Chapter 1341: Eccentric Merchant Lao
Staying silent inside the small cave that was located close to the city lord’s mansion, Chu Yang could not help taking out his communication talisman to check on whether or not he had gotten a response from Elder Dust Fairy during the time he had spent wandering around the outskirts of the city and asking about the situation of the place.
Hm? She already responded?
However, though he had turned to check his communication talisman for a response, he hadn’t actually expected to see one. Mainly because he had contact Elder Dust Fairy not through her own communication talismans, but through one of the sect’s standard communication systems in place for disciples to contact the different elders in case something that warranted an elders help happened.
Unknown to Chu Yang, who still thought of himself as a disciple of the sect, his communication to the sect had long since been prioritized and would immediately go through to the elder he wanted to contact. Resulting in Elder Dust Fairy learning about the existence of the eccentric merchant almost the same second that the information reached the Star Shattering Sect.
She wants to bring him back to the sect…
And reading through the short message, Elder Dust Fairy made it clear that she wanted to recruit the eccentric merchant into the sect and make him a part of the sect’s information network. Even stating that she had already informed one of the sect’s Domain Lord Realm cultivators about the situation and the Domain Lord Realm cultivator in question had already left the sect to pick up the eccentric merchant and bring him.
Instructing Chu Yang to leave a communication talisman and something that could be used to identify him when the Domain Lord Realm cultivator of the sect appeared.
Isn’t this too much…? I just mentioned that he seems good at blending in and avoiding danger, is there a need for something like this?
Not able to understand why Elder Dust Fairy attached so much importance to the eccentric merchant, even to the point where she had somehow managed to convince Elder Song to dispatch a Domain Lord Realm Elder of the sect to pick him, Chu Yang could not help turning to take a second glance at the eccentric merchant.
No matter how he looked at it, he just couldn’t see what had caused Elder Dust Fairy to seemingly go all in to bring this person back to the sect. After all, his cultivation was only at the Peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm and while his skill in terms of avoiding danger and blending in was impressive in his eyes, they weren’t at the level that required the level of importance that Elder Dust Fairy seemed to attach to bring him back to the sect.
Whatever, this has nothing to do with me and is Elder Dust Fairy’s decision. If she thinks it’s worth it, I won’t question it. After all, my specialty isn’t in the field of information gathering…
Shaking his head as he thought about this while still looking at the eccentric merchant who was fully focused on recovering his strength so he could safely make it back out the way he had come from, Chu Yang decided to formally invite him to the Star Shattering Sect after he finished recovering and also inform him that someone would come to pick him up.
Considering his identity as nothing more than a small merchant who spent his time tinkering away with small trinkets to be sold inside the Demon Mountain City, Chu Yang didn’t consider that the merchant would refuse.
After all, he would be far safer as a member of the Star Shattering Sect compared to what he was doing for a living at the moment, while at the same time he would also stand a far better chance at advancing his cultivation in the future by joining the Star Shattering Sect.
In case he had a family of some sort, they could also join him and live inside the Falling Star City located at the base of the Ninth Star Peak.
Like this, a few hours quickly flew by with Chu Yang and the eccentric merchant both quietly sitting inside the small cave as one was recovering his strength and waiting for the situation outside to calm down, while the second was just waiting for the other to finish recovering his strength so he could officially extend an invitation to join the Star Shattering Sect on behalf of Elder Dust Fairy.
“Finally recovered enough to go through that tunnel again, though the situation outside should still be a few hours before it calms down again…” It was just after the four-hour mark of them having reached the small cave that the eccentric merchant finally finished fully recovering his strength, as he opened both of his eyes while muttering this to himself.
Although four hours had already flown by, it was clear that the eccentric merchant was still not ready to leave the small cave and return to the city. Fearing that the wandering cultivators at the Nascent Soul Realm were still roaming the streets of the city looking for any weaker cultivators that they could use to scout the way for them inside the ancient ruins.
“Recovered?” Sitting only a few meters away from him, Chu Yang instantly noticed this, as he asked to confirm that he could start what would likely turn into a rather long conversation.
“Hm? Ah! Yes, I’m fine now. Unfortunately, I’m not in the Core Formation like you, so holding my breath for such a long time is a rather difficult endeavor. Unfortunately emptying the water from the tunnel is impossible, as the river water would soon seep in and fill up the place again within a few hours…” Nodding his head in response as he said this with a somewhat embarrassed expression on his face, the eccentric merchant turned around to face Chu Yang. Not having forgotten about the stranger that had travelled along with him into the city and one of his hiding spots across the city.
Although he was normally not someone to easily make friends with stranger, he found himself strangely attached to Chu Yang, who seemed like a good person from his interactions with him so far.
Not to mention, considering that he was someone in the Core Formation Realm and stronger than him, he didn’t fear him doing anything against him, as he would have long since had an opportunity to do so while they were traveling towards the Demon Mountain City.
After all, even though the city had countless powerful cultivators in the Nascent Soul Realm and above, none of them would care about a small merchant in the Foundation Establishment Realm like himself being attacked on the road to the city.
Only if something happened inside the city itself would these powerful cultivators take act, as it could be considered damaging to the reputation of the city if someone could just kill people inside the city without anything happening.
“Good, I have something to talk to you about, an opportunity that I’m sure you won’t give up on…” Nodding his head as he heard what the eccentric merchant said, Chu Yang put on a far more serious expression as he officially extended an invitation towards the eccentric merchant. Inviting him to join the Star Shattering Sect.
Although the merchant was extremely confused at first, as he had never really heard about the Star Shattering Sect from the small village, he spent most of his life in. After asking about the sect itself and the reason why he had been invited to join the sect, the eccentric merchant was soon fully convinced and decided to agree on becoming a part of the Star Shattering Sect.
Of course, one of the main reasons why he trusted Chu Yang’s words was the fact that Chu Yang personally demonstrated his Domain Lord Realm strength to the merchant. Fully convincing him of the strength of the Star Shattering Sect that Chu Yang had told him about.
At the same time, Chu Yang also managed to learn more about the eccentric merchant and who he was.
For one, the name of the eccentric merchant was Lao and second, Lao was far younger than he had first thought, being only a little over a hundred years old.
Although he was still old considering the lifespan of those in the Foundation Establishment only being 200 years, he wasn’t old enough that he wouldn’t stand a chance of reaching the Core Formation Realm on his own before his lifespan ran out. Especially considering that he was already at the Peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm
And so, following the conversation between the two coming to an end, Chu Yang handed him a few different cultivation resources along with the communication talisman and other things Elder Dust Fairy had asked him to give the eccentric merchant Lao before he left him on his own inside the cave. Not intending to stay around and wait in there for another twelve hours like Lao was planning to do…
