Cheng Qi took one last look at the small house, then closed the door and walked to the open space in front of the house with Li Tianyan. “Young master, let’s go.”

“Yes.” Li Tianyan threw out a spiritual sword, pulled Cheng Qi, and landed on the spiritual sword together, taking advantage of the night to rush to the capital with the sword.

This was Cheng Qi’s first time flying with a sword. He  blinked in novelty as he watched Hejia Village and Qiluan Mountain whizzing past in front of his eyes under the moonlight. He remembered that when he first saw the disciples of Tianfan Immortal Sect a few years ago, they came with swords like this. At that time, Cheng Qi was filled with envy, and he didn’t expect that he could do it now.

Li Tianyan effortlessly controlled the flying sword at his feet. He noticed the smile on Cheng Qi’s face, put one arm around his waist, and pulled him closer. “What are you smiling at?”

“It’s nothing, I just feel very good. It’s fun.” Cheng Qi opened his arms and leaned back against Li Tianyan, feeling the wind falling on his body during flight, and narrowed his eyes slightly in comfort.

“Stand still.” Li Tianyan’s hand on Cheng Qi’s waist tightened slightly, and he controlled the spiritual sword to flip and jump in the air. Sure enough, he heard a burst of joyful laughter coming from Cheng Qi, and the corners of Li Tianyan’s mouth also couldn’t help but rise slightly.

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The capital of Zidong Kingdom.

“Waiter, please bring some plates of snacks and a pot of tea.”

“Okay, sir, please sit inside.”

“Waiter, add some water and another plate of peanuts.”

“Sir, please wait a moment. I’ll be back soon.”

In the early morning, the teahouse was already full of guests who came to drink morning tea. The waiters in the teahouse were busy with cloth towels on their shoulders and holding a kettle.

Li Tianyan and Cheng Qi traveled all night and arrived in the capital before dawn. However, they did not rush to the Crown Prince’s Mansion. Instead, they found a lively teahouse to rest.

The capital was the imperial city of Zidong Kingdom. Princes, nobles, and ministers could be seen everywhere under the emperor’s feet. The people here were obviously better dressed than the people in other places. Cheng Qi looked at the pedestrians coming and going outside the window and found that except for soldiers, there were even fewer warriors in the capital.

“Last night, the daughter-in-law of the family named Li next door to us didn’t come home all night. The whole family is so anxious, they went to the Yamen to report early this morning.”

“I heard the missing daughter-in-law is pregnant. Is it true?”

“Yes, she is almost seven months along. Originally, her family did not let her go out alone, but yesterday the old lady at home was not feeling well, so the daughter-in-law went out to get some medicine for her mother-in-law. After a while, the person disappeared.”

“In recent years, I have often heard of pregnant women disappeared, but I never paid close attention to it.”

“I didn’t realize it before, I never expected this kind of thing to happen around me.”

“Hey, there is no peace at the foot of the emperor. These human traffickers are so rampant.”

Not long after Li Tianyan and Cheng Qi sat down, they heard someone mention the disappearance of the pregnant woman. Cheng Qi’s face darkened at the mention.

“Young master, if that woman is really a snake demon, wouldn’t she already have the cultivation of a demon king? Can the secular world still arouse the interest of a demon king?” Cheng Qi asked Li Tianyan in a low voice.

Through the memory of the evil female cultivator, Cheng Qi also knew a little more about the cultivation world and knew that demons must cultivate to the level of demon king before they could transform. But the demon king’s strength was comparable to a Core Formation cultivator, and mortal flesh and blood had no effect on them.

“Dragon Transformation Grass,” Li Tianyan opened his mouth to remind him that with the transformable spiritual grass, one could transform into a human form without having to cultivate to the level of Demon King.

“The young master means that this snake demon in the capital is the beast that ate the Dragon Transformation Grass on Qiluan Mountain and used the Zhenxian Tower to survive the tribulation,” Cheng Qi said in surprise, then he couldn’t help but say angrily, “This demon used the Zhenxian Tower to protect herself from the heavenly thunder and almost caused a catastrophe. She escaped the thunder tribulation, but instead of practicing honestly, she actually went to the imperial city to cause trouble.”

“Haha, her ambition is not small,” Li Tianyan said with a sneer.

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“Look, it’s the Imperial Master.”

At this moment, someone in the teahouse shouted, and Li Tianyan and Cheng Qi turned to look out the window. They saw a carriage with Yin-Yang Bagua patterns underneath, surrounded by a group of people wearing Taoist robes, slowly passing by the street. Li Tianyan’s eyes fell on the tall and thin man sitting in the carriage.

“The Imperial Master seems to be going to the altar to pray for blessings today.”

“I heard that the Imperial Master is a true man of Taoism. Not only is he powerful in cultivation, he can control the wind and rain, but his alchemy skills are even more impressive.”

Hearing that, everyone in the teahouse was shocked. Cheng Qi couldn’t help but curl his lips, “Isn’t it just the fifth level of Qi Condensation?”

Cheng Qi also noticed that the man’s foundation was messy, and he had several different spiritual powers mixed together. He couldn’t understand how he advanced to the fifth level of Qi Condensation.

The aura of Li Tianyan, who also had a mixed spiritual root, was very pure. The five different spiritual powers were not mixed with confusion at all. It felt like five single spiritual roots. But the guy below was far from it.

Tan Eyu sensed a familiar aura and her figure appeared next to Cheng Qi. She crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes to look at the cultivator wearing a robe underneath, and said, “That’s the guy.”

Seeing the man who had seriously injured herself before, Tan Eyu’s eyes burned with uncontrollable anger.

“It’s really the one who sells fake medicine.” Although Cheng Qi had guessed it a long time ago, he still found it incredible. He and the young master had heard about this cultivator for a long time, but they had never seen him. Finally, they met in the secular world.