Chapter 663 – The Lotus Seeds Have Already Rotted Away, I Am Still Me (2/2)

Ru Xin remembered something. The school of Medicine did have techniques to change appearances, but they were not frequently used. Not only did it require extremely great skill, but it also touched on the physiognomic fate, so it could not be changed so easily.

And, changing appearances required some extremely-precious materials. One of them was “merfolk muscle”. In short, it was flesh carved from the bodies of Merfolk of the South sea. Only then could the new appearance merge perfectly with the body. There were no regular cultivators who could afford these items.

“Alright. I’ll find a way to gather materials!”

Ru Xin pondered about this for a while. There actually was no need for her to go to the South sea and capture a merfolk or carve flesh from her body. As long as she was willing to pay a great price, she could basically purchase all of these materials. If she really tried to use her flesh, it would be a guaranteed failure, as she was not Merfolk through and through.

Fortunately, she had always been refining pills for Li Qingshan, so she built up quite a sizable sum of resources. Gathering the materials should not be too difficult.

“Then I’ll be waiting here for the news of your success. I’ll definitely pay you back once you help me with this!”

As a result, Chu Tian passed on the Heavenly Tome of Cloud Furnace and the Daoist Arts of Cloud Furnace to Ru Xin before explaining some of the important points. It was so wondrous that it left Ru Xin utterly amazed. The cultivation process was indeed difficult, basically refining herself like a pill. She required a top-of-the-line pill cauldron and even some supplementary materials.

The cultivation process was extremely laborious too. As she endured the pain, she also had to control the interaction between water and fire with great precision. Once the Heavenly Tome of Cloud Furnace was practised to a certain extent, she could turn her body into something akin to jade, making her impervious to damage and maintaining her youth forever. Her lifespan would be much longer than regular cultivators.

In the end, Ru Xin gave a few pills to Chu Tian, and Chu Tian handed a portrait he had personally drawn to Ru Xin. Ru Xin glanced at it and saw a relatively youthful and striking face, but it made her think of something.

“Even if you change your appearance, it’s still possible for her to see through your identity if you don’t change your stature. That woman has a lot of suspicions.”

“I’ll definitely be able to find a way to retrieve what I’ve lost.” Chu Tian smiled faintly, but it was filled with great determination that he would never allow to falter.

In the Qing Xiao dwelling, the Eight Gates Formation of Golden Locks continued to operate mindlessly, guarding an empty dwelling until a figure appeared on the horizon, flying over quickly and landing at the entrance of the dwelling. The formation obviously let him in.

Li Qingshan gently touched the three words “Qing Xiao’s Home” that Xiao An had personally written. He could not help but look in the direction of the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga, but his gaze obviously struggled to cross the many mountains. As a result, all he could do was look away before recalling everything he had gone through during the past few days.

Sure enough, Si Qing was unable to produce such a great sum of resources. Even when Li Qingshan recalled his expression where he almost went crazy from poverty, he still found it extremely hilarious. In the end, he only barely managed to pay up thirty percent of the spiritual stones, talismans, and pills.

Li Qingshan even wanted to put in a few snide remarks, but Jin Fugui’s gaze stopped him. He said, “You’ll receive what belongs to you sooner or later. The imperial clan won’t leave you unpaid, but you should also know when to stop. Even your master cannot necessarily handle everything. Unless you become a monk in the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga, the world still belongs to the imperial clan.”

As a result, Li Qingshan stopped badgering on about this. Everything he had obtained already left him extremely satisfied.

After Jin Fugui took his leave, Si Qing immediately took off, rushing to the Dragon province to explain himself. He did not throw down any threats at Li Qingshan either, just glancing past him indifferently and saying, “Li Qingshan, I admit I’ve underestimated you, but this won’t happen again. One day in the future, I will make you understand just how fortunate it would have been for you to die here today.”

It was filled with absolutely irreconcilable hatred, which even made Han Qiongzhi shiver on the side.

Li Qingshan laughed. “Cut the bullshit. Hurry up and pay me back!” Si Qing left furiously.

Afterwards, Gu Yanying told Li Qingshan in private that Jin Fugui would be reporting this matter to the imperial court. With how prideful the imperial clan was, they would definitely settle Si Qing’s debt for him even if they dismissed him as a prince. The punishment that Si Qing would receive would be slightly heavier too.

Li Qingshan smiled. “With the size and prosperity of the Si clan, they’re obviously not lacking the small bit of change they owe me!” It led to quite a few eye-rolls from Si Bao.

However, Gu Yanying shook her head. “But this might not necessarily be good. The imperial clan is already in enough pain from losing the Asura Field. Now that you’re adding insult to injury, they just need to say something, and you’ll be in great trouble. Bottom lines are not to be crossed!”

Li Qingshan vaguely understood what Jin Fugui was trying to say, but he was not worried. There were two sides to everything, just like how good fortune followed disaster and disaster lurked within good fortune. Surely he could not be interested in receiving benefits while still being afraid of offending anyone.

He would handle the problems as they came. The only thing he was worried about was the imperial clan directly sending a third heavenly tribulation cultivator to wipe him off the face of the world. If that happened, then there truly was nothing else he could do. He could only take off and get out of here.

He also understood what Gu Yanying was trying to say. She was warning him against becoming complacent, just in case he dug a hole for himself.

As a result, Li Qingshan said, “After eating the Fruit of Wisdom. I think I’ve comprehended quite a few more things. I plan on going back and entering secluded cultivation so that I can make a push for Golden Core.”

“If you need anything, you’re most welcome to let me know.”

Gu Yanying nodded. She also had an outstanding debt to Li Qingshan. However, now that Li Qingshan had the identity of the first disciple of the Unraging monk, there was no need for her to hide it so much. She could easily write it off as a form of investment.

Li Qingshan said, “I want to buy a few Virtue Accumulation pills, the more years the better.”