Two months later, the grand auction arrived as scheduled!
"Welcome Senior Chen out of seclusion!"
In front of the retreat room door, Manager Lu bowed respectfully towards Chen Changsheng.
"Haha, no need to say more. This retreat went very smoothly. Here are a few pills as a reward for you. After taking them, they can increase your qi and blood, delay aging. If you practice well, you may have the opportunity to advance to the foundation-building stage in the future!" Chen Changsheng smiled and directly threw a few super-grade essence and blood pills over.
Chen Changsheng rarely gives rewards for collecting corpses to others. The fact that he was able to give a few to Manager Lu this time shows that Chen Changsheng is really happy now!
"Thank you for the reward, senior. I am very grateful!" Manager Lu said a little excitedly.
Pills that increase qi and blood and delay aging are relatively rare on the market. Generally speaking, only monks who are proficient in body refining, or monks who are seriously injured and urgently need to replenish their essence and blood, will use this kind of pill.
"You're welcome. This is what you deserve. Now tell me, has anything big happened during the two months I've been in seclusion?" Chen Changsheng asked.
"Yes, Senior Chen!" said Manager Lu.
"Okay, tell me!" said Chen Changsheng.
"A month ago, something unexpected happened at the Qingmu Sect ruins. Some ghosts appeared, resulting in the deaths and injuries of many cultivators."
"Senior Gu Yang was attacked from the dark and returned seriously injured!"
"Senior Shen Yue, invited by the Seventy-Two Islands Alliance, suddenly died. The Foundation Establishment Tribulation Cultivator Xue Ren massacred the Seventy-Two Islands Alliance headquarters, Red Moon Island. He was killed on the spot by a mysterious Foundation Establishment cultivator, who then took control of the Seventy-Two Islands Alliance..."
"Also, Linghu Xin, the new foundation-building disciple of the Giant Sword Sect, has sent a letter of challenge, saying that he wants to challenge you, Senior Chen..." Manager Lu said respectfully.
"Ghost?"
"Gu Yang is seriously injured?"
"Xue Rentu...wasn't he one of the three great foundation-building cultivators who were killed on Shouyang Mountain?"
"There's also a letter of challenge... I didn't expect Linghu Xin to have advanced to the foundation-building stage, and he's still harboring evil intentions... Where is the letter of challenge?" Chen Changsheng was speechless.
He had only been in seclusion for two months, how come so many things had happened?
Ghosts and the new leader of the Seventy-two Islands Alliance have nothing to do with them.
However, Gu Yang was seriously injured, so we should go and see him.
"Since Senior is in seclusion, the challenge letter is still with me!" Manager Lu said, handing over a jade slip...
"Okay, I understand. Is Gu Yang back?" Chen Changsheng asked.
"He's back. He's been secluded in the cave, probably recuperating from his injuries," said Manager Lu.
"Okay, go ahead!" Chen Changsheng said, and placed the jade slip directly on his forehead...
The jade slip contained very little, only a brief sentence: After the grand auction, the winner will be determined at the foot of Monster Mountain...
"You're crazy, who wants to fight you..."
Chen Changsheng casually threw the jade slip away...
duel?
What a joke, is this what a serious cultivator of immortality should do?
Gu Yang is the direct disciple of Patriarch Sanyang, so the spiritual veins in his cave are naturally the best. Strictly speaking, it can be regarded as a third-level spiritual vein, which is much better than Chen Changsheng's cave.
When visiting a patient, you have to bring a few things with you.
In the world of immortal cultivation, when visiting an injured person, one would either bring some spiritual medicine to replenish Qi and blood, or some healing pills. Coincidentally, Chen Changsheng had no shortage of these things...
Especially the Essence and Blood Pill, which is a great tonic for cultivators who have suffered too much loss!
When they arrived at the door of Gu Yang's cave, Chen Changsheng directly handed a sound transmission talisman inside.
Not to mention the cave dwellings of the Qi training realm cultivators, the formations are too expensive and generally cannot be set up in the early and middle stages.
However, when one reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, the entrance to the cave must be guarded by a formation, especially for someone like Gu Yang who is in seclusion in the cave to recuperate. The formation is always activated. If people from the outside want to contact him, they either have to break the formation by force or use sound transmission notes.
Of course, Chen Changsheng had a third option. He could use Da Huang's Void Travel talent to take him directly to the cave...
But if I get caught this way, I won't be able to explain myself. I'll definitely be mistaken for an assassin...
"Chen Daoyou, come in!"
After a while, the formation in front of Gu Yang's cave door turned into a doorway, and Gu Yang's voice was heard from it.
"Friend Gu, I have been in seclusion for two months and have just come out. I heard that you were injured, so I came to visit you!"
Seeing Gu Yang's still pale face, Chen Changsheng couldn't help but bow.
"Thank you for your kindness, Brother Chen. Did you bring your peach blossom wine?" Gu Yang chuckled.
"Of course I brought it. Brother Gu, would you like to have a couple of drinks? But your injuries..." Chen Changsheng frowned.
"My injury is not serious. My master has already checked me. It's because I used a secret method to escape, which resulted in a serious loss of essence and blood in my body. I need to rest for a while!" Gu Yang shook his head weakly.
"Loss of essence and blood?"
"Well, Master taught me a secret technique that can stimulate potential in a short period of time. However, this method consumes a lot of essence and blood, so it is difficult to last long."
"However, it's a good thing that I have this secret method, otherwise, I might have died in Dragon Lake!"
As Gu Yang spoke, a hint of resentment flashed in his eyes...
Master said that I need to recuperate for at least ten years after this injury, and it will also cost me some lifespan. My chances of forming a pill in the future will be even smaller...
"That's perfect. I accidentally got some pills that can replenish essence and blood. I'd like to offer them to you!" Chen Changsheng said as he handed over a jade bottle.
Inside was a super-grade Essence and Blood Pill, not many, only five, which could help improve Gu Yang's injuries, but could not have a decisive effect. This was also what Chen Changsheng had carefully considered.
Gu Yang had been quite good to him, so he couldn't be ungrateful. These five Essence Blood Pills would probably allow Gu Yang to recuperate for about two to three years...
"Thank you, fellow Daoist!"
Gu Yang didn't hesitate to take the bottle and threw it into his storage bag.
In Gu Yang's opinion, what good things can Chen Changsheng come up with?
He is the direct disciple of Patriarch Sanyang, and is highly regarded. For this injury, his master has prepared a lot of elixirs for him to recuperate, which are definitely better than those given by Chen Changsheng.
Seeing this, Chen Changsheng didn't care. He took out Peach Blossom Wine and started drinking with Gu Yang. Of course, there were also some dishes to go with the wine, which were all placed in the storage bag in advance.
"Haha, Fellow Daoist Chen really knows how to enjoy life. He not only carries spiritual wine but also dishes..." Gu Yang laughed.
"I'm just used to it, Fellow Daoist Gu, come and try this Eight Treasures Chicken. I spent eighty spirit stones to get this thing with great difficulty!" Chen Changsheng said with a smile.
One dish costs eighty spirit stones. Even for a Foundation Establishment cultivator, it's rare to spend so much...
"Oh? This method is different from what I ate before. I must try it..."
"Well, it tastes good, with a unique flavor..." Gu Yang said with a smile.
After three rounds of drinks, Chen Changsheng began to ask, "Didn't Fellow Daoist Gu go with our Sanyang Mountain counterparts? With over twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators together, who could possibly hurt you unless the Golden Core Patriarch intervened?"
In fact, Chen Changsheng was also very curious about the ruins of the Qingmu Sect. He always heard rumors and went to restaurants to inquire about some information. It was difficult to distinguish the truth from the false. It was not as simple as asking Gu Yang directly...