12dz Chapter 39 Celebration, Old Friends
Chapter 39 Celebration, Old Friends
Another year.
Autumn goes and winter comes.
Qingyuan Mountain.
The mountains were covered in a blanket of silver, and fewer people were busy in the spirit fields. The houses built by the spirit foxes and monkeys were filled with laughter and joy, as every family had harvested a bountiful amount of spirit rice, creating a lively scene.
Behind the main peak, in a large pool of water, dozens of spirit turtles lazily huddled together, dozing off.
now.
Inside the main room of the thatched cottage in the mountains, Lin Li, dressed in a loose white robe, sat cross-legged in front of an alchemy furnace, at the bottom of which a ball of blood-red flame burned.
The area beneath the burning alchemy furnace glowed red, enveloping the entire room in warmth.
Lin Li has already mastered three second-tier low-level techniques in just one year of cultivation.
However, after achieving a certain level of mastery, the progress of this technique almost stagnated.
Therefore, by combining the Blood Demon Slash and the Frost Tail Netherfire, Lin Li can burn his own meager essence blood to cultivate a more refined control over the Blood Demon Slash technique.
One can also improve their alchemy skills by practicing the Blood Demon Slash.
Lin Li will stay on Green Ape Mountain for nearly a hundred years, naturally to master the first-grade superior alchemy technique left by Yuan Xiudao. Among the various arts of cultivation, alchemy firmly occupies a leading position.
It is certainly worth studying and practicing diligently.
"master."
"This is the portion of the elixir and elixir rice that Hu San Niang sent."
"All of this spiritual rice has been stored."
"This is the portion of spiritual medicine and spiritual rice sent by Hou Dashan."
"However... Hou Dashan's share this year is 50% higher than in previous years, which is probably because he added it to the share on his own."
"Also, Hou Dashan specially sent a bottle of spiritual essence blood here."
At this moment, a few steps away from Lin Li, an old tortoise with a dark brown shell on its back presented two jade slips and a green jade gourd to Lin Li, speaking respectfully.
Hou Dashan is the patriarch of the spirit monkeys of Green Ape Mountain, with a first-class superior bloodline aptitude and perfected Qi refining cultivation.
"The essence and blood remain."
"As for the extra portions of spiritual herbs and spiritual rice that Hou Dashan gave us, we will return them to him, leaving only the fixed proportion for this year."
"Tell Hou Dashan that I do not ask them to hand over more spiritual herbs and rice. I only ask that they can cultivate in peace and that one of their clansmen can stand out as soon as possible and have the talent to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage."
Lin Li, sitting in front of the alchemy furnace, naturally knew that Hou Dashan was trying to curry favor with him.
He had previously sent Hou Dashan with two spirit monkeys to the Jia family immortal clan north of Wushan.
He personally informed Yuan Xiudao, who was stationed in the Jia family immortal clan, of the news of Lin Li's successful foundation building. He also brought with him a celestial image of the time when Lin Li was building his foundation, as well as a jade slip containing his own foundation building magic imprint.
Lin Li would not simply send a message via a jade slip.
Only by having the chieftains of the mountain monkeys lead the remaining monkeys along can Yuan Xiudao's mind be completely put at ease.
"Yes, sir!"
The spirit turtle Zhenchi spoke respectfully.
Zhen Chi was filled with emotion, realizing that giving that bottle of essence blood back then was truly the right thing to do.
He became the master's messenger, relaying many things in the mountains and also supervising the foxes and monkeys to do their jobs.
It was precisely because of this that the greatest conflict between the spirit monkey and spirit fox clans in Green Ape Mountain was gradually suppressed.
As a member of the Spirit Fox clan, the lord was able to treat all the other clans in the Green Ape Mountain equally. This one act alone made Zhen Chi feel that this newly appointed lord had a lot of the demeanor of the previous lord.
"Oh, right."
"These are the four invitations I have prepared. Send them to the Corpse Refining Sect, the Black Sheep Sect, the Zhan family of Fish Dragon Peak, and the Cui family of Beast Taming."
"As for the other invitations to those spiritual cultivators who have reached the Qi Refining Perfection stage, you can decide for yourself, but don't invite just any spiritual cultivator who has reached the Qi Refining Perfection stage."
"Some of these practices don't even deserve to be called spiritual practices."
After speaking, Lin Li took out four jade slip invitations from his pocket. Each jade slip invitation had a mark of Lin Li's magic power on it. After checking the jade slip, Foundation Establishment cultivators could naturally sense Lin Li's current Foundation Establishment realm.
"Yes, sir, I've noted it all down."
Zhen Chi carefully put away the invitation jade slip and then walked out of the house.
after that.
Lin Li, who was inside the room, sensed that the pills in the alchemy furnace in front of him had reached the final stage of condensation. He then immediately opened the alchemy furnace by forming a hand seal.
One pale yellow pill and two grayish pills flew out together.
"Ugh."
"This is the eleventh batch, and only now have I produced this first low-grade Earth Spirit Pill."
Although Lin Li is now a Foundation Establishment cultivator and his divine sense is many times stronger than when he was refining Qi, his alchemy skills are still only at the very beginning.
Refining low-grade elixirs already wastes a lot of medicinal herbs.
Without the support of a Foundation Establishment sect, it would be difficult for an ordinary, unaffiliated alchemist to refine a first-grade high-quality spiritual pill in their entire life.
"continue."
Lin Li put away the only good Earth Spirit Pill and threw the other two useless pills into a large gourd next to him. Many of the useless pills were just heavily poisoned.
It's still possible to extract some medicinal power from it; even a mosquito's leg, however small, still has some substance.
For his Foundation Establishment celebration, the four Foundation Establishment forces around him will naturally send congratulatory gifts, hoping that they will send more spiritual herbs and medicines so that he can have more opportunities to practice.
Moreover, Lin Li finally learned who had casually killed him with a single sword strike in his previous life.
"Cui Zhan, Cui Ling."
Lin Li raised his hand and took out two scrolls from his storage bag. When the scrolls were opened, they depicted a young man and woman. The man was the same guy who, more than ten years ago, used his sword control technique to wipe out all the monsters in the local temple and then casually killed him in his previous life with a single sword stroke.
The other woman was the one in the green dress who was captured alive by a demon cultivator in the local temple.
After becoming a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he began to learn about his four Foundation Establishment neighbors, including the younger generation, who had also collected a lot of information about the scrolls.
Among the hundreds of scrolls, Lin Li immediately recognized Cui Zhan and Cui Ling.
Although more than ten years have passed, the Cui family still has to pay a price for that sword wound.
...
...
Half a day later.
Corpse Refining Sect.
Inside the Yin Sha Cave on the main peak.
"Senior brother, are the spiritual cultivators who established their foundations at Green Ape Mountain this time truly members of the Spirit Fox Clan?"
"Now, the Corpse Refining Sect has received news of his Foundation Establishment celebration."
"It will be on the sixth day of next month."
At this moment, a black streak of light flew in from the outside, revealing Zou Guanqi, a slender figure in a black robe.
On Zou Guanqi's right hand was a jade invitation card floating in the air.
Within the jade slip, one could clearly sense the divine imprint of a fellow Foundation Establishment cultivator.
The next moment, a blue-scaled skull flew out from the dark mist and snatched the invitation to its front.
A wisp of divine sense probed into it.
"Invitation: Liu Ya of the Spirit Fox Clan of Green Ape Mountain, having now successfully completed his Foundation Establishment, hereby extends this invitation..."
A young man's voice slowly echoed in Qian Suxing's mind.
"Liu Ya!?"
Qian Suxing frowned.
I don't recognize that name at all!
The fact that Liu Ya was able to successfully establish his foundation at Green Ape Mountain suggests that his bloodline aptitude is far more than just a top-tier first-order quality.
That old ape hid really well.
"Your eyeliner?"
"Do you know the origin of this Willow Cliff?"
"And when was it born?"
"How old were you when you first established your foundation, and what kind of cultivation technique did you practice?"
Qian Suxing's blue-scaled skull suddenly turned towards Zou Guanqi on one side.
"Senior brother, eyeliner or not is not important."
"The meaning behind Liu Ya's invitation is quite clear: he has no intention of competing with us for territory. What kind of congratulatory gift should our Corpse Refining Sect send to such a young Foundation Establishment cultivator?"
"If this gift is too small, and Liu Ya sabotages us in our future battles against the Black Sheep Sect, that would be disastrous."
Zou Guanqi almost instinctively avoided his senior brother's question, and asked Qian Suxing with a smile on his face.