"What do you think I should do now?"
[Master, I know you want to destroy the Shen Family, but you must avoid Wang Fuxi. If she becomes furious with your actions, she might capture you. Worst case, she'll cripple your cultivation, which will only end badly for you. Instead, we can use another method to destroy the family, and I will help you with that.]
Tang Xiao considered several ways for a while, but he gave up because he didn't dare to confront Wang Fuxi. "Alright, I'll leave the Shen Family to you for now, Xiao Ai. Do whatever you can to destroy that family, and you must destroy them until they can't rise again."
[Leave everything to me, Master. I will make that family fall as low as possible, and they will never be able to rise again.]
Tang Xiao remembered something. "Xiao Ai, please check the Shen family's house for documents belonging to those three individuals, as I plan to use them to bring down Shen Tianhu. After you find those documents, you can tell me their location, and I will infiltrate the house to take them. That way, Wang Fuxi won't be able to do anything to me, and I can destroy his family as soon as possible."
[I'll do it now, Master.]
Tang Xiao sat back on his bed, but he had difficulty concentrating on cultivating, which was because his mind was preoccupied with Wang Fuxi. He let out a soft sigh to regain his concentration, and he closed his eyes to begin his cultivation again.
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"Why did you decide to stop when you've only fought twice?"
Tang Xiao's clone sighed softly and turned to Tantai Lingyan. "Wang Fuxi has already come out of her seclusion, and she is watching over the Shen family home to prevent me from killing them."
"Hmm?" Tantai Lingyan frowned. "When did Wang Fuxi come out of her seclusion?"
"Today."
Feng Shen grabbed his shoulder. "Kid, you should avoid Wang Fuxi for now, and you must never try to fight her, or you'll be in big trouble. That woman's strength is far beyond your imagination, and I'll have to think twice about fighting her, so you shouldn't challenge her."
"Is that woman that strong, Senior Feng?" Tang Xiao's clone asked, as he didn't have any information about Wang Fuxi's strength and abilities.
"Yes." Feng Shen nodded to him. "Forget about me and your master; even Long Yin has to think twice about fighting against Wang Fuxi. She possesses extraordinary abilities, but I don't know for sure about them because I've never fought her before. If you try to fight her, you will lose badly, and she will most likely cripple your cultivation, especially since you have killed many mortals."
Tang Xiao's clone nodded in understanding. "For now, my only remaining enemy is the Shen family, but Wang Fuxi has already returned. That's why I will use other means to destroy them, and she won't be able to do anything to me as long as I don't act against them directly."
"Hmm?" Feng Shen looked at him thoughtfully. "I know you're obsessed with destroying your enemies because they destroyed your family, but you must always be careful of Wang Fuxi, or you'll be the one to suffer the loss, understand?"
Tang Xiao's clone nodded. "Thank you for your advice, Senior Feng. I will act more carefully to avoid Wang Fuxi, and I can also destroy the Shen family at the same time."
"Mhm." Feng Shen nodded slightly. "Since you don't want to fight in the battle arena anymore, we can go to another city to wait for tomorrow, and you can look at the tamed beasts that are sold there."
"Yes."
Tantai Lingyan directly spoke to them. "I won't be joining you two, and I'll be leaving for the Sun Clan now. I'll wait for the others to arrive there, and we'll meet Old Sun together."
After they left Lingshan City, Feng Shen took Tang Xiao's clone to another city, and Tantai Lingyan headed to the region where the Sun Clan lived.
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With Feng Shen's speed, he could bring Tang Xiao's clone to arrive at the city in a few hours, especially since the city was on the border of the western and southern regions.
Tang Xiao's clone raised an eyebrow as they entered the city. "Why does this city look so gloomy, Senior Feng?"
"Hahaha." Feng Shen laughed. "This Mingwu City is the worst city in this place, and the merchants here are smugglers who sell many important goods that other cultivators are looking for, such as beasts and many others. If you are looking for items that are rarely found in other cities, then you can come to this city to look for those items, and you can get them here."
"Won't other cultivators stop them, Senior?" Tang Xiao's clone asked as he looked around at the merchants.
Feng Shen answered with a shake of his head. "This Earth II is different from the outside world, and no other cultivator dares to stop them from selling their wares. Even cultivators of Long Yin and Wang Fuxi's caliber would come here to look for items that are difficult to find elsewhere, especially since all these merchants sell items that other cultivators need for various things, such as alchemy, breakthroughs, and so on."
"Eh?" Tang Xiao's clone turned to him. "Do we need certain items to break through in our cultivation?"
"Not really." Feng Shen immediately explained to him. "To break through in our cultivation, we don't need any items. However, some items can assist us in our breakthrough, and they can expedite it, especially when we break through to the tyrant level and above."
[What Feng Shen said is true, Master. However, you don't need to worry about your breakthrough, especially since many items that can help you break through are available in the treasury vault. While he was still alive, my old master diligently collected many items and neatly stored them in the treasury vault. If you need items for your breakthrough, you only need to tell me, and I will get them for you. Compared to the items in that city, the items in the treasury vault are much more valuable and expensive, and you can use them when you need them.]
Tang Xiao's clone smiled to himself upon hearing Xiao Ai's words, feeling fortunate to have inherited everything from her master. "So, when will the place selling beasts open?"
"Impatient, aren't you?" Feng Shen pointed to a building. "That building is the one we're going to, and they'll be selling various beasts tomorrow morning. However, you'll be competing with many other cultivators who also want to get their hands on them, so you'll need to prepare a lot of money to buy them."
Tang Xiao's clone didn't worry about money, mainly because he had a large supply of gold coins and spirit crystals stored in the treasury vault. Moreover, coins would be useless outside of Earth II, and they only used spirit crystals, so he didn't think much about it. "What is the price of the most expensive beast ever sold by that store?"
"Hmm?" Feng Shen rubbed his chin while trying to remember it. "If I'm not mistaken, the most expensive beast the shop ever sold was one hundred million gold coins, and the buyer was Long Yin."
"What kind of beast is that?"
Feng Shen shook his head. "That beast wasn't sold publicly, and Long Yin bought it directly from the building's owner, so no one knows its identity. However, I've heard from the building owner that the beast is powerful and its abilities are also extraordinary, but he didn't explain it to me in detail because he was afraid of him."
"I see." Tang Xiao's clone nodded in understanding. "Is there an auction place in this city?"
"There." Feng Shen pointed to another building, which was located right in the middle of the city. "That auction isn't held every day, and it's held once a week. We happened to come to this city today, and the next auction will be held tomorrow. If you're interested, we'll go there after we look at the beasts in the previous shop. However, the prices of the items on auction are expensive, with the cheapest being around one million gold coins."
"What is the best item ever auctioned there?"
"Haha." Feng Shen laughed. "If you hadn't asked, I wouldn't have remembered. If I'm not mistaken, the most expensive item ever sold at that auction was the Nine Heavens Cauldron, and Huang Xianyu bought it for five hundred million gold coins."
After hearing that name, Tang Xiao's clone turned to Feng Shen directly, especially since that person was Fu Chen's master. "Is Huang Xianyu an alchemist? Does she have many disciples?"
"Huang Xianyu is an alchemist, but she's not the best in the Huang Clan, and Huang Xiaotian is much better than her." Feng Shen looked at him. "As far as I know, she only has two disciples, but I don't know their identities. I don't have a favorable relationship with the Huang Clan, so I rarely go to that clan. If you go to the auction tomorrow, I'm sure you'll meet people from that clan, and they might be there tomorrow as well. Do you still want to look at the goods in this city?"
Tang Xiao's clone shook his head. "There are no items that catch my eye, and I just want to go check out the beasts, as well as watch the auction tomorrow."
- To Be Continued -