Long-term Vision

The Purple Lake

The scenery remained the same, but not many people was paying attention to it. Most cultivators and mortals were looking at the few men and women in the tea pavilion admiring in awe, with mixed feelings:

"...how majestic."

"That's for sure! They are genuine disciples of the Mystery Sect, not like the scattered cultivators in our small place, who work hard every day for a tiny bit of spiritual energy. Their sect is originally located on the spiritual peak and has a special spiritual energy array, so they don't worry about the spiritual energy when all kinds of resources are available."

"Yes, I heard that the one at the lead is an inner disciple invited by the Juel family from the Mystery Sect to compete for the position of the Cabinet Elder of the Violet Cloud Town, with a prominent status and extraordinary strength, who can suppress all the cultivators in the Violet Cloud Town."

"Every inner disciple of the the Mystery Sect is God's favored one among the cultivators, with extraordinary qualifications. All of them are cultivators with more than five grades. It is more than enough for them to suppress a mere Violet Cloud Town."

"The Juel family is originally one of the three major cultivation families in the Violet Cloud Town. Now with the support of the inner disciple of the Mystery Sect, the Juel family must already have the position of the Cabinet Elder."

Hearing the information revealed by the conversations of the cultivators around, Luke was somewhat moved.

The Violet Cloud Town was a free gathering place for cultivators. Originally, it was just a very simple camp. After hundreds of years of historical precipitation and development, it gradually took shape. It also had the obvious leaders-the guardian of the Violet Cloud and four cabinet elders who assisted in the management.

The town guardian took charge of all matters in the Violet Cloud Town. The following four cabinet elders were in charge of the market, the auction, the purple cabinet and the guard battalion respectively.

The market referred to the streets of the market, where daily transactions were made among the scattered cultivators. There were three streets in the town, one of which was for daily spiritual objects, and the other two were occupied by foreign cultivators and hunting cultivators respectively to mainly sell spiritual animal materials, talismanic weapons and elixirs.

The auction was held once every half month. The cultivators offered rare and valuable items for centralized auction and the auction charged handling fees. The profits were not much lower than the transaction tax collected by the market over time.

As for the purple cabinet, it was responsible for registering the cultivators who settled in the Violet Cloud Town, which was equivalent to a cultivator's household register. According to their strength, they could hold positions in the purple cabinet and receive remunerations for various tasks.

The guard battalion referred to the defense forces of the Violet Cloud Town, which were composed of the elites of the purple cabinet.

To put it mildly, the town guardian was responsible for all affairs. In fact, the rights and benefits were concentrated in the hands of the four cabinet elders. The own guardian had become a mouthpiece among the four forces.

The Juel family had already mastered a position of the cabinet elders and was responsible for the auction of the Violet Cloud Town. However, due to the broken isolation life card of the previous cabinet elder in charge of the guard battalion, the three families had set their eyes on this strongest defense force in the Violet Cloud Town and wanted to hold it in their hands.

Although Luke was not a cultivator, his vision was by no means under that of an ordinary cultivator. He knew that the combination of the power of the guard battalion and the power of the auction would definitely double the income. It was for this reason that the Juel family invited Flora's fellow senior brother of the Mystery Sect to come over to support, hoping to establish the top position in the Violet Cloud Town at one stroke.

Spiritual wine, spiritual tea, spiritual fruits and spiritual spring were all superficial gadgets. Who knew what kind of benefits had been promised in private?

At the thought of his 23 spiritual coins, he had managed to save up, Luke smiled bitterly in his heart:

"This world is much crueler than the Earth. Ordinary people have no human rights. Only when they are separated from ordinary people can they have a little autonomy. Otherwise, it is not certain when they will be killed."

I must gather up 100 spiritual coins as soon as possible and strive to join the Mystery Sect!

Luke repeatedly admonished himself.

"Hey."

At this moment, Danny's urgent exclamation came from the depths of the Purple Bamboo Forest:

"Luke, Luke, it's running towards you! Stop it!"

Luke pulled a wry face. He didn't expect this boy to find a snow rabbit.

But...

How to stop it?

Although he had eaten three spiritual fruits and his physique was stronger than that of adults, but he was far from the speed of snow rabbits.

In a flash of inspiration, Luke took off the slingshot hanging around his waist and pulled out a piece of spiritual coin at the same time. This thing was made by him when he was bored a few days ago.

At this time, a shadow of a snow-white velvet ball sped out from the depths of the Purple Bamboo Forest.

Although it was a bit extravagant to use spiritual stone, but the only thing on his body that could act as a "stone" was spiritual coins. Luke didn't want to disappoint Danny. He didn't think much about it at present. His movements were flat and neat. As soon as he pulled and loosened it, the spiritual stone was shot out at an astonishing speed.

Snow Rabbit was pseudo-spiritual animal and was extremely sensitive to spiritual energy. When it heard the sound of breaking air, its body jerked and it was hit on the forehead by the spiritual stone.

The snow rabbit fell to the ground like a fuzz ball, with its belly facing the sky revealing four small short legs, the spiritual stone just fell on its belly, looked very funny.

Luke was dumbfounded.

He didn't expect an unintentional move to actually hit a snow rabbit, this, this...

Danny chased out of the forest, grabbed the snow rabbit and the spiritual coin on the ground, and came up with a face of shock: "You are amazing, Luke!"

"..."

Luke smiled and said nothing.

Just then, many people noticed the snow rabbit in Danny's hand and gathered around in surprise.

"Wow, snow Rabbit?"

"These two boys are quite lucky. They have actually caught a pseudo-spiritual animal, which is hard to find for a cultivator."

"It's alive?"

"Little brother, I'll give you ten spiritual coins. Sell me the snow rabbit please."

There was an offer from a cultivator in the crowd.

Danny didn't expect the snow rabbit to be worth so much money. He immediately had no idea and said, "This, this snow rabbit was caught by my brother. Luke?"

Whenever he had no idea, he would turn to his most trusted brother.

Luke was still thinking about why the snow rabbit stopped clumsily. Seeing that his mind was racing, ten spiritual coins were not many.

The flesh and blood of the pseudo-spiritual animal was worth seven or eight spiritual coins. The key was that the snow rabbit in his hand was alive, of which the hidden meaning was much, he could not be fooled.

At this moment, the crowd was suddenly separated by an invisible force, and a line of people came up, led by none other than Miss Flora and her senior brother of the Mystery Sect.

Although Flora and others set a barrier when enjoying the lake, it was one-way and they could still hear the sounds outside.

The sudden gathering of people outside the tea pavilion still attracted their attention, especially when they heard the words "spiritual animal", they couldn't help getting up to watch-After all, the Purple Bamboo Forest was a relatively safe area, and there should be no spiritual animal here.

A group of six people walked into the crowd and immediately saw Danny bewildered and Luke carrying a snow rabbit which was like a velvet ball.

"Ah! What a lovely spiritual animal!"

Another female cultivator among the six was immediately attracted by the snow rabbit in Luke's arms.

Facts have proved once again that furry, petite and delicate rabbits were indeed irresistible for girls, regardless of age.

"Senior sister, it's just a pseudo-spiritual animal..."

"But I like it, senior brother." The female cultivator, who looked only seventeen or eighteen years old, also had some beauty. Her eyes were fixed on her senior brother expectantly and she begged, "I didn't bring spiritual stones with me this time …" Speaking of which, all the people present knew the meaning behind.

The cultivator who offered before was very sensible and withdrew decisively to watch the reaction of the disciple of the Mystery Sect.

"Well, since my sister likes it, we'll buy it. How much do you plan to sell this pseudo-spiritual animal, little brother?"

Danny obviously was impressed by this group of people in front of him. He stepped back half a step timidly and honestly, buried his head and did not speak. He gave full power to Luke.

Please, this is the rabbit you asked me to help you shoot down. It should be your thing.

Luke was speechless and had a headache.

To tell the truth, he was not very clear about the prices of spiritual animals and pseudo-spiritual animals.

And...

If he really sold it with a high price, there were many cultivators and mortals watching by the Purple Lake today, soon the attendants in the Violet Cloud Town would know that he has made a windfall. In case other down-and-out cultivators covet his fortune, he would disappear from the Violet Cloud Town at any time.

At this thought, Luke grabbed the snow rabbit's ear and handed it to the female cultivator, showing a childlike innocent smile:

"Since sister likes it, it's for you. It's a stupid bunny anyway."

"Poof!"

The female cultivators and others were amused by Luke's phrase "stupid bunny" and laughed.

However, those scattered cultivators and mortals were showing the expression of exceedingly pity and looking at him like he was a fool, as if they were saying:

"It turns out he's a silly boy."

"A live snow rabbit is worth at least 50 spiritual coins. It can even be sold to a female cultivator of a large family for a higher price. He actually gave it out for nothing!"

"He doesn't know how to cherish a good windfall."

Many people shook their heads and sighed.

Even ordinary people knew that the snow rabbit was of great value. How could Miss Juel and the disciples of the Mystery Sect not know the value of the pseudo-spiritual animal?

Although it was as light as drizzle to them, they were all from the bottom.

Flora said with a smile:

"Elena."

"Yes, Miss."

Elena came from behind the crowd.

Luke blinked at her, not expecting that she was also serving alongside.

Flora didn't notice this and ordered with a smile, "You bring fifty spiritual coins to this little brother."

Elena took out the spiritual coins and then noticed that the boy in front of her was the little brother Luke who she had met not long before. Her movements were half a beat slower, showing a look of astonishment.

"It's you?"

"Sister Elena."

"Oh? Do you know each other?"

Flora looked at the two, and Elena hurriedly explained and told the lady that it was entirely up to this little brother to buy spiritual fruits and spiritual spring in a short time today.

The group of people of the Mystery Sect nodded slowly.

It was a simple child.

He was kind-hearted, too.

And he did not lust for gold.

"Are you the attendant of Cultivator Theo Lewiston?"

"Yes."

Luke answered respectfully.

"We Juel family never mistreat people. What do you think of us buying this snow rabbit with thess 50 spiritual coins?"

The cultivators and mortals gathering around were getting short of breath.

Fifty spiritual coins, were enough for a mortal to live a rich life, and were also a good resource for a cultivator.

The disciples of the Mystery Sect looked at Luke with a smile and wanted to know how he would answer.

Although Luke wanted to take the 50 spiritual coins, his reason told him that he could not take the money!

It was too difficult to accept!

Luke gritted his teeth:

"I'm sorry, my lady, what is said cannot be unsaid! This snow rabbit has already been given to this beautiful sister, so it can no longer be sold to you."

Flora didn't expect that he would not be tempted by her offer of 50 coins. If he had been someone else, he would have knelt down and thanked her immediately. She pulled a wry face in consternation and turned back to say, "Is it a silly boy? He does not earn the money when he has the chance."

"That's not necessarily true."

The leading senior brother looked at the little scar on the snow rabbit's forehead, and his eyes flashed with an unusual look. He said, "Since the younger brother insists on not accepting the coins, junior sister, please accept it."

Luke handed over the snow rabbit to the female cultivator of the Mystery Sect, feeling like a big stone had been lifted from his heart and relieved secretly.