The Strongest Knight

The years of practicing Taoism are so long.

A year passes in the blink of an eye.

Inside the cave, Zhao Qinghe exhaled a breath of foul air. In the past year, Zhao Qinghe had not left the cave for cultivation. He took fasting pills every day, and his teeth were almost sore from taking them.

However, the results of cultivation are also gratifying.

During this retreat, because Zhao Qinghe had plenty of elixirs and spiritual inspiration, he condensed two flowers one after another.

The three flowers of spiritual energy in the Three Flower Realm have all been successfully condensed.

Zhao Qinghe's cultivation has already reached the peak of the Three Flower Realm. He only needs to fill up the last flower of Qi before he can be promoted to the Five Qi Realm and begin to forge the five internal organs and refine the five Qi.

The Three Flowers and Five Qi Realm is more of an accumulation process in the realm of refining essence into qi. It does not have much of a bottleneck and can be regarded as a preparation for condensing the foundation-building pill.

"It's time to leave the cave."

Zhao Qinghe stood up and stretched.

After a day of seclusion, Zhao Qinghe's voice became a little stiff. This was caused by his vocal cords not speaking for a long time. However, Zhao Qinghe's magic power surged and everything returned to normal.

After closing the restriction, Zhao Qinghe walked out of the cave.

A figure in front of Leng Bufan's cave bent down towards Zhao Qinghe and said, "Are you Alchemist Hua Qinghe?"

Zhao Qinghe frowned slightly, glanced at the young Taoist, and asked cautiously: "Who are you?"

Anyone who has been in seclusion for a year would be confused if he saw someone waiting in front of his cave. In addition, Zhao Qinghe was unfamiliar with the place in Ruoshuifang, so it was hard for him to imagine that someone would wait for him on purpose.

"According to the order of the abbot, I am here to welcome Master Qinghe! I hope you will come to the abbot's residence to have a chat!"

Zhao Qinghe then noticed that the young Taoist was wearing the official attire of a disciple of the Qiankun Sect.

"Are you referring to the owner of Ruoshuifang, Kuang Zhongtian, the real person Kuang?" Zhao Qinghe had also heard of the name of this owner from Qinghe's chatterbox.

"It's Master!" The young Taoist nodded.

Zhao Qinghe recalled that the young Taoist had just called him "alchemist". Was it because of the Yellow Dragon Pill refined in Qingzhi's Alchemy Shop?

Judging from the attitude of the young Taoist, it seemed that the owner of the temple had no ill will towards him.

Moreover, I am in Ruoshuifang. The master of the square wants to see me, so I can't hide even if I want to.

So Zhao Qinghe nodded and said, "Please lead the way."

"Master Alchemist, you don't have to be polite. You can just call me Li Zi. Please follow me." said the young Taoist.

Seeing that the young Taoist Li Zi was interested in making friends, Zhao Qinghe took the opportunity to start asking him questions.

The young Taoist Li Zi is a disciple of Kuang Zhongtian. He is only nineteen years old, and his cultivation has reached the ninth level of Yuan Jing. Like Zhao Qinghe, he is on the verge of a breakthrough at any time.

From Li Zi, Zhao Qinghe understood a little bit about Kuang Zhongtian's intention. He actually wanted to directly pull him into Qiankun Sect and become the sect's alchemist.

It’s not that a large Taoist sect like the Qiankun Sect is without alchemists, but the alchemists of the Qiankun Sect are basically concentrated in the wood vein among the seven veins.

The Wood Vein and the Fire Vein have been at odds with each other since some time ago.

"I heard that an alchemist with only the cultivation level of the Third Flower Realm can refine a pill of this grade, the Green Qi Pill. If you reach my Fire Vein, everyone in my Fire Vein will definitely respect you very much!"

As a member of the Fire Vein, Li Zi naturally did not need any teaching and took the initiative to win over Zhao Qinghe.

"To be honest with Fellow Daoist Li Zi, I came to Ruoshuifang this time to join the Qiankun Sect. I am naturally very happy to receive the invitation from the Qiankun Sect's Fire Vein." Zhao Qinghe said.

"That's great!" Li Zi also smiled.

"Master Alchemist! Please! Master is waiting for you in the backyard!" Entering a courtyard at the foot of the hill, Li Zi extended his hand to invite.

Zhao Qinghe bowed politely and walked in.

When he stepped into the backyard, he saw a middle-aged Taoist priest who was tasting the spiritual tea carefully. When he saw Zhao Qinghe, he immediately made a gesture to invite Zhao Qinghe to sit down.

"Master." After all, the other party's strength was one realm higher than his, so Zhao Qinghe still bowed. After Kuang Zhongtian's signal again, he sat down opposite Kuang Zhongtian.

"Master Qinghe, I see that you are a straightforward person, so I will just say it straight. Today, on behalf of all the disciples of Huomai, I invite Master Qinghe to come to Huomai and become my Huomai's alchemist. I wonder if Master Qinghe is willing to do so?" Kuang Zhongtian was very happy to see that Emperor Zhao Qinghe was indeed young.

Zhao Qinghe hesitated for a moment and then said, "I wonder how long I should spend refining the elixir every month in the Fire Vein?"

Zhao Qinghe was afraid that the people above and below the Fire Vein would really treat him as an alchemist with only alchemy skills, thus wasting his time for cultivation.

"Alchemist, you are worrying too much. In fact, there is no real shortage of elixirs in the Fire Vein. It's just that the quality of the elixirs from the Wood Vein is too poor. Therefore, the alchemists have to refine elixirs occasionally to make up for the loss."

"Besides me, there are more than a hundred disciples in charge of the Fire Vein who have also received the task of finding alchemists. I believe that there will be a lot of alchemists in the Fire Vein when we return to the mountain this time, and they will definitely not let the alchemists lose their time for cultivation."

After all, Kuang Zhongtian was the abbot, so he understood what Zhao Qinghe meant as soon as he opened his mouth, and spoke to comfort him.

"In that case, Qinghe has no objection." Zhao Qinghe was also straightforward and nodded in agreement.

"Good! Master Qinghe is really straightforward!"

"However, I still have a few questions to ask Master Qinghe before I can officially join the Fire Vein. This is the requirement of the sect. After all, although my Fire Vein is one of the strongest veins in the Qiankun Sect, it is also one of the seven veins of the Qiankun Sect, and the sect master must be respected." Kuang Zhongtian said seriously.

This is normal. Zhao Qinghe nodded and said, "Master, please ask."

"It's not a big problem. The most important thing for the Qiankun Sect to recruit independent cultivators is to find out where their previous cultivation levels came from, whether they have enemies outside, and their identities in detail," said Kuang Zhongtian.

Zhao Qinghe paused and said, "To be honest with you, Qinghe does have enemies."

"Oh? I wonder what sect or school it is? Or is it a group of independent cultivators? Don't worry, Master Alchemist. We, the Qiankun Sect, don't take ordinary forces seriously." Kuang Zhongtian's tone was filled with pride, which was the arrogance unique to disciples of large sects.

Zhao Qinghe gave a bitter smile, "Master, my name is Hua Qinghe, and I am not a casual cultivator. I was born in the Liuhua Sect of Tiannan Ming Country. More than a year ago, the Liuhua Sect was attacked by the demon clan Green Shade Mountain. The Black Cloud Demon King led 100,000 demon soldiers to attack Tianlong Mountain..."

Zhao Qinghe embellished his experience a little and told the story of how the sect was destroyed and the people died, and how the monster devoured the Taoist priests, Kuang Zhongtian could no longer bear it and smashed the teacup to the ground.

"I have also heard about the events of the Liuhua Sect. Today, I heard Alchemist Qinghe recount his personal experience, and I realized how dangerous and tragic it was. The demon clan will be wiped out one day."

"Master Alchemist Qinghe, don't worry. The Green Shade Mountain is thousands of miles away from my Qiankun Sect. They will definitely not chase us. Even if the Black Cloud Demon King really comes in person, my Qiankun Sect just happens to be short of a demon beast to protect the mountain!" Kuang Zhongtian said with a smile.