12 Chapter 12

Qianyu City

People are moving busily along the main street, all going their own way.

Stores are lining up neatly around the main street. Restaurants, teahouses, and other entertainment establishments are the main types of stores on the street.

Carriages are also running on the street. Some carriages are pulled by some animal that Xue Yang has never seen before.

'So, this is the city in this world, huh?' thought Xue Yang. 'No matter when or where. A city is always lively…'

Xue Yang is in Qianyu City to search for the Breathing Exercise Method.

This city is the one that Bai Bo and Zhou Lan visited the other day.

'I don't know where to go, so I will walk around this place.'

Looking around, Xue Yang noticed that the amount of cultivators is not small. Around half of the people that Xue Yang sees are cultivators.

'Most of them are at stage 1 though… I only see a handful of second-stage cultivators.'

Before coming to the city, Xue Yang wanted to break to stage 3 first. It is so that Xue Yang can handle it in an easier way if something happens.

But because of Liu Mei, Xue Yang decided to go to the city as soon as possible. Even when he is still at stage 2.

'Looking at the people in this place, I can lower my guard a little bit.

'Nevertheless, I didn't expect that there are so many cultivators in this world.'

Xue Yang has always imagined that the amount of cultivators is much smaller than the normal human. Not only that, but he also assumed that cultivators and normal humans don't live in the same place.

Now all his assumptions are broken.

'Then again, if I think it through, it was obvious.'

A stage 1 cultivator is just a step above a normal human. They still need things like clothing, weapon, and a house. Not food though.

Those things can be obtained from a normal human.

Clothing, for example, a cultivator can wear the same clothes that a normal human wear. Even Xue Yang still has some clothes that are not made of special material.

'The only difference is they have a bit more power compared to the normal people.'

Only when cultivators reach the higher stage, they will become more detached from normal humans.

At that time, normal clothing will not be able to withstand the radiated energy coming from the body. Making the clothes tear easily.

That is why a cultivator at stage 3 or higher needs to use clothes made from magical beasts or magical plants.

The same can be said for weapons. A weapon needs to be made with special material if it wants to be used by a higher-stage cultivator. Or else it will just break because of the power exerted by that cultivator.

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Xue Yang walked around without thinking much. And somehow, he ended up at the end of the main street.

And by chance, he sees a store named 'Heaven's Way'. Judging from the name of the store, Xue Yang assumed that this is a shop related to cultivation.

Xue Yang decided to go inside the shop. Who knows, maybe there is some Breathing Exercise Method.

When Xue Yang stepped in, he can feel someone staring at him. Looking back at the stare, Xue Yang found an old woman staring at him.

"Hello, I want to look around the store," said Xue Yang.

The old woman nodded and replied with her rather raspy voice, "Sure."

Xue Yang looked at the interior of the shop. There are many shelves lined up along the wall. On those shelves, books are arranged in a way that the thickest and tallest book are placed rightmost.

Other than bookshelves, there are many other shelves filled with other items. One shelf is full of small glass bottles filled with some kind of liquid.

One other shelf is filled with glass bottles full of alchemical pills.

'There is a glass bottle in this world, huh?'

Xue Yang didn't expect this. In the novel that he read, there was never any detail about technological progress. To think that there is a glass bottle…

'Anyway, I need the Breathing Exercise Method. Where is that?'

Looking from shelf to shelf, Xue Yang finally found the place where it was stored.

'Let's see what kind of Breathing Exercise Method is suitable for Liu Mei.'

Zhang Hao's breathing pattern matches his way of running. The way energy inside the body is distributed is different from the one that Xue Yang has.

'I will try to look for one book that has a totally different way of distributing the energy.'

"Young man," the old grandma that is overseeing the store suddenly talked. "Why are you looking at those shelves? You are not in stage 1 anymore."

Xue Yang is surprised. He didn't think that the old grandma knows his cultivation stage.

After all Xue Yang thinks that the old woman is just a normal human. He didn't detect any kind of Spiritual Energy from her body.

'If she knows my stage, but I can't detect her, that only means one thing. That grandma is hiding her strength. Maybe her appearance is also a way to lower other people's guard.'

Xue Yang has heard that there is a way to hide strength. But he never heard about the way to train it.

Xue Yang decided to talk with the grandma, maybe she knows more than himself.

"Ah, hello senior. I am looking for a Breath Exercise Method for my junior. She has tried another Breath Exercise Method, but it is not suitable for her."

Xue Yang then explained the way Zhang Hao distribute his energy.

Zhang Hao distributes the energy inside his body by sending it in packets. Each packet is sent to some part of the body following the rhythm of his breathing.

When Xue Yang observed Zhang Hao at training, the energy sent in each packet is big. In short, Zhang Hao sent a packet that contains a huge amount of energy every time he exhales.

"Is she a girl?" asked the grandma.

"Yes, she is a girl."

"Maybe that technique is too fierce for that junior of yours."

The grandma picks three pieces of paper from the shelves. "Take a look at this, this is the antipole of the method you just described."

Each piece of paper contains the name of the technique and a short description of the technique.

"Never-ending Blossom Breathing Technique, Wind Carress Breathing Exercise, and Eternal Flow Breathing Method. Based on the description, there are not many differences between them."

As soon as Xue Yang read the name of the technique, he already has a choice. Never-ending Blossom Breathing Technique is one of many techniques listed in the manual he got from the system.

But what stumped him is, the description is almost the same.

'What makes Never-ending Blossom Breathing Technique get recommended by the manual? Why the other two, which have almost the same description, are not?'

Well, it doesn't matter much. The system recommendation should be good.

"Senior, I want the Never-ending Blossom Breathing Technique."

"Are you sure about that? You haven't even asked the price," said the old grandma.

"Right, how much is it?"

"400 Grade 2 Spirit Stone," said the old grandma. Four of her fingers are standing. "The other two only costs 100 Grade 2 Spirit Stone."

Xue Yang is surprised. He did expect that this will cost a lot. But for it to surpass even his highest predicted price.