12dz Chapter 191 Celebration, Testing
Chapter 191 Celebration, Testing
Half a day later.
Hongqu Mountain.
In the cave within the formation.
"Junior Brother Su, I didn't expect your escape techniques to be so fast."
"There shouldn't be any problems with fighting the enemy and protecting my life in the future."
"When I go to Xuanyu City later, I will acquire another wind-type magic weapon to further enhance my advantages."
Lin Li listened to Huang Yue and said with a smile.
After this exchange, the deathly aura emanating from Huang Yue became even more intense than before.
"Cough cough cough!"
After saying this, Huang Yue couldn't help but cough a few times, the death energy in his internal organs was becoming increasingly difficult to suppress.
When dealing with the black-haired fox demon, Huang Yue couldn't help but use the power of his magic seed.
This also led to the further expansion of the death energy he had suppressed.
Looking like this, he probably won't live much longer.
"Senior brother."
"Your body."
Seeing this, Black Earth and Armor Man both looked worried and said...
"It's alright."
"I'm an old man, I've long since let go of all worries."
"Being able to see Junior Brother Su advance to the Foundation Establishment stage before I pass away is already a wish fulfilled."
"We cultivators, although we can extend our lifespan by refining our Qi to the Foundation Establishment stage."
"But ultimately, everything is predetermined."
"It's just a matter of two hundred years."
"They too cannot escape birth, aging, sickness, and death."
"I can hold on for a while longer."
"This time when I return to the mountain, after Junior Brother Su's Foundation Establishment celebration, I will choose to go into seclusion to see if I can advance further in my cultivation. If I can successfully advance, I can live a few more years."
Aragaku spoke with a smile on his face throughout.
"Oh, right."
"Senior brother, what should we do with Giant Bone Peak?"
"Those two evil cultivators have set their sights on our Qiulan Mountain. If it weren't for us and Junior Brother Su coming to invite Junior Brother Shan for drinks, we would have been very fortunate."
"I'm afraid... the consequences would be unimaginable."
Hei Tu, dressed in a black robe, revealed a hint of murderous intent in his eyes as he spoke.
"Issue a bounty."
"Publicly, any cultivator who can kill either the White Bone Demon or the Bee Demon of Giant Bone Peak will receive a Foundation Establishment Spiritual Item and a second-grade low-level magic weapon provided by Qiulan Mountain."
"Plus three thousand spirit stones."
"If this matter is spread, the things that Giant Bone Peak did will definitely be known, and in the future, no Foundation Establishment stage force will have to deal with them."
"To join forces with other Foundation Establishment cultivators and attack other Foundation Establishment-level forces in the surrounding area is a despicable act that will surely be condemned by other fellow cultivators."
After hesitating for a moment, Huang Yue carefully considered his words and then spoke.
The two early-stage Foundation Establishment evil cultivators on Giant Bone Peak were both quite powerful.
Now that they have retreated from outside Hongqu Mountain, they will definitely hide in Jugu Peak and will not be able to go out even once.
Once they're hiding inside the formation in the mountains, it will be difficult for them to launch a direct attack.
However, having killed the black-haired old fox and the bone-armored cultivator, they acquired two slightly damaged second-tier low-grade magic weapons. If they could have the weapon refiner in Sun's weapon-refining shop repair them...
You can make a considerable profit by reselling it.
However, the two Foundation Establishment cultivators did not have many spirit stones in their storage bags, indicating that they had hidden many of their spiritual items elsewhere before they came.
"Yes, senior brother."
Hei Tu, who was standing to the side, nodded in response. He was mainly in charge of matters in Qiuye Town.
Moreover, he has the highest seniority, so after Senior Brother Huang passes away, he will be the one to take charge of things in Qiulan Mountain.
Junior Brother Su Baiyao then went to Xuanyu City to cultivate weapon refining techniques, preparing for the Qiulan Mountain to open a shop in Xuanyu City, with the three Foundation Establishment cultivators supporting them.
In the decades to come, Mount Akihara will surely expand further.
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The next day.
White Tiger Ridge.
"Senior brother."
"Those two bastards from Giant Bone Peak are truly despicable!"
"I knew they practiced demonic arts, but I never expected them to be so ruthless and insane."
"However, Qiulan Mountain has already gained considerable power, and we, White Tiger Ridge, are just standing on the sidelines. With only a Foundation Establishment cultivator like me to hold the line, what should we do if Qiulan Mountain sets its sights on us?"
Inside a cave filled with spiritual energy halfway up the mountain, Huang Dali, dressed in a yellow outfit, spoke with a tone full of worry.
now.
A few steps in front of Huang Dali was a withered old tiger demon sitting cross-legged on a futon. The death aura emanating from Huang Zizai was much denser than that from Huang Yue.
Moreover, he has been using elixirs to suppress the death energy within his body every day during this period.
"drop!"
"You think you can take on three or four of them by yourself?"
Huang Zizai opened his eyes wearily, looked at Huang Dali in front of him, and said in a very brief tone.
"If White Tiger Ridge could be located near Autumn Mist Mountain, it wouldn't be such a bad thing."
"The current fortune of Mount Qiulan is something that our White Tiger Ridge cannot withstand."
"Of course, if Qiulanshan doesn't have any other ideas about Baihu Ridge, then you should stay in the mountains and cultivate properly."
"To cultivate another Foundation Establishment stage cultivator if possible."
"You are supporting White Tiger Ridge all by yourself. One hand cannot clap, and there are many things you cannot do."
Huang Zizai continued to explain.
"As for the Foundation Establishment celebration of Su Baiyao, the newly promoted Foundation Establishment expert at Qiulan Mountain, you must also attend."
"When you go, I will be stationed at White Tiger Ridge."
"The gifts given at the celebration must not be cheap."
"If the other party proposes to merge White Tiger Ridge into Autumn Mist Mountain, then tell them the conditions I mentioned. As long as those people from Autumn Mist Mountain agree, then it is not impossible for our White Tiger Ridge to merge into Autumn Mist Mountain."
"Our White Tiger Ridge, a mountain with a second-tier spiritual vein, can produce a considerable amount of second-tier spiritual rice every year. We absolutely cannot afford to suffer losses."
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Then, with a thought, Huang Zizai took out a jade slip from his storage bag and handed it to Huang Dali in front of him.
In terms of mental strength, Dali is definitely not as good as the others from Qiulan Mountain.
Their strength is also inferior.
It could only be that he recorded all the situations that Dali might encounter in the jade slip before he passed away.
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In the blink of an eye.
More than a month has passed.
The arrival of the Foundation Establishment Ceremony in Autumn Mist Mountain has made the entire Autumn Leaf Town lively. Many small Qi Refining clans from surrounding forces, as well as many demon cultivators, have come to Autumn Leaf Town to take advantage of the Foundation Establishment Ceremony.
The number of cultivators coming and going to Qiuye Town now is several times that of before.
Business is much better in all the shops in town than in previous years.
now.
On Mount Akiyama.
Su Xiuniang sat in the head seat of the first row of seats at the celebration, next to Lin Li's mother in this life, Zhou Qing. The two of them were seated close to each other.
They were positioned very close to the front.
Su Xiuniang even saw that their shop owner could only sit in the bottom row. After making eye contact with him from afar, he hurriedly raised his wine glass and drank the wine in it in one gulp.
Previously, Su Xiuniang had already received many requests from talisman shops wanting to cooperate with her.
She was basically searched for in every shop in the entire town of Qiuye.
They have all kinds of shops.
Many gifts were given, but Su Xiuniang accepted them without touching the gift boxes. She stored them away, intending to hand them all over to Bai Yao this time.
"Sister Qing."
"If only my brother could see this."
"Bai Yao is truly the pride of our family now."
"It's unbelievable that our family has produced a Foundation Establishment cultivator."
At this moment, Su Xiuniang looked at the figures of the Foundation Establishment cultivators exchanging words at the top, and a sense of emotion appeared in her eyes.
Over the years.
Su Xiuniang knew that her superior conditions compared to other talisman masters were all due to Bai Yao.
What she didn't expect was that Bai Yao would be able to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage before he was even thirty years old, and become the Foundation Establishment Ancestor of Qiulan Mountain.
This was something we wouldn't have dared to even imagine in the past.
"yes."
"Little Mu is so promising."
"He's the one who's been working so hard; I, as his mother, haven't been able to offer him any real help."
"No matter what, I just hope he can be safe and sound."
Zhou Qing glanced at the youngest Foundation Establishment cultivator among the Foundation Establishment stage figures above, and a soft look flashed in her eyes.
"yes."
"It's good that you're safe and sound."
Hearing this, Su Xiuniang, who was standing to the side, seemed to have thought of something and slowly nodded.
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above.
The person who came to the Sun family's weapon-refining shop in Xuanyu City this time was an elder of the Sun family who was in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, named Sun Cheng.
He was a burly, red-haired old man with a red jade gourd hanging from his waist. He reeked of alcohol and had a bright red, bulbous nose.
"Those two evil cultivators from Giant Bone Peak are truly shameless!"
"They actually colluded with the Jiexiu cultivators and did such a thing."
"If I were to encounter these old Taoists, I would certainly have to fight them."
Sun Cheng harbored deep hatred for those Tribulation Cultivators. In the early years, many members of his family had lost their lives at the hands of Tribulation Cultivators outside Xuanyu City.
Moreover, he had encountered several dangerous situations when he was young.
Therefore, upon hearing what the Giant Bone Peak had done, he felt indignant.
"Fellow Daoist Sun is righteous!"
Hei Tu raised his glass to the side.
"Oh, right."
"Fellow Daoist Sun, is there anything I can ask of you?"
"The amount of spirit crystals mined from our Qiulan Mountain Crimson Flame Spirit Crystal Mine has been increasing in recent years. In addition to supplying the Sun Family Refining Shop, there is still a lot of surplus."
"I wonder if it would be possible for our Qiulan Mountain to select a few disciples from the mountain academy?"
"Go to Xuanyu City and work as an apprentice in a shop for a few years."
"The apprenticeship fees at Qiulanshan will definitely not be less."
Huang Yue spoke up from the side.
This matter was also intended to test the Sun family's weapon-refining shop's attitude towards Qiulan Mountain's training of its own weapon refiners. If it was just about recruiting apprentices, they wanted to see what the Foundation Establishment cultivators thought.
This also relates to the future cooperation between the two factions.
"Good thing."
"There's no problem at all."
"However, it is best to limit the number of apprentices to five or less."
"Currently, the shop doesn't lack many apprentices, and it's best if they have any of the four bloodline aptitudes: wind, fire, metal, or water."
"The qualifications shouldn't be too low."
"Moreover, the apprentices in the weapon-refining shops all lived very hard lives."
"If anything unexpected happens during their apprenticeship, our weapon-refining shop cannot guarantee that they will not be injured."
Sun Cheng understood what Huang Yue meant.
Preparations had already been made before his arrival.
After all, there is already a sect with three Foundation Establishment cultivators in Qiulan Mountain. This newly promoted Foundation Establishment cultivator is able to advance to Foundation Establishment at such a young age, and there is a very high probability that he will be able to advance further in the future.
With such talent, if he went to Xuanyu City, he would very likely make a name for himself there.
This Autumn Arashiyama is already showing signs of growth, and we may need to work with it for a long time to come.
They only cooperate annually. It's perfectly reasonable for Qiulan Mountain to cultivate its own weapon refiners. Even if they wanted to stop it, they couldn't. Going with the flow would actually help them build a good relationship.
"That's natural."
Huang Yue nodded, his tone firm.
Hearing Sun Cheng's reply, Heitu and Shanjia Jun, who were standing to his side, felt much more at ease.
"Fellow Daoist Huang, this Fellow Daoist Su is so young, he must not yet have a Daoist partner, right?"
"We have a junior sister on Hundred Flowers Peak who has advanced to the early stage of Foundation Establishment at a young age. I think they are quite suitable for each other."
"I wonder if Fellow Daoist Su is interested?"
At this time.
A few steps away from them sat a female cultivator in purple robes. She had exquisite features, skin as smooth as cream, and a pair of bright, clear peach blossom eyes that exuded elegance.
This is a Foundation Establishment Flower Fairy from Hundred Flowers Peak.
Hundred Flowers Peak now has three Foundation Establishment cultivators, which is about equal to the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators in Autumn Mist Mountain.
but.
There is a Crimson Flame Spirit Crystal Mine in Autumn Mist Mountain, and there is also White Tiger Ridge which is very close to them. If Autumn Mist Mountain were to annex White Tiger Ridge in the future, its power would surpass that of Hundred Flowers Peak.
"A Daoist partner?"
No.
"I have just entered the Foundation Establishment stage and my strength is weak. I also want to advance further in the future, so I have no such plans for now."
Lin Li shook his head.
In this life, I want to steadily advance to the Nascent Soul stage, with the goal of eliminating the Soul-Devouring Gu.
The grudge from the previous life.
We absolutely can't not report it!
If a Daoist partner can help with cultivation, then that's acceptable.
For Lin Li now, if the other party is a female cultivator at the late Foundation Establishment stage or above, and can perform dual cultivation techniques to enhance his own cultivation, Lin Li would not refuse.
However, judging from the other party's words, he was also a newly promoted early Foundation Establishment cultivator. Even if he practiced dual cultivation, he would not benefit much. On the contrary, it would be faster to improve by refining a batch of pills.
Next, Lin Li should head to Xuanyu City to showcase his astonishing weapon-refining skills.
He is skilled in both water-based and fire-based weapon crafting.
With the accumulation of knowledge from his previous life, it wouldn't be difficult for him to get started with weapon crafting in this life. With the title of genius weapon crafter on his head, it would be much more reasonable for him to purchase elixirs and medicines for his own advancement.
"it is good."
"If that's the case, then there's nothing more to say."
Upon hearing Lin Li's words, the purple-clad female cultivator on Hundred Flowers Peak lost her smile.