Li Jing opened his eyes. He felt refreshed after a night of cultivation.
During the past three days, he had continuously trained and cultivated. His days were divided as follows: ten hours of training his Martial techniques Instant Flash Step and Hammer Fist. Two hours of rest. And twelve hours of cultivation.
With all this training, he was only one step away from reaching the Low success stage for both his Martial techniques.
He also consumed his one hundred and fifty Qi Gathering Pills and was almost ready to breakthrough the second level of the Qi Gathering realm.
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Experience Points (XP): 5588
XP / hour: 16
Strength: 300 Jin
Qi cultivation realm: Qi Gathering I (XP: 0/6000)
Body cultivation realm: Mortal (XP: 0/5000)
Talent: B-grade
Bloodlines: [Iron Boar]
Perks: [Appraisal], [Full Recovery]
Cultivation methods: [Li clan's method]
Martial techniques: [Elusive Smoke Steps], [Instant Flash Step], [Hammer Fist]
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Li Jing was excited, today was finally the day of the Auction House event. It will take place in only a few hours!
He walked out of his bedroom and after bathing and dressing in a beige-colored robe, Li Hua informed him that his father wanted to talk to him.
Inside the clan leader's main hall, Li Jing greeted his father.
"Good morning father. You wished to see me?"
Li Bai was sitting in his armchair, sipping a cup of tea. When he heard his son greeting him, he put the cup on the table next to him, stood up, and walked over to Li Jing.
"Jing'er, I heard that you wanted to go to the Yuan Auction House. It will be the first time that you leave the clan compound since… Is it fine for you?" Asked Li Bai.
Li Jing was surprised, he didn't know that his father was someone sentimental. Wasn't he supposed to be a severe and strict man? Maybe he misjudged him…
"I'm fine father, don't worry." He answered.
"All right. I arranged three shadow guards to follow you and protect you while you are outside." Said Li Bai.
The shadow guards of the Li clan were all powerful experts at the Foundation Establishment realm. Very few people could threaten them in the Sky Jade Kingdom.
Li Jing nodded and discussed with his father for a moment before bidding him farewell and leaving his courtyard.
"Sister Hua, is the carriage ready?" Asked Li Jing.
"Yes, Young Master. But we still have two hours before the start of the auction." She answered.
Li Jing knew that the journey to the Auction House took only thirty minutes, but he also wanted to explore the city. After all, the original owner of his body hadn't seen the city for seven years!
"I want to visit the Marketplace before going to the Auction House." He explained.
The Marketplace was the busiest and liveliest place in the city. Most of the interesting shops were there, including the Li clan's Heavenly Pill Pavilion and the Yuan Auction House.
Li Jing followed Li Hua, and, after a few minutes of walking towards the exit portal of the clan, he saw a large and luxurious carriage drawn by four majestic horses.
In front of the carriage, he was greeted by a coachman who invited him to enter it.
Li Jing and Li Hua entered it and stayed silent during the journey. Li Hua was wondering if her young master would be fine after going out after so many years. Li Jing, meanwhile, was planning what to do during the auction.
'When I will meet Teng Fen, I must absolutely avoid offending him. I'm not yet ready to face him. Even if he just started cultivating, this guy can easily kill a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment realm with his overpowered Martial techniques and his thousands of years of battle experience!'
Around half an hour later, the carriage finally stopped.
Li Jing went out of the carriage and was amazed by what he saw outside of it.
This place looked like a street straight out of historical dramas he saw on TV!
Around him, there were many large ancient-Chinese looking buildings. Most of them were shops and inns.
The street was very colored since these buildings were built using bright colors like vermilion for the pillars, yellow for the glazed roof tiles, and green for the decorative parts such as the brackets under the eaves.
Along the street, there were also many stalls selling various things like food, clothing, jewelry, or books. The vendors of these various stalls were all screaming to attract the attention of the many people around them.
Li Jing smiled. In his previous life, he didn't like noisy and crowded places, but here he actually enjoyed it. The ambiance of the streets in this world was completely different compared to the ambiance of the modern streets on Earth.
Li Jing started walking down the street, admiring the different goods on display.
Stopping in front of a stall that sold steamed meat buns that looked very appetizing, he turned to Li Hua and smiled.
"Sister Hua, these meat buns smell so good. Do you want to taste one?"
"Yes!" She nodded her head vigorously and eyed the meat buns like they were something precious. Li Jing could almost see her drooling, this girl was very funny.
Li Jing brought a bag of six big buns for only a fifth of a Spirit Stone and ate them with Li Hua. They were very delicious, far more than the industrial meat buns on Earth.
"Thank you, Young Master!" She said, smiling brightly.
After they finish eating, Li Jing resumed his stroll along the street.
A few minutes later, he spotted a girl at a stall that he immediately recognized. He was stunned by her beauty, the web novel had clearly not exaggerated when it described her and even the different artworks of her didn't do her justice.
The young woman was wearing a white and gold dress. She had long black hair that descended down onto her waist and glistening jade-like skin. Her bright phoenix eyes and gorgeous pink lips gave her an appearance as mesmerizing as the full moon. There were simply no flaws that one could see.
This girl was Hong Mei, the heiress of the Hong clan, the second strongest Great Clan. Li Jing didn't expect to see her here.
Hong Mei was known as the number one beauty in the whole Sky Jade Kingdom.
There was a saying about her in the capital: "When the flowers see Hong Mei, they close up because they are ashamed of themselves". Therefore, everyone called her Fairy Mei.
Hong Mei noticed that Li Jing was gazing at her. She smiled at him and walked over to him.
"You, what are you looking at? Do you know who I am? One word from me and my guard can tear out your eyes and feed them to the dogs!" She yelled, pointing at him.
Li Jing sweatdropped. Unfortunately, exactly like in the web novel, she had a terrible personality…
Despite her beauty, Hong Mei was extremely arrogant and prideful. She respected only the strong and the powerful, and despised and bullied the weak. Actually, her whole clan was like her.
It was no wonder that in the web novel she offended the main character, resulting in her death and her clan's destruction…
Hong Mei was waiting for the boy in front of her to beg her to spare his miserable life on his knees, but the boy only smiled.
"Hello, my name is Li Jing." He simply said.
Li Jing? She knew this name. Wasn't this the name of the young master of the Li clan?
When she noticed the 'Li' name embroidered in gold on the boy's cloth, she widened her eyes in realization.
"Oh, so it's Brother Jing from the Li clan. I apologize for not recognizing you. My name is Hong Mei from the Hong clan, but you can call me Sister Mei." She said, cupping her hands and smiling.
Li Jing was not surprised by her sudden politeness. No one could afford to offend the powerful Li clan, not even the Hong clan. Furthermore, with his B-grade talent, he was also considered as a genius in the kingdom.