Please call me Huanxian

Chapter 291 Became the meat and potatoes

After being robbed, Xu Yuanchang became poor overnight. He returned to his residence in the city. It was late at night and the lights in the main room were as dim as fireflies.

"Uncle, you are back. I will make tea for you."

Xu Shengtian had washed off the dust from the journey, tidied himself up, sat alone and drank by himself, stood up to wash the tea set and light the stove to boil water. Influenced by the Pingqian Mountain God, he liked to drink, showing his free and unrestrained nature, while his third uncle loved drinking tea and often sat alone in meditation.

Sometimes I couldn’t understand how Aunt Liu, who was lively, noisy and couldn’t sit still, could live under the same roof with Uncle San for so many years without feeling bored with the quietness.

What he couldn't understand even more was, was the young and naive sister who walked into Bailin Valley alone a few years ago hiding so many secrets?

It seemed as if everyone knew the inside story except him, who was kept in the dark and felt very aggrieved.

The uncle and nephew sat opposite each other at the wooden table, one of them leisurely sniffing the fragrance and tasting the tea, while the other was drinking wine with a full mind and melancholy.

"Uncle, is Junior Sister the reincarnation of a deity, who has come down to earth to experience the calamity?"

"Yes, her previous life was called 'Xin Zi', you have heard of it."

Xu Yuanchang put down the teacup and glanced at the quiet and silent west wing. Gu Yunzhu was practicing and recovering behind closed doors. He smiled and said, "If you have any questions, you can ask her yourself. Your sister is gentle and opinionated. She will tell you what she can say, but it's useless to ask about what she can't say."

Xu Shengtian played with the wine glass in his hand, sighed, and said, "I finally understand why you didn't accept Yunzhu as your disciple. And Aunt Liu, calling Yunzhu a sister... I was stupid and realized it too late." After a moment of silence, he said, "The 'Lianshan Heavenly Divine Art' that I comprehended was also the work of Junior Sister, right?"

He was able to break through and advance so quickly, I think his junior sister must have secretly helped him.

Xu Yuanchang smiled but said nothing. His silly nephew had figured out the key and was more clear-headed than anyone else.

"When will Junior Sister leave the lower realm and return to the Divine Court?"

"She said that she wouldn't be able to stay for a few years until she had paid off a favor to a certain big shot."

"Uncle, the mysterious master who appeared tonight is really amazing. Can he help us next time?"

Xu Shengtian was full of admiration for the unruly old man who chanted "I am a wild and carefree man, dancing with the green mountains in the wind" among the enemy troops. This was how a great man should be.

Xu Yuanchang suddenly felt that the tea he was drinking tonight was bitter and not fragrant.

He stood up and walked towards the quiet room, warning: "Next time you see that old liar, tell me quietly. He owes me a lot of money, and I can't let him get away."

Xu Shengtian was stunned. He looked at his uncle closing the door of the quiet room next door and shook his head with a laugh.

To be cheated of money by such a powerful master, the uncle must have an extraordinary relationship with the master.

Next time I must get to know him and treat him to a drink.

Glancing at the dark and quiet west wing outside the house, he felt as if the whole world was abandoning him.

When wine enters my sad heart, I feel even sadder. When can I become a free traveler who "walks on the moon and visits the stars"?
Xu Yuanchang was meditating to finish his homework for the day. He heard the sound of the third watch gong outside. He stared at the empty space in the Fantasy Fairy Ring for a while. Damn rabbit, it left without even saying goodbye.

No wonder I felt that Lao Li was weird some time ago, nagging like a nagging woman.

He even joked that Lao Li was making arrangements for his funeral, but he never expected that his words would come true, as Lao Li stole the money from his home and ran away.

Remembering Lao Li's reminder, Xu Yuanchang picked up the two ghost fires and one rock fire that were thrown on the ground, looked at them for a moment, and placed the three flames on the altar of creation and slowly refined them.

About a quarter of an hour later, the three third-order flames had their impurities removed and shrunk significantly.

Inject one of the refined Yin Soul Fires into the Yin God's body that has just closed again.

The incarnation of the Yin God emitted green soul fire, and he pinched his fingers to slowly blend and absorb it.

Continue to refine the remaining two flames on the Creation Altar, and move them aside until they are only as thick as a wick.

The two Yin-Yang phantom fires nurtured deep in his eyes flew into the ring space and devoured the Yin Soul Fire and Earth Rock Fire, which had little wildness left and were full of essence. Suddenly, a ball of dark green flame and a ball of red flame about a foot in size rose up.

Under his control using spells and spiritual awareness, the two flames swirled in circles, forming a strange balance between them.

Xu Yuanchang injected magic power and spiritual consciousness from time to time to strengthen the catalysis with the strength of the fourth floor. Lao Li had instructed that this two-pronged approach could improve the quality of the two flames in a short period of time.

With his current cultivation level of the middle fourth floor, it is enough for him to squander.

The skylight rotated and alternated three times. He spent a lot of energy and magic power and finally forced the Phantom Fire of the Dark Wood and the Phantom Fire of the Burning Sun to the fourth level. Two balls of gorgeous flames that had shrunk to the size of grapes were hovering in the room, illuminating the walls with bizarre light and shadows.

With a thought, he took the two balls of Yin and Yang phantom fire, which were emitting greatly increased energy, into his left and right eyes respectively.

Feeling drowsy and uncomfortable, he closed his eyes and immersed himself in cultivation. He had a lot of experience in dealing with energy imbalances.

The Black Spirit Army suffered two consecutive defeats. It would be impossible for them to launch a third large-scale war within a month or two. As their forces waxed and waned, the morale of the Gem City was high, and many new masters were promoted.

He took advantage of this opportunity to improve his strength.

When he opened his eyes again, even the slightest fluctuation of spiritual energy in the air was clearly visible.

It's too clear, which makes me a little uncomfortable.

After a moment's pause, Xu Yuanchang stood up and the door opened by itself.

It was afternoon when it was light outside. He stood in the middle of the yard. There was no one in the east and west wing rooms. Xu Shengtian and Gu Yunzhu were out. He took out a third-tier magic sword that he had seized before from his storage bag and threw it into the air.

The sword light swirled and whistled, and suddenly a two-colored flame appeared.

In a short while, the sword melted into drops of liquid metal, which fell to the ground and turned into beads.

The immediate effect satisfied him and was worth the huge amount of time and money he spent.

He took out a piece of wood and used a throwing knife to dig out a clumsy rabbit-shaped target on the wood and stuck it in the corner. Xu Yuanchang used the magical throwing knife that Lao Li had helped him to refine, and practiced the throwing knife skills with "swish, swish, swish". After a while, the rabbit's forehead was full of throwing knives.

With twelve new flying knives, Xu Yuanchang is now able to unleash a killing power far beyond what was previously possible.

A magic weapon tailor-made for one's needs, after being refined, can achieve the point of telepathy.

Lao Li has done a few good things, and he believes that it won’t be long before he can master new sword moves and achieve breakthroughs.

There was the sound of a door opening outside, and then Xu Shengtian and Gu Yunzhu walked into the yard. The two chatted and laughed, just like they did in Bailin Valley before. It seemed that Gu Yunzhu's new identity did not affect anything.

"Uncle, you are out of retreat. We went to Gucheng. Aunt Liu is still in retreat to consolidate her cultivation. According to Yunzhu's estimate, Aunt Liu will be out of retreat within half a month. You have been in retreat for ten days this time."

Xu Shengtian looked at his uncle who seemed different, and continued, "A few days ago, many of your friends came to visit. They actually came to see Yunzhu. The Temple of Heaven's Master Fu was accompanied by Deputy Temple Master Meng and sat for a while. The old Sword Saint also came and brought Yunzhu and my reward. He asked you to come out of seclusion and walk around the main hall of the Gem Mountain."

Xu Yuanchang nodded to indicate that he understood. Seeing Gu Yunzhu looking at the rabbit target full of flying knives with a strange look on her face, he asked with a smile, "Yunzhu, can you get in touch with Lao Li?"

"Daoyou Li has great magical powers. He doesn't want to come back, and I can't contact him."

Gu Yunzhu smiled playfully and said, "I calculated with my fingers that the Taoist priest's financial loss should be caused by fellow Taoist Li. I wonder if I am right?"

Xu Yuanchang laughed and took back the flying knife that was stuck on the target, saying: "No matter how defensive you are, it's hard to guard against a thief in your own home. Wait until I have improved my skills, and then go to the upper realm to find him and demand back the principal and interest." Gu Yunzhu had already guessed that Taoist Xu had put Fellow Daoist Li into the artifact space, so she didn't notice any clues.

There seemed to be a big conflict between the two, and Daoyou Li ran away with the money and property in revenge.

She smiled and reminded: "Friend Li is famous for his vindictiveness and his abstinence from gratitude. Look carefully at the things left behind. If he took anything extra, he must have compensated him."

"Oh, I'll look for it."

Xu Yuanchang probed his spiritual sense into the space. He had already separated the pile of silt again. Using his spiritual sense to turn over the pile of Thousand Soul Flower fragments and fibers, he actually found a jade slip made of ordinary spiritual jade.

It contains bits and pieces of records of Lao Li's experience in using illusions, mostly in the form of images, which look quite mysterious.

"You are right. Old Li left me a jade slip for understanding illusion."

Xu Yuanchang smiled and waved, and the target in the corner broke into pieces on the ground. If Gu Yunzhu hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't know when he would find the good stuff, that scumbag Lao Li.

He used his spiritual sense to search through the few items that were available, but found nothing else.

Suddenly, he accidentally noticed that there was something wrong with the Creation Altar in the middle, and Xu Yuanchang was shocked.

Watching carefully with spiritual sense, it was discovered that the Altar of Creation began to become ethereal since some time ago. It was no longer a condensed substance and seemed like it would disappear at any time.

Considering that before Lao Li left, he reminded him subtly to hurry up and refine the materials, Lao Li must have guessed something but was reluctant to tell him directly.

Could it be that Taoist Master Yanshan was going to take the Fantasy Immortal Ring away as well?

Gu Yunzhu smiled. She knew this would happen. She said, "When you go to the Gem Mountain to meet the old Sword Saint, can you help me ask for the skin of the sixth-level monster they captured last time? I only learned about this today from my senior brother."

She didn't want to ask those people for it.

Xu Yuanchang asked casually, "Do you want to make a new war drum?"

"Yes, the materials used in the last production were not good enough, causing the war drum to collapse midway through. I may not be able to stay in the dark world for long. Making a new war drum may help you to some extent."

Gu Yunzhu guessed that Fellow Daoist Li left because he didn't want to get too involved. In the future, she could help defend the city and would not take the initiative to go out and look for the enemy.

Xu Shengtian said with a bitter face: "Junior sister, you are not going to leave quietly without telling me, right?"

Gu Yunzhu smiled and said, "How could that be? I am not Brother Li who absconded with the money. I have done nothing wrong. Of course I have to say hello to you before I leave. Brother, don't be discouraged. Strive to ascend to the upper realm as soon as possible so that we can meet again."

Xu Shengtian suddenly became very excited, "Yes, I want to ascend to the upper realm. It doesn't matter that we won't see each other for decades."

He is full of confidence in himself.

The Sixth Heaven can ascend to the upper realm, and he is only two levels away from the upper realm.

Xu Yuanchang was thinking about the matter of the Creation Altar. He raised his hand, walked out the door, and flew onto the Gem Mountain.

The spiritual energy here is extremely rich and abundant. After all, there is an entire crystal stone mine right under your feet.

On the Baoshi Mountain, several large halls and side halls were built using traditional stone methods. They were used as temporary places for handling official business, and there was a constant stream of monks coming and going.

"Junior brother, please stay!"

Wu Zhe saw Junior Brother Xu, who had not been seen for many days, and greeted him happily.

Xu Yuanchang turned around and looked at him, smiling and clasping his fists: "Congratulations, Senior Brother, on your promotion to the fifth floor. This is such a great joyous event. When can we drink your wedding wine?"

He could see that Senior Brother Wu's aura was powerful and unstable, and his radiance was as bright as a torch.

"Haha, you can drink anytime you want. We are brothers, so I won't say too many words of thanks or politeness. When we are done with our work during the day, I will bring some wine to your yard in the evening, and we can sit down and have a few drinks."

Wu Zhe's pair of white eyebrows made him look very energetic.

When he discussed the Taoist concept of "purity" with his junior fellow student that day, he was touched by his junior fellow student's unique insights and remarks.

I followed him into the battle a few days ago, and after accumulating a lot of strength, I broke through the barrier at the sound of drums.

He wants to thank his junior fellow apprentice.

The two men stood and chatted for a while, then went about their business. After Xu Yuanchang asked the monk on duty at the door to report, he walked into the hall after getting permission. There were several people gathered around a sand table inside.

The old swordsman waved Xu Yuanchang over and said with a smile, "Our great hero has come out of seclusion."

Everyone smiled and responded to the young Taoist's greetings.

Fu Xianzhi, the former Palace Master of Sitian Palace, was just about to step forward and chat with the young hero about family matters, to see if they were close fellow villagers.

Grandmaster Xiyue Tower of Tianzhen Mountain took a quick step and pulled Xu Yuanchang to the edge of the sand table. He pointed to the Lingyu Mine, which was a hundred or eighty miles away from the Gem City, and said, "Yuanchang, please help me figure out a few things. We need to set up a formation in the Lingyu Mine so that it can communicate with this side..."

The old swordsman hurriedly pulled Xu Yuanchang over and interrupted him, saying, "Master Xi, wait until I finish talking to Yuanchang about business, then you can arrest him later." Without waiting for the old man's consent, he handed Xu Yuanchang a few bags and said, "Daoyou Li is the helper you invited. After the battle, we will reward him according to his merits. We can't find Daoyou Li, so we can only ask you to take Daoyou Li's share for us."

Xu Yuanchang was very happy. He took the bag with both hands and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Senior Yan. I will take it and wait for Lao Li to take it. When I see him, I will hand it over to him."

My empty wallet suddenly became full, and it felt great.

"Senior Yan, Gu Yunzhu asked me for a favor. She wants the skin of the slain sixth-level monster to make a more sturdy war drum. I wonder if it would be possible..."

"Convenient, how can it not be convenient?"

The old swordsman agreed immediately and said, "If you need any rare materials, or a master of refining to help, just ask. Those guys in Daqi Ridge will run away without hesitation." He said to another person, "Go and get the monster skin from the warehouse."

Xu Yuanchang smiled and said, "Okay, I'll ask her when I get back."

Fu Xianzhi thought for a moment and asked, "Master Yuan, can you please ask Daoist Gu if he can teach one or two disciples how to beat the war drum? We can pay you for it."

He was worried that Fellow Daoist Gu would just leave like the mysterious Fellow Daoist Li.

Having tasted the sweetness of the cheering and boosting of morale by the drums of war, he began to think long-term.

"I'll check her mood later."

Xu Yuanchang agreed.

"You have finished talking about your business. Now it's time for me to talk to Yuanchang about business."

Old Grandmaster Xi Yuelou grabbed Xu Yuanchang again and led him to the sand table. How could they be assured of leaving such a large open-air jade mine in the wild?

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(End of this chapter)