Rebuild the Xiuxian Family

Li Zhirui, disguised as an old Taoist priest with white hair, immediately showed a sorrowful expression on his face when he heard the other party's question, as if he had many bitter and unspeakable things to say.

"Ugh!"

He sighed and said, "My two fellow Daoists do not know this, it is not that I am unwilling to enter the city, but that this old Daoist dares not go in!"

This statement immediately piqued their curiosity. Although they remained vigilant, they stopped being constantly on guard and instead pretended to listen attentively.

"This old Taoist priest has no outstanding talents in his life, except for a slight talent in alchemy. He thought he could use this skill to help his cultivation path, but unexpectedly, he was targeted by a pill shop, and the other party..."

Li Zhirui's voice suddenly became hoarse and choked with emotion as he said, "They want me to sign a contract with the shop, so that from then on, I can only refine pills for the shop. Moreover, the contract is extremely harsh and can be said to be used to exploit my hard work..."

"At that time, the old Taoist was still young and unwilling to be constrained, so he did not agree to the other party's request. As a result, when he went into the city to sell pills later, he was met with all kinds of difficulties. No fellow Taoists were willing to approach him, and naturally, he could not sell the pills."

"Later, I could only go to more distant markets and immortal cities to sell pills. Occasionally, like now, I would hide outside the city and sell them secretly."

While speaking, he used some persuasive techniques to make the two overlook certain details and more easily gain their trust.

As a result, they easily believed this explanation and sighed that the old Taoist priest was pitiful and had a hard life.

Even Li Zhirui was quite surprised by such outstanding results.

What he didn't know was that, by sheer chance, there was indeed a pill shop in the city that had been exposed for a similar incident, which was why he so easily gained the trust of the two people.

"What kinds of pills do you have?" one of them asked.

"This time, we didn't refine many pills; we only have these few bottles of mid-grade and low-grade pills to increase our mana."

As he spoke, he took out the pill bottles one by one, allowing the two of them to choose.

The reason he didn't take out top-grade pills was naturally because they were too precious. If he, a miserable and destitute old Taoist, had such abilities, he would never have ended up in such a state.

To be honest, refining these few bottles of mid-grade and low-grade Immortal-level pills really stumped Li Zhirui.

It should be noted that he has been refining Celestial Immortal-level pills for many years, and even without using the purification law, they are at least high-grade pills.

Now, the difficulty of refining these pills has been greatly reduced, but he still has to maintain the quality of the Human Immortal-level pills, which is really difficult for him.

When he actually started refining pills, the first few batches of pills did not meet his requirements; they were still only of superior quality.

Finally, having exhausted all other options, Li Zhirui deliberately made mistakes during the alchemy process, which allowed him to successfully refine these bottles of pills that met the requirements.

"The pills you refined are of good quality, senior. May I ask how much they cost?"

The two were not ignorant of the value of things. After examining them carefully, they believed his earlier statement even more, and thus became somewhat tempted to buy the pills.

Li Zhirui didn't know the price of pills in the city, and if he made up a story, he would be exposed immediately. Therefore, he said rather vaguely, "You two fellow Daoists are rare and kind people. I'm sure you won't take advantage of an old man like me. Let's make the price half a percent lower than the market price."

"Is what you say true, fellow Daoist?!"

Although they are classified as low-grade and mid-grade, there are more detailed classifications within them. These few bottles of pills are definitely the best among them. Not only did they not raise the price, but they even lowered it!

They can earn a lot of spirit stones as long as they resell them!

Therefore, faced with the prospect of profit, the two of them didn't think much and were even afraid that Li Zhirui would regret it, so they quickly took out spirit stones and accepted the pills.

"When will you return to sell pills, senior?"

Clearly, they were unwilling to give up this easy way to earn spirit stones.

"I can't give an exact time either, mainly because the acquisition of spiritual herbs is quite troublesome, and it depends more on fate and luck."

Li Zhirui's purpose in selling pills was to understand this world, not to actually profit from it, so he just wanted to appease the two of them.

"what a pity."

Although somewhat disappointed, the two still handed over their communication talismans, saying, "If you intend to sell pills in the future, you can contact us directly, which will save you the trouble of traveling around."

"Thank you both for your kindness."

"Such high-quality pills will greatly benefit our cultivation. We should thank our senior."

The two then bid farewell to Li Zhirui.

The next moment, they watched as the two eagerly flew towards the market.

After completing this plan, Li Zhirui went to the south again and found that the area was full of swamps, dense forests, and shrouded in thick miasma, making it an uninhabitable place.

However, the interior is rich in spiritual energy and teeming with life, making it a good place to hide and conceal oneself.

He thought that if he couldn't find a good place to go, he could go into the swamp and stay there for a while to lower the guard of the creatures in this world.

But we need to discuss this with Fu Chenguang and see if his plan can yield any results before making a final decision.

After searching in two directions, Li Zhirui set off and flew towards the tree hole.

He returned as darkness fell.

Fu Chenguang had already returned, and they were just waiting for him to come back and discuss things.

“Fellow Daoist Li, a net has been laid in the north. The beings of this realm have mobilized a large number of cultivators, and they are searching high and low to find us.”

"Afterwards, I went to the west and happened to meet a cultivator. I took a lot of jade slips that introduced this world from him. Take a good look at them later."

As he spoke, he pointed to the jade slips beside him.

Li Zhirui nodded, and then he also explained his plan and discoveries.

"I hid a wisp of divine consciousness within those pills, which can be used by cultivators of this realm to better understand this world."

That's right! That's his real purpose in deliberately refining low-grade pills and then pretending to sell them.

"Fellow Daoist is truly resourceful, having come up with such a brilliant idea."

Fu Chenguang's eyes lit up. This method was excellent. It was silent and would not be detected by the creatures of this world, yet it allowed him to successfully obtain a large amount of useful knowledge.

"In addition, I also discovered that there is a vast area of ​​mountainous forests and swamps to the south, which can be used as a place for us to hide later."

As he spoke, Li Zhirui used his magic to draw a map in mid-air.

The center of the map represents their current location in the tree hollow. To the north lies a vast and inescapable web laid by the beings of this world; to the west, occasional rogue cultivators appear, but their deeper secrets remain unknown, so half of the area is left blank, to be filled in later. "Not far to the east, there is a market town, a fairly prosperous place frequented by cultivators. I've set up my strategy here, and after some time, I should reap some rewards."

As for the south, that's the swampy area he discovered.

With this map, the consideration of subsequent actions by all parties becomes more comprehensive and thorough, and it is also put into practice.

“My idea is to enter the swamp area first and stay there for a while until the situation calms down a bit before continuing our operation,” Fu Chenguang said.

I stopped caring about other things and didn't want to make any big gains in a short period of time.

"That's fine too. This place is too open and can't be concealed by nature." Li Zhirui thought for a moment and agreed, no longer waiting for his plan to come to fruition.

It's not that his plan was useless or superfluous, but rather that it's not needed for the time being.

After discussing it, the two immediately got to work. There wasn't much to pack up; they just needed to erase the traces and scents they had left behind before they could set off.

Therefore, the two disappeared from the tree hole in no time.

After some time, when the creatures of this world searched this place, they found no clues whatsoever.

Meanwhile, they were deeply worried and distressed about finding Li Zhirui and Fu Chenguang.

"Do you think those two intruders have hidden somewhere else? Otherwise, even after using all these methods, we still haven't been able to find them," a celestial being said.

"It is indeed possible."

"In that case, wouldn't we just make ourselves a laughing stock by causing such a commotion?"

The more they talked, the uglier their faces became.

But that's the truth, and they have no choice but to admit it.

The effort involved a great deal of time and resources, but in the end, nothing was gained, and the wasted resources had to be dealt with by ourselves.

Fortunately, after their complaints, they quickly cheered up and decided to continue searching for the intruder's whereabouts. They absolutely could not let him go unchecked, otherwise, who knew how much hidden danger he would cause or how much damage he would inflict on the Wanhe Realm.

This is their homeland, and they absolutely will not allow outsiders to come and destroy it!

As a result, the large number of cultivators who had been searching this small area were finally able to move freely and disperse.

Unfortunately, by then, it was already a bit too late to find Li Zhirui and Fu Chenguang.

……

Meanwhile, the two Immortal cultivators who bought Li Zhirui's pills did not immediately sell them after returning to the market. Instead, they secretly sought out some Immortal cultivators of extraordinary backgrounds and made transactions with them in secret.

"Liu Pinghe, Zhang Guitong, how come you suddenly have such high-quality pills?" One of the immortals expressed doubt about the origin of the pills.

But to everyone's surprise, the two men said in a very firm tone, "If Fellow Daoist Guan is not willing to buy, please leave first."

The man's face stiffened, a flash of anger crossing his eyes, but he smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Fellow Daoists, please don't be angry. It was my fault for being ignorant of the rules and speaking out of turn."

Seeing this, the others dared not say anything more, for fear of being disqualified from purchasing.

Before long, these few bottles of pills that Li Zhirui hadn't even considered were sold for 20% more than the market price.

Even so, it remains very popular, and some people are even willing to place a deposit to reserve several bottles of the pills.

Both of them really wanted the spirit stones, but remembering what the old Taoist had said, they had no choice but to refuse.

After the pills were sold, most cultivators took them out and consumed them that very night, hoping to increase their magical power and improve their cultivation level as soon as possible.

……

After entering the mountain forest and swamp, Li Zhirui and Fu Chenguang found that this area was even better than when he had roughly explored it before. The spiritual energy was rich, there were many spiritual objects, and the internal environment was not so harsh.

It's just a mystery why no powerful force has occupied such a sacred place, leaving it to decay and be completely abandoned – it's a terrible waste!

Before long, the two found a suitable and secluded place to live.

Located halfway up a small rocky hill, there are two natural caves that provide two people with their own private space. In addition, the caves are quite spacious and very deep, making them a very good hiding place.

The two then each found a huge rock and blocked the entrance to the cave, making it look like a very ordinary, unremarkable rocky hill.

After everyone entered their chosen caves, Li Zhirui finally had time to take out the jade slips that Fu Chenguang had given him and examine their contents.

With his current powerful divine sense, he finished reading the contents of the jade slips in no time.

He also gained a rudimentary understanding of this world.

This place is called the Realm of Ten Thousand Rivers. The human race is powerful and suppresses all other races. Within the human race, there is no distinction between the Immortal Path and the Demon Path.

However, there is a distinction between the orthodox path, the unorthodox path, and the unorthodox path. This is not determined by the cultivator's temperament or behavior, but mainly by the upper limit of the cultivation method.

Those who can cultivate to the Celestial Immortal realm are on the righteous path; those who can only cultivate to the Earthly Immortal realm are called those on the side path; and those who can only reach the Human Immortal realm are on the unorthodox path.

Furthermore, the human race in the Wanhe Realm has nine main paths, eighteen side paths, and seventy-two unorthodox paths.

However, this does not mean that the human race only has these forces. Rather, these are forces that are given such a name and are among the top-ranking forces of their kind.

In addition, Li Zhirui also knew that the area they were in was the territory of the Wanqian Tongfa Sect, one of the nine righteous sects.

However, the cultivator that Fu Chenguang encountered was already a Human Immortal, and his basic knowledge was not much, nor was it complete or comprehensive.

As night fell, Li Zhirui realized that the pills he had sold had been consumed by several cultivators. He immediately understood that the two cultivators must have been reluctant to consume such 'precious' pills, so they resold them.

But this is also good, as it allows him to view and understand the world from the perspective of more cultivators.

Although his strength was greatly suppressed by the Heavenly Dao of this realm, the grade of his divine soul was not affected. Therefore, with his Xuanxian realm divine sense, it was impossible for a few mere human immortal cultivators to detect him.

Therefore, Li Zhirui became much bolder, quietly spreading out to search their cave for the basic knowledge he needed.

Unfortunately, with their current level of cultivation, they no longer need to study this kind of knowledge.

Just as he was feeling disappointed, he suddenly discovered several dusty jade slips in the corner of a bookshelf in a cultivator's cave. Probing them with his divine sense, he found that they contained exactly what Li Zhirui needed most! (End of Chapter)