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Chapter 132: Ascension Ceremony (Three Chapters in One)

Perhaps because of the death of Junior Brother Song before, the sect's manpower was mobilized quite quickly this time.

In addition to Mei Yong, Elder Fu was only two steps behind and rushed over together.

But they were a little late after all, and the battle here was already over.

Xiao Chen first used his magic power to grab the storage bag on Ding Sanlei's waist and put the spoils in his sleeves.

Then he and Elder Liu went forward together: "Senior Brother Mei, Senior Brother Fu, we are fine. The demon cultivator who caused the trouble has been killed."

Huh?
Mei Yong was a little surprised at the moment. He saw that Elder Liu was intentionally lagging behind Xiao Chen by half a body length.

He first glanced back to make sure there were no enemies.

Then he relaxed and asked, "That's good. Can you tell where this demon cultivator came from?"

Elder Liu took the initiative to say: "The other party used the Eight Demon Blood Refining Formation, they must be the minions of the Divine Fire Sect."

"This time, we have to thank Junior Brother Xiao for arriving in time and killing the enemy leader."

In an instant, the three of them looked at Xiao Chen.

Especially Huang Haoran, his eyes were full of question marks.

Didn't you say you were just going to 'go over and observe the situation'?

Xiao Chen said modestly, "I was just lucky. I happened to have learned a technique that can better restrain this demon cultivator."

"Besides, when I came over, Elder Liu was already halfway through the fight with the other party. I was just taking advantage of the opportunity."

In terms of time, it does take up half.

Mei Yong, however, understood that Elder Liu had already completed the suppression of the demon cultivators. Then, a sudden realization struck him: "Oh, so that's how it is."

From what Huang Haoran had described, the situation seemed very critical.

Just now he thought that Xiao Chen had turned the tide and was curious about what was going on.

If Xiao Chen encounters a demon cultivator that even Elder Liu cannot defeat, he should be powerless.

Now this explanation makes sense.

Huang Haoran also understood immediately. It seemed that he had misjudged the situation before.

It is estimated that after Xiao Chen went there, he found that Elder Liu was not at a disadvantage, so the two of them joined forces to surround and kill the demon cultivator.

Recalling the situation when he met Ding Silei before, Xiao Chen did have the ability to threaten cultivators in the late stage of foundation building.

Looking back now, his sword technique was indeed very powerful.

Huang Haoran is not a sword cultivator, so he just feels that the sword technique is unusual.

But Elder Fu is a true swordsman.

After he came over, he immediately discovered traces of sword energy attacks.

Among them, the sword techniques near the cave are obviously very advanced.

Even the remaining sword energy carried a faint aura of murderous intent, which made him indirectly feel a sense of pressure.

But judging from the destroyed trees around, the other side actually lost.

According to his understanding, Elder Liu usually specializes in magic, especially wood magic and fire magic, and is not good at using a sword.

Then the person who defeated the demon cultivator with a sword can only be - Xiao Chen!
Thinking of this, Elder Fu looked at Xiao Chen with a hint of intrigue in his eyes.

Just picking up a bargain?

I'm afraid it's more than that.

Elder Liu, who was standing by, was also confused when he heard this.

He naturally knew that Xiao Chen had just killed Ding Sanlei purely by his own strength.

So some people don’t understand why Xiao Chen doesn’t take credit for it.

Elder Liu’s first reaction was: Could it be that he is trying to save my face?
After all, he was not careful enough before and failed to recognize the gap in time to evacuate. As a result, when he realized that his magic power was being lost, he had been completely suppressed by the demon cultivator and was in danger.

Could it be that Xiao Chen was worried that telling the truth would damage his reputation?

But that’s not right either.

If an ordinary person encountered such a thing, he would definitely take the initiative to tell others and show his strength.

Elder Liu thought carefully and recalled several rumors he had heard about Xiao Chen in the past.

I found that there were very few rumors, and they were all spread by other people about him.

Even though he made rapid breakthroughs in his cultivation and broke records many times, he never took the initiative to show off.

understood!

Elder Liu immediately understood that this must be a personality issue.

Xiao Chen just doesn't like to be too ostentatious by nature and is a relatively low-key person.

It is said that a gentleman keeps his talents to himself.

By hiding your strengths, you will be less likely to be targeted by the enemy.

He felt that he had figured out the truth of the matter.

So he swallowed the words of praise he was about to say and took the initiative to cooperate with Xiao Chen to change the subject.

And that's fine too.

Not letting others know that Xiao Chen is actually very powerful will help him have fewer competitors when he tries to win over others.

So the five of them searched the area and destroyed the remaining talisman formations.

He also rescued a few lucky independent cultivators who were tied in wooden barrels, and then returned to the sect together.

Of course, this matter is not over yet, but after all, it involves the Divine Fire Sect, so we need to consider it carefully.

The Song family lost a foundation-building master, and the entire clan was indignant.

He began to contact other elders to discuss supporting fellow practitioners in Hezhou and jointly fighting against the evil cultivators.

But generally speaking, whether or not they can take the initiative to cause trouble for the Divine Fire Sect actually depends more on the wishes of Master Ming Yan, and it is not something they can decide.

Several members of the Song family joined the Demon-Slaying Temple to take on missions, seemingly wanting to vent their anger on the people of the Divine Fire Sect.

They naturally have the support of the Song family's foundation building behind them.

If the Demon-Slaying Hall had not run out of suitable positions for Foundation Establishment cultivators, perhaps there would have been two more Foundation Establishment cultivators available.

With the Song family's unremitting help, various tasks and clues were handled in a timely manner.

Xiao Chen became even more free and didn't have to do any work.

He stayed in Cuiwei Valley every day and concentrated on practicing.

Of course, he did not forget to check the storage bags he got from Ding Sanlei and Ding Silei.

It’s a bit strange to say, there are only a mere 339 spirit stones in these two storage bags.

It's so pitifully small.

It even made Xiao Chen wonder if they had deliberately spent all their money before coming to Lizhou.

Moreover, it is different from other people’s storage bags which are filled with a lot of miscellaneous things.

Both storage bags are relatively clean, containing neither raw materials such as spiritual herbs and spiritual minerals, nor daily necessities such as clothing and food.

The only survival supplies are fasting pills.

In addition, they also brought many pills and talismans for use in fighting.

For example, there are Yongquan Pills that restore mana, Huoling Pills that temporarily increase fire spiritual power, and several stacks of talismans for different five elements spells.

The talismans mainly come from Ding Silei’s storage bag.

However, before he could use them, he was killed by Xiao Chen and became a trophy.

Fortunately, in addition to the talismans, Ding Silei also brought a bottle of mutton-fat jade dew.

Mutton-fat jade dew is a very rare and precious thing. Only a small amount of it can be accumulated in the mutton-fat jade mine every hundred years.

Moreover, after it has been extracted once, even if the jade mine is restored, it will take more than ten years before it can begin to condense again.

It would take at least three hundred years to save up a small bottle like this.

Even if some powerful forces have several jade mines in their territory, it will take at least several decades to produce a piece of jade.
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This thing can be used as a remedy or taken directly.

It can enhance the cultivation of cultivators with different spiritual roots.

Moreover, the mutton-fat jade dew has another characteristic, that is, this enhancement effect is not limited to the five elements spiritual roots, but is also effective for cultivators with mutated spiritual roots.

Therefore, its price in the market remains high all year round.

Of course, Xiao Chen would not choose to sell it, but planned to keep it for himself.

Now, I have one more top-notch spiritual liquid, and I don’t have to worry about the resources needed for rapid cultivation in the next two months.

Apart from that, there were only two booklets, a battle formation diagram, a storage box and a pill recipe left.

Xiao Chen checked them one by one, first flipping through two books.

But unfortunately, these are two books of Xuan-level spells, and they are not the magic skills of Huangquan Dao.

Next is the formation diagram, which is the arrangement method of the Eight Demons Blood Refining Formation.

The back of the formation diagram even records the requirements for refining the formation flags and the materials needed to set up the formation.

The only problem is that activating this formation requires blood and essence, and strengthening the formation also requires blood and essence.

Although other people's blood can be used as sacrifices, and Xiao Chen also has the "Blood Collection Method" in his hands, but generally speaking, it is not a good thing.

He put away the formation diagram, then opened the storage box and took a look.

Generally speaking, things that are specially stored here are not bad.

As expected, what was inside was a second-level summer cypress that is rarely seen in a century.

It is light purple in color and has a bell-shaped calyx.

According to records in alchemy books, this grass withers after the summer solstice. It is named this way because it has pure yang energy and withers when exposed to yin energy.

Prunella vulgaris contains pure yang energy, but it also has a hint of femininity, so it is not too strong.

It is generally used as an auxiliary medicine in some special prescriptions.

"Strange, why would they deliberately preserve such a spiritual herb? Could it be related to the elixir recipe?"

Xiao Chen picked up the last handwritten recipe and took a look at it.

This pill recipe actually recorded an extremely powerful elixir for cultivation, called the Three-Transformation Xuanyuan Pill.

The effect is extremely simple and crude - assisting in breakthrough.

Cultivators below the ninth level of foundation building can directly break through to a small realm after taking this pill for the first time.

Theoretically, this thing is most suitable for breaking through the small bottleneck of the fourth or seventh level of foundation building.

It can directly save monks several or even more than ten years of hard work.

It is also good to use it in the eighth level of foundation building, and can directly reach the ninth level of great perfection.

Of course, pills with similar effects all have the same two shortcomings.

One is that if you eat a second pill after eating it once.

Although it cannot be said that there is no effect at all, after all, the spiritual energy contained in it is still abundant, but the overall effect is not that great.

The second is that such elixirs are extremely rare, and even the spiritual herbs needed for refining them often have very high requirements.

Xiao Chen took a look and found that most of the auxiliary medicines were not complicated and could be obtained at Lihuo Market.

But the three main herbs required above are really a bit outrageous.

The requirement for the first main medicine is that it must be of the same five elements, which means that spiritual herbs that contain the attributes of the five elements must be used.

The requirement for the second main medicine is that yang contains yin, that is, a spiritual object that is yang as a whole naturally contains a trace of yin.

The requirement for the third main medicine is to preserve yin and yang, which is exactly the opposite of the second one.

"Hiss~, isn't this request too high?"

Xiao Chen looked at the three requirements and felt a little confused.

However, he thought about it in his mind.

If he was preparing to refine the Third Transformation Xuanyuan Pill, it seemed he had already gathered the two main ingredients. The Mutton Fat Jade Dew contained inspiration from all attributes, naturally also possessing the Five Elements, and could serve as the first main ingredient.

As for the second main ingredient, the second-level summer cypress mentioned above is quite suitable and can be used directly.

"Hey, it seems like we can give it a try?"

After all, if he calculated this way, he only needed to find the last spiritual object of "Yin Cun Yang" to complete the main medicine.

Xiao Chen suddenly saw a glimmer of hope again.

He went to Lihuofang Market first, and as expected, nothing happened.

Then I went to the Hall of Merit again, but unfortunately, it was not there either.

Fortunately, he has learned his lesson this time.

Without needing Steward Chen's reminder, he went straight to Elder Chen and asked, "Master, do you have any 'Yin Cun Yang' second-level spiritual herbs?"

Elder Chen just returned from the Alchemy Hall.

While brewing tea, he shook his head and said, "Second-level spiritual herbs? Of course, there aren't any. Speaking of second-level spiritual herbs, the only one I know of is 'Rock Heart Ophiopogon japonicus'."

"But I've only heard of this thing, I've never seen it."

"Why would you need something so special?"

Xiao Chen was a little disappointed, but he still explained and asked: "I was looking at the second-level pill recipe recently and saw the spiritual object mentioned in it that 'Yin Contains Yang'."

"Master, is this 'Rock Core Ophiopogon' easy to find?"

Elder Chen shook his head again: "I'm afraid it's difficult. I've only heard of such a thing over the years."

Finish the calf!
Xiao Chen was immediately very disappointed. It seemed that he had better not count on this.

However, Elder Chen reminded him, "If you really need this thing, you can just walk around more during this Ascension Ceremony."

Ascension Ceremony?

Xiao Chen was a little puzzled: "Master, is there any connection between these two?"

Elder Chen explained, "The Ascension Ceremony is not just a ceremony, it's also a rare trading event."

"Think about it, the fellow foundation builders in Lizhou are usually scattered in different places. This time, we finally have a chance to get together."

Xiao Chen immediately reacted: "So, everyone can take this opportunity to share what they have and learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses."

"Yes."

Elder Chen nodded. "Not only that, by trading with each other at this grand ceremony, we basically don't have to worry about encountering robbers on the way back."

"After all, no normal person would cause trouble on this day and slap the face of a newly promoted Jindan Zhenren."

"Therefore, many rare treasures will be brought out for trade. This will also attract more people, bringing more goodies."

"Maybe someone will come up with 'Rock Core Ophiopogon'."

Xiao Chen suddenly realized that there was another reason behind this.

He had actually been thinking before whether he could just not attend such an event and ask someone else to help bring a gift over.

But since so many people at the ceremony didn't mention it, he didn't ask.

It turned out that everyone was not only going there to give gifts, but also to attend what was considered to be the most high-end trade fair in Lizhou.

A trade fair that gathers almost all the foundation-building cultivators in Lizhou must be a grand trading event!
"Well, if the breakthrough goes smoothly, it should be in the next few days."

Elder Chen calculated and reminded: "Try not to go out to search for demon cultivators in the next two days."

Xiao Chen nodded: "Thank you for the reminder, Master. I understand."

He is only the manager in name only, but actually does not manage anything at all. He probably doesn't even recognize all the disciples of the Demon-Slaying Hall. He is a typical example of slacking off.
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In the blink of an eye, it was the 28th day of the first lunar month.

As the month was coming to an end, Mei Yong finally received a gold-plated invitation letter from Qianzhufang City.

Invite Ming Yan Zhenren of Lihuo Sect and all the foundation-building monks to participate in the Ascension Ceremony held in Qianzhufang City on the 30th day of the first lunar month.

"Whoo~"

Mei Yong finished reading the invitation and let out a sigh of relief.

Unexpectedly, Gu Lihui, who was already 161 years old, actually succeeded in forming a pill.

From now on, Lizhou will have one more Jindan Zhenren.

He immediately sent someone to inform the rest of the sect of the news.

He also informed Master Ming Yan through a specially made flying sword that could transmit sound.

"Master Mingyue."

Xiao Chen also received this news, and also learned that the congratulatory message sent this time should uniformly read "Congratulations to Master Mingyue for achieving the Golden Elixir."

He had heard before that the other party's nickname was "Moonlight Scimitar", and he thought it must be the first two characters.

"So it seems that Master Ming Yan has a very powerful fire technique?"

Xiao Chen guessed and ran to Lihuo Market to buy a brand new high-grade sandalwood box worth ten spirit stones.

He also had in his hand a four-leaf golden peach that he had obtained from the One-Eye.

Although it is missing a leaf and cannot be used as a spiritual object for foundation building, it is still more than enough to be used as a gift.

Two days later, on the morning of the 30th day of the first lunar month, at the time of Chen.

Numerous sects' foundation-building practitioners were waiting together in the sect square.

Since they are setting out collectively on behalf of the Lihuo Sect this time, they will naturally act in a unified manner and travel on the sect's large spirit boat.

The five major families, together with the guest elders, especially some inspectors and managers who are responsible for guarding the sect's external industries.

Except for those who really couldn't leave, everyone else arrived early.

A total of ninety-three people came and stood in six long lines.

There were a huge crowd of people, more than the number of disciples who had originally gone to the Yanchi Secret Realm.

Xiao Chen stood in the Chen family's team, looking at the many fellow disciples whom he rarely saw on weekdays.

He had never met more than half of them.

Long before he joined the Lihuo Sect, these people had already established their foundation and were sent to different places to manage the sect's assets.

Try to remember everyone's face so you don't have to recognize them when you meet them later.

Xiao Chen began to observe the five major families again.

He noticed that Jiang Cungang was also standing in the Jiang family's row, and it seemed that he had also established his foundation.

Su Ruihe, the ancestor of the Su family, did not show up. The team was led by Su Huaitao, the head of the Su family.

This is a bit strange.

"This is Xiao Chen, come and meet him."

Elder Chen whispered as he approached with a middle-aged cultivator.

The other party took the initiative to greet him: "Hello, Junior Brother Xiao, my name is Chen Zhixuan, and I grow spiritual herbs in Shidaogu."

Elder Chen reminded Xiao Chen again: "You two happen to be from the same generation, so you can just call me Senior Brother."

"Zhixuan is the oldest of the Zhi generation, and you are the youngest."

"By the way, Achen, you are twenty-two this year?"

Xiao Chen blinked: "Uh, twenty-three."

Elder Chen smiled and said, "What a coincidence! Zhixuan is 123 years old this year. So the age difference between you two is exactly 100 years. This is also a kind of fate."

what?
Xiao Chen was a little surprised, but he still greeted him promptly: "Hello, Senior Brother."

Later, Elder Chen took him to meet two more people.

"Although the sect's garrison duties aren't heavy, you can often ask for leave to go home. But during festivals, you can't leave easily, to prevent the robbers from taking the opportunity to cause trouble."

"This is a rare opportunity, you should get familiar with each other."

Xiao Chen immediately understood, and he was wondering why he hadn't seen the others during the previous two Chinese New Years.

But before everyone could see him, a huge flying boat suddenly took off into the sky.

Then a serious voice came: "Get on board."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately flew onto the spirit boat.

A figure in a white robe was standing at the bow, seemingly looking into the distance.

Everyone stood on the deck in an orderly manner and saluted: "Greetings to the Master!"

This was the second time Xiao Chen met Master Ming Yan. This time, there was no aura of pressure from him. If he hadn't been standing on air, he would have looked like an ordinary person.

Hearing the greeting, he didn't say anything, just nodded: "Yes."

Then he waved his hand, and the spirit boat immediately flew towards the southeast like an arrow.

In just two hours, they traveled nearly four thousand miles and arrived at Qianzhufang City, near the southeast corner of Lizhou.

To be honest, this speed is a bit exaggerated.

No wonder the three major sects have been able to live in peace in recent years, even among the foundation-building cultivators. This must be directly related to this reason.

The total area of ​​Lizhou is too small.

Whenever something happens, the Jindan of one side can rush to the other side's doorstep to take revenge on the same day, ensuring that revenge will not be delayed overnight.

At the same time as leaving Huomen, they entered Lizhou.

The heads or ancestors of many independent cultivator families also drove their hearses or small flying boats to Qianzhu Market to offer congratulations.

The venue for the Ascension Ceremony is located in Qianzhu Building, the largest building in Qianzhu Market.

According to the arrangement of Master Qianzhu, the ceremony was divided into three areas for entertaining guests.

They are private banquets, internal banquets and external banquets.

The private banquet only welcomes Jindan Zhenren from the three major sects and is located on the highest ninth floor.

The inner banquet is mainly for receiving important guests in the foundation-building stage and is held on the third floor.

As for the external banquet, it is open to all monks, and a buffet is set up on the entire street outside.

As long as you are willing to bow and congratulate Qianzhulou, you can sit down freely.

This is mainly to entertain the wandering cultivators nearby. Spiritual fruits will be presented during the banquet, which can be regarded as a welfare benefit.

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"Fuyu Town, Fu Family, here we are."

"Yue family in Yuebei Town, here we are."

"The Wei family of Changshi Town, here we are."

At noon, outside Qianzhu Tower.

The receptionist's voice rang out one after another, and many precious gifts were announced later.

All the nearby families who heard that Master Mingyue had successfully formed a pill came early to present gifts of congratulations.

On the top floor, Master Mingyue, dressed in a red robe, had no intention of writing down their names.

Qianzhu Zhenren, who was wearing a purple robe beside him, smiled and said, "Don't worry, Junior Brother. According to the nature of the three major sects, they will definitely appear together."

Sure enough, he didn't finish his words.

There were three extremely huge spirit boats in the sky, breaking through the clouds.

But it did not descend completely and still remained above Qianzhufang City.

Each spirit boat was dozens of feet high and hundreds of feet long, and the shadows it cast even blocked out half of Qianzhufang City.

The cultivators from the Lihuo Sect, the Cangyan School, and the Sihai Sect all followed their own Jindan Zhenren and flew down together.

In an instant, hundreds of sword lights fell from the sky.

It creates a sense of déjà vu as if thousands of immortals are coming to pay homage.

"Lihuo Sect/Cangyan Sect/Sihai Sect, congratulate Master Mingyue on achieving the Golden Elixir!"

(End of this chapter)