Chapter 80
Li Xuan was not very interested in Mao Ba and the others.

They used to bully him, but now that he is stronger, it is good that he does not take the initiative to bully them.

Li Xuan was minding his own business scratching and scratching the black dragon statue, but the movement woke up the three lying on the ground.

When Niu Niu and Fat Orange got up and saw Li Xuan, they were so frightened that they ran away. Only Cat Ba calmly opened his eyes, but he had no intention of running away directly.

It lay on the ground, licking its wounds, but its eyes were staring at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan just pretended not to see this and concentrated on practicing.

Cow and Fat Orange hid behind the black dragon statue and quietly glanced at the cat bully.

“Meow~ (Boss, come here.)”

But Mao Ba just pretended not to hear and watched Li Xuan’s movements intently.

But as I looked at it, I couldn’t help but feel a little chilled.

The little black cat’s claws looked smaller and softer than his own, but when it grabbed the hard black dragon statue, there was no sign of injury.

It is even sonorous and powerful, and sometimes it can catch one or two splashing sparks.

Although Cat Tyrant is just a cat, it is not as stupid as a cow. On the contrary, it is very smart.

Mao Ba’s eyes gradually showed a look of loneliness. He no longer looked at Li Xuan’s movements, but concentrated on licking the wounds on his paws.

It seems to have realized that there is a gap that it cannot understand between it and the little black cat in front of it.

There appeared in the palace a cat that it could never defeat.

This gradually extinguished the fighting spirit of the cat bully.

“As long as there’s a cat I can’t beat, I’m a loser.”

Cat Bully’s ideas are very extreme, but this is his catwalk.

……

After finishing his exercise, Li Xuan yawned boredly, and then left without even looking at the three of them.

Seeing Li Xuan leaving, Niu Niu and Fat Orange dared to return to Mao Ba.

“Meow? (Boss, are you okay?)”

Both of them saw that something was wrong with Cat Bully’s state, and couldn’t help asking worriedly.

But Mao Ba didn’t say anything, lying on the ground bored, squinting his eyes and dozing there.

Dai Niu and Fat Orange didn’t know why, so they just stayed with Cat Ba quietly, licking their fur and passing the boring time.

It’s not much different from what they usually do.

……

After Li Xuan returned to Jingyang Palace, he found Princess Ankang basking in the sun in the yard, but Yu’er was nowhere to be seen.

When he went out earlier, Yu’er also happened to go shopping.

But it’s been so long, Yu’er, you should have come back long ago.

“Where did this girl go?”

Yu’er is not a child who will play around casually outside. If she has done things well, she should be back long ago.

After all, they were in the cold palace. It would be bad if someone saw them while wandering around outside.

It would be fine if there was a legitimate reason, but if Yu’er just went shopping now, she would probably get into trouble.

There is no market in the palace, they all trade privately.

The remaining expenses, the rewards received, the things of unknown origin…

For all kinds of things, if you don’t need it anyway, you will take it out and exchange it for something or some money.

Yu’er used to buy food through this channel.

Jingyang Palace didn’t even have enough food to eat, but other places were extravagant and wasteful every day, and the rewards down there couldn’t be finished.

Otherwise, if there is no such way, I am afraid that the previous life in Jingyang Palace will be even more difficult.

Now that their life is better, Yu’er will come back with some meat and snacks from time to time to give them extra meals.

In the past, Yu’er would go out early and come back early.

Like now, it’s almost three poles a day, and it seems to be the first time that I haven’t come back yet.

“Go out and look for it.”

Li Xuan saw Princess Ankang sleeping in a wheelchair and slipped out of the door quietly.

But he didn’t know where Yu’er went to trade on weekdays, so he had to look around randomly.

He met several other cats on the road, and Li Xuan asked them about it.

Although the intelligence of ordinary cats is not as high as that of humans, it is still similar to that of children.Whether it is a child of three or four years old or a child of seven or eight years old depends on individual differences.

For example, Li Xuan was deeply impressed by the cow next to Mao Ba.

He optimistically predicted that it would be difficult for the cow’s IQ to reach the level of a three- or four-year-old child.

But most other cats are relatively normal.

Li Xuan asked them for some simple information, and they could at least give a response.

I’ve seen it, I haven’t seen it, I don’t know it.

These three simple messages can still be conveyed.

Li Xuan was lucky. Not long after he went out, he met a cat who had seen Yu’er.

Moreover, this cat was quite enthusiastic and personally led Li Xuan to the place where he met Yu’er.

When cats communicate with each other, they are still unable to transmit more complex messages.

For example, giving directions is very difficult for them.

Under the guidance of the enthusiastic cat, Li Xuan followed to a place some distance away from Jingyang Palace.

When he came here, he really smelled the scent of Yu’er that remained here.

But no figure of Yu’er was seen.

It seems that she stopped here not long ago, and now she doesn’t know where she went.

Li Xuan walked to the enthusiastic cat and rubbed his head against its body to express his gratitude.

The enthusiastic cat meowed twice to express that you were welcome, and then left coolly.

Li Xuan couldn’t help but sigh: “There are still so many good cats these days!”

Although Yu’er was not found, he was not in a hurry.

He followed the smell left here and searched for the past.

For Li Xuan, smelling Yu’er’s scent basically means he has found her.

Unlike humans, cats smell people first before seeing them.

This is true for many animals in nature.

Li Xuan smelled the smell and chased him to a remote alley.

It turned out that there were a lot of people gathered here. At a glance, they were all palace ladies and eunuchs.

And it wasn’t Yu’er who was surrounded by them in the corner.

Yu’er was now covered in dust and in a miserable state.

There were several clear footprints on her body. She was squatting in the corner, holding up a pair of weak arms to protect her head.

“I told you to be tough-mouthed, I told you to be tough-mouthed!”

“You bitch, how dare you be so arrogant after stealing money. If I don’t kick your ass into four pieces today, you don’t know why the flowers are so red!”

“Spit out all the remaining stolen money as soon as possible, otherwise you won’t be able to come out of this alley today!”

Several eunuchs blocked Yu’er tightly, and everyone was so crowded that they could only turn sideways and extend one leg.

But even so, it does not hinder their interest in stepping on people.

The twisted faces were full of cruel and cruel smiles.

The cruelty of man is the same as that of a Taoist man; the ferocity of a man is similar to that of Qiongqi.

Behind him there were some palace maids and eunuchs who couldn’t squeeze forward, talking sarcastically from behind.

“This bitch’s hands and feet are dirty. It’s best if she kicks them off.”

“I wonder why she has so much money recently?”

“It turns out that he changed his profession and became a thief!”

“I’m just telling you how my wallet has become lighter and lighter these days. My feelings are just fattening your guts.”

“If she doesn’t reveal the stolen goods today, we will escort her to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. With so many of us testifying, we will beat her to death!”

The maids didn’t do it themselves, but their mouths were even more vicious.

When Li Xuan saw this scene, his eyes turned red on the spot.

“Damn it, let’s see whose butt is going to become four-petal today!”

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(End of this chapter)

Following the order from “Master Wang”, the young man waiting outside the private room took two guards and went to the mule cart outside the pawn shop to move things.

Soon, there was a wooden rice huller used for husking ordinary rice, a bag of rice, and a large fan suitable for iron shops and brick kilns in the open space of Yajian.

Even a household windbox and a small wooden telescope were placed on the table.

“Do you have a stove here?” Mr. Wang picked up the household wind box on the table. “I want to install it next to the stove, so you can see the specific uses.”

Shopkeeper Zhao, who was confused just a moment ago, was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly extended his hand to invite Mr. Wang to the kitchen behind the shop.

Maybe it is shared with the Silver Building next door, and the kitchen in the back is quite small.

Mr. Wang asked someone to help him drill holes on the edge of the stove, and then installed the wind box himself.

Then, he asked someone to fill the large iron pot with water. When the firewood in the stove started to catch fire, he began to pull the wind box lever with his right hand.

Shopkeeper Zhao didn’t see what Mr. Wang was going to do at first.

Out of reluctance to part with Mr. Wang and respect for his eldest son?

He just wanted to see what the trick was, and it looked rarer than pearls.

The most important thing is to avoid missing out on any treasures.

But looking at the push and pull of the wooden box, the fire in the stove.

He got it!
Who doesn’t have a kitchen?
With this push and pull, the firepower in the stove becomes stronger, but you can control the heat, and you don’t have to worry about not having enough heat when you host a banquet in the house to entertain distinguished guests!
Furthermore, you don’t have to worry about burning the fire in the back of the kitchen, and if someone is not watching, sparks will splash outside and cause water leakage!

good stuff!
it’s baby!
“With this, it’s no problem to save firewood. How many households in Daliang country burn firewood and can save a lot of money a year? Ministry of Industry, the court?”

Yes, yes, your Majesty, my lord has contributed to your Majesty, what a great contribution this is!

“My sworn brother is a strange person, and he created this.

He doesn’t like fame and is afraid of trouble. I heard that Mr. Zhao of your family is in the Ministry of Works. “

Shopkeeper Zhao suddenly realized.

He said something strange. Why didn’t he go to the silver shop next door to sell pearls? Instead, he came to the pawn shop. It turned out that he was testing his attitude again and again for the treasure!

“This time, he asked me to see how your Zhao family’s pawnshop is doing before I act on my own initiative.

I saw it, Shopkeeper Zhao, you are very happy.Next, let’s try the second thing. “

Shopkeeper Zhao was elated and said hello repeatedly.

Seeing this attitude, Mr. Wang was not surprised and had the large fan brought in for another test.

The effect is definitely not bad.

Household wind boxes, which have no earlier historical records, have not been circulated among the people, but large fans suitable for iron shops and brick kilns have always been available.

Due to limited transportation conditions in this era, many projects that required a large amount of bricks would have kilns built on site to bake bricks, so brick kilns were very common.

With shopkeeper Zhao’s knowledge, he certainly wouldn’t know what a brick kiln fan looks like, but he is afraid of comparing anything.

Without too much careful testing, you can tell with the naked eye that although this is also called a fan, in every aspect, it is far from being comparable to the current fans.

Return to the private room.

When the two guards carried the fan and the boy came back with the wind box, Mr. Wang had already picked up the wooden telescope and taught Shopkeeper Zhao how to use it, and then used the bag of rice to test the rice huller.

Shopkeeper Zhao was shocked.Looking at the rice-husking machine, I couldn’t put it down and held the telescope, my heart almost jumped into my throat. There are so many treasures, but they are still valuable but not marketable!

Offered through his hands, wouldn’t he…

Lao Chaofeng coughed.

Shopkeeper Zhao calmed down and thought about what price he should give. He left Lao Chaofeng behind and asked the rest of the staff to exit the private room.

Seeing this, Mr. Wang finally showed his trump card – he took out the eight volumes of drawings in the package that the young servant had been carrying.

He was generous enough not to worry about how much shopkeeper Zhao and Lao Chaofeng would remember after seeing the drawings, and he patiently selected one of the drawings for explanation.

For example, the dimensions marked on the drawings can be enlarged proportionally, and the small characters marked with a word “iron” mean that they can be changed to iron, etc., which were also briefly described.

When it came time to negotiate the price of the last drawing, which was the one he was asked to choose for explanation, Mr. Wang was very firm.

Instead of ten thousand taels of gold, only ten thousand taels of silver.

“Hiss—” Shopkeeper Zhao took a breath and looked at Mr. Wang with a shocked expression, then at Lao Chaofeng, “Ten thousand taels of silver, big brother, did I hear you correctly?”

Mr. Wang smiled noncommittally, “I won’t hide it from you. My eldest brother is still optimistic about the two adults in the capital. You are not right here. I will leave for the capital tomorrow morning.”

“Wait a moment.”

Mr. Wang continued to roll the drawings, “Actually, no matter which one of these pieces, the drawings alone are worth ten thousand taels. If you don’t believe it, just ask the old gentleman, the shopkeeper.”

Lao Chaofeng, who was named, frowned and said nothing. While Mr. Wang lowered his head to roll up the drawings, he nodded slightly to Shopkeeper Zhao who was looking at him, then glanced at the door and shook his head.

Even if Mr. Wang didn’t see any lawsuits between them, he knew that he had brought a bodyguard, and there were servants keeping an eye on the bodyguards. These two were not bold enough to take advantage of them.

Shopkeeper Zhao understood, “Sir, my Lord Wang, what are you in a hurry for?

Do you think this will work? I’ll send someone to ask our third master to come over. “

Hey, if I can invite Mr. Zhao from your house before tomorrow morning, I think you will win!
Mr. Wang smiled secretly. He had expected this to happen for a long time. How could he still allow Zhao Laosan to come?

Even in order to avoid exposing the secret one day in the future, Zhao Laosan had already been transferred away by his wife’s trick, otherwise he could have offered no more than 1 taels of silver!

Without understanding the situation of this era, just looking at the previous two pearl transactions, the owner of the Zhao family’s pawnshop would definitely be the master of the business worth ten thousand taels of silver.

“Xiao Xiangzi, let me serve you a pot of good tea.” Lao Chaofeng shouted and said with a smile, “Just because Mr. Wang is thinking about our eldest son, money is not a problem.

I’m really sorry, but I still need to report to our third master for spending ten thousand taels.

Shopkeeper, go and send a guy to report this to the third master.Mr. Wang, could I sit with you for a while? “

He said it as if the waiter hadn’t been dispatched yet. Mr. Wang silently estimated the time and hesitated slightly, “Then I will wait for another cup of tea. If there is any further delay, I will have to wait until next time.”

Lao Chaofeng cupped his hands in thanks, “Mr. Wang has a kind face. He looks like he is from the North, and his accent sounds like someone from the South. He is [-]% similar to one of my clan brothers.”

“[-]% resemblance? Look.” Mr. Wang suddenly became energetic, and without any guilt, he took out the road guide and waist badge and handed them to Lao Chaofeng.

Anyway, once the deal is concluded, the information on the waist badge must be registered when signing the contract.

“The road leads to the capital, why did I come around here.

In addition to my eldest brother asking me to come to you, to tell you the truth, I also want to find someone to come.In the early years, my aunt’s eldest son…”

(End of this chapter)

With that said, Chen Feng immediately understood.

As the host, if there are no achievements, how would people from other major forces view it?

Furthermore, Chen Feng also learned some news.

In the entire Great Chu, the peak forces are the royal family and the immortal sect.

These two are complementary, and the surrounding countries are the same.

One is the royal family, the other is the immortal sect.

They are also divided into two factions, one is the royal family of Great Chu.

The other is the Celestial Melody Sect, a faction within Great Chu.

Representative figures: Celestial Melody Sect, Yuan Family, and others from the royal family.

The representative figure of the immortal sect is the Celestial Melody Sect that Chen Feng annihilated.

This is a bit troublesome.

Once again, Chen Feng understood the system of Great Chu.

Gold Core, there are still too few things that can be touched.

“Please inform me more, Fellow Daoist,” Chen Feng expressed his gratitude.

He really didn’t know this news. If Tian Yunduan didn’t say it, he would at least have to wait until the start of the competition to find out.

“No need for that, you should also know these things.”

Furthermore, this time there are age restrictions for disciples. Foundation Building must be completed within a hundred years.

Qi Refining must be completed within fifty years.

After learning this news, Chen Feng’s face twitched.

Chen Wuji couldn’t even participate in the competition, he didn’t meet the requirements directly.

After speaking with Chen Wu again, Chen Feng’s face instantly drooped, his eyes filled with resentment.

The ten-person team was already missing one person before the battle even started. It would be very dangerous to have a Foundation Building battle.

However, with age restrictions, there wouldn’t be so many peak Foundation Building geniuses.

This made Chen Feng let go of his expectations for the Foundation Building ranking and placed them on Chen Ruoxi.

As for the Qi Refining ranking, Chen Feng didn’t force it.

Three days had already passed, and all the major forces had arrived one after another.

Above the Southern Domain Immortal Assembly, the major forces had simple exchanges, informing each other of the ultimate goal of the competition, and then exchanged some items before ending it like this.

The main purpose was just for the leaders of the major forces to meet.

On this day, on the largest open space of the Celestial Melody Sect, there was a platform called the Ascension Platform, which was the square where the Celestial Melody Sect recruited disciples.

However, this place had already changed drastically.

Five large arenas stood on it, surrounded by spectator seats.

Among the spectators of this competition, apart from the people brought by the major forces, the most were disciples of the Celestial Melody Sect.

Looking at the dazzling array of people, the successors and geniuses of various major forces appeared.

Many disciples who considered themselves geniuses within their sects shut their mouths.

“These people are all so terrifying, there are quite a few people with similar cultivation levels to Senior Brother.”

The disciples of the Celestial Melody Sect were bustling, whispering to each other. Every time a force entered, they would give some pointers and comments to the geniuses they brought.

Little did they know, the Celestial Melody Sect was also in a panic.

If they were overshadowed by the geniuses from external forces in this competition, it would also be a blow to their own disciples.

“Next to enter is Chen County, the Chen Family!”

As the host, Tian Yunduan added a few more descriptions when introducing the Chen Family.

Chen Feng walked at the forefront, his steps steady and imposing, heading towards the designated area.

However, Xia Jiao and Wan Wutian were not among the team.

They were waiting in the resting and viewing area of the Chen Family.

“The people from the Chen Family are not weak. The leading female cultivator is actually at the peak of Foundation Building, her aura is incredibly stable!”

“There are also cultivators at the Qi Refining stage, each one is strong and intimidating!”

The disciples of the Celestial Melody Sect whispered to each other, looking at the martial cultivators in the Chen Family’s team, their faces filled with astonishment.

Among the crowd, Chen Xingxing’s gaze looked towards the front row of seats, as if searching for something.

“Suddenly, a pair of eyes met his gaze, and Chen Xingxing smiled.”

“This kid.” Chen Feng, who was in the front row, naturally noticed Chen Xingxing’s small action.

Looking towards the rest area, Chen Feng was satisfied with the female cultivator who made eye contact with Chen Xingxing, thinking to himself, “She has good strength and looks good too. She can be my Chen family’s granddaughter-in-law. This kid has good taste.”

After the Chen family took their seats, several other families were invited and arrived.

Then, two streaks of light flew through the air.

They landed steadily on the central stage, and they were representatives from the royal family and the immortal sect.

The Rain Marquis of the royal family, Chu Qianyun.

The elder of the Tianyu Sect, Wang Youzhi.

The two announced some rewards and talked about the Five Realms Grand Competition.

The Southern Domain Grand Competition officially began.

In the first round, the entire Chen family advanced without competing.

They silently watched the cultivators below fighting.

However, it was rare to see Foundation Building peak cultivators under a hundred years old. Chen Feng looked around.

Only the direct lineages of the major forces would have one or two.

Two Foundation Building peak cultivators from the Yuan family, three from the Jun family, two from the Jin family, two from the Celestial Melody Sect, and so on.

“Huh? The conflict between the Jun family and the Yuan family hasn’t been resolved yet?”

Chen Feng’s gaze was drawn to the two families who were arguing, and he didn’t know if it was intentional or not that the Celestial Melody Sect had positioned themselves nearby.

The second young master of the Jun family immediately started arguing with the leader of the Yuan family, Yuan Xiu.

If there were no elders present, they might have started fighting directly.

“Yuan Xiu, just you wait. If I draw you, I will make sure to knock out all your teeth!”

Both sides were full of confidence, and Yuan Xiu, who was being dealt with, was extremely frustrated.

Since the secret realm, the Jun family had been acting strange, as if they had taken the wrong medicine.

They started picking fights with people like him.

The Yuan family, who had been beaten up in the secret realm, naturally wouldn’t let it go.

The first round ended like this.

Next, it was the turn of Chen Xingxing and Chen Ruoxi.

The two members of the Chen family took the stage.

Chen Ruoxi fought against a late Foundation Building stage disciple from a Gold Core family, easily defeating him without any challenge and advancing.

On the other side, Chen Xingxing also fought against a late Foundation Building stage cultivator.

With the suppression of his powerful physique, the opponent gradually fell into a disadvantage.

In the end, the opponent was eliminated, and both of them advanced.

“Such a powerful physique, a Physique Refinement Cultivator?” Many cultivators also noticed the Chen family’s battles. Physique Refinement Cultivators were rare, so they took a few more glances.

“Chen Xingxing!” A female cultivator in the Celestial Melody Sect’s rest area stood up and waved at him.

Then, the third round began.

Chen Feng, who had been closing his eyes and cultivating, opened his eyes and eagerly watched the stage.

Yuan Li from the Yuan family.

Against Jun Ming from the Jun family.

As soon as the two stepped onto the stage, the atmosphere became tense.

Yuan Li was one of the six members of the Yuan family who had witnessed the entire process of the secret realm, and Jun Ming was from the Jun family, who had a deep hatred for the Yuan family. They started arguing as soon as they met.

The two were evenly matched in strength, serving as an appetizer for the grudge between the Yuan and Jun families.

They captivated the eyes of the audience.

Chen Feng was also curious about the grudges between the two families, as they were the top families in the Southern Domain.

How could he not be interested?