Just as Ye Li and Mu Tianzhi were greeting each other, Qi Wei had already given the order to set sail. After the sails were raised, the ship quickly left the port and headed along the Liujin River in the direction they came from.
"Brother Ye, you are actually Master Ou's disciple. Then we must have a very close relationship, because my master and your master are good friends."
Before Qi Wei announced that the four had passed the trial, Mu Tianzhi had heard that Ye Li was from the Weapon Foundry Hall. After chatting with Ye Li for a few words, he directly asked about Ye Li's master.
Ye Li did not hide anything and said directly that he was Ou Qianxie's apprentice.
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Mu Tianzhi's face immediately showed a look of surprise, and he pulled Ye Li and said what he had just said.
Ye Li was stunned and a little confused, and said: "Brother Mu's master is a good friend of my master. May I ask who Brother Mu learned from?"
Mu Tianzhi suddenly laughed heartily and said, "My master is Dan Sheng An Changsheng. It seems that the last time my master said he was going to see Uncle Ou accept a disciple, the one he accepted was you, Brother Ye."
Hearing Mu Tianzhi's words, Ye Li's eyes suddenly widened, staring at Mu Tianzhi with an incredible look on his face, and said: "Brother Mu... Are you Uncle An's apprentice?"
Mu Tianzhi nodded vigorously and said, "My Mu family is also an alchemy family. A long time ago, we were from the same lineage as Master's Yinyun Sect.
Later, due to some reasons, there was unrest in the Yingyun Gate, and our Mu family was forced to leave the Yingyun Gate.
Now the master wants our Mu family to return, so he accepted me as his apprentice when I was a child. This way, it means that my Mu family has returned to the Yingyun Sect again.
However, I have limited talent in alchemy and have not achieved any great success so far. I am the only one among my master's disciples who has no reputation."
After hearing Mu Tianzhi's words, Ye Li suddenly remembered that Ou Qianxie had mentioned inadvertently that An Changsheng had a young disciple who was about the same age as Ye Li. It seemed that this person was Mu Tianzhi.
After the two understood each other's identities, they immediately began to address each other affectionately as brother. After all, their masters were close friends, so it was impossible for the two to appear too distant.
Mu Tianzhi told Ye Li that he came to the Imperial City without telling An Changsheng. After all, he was only twenty-two years old this year and there was no need for him to come here so early to participate in the trial.
An Changsheng originally wanted him to come when he was twenty-four years old, so that he would have a greater chance of passing the trial.
But although Mu Tianzhi looks honest and dull, he is not a rigid person without any ideas or aspirations. He has his own plans in mind.
Like Ye Li, he did not think that he was worse than others, so he insisted on coming here to accept the trial when he first entered the period of divine descent.
After all, the Mu family is a first-class large family. Mu Tianzhi has outstanding fighting talent in the family and has never been afraid of challenges, so he quickly accumulated enough reputation and received an invitation from the Imperial City.
Both of them were kind-hearted people, and given their relationship as each other's masters, they quickly became familiar with each other.
The two men were of similar age, and along the way, they often sat together to exchange battle experiences and chat about some daily interesting things. In just a few days, the two sides established a deep friendship.
As the saying goes, a thousand cups of wine are not enough when meeting a good friend, but a single word is too much when you are not on speaking terms with him. Some people feel like old friends the moment you meet them, while some others seem like strangers the moment you get to know them the first time.
On the sixth day of the voyage, Yin Dongliu was the first to leave the ship and went ashore at a nearby port.
His family was not nearby and could not be reached by boat. After landing here, he had to travel on land.
On the eighth day, Leng Qian also left the ship and went ashore, then began to travel by land.
Their ship went downstream on its way to the Imperial City, and upstream on its way back, so it naturally took a while.
It would have taken ten days to reach Paradise City, but it took thirteen days to get there.
On the eleventh day, Mu Tianzhi went ashore. Before leaving, he shook hands with Ye Li and said goodbye. They agreed to meet again during the second trial in December.
By the thirteenth day, the large ship of the Imperial City had already sailed into the area of the Paradise City, and this exceptionally magnificent den of brothel also appeared in Ye Li's sight.
Qi Wei didn't know when he had come to Ye Li, who was standing on the side of the ship looking at Paradise City.
"Ye Li, Paradise City will be here soon, and you should prepare to get off the boat."
Qi Wei said to Ye Li with a smile.
Ye Li then noticed Qi Wei beside him and quickly bowed and said, "Hello, Senior Qi. I was so absorbed in watching you that I didn't notice you."
Hearing Ye Li's words, Qi Wei laughed and said, "It's not that you didn't notice, it's that I didn't let you notice. It's normal that you didn't notice me coming over.
Ye Li, your appearance is a pleasant surprise to me. I didn't expect that the test I accidentally initiated in this Paradise City would actually attract a rough gem.
You are only twenty years old this year. You are indeed rare among your peers to have such strength.
But once you enter the Imperial City, you have to be careful, because your competitors are no longer just people of your peers.
Those guys who are in their twenties have practiced for six or seven years longer than you, and they are very strong. If you are not careful, you may suffer a great loss. "
Qi Wei seemed to be reminding Ye Li of what would happen after he entered the Imperial City, implying that it had been confirmed that Ye Li would become a member of the Imperial City.
Qi Wei looked at Ye Li's puzzled expression, smiled, and said, "You are definitely qualified to enter the Imperial City. Meimei also said before that just because you saved Xiao Caiyi's life, she would definitely let you enter the Imperial City.
If you fail this trial, she will find a way to give you an extra place to enter. If you successfully pass the trial, she will directly make you an earth-level disciple, so I now regard you as a member of the Imperial City.
Meimei always keeps her word and will do what she promised. No one can stop her from doing so."
Hearing Qi Wei's words, Ye Li nodded with gratitude. After all, he saved Dongfang Caiyi without seeking any reward, but what Mei Ruoxiang was doing now was indeed helping him.
Entering the Imperial City is definitely a perfect arrangement for someone like him who does not have many resources for cultivation. His future path of cultivation will be much easier than it is now.
Glancing at the approaching shore, Ye Li said to Qi Wei in a serious tone, "Senior Qi, when I saved Miss Dongfang, I didn't even know her identity, and I didn't intend to get anything in return. But Senior Mei's promise is a great favor to me, and I must thank her no matter what."