Lord of Time: From a Five Elements Cultivator to a Master of All Daos

Chapter 102 Trading
Wei Zhong's challenge to Yao Zhengsheng surprised everyone.

'This Master Tiezhen is a little too arrogant. He was able to defeat Liuzi because of his strong skills. Moreover, both of them are at the same level, so the gap is not obvious.

But the head of the sect is a cultivator in the middle stage of Jindan, and he is not an ordinary person. He has rich experience in fighting, and has never been defeated by a cultivator of the same level.

This invitation to fight is a bit too reckless. Does he think that he has a better understanding of the "Spring and Autumn Water Refining Art" than the headmaster, so he has a chance of winning?'

Zhao Bai was not optimistic about Wei Zhong's invitation to fight, and Yu Xianglan held the same attitude. Instead, Yi Liu, who had just been defeated, became interested and looked at Yao Zhengsheng expectantly, waiting for his reply.

Yao Zhengsheng felt a little embarrassed at this moment. Not only was his cultivation higher than Wei Zhong's, but he also had abundant spiritual power and was full of energy. Compared with Wei Zhong, he had a great advantage.

Even if he accepted the challenge, there would be no benefit in defeating Wei Zhong. Instead, it would create a rift in the opponent's heart.

If you lose.

"No, there's no way I could lose."

Yao Zhengsheng dispelled the thoughts in his mind.

"Fellow Daoist Tiezhen has consumed too much energy in this fight, so you should take a break. Besides, my cultivation level is higher than yours at the moment, so even if I win, it would be an unfair victory.

Why not wait until you enter the middle stage of Jindan, and then I will teach you the secrets of the Spring and Autumn Water Refining Art."

This statement meant that he rejected Wei Zhong's invitation to fight.

Although Wei Zhong could continue to provoke the other party and force him to take action, he still chose not to do so.

"In that case, let's do it another day."

Wei Zhong bowed to the three people and left.

The four of them looked at Wei Zhong's departing back in amazement.

Yu Xianglan glanced at the defeated Yi Liu and said with emotion:
"I never thought that this fellow Daoist Tie Zhen not only achieved success in alchemy, but also was an extraordinary person in the art of magic."

Yi Liu nodded. Being a strong-willed person, he was convinced of his defeat to "Tie Zhen" this time.

The disciples around them also cried out in disbelief when they saw the strange Taoist defeat the sect elder Yi Liu and leave.
"Who is this senior with the iron mask who can actually defeat Elder Yi?"

A Dan Palace disciple nearby explained:

"This is a senior who has recently visited my Qingmu Sect. He is also a third-level alchemist. Master Qiyun once said that his alchemy skills are higher than his own."

"What? He is actually a third-level alchemist who is stronger than Master Qi?"

Everyone who heard it couldn't believe it.

"Look, isn't this senior heading to the direction of our Zongdan Palace?"

Wei Zhongfei fled back to the Qingmu Sect's Dan Hall. Once he landed, he found Qi Yun was already waiting below.

"Fellow Daoist Tiezhen, I wonder how the outcome will be?"

Wei Zhong flew back so fast that even the news of his victory did not have time to be transmitted from the performance field to the Alchemy Hall.

"Haha, of course I won."

Qi Yun showed a strange look when he heard this.

"The alchemist defeated the physical practitioner who was good at fighting. Did I hear that correctly?"

Wei Zhong patted Qi Yun's arm:
"Fellow Daoist Qiyun, I am waiting for your furnace of elixirs!"

Qi Yun came back to his senses:

"That's right, that's right, Daoist Tiezhen, please come this way."

Qi Yun led the way and said to Wei Zhong:

"I have already finished refining half of this pill, and I have extracted some of the spiritual medicine into spiritual liquid. As for the Thousand Wheel Fruit, I am not sure about it, so I may need the help of Fellow Daoist Tie Zhen..."

"Easy to say, easy to say!"

Wei Zhong followed him into the alchemy room, where a blazing earth fire started burning from the bottom of the furnace.

After probing with his spiritual sense, Wei Zhong discovered that the alchemy furnace was filled with various spiritual liquids with different spiritual lights.

"Is this the spiritual liquid that Qi Yun said has been extracted? Without any human intervention, the spiritual liquid can be separated and stored in the alchemy furnace. It seems that this alchemy furnace has done its job."

Looking at the spiritual patterns on the alchemy furnace that was as tall as a person, Wei Zhong nodded continuously.

"Yes, it is a good pill furnace. Although its grade has just reached the lower third grade, the various spiritual patterns scattered throughout it can increase the probability of success when refining various spiritual pills to a certain extent."

Wei Zhong has been thinking that if he has suitable spiritual materials and good spiritual patterns in the future, he can also customize and forge an alchemy furnace for himself.

The alchemy furnace currently used by Wei Zhong is specially made of Xuanming cold iron. Because cold iron contains cold air, it is only suitable for water alchemy and is not suitable for using spiritual fire to refine alchemy.

"Brother Tiezhen, this is the Thousand Wheel Fruit," Qi Yun handed over a strange green fruit.

After taking it, Wei Zhong looked at the surface of the fruit. There were circles of accumulated lines on it. No wonder it was named Thousand Wheel Fruit.

Holding the spiritual fruit in his palm, Wei Zhong waved his sleeves and released his cold iron alchemy furnace. He threw the Yuanshui beads into the bottom of the furnace, and then threw the Thousand Wheel Fruit into the furnace.

When he looked at the recipe before, Wei Zhong had learned about the precautions for refining the Thousand Wheel Fruit. At this moment, he sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began to use his consciousness and spiritual power to operate the Yuanshui beads to refine the spiritual liquid...
Because it was an unfamiliar type of spiritual fruit, Wei Zhong was very careful in tempering it this time, but it only took an hour to temper one spiritual fruit.

Wei Zhong slapped the alchemy furnace, and a ball of green spiritual liquid came out of it.

Carefully wrap it with spiritual power and hand it to Qi Yun.

After Qi Yun took it, he looked at the pure spiritual liquid with admiration.

"Fellow Daoist Tiezhen's water refining and extraction method is truly extraordinary. It's only the first time that he has extracted a spiritual medicine like the Thousand Wheel Fruit, and he has been able to achieve such a pure level. I really admire him."

Qi Yun boasted again.

"Fellow Daoist Qi Yun, you should refine the elixir first. This spiritual liquid cannot maintain its medicinal properties for long in my spiritual power."

"Fellow Daoist Tiezhen is absolutely right!"

Qi Yun walked up to the alchemy furnace that was as tall as a person and threw the ball of spiritual liquid into the furnace.

He slapped the runes on the surface of the alchemy furnace, and suddenly a ray of spiritual light appeared from the palm of his hand, spreading along the trajectory of the spiritual patterns to the entire surface of the alchemy furnace.

In an instant, the earth fire at the bottom of the furnace erupted, emitting blazing high temperatures.

The surging waves of fire forced the two to use spiritual power shields to defend themselves.

The refining of the Soul Summoning Pill officially begins.

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Three hours later, Wei Zhong and Qi Yun looked at the black residue in their hands with gloomy expressions.

There is no doubt that this refining process failed.

Wei Zhong was not surprised. This was the first time that Qi Yun had refined this pill, and his alchemy skills were far inferior to his own, so failure was not surprising.

But what made Wei Zhong look gloomy was that the process of condensing the pill was far more troublesome than he had imagined.

Since most of the elixirs recorded in this elixir recipe were types that Wei Zhong and Qi Yun were unfamiliar with, their understanding of their pharmacology was not sufficient.

The types, order, proportions, and other details of the spiritual liquid mixture are very complicated and cumbersome. One mistake will cause the spiritual liquid to be mixed abnormally, the efficacy will change drastically, and it will no longer be able to be used for alchemy.

If Qi Yun had not prepared enough spiritual liquid, failure would have probably occurred within an hour.

Being able to persist in practicing for three hours showed that the two of them had tried very hard.

"Fellow Daoist Qi Yun, this pill is too complicated. I'm afraid it will be difficult for you and I to refine it successfully even if we work together," Wei Zhong said to Qi Yun.

Qi Yun sighed:

“I thought that with the help of Fellow Daoist Tie Zhen, even if I couldn’t refine an entry-level elixir, I could still make a few useless elixirs. But I didn’t expect that we couldn’t even complete half of the elixir-making process.

But I still underestimated the difficulty of refining this medicine, so let's give up now!"

After a while, Wei Zhong left the Dan Palace with a jade slip in his hand.

He murmured:

"Phoenix Falls Gorge, Cloud and Water Stream..."

The jade slip contained a simple map of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, and the locations marked on it were the growing places of the spiritual herbs needed to refine the Soul Summoning Pill provided by Qi Yun.

"I didn't expect to have such a harvest." After putting away the jade slip, Wei Zhong stopped and bowed to the void on the right. "I wonder which senior you are and why you are intercepting me?"

“Haha, Fellow Daoist Tiezhen is indeed extraordinary. He was able to discover what I was hiding.”

A figure in a green Taoist robe gradually appeared in the void.

The other party exuded a pressure that far exceeded that of an ordinary Jindan cultivator, and Wei Zhong had some guesses in his mind.

"I guess you must be Nie Yuansen, the former head of Qingmu Sect. I have heard a lot about you. Also, you have broken through to the late stage of Jindan, but it is not consistent with the rumors."

Nie Yuansen's face froze, and then he said with a smile:
"Daoyou Tiezhen has a keen eye. I am Nie Yuansen.

I heard that you defeated Liu Er before, but I didn’t believe it. Now that I see you, you are indeed a rare talent. You can even see through my hidden cultivation.”

Wei Zhong laughed and said, "No, no, I'm just guessing.

Also, since you are here to see me now, have you considered my proposal to exchange elixirs for your sect's spiritual medicines?"

"That's right," Nie Yuansen nodded and threw out a storage bag. "Daoyou, please take a look at the spiritual medicine in the bag to see if it suits your taste. How many spiritual pills can I get from you?"

Wei Zhong took it, probed with his spiritual sense, and suddenly discovered a wide variety of spiritual medicines in it.

Ranging from a hundred years to a thousand years, about 80% of them are hundred-year-old elixirs, and the remaining 20% ​​are thousand-year-old.

Wei Zhong's face was somewhat gloomy, and he pretended to be angry and said, "Your clan is so powerful, and you actually use these spiritual medicines to fool me?"

After saying this, he threw the storage bag back into the other person's hand and was about to turn around and leave.

"Fellow Daoist Tiezhen, wait a minute!"

Seeing Wei Zhong interrupt the transaction directly, Nie Yuansen also knew Wei Zhong's firm attitude towards this. He sighed and said:

"You may want to take another look, fellow Daoist."

The other party threw the storage bag back. Wei Zhong stopped and used his spiritual sense to check. His expression looked a little better.

This time, the amount of thousand-year-old elixir in the storage bag has doubled, and there is even a ten-thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum left in it.

"Fellow Daoist, this is what we call sincerity. From what I have seen, these spiritual medicines can be exchanged for twenty high-grade Hao Yuan Dan, sixty medium-grade, and one hundred low-grade."

When Nie Yuansen heard Wei Zhong's offer, his heart skipped a beat.

"This Tie Zhen is really trying too hard to lower the price. If we take these spiritual medicines to the state capital to exchange for spiritual stones, and then use them to buy spiritual pills, we will definitely get more than what this person is offering."

Based on Nie Yuansen's knowledge, Wei Zhong had definitely lowered the price by more than 30%.

"Fellow Daoist Tiezhen is too cruel. The value of these spiritual medicines is far more than this."

"What's the matter, Brother Nie, are you questioning my authority as a third-rank alchemist?" Wei Zhong made a double standard at the right time.

Nie Yuansen had no words to express his grievances, and could only talk to "Tie Zhen" in a nice way, which eventually led Wei Zhong to increase the number of top-grade Haoyuan Pills to thirty.

Wei Zhong threw the storage bag full of pills to the other party. The latter took it and checked it carefully. After confirming that it was correct, he nodded.

"Although Tie Zhen is a bit evil, the quality of this elixir is beyond reproach. It is much better than the one purchased from Yunji Chamber of Commerce."

"If your sect is still short of elixirs, you can come to me. Although my cultivation is mediocre, I have a lot of experience in alchemy."

The amount of spiritual medicines Wei Zhong obtained from this transaction is definitely incomparable to what Qingmu Sect gained in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range.

"must!"

Nie Yuansen bowed and turned to leave. Wei Zhong's voice came from behind him:

"Fellow Daoist Nie, you should hurry up. Senior is still waiting for your news in the Flower Courtyard."

After hearing this, Nie Yuansen escaped even faster.

Wei Zhong smiled and watched the other party leave, then turned and flew in another direction.

When he entered the courtyard, Wei Zhong saw Tan Tai Lin sitting at the stone table, pouring tea and drinking it by himself.

"I never thought that you not only have superb alchemy skills, but also fight like your peers."

There was a slight change in the look in Tan Tai Lin's eyes when he looked at Wei Zhong.

"Thank you, senior, but I just rely on my strong spiritual power and magic skills."

The latter shook his head:
"No need to be modest. When I was in the Jindan stage, I might not have done as well as you against Yi Liu.

Now that I know you have this kind of strength, I feel more at ease with the next actions. I don’t have to worry about you being killed by others if you are not careful.”

Wei Zhong smiled awkwardly and said, "Don't worry, senior. I am confident that I can handle ordinary Jindan cultivators, but I will have to trouble you to protect late Jindan cultivators or Yuanying cultivators."

"I save it!"

"Also, I just learned that the former head of Qingmu Sect, Nie Yuansen, has returned from the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range. I think he will come to visit you soon."

Tan Tai Lin nodded, Wei Zhong bowed slightly to him, and then went back into the house.

Taking out the storage bag he had exchanged from Nie Yuansen, Wei Zhong used his spiritual sense to explore the various spiritual medicines in it, with uncontrollable joy in his eyes.

"With so many spiritual herbs, we won't have to worry about the alchemy needs in a short period of time."

Wei Zhong had purchased a large number of spiritual medicines and spiritual objects since he left Luohe Prefecture, but the variety of these spiritual medicines was still not as complete as this batch.

As a natural hotbed for cultivating spiritual creatures, the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range produces a vast array of spiritual medicines, almost covering most of the needs for refining elixirs.

When Nie Yuansen exchanged the elixir this time, he also specially used a large number of hundred-year-old elixirs to offset the loss. Most of these elixirs were auxiliary medicines needed for refining third-level elixirs.

After taking a look, Wei Zhong took out a green spiritual fruit. There were circles of lines on it. It was the Thousand Wheel Fruit, and it was more than a thousand years old.

"It seems that the Qingmu Sect does not know the value of this spiritual fruit. Qi Yun did not reveal the recipe of the Soul Summoning Pill to the Qingmu Sect? Could it be that he is dissatisfied with the treatment given by the Qingmu Sect?"

(End of this chapter)