Bringing some shocking pranks to the Cultivation World
Chapter 59 - 59 52 I dare not eat a single bite of this meal

59: Chapter 52 I dare not eat a single bite of this meal 59: Chapter 52 I dare not eat a single bite of this meal “Sigh, right, sister, did you know Beiliang City was sealed off?”

After swallowing a piece of sweet and sour crucian carp, Zhou Li suddenly remembered the conversation at the city gate and asked Tao Yao curiously, “When we returned today, there were several new faces who had sealed off the city gates, saying it was by order from above.”

“Oh, the city seal-off.”

After cutting an egg yolk in her bowl into two halves with a spoon, Tao Yao seemed to remember something, pausing for a moment before speaking: “Do you know about ‘Green Brick and Glazed Tiles, Mortal Realm White Jade Capital’?”

“White Jade Capital?”

Throwing a fishbone into the wastebasket, Tang Wan next to her asked curiously, “Isn’t that the fairyland of Daoxian Cult?

I heard it’s near Mount Tai, but what does it have to do with the seal-off of Beiliang City?”

“What you’re talking about is the Heavenly White Jade Capital.”

Shaking her chopsticks, Zhou Li joined in: “The Heavenly White Jade Capital is the orthodox fairyland of Daoism, at the top of the list in Da Ming’s register of all sects.

What I’m talking about is the Mortal Realm White Jade Capital.”

“The so-called Mortal Realm White Jade Capital, with roads paved in green bricks and tiles glazed like glass, but without immortals to guide the way, leads to the frequent emergence of strange phenomena.

Once you enter this Mortal Realm White Jade Capital, people cannot distinguish reality, unsure if they possess the capability of immortals who can communicate with the heavens, or if they’re mere mortals struggling on the brink of death, eventually succumbing to madness and turning into monsters that only know how to devour flesh and blood.”

After relaying this knowledge learned from the Imperial Academy Mansion, Zhou Li quickly made a connection and a grave expression surfaced on his face.

He set down his bowl and chopsticks, asking solemnly,

“Sister, is the city being sealed because the Mortal Realm White Jade Capital appeared in Beiliang?”

“Ah, no, that’s not it.”

Tao Yao was taken aback for a second, a smile appearing on her lovely face:

“The seal-off of Beiliang is because a red-haired foreigner named Dave accidentally filled the Imperial Academy with a strange plant.

The old scholars were worried it could lead to a species invasion, so they had someone ask the Prefect to lock down Beiliang, preventing the spread of these foreign plants to other areas.”

Hearing this, both Zhou Li and Tang Wan fell silent.

“So, sister, why did you ask us if we knew about White Jade Capital.”

Zhou Li asked gloomily while holding his bowl.

“Just wanted to test you, afraid you’d forget the knowledge from the Imperial Academy~”

With eyebrows like crescent moons and a radiant smile, Tao Yao placed the egg yolks from her bowl into the bowls of Zhou Li and Tang Wan, and said, “Here, your reward.”

“So, it is because the red-haired foreigner planted plants from the Western Regions in the Imperial Academy, and the old scholars feared a species invasion, so they sealed off Beiliang?”

Zhou Li summed up, extending his hand to pass the empty bowl to Tao Yao, puzzlingly said,

“That doesn’t seem right…

Aren’t the old scholars usually most afraid of these inconveniences?

Why would they make such a big fuss this time, going as far as sealing off the city?

Wouldn’t it have been enough to just seal off the Imperial Academy Mansion?”

“I don’t know about that.”

After serving Zhou Li another bowl of soup, Tao Yao said: “Maybe the plant that Dave grew is too peculiar.

I haven’t asked too much about it; just casually mentioned it while chatting with the old man.”

“Oh~~~”

Zhou Li nodded, then turned to see Tang Wan next to him, who was getting ready to dislodge a fishbone stuck in her throat with a Silver Needle, and asked, “Do you still remember the old scholar?”

“Cough cough cough cough.”

Tang Wan, who almost killed herself with the needle, coughed a few times and managed to cough out the fishbone.

After wiping the sugary residue from the corner of her mouth, Tang Wan nodded, her voice hoarse as she said:

“I remember, why do you ask?”

“Find time to visit him.”

Zhou Li put down the empty bowl to the side and sighed: “He…sigh, he misses you a lot.

Ever since you went missing, he has been very concerned about you, even asking me to inquire about your whereabouts.”

“Ah.”

Tang Wan was stunned, her keen senses picking up on the faint sadness in Zhou Li’s tone.

Suddenly worried, she asked in a panic, “What’s happened to the old scholar?

Is there something wrong with his health?”

“Life is unpredictable,” Zhou Li sighed again, looking at the pine and cypress that were gradually withering beside him, feeling the dying breath of life around him, and said with sorrow, “The old scholar…

has already broken through to the Seventh Realm.”

“Ah?”

Tang Wan stood frozen, sorrow and regret suddenly congealing on her face.

“He is now incredibly strong and powerful, capable of moving mountains and seas, able to turn Spirit Vulture Mountain into Lingtang Mountain with a single punch.

Not long ago, he drank more than eighty bowls of strong liquor, got drunk, charged into the forest, and killed a Sixth Realm tiger demon with his bare hands.

He’s been given the nickname—’Lingtang Fist King.'”

A cold smile crept across Zhou Li’s face as he watched the girl before him tremble, panic-stricken.

He said slowly, “He misses you a lot, Tang Cen.”

Suddenly, all her past misdeeds came flooding back.

Tang Cen, who had been engaged in a battle of wits with the old scholar alongside Zhou Li for six years, remembered clearly that she was also a participant of the notorious “985 Lavatory Incident,” and the one who had set fire to the scholar’s latrine.

Ha ha, I’m so dead.

“I’m well aware of my unforgivable sins and that my family will never spare me, so I must now take the journey of penance, trekking three thousand miles on foot back to Central Shichuan’s Tang Sect to face my family’s judgment.

Sister Tao Yao, thanks to your blessing, I’ve enjoyed the last days of my life.

Thank you all, this is where I take my leave.”

Grasping Tang Wan, who was ready to flee, Zhou Li looked at her with a smile, asking kindly, “We are brothers, aren’t we supposed to share our hardships and face troubles together?”

“I’m a woman.”

Tang Wan, facing Zhou Li, said righteously, “Sorry, we can’t be brothers.”

Thump, thump, thump.

Just then, the three heard heavy knocking on the door.

Zhou Li and Tang Wan exchanged glances, while Tao Yao smiled, stood up, and said to the two, “You see, someone’s here.”

“Zhou Li, if we’re brothers, then save my life.”

Turning her head, Tang Wan looked at Zhou Li with determination, pleading, “Later, just say I’m Tang Wan, Tang Cen’s sister, okay?”

“Sorry.”

Zhou Li, with a serene smile, leaned close to Tang Wan’s ear and said menacingly,

“We can’t be brothers.”

Click.

The door was opened by Tao Yao, revealing the figure outside.

Tang Wan, lifted by Zhou Li’s single hand, swallowed nervously, her face filled with panic as she looked at the figure stepping into the door.

“Young friend Zhou Li, you really did come back.”

Tang Wan recognized the figure at the door: a plump man with an innocent face, dressed in green robes and wearing a black horn at his waist, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

This man was the Beiliang Prefecture Magistrate—Li Kuan.

Upon seeing Zhou Li’s figure, Li Kuan first bowed respectfully to Tao Yao, then hurried forward, grasping Zhou Li’s hand, with tears and sorrow, he said, “I beg you, you must help me.”

“Director Li, what makes you so distressed?”

Zhou Li was immediately startled; Li Kuan was known for being unflappable and a master of scheming.

He had never seen the Super Slacker King lose his composure like this.

Li Kuan also looked completely exhausted, as if he had just encountered a huge calamity in life, his voice hoarse as he said,

“That Jinyiwei who entered the city with you…”

“He’s insane!!!”