Chronicles of Celestial Origins

In the Wancong Mountains, in front of the blue light curtain formation, a ray of light shot out, revealing a short and thin man with a sinister eyebrow and rat eyes.

Just as he was out of sight, Yu Jian, a disciple wearing Qianyi Sect costumes, came to him: "I don't know who the senior is? This place has been designated as a forbidden area by our sect. If there is nothing else, please leave quickly."

The man grinned: "I am sent here by the headmaster of Youmei Sect."

When the disciple heard this, his expression suddenly changed, and he was about to fly away with his flying sword.

The man dodged, stood in front of him, and took his arm: "Listen to what I have to say. The head of our sect has sent me here to deliver a letter to your senior sect. There is no one behind me, otherwise you are in front of me. The disciples at the sentry will not turn a blind eye to me and let me fly all the way here. Please inform the senior noble sect on my behalf."

While the two were fighting, other disciples on patrol had already arrived.

Two rays of light fell in front of the two of them one after another. They were two foundation-building monks dressed in Qianyi Sect costumes.

"Uncle Master, he is a monk from the Youmei Sect." The disciple who was caught by the wrist was overjoyed when he saw the two men's expressions and hurriedly said loudly.

The two of them were startled and wanted to take action to capture this man.

Seeing this, the man quickly spread his arms, showing that he was not hostile, and shouted: "Wait a minute, wait a minute, listen to me first. I am the leader of our sect who has come to make peace with you. You can take me there." Meet Senior Guizong."

The two looked at each other, still not daring to let down their guard, and looked at him suspiciously. One of them said: "If you want to see our uncle, we must first let us place a spiritual restraint on you before we can let you in. "

"Please." The man spread his arms and smiled.

A man stepped forward and clicked on him a few times, and the spiritual power sealed his three places: the spring, the sea of ​​spirit, and the mud pill.

Seeing that he didn't resist, I felt relieved and informed Shi Mingsui and others first. After getting a reply, I took him into the formation.

The stone house in the center of the formation was the temporary meeting hall. The two men escorted him to the inner room. Luo Qingshui, Shi Mingsui, and Cheng Shuimin were sitting on top, looking down at the Youmei Sect envoy.

"Junior Youmei Sect disciple Li Jing pays homage to the three seniors." The man stepped forward and bowed.

Shi Mingsui said coldly: "Why are you here from the Youmei Sect?"

The man said: "Our sect feels that your sect has taken the initiative to withdraw from the western part of the Chu Kingdom and intends to divide the boundaries and rule it. We want to turn the war with your sect into friendship. From now on, we will never touch the river. We have specially sent me to express this intention and send it to our sect's leader." A handwritten letter.”

After that, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket, bowed slightly and handed it over with both hands.

Shi Mingsui took the letter, opened it, took a look, and handed it to Luo Qingshui beside him calmly.

After the three of them read it one after another, Cheng Shuimin sneered: "Is this your sincerity in peace talks? It's just nonsense."

Li Jingdao: "The headmaster said that it would be a great benefit if our two sects could resolve the dispute without fighting. We also promise not to invade your sect's territory from now on. Please think again."

"Given the strength of our sect's men and horses and the number of soldiers, if our sect marches out to the west and invades, will your sect be able to defend it for a long time? Instead of doing this, it is better for both sides to take a step back and negotiate a decent peace, so as not to hurt both sides and it is a futile effort."

Luo Qingshui said: "You clever talker, please go back and tell your master that if you dare to go even half a step west, the Corpse Puppet Sect will serve as a warning to you. Our sect, out of kindness, will give up the western boundary to give you a place to stay. I am willing to start a fight and destroy the many years of practice of the disciples of the two sects. If I don't know my own strength and the snake wants to swallow the elephant, I will use all my strength, even if I am burned together with you."

Just as the man was about to speak, Shi Ming shouted: "Go away quickly, rat. I'll kill you for staining my reputation."

The man did not dare to say anything anymore. The two disciples escorted him out of the formation and released the restraints on his body. The man flashed away and flew away in the air.

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In the alchemy room No. 9 in Tainan Gufang City, a scruffy old man with a skinny figure and a beard was concentrating on blending the elixirs. His forehead was covered with thin beads of sweat, flowing down his neck.

After a long time, he tapped the elixir cauldron lightly, and a round elixir spit out from the dragon's mouth and landed in the wooden box, exuding a strong medicinal fragrance.

The old man picked up the elixir, took a look at it, and put it into his own black elixir bottle. He wiped the beads on his forehead and walked out of the alchemy room. He turned around and opened the stone door. He saw a man and a woman standing waiting outside. The man is elegant and the woman is beautiful, standing side by side, like a pair of beautiful people.

"I wonder if this is fellow Taoist Xu Jinghui? We have admired his name for a long time. We came here because of his admiration. We are afraid of disturbing you while refining your elixir. We have been waiting here for a long time." The woman said with a smile on her face.

"Who are the two fellow Taoists?" Xu Jinghui was a little confused and asked in surprise.

"I am Yang Yurong. This is my senior brother Gao Yuwen. We are both disciples of Youmei Sect."

Xu Jinghui's expression changed slightly when he heard this: "I wonder what your senior brothers and sisters have to do with me?"

The man said: "Can you please take a moment to speak with fellow Taoist Xu?"

Xu Jinghui glanced at the two of them suspiciously: "Come in!"

The three of them entered the alchemy room, and the man said: "Our sect has heard the name of Taoist Fellow for a long time and knows that you are a well-known alchemist in Chu State, so we sent two of us to search for the traces of Fellow Taoist. We wandered around for many days and found out that Fellow Taoist is here, so I take the liberty to invite you to join our sect.”

Xu Jinghui said coldly: "Thank you very much, Your Majesty, for looking up to Xu. However, Xu has been used to being lazy all his life and does not want to be bound by this. Please ask the two fellow Taoists to hire someone else! If there is nothing else, Xu is going to rest." "After that, he got up and left.

The woman hurriedly said: "Fellow Daoist Xu, wait a moment to refuse. Don't you want to hear our conditions? Our sect has admired the name of fellow daoist for a long time, and we will never let you down in terms of treatment."

"As long as fellow Taoist are willing to join our sect, we will receive a salary of fifty thousand spirit stones a year, and provide all the herbs for the elixirs for free. The refined elixirs will be divided into three to seven, and we will enjoy the same treatment as the golden elixir masters. Fellow Taoist Is there any intention?"

Xu Jinghui sneered and said: "Money must be spent with life. Although your Youmei Sect occupies the land of Qinchuan and Longyou, who knows whether you can last long. If you are defeated by Xuanmen, wouldn't I be the same as you?" Being hunted by Xuanmen every day, why bother to come if you can’t die in a random battle?”

"Back then, the Corpse Puppet Sect was very powerful and impressive, but what about now? After being attacked by the Qianyi Sect on Xushu Mountain, I was on the run and was in panic all day long. I heard that even several Jindan monks were killed. Why should I bother? Just live your life freely and take this unnecessary risk.”

The woman said: "Since fellow Taoists are so concerned, we can't force them. In addition to joining our sect, we have come up with another way, hoping to cooperate with fellow Taoists."

"We will pay fellow Taoists three thousand spirit stones every month, including providing all raw materials for elixirs. We will purchase the elixirs refined by fellow Taoists at market prices. Fellow Taoists do not need to join the sect. They are still free and do not have to manage the sect. All things in the sect can leave whenever they want. I wonder if fellow Taoists of this kind of cooperation are interested?"

Xu Jinghui's expression changed slightly: "What do you need me to do?"

"Our sect has organized an alliance of alchemists. We would like to invite fellow Taoists to join this alliance and serve as the leader to teach our disciples how to make alchemy."

Xu Jinghui said: "Refining alchemy is not that simple. If nothing else, do you have an alchemy room? To refine second-level elixirs, you need at least a fire vein of the purple-green fire vein level."

"As far as I know, although the Corpse Puppet Sect has formed some kind of alliance in the past few years, it was just a small fight. The fire veins you used are not even qualified to refine the Foundation Building Pill, let alone Refining the Strengthening Pill."

"In the land of Xingang, only Xuanmen and Fangshi have fire veins of this level. Do you know how many spiritual stones are needed for my alchemy room? One hundred spiritual stones a day, three thousand spiritual stones, even one month for the alchemy room. The fee is not enough.”

"I'm going with you, am I going to compete with those juniors every day on how to nourish Qi and refine Qi Condensation Pills?"

The two looked at each other, and the man said: "The two of us don't know much about elixirs. What kind of fire veins do fellow Taoists need? This sect will do our best to meet your Taoist needs."

Xu Jinghui sneered and said: "That's a big statement. Do you know how many spirit stones it takes to build a complete fire vein? It costs at least five million spirit stones. I'm not looking down on your Youmei Sect. Even if you can get the spirit stones, you won't be able to do it." I’m willing to use it to build fire veins.”

"Furthermore, I went to Xushu Mountain with you, and when we arrived at your territory, how can I guarantee that you will let me out? There is no use in making empty promises."

The two looked at each other in shock, never expecting that a fire vein would cost so much. Previously, they had directly requisitioned the alchemy rooms of various cultivating families.

The two finally understood why there were so few outstanding alchemy and weapon refining masters in the casual cultivators and cultivating families except Xuanmen and the Chamber of Commerce. The main reason was the lack of alchemy resources.

"If you sincerely invite me, it's not impossible. I have a compromise."

"Fellow Taoist, please clarify." the man said.

"I won't go to your Xushu Mountain. You can send your disciples to this city. I agree to teach them alchemy. In addition to the conditions you just mentioned, you will also provide for all the expenses of my alchemy room. In this case, I am willing Join your organization’s alliance, or it’s a no-brainer.”

The woman said: "We can't decide this matter. We have to go back and ask the master for instructions. We will give you an answer someday."

Xu Jinghui nodded and said: "You go ahead! I won't leave Fangshi during this period. You can come to me directly. If there is nothing else, I have to go and rest first."