The bearded man hugged his companion and sobbed.
Mo Tiange watched as the tall and strong man cried miserably, and the strange feeling in her heart grew stronger.
What was the relationship between these two people?
Their personalities were obviously very different, but they seemed to be very close to each other, and they even had some kind of commandment …
After crying for a while, the man wiped his face dejectedly when he saw Mo Tiange. "Senior, if you want to kill us, just kill us. We offended you first, so we can only blame ourselves for not following the commandment and not knowing how to recognize people."
Mo Tiange frowned and stared at the man without saying anything.
After a while, seeing that she didn't want to attack, the man raised his head and looked at her with puzzled eyes. "Senior …"
"Are you a Buddhist cultivator?" Mo Tiange suddenly asked.
There was a flash of hesitation in the big man's eyes. He paused for a moment and finally nodded. "Yes, junior is a Buddhist cultivator …"
Sure enough.
In Yunzhong, Buddhist cultivators were different from Dao cultivators; they had stricter commandments.
However, she felt it was quite strange. That wretched man was fine, but this man obviously cared about commandments from time to time, so why did he rob passers-by with her?
"Since you're a Buddhist cultivator, why did you pretend to be a Dao cultivator and rob people here?
Am I the first person you robbed? "
Upon hearing this question, the man fell silent. After a while, he smiled bitterly and said, "Senior, this is my secret, and I'll never tell anyone.
You were indeed the first person we robbed. We hired a child to sell maps at the teleportation circle. If we took a fancy to someone, we would ask him to sell the tampered map to that person … Who knew that we would make a mistake at the first time. We really brought this upon ourselves. "
At this point, he sighed dejectedly. "Senior, if you want to kill me, just kill me. I have nothing to say."
However, after he closed his eyes and waited for a long time, Mo Tiange only asked, "Where does the Ling house go?"
The man opened his eyes and stared blankly at Mo Tiange. "You … won't kill me?"
Mo Tiange looked at him calmly and repeated, "Where does the Ling house go?"
"Over there …" He pointed at the road on the right in a daze.
Mo Tiange nodded then turned around and walked away.
"Senior?!" the man shouted behind her.
Mo Tiange stopped and her gaze turned cold. "What? Do you want me to kill you?"
The burly man hurriedly shook his head and said, "That Inescapable Net …"
Mo Tiange couldn't help but laugh. "Could it be that you still want to go back?"
"…" The burly man was silent. He knew that this was just wishful thinking. They blocked the road and robbed a Core Formation senior. It was already good enough that the senior didn't kill them. How could they possibly return the magic treasure to him?
It was just that, if he lost his life, then it would have been fine. He wouldn't have thought about anything else. But now, his junior brother was dead, and the Heaven and Earth Net was lost, but he was left with his life … How could he face his master?
No, he couldn't continue to be dispirited like this. At the very least, he had to return, return to Mount Baifu!
As he watched Mo Tiange's departing figure, the burly man's gaze gradually became fervent.
Once she was back on the right path, she took out the golden net from her sleeve and examined it carefully.
This net was woven from an unknown golden thread. It was exquisite and light as if it was weightless.
The spiritual energy attached to it was very strange. It was very different from the spiritual energy of cultivators. Could it be Buddhist energy?
After thinking for a while, she shook her head, threw the golden net into her Qiankun Bag, and continued forward.
In fact, if she wanted to know the inside story, she could've used the Soul-Searching Technique on that burly man. However, this wasn't a big deal, so it wasn't worth it.
For the current her, this was a trivial matter. She hated that wretched man, so she just killed him. If she didn't want to kill the bearded burly man, then she wouldn't kill him.
There was no need to think about the consequences. With strength, many problems wouldn't be a problem.
After taking the path on the right, a courtyard made of white stones soon appeared in front of him. At the entrance of the courtyard, there were several low-level Aura Refining cultivators guarding the door. If any cultivators came to visit, they would chat with them.
As Mo Tiange approached, someone immediately came to greet her. "Senior, are you here to rent an Immortal's Cave?"
Mo Tiange nodded. "Yes."
That person immediately said, "Please come with me."
Mo Tiange followed the Aura Refining cultivator into the courtyard and into a room. This room looked like an ordinary study, similar to Xuanqing School's steward's hall. There was a wide table on one side, and a Foundation Building cultivator was lying motionlessly on the table, holding a wine bottle in his hand. The whole room reeked of alcohol.
When the Aura Refining cultivator who led Mo Tiange into the room saw her eyebrows twitching unconsciously, he hastily opened the window then stepped forward to push the seemingly drunk Foundation Building cultivator. "Second Uncle, Second Uncle!"
After a while, the cultivator finally moved. Without raising his head, he said with dissatisfaction, "What do you want?!"
The Aura Refining cultivator smiled apologetically. "Second Uncle, there's a Foundation Building senior here to rent an Immortal's Cave."
"Oh."
After a while, the cultivator finally reacted. He rubbed his eyes, stretched his body and shifted his gaze to Mo Tiange.
Seeing that Mo Tiange was a young woman, the cultivator slightly curbed his arrogance and said, "Fellow Daoist, are you here to rent an Immortal's Cave?"
"En," Mo Tiange answered calmly.
This cultivator from Ling Clan looked very young. He looked to be about thirty years old. He had a short beard and a ruddy complexion.
Unfortunately, he was too slovenly and looked very sloppy.
The cultivator glanced at her then pointed at the chair across from him. "Please sit."
Mo Tiange looked at the dark blue Daoist robe at the cuffs of his sleeves then at the chair. After a moment of hesitation, she cautiously sat down.
Upon seeing her expression, the cultivator probably felt embarrassed. His face turned slightly red and he rolled up his sleeves.
"May I know what kind of Immortal's Cave Fellow Daoist wants to rent?"
Mo Tiange said, "I'm not familiar with Sky Snow City, so I don't know what's different about the Immortal's Cave your manor rents. Fellow Daoist, please tell me."
"Oh, I see!" The cultivator nodded then took a scroll from the table. He then spread it open with his hand.
This scroll was extremely large and practically covered the entire table. The shape of a mountain was drawn on it. Obviously, it was a map of White Stone Mountain.
Between the mountain rocks, there were many circles drawn. These circles varied in size and color. Some were white, some were blue, some were green, and some were purple. Some were ticked, and some weren't.
The cultivator from Ling Clan said, "Our Ling Clan's Immortal's Cave is divided into four kinds according to the spiritual aura.
The purple one has the richest spiritual aura, the green one is barely passable, the blue one is slightly worse, and the white one only has a little bit of spiritual aura.
The size of the circles indicates the size of the Immortal's Cave. A small Immortal's Cave only has three stone rooms, while a medium-sized Immortal's Cave has everything you need: a cultivation room, a spiritual beast room, a pill-concocting room, a medicinal garden — whatever you want, you can have it. A large Immortal's Cave not only has all these, but it also has a cultivation room for disciples and juniors.
As for the price, the bigger the Immortal's Cave, the more expensive it is. "
At this point, the cultivator raised his head and glanced at Mo Tiange. "Is Fellow Daoist alone?"
"Yes."
"If Fellow Daoist is alone, it doesn't need to be too big. You can choose a small or medium-sized one."
Mo Tiange nodded, expressing her agreement. "Then what's the price according to the spiritual aura?"
The cultivator didn't answer her question. Instead, he asked, "Fellow Daoist, do you want to stay here permanently or temporarily?"
Mo Tiange thought for a moment then said, "Maybe for a few months, maybe for a year or two."
"Then it's neither too long nor too short."
The cultivator muttered to himself then said, "Fellow Daoist, we rent caves on a daily basis and an annual basis. The daily rent is three times higher than the annual rent. If you want to stay for more than four months, we'll rent it annually. Otherwise, we'll rent it daily."
"En …" Mo Tiange thought for a moment then said, "Then we'll rent it annually."
The cultivator nodded. "According to the medium-sized Immortal's Cave, the annual rent is 400 spirit stones for a purple Immortal's Cave, 280 spirit stones for a green Immortal's Cave, 150 spirit stones for a blue Immortal's Cave, and only 30 spirit stones for a white Immortal's Cave."
He quickly sized up Mo Tiange then said, "Fellow Daoist, you're a Foundation Building cultivator and your cultivation level is quite high. Not to mention the purple Immortal's Cave, I think you should be able to afford the green and blue Immortal's Caves."
Mo Tiange said, "280 spirit stones a year, 150 spirit stones a year — this price isn't low, right?"
Even if it was a white Immortal's Cave, which cost 30 spirit stones a year, ordinary Aura Refining cultivators couldn't afford it. Back when she was in Yunwu Sect, she only had to pay five spirit stones a month.
The Ling clan cultivator laughed and said, "Fellow Daoist, don't look down on Ling Clan's Immortal's Cave. Even if it's a white Immortal's Cave, it's still much better than other places in Sky Snow City. Coupled with the function of white spirit stones, it's very difficult to find an Immortal's Cave like this in other cities."
What he said wasn't false.
For example, on North Pole Island, the inn's small courtyard cost one spirit stone a day, which was equivalent to more than 300 spirit stones a year. Moreover, the spiritual aura there was only average.
On her way here, Mo Tiange only felt that although the spirit veins here were also average, when paired with white spirit stones, they could be considered above average.
"Alright," Mo Tiange said, "I want a blue Immortal's Cave. A small one is fine. How many spirit stones?"
When the Ling clan cultivator heard this, he glanced at her with slight astonishment, but he didn't say anything. He just answered, "80 spirit stones a year."
This price was also affordable for ordinary Foundation Building cultivators. Mo Tiange nodded, took out a small bag of spirit stones from her Qiankun Bag, handed it over, and poured it on the table. "This is a year's rent."
The Ling clan cultivator roughly glanced at it then flicked his sleeve. In an instant, only a few spirit stones remained on the table.
Mo Tiange looked down and was a bit surprised. She didn't count them in detail; she just roughly counted them. This cultivator only glanced at them, but he actually counted them?
After receiving the spirit stones, the Ling clan cultivator said, "Alright, Fellow Daoist, you can see for yourself where you want to live. If there's no tick, it means there's currently no one living there. You can choose whichever you like."
Mo Tiange put away the few remaining spirit stones on the table then lowered her head to look at the scroll. In the end, she chose a small blue circle in the corner. "I'll stay here."
The Ling clan cultivator nodded. He gathered spiritual aura on his fingertips and pointed at the small blue circle. The circle shone with a blue light and a tick appeared.
Then he took out a jade tablet from his Qiankun Bag, cast a spell on it, and handed it over. "This is the Immortal's Cave Tablet. Fellow Daoist, keep it well."
Mo Tiange took it. "Thank you."
The Ling clan cultivator waved his hand and shouted, "Xiaoshun, come here!"
The low-level cultivator who led Mo Tiange into the Immortal's Cave hurriedly ran inside. "Second Uncle."
The cultivator pointed at Mo Tiange. "Take her to Immortal's Cave No. 23."
"Yes." The low-level cultivator turned to Mo Tiange. "Senior, please."
When Mo Tiange walked out of the room, she couldn't help but shake her head when she saw the Ling clan cultivator holding the wine bottle again.
There were actually cultivators in this world who loved wine so much.
After she walked far away, the Ling clan cultivator held the wine bottle, rubbed his nose, and said to himself, "He has so many treasures, but he only lives in a blue Immortal's Cave, and it's even a small one. He's really stingy …"