After transmigrating, I cultivated immortality by smelling the scent.

Chapter 21 Beauty saves hero

In the following days, Xiaoyao Restaurant became increasingly popular, naturally making a fortune.

Ye Xiaobai also received over a thousand spirit stones. He was afraid of being robbed when he walked on the road. Although his cultivation had reached the fourth level of Qi Refining, he still did not have any offensive methods.

With only simple flying sword techniques and basic five elements spells, Ye Xiaobai found it difficult to feel at ease.

So today I made a point of getting up early to buy some attack talismans, as well as some defense talismans, and the divine consciousness cultivation technique I've been longing for—the Nine Heavens Divine Travel Technique.

This expenditure basically used up most of Ye Xiaobai's spirit stones.

After buying so many treasures, Ye Xiaobai happily went to Xiaoyao Restaurant.

As Ye Xiaobai passed through an alley, he felt something was off. Usually, there would be stray cats and dogs looking for food in the vicinity, but there was nothing there today.

After walking a few more steps, Ye Xiaobai smelled a faint scent of alcohol by the roadside. He couldn't see any traces of spilled alcohol around him. More importantly, Ye Xiaobai used his "One Breath, A Thousand Miles" ability to immediately detect that the smell of alcohol was coming from the rooftops on both sides.

There are no restaurants or alcohol shops around here, so there's only one possibility: someone is lying in ambush.

Ye Xiaobai immediately prepared a defensive talisman—a water shield talisman.

"Whoosh!"

Two flying swords hurtled towards him. Ye Xiaobai immediately activated the Water Shield Talisman, then used his Lightness Technique to dodge to the side, avoiding the flying swords.

Immediately afterwards, two men in black landed outside the houses on the street, flanking Ye Xiaobai from both sides, making him hesitant to make any rash moves.

Upon closer inspection, one was at the fifth level of Qi Refining, and the other at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

"Do you two friends want wealth or your lives?" Ye Xiaobai asked.

"We want money!" said a man in black.

"Boss, didn't the shopkeeper say he was going to break his hands so he couldn't cook anymore? Why did you only ask for spirit stones?" another man in black asked curiously.

"You brat, shut up!" The man in black was so angry he wanted to stab his incompetent teammate.

"Okay, let's break his hands and then go have breakfast. My stomach is growling!"

"Shut up, you brat!" The leader of the men in black was already regretting bringing this useless teammate along.

"Have you two made up your minds?" Ye Xiaobai stalled for time while desperately trying to figure out what to do next.

"I heard you've made quite a few spirit stones lately. My brother and I are a bit short on cash these days, so lending you some spirit stones isn't too much to ask, is it?"

"I've spent almost all my spirit stones, I don't have many left." Ye Xiaobai said, preparing to toss over a storage bag containing a few spirit stones.

"Enough with the nonsense, hand over the storage bag!" the man in black said impatiently.

Ye Xiaobai had no choice but to slowly toss over the storage bag he had prepared.

"Hurry up!" the man in black urged impatiently.

Ye Xiaobai tossed the storage bag between the two men, intending to launch a sneak attack while the man in black picked it up.

Holding the most powerful attack talisman—the Ice Arrow Talisman—in his hand, Ye Xiaobai kept a close eye on the man in black, trying to find a weakness.

To everyone's surprise, the man in black effortlessly retrieved the storage bag from a distance, and sneered, "Kid, you think you can ambush me?"

"Damn it, I actually forgot this is a cultivation world, where telekinesis is a piece of cake!" Ye Xiaobai couldn't help but curse himself for being so stupid.

Ye Xiaobai could only laugh awkwardly. He couldn't sneak up on the one with higher cultivation, so he could only sneak up on the black-clad man at the fifth level of Qi Refining.

While he was checking his storage bag, she immediately activated the Ice Arrow Talisman, and a large number of ice arrows flew towards the guy at the fifth level of Qi Refining.

"Watch out!" The black-clad man at the seventh level of Qi Refining reacted quickly and immediately warned his companion.

Although the black-clad man with lower cultivation level was slow to react, he still managed to dodge and move to a new position while activating his defensive shield as he saw the ice arrow flying towards him.

However, he still underestimated the attack range of the Ice Arrow Talisman. After all, Ye Xiaobai's Ice Arrow Talisman was a mid-level first-tier talisman, and its attack range far exceeded that of ordinary first-tier spirit talismans. Ye Xiaobai didn't care about the cost of 20 spirit stones.

Despite activating the defensive shield, I was still hit in the shoulder by an ice arrow, and the blood that seeped out was immediately frozen.

Ye Xiaobai looked at the injured man in black and was about to deliver the final blow when another man in black immediately released a flying sword. Ye Xiaobai had no way to dodge it and could only rely on his shield to take the hit.

The shield was quickly shattered, but fortunately the attack of the flying sword was stopped. Ye Xiaobai was still knocked more than ten feet away by the impact.

Ye Xiaobai immediately rolled over and got up, enduring the pain in his body, preparing to defend against the next attack.

Those with lower cultivation levels are busy bandaging their wounds due to injuries and will not attack for the time being. The most important danger factor right now is this Qi Refining Level 7 cultivator.

Ye Xiaobai has only broken through to the fourth level of Qi Refining. It is almost impossible for him to defeat a black-clad cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

The only option is to delay as long as possible and wait for the market's administrators to discover it.

"Boy, you've successfully angered me!" the high-level cultivator said angrily.

Subsequently, they launched an even more intense attack.

It was just a simple fireball spell; Ye Xiaobai could only defend against it, throwing out some fireball talismans.

With the continuous attacks of flying sword techniques and a large number of spells, Ye Xiaobai had already used up all the spirit talismans he had just bought.

"Kid, let's see how many spirit talismans you have left!" the black-clad cultivator said viciously.

"There are many more!" Ye Xiaobai said, trying to save face.

"Humph!"

The black-clad cultivator couldn't care less about anything else and started unleashing a barrage of spells. Ye Xiaobai, who was trying to conserve some spirit talismans, used a fireball spell to meet the attack, only to be blasted away by the shockwave.

At this moment, Ye Xiaobai's spiritual power was almost depleted, and the difference in cultivation level quickly became apparent. Before Ye Xiaobai could even get up, the black-clad cultivator immediately appeared in front of him, pointing his sword at Ye Xiaobai's neck.

"Kid, don't you have many talismans? Why don't you throw them away?" the black-clad cultivator said disdainfully.

"You guessed right, it's all gone." Ye Xiaobai was extremely nervous and could only go along with the black-clad cultivator.

When Ye Xiaobai encountered the black-clad cultivator, he had called out to Senior Jing Qianli several times, but the senior's aura had been getting weaker and weaker, and he didn't know when he would wake up.

Was this really the end for me? I hadn't even had a chance to properly see the world yet, and I still wanted to explore other parts of the Great Jin Dynasty. I didn't want to die!

This was the first time Ye Xiaobai had experienced despair and helplessness since his transmigration, and his body was trembling uncontrollably.

Just then, the familiar fragrance of apricot blossoms wafted over, like the dawn's first light, instantly rekindling Ye Xiaobai's hope.

"Boy, should we take off your left hand first, or your right?" the man in black said mockingly, gesturing with his sword between Ye Xiaobai's left and right hands.

"Can we keep them all, big brother!" Ye Xiaobai quickly persuaded, his expression less tense now, since helpers had arrived.

"Alright! Then I'll take your leg!" With that, he slashed at Ye Xiaobai's left leg with his sword.

"Hurry up and do it! If you don't act now, I'll lose my leg!" Ye Xiaobai shouted urgently.

Just as Ye Xiaobai finished shouting, a flying sword shot towards the man in black. Ignoring Ye Xiaobai, the man in black immediately dodged to the spot where the previously injured man in black had been.

Seeing that the enemy's reinforcements had arrived, and having already fought fiercely for half a day, there was no need to continue the entanglement. So, he decisively led the wounded black-clad cultivator over the wall and escaped.

Li Xinyan quickly came to Ye Xiaobai's side and asked, "How are you? Are you hurt anywhere?"

"It's alright, some healing medicine will do the trick. Luckily, a beautiful woman came to the rescue!" Ye Xiaobai said earnestly.