Step into the Immortal Fate

  Nan Zhong Jie was extremely grateful and almost cried with gratitude, wolfing down the fragrant beef.

  Ye Qin could feel this feeling when he was begging for food near the county town, it was not better than Nan Zhongjie now. It's just that at that time his ability was far from being as good as Nan Zhongjie now.

  He didn't think Nan Zhongjie was stupid or inflexible. On the contrary, he secretly admired how simple and honest Nan Zhongjie was. After staying in Zhujici County for two months, Nan Zhongjie hadn't even thought about running away with stolen goods. Otherwise, all the wealth of the wealthy families in Zhujici County wouldn't be enough for Nan Zhongjie to steal. In terms of character, Nan Zhongjie was far better than his father, uncle, and cousin combined.

  Ye Qin thought for a moment and asked: "Your father is dead, your elder cousin doesn't know where he went, what do you plan to do in the future?"

  Nan Zhongjie looked bewildered: "Me? I don't know. I've been waiting for my elder brother. In the past, whenever something big or small happened, he would make the decisions. He's not here, and I don't know what to do either. Ah, yes, sir, my name is Nan Zhongjie, from the Nan family of Pingzhou. What's your name, and which family are you from? Where are you headed?"

  Ye Qin didn't deliberately conceal anything, but instead smiled bitterly and said, "My surname is Ye, I don't have any family. I also don't know where to go, maybe I'll just wander around."

  This is the truth. He really didn't know, after leaving this familiar Takegawa County City, where he should go next. Going to the capital of Pingzhou for a stroll, and then walking around various states and counties in Wuguo, there was no specific purpose. Just wanting to go to more places to broaden his horizons, and then find the place he wanted to go - a place with cultivators, where he could increase his cultivation strength.

  "It turns out that Brother Ye is a loose cultivator." Nan Zhongjie suddenly remembered something and excitedly said, "I know of a great place. Brother Ye, why don't we travel together?"

  "Where?"

  "Xianyuan City!"

  Ye Qin's spirit was suddenly lifted.

  Xianyuan City, hearing this name, seems to have a great relationship with the cultivators. Could it be the world of the cultivators? Anyway, there's nothing left to worry about in this Zhujie County City, he was just going to go out and see the world, experience the world of the cultivators.

  Ye Qin's heart moved involuntarily, and he asked: "What is Xianyuan City?"

  Nan Zhong Jie took a big bite of beef, looking very pleased with himself. "That's a place where many, many cultivators gather, including many scattered cultivators and families like mine who cultivate together. Several years ago, when my dad brought me and my older cousin to escape disaster, we went to Xianyuan City once. The scene was incredible - during peak hours, it was crowded with people everywhere, all of whom were cultivators. However, the journey is very long, requiring passage through dozens of countries before reaching a place near a country called Nanliang."

  "So far away?"

  Ye Qin was shocked, he thought the Xianyuan City was within the borders of Wu State, but it turned out that he had to travel through dozens of countries to get there. He also had some worries, not understanding the situation in that city, and he wouldn't go recklessly.

  "What is the approximate number of cultivators in Xianyuan City and what are their strengths?"

  "My father said that Xianyuan City usually has at least tens of thousands of people. During grand festivals, even more cultivators from various countries will rush to go there. The cultivators there are mainly in the initial stage of Qi Refining, from first to third layer, and some in the middle stage, fourth to sixth layer. A small portion have reached the high stage, seventh to ninth layer. There are even cultivators who have broken through the Qi Refining stage, extremely powerful."

  Nan Zhong Jie's enviable interpretation.

  Ye Qin's concerns grew heavier, and he said solemnly: "In that case, the cultivators from all over are very powerful. I am at the fourth layer of Qi Refining, while you are only at the first layer, how can you survive in a place like that?"

  "I lived there for a short time, the city is very safe, with many loose cultivators forming guards, no one dares to make trouble in Xianyuan City. As long as we don't provoke those high-level loose cultivators and big Xian families, there won't be any trouble. It's just that outside Xianyuan City, it's hard to say, my dad never lets me go out alone, saying that cultivators often have fierce battles in the outskirts of the city, it's a bit dangerous."

  "There's a fight between cultivators outside the city!? How did you and your dad enter the city back then?"

  "Hiding in the mortal's carriage, cultivators usually won't go looking for trouble with mortals. As long as they arrive near Xiānyuàn City, quickly enter the city and don't come out again, staying inside is very safe."

  Ye Qin inquired in detail about some situations inside Xianyuan City.

  After some deliberation, he decided to go to Xianyuan City.

  The reason is simple, in order to obtain enough spirit stones and spiritual grass.

  Nan Zhong Jie said that most of the time, the cultivators in Xianyuan City used precious spirit stones for transactions. In other words, in Xianyuan City, although spirit stones were precious items, they were very common. And ling grass, as a necessary material for alchemy, was even easier to find in Xianyuan City.

  This is not like him in Zhujie County, where he may not be able to find a piece of spiritual stone even after one or two months. This is still with the help of Huang Changlao, the elder of the Treasure Pavilion, and the mobilization of a large number of Treasure Pavilion disciples, who can occasionally collect one or two pieces of spiritual stones. If it were Ye Qin alone, he would not be able to find them at all. But in Xianyuan City, spiritual stones and spiritual grass are easy to find, so he doesn't need to spend so much effort collecting them, and his cultivation speed will naturally be very fast.

  This is the reason why he was deeply moved.

  Ye Qin thought for a moment and said, "Going together is fine. However, my strength is not much stronger than yours, if we encounter danger outside Xianyuan City, I won't be able to help you. You must rely on yourself."

  Nan Zhongjie hastily said: "Brother Ye, don't worry about me, I don't need to be taken care of. My elder brother has been missing for so long. The Nan and Feng families have a feud, and I don't dare stay in Pingzhou for too long either. Just take me to Xianyuan City, that's all. There are many merchants in Xianyuan City who will hire low-level cultivators like me to work, the pay is pretty good. As long as I get to Xianyuan City, I can find a job within the city, earn money and cultivate at the same time."

  Ye Qin nodded and decided to go to Xianyuan City with Nan Zhongjie. After all, if it wasn't for Nan Zhongjie mentioning Xianyuan City, he wouldn't have known that there was a gathering place for many cultivators like Xianyuan City.

  Now that we have our desired destination, everything is easy.

  After Nan Zhongjie finished a sumptuous beef breakfast, Ye Qin paid for him to stay at the county town inn first.

  Ye Qin returned alone to his private residence in the county town. Everything was fine inside the small courtyard, and the iron cauldron for refining elixirs was still safely inside the house, only covered with dust. He began to close the door and refine elixirs, occasionally going out to purchase auxiliary medicines and firewood needed for refining elixirs.

  He had eight pieces of spiritual stones in his hand, all of which were obtained from Huangjintiger, Nantianxiong and Nan Zhonghao. Among them, the white and green spiritual stones can be used to grow a large amount of Dewdrop Grass. Then refine them into Dewdrop Pills. One cauldron per hour, one cauldron can refine more than ten grains at a time, excluding rest time and refining waste, about ten cauldrons can be refined in a day, all packed in small pill bottles, left to take on the way to Xianyuan City.

  Five days later, Ye Qin and Nan Zhongjie met at the post station at the city gate of Zhuji County, bought two fine horses near the city gate post station, rode on horseback, left Wuguo, and went to the distant South Liang State.

  Volume One: The Bamboo Creek County Town (Complete).

  Volume 2: Fairy Fate City (Coming soon, stay tuned).

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  The first volume is finally finished.

  This volume is a story that takes place entirely in the mortal world, where the protagonist experiences joining a gang, obtaining the Purple Mansion, and starting to cultivate his Qi from the first layer, and initially comes into contact with the powerful forces of the Xian family.

  Now, the protagonist is finally going to a town that is almost entirely composed of immortal cultivators, embarking on his true path of immortality.