Chapter 70 - What Is This? (1/2)
This Perfected Immortal…
“Why is he even poorer than I was when I was transcending the tribulation?”
In the secret underground chamber, Li Changshou looked at the seven or eight storage Dharma treasures in front of him. He took out the items inside one by one and placed them into the treasure pouch that sorted garbage.
No matter how low the chances of him being recognized were, Li Changshou would not use those Dharma treasures that were his spoils.
Of course, the first-grade Numinous Treasure was an exception.
The problem was that the incapacitating agents and poisonous pills he used were also costly.
They were all good things that would not be sold. A portion of the poisonous herbs came from Elder Wan Linyun and their value could not be calculated.
The result of being tailed was actually… being disadvantaged.
The Perfected Immortal did not have much wealth, which also reflected the embarra.s.sing predicament of most itinerant cultivators.
With the rise of the human race, the Dao Sect prospered, and Daoism was everywhere. The Immortal Sect emerged and controlled most of the resources.
It was not easy for itinerant cultivators who did not rely on the Immortal Sect to maintain their daily cultivation and acc.u.mulate much wealth.
At that time, Li Changshou had given the other party a chance to stop. It was purely because he could not bear to use the poisonous powder in his Dharma artifact. That was why he told them to stop…
If the other party stopped, he could just knock them unconscious. After all, pills that could kill Perfected Immortals were too expensive.
However, they did not stop. They were very professional and decisive. He was determined to kill him and seize his treasures.
That made Li Changshou feel very helpless.
Superior-grade Spirit Stones might not be that attractive, but they felt that he might have had other treasures since he had those Superior-grade Spirit Stones of the Dao Realm…
That was the reason they wanted to give it a try.
The matter taught Li Changshou a lesson. Firstly, he had to formulate a detailed trade plan to avoid being targeted again.
Secondly, if he was tempted by someone else’s treasure in the future and wanted to plot against them, he would have to think about the consequences that those guys faced for attacking him.
“No matter how good a treasure is, you have to be alive to use them.”
The Dharma treasures which were akin to trash could not be used at present. Once his refining skills improved, he might be able to use them.
However, the more he came into contact with the restrictions of refining, the more he found the ‘subject’ to be profound. Moreover, there were not many shortcuts that he could take.
If he wanted to modify or create restrictions, it would require him to conduct tens of thousands of years of research.
Moreover, the most powerful Dharma treasures that surfaced in the Primordial Times were not refined using precious materials. They were naturally made.
The pinnacle of Dharma treasure refinement was the Merit Postnatal Numinous treasure. It was more important to have merit.
Instead of focusing on the path of refining, he might as well spend his energy on array formations and continue to pursue the flame coverage of “miniaturization of array formation”.
He decided to focus on the types of storage Dharma artifacts and refining devices required by the Man-Forming Paper Cutouts.
I’d better spend my spare time and energy on refining pills and alchemy.
His main profession?
Of course, it was a… ahem, to seek Dao Enlightenment and Immortality!
Li Changshou sat behind his desk and began to cla.s.sify into groups, the spiritual herbs and poisonous herbs that he had obtained.
Later, I’ll refine pills and send some to Elder Wan Linyun.
Although it seems a little pretentious, it’s still a token of my appreciation.
After he was done with his work, Li Changshou placed the Dharma artifact spheres that had suppressed the young spiritual beasts aside. He would take them to the spiritual beast enclosure for rearing later.
There were two young spiritual beasts that were meant for Fairy. She had been complaining for a long time that most of the spiritual beasts were poisonous creatures and that it was difficult for her to even find a rabbit or a deer…
This time, Li Changshou gave her two spiritual beasts that looked and tasted good. If she was willing to raise them, they could become her pet. Otherwise, she could also eat them after a few years.
Li Changshou took out the sword-shaped Dharma artifact that looked like a sword but was not actually one. It was a Dharma artifact known as the Poison Disperser. Li Changshou smiled calmly…
He went to the side and put on a pair of special poison-resistant gloves, a mask, and protective suits. He then grabbed a pair of self-made tweezers and some test tubes. He put the antidote pills in his hand and continued to work.
In order to fight well, he had to refine his weapons before the battle.
Everything was the same. The pleasure and gains had to come after hard work.
…
After staying in the secret chamber for two days, Li Changshou left the Pill Chamber, only to find that the Little Qiong Peak was surprisingly rather lively today.
His immortal senses had been lingering in the array formation around the Pill Chamber.
Liu Yan’er and w.a.n.g Qi, the pair of Dao companions, had come to visit Fairy for a chat over tea.
Li Changshou knew what happened.
After Fairy went to apologize the last time, Liu Yan’er was afraid that she would think too much. Thus, she sent a long message to Fairy using a paper crane.
The two of them grew closer and became familiar with each other.
On the surface, Fairy’s cultivation level had already reached the third-stage of the Soul Formation Realm. At such a young age, she had reached the standards of becoming a junior immortal.
Since Fairy was grounded for twenty years, Liu Yan’er had also come to the Little Qiong Peak to visit her a few times in the past few years.
Today, Liu Yan’er and her Junior w.a.n.g Qi visited Fairy together. However, apart from cultivating, they simply strolled around casually.
However…
Li Changshou used his immortal senses to ‘look’ at the person sitting beside him. She was like a fairy formed from ice-blue snow lotus. She was Youqin Xuanya who was playing an Immortal Life Simulation with the three of them…
Why is she here?
Has her cultivation level reached the second-stage of the Dao Requital Realm?
Without Yuan Qing’s hara.s.sment, would her cultivation level improve rapidly?
Not bad. She’s definitely going to be the head disciple of the current generation.
However, it isn’t appropriate for Youqin Xuanya to come to the Little Qiong Peak all the time. She is too dazzling, and every move of hers is being watched by everyone in the sect.
Li Changshou pondered quietly.
Since she was a guest, he could not chase her away. He could not offend the Sect Leader because of such a small matter.
After coming out of the forest, Li Changshou walked straight back to his straw hut and did not hide his whereabouts.
He activated the concealment array formation and changed into a Daoist robe. He sat under the huge sign hanging on the wall and quietly meditated to think about how he should solve the problem regarding Youqin Xuanya.
Many Qi cultivators liked to hang signs with large words in their living quarters.
For powerful mighty figures who had survived since the ancient times, they liked to hang the words ‘Heaven and Earth’.
In the past tens of thousands of years, the Qi cultivators liked to hang signs that read ‘Dao’ or ‘Great Dao’.
Those were quite common. The Qi cultivators would often hang the signs according to their preferences. Examples of some words on the signs would be ‘calming’, ‘force’, ‘Xuan’, and ‘Miao’.
Some of the more odd ones would be ‘return’ or ‘sister’.
The words on the sign that was hung on the wall behind Li Changshou were impressive. There were probably not many Qi cultivators who could be similar to him in the vast Primordial Times.
The word ‘stable’ was written on the sign!
“Senior!”
Fairy was waving her hands while standing outside the array formation’s light wall.
Li Changshou smiled helplessly, stood up, opened the door, and exited.
“What’s wrong?”
“Senior, come over, have some tea and chat! Senior Sister Youqin… has been waiting for you for a long time.”
Fairy winked at him. They exchanged glances and understood what was going on.
She thought Senior, Senior Sister Youqin is here to look for you again. I can’t deal with her. You can do it yourself!
Li Changshou smiled and said, “I’m a little tired from refining pills just now. I want to rest. I saw that you guys were having fun, so I didn’t disturb you.”
Youqin Xuanya immediately took two steps forward towards the straw hut.
She said, “Senior Changshou, you can rest if you’re tired. I don’t have anything important to do. It’s just that I’ve been in seclusion for too long and have been wandering around the sect. I want to seek your guidance.”
Li Changshou bowed to Youqin Xuanya and the other two. “I apologize for my negligence. Please forgive me.”