"It's great to be young. It's not like me, an old guy whose body is half buried in the soil. Even drinking tea is tiring."
Xuanyuan Yu had already chased Su Zhaoqing and drifted away, leaving his master Li Youfu alone to sit on the bench while drinking tea with Cao Chuan. Yu Shengnan said: "His Royal Highness the Third Prince himself is not interested in the throne, so this choice is given to him."
He is free enough, but I don't know when he will be able to catch up with my careless disciple."
"Oh? What does Master Li Youfu mean..." Cao Chuan heard that there was actually something in Li Youfu's words, so he opened his mouth to explore.
Li Youfu naturally heard the probing meaning in Cao Chuan's words, but he did not hide it and said directly: "The third prince was born with a useless body, and even being able to cultivate to the foundation building level relies on various heavenly materials and earthly materials.
The treasures are constantly being cultivated, but my disciple is different. He is quite talented in cultivation, and he became the outer teacher of Tianling Academy at a young age, so the gap between the two is still a bit too big."
"But from the perspective of this junior, Master Li Youfu, you don't seem to think this is a problem. You still seem to be very optimistic that the two of them can come together." Cao Chuan said.
"Hehehehe... You are indeed a smart boy." Li Youfu nodded, and then continued: "Although His Royal Highness the Third Prince has no talent in cultivation, his talent in alchemy is the best among his peers.
The one above is the top-grade Xiantian Pill that Yiqi Juechen, my disciple tried dozens of times but failed to refine, and His Highness the Third Prince was able to refine it in one go just after seeing the recipe."
"So, old man, I have always felt that these two children are indeed a match made in heaven. If we can get together as soon as possible, it will be considered as fulfilling one of my wishes, old man."
After saying this, Li Youfu had finished drinking the tea in his cup, then stood up and took Cao Chuan and Yu Shengnan out of the Lingtian City Lord's Mansion and went to the Alchemist Association in the city.
Because Cao Chuan had previously shown him the refined fourth-grade Tianzhi Dan, and since the elixir was of perfect quality and had reached the highest quality, according to the rules, Cao Chuan needed to be given clothes and a token representing a fourth-grade alchemist.
After receiving the fourth-grade alchemist uniform and token, Cao Chuan said goodbye to Li Youfu and took Yu Shengnan back to his residence.
Anyway, visiting the Alchemist Assessment Conference was just a drop-in. Now that the conference has ended, the two of them will naturally leave Lingtian City and go to Tianlingyuan.
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The next day.
After packing their luggage, Cao Chuan and Yu Shengnan left Lingtian City in the early morning when the fog was still shrouded.
According to the route guide on the map, the two of them need to head straight out of the city to the north of Lingtian City and leave the border of the Nanli Dynasty, then cross a large desert to reach a vast oasis and then enter the territory where Tianlingyuan is located.
After leaving Lingtian City and officially entering another world in the Southern Emperor Territory from the Nanli Dynasty, Cao Chuan and Yu Shengnan clearly felt that the monks who appeared around them were more rough and powerful than those they encountered in the Nanli Dynasty.
Cao Chuan and Yu Shengnan became more cautious.
After walking to a tea stall at the corner of the road, the two of them stopped for a while and asked the waiter to bring them two bowls of tea to quench their thirst.
But before he could take a sip of tea, he saw dozens of rugged men holding swords and clubs suddenly emerging from the tall grass surrounding the tea stall.
Without saying a word, these people broke into the tea stall and started smashing it. They also shouted at the guests drinking tea around: "I opened this mountain and planted this tree. If you want to cross this road, leave money to buy the road."
!If you dare not give face to our crocodile gang, all of you will be killed today!"
The names of the Crocodile Gang, Cao Chuan and Yu Shengnan, were occasionally heard in the Nanli Dynasty.
It is said that the members of this gang were all bandits who previously occupied the mountain and became kings. Later, they were defeated one by one by a mysterious man and combined to form the current Crocodile Gang.
Whether a gang is powerful depends first on whether the strength of the gang allows them to suppress other forces in the local area. Second, it depends on whether the gang is rich enough. Otherwise, gangs that cannot even afford to eat have long been replaced by other more powerful gangs.
Strong gangs annexed.
There are many bandit gangs similar to the Crocodile Gang outside the Nanli Dynasty, but the Crocodile Gang is the strongest and richest gang among them.
But because of this, there are many street gangsters who are not the Crocodile Gang at all and like to use the name of the Crocodile Gang to deceive people.
This is the case for the dozens of tall, rugged men now appearing at the tea stall.
When they called out that they were members of the Crocodile Gang, some knowledgeable customers directly shouted and cursed: "I heard that everyone in the Crocodile Gang is wearing clothes made of crocodile skin. Look at yourselves again.
You are dressed in rags and you want to pretend to be a member of the Crocodile Gang? It’s just ridiculous!”
"You! How dare you say one more thing?" The men who had their true identity revealed were furious, but at this moment they stopped what they were doing, not daring to break anything at the tea stall.
Because they saw with their own eyes that the middle-aged man who just scolded them took out a token wrapped in crocodile skin from his arms.
The token is also engraved with the word crocodile.
But the middle-aged man would not be frightened, and then continued: "You guys with strong limbs and simple minds have no chance of joining the Crocodile Gang, but now you dare to pretend to be members of the Crocodile Gang in front of me.
, I think you guys are really tired of living!"
"I'm counting to three now. If you still don't get out of here, get ready for the endless pursuit of the Crocodile Gang!"
"three···"
"two···"
"Wait! Let's get out! Why don't we get out!"
Before the middle-aged man could count to three, the gangsters disguised as the Crocodile Gang immediately rolled themselves up into a ball and rolled out of the tea stall one by one.
Wait until the gangsters' backs have disappeared.
The frightened waiter walked tremblingly to the middle-aged man's table with a bowl of tea, put down the tea, and asked worriedly: "Brother, are you really a member of the Crocodile Gang?
You’re not going to charge me a protection fee for this little tea stall, are you?”
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The middle-aged man put away the token wrapped in crocodile skin, then laughed wildly and said: "I am indeed from the Crocodile Gang, but don't worry, our Crocodile Gang has a huge appetite, and if you want to rob it, you will definitely rob it.
Nanli Dynasty, a small tea stall like yours should save your worries. After all, the tea you have been selling for several years is not as good as ours to rob the small town of Nanli Dynasty."
With that said, the middle-aged man who drank his tea and drank it down dropped a spiritual stone and slowly left the tea stall, walking further and further along the road ahead.
The customers and waiters in the tea stall were left stunned and at a loss.