Chapter 2380
Baili Tong was known as "Know-It-All" because nothing could hide from her. But this girl? she couldn’t see through her at all. Worse, she felt something strange. Her cultivation was only at the peak of Earth Immortal, but her future potential seemed limitless.
"Immortal Baili," Zhu Yanyi smiled lightly. To her, her nickname didn’t matter. What mattered was why she was approaching her now. Did she not understand her?
She didn’t believe anyone was just being kind to introduce everything to her.
Baili Tong spoke: "Many here know me. They know I never let strangers sit here. You sat down, so we have fate. I will answer three questions for you."
Zhu Yanyi rested her chin on her hand, tilted her head, and looked at her. She thought for a moment, then said, "But what if I don’t want to ask?"
"No," Baili Tong said seriously, looking at her. "My Dao is like this. Those with fate must ask. If you don’t, you delay my Dao."
Zhu Yanyi was speechless for the first time. What kind of person was this? Who liked people asking questions so much? Could she really not ask? But her expression said no. She had to ask. To not delay her Dao, she had to help her.
But Zhu Yanyi wasn’t someone who did whatever others told her. She thought, then said, "How about this? Give me a way to contact you. When I have questions, I’ll ask you then. Don’t worry, I’ll finish my questions within a hundred years. How is that?"
Since she came to her, she thought it was fine to set some rules. Besides, she was being kind, only setting a hundred-year limit.
Baili Tong thought about it. A hundred years wouldn’t affect her. She nodded, then took out three paper cranes and handed them to Zhu Yanyi. "When you want to ask a question, burn one crane. One crane equals one question."
Zhu Yanyi nodded, remembering this, and put them away.
People watching secretly were envious of Zhu Yanyi. Wu’er asked, "Immortal Baili, why are you so good to this little sister?"
"Because she can sit calmly at my table, drinking tea and eating flower cakes. You cannot." Baili Tong looked at everyone.
Wu’er was speechless. It was true. Sitting at Baili Tong’s table was hard. Not just anyone could do it. They couldn’t imagine someone sitting there so calmly, drinking tea and eating cakes. Their calmness couldn’t compare.
Zhu Yanyi sighed. "Don’t envy me. I am a newbie in the Immortal Realm. I only flew up three years ago. For three years, I cultivated to strengthen my power. Today is my first time walking around. I don’t know anyone, so I don’t know Immortal Baili either. Sitting here, she is just a stranger to me. So I am naturally calm."
Hearing this, others realized. Yes, they wanted to approach Baili Tong, but her reputation was famous. They dared not disturb her, fearing offense. As Zhu Yanyi said, if she knew her identity, she would probably be nervous too.
Of course, this was their thought. They didn’t think that Zhu Yanyi already knew her identity, yet she sat calmly. This wasn’t fear. She was simply not afraid of anything.
Most people liked to see only part of the truth. The people here were the same. Only Baili Tong looked at Zhu Yanyi. She didn’t expose her, but was curious about her identity. "Fairy, you haven’t told me who you are yet?"
"Me? My name is Zhu Yanyi. I am a medical cultivator. So usually, I travel in the mountains, looking for herbs needed for medical cultivation. I rarely come to the city to talk with people. Just treat me as a country immortal," Zhu Yanyi said with a smile.
"You are a medical cultivator. Now I understand why you came to Xifeng. Xifeng is full of medicine and pill cultivators," Du Li said seriously. "Miss, are you planning to join a sect?"
Zhu Yanyi shook her head. "Not for now. I plan to walk around and look. From records, I know part of the Immortal Realm. I want to understand more myself, then decide my future path."
The immortals here nodded in understanding. Usually, those who ascended from below were cautious. They thought Zhu Yanyi’s behavior was normal. If she directly said where she wanted to go, that would be abnormal.
"Since you just came up, why not ask about famous medical sects here?" Baili Tong hoped Zhu Yanyi would use her three questions now.
Zhu Yanyi glanced at Baili Tong and smiled. "Do I need to ask you for this? I can ask others. Waiter, come here."
The tea shop waiter came over. "Fairy, what are your orders?"
Zhu Yanyi threw a low-grade immortal jade to the waiter. "Waiter, please tell me about the famous medical sects here."
"Okay," the waiter agreed without hesitation. This kind of inquiry was normal. Many came here to study. "The famous medical sect in Huacheng is the Pill Alliance. The Pill Alliance has many pill cultivators, but medical cultivators can join too. Every month, they send people out to distribute pills. If you want to join, go east until you see a big red flag with the character 'Pill'. That is the Pill Alliance examination place. Pass the exam, and you can join.
Besides the Pill Alliance, there is the Dong Family. The head of the Dong Family started by selling medicine. Now, the Dong Family has twenty-four medicine makers, so it is very large. But sects and families are different. In a sect, you can rise slowly. In a family, you can at most become an elder.
The waiter continued, "Next to Huacheng is the Medicine Flower House. They only accept girls. You can try there too. But the Medicine Flower House focuses more on cultivating herbs.
Speaking of this, the waiter paused. "These three are the most famous in Huacheng. Of course, there are many other small, unnamed sects."