own money."

The little demon, who had grown to his teenage years, read so many books, and with Yun Chuyou’s subtle guidance, understood a bit about human morals. To be precise, his values were basically shaped by Yun Chuyou.

A demon is still a demon; he cannot think completely like a human. However, Meng He has learned not to cross Yun Chuyou’s boundaries. At least in front of his sect’s leader, Elder Martial Sister, he has learned to disguise himself.

The Spirit Connecting Jade is much more interesting than boring books. They found a restaurant and ordered a mutton soup hot pot, waiting for the food while playing with the spirit tools in their hands.

Yu Jiu was not as loud as Meng He, but he was the first to speak up, saying, "I applied to be friends with senior martial sister under the name Wang Jiu."

When Yun Chuyou looked up at him, the handsome young man showed a slight smile.

He did not rush Yun Chuyou to go faster, but by speaking first, he took the lead in the order of their arrival.

Meng He was very unhappy; he hated the sneaky Second Junior Brother, who silently ran ahead. Even though he had gotten the Spirit Connecting Jade first, Yu Jiu managed to become friends with the Elder Martial Sister before him and the younger martial sister.

He quickly added Yun Chuyou on her cloud messaging app and raised his white jade token, saying, "I am second!"

The slowest Zhong Wei slowly said, "You are not second; there is still that Chen Qi in front."

She could not be first, and she didn’t want to make the other two happy either.

"The first is not Chen Qi; it is our master."

Yun Chuyou pointed to the little bird icon in the friend list and said, "This is our master."

At that time, when she bought the Spirit Connecting Jade, the one meant for Xie Fuzhi was sent back along with the local specialties from Songshi City. Since she was a big customer at Linglang Pavilion, they valued her order and delivered it quickly to Qingxu Sect.

Yun Chuyou now takes out the Spirit Connecting Jade, and the first request on the list is from Xie Fuzhi.

Zhong Wei leans in to look at the profile picture, a bright red bird is perched on a narrow sycamore branch, and her master’s name is Xie Fuzhi. This profile picture belongs to Qingyunzi, and she knows that Qingyun is Xie Fuzhi’s title.

"Can the Spirit Connecting Jade still reach someone so far away?"

Yun Chuyou shakes her head, "No, it’s beyond private messaging. This message should have been sent in the spiritual world, but I can use the request feature."

"You should also add our master’s account." The application cannot include notes, but she believes Xie Fuzhi can guess it is the other three people.

Meng He mimics him, although he has read quite a few books, his knowledge is still limited, so he cleverly takes apart his name and calls himself Meng Zi Niao (The "He" of Meng He means crane, which is also called "the bird that gives a child as a gift" in Asian culture. "Zi" and "Niao" of Meng Zi Niao means "child" and "bird"), using a black crane as his profile picture, "I walk in the Mortal World, and my title will be Meng Zi Niao."

Zhong Wei delayed her time just because she was worried about her name, and she sweetly said, "Then I will be called Zhong Zhi."

Yun Wuxin feels that Yun Chuyou, with her young bird tired of flying, matches well with Elder Martial Sister.

"It’s getting late, let’s find a place to stay."

Although they came to help Zhong Wei end her ties to the world, it was now getting late, and they didn’t want to go without thinking.

Zhong Wei said, "Should we stay at an inn? Do we need to exchange some money first?"

When they went down the mountain, they specially exchanged spirit stones for spiritual beads, which were commonly used in towns. However, the towns in the cultivation world are very different from the Mortal World; not all shops here are willing to accept spiritual beads for payment.

Yun Chuyou arrived directly in the cultivation world, but Zhong Wei was brought here from the Mortal World, and at that time, she was a poor beggar.

The usually quiet Yu Jiu suddenly said, "I have a house in the Imperial Capital. If Elder Martial Sister doesn’t mind, you can stay in my private home for a while, but it has been empty for a long time, so it might be a bit simple."

If he hadn’t said anything, Yun Chuyou would have forgotten that Ghost Child Yu Jiu was once a member of the Imperial Capital Yu family during his life.

Yun Chuyou said, "If it’s convenient, then let’s stay at your house."

The Imperial Capital is expensive, and the inn’s price for one night is quite high. There might also be dishonest shops that charge too much. They should save money where they can and spend wisely, making sure not to miss any opportunities to save.

As for the slightly poor environment, it doesn’t really matter; when traveling, one cannot be too picky. Even a broken temple in the mountains will do for a place to stay.

When they arrived at Yu Jiu’s so-called simple house, everyone was stunned.

Meng He, who had never seen much of the world, looked up at the grand door with dragon carvings and the tall courtyard wall covered with glazed tiles: You call this a simple house?

He looked at Yu Jiu with a face full of resentment, as if he wanted to burn two holes in his disciple’s face with his dark red eyes.

Elder Martial Sister had used her great skill to change from a poor person to a wealthy one, and as the one in charge of the sect’s finances, Meng He just hoped that Elder Martial Sister would become richer and richer.

But he never thought that the only poor person was himself, who felt like he had suddenly awakened in a dying state!

Just as Meng He was staring at Yu Jiu, the crimson door creaked open from the inside.

"May I ask who you are?"

The person inside was dressed in fine clothes and looked at the four of them with a puzzled expression. They were all strangers, but their clothing didn’t look like that of beggars passing through.

The butler, who had spotted them from a distance, suddenly shouted, startling the birds in the trees, "Ninth Young Master!"

The dead Ninth Young Master has returned!

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