Running away from Mei Hua
When the guards were close to catching Li Wei, he elevated his spiritual energy to the maximum, causing a shockwave that pushed all the guards away.
"I'm afraid if you want to kill me, you'll have to come yourself", Li Wei told Mei Hua.
'How can he be so strong while still in the Foundation Establishment realm? Was he hiding his power?', Mei Hua thought while elevating her spiritual energy to the maximum, demonstrating that she was at the mid-level of the Golden Core realm.
"You overestimate yourself", said Mei Hua.
Li Wei was not intimidated by her spiritual energy and launched himself towards her at an incredible speed.
After an exchange of blows, Li Wei was at a disadvantage, as the number of wounds accumulating on his body was visible.
'Unless I use my wings, I won't be able to beat her', Li Wei thought as he received a blow to the chest and was sent flying, crashing to the ground and creating a small crater.
"Surrender, although you are stronger than anyone in the Foundation Establishment realm, you are nothing in the face of the power of a mid-level Golden Core genius", Mei Hua said while in the air.
'She is right, the difference between our realms is too great', Li Wei thought as he stood up and spat blood.
'It's not in my interest to continue this battle. Even if I use my wings for combat, I may not necessarily win, as I feel she is stronger than she has shown so far.'
"This time I lost, but the next time we meet, I will defeat you", Li Wei said as two black wings appeared on his back.
'What the hell is that?', Mei Hua wondered as she looked at the two black wings emerging from Li Wei's back.
When Li Wei brought out his wings, he turned and started flying at a speed comparable to the high level of the Golden Core realm.
"Coward, come back here and don't run away!", Mei Hua shouted but didn't pursue him for long because she realized her speed was inferior to Li Wei's.
'From today on, I have to live by keeping a low profile and hiding my face,' Li Wei thought with annoyance as he consumed the recovery pills that Zhang Yin gave him.
...
While flying in a random direction, Li Wei visualized a rather large city and stopped to join the queue at the entrance.
When it was his turn, they asked him a couple of questions, and since he was a cultivator, he had to pay 3 spiritual stones to enter.
After entering the city, he headed to a herb store to sell the spiritual plants he had obtained in the secret realm and managed to sell them for 1350 spiritual stones.
He was able to get a lot because the spiritual plants he obtained in the secret realm had a lot of spirituality due to the long period they had been alive.
After selling and earning a fortune, Li Wei approached a very elegant shop that sold training manuals.
While walking through the city, he didn't forget to check people's opportunities, but this time he didn't find anything interesting.
"Hello, I'm here to buy spiritual training manuals", Li Wei said to the clerk.
"Hello, all the spiritual training manuals are in that section", the clerk said, pointing to a section of the shop.
After hearing that, Li Wei approached and went to the part where the wind element manuals were.
[Paths of the Eternal Wind]
[Celestial Dance of the Breeze]
[Secrets of the Ancestral Wind]
[The Path of Auric Currents]
[Wind Master's Manual]
After thinking for a moment, Li Wei ended up choosing the Wind Master's Manual, which was in the high-grade profound range because it refines very pure energy, focusing on control and temperance. The only disadvantage is that it takes longer than other manuals.
"How much is the Wind Master's Manual?", Li Wei asked the clerk.
"It costs 1900 spiritual stones", the clerk replied.
'So expensive', thought Li Wei, then said: "Alright, I'll take it."
After finishing the purchase, he went to find a place to stay for a while.
He rented a training room that was near the city's rank 2 spiritual vein.
Spiritual veins are located underground and serve to increase the concentration of spiritual energy in nearby areas, as they are formed by the accumulation of energy that solidified over the centuries.
The closer you are, the more spiritual energy there is, which results in faster training speed.
The sect he was in previously had a rank 4 spiritual vein and two rank 2 spiritual veins.
When Li Wei was in the sect, he never got to try the effect of the rank 4 spiritual vein because it was only available to higher-ranking members of the sect.
After entering the training room, he sat in the middle while taking out the Wind Master's Manual to practice it
It took Li Wei one month to learn the Wind Master's Manual, and after finishing it, he dedicated himself to converting the energy he had already refined with his previous manual to the energy of the Wind Master's Manual.
This process took another three months, and his cultivation level remained the same, but it became much purer and easier to control, significantly increasing his combat power.
'I've been in this place for too long; it would be best to leave to avoid the sect's pursuit', Li Wei thought as he finished meditating and left the room.
'My next goal is to get as far away as possible from the sect's reach while seizing opportunities and searching for information about the existence of dragons.'
[Future Opportunity: none]
[Future Opportunity: none]
[Future Opportunity: One day later, under a tree, you will find 10 low-grade spiritual stones]
[Future Opportunity: none]
[Future Opportunity: Two months later, at a black market fair, you decide to buy a black robe that hides a powerful inheritance]
'That opportunity looks interesting', Li Wei thought as he began to follow the cultivator in the Qi Refinement realm.
When the cultivator reached a secluded place, Li Wei subdued him and interrogated him about the black market's location.
The trembling cultivator did not hide anything and told him where the black market was and how to enter.