"Six thousand spirit stones...six thousand two hundred!"
Huojingzao is scarce and important among the auxiliary medicines for pill formation, and the competition is fierce.
"Six thousand six hundred!"
A yellow-skinned middle-aged man in the late stage of foundation building made a strong quotation.
"Hahaha! He Yuanwu? The fake elixir is a real person, competing for the elixir-building auxiliary medicine, and you have to hide your head and show your tail?"
A sarcastic old man's voice came.
"He Yuanwu?"
Lu Changan and many monks turned their attention to the yellow-skinned middle-aged man in the late stage of foundation building.
He Yuanwu is the fourth disciple of Zhenren Huanglong and is quite famous in Huanglong Immortal City.
However, since he was challenged and tied by Tuoba Jin that year, his energy has been greatly reduced and he has kept a low profile.
After Tuoba Jin became the real person of Jin Dan, He Yuanwu's "famousness" increased greatly.
Real people who have achieved the golden elixir are extremely rare and have attracted much attention. Even the neighboring immortal circles know a little about it.
Whenever someone admires the deeds of "Tuoba Jin" in achieving the Golden Elixir, they will inevitably mention He Yuanwu as the whetstone and backdrop.
Challenging the real fake elixir in the later stage of foundation building is a good story.
Not to mention, that battle sharpened Tuoba Jin's energy and spirit, thereby increasing the chances of winning the pill formation.
"Senior Mo has admitted the wrong person. I am just a foundation-building casual cultivator, not the fake elixir master from Huanglong Mountain."
The yellow-skinned middle-aged man, neither humble nor arrogant, denied it.
"Whether you admit it or not, don't get this fire essence date easily."
At the VIP table above, there was an old man with white hair and a large animal skin cloak, smiling and looking carefree.
"The ancestor of the fake elixir of the Mo family?"
At the scene, many monks recognized the old man's identity.
"The Mo family had a grudge with Huanglong Mountain in the early years and was suppressed by the latter. During the beast tide, a true elixir monk was born in this family."
The Mo family is one of the seven great families in the Liang Kingdom, located in the south-eastern area of Huanglong Fairy City.
Many years ago, the prosperity of Huanglong Fairy City seriously affected the business of a medium and large-scale market in the Mo family.
"Six thousand six hundred! Is there anything more expensive?"
The auctioneer coughed lightly and reminded.
"Six thousand seven hundred spirit stones." The ancestor of the Mo family's fake elixir said slowly.
"Seven thousand spiritual stones."
The yellow-skinned middle-aged man suspected to be He Yuanwu, with shrunken pupils, continued to quote.
"Seven thousand one hundred!"
The ancestor of the Mo family only added a hundred spiritual stones to each quotation.
At this moment, the price of Huojing Jujube has reached a significant premium, exceeding the normal auction price.
After two or three rounds of bidding.
The yellow-skinned middle-aged man spent more than 8,000 spiritual stones to buy Huojing Jujube.
"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist! I wish in advance that the disciples who have just closed their doors will be able to form elixirs as soon as possible."
The ancestor of the Mo family had a smile on his face and did not accompany him to the end.
He just felt disgusted and made things difficult for the hostile Huanglong Mountain.
With the foundation of Huanglong Mountain and the strength and connections of Master Huanglong, it would be a matter of time before he could obtain the pill-forming breakthrough, and it was impossible to stop him.
A skinny camel is bigger than a horse.
What's more, Huanglong Mountain is currently old and sick at best, and is still far from destruction.
"Humph, old ghost Mo! He is really haunting! He hid his identity and set out in secret. How did you recognize him?"
The yellow-skinned middle-aged man was photographed with Huo Jing Zao, but he simply stopped pretending and exuded the smell of fake elixirs.
His appearance also returned to that of a fierce bald man.
"It is indeed He Yuanwu."
Lu Changan narrowed his eyes slightly, not daring to use his spiritual sense to investigate rashly before.
As a fake elixir real person, He Yuanwu's plan to form elixirs was useless.
His behavior must be for Fu Xuemei.
Facing the path of elixir formation, Earth Spiritual Gen just hopes to be bigger than ordinary monks.
If you want to achieve the true elixir, you still need to prepare carefully.
"In the past few years, Fu Xuemei has reached the late stage of foundation construction, but it will still take some years before the ninth floor of the foundation is built."
Lu Changan thought to himself.
Lu Changan rarely pays attention to the intelligence of his former enemies, so as not to detect abnormalities.
However, he had a rough guess about the progress of this woman's cultivation.
Fu Xuemei is much younger than Zhao Siyao. Such progress in cultivation has been hindered by her younger brother.
Today, the power and prestige of Huanglong Mountain has been greatly reduced.
In order to save the Earth Dragon Beast, Master Huang Long consumed the source of his true elixir, and his strength and longevity were greatly reduced.
The hostile forces will not sit back and watch Fu Xuemei successfully attack the pill formation, and will inevitably obstruct her, either openly or covertly.
If there is a good opportunity, Lu Changan would not mind secretly pushing her to prevent Fu Xuemei from forming a pill!
Revenge for blocking a road does not necessarily require killing someone.
Fu Xuemei's original compensation to him, including the Huanglong Pavilion VIP Order, had brought more value than a fine foundation-building pill.
This woman's nature is not bad, and her reputation in Huanglong Fairy City is acceptable.
After all these years, Lu Changan no longer has much murderous intention.
If he could take action once and secretly prevent Fu Xuemei from successfully forming the elixir, no matter whether it was successful or not, the cause and effect would be over.
…
The dust settled over the competition between Huo Jing Zao and He Yuanwu quickly left the auction.
Lu Changan participated in the process symbolically and made a quotation once.
Jiedan auxiliary medicines have high and low values.
Subsequently, the second pill-forming auxiliary drug, named "Wuqicao", was inferior in value and scarcity.
It cannot be like "Huo Jing Zao". Taking it directly will minimally increase the chance of forming pills.
The starting price is three thousand spiritual stones.
This time, Lu Changan actually participated in the bidding.
Finally, at a small premium of 4,600 spirit stones, the "Wuqi Cao" was acquired.
Both Huo Jing Zao and Wu Qi Cao are only auxiliary medicines for the "Crystal Condensation Pill".
As a high-end strategic resource, Crystal Condensation Pill is worth tens of thousands of spiritual stones.
The pill-forming spiritual object "Tianjingshui" that Lu Changan traded from Taoist Tianshu cannot directly increase the probability of forming a pill, but it can slightly improve the quality of the pill.
I photographed the third-level spiritual bamboo and Wuqi grass successively.
Lu Changan has achieved his goal of this trip and is not planning to take action again; otherwise, even his cultivation in the "late stage of foundation building" will attract attention.
When Lu Changan left the show midway, a prototype of a magic weapon was being auctioned.
Among the participants was Zhang Tieshan, an acquaintance of his.
Zhang Tieshan was disguised and he had not recognized it before.
Ordinary monks in the late stage of foundation building are stretched thin when planning to forge elixirs. How can they have enough money to lay out the prototypes of magic weapons in advance?
…
Leave the auction.
Lu Changan made another trip to the most famous intelligence force in the Liaoyuan Fairy City - Tianzhi Tower.
This intelligence force has a mysterious background and is spread throughout the surrounding immortal kingdoms.
On the third floor of Tianzhi Building, there is a reception room.
A cold and charming woman in a black dress in the middle stage of foundation building was responsible for receiving Lu Changan.
"If I want to purchase information about Huanglong Mountain, it is best if it is directly related to Huanglong Mountain."
Lu Changan got straight to the point.
This is not Huanglong Fairy City, and he has concealed his identity, so he doesn't have to worry about anything.
"Information on Huanglong Mountain has become quite popular in recent years. This building has specially compiled it. The level of confidentiality of the information is divided into three levels: A, B, and C. The price corresponds to two thousand, seven hundred, and three hundred spirit stones. You want to buy it.
That piece of information?"
The woman in black dress looks calm and speaks fluently.
"Class B."
Lu Changan said without time to think.
With his worth, he can definitely afford to buy Class A confidential information.
But if it weren’t for the life and death enemy of Huanglong Mountain, or the hostile forces with related interests, they would not buy this kind of information.
In order to avoid arousing the curiosity of "Tianzhilou", he simply stayed moderate.
"Chenghui Seven Hundred Spiritual Stones."
The woman in black skirt accepted the spirit stone and handed a special jade tube to Lu Changan.
"With this jade tube, you only need to pay a few spiritual stones to purchase the subsequent 'Level B' intelligence updates."
"clear."
Lu Changan's spiritual consciousness passed through the palm of his hand and entered the jade tube for a brief inspection.
The information in the jade tube includes detailed information on the direct members of Huanglong Mountain, their training methods, social relationships, and their current situation.
Including the current predicament of Huanglong Mountain, what enemies and spheres of influence it faces.
…
Half a day later.
Inside the inn of Liaoyuan Fairy City.
Lu Changan read the information carefully.
"Master Huanglong's lifespan is at most thirty to forty years. Class A intelligence can provide a more accurate lifespan, with an error of no more than one year."
"The hostile forces in Huanglong Mountain include not only the Mo family, one of the seven aristocratic families, but also the large-scale chamber of commerce 'Hengchuan Chamber of Commerce', which has a background from the Liuyun Sect."
"Personal enemies, led by the 'Sanhu Zhenren', a loose cultivator in the early stage of pill formation, there are several people who fake pills. It is difficult to count during the foundation building period. There are more than 20 moderately famous mid- to late-stage foundation building periods recorded."
"Hey! Why does Xiang Jinglong have a grudge against Huanglong Mountain?"
Among them, Lu Changan saw a familiar and unexpected name.
The specific reason was not stated, and the content of Class B intelligence would not be particularly detailed. Or, one would have to purchase Xiang Jinglong’s intelligence to know the reason.
"Well, there's no name for me."
Lu Changan breathed a sigh of relief.
Back then, the calculations between Fu Xuemei and Master Hua were rather obscure. The former offered compensation and Lu Changan also accepted it.
Perhaps Tianzhilou has relevant information and speculation.
But in the past few decades, Lu Changan has never targeted Huanglong Mountain, no matter what he said or did, openly or covertly.
He never even said a single complaint.
Even if he was monitored, it would be impossible to see that he had any thoughts of revenge.
…
The next day.
Lu Changan checked out of the inn and rented a second-level, high-grade cave in the city.
The Dongfu area of the Liaoyuan Immortal City is not like the one in Huanglong Immortal City. It is surrounded by Huanglong Mountain and is closer to the real person.
The level of spiritual veins here gradually increases from south to north.
The distribution of caves is not that dense.
The cave that Lu Changan rented was hundreds of miles away from the third-order spiritual vein where Master Jie Dan lived.
The range of spiritual consciousness in the early stage of pill formation is about five miles.
In the middle stage of elixir formation, it is around ten miles.
A few months later.
In the sky above Lu Changan's cave, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was restless and extremely active.
The Black Water Turtle is attacking the second level.
The slight abnormality in the aura of heaven and earth is not noticeable at all in the Dongfu area of Liaoyuan Fairy City.
A considerable part of the strength of monster beasts comes from their physical bloodline. Regardless of cultivation or breakthrough, their demand for the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is smaller than that of humans.
In the Liaoyuan Fairy City, where fake elixirs are common, even the breakthrough foundation building is not very conspicuous.
Unless there is an impact on the core and the phenomena of heaven and earth are obvious, the surroundings will be alarmed and attract more attention.
The cave itself has a second-level high-grade formation, and Lu Changan has deployed another level of formation to reduce breath leakage.
Xuan Shui Turtle's advancement time was more than twenty years earlier than the one hundred years he expected.
Fortunately, this can only be regarded as a small secret. When he reaches the later stage of foundation building, it will not be a problem.
It has been more than seventy years since he was promoted to the second level. Among most high-level and earth-level monsters that are not long-lived species, he is still relatively slow.
During the second level of Xuan Shui Turtle's impact.
Lu Changan suddenly felt something and looked in a certain direction.
Dozens of miles away, a large amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth gathered, condensing into a vortex cloud that was as large as 10 miles away.
"Huh? Someone is attacking the pill?"
"The attackers don't have enough background and structure, they just have a small atmosphere..."
He shook his head slightly, showing no interest in paying attention.
Even if the elixir condensation is successful, it will only be a gray elixir with no potential and cannot become a real big shot.
…
A few days later.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth above Lu Changan's cave became restless and disappeared.
Inside the cave.
A surging blue water wave lifted a large dark blue turtle in the air.
The body shape of the Xuanshui Turtle has obviously expanded in a circle, and its shell has reached a width of one foot and two, which is similar to the first-order high-grade Xuanshui Turtle.
"Except for the leaf patterns on the surface of the turtle shell, the vitality in the body is several percent stronger than that of a black water turtle of the same order."
Lu Changan had the illustrated data on the Black Water Turtle and observed it secretly.
"In addition, this black water turtle is not only good at water spells, but the wood spells in its blood are also good."
Who would have thought that the sick young man inside the turtle shell would not only thrive, but also become an elite among his own race.
Half a month later, Xuan Shui Turtle's state was stable.
Whoosh!
After being promoted to the second level, the Xuan Shui Turtle can use the water-type flying escape technique and can't wait to fly in the cave.
A piece of blue water carried it back and forth.
There was a "bang" sound.
As it was a newbie and it was flying indoors, the Xuan Shui Turtle bumped into the stone wall of the cave, restraining the light from trembling.
The Xuan Shui Turtle was thrown to pieces, with its legs in the air, screaming in pain and crying.
A swelling quickly appeared on his head.
squeak!
The rock rat appeared on the beam, grinning with disdain.
Lu Changan smiled and ignored the pleading and grievances from Xuan Shui Turtle.
The former Xuan Shui Turtle was well taken care of by Guan Qiaozhi.
Although he is still underage, he lacks some self-reliance compared to the Earth Rock Rat when he was a fellow practitioner.
Buzz!
Xuan Shui Turtle instinctively casts his innate spell, a ball of blue and moist light exudes pure life energy, and blends into the injured area of the head.
Just two or three breaths.
The swelling on the head of the black water turtle disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"The healing light of water and wood? The effect is so outstanding..."
Lu Changan's face moved slightly.
It is normal for some turtles to have wood-type abilities, but they are not necessarily good at healing.
The water and wood healing techniques used by Xuan Shui Turtle were even slightly more effective.
However, this is not a great magical power, it is a conventional innate spell.
The next few days.
Lu Changan conducted a preliminary test on the Xuan Shui Turtle's abilities.
The combat power of its water spells is slightly better than that of fellow practitioners' high-grade bloodline monsters, but not comparable to most earth-grade bloodlines.
Its defensive capabilities, especially the turtle shell, are outstanding among earth-level bloodline monsters.
Concentrate your Qi to hide your abilities, making you stand out.
Escape ability, earth-level bloodline is normal.
The healing ability is a little too high for this race.
Especially combined with its defensive power, it becomes even more obvious.
Although there is no actual combat experience.
In Lu Changan's simulation, when he was in the middle stage of foundation building and he joined forces with the ground rock rat who was at the peak of the second stage in the middle stage, it would be difficult to kill the black water turtle using conventional means.
It's easy to say that you can simply resist. The key is to be able to resist and be able to breastfeed.
…
Another half month passed.
Lu Changan waited until the lease expired before leaving the cave.
Xuan Shui Turtle used the magical power of "Turtle Breath" to completely restrain its breath and put it into the spiritual pet bag.
The ability of this black water turtle to gather energy is much stronger than that of its kind.
At least, there will be no flaws in the fake elixir that is not proficient in controlling beasts.
Ordinary Jiedan masters do not deliberately investigate, and it is not easy to detect problems.
Lu Changan just flew into the air.
Whoosh——
In the sky not far away, powerful spiritual pressure surged in, accompanied by a roaring sound that broke through the air.
"Fake Dan real person!"
"The elixir power is mottled and impure, and it seems that it is not yet stable."
Lu Changan subconsciously looked at it, guessing that it was the one who attacked Xiaojie Dan before.
Soon, a middle-aged man with a strong build and bared wheat-colored arms came into view.
Xiang Jinglong?
Lu Changan recognized the identity of this new fake elixir at a glance.
Not long after Xiang Jinglong was promoted to False Pill, his heart was so excited that he flew out of the cave and looked up to the sky with a loud roar.
His face was rugged, slightly aggressive, and his personal reputation was not good, so the surrounding Foundation-Building monks stayed away from him.
This made Xiang Jinglong, who wanted to show off his real power and go to the city to chat with his friends, a little unhappy.
At this moment.
Xiang Jinglong noticed a young man nearby who was in the late stage of foundation building and had an average appearance.
This person sensed his own breath and did not avoid it deliberately. His expression was slightly surprised, as if he was admiring the style of this new real person.
"Huh? Sensed by this person?"
Lu Changan realized that he had been negligent for a moment and might have taken another look.
Xiang Jinglong's flight direction slightly adjusted and flew towards his area.
Facing high-level monks, Lu Changan never deliberately dodges.
"Congratulations to Senior Xiang for achieving the path of elixir formation."
Seeing Xiang Jinglong's eyes sizing him up, Lu Changan remained respectful, bowed slightly, and saluted with his hands in hand.
"Yes, you have courage."
Xiang Jinglong slowed down in the air.
He was in a good mood and waved his hand.
"You are the first junior to congratulate a certain family, watch and enjoy!"
Several pieces of medium-grade spiritual stones fell into Lu Changan's hands.