Chase

"Brother Long, it was you who told me about your crush on Ye QingQing. Why are you getting so angry now?"

*Slash*

Lei Kongming: *dodge*

*boom* The place where Lei Kongming was previously standing now had a big sword mark.

"Lei! Kongming! Didn't I later tell you that it was because of my childhood ignorance, and you even promised me that you would not tell anyone about it."

*Slash*

Lei Kongming: *dodge*

*boom*

"…...Brother Long, I forget about it."

"So, you forgot about the promise but not my dark history?"

*Slash*

Lei Kongming: *dodge*

*boom*

At this time, Lei Kongming felt a little guilty but then started trying to think of a way to get rid of Lei Longwei's chase. He then discovered that several young men were relaxing under a tree, and coincidentally, they were the ones most interested in Lei Longwei and Ye QingQing's gossip yesterday evening.

"Brother Kong, how are you?" said one of the young men. "Eh? Brother Long, you are also here. Congratulations on getting your dream bride."

It would have been fine if they hadn't said anything, but now, after hearing this, Lei Longwei's anger soared to another level.

*Slash*

Lei Kongming: *dodge*

*boom*

Lei Kongming: *run* *run* *run*

Lei Longwei: *Chase* *Chase* *Chase*

...….

Lei Kongming exhales a long breath as he wakes up from his cultivation. Yesterday, after getting rid of Lei LongWei's chase, he returned to his courtyard and started his cultivation. However, even after cultivating for the whole night, his cultivation didn't improve much. Most of the Qi he absorbed was taken away by the black orb.

He also forgot to ask about Aunt Hu, Lei Longwei's mother, and Lei Shilong's wife. It seems that she is responsible for the selection of disciples from Xiangyun City this time. He wanted to get some details about the selection process from her.

'It seems now is the time to go to the market to pick up leaks.' Thought Lei Kongming as he stood up to leave his courtyard.

It has become his habit to search the market every 3 or 4 days to see if he can find anything useful for cheap. He uses his intuition, like partial memories from his second life, to check if there are any unknown items that are underpriced. You could say it is one of his part-time jobs. Although he doesn't gain much, it usually helps him get some extra income to support his cultivation.

Walking towards the west of the city, Lei Kongming can see rows of luxurious buildings and some street stalls from time to time. The street stalls are actually Lei Kongming's real target because most shop owners have appraisers who can help them identify the value of goods. Due to this, the chances of him finding a bargain in these shops are very low.

As he moved towards the west city gate and a little further away from the bustling business center, more and more street stalls came into his view. However, it may be because he was unlucky today that he did not find anything. Yet, he was not disappointed because it had happened a lot in the past.

He walks out of the west city gate and moves towards the Jade River Mountain, which is a part of the Misty Mountain Range, a place where most of the powerful beast clans live.

Compared to the entire Misty Mountain Range, Jade River Mountain can be considered quite small and is separated from the Misty Mountain Range by a river. It is also enveloped in a formation laid by the Purple Cloud Palace, which not only prevents Golden Core beasts from entering the mountain but also monitors the positions of all Foundation Building beasts as well as cultivators. Because Jade River Mountain is separated from most of the Misty Mountain range by a river, it helps reduce the risk of beast tides.

The Purple Cloud Palace built this formation to train its disciples. Since the positions of all the foundation building beasts and cultivators can be tracked, it has become a very good training ground.

They also allow any Qi refining practitioner to enter as long as they pay the fees. However, when it comes to foundation building, only disciples of the Purple Cloud Palace are allowed. If any unknown foundation-building cultivator sneaks in, they will be detected using the formation and captured.

As Lei Kongming reached the foot of the mountain, he found a large area consisting of stalls. This market is under the supervision of the Purple Cloud Palace, which makes it convenient for people entering Jade River Mountain to easily sell their goods nearby and it can also provide security.

Moving further, Lei Kongming showed his token to the patrolling guards and entered the mountain. It is very difficult to guard the entire mountain and prevent anyone from sneaking in without sealing it entirely. However, if they seal the mountain, it will also prevent beasts from the Misty Mountain range from entering, thereby reducing their numbers. So, the Purple Cloud Palace decided to patrol the outskirts of the mountain and check everyone for tokens.

The token Lei Kongming possessed was given by his clan. The Purple Cloud Palace sells these tokens to large clans so they don't have to wait and buy an entry pass each time they enter Jade River Mountain. Each token also has a one-year limit, as the Purple Cloud Palace reissues these tokens annually, causing the previous ones to become invalid.

After entering the mountain, Lei Kongming moves toward the outer edge of the middle area, where most beasts have the strength of the peak Qi refining realm, and a few are at the early level foundation building realm. Although he has the strength to fight some weak foundation building beasts, it is easy to attract unwanted attention, so he still decides to target those Qi refining realm beasts.

Soon, Lei Kongming reaches a forest, which is also the beginning of the middle area, but he doesn't go inside as it is very easy to encounter early level foundation building realm beasts there.