Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 105 Apu Visits
Inside the room, Shen Fan was taking the final step of merging into a body. His mind was focused on it and he didn't even notice him walking in.

Song Xian did not disturb him, but stood aside and watched silently. With a few crisp clicks, the joints of the puppet were connected together, and a black snake-like puppet was assembled.

Shen Fan exhaled, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and turned around to find Song Xian right behind him. He saluted quickly and said, "Master, why are you here at this time?"

Song Xian usually comes here at night, so he asked this question.

"Well done, Junior Brother Shen. You've made great progress compared to before." Song Xian picked up the black snake-shaped puppet and looked at it carefully for a while. The puppet already looked like a snake, but there were still many flaws in the details.

For example, its waist is too thick and extends horizontally from top to bottom. The proportions between its head and tail are also somewhat unbalanced. There are still faint cracks visible at various joints, but at a glance, it doesn't seem like a big deal.

There are strict requirements on the proportions of each part of the puppet. If they are not met, it will collapse in the process of condensing consciousness into qi.

This is just like refining elixirs. There are requirements for the roundness of the appearance and the dosage of various types of elixirs. Even if it is just a little bit off, it will fall apart during the refining process.

Although the techniques of refining puppets and refining pills are completely different, they have something in common in the general principles.

This snake-shaped puppet looks okay at first glance, but it cannot withstand close scrutiny.

Without going to the next step of condensing consciousness into Qi, Song Xian could conclude that it would inevitably fail. However, compared with the puppet he first refined half a year ago, it had already made great progress.

"There are still many shortcomings that need to be improved, especially the waist part of the snake body. I tried several times, but it's still the same. It's a pity that the puppet remains I brought back did not have a snake-shaped puppet, otherwise, disassembling them might be helpful." Shen Fan raised his head and said with some distress.

"Don't worry, take your time. We're already doing well. There are still a lot of materials in the treasury. I've already made arrangements with Senior Brother Lu Yuan. If you need them, just come get them anytime. We'll buy more when they run out. I only have one request for you: don't think about saving money for the sect. Spend what you need, use what you need, and just ask for what you need."

Song Xian knew that he was a loyal and honest person, and sometimes he even felt embarrassed to ask for materials to be refined, as if he had not done it well and it was a waste.

After the two chatted for a while, Song Xian also started to create a puppet body from condensing crystals, refining the brain, and strengthening bones. Since condensing consciousness into qi would damage one's own spiritual consciousness, after the first failure, he asked Shen Fan not to try again, but to practice the basic skills first, and refine the puppet body to meet the requirements before proceeding to the next step.

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At nightfall, Song Xian returned to his mansion to rest. After washing up, he had just laid down on the couch when he heard a knock on the door. A deep voice came over: "Master, the guards report that a mysterious guest has arrived outside the mountain gate."

Song Xian got up from the couch and opened the door. Standing outside was a man in his thirties. He was Xu Jian, the steward of his mansion and the person in charge of the sect's mundane affairs.

"Why don't you report this to Senior Brother Wenyuan?"

As the sect's political elder, Zhong Wenyuan is usually the one who handles matters like this.

"The man was wearing a bamboo hat and said he was an old friend of yours. He said he had something important to report to you and asked the guard on duty to report it. Oh! Oh, by the way, he said his name was A Pu, so you'll know who he is the moment you hear him."

Apu? Song Xian's mind raced, and he immediately concluded that it was Apples Hussein. Only he would come to visit in such a mysterious way, but he didn't know why he came at this time.

"Bring him directly to the mansion."

"Yes." The butler responded and left.

Song Xian walked out of the room and went to the reception room to wait quietly. After a while, he saw the housekeeper leading a man wearing a conical hat into the inner room.

He waved his hand and the butler immediately retreated.

As the door closed, the man waved his hand and took off his hat, revealing his true face. It was Apples. He hadn't seen him for more than a year, and his cultivation had already broken through the tenth level of Qi Refining.

Song Xian's spiritual power circulated in his body, and he opened the Eye of True Observation, realizing that the spiritual power in his body had reached 106 points.

To reach the state of great perfection in Qi Refining, the spiritual power must reach 120 points. Although Apples still has some distance to go, in just one year, he has increased his spiritual power from 87 points in the ninth level of Qi Refining to 106 points, which is surprising enough. This is obviously not achievable with normal cultivation speed.

Song Xian himself also has dual-attribute spiritual roots, and he has a deep understanding of this. With his cultivation speed, even in a suitable training room, it would take two months of hard work to improve his spiritual power a little bit.

Apples' spiritual power increased from 87 to 106, a full 18 points. Under normal circumstances, it would take several years of hard training even in a first-grade high-quality training room, but he only took one year.

"Fellow Daoist Apples, please take a seat. It's been a long time since we last met. Congratulations on reaching a new level in your cultivation and hopefully achieving foundation building," Song Xian said with a smile. Apples's handsome features remained expressionless as he replied in his still-unfluent Qin dialect, "From now on, I'll just be called Apu."

"Okay! Fellow Daoist Apu, I wonder what brings you here today?"

"I'm here to ask for help from Fellow Daoist Song."

"Please tell me. As long as our sect can do it, we will definitely not refuse."

"To be honest, my father had a premonition before the disaster was imminent, so he made some arrangements in advance. I know a place where several treasures stored in the mansion are kept. However, because it is guarded by a formation, and I don't have the formation disk, I can't retrieve the treasures by myself, so I would like to ask Master Song for help."

Hearing this, Song Xian's eyes lit up. The treasure of the Hussein family must be extraordinary. No wonder Apples jumped from the spiritual power of 87 in the ninth level of Qi Refining to the spiritual power of 106 in the tenth level of Qi Refining in just one year. He must have obtained a part of the family treasure.

As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows. Since his father had sensed that disaster was coming, he would definitely make multiple preparations and it would be impossible for him to keep all the treasures in one place.

"Of course our sect is willing to help you, fellow Daoist, but we are weak and our abilities are probably limited."

A Pu heard the hidden meaning in his words and reached into his storage bag with his right hand, pulling out a three-inch black porcelain bottle. "This is a first-grade, mid-grade Soul-Replenishing Pill. There are ten of them. This is the reward for your help. In addition, I am willing to pay a fee of 10,000 Spiritual Stones."

"A first-grade, mid-quality spiritual nourishing elixir." Song Xian was excited, his expression changed, his body suddenly sat up straight, his head unconsciously leaned forward, his eyes staring straight at the black porcelain bottle.

The name of the Bu Ling Pill is well-known in the cultivation world. It can improve cultivation and is the dream of all cultivators. It is known as the magic pill in the cultivation world.

Back then, a bottle of second-grade soul-replenishing elixir appeared at an auction at Xianxiafang Market in Guangxing City, Pingyuan County, causing a huge sensation. All the foundation-building cultivators in Pingyuan County flocked to the auction just for this item.

No wonder Apples' spiritual power increased so quickly from 87 points in the ninth level of Qi Refining to 106 points in the tenth level of Qi Refining. It turned out that it was thanks to the spiritual replenishing pill.

He was actually willing to take this thing out, which shows that the value of what he wanted to take this time must be very high.

When he was unconscious, there was no spiritual elixir in the high-level storage bag he carried with him. This shows that during this period of time, he had obtained some treasures that his father had hidden in other places.

This is truly a treasure boy!
Song Xian swallowed his saliva and tried to calm his excitement. "Fellow Daoist Apu, I wonder what kind of defensive formation you are talking about? Is there any danger?"

"This formation is called the Five Elements Reversal Formation. It's a second-order, low-grade defensive formation. With the help of four late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, we can break it. Furthermore, the formation is guarded by swarms of silver-armored ant spirit beasts. After we break through the formation, I need you to lead those silver-armored ants away."

"Can a second-order low-grade magic array be broken by just a few cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage?"

"Without anyone manning this formation, its power is greatly reduced. I know its weaknesses, and five cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage are enough."

Song Xian nodded, a little embarrassed: "The problem is, our sect does not have four late-stage Qi Refining cultivators. We have more than ten disciples, but only two of them are late-stage Qi Refining cultivators."

"Ah?" Apu couldn't help but show a look of surprise when he heard this, and was obviously stunned. This was the first time his expression changed since he came here.

Although he had spent some time with several people from Hunyuan Sect, he had no idea about the situation of Hunyuan Sect. He only knew the sect's address and had met Song Xian, Zhong Wenyuan, Carissa, and Qi Xiaobai.

I never expected that a sect couldn't even find four cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining.

"How about this? Use a few mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators to replace the late-stage cultivators. Don't you want four late-stage Qi Refining cultivators? I can send two late-stage Qi Refining cultivators and four mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators together. The effect should be similar."

"That's the only way." Apu was silent for a while and nodded.

If there was no other way, he would not have come to Hunyuan Sect for help. Although there was no wanted warrant posted in the eastern region of Muhe Grassland, his father had been convicted as a traitor, and his identity naturally became that of a remnant of the traitor.

If he was discovered, he would be hunted down by Nuha Enyis, so he changed his name to Apu.

Now only a few people in Hunyuan Sect know his identity. He has no choice but to ask Hunyuan Sect for help. Moreover, he does not trust others, so he has to accept this condition.

(End of this chapter)