Chapter 102 True Man Blood Crow, deep hatred! "Can you pass it to me?" Xiao Changqing's eyes lit up slightly and he immediately became interested. Today, Xiao Changqing came to see the alchemist Zhu Youlong. In addition to asking him to help identify elixirs and spiritual medicines, he actually had another purpose, which was to obtain the alchemist's inheritance from him! Of course, Xiao Changqing’s initial plan was not to ask Master Zhu Dan to teach him his inheritance. The Tao should not be preached lightly. Even if he was a foundation-building cultivator, there was no reason for him to ask Master Zhu Dan to teach him alchemy skills, and he was not prepared to become his disciple. But Xiao Changqing has a golden finger! All he needs to do is get some commonly used alchemy tools and notes on alchemy experience from Master Zhu Dan... Xiao Changqing will go back and equip himself with them, and the inheritance will be in his hands! This is much easier and simpler than Master Zhu Dan teaching him slowly and step by step. It was just that Xiao Changqing had just finished identifying the elixir and had not yet figured out how to start, but Master Zhu spoke first. "I wonder if Master Zhu Dan needs my help with anything."
Xiao Changqing did not agree directly, but asked first. "I would like to ask Master Xiao Fu to help me kill someone..." Zhu Youlong was usually very gentle. Although he was a top-grade alchemist and one of the top few cultivators in Nanshanfang, he had never been known to bully others. Occasionally, when a cultivator had an emergency and came to him in need of elixirs, he would often lend a helping hand. Therefore, in Yizi Cave, he is considered a well-known good guy. However, at this moment, Zhu Youlong's expression was somewhat ferocious, his face was full of hatred, and he gritted his teeth and said, "This person is also very famous in the Great Yu Immortal Cultivation World. His title is 'Blood Crow True Man', and his permanent residence is Liyang Immortal City." Xiao Changqing was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then he burst out laughing and said, "Master? Master Zhu, your enemy is a master of the Jindan stage? You asked me to help you get revenge. Regardless of whether I want your inheritance as a master of alchemy, you think too highly of me." He had never heard of the name of True Man Blood Crow, and didn't know who he was. But in the world of cultivating immortals, being called a "real person" means that one's cultivation has reached the Jindan stage! The Jindan Zhenren are definitely among the top group of people in the world of immortal cultivation in Dayu. If a sect can possess a Jindan Zhenren, it can directly rank among the top sects in the Dayu immortal cultivation world. For example, the Luoxia Sect has been able to dominate the southwest of Dayu's immortal cultivation world for hundreds of years and be one of the best because the sect has always had a steady stream of Jindan Zhenren. Apart from the two Nascent Soul forces standing in the clouds, they can run rampant in the Dayu immortal cultivation world! Just like now, the evil cultivators of the Demon Cult are preparing to invade the immortal cultivation world of Dayu. Even though the fighting is fierce, without the intervention of a Jindan Zhenren, it will all be just a minor fight. Only when a Jindan Zhenren takes action, does the war truly begin! As for Xiao Changqing now, although his soul is strong enough and his magic power also includes solid magic power stored in the fragments of the Longevity Stone, he can pretend to be a Jindan Zhenren. But...it's just pretending. If he meets a true Jindan master, he will definitely be inferior to him. "I'm not asking Master Xiao Fu to avenge me right now, nor am I asking for him to do so in the next few years. But I hope that Master Xiao Fu will be able to form a golden elixir one day in the future, and be strong enough to kill Blood Crow Immortal, and then avenge me." Zhu Youlong pleaded. Xiao Changqing was silent for a moment before he shook his head and said, "Even so, Master Zhu Dan, you think too highly of me. I just succeeded in building my foundation two months ago. I don't know if I will ever succeed in forming a pill in this lifetime. Look at our Nanshanfang. Over the years, there have been many cultivators who have successfully built their foundations, but the only one who has truly broken through to the middle stage of foundation building is the Patriarch of the Cao family." Zhu Youlong watched carefully, "I believe Master Xiao Fu is different from them." Xiao Changqing smiled and said, "What's the difference? Just because I have low-grade spiritual roots and have completed the foundation building? This is indeed different. But Master Zhu, you should know that low-grade spiritual roots can succeed in building the foundation by chance, but it means that the foundation is not reliable. Not to mention the hope of forming a pill, there is no chance of even the middle stage of the foundation building."
Zhu Youlong did not beat around the bush and expressed his guess: "If it is only the aptitude of low-grade spiritual roots, there is indeed no hope of forming a pill in one's lifetime. But I believe that Master Xiao Fu is no longer a low-grade spiritual root... In the world of immortal cultivation, secret techniques and natural treasures that can improve spiritual root aptitude are extremely rare, but they do exist. I believe that Master Xiao Fu is a person with great luck... Otherwise, he would not have obtained these second-level pills." You actually guessed some of them correctly. This Master Zhu Dan is really not a simple person, Xiao Changqing muttered to himself. It is true that he no longer has the aptitude of low-grade spiritual roots, but he did not obtain it through any secret technique or any rare treasures. It was just a small gift from the system. Xiao Changqing did not give a positive response to these speculations. He just smiled and shook his head and said, "Even if one day in the future, thanks to Master Zhu's good words, I can successfully break through the Jindan stage... just for me to get a copy of the alchemist's inheritance today, I have to deal with a real person who has been in the Jindan stage for many years? By the time I reach the Jindan stage, what level of cultivation will the other person have? Maybe he has already become a Yuanying Zhenjun." "No. Although True Man Blood Crow succeeded in forming a golden elixir, his golden elixir was of very low quality. It was not a truly perfect and flawless golden elixir, but a pure and translucent color. Although he is called a True Man of Forming a Golden Elixir, his golden elixir of this quality can only be regarded as the weakest among True Man of Forming a Golden Elixir. After forming a golden elixir, it is extremely difficult to improve his mana cultivation by even a little bit, let alone the Nascent Soul stage. Otherwise, True Man Blood Crow would have settled in Liyang Immortal City and depended on True Man Liyang." Zhu Youlong first explained the situation, and then said: "As for Master Xiao Fu, if he agrees to help me get revenge, as I said, the inheritance of a third-level alchemist is only a trivial reward. The real reward is that if Master Xiao Fu reaches the great perfection of foundation building in the future, he can get a 'Ningzhen Pill' of higher quality than the genuine one!" Ningzhen Pill? Xiao Changqing's eyes lit up when he heard this. Having just robbed two mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators a few days ago, he naturally knew how valuable the Ningzhen Pill was. Cao Hao and the white-haired old woman were not weak among the cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building. Especially the white-haired old woman was close to the late stage of foundation building and could reach the strength of the late stage of foundation building after the explosion. But the combined wealth of the two was only one-fifth or one-sixth of a Ningzhen Pill! Therefore, for most of the foundation-building cultivators, even those in the late stage of foundation-building, the Ningzhen Pill is out of reach. "When I reach perfection in foundation building, I can obtain the Ningzhen Pill? Master Zhu, aren't you afraid that I will reach perfection in foundation building in the future, get the Ningzhen Pill you gave me, but fail to break through in the end?" Xiao Changqing asked thoughtfully. Zhu Youlong said firmly: "Since I have told this to Master Xiao Fu, it means that I have absolute confidence in Master Xiao Fu. If Master Xiao Fu can obtain the Ningzhen Pill, he will definitely be able to form a golden pill!" His expression was serious and his tone was firm. But deep down, Zhu Youlong kept smiling bitterly. There is no such thing as absolute confidence; it is just a last resort. For so many years, he did not dare to return to Li Yang Fairy City and could only hide in Nanshanfang, hiding his identity and name, for fear that Master Xue Ya would find out his whereabouts and wipe him out. In a place like Nanshanfang, could he find a better candidate than the mysterious Xiao Changqing? Originally, a few years ago he thought that Mu Renjie was worthy of investment and was a suitable candidate. Unfortunately, before he found a chance to get close to Mu Renjie, it was revealed that Mu Renjie had gone astray and was eliminated by Xiao Changqing and people from Luoxia Sect. Later, he could only set his target on Cao family's patriarch Cao Hao... But after two years of observation, he found that Xiao Changqing had much more potential than Cao Hao! Especially today, Xiao Changqing took out so many second-level pills, which made him guess the true nature of some things and made him more certain. of course…… He could choose to observe for a while longer. But his life span is drawing to a close, and his death is not far away. In addition, the current situation is turbulent, and there are evil cultivators everywhere. You never know what will happen unexpectedly at any time. I can only take this opportunity today to tell the secret to Xiao Changqing. After weighing it over for a while, Xiao Changqing finally said, "If I reach the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment in the future and obtain the Condensation Pill that Master Zhu Dan promised, and that Blood Crow True Person is still at the early stage of Core Formation, I can promise to help you get revenge. However, I need to know why Master Zhu Dan hates this Blood Crow True Person so much..."
"Good good!" Upon hearing Xiao Changqing's agreement, Zhu Youlong was overjoyed and said "OK" three times in one breath. After a while, he calmed down and began to tell the story of his love and hatred with Master Blood Crow. The cause of the incident is actually very simple. Zhu Youlong's master is a second-rank alchemist who is also a foundation-building cultivator. Even in a place like Liyang Immortal City, he is already a well-known figure. However, because of a dispute, he did not obey the orders of True Man Blood Crow and chose to stick to his own principles, and thus suffered a devastating disaster. The master, his wife, and Zhu Youlong's fellow apprentices were all killed. Zhu Youlong was picked up by his master when he was young and brought up by his side. He was called an apprentice, but in fact he was almost like a son. He could not have escaped the disaster. It happened that he was not in Li Yang Xian City that day, but was out for something, so he escaped the disaster. Of course, True Man Blood Crow would not take action directly in public. He would send assassins in secret, disguised as vicious robbery cultivators. But Zhu Youlong knew that the murderer must be Blood Crow! Because afterwards, True Man Blood Crow's men were still secretly looking for his whereabouts everywhere, wanting to get rid of him, the one who had escaped the net. Fortunately, Zhu Youlong's master had built up a lot of connections over the years. Although no one dared to stand up and help Zhu Youlong directly at this time, no one dared to help Zhu Youlong's master take revenge and offend a Jindan Zhenren... But it is still possible to help Zhu Youlong escape pursuit and leave Li Yang Fairy City. From then on, Zhu Youlong came to the remote place of Nanshanfang and lived in hiding. Over the years, he has been thinking about revenge for his master all the time. However, his own talent in cultivation and alchemy is mediocre. He cannot even build a foundation. How can he take revenge? "This token is a special token set up by the Dan Dao League. Even a Yuanying Zhenjun cannot forge it. My master once had a great opportunity and obtained a rare treasure, and finally presented it to the person in charge of the Dan Dao League in the Dayu Xiuxian World. At that time, the Dan Dao League not only passed on the inheritance of the third-level alchemist to my master, but also gave him this token. At that time, my master and the Dan Dao League agreed that if there are cultivators in the future who have reached the great perfection of foundation building, no matter who they are, as long as they take this token to the Dan Dao League, they can get a Ningzhen Pill of better quality than the original one!" Zhu Youlong explained the final story. But Xiao Changqing was confused when he heard it. Dandao League? Can you give away the inheritance of a third-level alchemist at will, and also receive the Ningzhen Pill at any time? What kind of sect or force is this? Is there such a huge behemoth in the Dayu immortal world? Even in Nanshanfang, everyone knew that there were two major Nascent Soul forces in Dayu's cultivation world, the Seven Star Sword Sect and the Star Moon Palace, but he had never heard of the Dan Dao League. "The Alchemy Alliance is not a force in the Great Yu Cultivation World. In other words, it is not limited to the Great Yu Cultivation World, but is spread across several cultivation kingdoms near the Great Yu Cultivation World. In each cultivation kingdom, there are branch alliances of this super-large force. In the alliance, there are not only Yuanying Zhenjun worshippers, but also fourth-level alchemists! So in the Great Yu Cultivation World, the Alchemy Alliance cannot compare with the two Yuanying sects, the Seven Star Sword Sect and the Star Moon Palace. But if we look at the world, the strength of the Alchemy Alliance is definitely far superior to that of the Star Moon Palace and the Seven Star Sword Sect." "Moreover, the fundamental reason why the Dan Dao League can be spread across several major immortal cultivation countries is that the Dan Dao League has no desire for fighting, is aloof from the world, and is very trustworthy and never breaks its promises. So in the future, as long as you, Master Xiao Fu, have reached the late stage of foundation building and reached the great perfection, you can take this token to the Dan Dao League branch, and you will get a Ningzhen Pill and impact the Jindan realm." Zhu Youlong explained. Xiao Changqing took the token, felt the complicated formation on it, and the unique and inimitable aura fluctuations, and his heart was shocked and filled with emotion. Today he just wanted to find Master Zhu to identify the elixir and see if he could inherit the alchemy tradition. Unexpectedly, he heard so many secrets and got an opportunity that was enough to drive countless foundation-building cultivators crazy. "Okay. When I have completed my foundation building and successfully obtained the Ningzhen Pill to break through to the Jindan realm, I will definitely help Master Zhu Dan to take revenge." Xiao Changqing promised. With his current strength, it is definitely impossible for him to help Master Zhu Dan to take revenge, as the success rate is too low. Perhaps after the middle stage of foundation building, when his spiritual awareness is enhanced and he has some powerful new equipment and skills, he should have a certain chance of defeating the weakest Blood Crow True Person among the Jindan stage.
As for when he succeeds in forming a pill in the future, with his current increased strength, it would be as easy as drinking water, if not easier than pie. There would be no risk in agreeing to it. "I believe in Master Xiao Fu." Zhu Youlong smiled and let out a long breath, as if a huge stone that had been weighing on his heart for years had been lifted off his shoulders. Suddenly, he thought of something and said with an awkward look, "I have another unwelcome request. I wonder if Master Xiao Fu can help me..." Xiao Changqing asked: "What's the matter?" Zhu Youlong said embarrassedly: "My death is not far away, and I don't have much time left to live. If...if Manager Ruan encounters danger in the future, can Master Xiao Fu help her to the best of your ability?" Xiao Changqing: “…” He thought it was something else. "Shopkeeper Ruan is also a pitiful man." Zhu Youlong sighed: "Perhaps many people in Nanshanfang have privately spread rumors about the relationship between Shopkeeper Ruan and me. But in fact, there is nothing wrong between Shopkeeper Ruan and me, and there is no relationship beyond friendship. Of course... I don't deny that I am attracted to Shopkeeper Ruan, but Shopkeeper Ruan has never accepted me, so we are just friends." "I am all alone in this world. Even if I die, I won't have anything to worry about. Besides the fact that I still feel unwilling to avenge my master, I also can't let go of Shopkeeper Ruan." "Of course, if Master Xiao Fu feels embarrassed, then forget it and just pretend I never said anything." What a pure love warrior! Xiao Changqing said casually: "Manager Ruan and I are friends. If I am still in Nanshanfang in the future, I will try my best to help her if she encounters any danger." Upon hearing this, Zhu Youlong chuckled and bowed to express his gratitude. Afterwards, Zhu Youlong answered some of Xiao Changqing's questions. For example, some higher-level common sense in the immortal cultivation world of Dayu, which are beyond the reach of ordinary Qi Refining Realm cultivators; for example, what the immortal cultivation kingdoms outside the immortal cultivation world of Dayu are like; and for example, some rules, ways, and how many Jindan Zhenren there are in the Liyang Immortal City, etc. He has been in Nanshanfang all the time and has not had any contact with the outside world after breaking through the Foundation Establishment Stage. His understanding of the high-level people in the world of immortal cultivation is far inferior to that of Zhu Youlong. The beings outside of Dayu's world of immortal cultivation were completely unaware of this. As for Liyang Fairy City, it is the place where Xiao Changqing also wants to settle down in the future. The main reason was not because Manager Hong went to Liyang Immortal City to seek refuge, but because he was unwilling to join Luoxia Sect. So for a casual cultivator, the best place to go was Liyang Immortal City. This "city of independent cultivators" is not under the jurisdiction of any sect or family. As long as you have the ability to cultivate, you can live a good life. As long as you have spirit stones, you can buy most of the precious magical instruments and elixirs. On the surface, Li Yang Immortal City is fair and just, and is most friendly to independent cultivators. Of course, after hearing the hatred of Zhu Youlong and his master today, Xiao Changqing would no longer believe in the so-called "fairness and justice". But the world of cultivating immortals is a place where the strong prey on the weak. Does he still hope to find a place where the strong will never bully the weak and will reason with the weak? After Xiao Changqing asked all the questions he wanted to ask, Zhu Youlong finally remembered the important business and solemnly handed Xiao Changqing a jade slip for passing on his skills. It records the third-level alchemist inheritance his master received from the Alchemy Alliance. "The Jade Slip for Transmitting Power? Great stuff!" Xiao Changqing took it with great anticipation.
At that time, he bought a jade slip from a street stall that was left by a foundation-building cultivator for his descendants, and he directly obtained the great success level of longevity skills. This is a jade slip that records the complete inheritance of a third-level alchemist. Can't the system directly extract the magical skills? Even if it is not possible to directly reward a third-level alchemist, a second-level alchemist will do. Just hope the equipment requirements aren't too high. result…… Xiao Changqing took the jade slip and touched it, and also tried to use his spiritual sense to peek into the inheritance records in it, but the system did not react at all! No way to include it? Xiao Changqing's mouth twitched, and after a while he raised his head and asked, "Master Zhu, have you ever made notes while refining pills over the years? For example, a master's notebook or something?" It is true that the jade slip contains the complete inheritance of a third-level alchemist. But whether it was Master Zhu Youlong or Zhu Youlong himself, they only treated it as a tool. After accepting the inheritance, they kept it as a treasure and put it aside. Therefore, the system cannot extract any skills from this jade slip. (End of this chapter)