Lord of Bones

Chapter 94 The Eve of the Showdown (5000 words for collection and follow-up)

After learning that Li Yaolong had broken through to Yuandan Realm, the senior Ma family didn't find it strange.

I had expected it before, but I didn't expect to step into the Yuandan realm so soon.

However, they believed that Li Yaolong had taken high-level elixirs that reduced life expectancy and increased cultivation, so they didn't take it seriously.

On the contrary, it was Li Yuan and Li Yunqing who broke through to the Void Stepping Realm, which shocked them unceasingly.

In particular, Li Yuan also possessed a dragon bone in his body.

Although there were some problems before, if they have been completely resolved, at most 20 years, they will definitely be able to step into Nirvana.

By then, the Ma family may be in danger of being wiped out.

Therefore, the Ma Jianyang and Li Yuan's contract duel, the Ma family's senior management did not object, and they all agreed.

The wealthy family witnessed that in the next ten months, they did not make any plans that would be unfavorable to the Li family.

In this contract duel, another candidate from the Ma family has been confirmed as No.1 among the younger generation.

Also Ma Zhitian's grandson, Ma Junrui, the son of his eldest son, has cultivated in the middle stage of the Void Stepping Realm.

Ma Junrui's parents have average cultivation talents, so Ma Zhitian personally taught him since he was a child, and his strength is not much weaker than Ma Jianyang.

Let him form a team with Ma Jianyang to participate in this contract duel, because they definitely don't want Li Yuan and Li Yuan to walk out of the duel field alive.

.........

Xiayang City, Miyagi, the capital of the Great Xia King.

In an empty hall, there were only two figures, one old and one middle school.

"Old Chu, the Qian family received a thousand copies of materials for entering the void pill some time ago. I heard that the Qian family's branch in Yangyan City, the capital of the southeast Yuanzhou, found a high-level alchemist to help refine the three grains entering the void pill. But really?"

The middle-aged man in the python robe stood on the high platform, in front of the very huge table, and asked the old man in blue below.

"Back to the king, there is such a thing as taking in the materials for the emptiness pill. I don't know if it is the pharmacist found by the Qian family branch. But I heard that the pharmacist has a success rate of [-]% in refining the three grains into the emptiness pill. The old man really admires the means."

It sounds like the answer is the relationship between the monarch and his ministers, but the old man in Tsing Yi straightened his waist and did not perform the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers.

There is only one person who does not practice the rituals of a monarch and his ministers in the palace, Chu Yuan, one of the four king-level pharmacists of the Great Xia Dynasty.

The king that Chu Yuan spoke of was Xia Guoxuan, the current lord of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Xia Guoxuan has been in charge of Da Xia Jiangshan for nearly 60 years, and his practice has not been neglected, and it is also the practice of Nirvana.

"Why is Chu Lao so sure? In terms of refining medicine, I have never seen you admire someone so much."

Hearing Chu Yuan's answer, Xia Guoxuan was a little surprised that he admired the alchemist so much, and hurried away.

In his opinion, apart from Chu Yuan's courtesy to his father Xia Yuantian, the entire Great Xia royal family including him, the king, could not convince him.

"It made the king laugh, even though the Void Pellet is only a medium condensed pill, the old man is only [-]% sure of refining the three-pattern quality.

"So, the one who refines medicine is not Mu Yi, nor Wan Xianyun. As for the one from Xia Que City, he may be [-]% sure, but he definitely won't make such a big deal with the Qian family." Chu Yuan explained.

"Isn't it a pharmacist in Daxia?" Xia Guoxuan murmured after pondering for a while.

Chu Yuan stroked his beard, nodded and said, "I think so too. So before coming to the palace, I went to the Qian family first, and asked Qian Qinghao, the head of the Qian family, for proof."

"How?" Xia Guoxuan asked.

"Qian Qinghao has confirmed it, but he doesn't know where the people who refine the medicine come from." Chu Yuan said solemnly, and then changed the subject, "The royal family's demand for medicine pills is too great, and the old man is powerless, so he can only refine it slowly. It has been unable to supply the consumption of the king."

What Chu Yuan said was true, according to his level of refining medicine, he can refine at most two or three batches of medicinal materials a day, and the quality of Sanwen can only reach [-]%.

"Hehe, Mr. Chu, you misunderstood. I never meant to blame you." Xia Guoxuan said hurriedly, afraid that Chu Yuan thought he was looking for other high-level alchemists.

"If the king asks who is the person who refines the medicine later, I hope he can introduce it for you. I want to pay a visit."

"No problem." Xia Guoxuan said.

.........

Xiayang City Alchemists Guild, a courtyard.

In the courtyard, a white-haired old man dressed in a sky blue robe with thorns and golden yellow patterns, and a blue forehead was playing chess with a middle-aged man in a golden long-sleeved robe with cross-neck collar.

Standing beside the middle-aged man was a middle-aged woman in a light gold dress. Although her face showed a few traces of age, the purple belt highlighted her graceful figure, which was exquisite and exquisite.

"Hehe, Master Mu is still superior. It seems that I will continue to practice hard." Suddenly, the middle-aged man shook his head and smiled heartily.

"Qin Ming, don't make fun of this old man."

The white-haired old man smiled slightly, stroked his long beard, looked to the side of the middle-aged woman and asked, "Qiyu, are you here today because of the Qian family's purchase of Xudan materials?"

"It seems that nothing can escape Master Mu's eyes." The middle-aged woman nodded and smiled faintly.

The white-haired old man is Mu Yi, the president of Xiayang City Alchemist Guild, one of the four king-level alchemists of the Great Xia Dynasty, and a strong man in Nirvana.

And this man and woman are Qin Ming, the young patriarch of the Qin family, one of the six major families in Wangcheng, and his wife, Qin Qiyu. Qin Ming is at the completion of the Yuandan realm, and Qin Qiyu is also at the peak of the late Yuandan realm.

"Hey, you don't have to look at this old man like that. The Qian family bought the materials for the virtual pills and helped refine the pills. This old man is not the old man. I can't be [-]% sure.

"Not only did I not, I can guarantee that Chu Yuan and Wan Xianyun didn't either. As for whether that old man in Xia Quecheng could do it, I don't know, he wouldn't do such a thing with his temperament.

"However, when Qian Qinghao asked me to provide the materials before, he did say that they found a pharmacist separately to refine the Void Pill, and the quality of the three grains could reach [-]%. They just asked me to keep it secret, so I didn't say anything.

"It's probably because the Qian family bought too many. I don't know who sent the news." Mu Yi sighed softly and said slowly.

"Oh, there are rumors that the people who refine medicine for the Qian family may be made by you." Qin Ming was a little disappointed, after all, he came here today for the Sanwen Entering Void Pill, "However, I still want to thank Master Mu for these things Nian's care for our Qin family has refined a lot of Void Pills."

"Qin Ming, don't be disappointed. The Qian family is a businessman, so they will definitely come up with a deal. The old man really wants to meet that pharmacist. If he can communicate with him, he might be able to improve for several years without making any progress. Alchemy level."

Mu Yi got up, walked to Qin Ming's other side, and patted him on the shoulder.

The struggle of various forces in Xiayang City is not comparable to the small fights in Yangyan City.

Any training resources that can improve the cultivation level will become the target of snatching by various forces.

"It seems that we have to send someone to Yangyan City." Qin Qiyu thought for a long time and said.

"A few days ago, didn't it say that your brothers, Qin Tian and Qin Chen, went to Yuanzhou?" Mu Yi was startled, and asked immediately.

"Master Mu, don't mention these two bastards. If you don't practice well at Xialin Academy, you have to go to Xiaoxing Mountain outside Xingcheng, Yuanzhou to practice. People in Xingcheng haven't seen them, so they probably didn't go. After all, that place doesn't have the cultivation base of the Yuandan realm, so the degree of danger can be imagined. They should be self-aware." When Qin Ming mentioned his two sons, Qin Ming was slightly displeased.

Mu Yi smiled and said: "Hehe, young people, they have to go out and practice. Staying in Xialin Academy will not help their growth much. Has Qin Tian not broken through to the Yuandan realm?"

Qin Qiyu sighed: "Hey, it's far away, and I haven't even reached the peak of the Void-Treading Realm. No, as soon as his younger brother broke through to the later stage of the Void-Treading Realm, he took him out to practice with him as soon as he entered the middle school.

"Although he usually talks a lot and feels a lot of pressure in his heart, he is almost forty now, and he is also in a hurry. He can't contact them for a while, and the Qian family in Yangyan City can't be counted on. We can only Let the people from Xingcheng go over and check."

Mu Yi said: "Let's go along with fate, there is no rush to cultivate. But it's hard to say whether the pharmacist that the Qian family found is still in Yangyan City, maybe the Qian family has already taken him to Xiayang City."

"Hehe, let's check it out first." Qin Ming said.

.........

Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce, Qushuichi.

A middle-aged woman wrapped in a fiery red dress, light-colored gauze, and a golden phoenix hairpin sits leisurely in the Wenshui Pavilion on the Qushui Pool.

Beside the middle-aged woman, a middle-aged man in a golden robe said respectfully: "President, some time ago in Xiayang City, I found out the mysterious seller who swept away all the materials for the Void Pill. It is the Qian family."

"The Qian family? They know that our chamber of commerce has a great demand for alchemy materials, so what did we do to offend them?" The middle-aged woman narrowed her eyes slightly and asked in a deep voice.

"Probably not. The acquisition of materials was carried out in secret. I don't know where there was a mistake and the news was leaked. My subordinates investigated and heard that the Qian family branch in Yangyan City found a high-level pharmacist who was able to enter the Void Pill." The success rate of the three-line quality has increased to [-]%." The middle-aged man replied.

"Thirty percent? Could it be that old man named Tang in Xia Quecheng?" The middle-aged woman murmured, and then shook her head, "No, he can't have worked for the Qian family for several years. What's the matter between Chu Yuan and Mu Yi? action?"

"After Chu Yuan met Xia Yuantian, Xia Yuantian should arrange for someone to investigate in Yangyan City. Mu Yi also met Qin Ming, the young patriarch of the Qin family. The Qin family may have also arranged for people from Xingcheng to go to Yangyan City." The middle-aged man replied.

The middle-aged woman said: "In order to open up the Yangyan City market, the Chamber of Commerce valued the Jiang family's potential, so they didn't set up a branch there. We helped Jiang Yuanhan to be the head of the Jiang family, and nothing went wrong for decades. , to the Chamber of Commerce is dead set.

"Hua Xuan, send a letter to Jiang Yuanhan immediately, asking him to investigate clearly."

"Yes, President."

The middle-aged man bowed and then exited Wenshui Pavilion.

The middle-aged woman in the pavilion is Wan Xianyun, the chairman of the Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce, one of the four king-level pharmacists of the Great Xia Dynasty, and a strong Nirvana realm.

Although Wan Xianyun, Chu Yuan and Mu Yi were both king rank pharmacists of the Great Xia Dynasty, their attainments in refining medicine were weaker than the other two.

The middle-aged man next to her before was her right-hand man, Hua Xuan, the head of the Chamber of Commerce, with a perfect cultivation of the Yuandan Realm.

The Qian family's purchase of the materials for refining into the virtual alchemy in Xiayang City was too big, the news leaked, and it was a matter of time before people knew the source of the demand.

The Qian family in the royal capital didn't quite believe that such a big man could be recruited by a branch family.

But the Qian family is a businessman, if they can really get so many pills and use them to leverage other interests, they can take a gamble.

When Qian Yunqiu got ten three-pattern entry emptiness pills, the Qian family had a feeling that they had made the right bet.

In order to ensure that the pharmacist would not be snatched away by other forces, the Qian family in the royal capital asked the branch family to release the news that the pharmacist had been arranged to go to Xiayang City.

.........

Time flies, and soon nearly ten months passed.

These days, the figures of Li Yuan and Li Yuan have never appeared in Yangyan City, and they have caused a lot of waves in Ma's house.

Either they arranged a lot of strong people around Li's house to watch, or they definitely thought that the two had escaped, and they could only use retreat to improve their cultivation to explain the disappearance of Li Yuan and the other.

The Li family, which has only one Yuandan realm powerhouse, did not mention the contract duel too much, as if the contract for this duel did not exist from the beginning to the end.

But the Ma family regarded this duel as very important, and made it known throughout the city that they wanted to make an example of others to consolidate their position, and at the same time, they would be ashamed of Xueyanyan City and the Luanshi Mine camp.

With the help of Qiankun Ding, a great divine object, Li Yuan refined a thousand pieces of materials into Xingxuan in less than half a year, and only more than 30 pieces were not of Sanwen quality.

His alchemy skills have been further improved, and his soul power has reached the perfection of the King Realm, and he can feel the existence of the strong Yuan Dan Realm, which makes him breathe a sigh of relief.

Soon after, another piece of good news came.

Ling woke up.

However, more than eight hours a day still requires deep sleep.

Over time, the period of deep sleep will slowly shorten.

Li Yuan was already very relieved, as long as he didn't fall asleep at the critical moment, ordinary dangers could be dealt with with his current detection ability.

He promised the Qian family's Ruxu Dan, and delivered nearly [-] pills, [-] pills with three patterns, and the rest were of other qualities.

As for the remaining elixir, Li Yuan left Yangyan City because his master had something important to do, and did not hand it over to the Qian family.

However, he made a promise that within one year, the master would arrange for someone to give them [-] three-pattern entry illusory pills, and they would also be given to the Qian family at that time.

The purpose of doing this is mainly to let the Qian family check and balance the Ma family and act as the umbrella of the Li family.

After all, when facing a strong person in the Yuandan realm, the spirit can't play any role.

For the rest of the time, he has been retreating, breaking through his cultivation base, and dealing with the Ma family's contract duel.

.........

The Li family mansion is closed.

In the meeting hall, there were dozens of figures, except for Li Yuan, Li Yunqing and Li Yaolong, all the elders were there.

Everyone looked at Li Yuan with solemn expressions.

Li Yuan rubbed his chin, glanced at the people in the hall, and finally set his eyes on Li Qingni, and asked softly, "Auntie, how is the clan transfer going?"

"Our talented juniors and most of the members of the Li family were transferred to Yanyan City under the cover of the Qian family. Except for us who are specially monitored by the Ma family, less than [-]% of the members of the family are left in the city." Li Qingni replied.

"That's good." Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Li Yaolong, "Father, after this duel, no matter whether we win or lose, the whole family must leave Yangyan City."

"What? Back to Maran City?"

"Are we all going to Yanyan City?"

"But we managed to get some small businesses in Yangyan City."

……

The elders chattered a lot, but they didn't dare to say anything to Li Yuan, after all, the latter's cultivation level was higher than theirs.

Li Yuan signaled for everyone to be quiet, then flicked his fingers, took out a scroll and put it on the table, said in a deep voice: "I have arranged the place to stand, and the place is recorded in this scroll. The life-and-death contract confrontation with the Ma family While in progress, everyone evacuates.

"When you arrive at the place, just follow the method stated on the scroll. If you need anything, you can ask the Lord's Mansion of Yanyan City for help. They owe me some kindness. Or ask the Qian family for help, but the affairs of this place must not be known to outsiders."

Hearing this, everyone showed signs of worry.

"Don't worry, everyone. I can guarantee that as long as the Li family develops slowly here, there will be absolutely no shortage of cultivation resources in the future. In 20 years, everyone here will step into the Yuandan realm. As for the Nirvana realm, it depends on good luck." Li Yuan said seriously.

Hearing this, everyone sighed even more, wondering if there was something wrong with Li Yuan's mind.

Li Yaolong put away the scroll and didn't give any explanation. After all, the matter was very important, so he talked about the duel in three days.

"Yuan'er, according to the news from the Qian family, Ma Jianyang retreated for nine months, and broke through to the Void-Treading Realm last month. For this duel, he spent all his money.

"The Ma family has always acted domineeringly. It seems that they really want to use this to take your and Qing'er's lives. I don't know what method they will use against the Li family.

"You have just broken through to the mid-stage of the Void-Treading Realm, and Qing'er is only at the peak of the mid-stage of the Void-Treading Realm. I'm not sure about this duel. I'll go to the Qian family for help. There must be a way to get out of the city. We won't be afraid of running out of firewood if we keep the green hills. There are still three days before the duel, so it should be too late."

After making a duel agreement with the Ma family, Li Yuan had been refining elixirs in the secret room for nearly half a year, and then retreated to practice in the next few months, and entered the middle stage of the Void Realm.

After all, the Qian family had to give something in order to talk, and it was impossible to help in vain.

But it is impossible to admit defeat in this duel, as it is a matter of life, so Li Yunqing chose to retreat from the beginning, and his cultivation has improved a lot.

Li Yuan pursed his lips, and said lightly: "Father, don't worry, Ma Jianyang's strength is average, he doesn't have a bone in his body, and it is impossible for the Ma family to hand over the highest-level exercises to this person, after all, his talent is average. Even The Void Stepping Realm is complete, and there is nothing to be afraid of.

"As for the so-called No.1 among the younger generation of the Ma family, like us, he is in the mid-stage of the Void-Treading Realm. Even if he reaches the peak level, he is definitely not the opponent of my little aunt and me. In this duel, we have a very good chance of winning. Big. This matter is spreading in Yangyan City, and it is impossible to escape."

"Father, don't worry, Xiao Yuanzi and I both have the confidence to win the duel. The grievances between us and the Ma family are unlikely to be resolved." Li Yunqing continued.

The two were decisive, and Li Yaolong and the others looked at each other in blank dismay.

The hall fell silent.

(End of this chapter)