At this mont, Yin Xiao looked at the copper furnace and said, "What two thousand spirit stones?"
The man from the Phecda Sect squinted his eyes at the situation and said, "Senior Brother, what do you an by this?"
"What do I an? This isn’t an auction where you have to buy if you na a price. What, does the Phecda Sect really want to force a sale?" Yin Xiao retorted.
The man from the Phecda Sect was full of disbelief, thinking, how could soone be so shaless?
Is this the nature of people from the Cangyan Daoist Palace?
"Scram! You want two thousand spirit stones for this piece of junk? When did the Phecda Sect beco so poor?"
After saying that, Yin Xiao turned around with his people and left, leaving the stall owner holding the furnace in a daze.
"To hell with you!"
The stall owner, regaining his senses, started cursing.
Having been in cultivation for so long, he had never seen soone so shaless!
However, being only in the mid-Golden Core Realm, he was no match for the opponent.
"Twenty spirit stones!" Just as the stall owner turned away with a face full of dejection, a familiar voice suddenly sounded.
He turned his head to see Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu smiling at him.
The stall owner’s face instantly filled with bitterness and pain.
"From two thousand to twenty, what a huge gap!"
......
On the way back to the sect, Yan Xiaohu carefully studied the copper furnace and then directly tossed it to Zhou Qing.
"Twenty spirit stones were a major loss, but it was worth it to disgust Yin Xiao. I have so insider information, do you want to hear it?" Yan Xiaohu said mysteriously.
Zhou Qing, however, was enamored with the copper furnace and shook his head, "No."
"Hey, you’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you? Even if you don’t want to hear it, I’m going to tell you. The palace master of the Cangyan Daoist Palace, Sikong Yan, has been pursuing Immortal Xuan You. But for all these years, it’s been a one-sided effort."
"So, Sikong Yan issued a secret order to his disciples. You want to guess what it is?" Yan Xiaohu chuckled.
Zhou Qing shook his head.
Yan Xiaohu said, "Guess you wouldn’t know. The secret order was to have all his disciples discreetly pursue the disciples of Immortal Xuan You. To win over the cold-hearted immortal, they’d have to start from within."
"Only by converting her disciples into allies could they constantly monitor Immortal Xuan You’s activities, tracks, and understand why she wouldn’t accept him, among other things. It’s highly beneficial."
Hearing this, Zhou Qing’s face was full of disbelief.
Such an act seed sowhat underhanded.
"Where did you hear this?" Zhou Qing asked.
Yan Xiaohu said, "I deduced it from various clues. That’s why I say, Yin Xiao is no good. His pursuit of Cui Yingying is rely to complete a sect mission."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Qing began to understand the thoughtful intentions of his third senior brother.
If Yin Xiao was genuinely pursuing Cui Yingying, it would indeed be unethical to accidentally witness sothing shouldn’t have.
Especially if he ca to confront him about it, it would be sowhat understandable.
However, if that guy only intended to build a rapport in front of Cui Yingying, then it was a different matter altogether.
In short, Yan Xiaohu wanted Zhou Qing not to have a psychological burden for potentially disturbing others.
"I understand, Third Senior Brother!" Zhou Qing said with a smile.
At night, after feeding spirit stone powder to the old hen, Zhou Qing carefully examined the copper furnace.
The inner wall of the copper furnace indeed had so black marks. It looked like it had lost its spirituality. Without close inspection, one might mistake it for ordinary dirt.
Yet, who could have thought that it would be the blood essence of an aged fierce beast Suanni?
However, he didn’t use the assessnt thod to refine it with pill fire but followed the thod taught by his Second Uncle, using bathing to soak and cultivate it.
Moreover, he was not a Pill Master and lacked pill fire.
In the steamy bathtub, as ti slowly passed, the blood in the copper furnace seed to dissolve in the water, much like the previously shattered bones of the Red Fla Dragon Lion, starting to seep out dots of blood foam.
These blood foams seed to be activated by the secret techniques of Zhou Qing’s "Silver Dragon Hand" and "Silver Dragon Step," emitting waves of pressure and then rging into his body.
Zhou Qing held back the smile at the corner of his mouth and fully imrsed himself in the cultivation...
Boom!
A massive silver dragon, about ten ters long, suddenly appeared, causing the distant hillside to completely collapse in an instant.
With a slight lift of his foot, Zhou Qing disappeared from his original spot, and when he reappeared, he had already reached the collapsed area.
His face was slightly pale, but his expression was extrely excited.
Looking at the shattered hill in front of him, Zhou Qing still found it hard to believe that in just seven days, he had fully mastered both "Silver Dragon Hand" and "Silver Dragon Step."
Not only that, but continually absorbing top-grade spirit stones also enabled him to successfully break through to the late Foundation Establishnt stage.
"Whether it’s the shattered bones of the Red Fla Dragon Lion or the remnant blood of the Suanni, they only pushed to a certain extent. Ultimately, it was the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishnt that brought my comprehension ability to an unbelievable level!"
Feeling the lingering spiritual power within, Zhou Qing muttered to himself.
"Recently, I’ve also been going through so ancient texts. Even the top-ranked Heavenly Dao Qi—Yin and Yang, shouldn’t bring such changes. There can only be one possibility: this isn’t an ordinary Heavenly Dao Qi, but one that has undergone a mutation, much like the old hen."
Whoosh! Whoosh!
At this mont, patrol disciples, upon hearing the sound, imdiately ca over. Upon seeing Zhou Qing, they hastily saluted.
"Clean this up thoroughly!"
After giving the order, Zhou Qing turned and left.
Back in his room, looking at the now dim top-grade spirit stones, Zhou Qing felt a bit heartache.
"With the spirit eggs laid by the old hen, the two together should be able to help advance one more level!" Zhou Qing guessed, then carefully put them away.
After so recovery, the token brought a ssage from Mo Xingjian.
"Co to the Council Hall imdiately!"
As soon as Zhou Qing arrived, Third Senior Brother Yan Xiaohu also landed coincidentally.
"Did you get into trouble?"
They asked each other in unison.
"No!"
They shook their heads together.
"What’s going on then? From Old Mo’s tone, he seed a bit angry. I thought you peeked at soone bathing again." Yan Xiaohu let out a sigh of relief.
Zhou Qing was speechless, thinking, even you now think of like that.
With that, they entered the main hall together, seeing Mo Xingjian sitting at the top with a dark face.
Normally, seeing such a formation with guilty consciences, they would have kneeled and said their well-practiced phrase—Master, we were wrong!
But now, with clear consciences, they walked in unabashedly.
"Over two hundred disciples from the Cyan Feather Immortal Sect haven’t returned since the Treasure Exchange Gathering!"
As soon as Mo Xingjian spoke, their faces changed dramatically.
"Over two hundred people? Could they have gotten lost?" Yan Xiaohu asked in surprise.
Mo Xingjian said seriously, "According to the return information from the Cyan Feather Immortal Sect, over a hundred soul lamps have been extinguished, and the others are out of contact. There’s even several core disciples among them. Oh, Cui Yingying who ca looking for you is also missing."
Hearing that Cui Yingying was among them and so many people had died, Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu were utterly shocked.
After all, Cui Yingying was at least in the Golden Core Realm. With so many mysterious disappearances, it seed soone had started targeting the Cyan Feather Immortal Sect.
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