The Market Square of the Divine Firmament Palace was bustling with people as usual, and the restaurants were also full of drinkers.
"Have you heard? A miracle happened in our Divine Cloud Palace, a once in a millennium miracle." In a restaurant with good business, a luxuriously dressed young man was deliberately showing off at a wine table by the window.
"What's the miracle?" Several drinkers at the same table asked.
"It's the guy called Lu Xiaotian who got the most Foundation-laying Elixirs in the Forbidden Scarlet Area. He hasn't succeeded in building his foundation yet." The luxuriously dressed young man laughed happily. "Do you know Lu Xiaotian? He used to be a Individual Practitioner in the Full Moon City, and he entered the Divine Firmament Palace with me. His aptitude is really bad. I even offended him before. When I heard that he came out of the forbidden blood-colored area, I was shocked. I didn't expect him to be so unlucky. Dozens of Building Foundation Pills failed. It's really a waste of those pills. It's a waste of natural resources. If it were me, I would have succeeded several times. "
The luxuriously dressed young man felt lucky and regretful at the same time.
"You? Now you're only at the eleventh hurdle of the Qi Refining Realm. If you want to build your foundation, you'll have to wait for a few more years, and you'll need Foundation-laying Elixirs. " A young drinker next to him knew the luxuriously dressed young man, but their friendship was not very good. He questioned, "But even if you reach the thirteenth hurdle, I'm afraid you won't be able to get Foundation-laying Elixirs. Besides, Lu Xiaotian hasn't shown up yet. Maybe he hasn't finished his closed-door training yet. "
"In half a year, no matter how slow he was, he would have finished building his foundation. Why wait until now? If he succeeded, he would have shown up. Only when he failed will he keep quiet. Maybe this guy has failed to build his foundation and is too ashamed to show up. He might have left the Divine Firmament Palace with his tail between his legs. "
The luxuriously dressed young man said disdainfully. If he had succeeded, he would have held a big banquet and invited all his friends and relatives. Other new Foundation Practitioners in the Divine Firmament Palace would also celebrate. He had been in the Divine Firmament Palace for more than eight years, so he had a lot of bad friends. He knew all the Foundation Practitioners in the nearby Peak Areas, not to mention Lu Xiaotian, who was also from the Green Lotus Peak Area.
"It seems that I have to disappoint you. I don't have to leave the Divine Cloud Palace with my tail between my legs." A faint voice came from the corridor of the stairs.
The finely dressed young man and the others looked over and saw a young man in green with a slightly youthful appearance poking his head out from the stairs. From the powerful spiritual pressure emanating from his body, it was clear that he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Furthermore, from his tone, he seemed to have come with ill intentions.
"S-Senior, this junior is ignorant and has offended you. Please be magnanimous and forgive this junior." The young man's face turned pale, and he knelt on the ground, begging for Lu Xiaotian's forgiveness. Although they hadn't seen each other for eight years, he could still tell from the ordinary-looking young man in front of him that this person was Lu Xiaotian, whom he had just made fun of. Thinking of his offensive words just now, cold sweat broke out on the forehead of the well-dressed young man. At this time, he was filled with regret. He didn't care about losing face and directly reached out to slap his own face.
"Se-senior! We have criticized you behind your back for no reason. Please punish us. "
The others also looked anxious and uneasy, and they apologized to Lu Xiaotian one after another. Although a Foundation Establishment cultivator couldn't punish them for no reason in the market place, they had to be in the right. Now, not only had they criticized him behind his back, but they had also been caught red-handed. No matter where they went to court, they would be at a disadvantage. Besides, the backing behind them was far inferior to a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Even if Lu Xiaotian didn't do it himself, there would be many people willing to do it.
Lu Xiaotian didn't expect to meet Guo Yun, the son of an aristocratic family who had joined the Divine Cloud Palace together with him. Although he didn't have a good impression of Guo Yun, he didn't have so much time to waste on such a boring person. At this time, he had business to attend to. He waved his hand impatiently and said, "Okay, get out of here."
Guo Yun raised his head, his face full of disbelief. He didn't expect Lu Xiaotian to let him go so easily. The others were also somewhat surprised.
"Do I need to repeat myself?" Lu Xiaotian saw that they were still stunned, and his face turned cold.
"Yes, yes, we will get out of here right away." Guo Yun and the others felt as if they had been pardoned and escaped from the restaurant.
"These guys are really lucky to have met such a good-tempered Foundation Establishment cultivator." The other Aura Refining cultivators discussed in private.
Lu Xiaotian's eyes swept around the restaurant, and his gaze fell on a table in the corner, where a drunkard with a scruffy beard and a smell of alcohol reeked. He directly walked over and sat down, saying, "This must be Alchemist Zhang Yan."
Lu Xiaotian didn't know anyone, so he naturally wouldn't come to this restaurant for no reason. After walking around the market place of the Divine Cloud Palace, he didn't find a suitable alchemy furnace. Alchemy furnaces were not mass-produced like weapons. Every cultivator needed a weapon, but not every cultivator needed an alchemy furnace.
He didn't like alchemists' furnaces. As for alchemists … It was said that there was only one high-level alchemist in the whole Divine Cloud Palace, and only a dozen mid-level alchemists. There were only dozens of beginner alchemists. With so few alchemists, alchemy furnaces were naturally not as popular as spirit weapons and magic weapons. Therefore, it was actually much more difficult to obtain a suitable alchemy furnace than a suitable weapon.
He asked around and only heard that there was a beginner beginner alchemist named Zhang Yan, who seemed to have some problems recently. His success rate was too low, and he had failed more than a dozen furnaces of elixirs in a row. No one asked him to refine elixirs. Zhang Yan drank all day in the market place. So he came over with an attitude of giving it a try.
"You want me to refine elixirs? You've found the wrong person. Now no one will believe me, and I can't refine elixirs. Oh, you're a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Sorry for my rudeness. " After a long while, Zhang Yan opened his drunken eyes and smiled in a daze. Although he said so, he didn't have much respect for Lu Xiaotian.
Lu Xiaotian didn't care. Alchemists were never judged by their cultivation. Zhang Yan used to be a beginner alchemist, which was much more popular in the Divine Cloud Palace than a Foundation Establishment cultivator like him. "Of course I'm not here to ask you to refine elixirs. Although I don't know what happened to you, I don't want to ask. But I'm sorry to be presumptuous. Now that you can't refine elixirs, do you want to sell your alchemy furnace? "
"You want my alchemy furnace? Dream on!" Hearing Lu Xiaotian's words, Zhang Yan stood up and shouted. Then he poured the flagon into his mouth, but he didn't manage to pour half a drop of wine. Zhang Yan shook the flagon in his hand a few times, but it was empty. Naturally, there was no sound. So he shouted, "Waiter, hurry up and give me the wine."
A middle-aged man dressed as a shopkeeper, who was in the middle stage of the Qi Refining stage, walked up to the restaurant. He first bowed to Lu Xiaotian, then looked at Zhang Yan with a bad expression and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhang, you owe me 37 low-grade spirit stones. This is a small shop. Don't you think you should pay the bill first? "
"Are you afraid that I can't pay for your wine?" Hearing this, Zhang Yan suddenly became angry.
"I don't dare to question Fellow Daoist Zhang like this, but this shop really can't afford it. Since Fellow Daoist Zhang can afford it, please pay the previous bill first," the middle-aged shopkeeper said in a flat tone.
Zhang Yan reached into his storage pouch and found that it was empty. Even some alchemy materials had been sold out. He couldn't help but sit back down in disappointment.
"Here are 40 spirit stones. Use the rest to buy some wine for him." Lu Xiaotian put 40 low-grade spirit stones on the table.
"Yes, I will definitely follow Senior's instructions." The middle-aged shopkeeper quickly and respectfully said. He secretly wondered what the relationship between this Foundation Establishment Stage Senior and Zhang Yan was. Fortunately, he was polite to Zhang Yan before. Otherwise, if he was blamed by this Foundation Establishment Stage Senior, he wouldn't be able to afford it.
Lu Xiaotian nodded, got up and went downstairs.
"Fellow Daoist, please wait!"
"Have you figured it out?" Lu Xiaotian stopped. He just put down a few dozen spirit stones to give Zhang Yan a good impression, but he didn't have much hope. Seeing Zhang Yan's attitude was a bit relaxed, he was naturally a bit happy.
"This is not the place to talk. Fellow Daoist, please come with me." Zhang Yan sighed and directly led Lu Xiaotian out of the restaurant. After a few turns, they arrived at a dilapidated small courtyard.
There were still some remnants of the smell of elixirs in the small courtyard, from the Vitality Nurturing Elixir to the Vitality Elixir.
"Take a look at my Alchemy Furnace. What do you think?" Zhang Yan took out a black crystal like Alchemy Furnace from his storage bag.
"Alchemy Furnace made from Haolong Stone? With your Primary Alchemist level and such a good Alchemy Furnace, there is no reason why you can't refine pills. "Lu Xiaotian's face flashed with a trace of surprise. This kind of Alchemy Furnace was extremely rare. It was the best Alchemy Furnace.
"With my normal Alchemy level, refining pills is naturally no problem. However, in order to obtain this alchemy furnace, I spent nearly 5 years. When I finally got it, I was ambushed by others and was chased by them. After that, I escaped into the 1,000-year ice cave and was frostbitten. Now, my sensitivity to fire is extremely low. After a period of time, I might completely lose my sensitivity to fire. "Zhang Yang said with a bit of hatred and pain on his face.
Lu Xiaotian was speechless for a while. An Alchemist who lost his sensitivity to fire was even worse than an Alchemist.
Zhang Yan said with hatred, "If you can make a deadly oath to kill that man's entire family for me, I will give you this alchemy furnace for free. I won't take a single cent. Moreover, I will give it to you now. "
"I can't agree to your request. In fact, I don't really need this Alchemy Furnace. If I spend some time, I can find some refining materials and have someone make one for me." Lu Xiaotian shrugged his shoulders. Although Zhang Yan had met with misfortune, he was not the kind of person who would meddle in other people's business. He had never shown mercy to his enemies, but he would not easily exterminate an entire sect for an alchemy furnace.
"Don't you want to know who the opponent is? The opponent is only a Qi Refining cultivator family from a secular country. With your strength, you can easily destroy them." Zhang Yan quickly said.
"I am not a person with a strong sense of justice. I also don't want to be involved in this kind of grudge that has nothing to do with me. For your request, I can't help. "Lu Xiaotian shook his head and was about to leave.
"Wait a minute." Zhang Yan shouted from behind.
"Is there anything else?" Lu Xiaotian said with a frown.
"Then let's change the deal. I was originally from the Yue Country. After embarking on the path of cultivation, I left my homeland. It has been more than 40 years. I had a son. If you can go to the Yue Country and see if there are any children with Spiritual Roots in my family. If there are, take them back to the Divine Firmament Palace, accept them as disciples and take good care of them. I can also give you this Alchemy Furnace. "Zhang Yan's momentum suddenly dissipated.
"What if your family doesn't want to do it? You have experienced it yourself. The path of cultivation is not easy. "Lu Xiaotian said. He did not want to force people to do things that they did not want to.
"Let it be. If they don't want to do it, then forget it." Zhang Yan sighed.
"Why don't you do it yourself?"
"The cold air has already infiltrated my internal organs. There is no cure. Even if there is, I don't have the ability to do it now." Zhang Yan smiled bitterly.
"If they have Spiritual Roots, I can take them to the Divine Firmament Palace. I can also let them cultivate in the mountain where I am. But I don't plan to accept disciples now. You can think about it." Lu Xiaotian pondered for a while. For this experiential learning mission, the closest and more lively places had been chosen by the cultivator team in front of him. There were some remote places left. The Yue Country that Zhang Yan mentioned was next to the Northern Liang Kingdom. It would not be too troublesome to go there.
"Well, okay. It is good fortune to be able to get Gu Fu, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. " Zhang Yan thought for a while and stretched out his hand. The black Alchemy Furnace floated in front of Lu Xiaotian. "If you agreed immediately, I would have some doubts. At least it seems that you are a man of your words. I will leave my funeral in your hands."
So it was just a test. Lu Xiaotian smiled. Of course, if he had agreed directly, this test might not have been a test. For this person, what he wanted the most was to leave his funeral in his hands. It had nothing to do with him. Lu Xiaotian took the Alchemy Furnace and left directly.
The Green Moon Peak was located in the northeast corner of the Green Lotus Peak Region. It was relatively remote and the distribution of Spiritual Qi was moderate. In fact, Lu Xiaotian did not have many requirements for the density of Spiritual Qi. The Spiritual Qi he needed for cultivation was basically obtained by absorbing elixirs. After all, with his aptitude, it was too slow to absorb Spiritual Qi directly from the air. At this speed, it would take a long time for him to raise his cultivation level by one level.
However, at this time, at the foot of the Green Moon Peak, there was a young disciple respectfully guarding there. Lu Xiaotian, who was flying on his Dao, looked familiar. Then he landed. It was Luo Kang, who had taken care of him when he was a handyman. Beside Luo Kang, there was a young girl who was 15 or 16 years old. Although she was not very beautiful, she was still a pretty girl from a humble family.
"Uncle, Uncle Master Lu!" Luo Kang saw Lu Xiaotian and was happy at first. Then he quickly bowed.
"Why are you here? And this is? "Lu Xiaotian asked.
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