Sect: Starting with Comprehending Thunder Skill Chapter 1280 - 553: News of an Old Friend

"Yan Yang, you’re pretty good! I really appreciate your character!"

Li Yunjing sat by the table, lightly tapping his fingers on the wooden surface: "However, you don’t need to worry about my safety, I’m the one who wants him to target me."

"Huh?"

Yan Yang was a bit confused, what kind of situation is this?

So many enemies have their eyes on you, including a Nascent Soul Realm master, aren’t you afraid?

But seeing Li Yunjing’s calm demeanor, Yan Yang found it hard to persuade him otherwise.

Seeing Li Yunjing reminded him of benefits from the past, providing information within his capacity was all he could do.

As for other matters, what could he, a small Qi Refining Realm cultivator, do?

He glanced over the simple furnishings in the room and nodded slightly, it seemed Yan Yang was also an ascetic cultivator.

One must know, to him, a Ninth Level of Qi Refining Cultivation is unremarkable, but in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, it already counts as someone.

At this realm, one can earn quite a few spirit stones, at least improving life isn’t a problem.

For example, getting a small manor, buying a few concubines, hiring some maids and servants, managing the manor, and fully enhancing one’s clothing, food, housing, and transportation...

Yet, despite having such abilities, Yan Yang still lived in poverty, living alone, clearly putting all his efforts and resources into cultivation.

Such a person’s ambition for the path is steadfast, compared to peers of the same level, their future prospects are brighter.

However, only compared to those similar to Yan Yang; if someone has a strong spirit root, even without putting in so much effort, they are much stronger than Yan Yang.

"How have you been these years?"

Li Yunjing continued to ask.

"Barely making ends meet."

Yan Yang shook his head with a wry smile: "These years, I haven’t joined any factions. If someone hires me temporarily, I do some work for them. If no one hires me, I go out to the sea to kill demon beasts and earn some spirit stones."

Yan Yang spoke simply, but in reality, it was the same as most loose cultivators.

Struggling on the brink of death daily, earning a bit of spirit stones, purchasing elixirs, magical artifacts, cultivation techniques, and improving one’s cultivation.

As he spoke, he struggled to stand, took out a bundle from under the bed, "When I ran into you in the street today, I felt something was amiss. These are some clues I’ve collected, they might be useful to you."

Opening the oil paper package, there were a few maps inside, depicting the distribution of the underground tunnels in ’Four Seas City’, along with a few lines of crooked small characters detailing various factions, the names of masters, their known cultivation techniques, and magical treasures...

Li Yunjing’s pupils contracted, just about to examine carefully.

Suddenly, his expression changed.

Several powerful waves of divine sense were rapidly closing in on their direction!

"They are relentless!"

Li Yunjing’s expression became icy as the power of the five elements flowed through his fingertips, instantly concealing the entire courtyard’s aura.

Lastly, he tossed the "Five Dragon Wheel," sealing the entire residence with the power of the five elements, merging it within the five elements of heaven and earth.

Unless someone enters here, they will never discover anything unusual.

"Silence."

At the same time, Li Yunjing quietly commanded, as an invisible barrier shielded Yan Yang behind him, with mighty divine sense spreading like a giant web, perceiving the approaching enemies.

Footsteps approached from afar, five cultivators in black surrounded the courtyard in a fan shape.

"Strange, we clearly tracked him here, why did his aura suddenly vanish?"

The leader held a copper mirror engraved with runes, the mirror surface emanated a dark blue light, constantly scanning the surroundings.

"This kid is very cunning, he probably has already escaped like a cicada shedding its skin."

Another drew a soft sword from his waist, the sword tip flicking up fallen leaves from the ground.

Li Yunjing held his breath, fully channeling his mana to integrate with the surrounding environment.

He glanced at the trembling Yan Yang beside him, lightly patting his shoulder, a warm current flowed into Yan Yang’s body, soothing his agitated mana.

Only when the group left, cursing under their breath, did Li Yunjing exhale deeply, the oppressive atmosphere in the courtyard dissipated instantly.

"Senior, you..."

Yan Yang began to speak but was interrupted by a raised hand from Li Yunjing.

"Good young man, I didn’t expect you were hiding such a treasure."

Li Yunjing relit the oil lamp, his gaze falling on the maps on the table, eyes full of appreciation, "These pieces of information are more valuable than I imagined."

He reached out to touch the distribution of the tunnels on the maps, a knowing smile curling at the corner of his lips, "Seems like there’s quite a bit of secrets hidden under this ’Four Seas City’."

"You flatter me, senior, after crawling and struggling in ’Four Seas City’ for so many years, I’ve managed to accumulate some connections."

Yan Yang felt a warmth rise in his heart, seeing that Li Yunjing was not angered by the recent crisis but rather took his intelligence seriously: "I even worked in the underground waterway!"

"Interesting."

He rubbed his chin, a smile flashing in his eyes, "Looks like you’re my lucky star!"

He carefully packed away the maps and the jade scroll, taking out a jade bottle to hand to Yan Yang: "These are three ’Foundation Establishment Pills’, they should help you break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm."

"Thank you for these clues. If there’s a chance, you should leave this ’Four Seas City’ in the future; the peaceful days in the East Sea won’t last long."

Li Yunjing gave a final reminder.

"Thank you, senior!"

Yan Yang gazed at the jade bottle in his hand, eyes slightly reddening.

In this harsh Immortal Cultivation Realm, to receive the recognition and gift of a strong cultivator is a tremendous opportunity for a loose cultivator like him.

"Yan Yang will not disappoint! I will definitely break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm!"

He clenched his fist, silently vowing in his heart to make a name for himself!