In the Zhizhuo Hall of Elder Peak, Ouyang De, Dong Hexiang and Wei Qiyin were sitting one after another.
Ouyang De and Dong Hexiang both had smiles on their faces, and they were obviously in a very happy mood. Wei Qiyin, however, still had a stern look on his face, as cold as ever.
"Lao Wu, I didn't expect that your cultivation has improved so much in less than a year of seclusion. Judging from your momentum, you should have reached the peak of the early golden elixir, right?" Ouyang De stroked his beard and said to Elder Dong Hexiang with a smile.
Dong Hexiang took a sip of the spiritual tea in his hand and said with high spirits: "Senior brother, I have indeed advanced a lot. I'm just one step away from reaching the middle stage. If Feng'er, a newly promoted foundation builder, doesn't need some advice, I might be able to
Go straight to the middle stage of Jindan in one go."
"Oh, junior brother is too hasty, why don't you advance to the middle stage and then come out? What a pity! Chang Feng, I will give you some advice. I hope junior brother will not play such a trick next time!" Ouyang De said with regret.
Although he said this, he knew well that although the middle stage of promotion was a small level, much easier than the big level, and there were no disasters, it was still extremely difficult. It was necessary for the fifth elder to come out to adjust.
Yes, the so-called "sharpening a knife and cutting firewood before cutting wood" really does not take less than a moment. The reason why he said this was to show his concern and respect for the fifth elder.
"Thank you, Senior Brother, Master. I will definitely pay attention next time. However, this Feng'er is different from my other disciples. Although I have three disciples in my name, Senior Brother knows that I have never really pointed out the others.
It was them who struggled in Tiandu Peak and let things develop. In the end, both of them were obsessed with refining weapons. Only Feng'er was like me, the main killer. This time the foundation was built so smoothly, it was even more joyful for me.
Hi! There's no reason why I can't come out." Dong Hexiang breathed a long sigh of relief and said.
"Oh, forget it, as long as junior brother feels comfortable, that will be fine. I wonder how the other junior brothers are doing in their cultivation? If they all make such rapid progress like you, then I, Hua Chen, will be saved!" Ouyang De nodded and said.
"Senior brother, don't worry. The other senior brothers have better talents than me, so they will definitely make progress. Oh, I am very interested in this disciple of senior brother's Tianlinggen. How did senior brother get such a genius?" Dong Hexiang Yi
He said with a relaxed face, and at the same time, he looked at the cool Wei Qiyin on his lower hand and asked.
"Haha, Qiyin was adopted by me since he was a child. It was purely God's will. He is also my hope for Huachen Zhongxing. I hope that my junior brother will take good care of him in the future." Ouyang De said with a smile.
"Well, senior brother, you are so lucky! But there is something unclear, junior brother. This nephew Wei has already reached the peak of the final stage of foundation building. Why not form a pill as soon as possible? With the talent of Tianlinggen, I am afraid that the chance of forming a pill will be very high.
High, right?"
"Jie Dan? Are you sure about Qiyin?" Ouyang De started the conversation and asked Wei Qiyin directly.
Wei Qiyin was stunned for a moment, then clasped his fists and replied respectfully: "Qiyin is not talented, I am sure of it, but I am not in a hurry. I want to lay a solid foundation, and my strength should be even better after forming a pill. I have seen Dongfang Caixia,
The power of her golden elixir is at least several times that of ordinary golden elixirs. If I form the elixir now, it will definitely be much worse than hers."
"Oh, Dongfang Caixia? Have you seen Dongfang Caixia?" Dong Hexiang looked at Ouyang De in confusion.
Ouyang De shook his head and sighed and said: "Well, junior brother, I don't know. The last time Dongfang Caixia came to my Huachen, I originally hoped that she would take a fancy to a certain talented person in my Huachen and form a Taoist couple, but it backfired.
Junior brother, don’t worry, I even brought Chang Feng with me that day, but this Fairy Caixia didn’t like anyone from me, Hua Chen, alas, it’s just God’s will, you can’t force it.”
Dong Hexiang was about to ask again, when a silver light flashed and a transmission note accurately landed on Ouyang De's coffee table. Ouyang De used his spiritual consciousness to scan it, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"Master, is that Tianjiu back?" Wei Qiyin said with a half-smile.
"Huh? How did you know? He's really back. I heard he's here to revive himself."
"He has the mark of my consciousness on his body. As soon as he comes within a mile of me, I can sense it." Wei Qiyin said with a slight smile.
"Nonsense! Qiyin, although you are his uncle, it is very unethical to put tracking marks on fellow disciples at will. When he comes later, remember to remove the tracking marks."
Ouyang De said sullenly, but it seemed that he was just pretending and was not really angry.
After Ouyang De finished speaking, he said softly to the outside of the hall: "Come in, Tianjiu."
The voice was not loud, but the words were like a ray of light, which shot directly out of the door and fell clearly on the ears of Tianjiu who was waiting at the steps of Zhizhuo Hall half a mile away.
After Tianjiu heard this, he hurried in and landed in the hall after taking a few breaths.
"Disciple Tianjiu, pay my respects to the head master, pay my respects to Uncle Wei, pay my respects to... eh? The fifth master?" Tianjiu bowed and clasped his fists, and kowtowed to the people in the hall one by one. In front of the fifth master, he suddenly
paused.
Although he had been mentally prepared for it, he did not expect to meet the Fifth Master so soon.
"Are you...?" Dong Hexiang looked at this familiar Qi Refining monk, but for a moment he didn't remember who it was.
"Junior brother, have you forgotten? He is Tianjiu, the outer disciple you recruited a year ago." Ouyang De said with a smile. It seems that junior brother has completely forgotten the unhappiness in his heart, which makes him feel more relieved.
"Tianjiu?!" Dong Hexiang's eyes flashed sharply, and he suddenly remembered that humiliating experience.
"Aren't you at the first level of Qi Refining? In just one year, you reached the peak of the eighth level of Qi Refining? How did you do it?" Dong Hexiang stood up in surprise.
"Junior brother, please be patient. Today Tianjiu ate a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, and his cultivation level suddenly increased. It's nothing to make a fuss about. Old Man Mi's daughter knows about it. Right, Tianjiu?" Ouyang De waved hurriedly and said to him at the same time.
Tianjiu gestured repeatedly.
"Back to the head master, the fifth master, it's true. This disciple encountered some bad luck. He ate some Ganoderma lucidum and almost died. Fortunately, he survived, and his cultivation level increased a few levels. Alas.
, It's just luck, it's just luck!" Tianjiu lowered his head and said. He knew that the leader was trying to smooth things over for him, otherwise it would definitely arouse unnecessary suspicion from the fifth master.
Dong Hexiang said nothing more and returned to his seat silently.
"Tianjiu, I heard that you went to Yutiao Mountain City. How about it? Have all the spirit pigs been sold?" Wei Qiyin, who had been looking coldly, asked loudly.
"Back to Uncle Master, Tianjiu fortunately fulfilled his mission and sold all the spirit pigs. This is the crystal obtained." Tianjiu hurriedly took out a storage bag and handed it to Wei Qiyin respectfully.
Wei Qiyin took the storage bag doubtfully, scanned it with his spiritual consciousness, and his expression changed drastically.
In the storage bag, there are clearly more than 10,000 mid-level crystal stones of high quality.
Wei Qiyin quickly handed the storage bag to Ouyang De.
"Master, you see, this kid really has a lot of tricks up his sleeve."
Ouyang De glanced at the storage bag, then glanced at Tianjiu who was standing with a bow, his eyes were unusually soft, and said: "Tianjiu, thank you for your hard work. You didn't encounter any accidents on the way back and forth, right? Go now.
Yutiao Mountain has a narrow escape from death."
"Back to the master, Tianjiu went through many hardships and dangers, but he happened to meet Uncle Sikong. With her help, the disciple was lucky enough to reach Yutiao Mountain and sold the spiritual pig...
"Tianjiu said with neither arrogance nor humility. He briefly recounted some of his experiences, but the main credit went to Sikong Lan.
"Oh? So, it's all the credit of this girl Sikong Lan. So, it seems that this girl is not simple. She is really a tiger father but no dog daughter!" Ouyang De was overjoyed.
"That's right. Uncle Sikong even broke his personal sword for this reason." Tianjiu showed a very regretful expression on his face.
"Oh, where is she now? Has she come back?" Wei Qiyin asked coldly.
He was a little doubtful about Tianjiu's words. After all, Sikong Lan's strength was much inferior to him, and it was still possible to sneak through the Dongling Gate alone. If he brought a Qi Refining disciple with him, even he himself wouldn't be able to do anything.
Guaranteed. He had sneaked into the depths of Dongling Gate several times, but was discovered by some secret warriors. He was able to escape with his decisive retreat and pressure on the bottom of the box. He knew very well that the secret warriors of Dongling Gate were personally
All of them are the best of the best.
"Uncle Sikong separated from me as soon as she arrived in our sect's sphere of influence. I don't know where she is now, but I am sure that she has returned to the sect." Tianjiu lowered his head and said cautiously. These old guys are not good.
He's a liar. If he's a little careless, he'll be caught. Of course he can't say it was sent back by Dongfang Caixia, otherwise it would be even more unbelievable and out of his control.
"Okay, just come back!" Ouyang De didn't ask any more questions and turned to look at Wei Qiyin. "Qiyin, why don't you take your things back quickly?"
"Oh, okay!" Wei Qiyin curled his lips and pointed his right index finger towards the sky.
With a snap, a silvery-white light shot out from Tianjiu's body and sank directly into Wei Qiyin's fingers. It was the tracking mark.
Tianjiu's body seemed to suddenly lighten up, and he felt a sense of relief. Tianjiu actually had the ability to eliminate this tracking mark, but he didn't do that. On the one hand, he didn't want to have a too tense relationship with Uncle Wei.
, on the one hand, I don’t want to expose my strength too early.
"Okay, Fifth Junior Brother, Qiyin, that's all for today. You guys go back and rest first. Tianjiu, you have completed my mission, I should give you a gift as a reward. How about this, you go to my bedroom
Come on, I'll pick something for you." After Ouyang De said that, he got up first and walked directly to a side door at the back of the hall.
Dong Hexiang and Wei Qiyin remained silent. They each took a deep look at Tianjiu. Then they both fisted at Ouyang De and immediately flew away and disappeared into the hall.
Tianjiu gritted his teeth and followed through the side door.
A flash of silver light flashed, and Tianjiu found himself in a small house. In the three-foot-long house, there was a table, a chair, a couch, and nothing else. The four walls of the small house were made of bluestone, and the aura inside was extremely strong. Ouyang De
Standing in the house with hands behind his back.
"Take it out. If you have something, you must give it to me in person, and you don't want others to know? You know, what I did just now will make your Fifth Master and Uncle Wei unhappy." Ouyang De said in a deep voice.
"Master, in fact, I have no choice but to do it. You will know after seeing it." Tianjiu handed over a cloth bag again.
He just quietly sent a message to Ouyang De, saying that he had something to present separately.
As soon as Ouyang De took the bag, his consciousness moved, and a look of shock appeared on his face.
"The best crystal stones! Ten top quality crystal stones!"
"Yes, Grandmaster, in fact, I exchanged those third-grade spiritual pigs for these top-grade crystals this time. I know that these top-grade crystals are too precious, so I have to give them to you personally. Otherwise, if anyone finds out,
, will definitely arouse unnecessary suspicion." Tianjiu said through gritted teeth.
Ouyang De looked at Tianjiu for a long time. Those two sharp lights were like two sharp swords, stripping away Tianjiu's entire heart, as if he had seen through his deepest thoughts.
"Does your Uncle Sikong know this?" Ouyang De asked with narrowed eyes.
"Back to the head master, Uncle Sikong separated from me when he arrived at Yutiao Mountain City and didn't know the status of my transaction." Tianjiu replied with certainty.
"Oh? Is this third-grade spiritual pig so worth the spar?"
"I don't understand either. I just participated in a black market auction and ended up getting these crystal stones in exchange. Is there anything wrong with it, Master?" Tianjiu asked deliberately.
"Hmm, it's nothing, nothing! You did a great job, and this time you made great contributions to our sect. Unfortunately, I still can't reward you publicly." Ouyang De said with a smile.
"It doesn't matter, Grandmaster, I am Hua Chen's disciple, and I have the obligation to share Hua Chen's worries. Besides, this top-quality crystal has no effect at all for a Qi Refining Stage disciple like me, and it will lead to death if exposed.
It's a disaster, so it's best for the disciple to hand it over to the sect." Tianjiu said sincerely.
"Hahaha!" Ouyang De suddenly laughed.
"Tianjiu, don't be nervous! No matter what you do, it's enough if you can remember Hua Chen's interests. Well, thank you for the top quality crystal stone. I accepted it on behalf of the Hua Chen Sect. You have done merit to Hua Chen.
, I will still find a way to make it up to you, what do you think is missing?"
"Disciple has nothing else to ask for. I just hope that the Fifth Master will not embarrass this disciple too much!" Tianjiu lowered his head again and murmured.
"Oh? Fifth Master?"
Ouyang De began to think thoughtfully. After pondering for a while, he took off a crescent-shaped jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Tianjiu.
"Tianjiu, this is the Pure Heart Talisman that I have been wearing for more than ten years. I know your fifth master. If your fifth master is not good for you, he will definitely open up when he sees this jade pendant. However, I still believe it.
Your fifth master is not a small-minded person, so don’t worry."
Ouyang De looked at Tianjiu and said with a half-smile.
Tianjiu quickly took the jade pendant and hung it on his waist. Looking at his panic, it seemed as if Dong Hexiang had put a knife on his neck.
"Tianjiu, I know you have many secrets and you are not simple, but I don't care at all. Just remember that you are a Huachen disciple. One day, you will be capable. I hope you can see
For the sake of the old man, give Hua Chen a hand. The old man's days are short, and he is destined to never see the day when Hua Chen will be resurrected." Ouyang De said again with a pleasant tone.
"Master, your power is boundless, and you will definitely lead Huachen to Zhongxing!" Tianjiu bowed and said.
He didn't know why the leader suddenly said this to him, but he felt a chill on his back.
As the saying goes, if a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it. He feels more and more that he has exposed himself too much. An outer disciple in the Qi Refining Stage has completed a task that is impossible for an inner disciple in the Foundation Establishment Stage. Everyone will doubt him.