Peeping into the Immortal Road

Chapter 92 Trying to Build a Foundation
"Let's talk?"

Ji Chang asked pretending not to understand.

After hearing this, Ning Jie slightly tilted her head and glanced at him with her beautiful eyes.

"My real name is not Ning Jie, but Yuan Yixiao." She finally revealed the secret hidden in her heart.

Yuan family.

Ji Chang's expression did not change. When he realized that Ning Jie should be from a Qi-refining family, he had already thought about which family she was from.

Among the eight major Qi-refining families in Jiaozhou in the past, there were two families that excelled in formations.

The two families were good at different formations, but both were brutally suppressed by the Chen family.

In addition to those who fled or died, many formation masters from these two families were captured by the Chen family and used to set up the clan protection formation in Zhuya Mountain.

Now it seems that Ning Jie, no, it should be Yuan Yixiao, is from the Yuan family.

Seeing this, Yuan Yixiao continued to explain: "I am not a casual cultivator as you think, but a member of the Guangping Yuan family."

There was a barely perceptible sadness in her voice.

"At that time, the Chen family was unstoppable and destroyed my family. I happened to be out and was able to escape the disaster."

"In order to survive, I hid my real name and started over in Cangyu Market under the name Ning Jie."

Ji Chang listened quietly, but his heart was calm.

Although Yuan Yixiao's experience was tragic, it had nothing to do with him directly.

After all, it was not him who wielded the knife to kill the Chen family.

What's more, after the rise of the Chen family, there were many displaced members of immortal cultivation families like Yuan Yixiao in the immortal cultivation world of Jiaozhou.

Ji Chang took a deep breath, stared into Yuan Yixiao's eyes, and said in a calm tone:

"Fellow Daoist Ning... Yuan, your experience is sympathetic. But I wonder what your purpose is in telling me this frankly?"

Yuan Yixiao was stunned for a moment when she heard this, then looked at Ji Chang carefully.

His face was as gentle as jade, but his eyes revealed an elusive depth.

Yuan Yixiao opened her red lips and asked tentatively, "Since I have confessed everything to you without reservation, then, Fellow Daoist Han, are you willing to share some of your experiences as well?"

She paused for a moment and continued, "Fellow Daoist Han should be holding back. In my opinion, you should be a cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining, and also a top-grade alchemist."

Ji Chang was stunned after hearing this. Although Yuan Yixiao's guess was close, there were still some differences.

He is indeed a top-grade alchemist, but his cultivation level is not the seventh level of Qi Refining, but the more advanced ninth level of Qi Refining.

However, he did not directly correct Yuan Yixiao's misunderstanding, but nodded and said with a wry smile:
"Fellow Daoist Yuan is indeed very discerning. I have indeed concealed some of my cultivation."

Then, he turned his gaze to Yuan Yixiao and asked directly, "Fellow Daoist Yuan, do you want me to help you refine the realm-breaking elixir?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Yixiao nodded immediately, with a bright smile blooming on her pretty face:

"That's right! As a top-grade alchemist, Fellow Daoist Ji will definitely be able to refine a realm-breaking elixir that will help me break through to the late stage of Qi Refining."

Hearing this, Ji Chang fell into deep thought.

He had to consider that once Yuan Yixiao successfully advanced to the seventh level of Qi Refining, combined with the formation in the spiritual land of the valley, it might pose a certain threat to him.

However, his thoughts did not last long and he quickly made a decision.

He decided to agree.

Let’s not talk about whether Yuan Yixiao can break through to the late stage of Qi Refining after getting the realm-breaking elixir.

Even if one succeeds in breaking through, it still takes a certain amount of time to consolidate one's cultivation.

Ji Chang only has less than half a year left to reach the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining.

At that time, he will be able to rely on this spiritual land in the valley to try to build his foundation.

Instantly, Ji Chang had a plan in mind, and instantly understood the direction of his next move. Although he still had a few cocoon pills in his hand, he planned to delay for a while by claiming to collect spiritual medicine.

After I successfully build my foundation, it won’t be too late to make pills for Yuan Yixiao.

So, he smiled and nodded gently:

"Of course, there is no problem with this, but I still need to trouble Fellow Daoist Yuan to prepare all the spiritual medicines needed for alchemy for me."

However, to his surprise, Yuan Yixiao actually took out several exquisite wooden boxes from the storage bag, which contained all the elixirs needed to refine the Cocoon-Transforming Pill.

She said softly, "Fellow Daoist Han, I have already prepared all the spiritual medicines you need."

Ji Chang glanced at the wooden boxes, his expression still calm.

He raised his hand and put the wooden boxes into his bag.

Since it is impossible to delay time by preparing the elixir, the only option is to delay the process of refining the elixir.

Therefore, he nodded and said slowly:
"The refining of the Cocoon-Transforming Pill is quite complicated. I haven't tried it for a long time. How about I study it carefully for a while and then make the pill for Fellow Daoist Yuan?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Yixiao did not show any dissatisfaction or doubt, but nodded happily and agreed: "Everything will be as Fellow Daoist Han said."

After Ji Chang agreed to her request, Yuan Yixiao's mood became cheerful.

She gently raised her jade-like hand and filled a cup of fragrant spiritual tea for Ji Chang.

"Friend Han, are you really unwilling to share some of your past experiences?" she asked softly, with curiosity glittering in her eyes.

Ji Chang shook his head slightly and said calmly: "The past experiences are nothing more than old things, not worth mentioning."

Seeing this, Yuan Yixiao did not ask any more questions, but changed the subject and said in a teasing tone:
"Then aren't you curious, Fellow Daoist Han, about how I could tell that you are actually a cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Chang raised his eyebrows slightly and became somewhat interested.

He was indeed curious about how Yuan Yixiao had seen through him.

Ji Chang was confident that he had some experience in hiding his cultivation.

Unless he is a foundation-building cultivator with spiritual consciousness, ordinary cultivators of the same level will not be able to see through his cultivation.

Although Yuan Yixiao didn't see through much.

"Appreciate further details."

Seeing this, Yuan Yixiao raised the corners of her mouth slightly and revealed a smug smile.

"The spiritual energy of this valley spiritual land comes from that spiritual spring. By estimating the consumption of spiritual energy in the spiritual spring, I can roughly infer your cultivation level."

She paused and continued, "Of course, this is just a rough estimate. After all, everyone's cultivation method and spiritual root qualifications are different, and the efficiency of absorbing spiritual energy will also vary."

"However, there are only you and me, two monks in this spiritual valley, so my estimate should not be too far off."

After hearing this, Ji Chang's face flashed with a thoughtful look.

Yuan Yixiao caught this subtle change and couldn't help but smile again: "Could it be that fellow Daoist has hidden his cultivation?"

"How is this possible?" Ji Chang smiled and shook his head.

After the two chatted for a few more minutes, Yuan Yixiao said goodbye.

The main purpose of her coming this time was to confirm Ji Chang's true cultivation level and to ask him to help her refine a realm-breaking elixir.

Now that her goal has been achieved, there is naturally no need for her to stay any longer.

Ji Chang did not try to keep her. After sending Yuan Yixiao out of the valley, he turned around and returned to his cave.

Four months passed quickly, and Ji Chang finally opened his eyes that had been closed for so long.

At this moment, Ji Chang's magic power has been filled to the extreme, and his realm of the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining has become extremely stable.

Ji Chang knew that the time had finally come for him to build his foundation.

(End of this chapter)