Yao Buqi also noticed that Xu Dao's cultivation level had improved significantly through the changes in Xu Dao's body.
Although this person's realm is not as advanced as that of Le Lao, and he cannot identify Xu Dao's specific Taoism at a glance, but the other party can be sure that Xu Dao's Taoism has improved over decades, not just a few years.
It had been just over two years since the last time the three of them met. Such progress immediately made Yao Buqi feel unbelievable.
While the other party was stunned, footsteps sounded again outside the elegant room, and a figure appeared behind Yao Buqi. He also looked at Xu Dao and Le Lao with a look of surprise.
The person who came later was none other than one of the protagonists of the party, swordsman Zeng Shijian.
When Xu Dao saw the two of them arriving as promised, they both nodded to each other and shouted: "Fellow Yao Dao, Zeng Dao, please take a seat quickly!"
Zeng Shijian also noticed that Xu Dao's cultivation level had greatly increased, but his performance was better than Yao Buqi's. He nodded and said in return: "It seems that Xu Daoyou has gained a lot from this retreat."
The man put away the surprise on his face, smiled as he said, and sat down cross-legged in front of the table in the elegant room.
Buqi Yao came first, but his movements were a few steps slower than Zeng Shijian's. His eyes were still on Xu Dao, looking at him in surprise.
As soon as Yao Buqi sat down, he asked Xu Dao: "Did Fellow Daoist Xu get some miraculous medicine? In just two years, his cultivation has increased so much."
Xu Dao still said politely: "Fellow Taoist, I just said it, it's just that I gained something from seclusion."
During the conversation between the three of them, Mr. Le next to him smiled and filled the three of them with spiritual wine in the jade altar, and advised them: "It's such a good thing, I should take a sip.
Congratulations to fellow Daoist Xu!"
Seeing Mr. Le raise his glass, Xu Dao and the other three stopped what they were saying and raised their glasses in time.
The cold wine passed through the throat and penetrated into the abdomen. It really made people feel calm, but there was also a burning sensation in the chest and abdomen, relaxing the muscles and activating the blood, and slowly seeping out the pure spiritual energy and the smell of alcohol.
Even with the physique of a foundation-building Taoist priest, he still felt a bit of smoke.
Xu Dao opened his mouth and praised: "Good wine!" The other two people nodded in agreement.
After taking a swig, Medicine Buqi asked again: "Fellow Daoist Xu, please tell me what your cultivation is all about."
It was a bit impolite to ask a question like this, so the doctor added a reason: "A certain person is an alchemist. I really want to know which kind of elixir my fellow Taoist took."
Zeng Shijian on the side acted calmly, but he was also curious.
Le Lao was holding a wine glass and watching with a smile. Two of the three people in the small gathering were surprised by Xu Dao's progress, so no one paid attention to Le Lao's unannounced appearance.
Facing repeated questions from others, Xu Dao paused and told the truth truthfully: "It's not a panacea. It's just that I tried my best to remove the evil spirit from the evil thoughts and then refined them."
Judging from Le Lao's performance, it was obvious that the other party had already guessed the reason for Xu Dao's progress. Instead of being secretive, he might as well explain it openly.
Anyway, his actions on Fanxing Island could not be hidden from Yaozeng and the other two, and now that the evil thoughts have been used up, Xu Dao is still looking forward to getting some more from other people.
The medicine was missing. Zeng Shijian chewed on the words "Evil God's Thoughts", and after Xu Dao's reminder, he finally remembered that it was the bloody soul-like thing in the Star Islands.
They were even more surprised when they got this answer.
In the eyes of the two of them, although the evil god's thoughts were miraculous, there were many impurities in them. In theory, they could indeed be absorbed by refining, but that was just a theory.
If you put it in their hands, they can at most use it to feed ghosts and refine magic weapons. If they really swallow it and refine it, they will inevitably become possessed and go crazy.
For a moment, the two people's expressions were different. Zeng Shijian showed an expression of sudden realization and took the initiative to toast Xu Dao with a glass of wine.
Yao Buqi's eyes were still full of surprise, and he said: "Remove the evil spirit in your thoughts... Could it be that Fellow Daoist Xu is a master of alchemy?"
At this time, before Xu Dao could say anything, Mr. Le next to him took the initiative to take over the conversation and said with a smile: "Fellow Taoist Medicine is wrong. Fellow Daoist Xu is not a master of alchemy, but a person in the talisman formation with superb skills!"
Xu Dao nodded humbly and said politely: "Anyway, I just like to play with some talisman formations."
Le Lao shook his head. He didn't say anything, but privately, his consciousness fell on Xu Dao's ears and said: "Fellow Daoist Xu, please stop hiding your clumsiness. If you can refine those evil thoughts, I'm afraid
I have thoroughly studied the Xuanzhen Sect’s Taoism and have achieved some success in practice!”
Xu Dao immediately confirmed: "Sure enough, the Xuanzhen Sect's orthodoxy and the idea of refining the evil god are actually related! The master of Qianlong Pavilion is seeking the goddess of Fanxing Island and wants to refine it."
He also understood why Mr. Le was smiling and respectful when he first saw him.
The opponent should have guessed this and determined that he was either a master of formations, a genius of formations, or both.
And no matter which one, it means that part of the Xuanzhen Sect's orthodoxy has been inherited by Xu Dao, and it is possible to arrange a ninth-grade alchemy formation!
In the elegant room, Xu Dao did not take the opportunity to show off. He lied: "Although my cultivation has indeed increased a lot during this retreat, I am also eager for quick success. The aura in my body is disordered and the foundation is unstable. I still need to spend money."
I have spent a lot of time polishing it, but I still don’t know whether it is good or bad.”
When Mr. Le heard this, he was noncommittal. Zeng Shijian just nodded and swallowed a glass of wine.
But when Yao Buqi heard it, a jealous expression flashed across his face.
The man laughed and said: "That's true. How can a great increase in cultivation be a bad thing? Daoyou Xu first entered Ningsha for only two years. Although he is still the lowest among us, I'm afraid it won't be a good thing in a few years."
He is the most virtuous among us!"
He squinted at Xu Dao and changed the topic: "I wonder if Fellow Daoist Xu can tell us about the method of refining the thoughts of evil gods. After all, Fellow Daoist can obtain such treasures. We didn't know it at the time, so we leaked it to Fellow Daoist Xu. What if?
This time, I won’t treat you so easily.”
Although this person has been hiding his jealousy, the words in his mouth are getting more and more thorny, especially his eyes, which have been hanging on Xu Dao since he entered the door.
For Taoists, non-friends are not allowed to ask about the secrets of exercises, cultivation treasures, and even the specific number of years of Taoism.
Yao Buqi had just gone too far when he asked Xu Dao why his cultivation level had soared. Now he continued to ask, and not only did he not want to exchange for benefits, but he was trying to squeeze Xu Dao to find out something, which fell into the eyes of the people around him.
I don’t know what my last name is anymore.
It should be noted that on that day, the other party personally promised to take human souls and give up the idea of evil gods. If it weren't for Xu Dao, this person would probably have died. How could he continue to sit at the table, drink and chat? Even if Xu Dao didn't say a word, it was Xu Dao.
If Tao deceives him, it's just because of his own incompetence.
Faced with this man's behavior, Xu Dao couldn't help but laugh for a moment.
In the past three years, we had a good relationship with each other, and the other party had helped him with some small favors. He didn't scold him out loud, he just lowered his head to taste the wine and ignored the other party.
The table suddenly became quiet, and the atmosphere solidified.
Yaobiqi continued to laugh dryly for a few times. When he realized something, he lowered the smile on his face and just drank with a cold expression.
What was supposed to be a joyful gathering suddenly turned into an awkward scene. Xu Dao was momentarily disenchanted. He raised his glass and said to the three of them: "Drink!"
In fact, Xu Dao had expected that such a situation might occur as early as attending this party, but he did not expect that it would actually occur.
Fortunately, it was only one person who suffered from a lack of medicine.
While drinking, Xu Dao and Yao Buqi looked at each other, and there was still a hint of jealousy and resentment in the other's eyes. I'm afraid this person was thinking in his heart, Xu Dao's cultivation has increased greatly in the past few decades, what kind of cooperation should he have?
Ten years should have been his.
Xu Dao sneered in his heart and remained motionless, looking at each other with clear eyes, with a hint of amusement in his eyes.
"Huh!" At this time, the medicine was not mixed and he made a sound from his nose. He put down the wine glass and snorted coldly: "I have a few furnaces of elixirs that are being refined. It is difficult to adjust the furnace fire, so I left first. You guys continue.
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After saying this, the man stood up suddenly without saluting, opened the wooden door from a distance, and walked out of the elegant room quickly.
Facing the departure of incomplete medicine, Xu Dao's expression did not change, he just shook his head and commented secretly: "In the past, I only knew that this person was quite arrogant, but now I know that his temperament is also so small. Or he had too few interactions.
, the result is known only now.”
For a person with such a temperament, let alone a close friendship, I am afraid that Xu Dao has already been resented by him.
In the Western Sea, there are not a few such narrow-minded, short-sighted people with high self-esteem.
After taking the medicine and leaving, Mr. Le said something as if to smooth things over:
"Fellow Dao Buqi's alchemy skills are exquisite. In the past two years, he has become famous not only in the pavilion, but also in the sea market. He is highly praised, but he is prone to talking too much."
But Mr. Le didn't say much. As soon as the conversation changed, he called Xu Dao and Zeng Shijian to drink: "Drink quickly!"
"After this wine is opened, it must be consumed within half a day and cannot be consumed overnight. Today, I also relied on the blessings of my Taoist friends to have this good taste."
The three of them chatted while taking the spiritual food brought by Xu Dao. The atmosphere was not very lively, but it was still harmonious.
After the jar of spiritual wine was finished, the three Taoist priests, who were foundation-building priests, were all intoxicated, and they were just a hair away from being drunk.
Among them, Zeng Shijian was holding his own sword box and humming a tune. He swallowed the last bit of wine in the cup, then stood up, breathed out the smell of wine and said to Xu Dao and the others:
"Thank you both for your hospitality. The wine is very good! It's rare to be so drunk. I'll take my leave first and find a place to sleep!"
"Haha! Let's talk slowly." Although this person looked dull on the surface, his thoughts were delicate. He seemed to have guessed early on that Mr. Le wanted to discuss something with Xu Dao.
Xu Dao and Le Lao stayed for a few words, then stood up and escorted each other out of the private room.
When the wooden door of the elegant room was closed again, Mr. Le did not return to his seat directly, but walked to the wooden sculpture of a dragon snake somewhere in the room.
He gently fiddled with it several times, causing the whole room to buzz and tremble, and a spiritual light emerged. It had already raised a heavy magic formation, further isolating the inside and outside, and preventing the conversations in the room from being overheard.
Xu Dao sat back on the futon by himself, a little drunk, waiting for Le Lao to talk.
Unexpectedly, the other person's first words after he sat back down made his eyes clear and his drunkenness disappeared immediately.
Mr. Le crossed his hands and said respectfully: "Without further ado, Mr. Xu is good at talisman formations. I am here to invite you on behalf of the master. I would like to borrow your skills to refine the goddess of stars!"
The other party paused and explained: "This goddess of stars is the white-haired evil god mentioned by fellow Taoists."
"Oh?" Xu Dao exclaimed, squinting at the other party, and hesitated to speak, pretending that he had not reacted because he was drunk.
Le Lao continued to talk:
"To be honest with you, fellow Taoist, after capturing this Starry Goddess, we, like fellow Taoist, discovered that there is a way to refine it. In addition to turning it into pure thought power, we can also take its essence and use it as a superior spiritual root.
Plant it into other people's bodies...and one of these methods is the Xuanzhen Sect's ninth-grade Dancheng Formation."
"This pavilion has invited all the people who are proficient in the formations of the Xuanzhen Sect within a radius of 500,000 miles, no matter how big or small, to the pavilion. Right now, you are the only one left."
Mr. Le bowed again: "Although I am extremely anxious, in order to avoid disturbing Taoist Fellow Xu's practice, I have been waiting till now, so I came here without telling you."
"Now it seems that what I was waiting for was right. Even if Fellow Daoist Xu is not the most proficient in the Xuanzhen Sect, he is the most talented person in the pavilion and the most likely to help the Lord!"
Such words, in addition to explaining the causes and consequences, also promised a lot of benefits. Basically, once the success is achieved, Qianlong Pavilion will respond to whatever Dao Dao asks for.
Based on Xu Dao's observations over the past three or four years, the other party's words are quite credible.
At least Qianlong Pavilion has never owed any debts. After the incident on Fanxing Island, it paid compensation a second time, which is somewhat rare in the Western Sea.
It's just the cause and effect relationship between the Xuanzhen Sect and the Star Goddess mentioned by the other party. Xu Dao is more inclined to think that the Xuanzhen Sect's ninth-grade alchemy formation is in the front, and Qianlong Pavilion's intention to capture the goddess is behind.
But these have nothing to do with him. He Xu is just one of the Talisman warriors collected by the other party.
Xu Dao didn't agree immediately. He looked surprised at what Le Lao said and asked several questions in detail. Finally he nodded and agreed: "I will do my best to help you!"
To be honest, he had no room to refuse at all. The other party had already talked about Master Qianlong Pavilion in his words. He valued him so much, which showed that he would not let him go.
The person who can control the golden elixir Taoist master is not something Xu Dao can deal with now.
When Mr. Le heard this, he was overjoyed and shouted: "With the help of fellow Taoists, the goddess can be refining."
The two communicated in detail again, and Xu Dao discovered that in addition to Xuanzhen Sect's ninth-grade elixir formation formation, the master of Qianlong Pavilion also prepared other methods for refining the goddess of stars, including elixirs, magical weapons, and other items.
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And according to the meaning of Le Lao's words, there are a few things as important as the ninth-grade alchemy formation, which made Xu Dao's heart move:
"Could it be that it is also a treasure that is beneficial to elixir formation and can improve the level of the elixir?"