It’s just cultivating immortality, who isn’t a favorite of heaven?

Ziyun Ridge and Mingyue Gorge where the Hidden World Sect is located are both located on the outskirts of the Yaoyue Mountains, but in different directions.

The area within the Yaoyue Mountains is where monsters and beasts gather. Rumor has it that there are even powerful monsters in the God Transformation Stage. Therefore, there are no powerful immortal cultivator forces here. At most, there are only Jindan forces like the Hidden World Sect.

As an old-established family of immortal cultivators here, the Li family has had a constant stream of independent cultivators relying on them for many years. The cultivators and mortals with poor qualifications in the family also need to rely on the family to survive.

After a long period of accumulation, a small market gradually formed on the outskirts of the Li family's territory, which was controlled by the Li family. There were not many people here on weekdays, and most of them were independent cultivators who depended on the Li family and some members of the Li family.

However, the market town was crowded today, simply because the Li family was releasing quotas for the use of the Cold Liquid Pool for the first time.

Individual cultivators certainly cannot afford this spot, but everyone has a tendency to join in the fun, so in addition to the forces competing for spots in the Cold Liquid Pool, many individual cultivators also gathered here.

After all, the spot for the Cold Liquid Pool is just the highlight item, and there will be other rare treasures that are useful to cultivators at the auction.

After Cheng Shuyan and the others paid the entrance fee and entered, the streets were packed with people, leaving almost no room to move around.

Looking at this situation, there’s no need to even think about staying at the inn.

"Master, do you have any friends here who can let us stay for a few days?" Cheng Shuyan asked Wuwei Zhenren with a smile.

After all, there are still five days before the auction, and they can't just hang around the streets all the time.

Wuwei Zhenren also smiled and said, "Well... no."

Cheng Shuyan retracted his smile.

"Sister, are you looking for a place to live?"

Just as she was worried, a child grabbed the corner of her clothes and asked her cautiously.

"Yes, little brother, do you know where there is a place to stay?"

"Sister, all the inns in the market are full now, you won't be able to find an inn.

My mother and I have a house in the West Market that we can rent to you. If you and this senior don’t mind…”

His voice became smaller and smaller, and he seemed to be having difficulty speaking.

There were other people in the market who did this, but they were all blatant. No one was as reserved as he was.

This child looks no more than seven or eight years old. He has just stepped into the threshold of cultivation and has not even reached the first level of Qi training. I think he has some unspeakable secrets.

Cheng Shuyan looked at his master and saw him nod slightly before he said to the little boy, "Okay, we'll rent it for ten days. How many spirit stones do you need?"

Hearing this, the little boy's eyes lit up, and he quickly replied happily, "Sister, the minimum charge for the inn here is three spirit stones a day. You and the senior can just give me two spirit stones a day for one room."

The price was reasonable, Cheng Shuyan nodded, "Okay, take us there."

As soon as she finished speaking, a harsh voice came from the side: "Tsk, is he really the one who took advantage of you?"

The little boy heard this and looked at the person who spoke with hatred, and then explained to Cheng Shuyan:

"Sister, my mother is sick, so I want to rent the house to you in exchange for some spirit stones. I promise she won't affect you."

Seeing his cautious look, Cheng Shuyan inexplicably thought of her sister Cheng Erni. She looked at the woman who looked somewhat similar to the boy and said, "My fellow Daoist, the transaction between us and him has nothing to do with you."

The woman's face became angry when she heard this, but when she saw Master Wuwei beside her, she finally endured it.

"Hmph! You don't know what's good for you. It will be too late to regret it when you get harassed by that sickly ghost in his family."

"Don't worry, fellow Daoist. Let's go and take us to your home."

The little boy's face was immediately filled with gratitude. He nodded heavily at her, then led the two of them through the crowd towards the West Market.

"Sister, my name is Li Zhixing. The person just now is my cousin. Don't worry, my mother is just sick. I rented out the house to earn some spirit stones for her treatment. My mother won't do anything to you."

"Well, sister believes you."

The three of them shuttled through the crowded crowd for half an hour before finally arriving at Li Zhixing's home.

His house is a small courtyard with three houses, a woodshed and two bedrooms.

"If you rent both bedrooms to us, where will you and your mother live?"

Seeing her doubt, Li Zhixing waved his hand quickly, "Sister, you can live here without worry. Mother and I can live in the woodshed."

Cheng Shuyan was silent for a moment, but nodded in agreement.

Judging from Li Zhixing's appearance, he and his mother are probably in urgent need of spirit stones.

Wuwei Zhenren had no objection to this. As long as it was not a matter of principle, he would let Cheng Shuyan make the decision, under the pretext of training her ability to deal with things.

Cheng Shuyan thought to himself that he was just lazy.

The two paid five days' room rent in advance and stayed at Li Zhixing's house.

Except for the first day, when Li Zhixing's mother showed up when she moved from the bedroom to the woodshed, Cheng Shuyan and the others did not see her again for several days.

She seemed to be very ill, very thin, and her face was unnaturally flushed.

When Master Wuwei saw her, he frowned but said nothing.

Recently, all the shops in the market are crowded. Wuwei Zhenren was too lazy to squeeze in, so he let her go to Li's shop to buy admission to the auction by herself.

With the mentality of being here anyway, after buying a spot, Cheng Shuyan followed the crowd and visited several shops in the market.

Although small, it has everything. Most of the things used by cultivators in the Qi training stage can be bought here. She even collected a few kinds of seeds that she didn't have.

Cheng Shuyan was standing in front of the stall picking seeds when he suddenly heard a familiar voice behind him.

"Hey, little girl, you're still alive? It seems that the old witch hasn't had any attacks in the past few days?"

She was Li Zhixing’s cousin whom I met on the day I arrived.

Cheng Shuyan turned back helplessly and said, "Thanks to Miss Li, I am still alive and well for the time being."

"Don't be ungrateful. I'm just kindly reminding you that Li Zhixing's mother has a strange disease. Anyone who comes into contact with her spiritual power will be infected, and many people will die within three days!"

I see! No wonder I've been missing all day.

It seems that this arrogant girl in front of me is not a bad person, but she just has a bad mouth.

"Thank you for the reminder, young lady. We will be careful not to come into contact with her."

"Hey, hey, hey, now that I've said this, where do you still want to live? If you really can't find a place to live, you can come stay at my house! I won't charge you any spirit stones."

Hearing this, Cheng Shuyan was a little surprised. She didn't realize that this girl was so kind-hearted.

Thinking about the look on Master Wuwei's face when he saw Li Zhixing's mother, he must have seen something but didn't stop her from staying, so there should be no problem.

Thinking of this, Cheng Shuyan clasped his fists towards the woman and thanked her, "I am Cheng Shuyan. Thank you for your kindness, young lady. It's just that my master is a lazy person and I'm afraid he is too lazy to move."

"Tsk, good words can't persuade a damned ghost. If your master is a senior Jindan, he can protect you. It's up to you. My name is Li Zhiyi. If you can survive, you are welcome to visit the Li family."