Chapter 821 - 55: The Master of Eating Soft Rice Hard

Chapter 821: Chapter 55: The Master of Eating Soft Rice Hard

Two days later.

Jianxian City.

Unlike other major cities in the Four Domains, Jianxian City has no walls. From afar, it appears as a dense expanse of buildings with no barriers.

Among them are towering shops, lofty taverns and inns, as well as closely packed residences.

Viewed from the sky, it resembles a massive painting stretched across the intersection of the Four Domains.

To the east of this painting, a large mountain soars into the clouds, shrouded in an ethereal haze all year round, its true form elusive even to Nascent Soul realm cultivators.

This is Immortal Flying Peak, the place where spiritual energy is most abundant and holds the most transcendent status on the Hongzhou Continent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, listen to today’s new story!"

"Once upon three hundred years ago, at the foot of Immortal Flying Peak, it was merely a forest, with numerous cultivators who came to observe the mountain having to endure the elements, only to glimpse the Immortal Mountain from afar."

"Later, an immortal with the surname Yu couldn’t bear the suffering of all beings, so he pointed out a flat land at the foot of Immortal Flying Peak."

"It was intended for visiting cultivators to rest, and thus the embryonic form of Jianxian City was created."

In Jianxian City, a storytelling teahouse is bustling with people, and cultivators from the Four Domains are crammed within this small teahouse.

The storyteller sitting at the central high platform takes a sip from his tea bowl. Below, a rugged woman wearing only animal skin bralet and skirt loudly asks:

"And then what happened?"

The storyteller laughs heartily, cupping his hands in respect to the coarse yet sexy woman:

"Ah, it’s a fellow from Northern Wilderness Celestial Maiden Mountain, much honored."

The people in the teahouse immediately turn their gaze toward the woman from Celestial Maiden Mountain, but do not find her particularly stunning.

The past two days have seen so many cultivators arriving at Jianxian City from the Four Domains that people have grown accustomed to it.

The storyteller continues: "Later, a female cultivator and her husband came to the foot of Immortal Flying Peak. The female cultivator was remarkably beautiful, and her husband was also handsome."

"Both were Nascent Soul Peak level cultivators, seeking to approach Immortal Flying Peak and use this rich spiritual energy treasure to break through to Divinity Transformation, achieving ascension."

"The couple settled down at the foot of Immortal Flying Peak, seeing many other cultivators building houses there. The female cultivator then used mana to construct a tavern."

"And she brewed wine using the melted snow from Immortal Flying Peak for her husband to drink, selling the remainder to other cultivators in exchange for cultivation resources."

"Unexpectedly, the wine was too delicious, its fame grew, and visitors gradually increased."

"The tavern was expanded higher and higher, from the initial two layers to three, four, five, six... until the seventh layer, her husband successfully ascended, leaving her behind."

"The female cultivator’s focus on brewing wine and the tavern business caused her cultivation to fall behind, and she was unable to ascend."

"Since then, she has remained in Jianxian City, becoming the owner of the tavern."

"This tavern is none other than..."

The storyteller points to a seven-layer high building in the distance, loudly announcing:

"Immortal Brew Tower!"

The crowd immediately erupts in astonished cries.

"So that’s the origin of Immortal Brew Tower?"

"The owner of Immortal Brew Tower is actually a woman? I wonder how she looks!"

"She’s hundreds of years old, you’d want to be an old bull chewing tender grass?"

"Nascent Soul cultivators live for over a thousand years, only a few hundred years old. If she has ways of preserving her appearance, she’d be like a young girl!"

Many in the teahouse are newcomers to Jianxian City these past two days, hearing this oft-told story for the first time, and they are intrigued.

Of course, there are cultivators residing in Jianxian City who find it mundane, loudly calling:

"Mr. Wei, tell us something fresh!"

The storyteller sips more tea and smiles:

"After the old story, I’ll tell a new one—about Saintess Xia, Qin Gengyun, and the Tao Spirit Body. Do you want to hear it?"

"Yes!!"

"Let’s hear that!!"

"I want to hear about Saintess Xia!!"

"Tao Spirit Body? The one who tore down Western Emperor Palace? Damn, hurry up and tell us!"

The cultivators eagerly shout out.

The storyteller strokes his beard and smiles leisurely:

"Speaking of Saintess Xia, everyone knows how she met Loose Cultivator Qin Gengyun in her early difficult years and had no choice but to marry him. Unknowingly, over time, she grew fond of him—the renowned Demon Sect Saintess, the world’s top, completely devoted to a mere loose cultivator."

"Fortunately, Qin Gengyun proved capable, rising from a loose cultivator to a Nascent Soul Great Cultivator, even becoming the Sect Leader of Qinlian Sect, now somewhat worthy of Saintess Xia."

When mentioning Xia Qinglian’s marriage and submission, many cultivators grit their teeth in frustration.

"Damn, this Qin has hit the jackpot!"

"I’ve heard Qin Gengyun lords over his household, with Saintess Xia cooking and doing laundry for him!"

"Damn! He’s the ultimate free-loader!"

"What’s more, don’t you know? Saintess Xia is already pregnant, it’s outrageous!"

The teahouse erupts with indignation, countless male cultivators wishing to tear Qin Gengyun apart alive, but the storyteller brings them back with a clap on the wooden board, laughing heartily:

"Of course, these are no longer secrets. What I want to talk about today is Qin Gengyun’s anecdotes with the Tao Spirit Body!"

Instantly, the teahouse falls into silence, and everyone’s faces show amazement.

The Tao Spirit Body is ranked first on the Ascension Chart, even higher than Saintess Xia, and is a disciple of Immortal Flying Pavilion. How is it that Qin Gengyun has connections with the Tao Spirit Body?

The storyteller laughs heartily: "After the Tao Spirit Body caused a commotion in West Imperial City, she went to Cyan Lotus Mountain intending to challenge Saintess Xia, but arrived to find her gone, learning that Saintess Xia had gone to Northern Wilderness."

"Thus, the Tao Spirit Body journeyed to Northern Wilderness, searched around, and finally found Saintess Xia."

"The two engaged in an intense battle, but neither prevailed, at which time Qin Gengyun appeared, taking advantage of the exhausted Spiritual Power of the Tao Spirit Body, and launched a surprise attack!"

"The Tao Spirit Body was unexpectedly subdued by him and companioned him in Northern Wilderness for several days, yet what happened between them remains unspoken of to outsiders."

In actuality, this storyteller merely strings together known events to craft a story.

As for the subsequent battle between Xia Qinglian and the Tao Spirit Body, the Tao Spirit Body’s ambush and coercion by Qin Gengyun, it was entirely his fabrication.

After all, to sell more tea, he says whatever enhances the show.

At this moment, the teahouse is packed with cultivators who traveled from the Four Domains to witness the ascension ceremony, and the storyteller’s words ignite a heated clamor.

"No way?! Even the Tao Spirit Body has been sullied by Qin Gengyun?!"

"Impossible, the Tao Spirit Body appears once in ten thousand years, a figure of immortal grace, how can Qin Gengyun be worthy?"

"Exactly, the Tao Spirit Body has Words Become Law, dismantling two Seventh-Grade Grand Arrays with a mere couple of sentences. How could she possibly be subdued by Qin Gengyun?"

"You, storyteller, how dare you spout nonsense, aren’t you afraid of retaliation from Immortal Flying Pavilion?"

The storyteller had not anticipated such a fierce reaction from the male cultivators, but having spoken, he could only stick to his guns:

"I’ve been storytelling here for decades, never uttered a false word. The Tao Spirit Body already, already..."

At this point, however, he could not continue, for he himself did not know what had become of the Tao Spirit Body.

"Already what? Speak up!"

"This guy is just making things up, damn it, tear down his teahouse!"

"Daring to slander the Rainbow Fairy, he deserves punishment!"

Many male cultivators were ready to act when suddenly a crisp, pleasant voice rang out:

"I’ve already become Qin Gengyun’s concubine!"