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

Chapter 141 Appointment
The banquet held in Zhigang Palace did not last long and everyone dispersed.

According to what Wei Zhong learned from Wang Lihua, this was just a small banquet and there would be another banquet in Yunzhou City.

At that time, he would invite all the Taoist friends he is familiar with to witness the act of accepting a disciple.

After all, Wang Lihua, as a member of the Wang family, is not only a third-rank formation master, but also a Jindan cultivator. His connections in a place like Yunzhou are not comparable to those of his subordinate Luohe Mansion.

He also enthusiastically invited Wei Zhong to join the banquet, but Wei Zhong declined on the grounds of cultivation.

The other party did not look annoyed and continued to communicate enthusiastically with Wei Zhong.

During the banquet, there were several Jindan masters who wanted to curry favor with Wei Zhong, the master of alchemy, and came to toast him from time to time. Wei Zhong maintained his proper demeanor and responded to their toasts one by one.

At this time, two people from Qingmu Sect also came over and saluted Wei Zhong.

Holding the wine glass, he cupped his hands and said:
"Meet Master Wei!"

Wei Zhong raised his glass in response:

"You two Daoists look unfamiliar. Could it be that you are from other places?"

The leader Yao Zhengsheng said with a smile:

"We are from Qingmu Sect in Mangyuan Prefecture. My name is Yao Zhengsheng, and this is my junior fellow apprentice Yi Liu. We were traveling and came here. We were invited by Daoist Fellow Song to have a drink."

"Qingmu Sect?" Xie Linghua understood the name of this sect. No wonder Wei Zhong had warned her in that way.

"So you are two fellows from the Qingmu Sect. It must have taken you a long time to come here after traveling through many cities."

Yi Liu shook his head:
“It’s only a few years, which is nothing compared to the long life span of Jindan cultivators like me.

In the past, I was trapped in a small place and didn’t realize how narrow my horizons were. Now that I have stepped out into the outside world, I realize that there are so many heroes in the world...”

Yi Liu looked emotional, but Wei Zhong said:
"Friend Yi Dao, what you said makes sense..."

After the three of them talked for a while, Yao Zhengsheng asked to refine the elixir.

After hearing this, Wei Zhong readily agreed:

"Do you two know the rules of my alchemy?"

They both nodded:

"We have already inquired about it."

'Very good, it seems you are well prepared.'

Wei Zhong took the various spiritual medicines handed over by the two and instructed:

"In one month, you two can come to Qingbo Island to take the elixir."

"Thank you, Master Wei!"

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After the banquet, Wei Zhong said goodbye to his fellow travelers and left with the two women on the Jiucai.

On the bird's back, Xie Linghua asked:
"The Qingmu Sect was so domineering back then, why is the master helping them to make pills now?"

Wei Zhong picked up the other person's hand and rubbed it in his palm:
"Silly girl, if I reject them in person, it would be inconsistent with my usual style. In order to reject the two of them, my current reputation has been affected, but the loss outweighs the gain.

The current Aoki Sect is not worth damaging its reputation like me..."

Wei Zhong's remarks did not convince Xie Linghua. It seemed that the latter had a very bad impression of Qing Mu Zong.

Looking back, it seems that since the Black Lake Island, Xie Linghua has been fully responsible for the island's affairs, and the other party has more interactions with the subordinate forces of the Aoki Sect.

This impression was probably left at that time.

Ling Ziwei on the side was quite curious about the past of the two. Knowing that she could not get any information from Wei Zhong, she pulled Xie Linghua's sleeve and started asking.

Xie Linghua told everything she knew, and in a blink of an eye she had told him everything that had happened, including a lot of parts that Wei Zhong didn't know.

These include, but are not limited to, the Qingmu Sect disciples relying on their status to lower the price of spiritual objects produced on Black Lake Island.

Ling Ziwei was quite moved after listening to this:
“Almost all the major sects in the world are like this. My Ling family was also oppressed by the Jindan forces and could not raise our heads.

It’s just that the Qingmu clan dominates the whole prefecture and acts even more domineeringly.”

When the Ling family was still a foundation-building family, they were also trying to survive in the cracks among the Jindan forces.

Fortunately, there are more Jindan forces in Luohe Prefecture, and there is no situation where Mangyuan Prefecture dominates alone, so it is still acceptable.

After Ling Hua met Sikong Changming, a Jindan cultivator, the situation began to improve.

After that, Ling Hua and Ling Ziwei both achieved Jindan status, which completely reversed the Ling family's predicament and made them the top Jindan family in Luohe Prefecture.

After talking for a while, the three returned to Qingbo Island and went their separate ways to practice in seclusion.

This has been the norm for the past few decades. For those who practice cultivation, if they want to improve their realm, they have to give up most of their time.

In the cave, Wei Zhong looked at the elixir in front of him and frowned.

There are two kinds of elixirs that Yao Zhengsheng commissioned to be refined, the Haoyuan Pill used for the spiritual practice of the Jindan stage, and the Jinchan Pill used for the physical practice of the Jindan stage, both of which are also third-level elixirs.

Wei Zhong had never refined such an elixir as the Golden Zen Pill, but after looking through the recipe, he became familiar with it and was more confident in refining it.

However, Wei Zhong's worries did not lie here.

With the help of his fourth-level alchemy skills, there is no possibility of any accidents in the refining of the Golden Zen Pill.

What Wei Zhong cares about is that he will become too good at refining.

This is Wei Zhong’s biggest worry after his alchemy skills improved.

Now when Wei Zhong refines the Haoyuan Pill, he can achieve a 60:40 split between the upper and middle grades, with very little lower grade output. His alchemy skills can be said to be extremely advanced.

For this purpose, Wei Zhong even improved the quality of Qingbo Island's elixir business, mainly producing mid-grade Haoyuan Pills, and occasionally deliberately refining low-grade pills as a by-product.

As for the top-quality products, some were kept for his own cultivation, and the rest were given to the Yunji Chamber of Commerce for sale.

Yao Zhengsheng asked him to help him refine the elixir, so naturally he was aiming for the mid-grade Haoyuan Pill.

Wei Zhong thought about it and made up his mind.

Out of ten pills, only keep one top-grade one, and use medium-grade and low-grade ones to offset the others.

It wasn't that Wei Zhong wanted to embezzle other people's elixirs, it was really a helpless act to conceal his own abilities.

If I really exposed my alchemy skills, it wouldn't be long before a Nascent Soul cultivator would come to my house and force me to make alchemy for their forces.

In this way, Wei Zhong had to move out the sign of Yunji Chamber of Commerce, and he owed the Chamber of Commerce a favor.

Wei Zhong's scalp tingled at the thought of the trouble that would arise after exposing his alchemy skills.

Shaking his head, Wei Zhong started to refine the elixir.

In just half a month, Wei Zhong had finished refining all the elixirs.

According to his own standards, he would take 20% of the elixir produced.

And adjust the grade and quantity of Haoyuan Dan, and then put them into the pill bottle.

Looking at the pill bottles all over the floor, Wei Zhong suddenly felt that he was being too ostentatious. He took out lower-grade pills to replace some of the mid-grade ones and continued to reduce the number of high-grade pills for the second time. Only then did Wei Zhong feel a little satisfied.

After packing up the Hao Yuan Dan, Wei Zhong looked at another Jin Chan Dan, which was purple-gold in color, slightly different from the golden color of the Hao Yuan Dan. In Wei Zhong's initial refining, the middle and lower grades were 28%, and later, after becoming proficient, he was able to make a furnace with a 4:4:2 ratio of middle and lower grades, middle grades, and upper grades.

For this reason, Wei Zhong had to take out half of the top-grade ones and keep mainly the mid- and low-grade elixirs.

"It's really troublesome to improve my alchemy skills. Now I have to hide my incompetence when I help others make pills."

Wei Zhong complained in his heart, then collected all the elixirs, came out of seclusion and called Hu Jinchuan.

Looking at the young monk in front of him, Wei Zhongyan said:
"Two Jindan cultivators will come to my house in half a month. Please hand this storage bag to them on my behalf."

Wei Zhong handed the storage bag containing the elixir to the other party, who was a little at a loss after taking it.

"Master, this..."

Hu Jinchuan knew without hesitation that the things in the storage bag contained extremely precious items, and he would have no hope of earning them even if he worked for hundreds of years.

"Master, entrusting me with this important task is really..."

Wei Zhong had no intention of changing his mind:
“That’s it, it’s just dealing with a Jindan cultivator, it’s a normal elixir transaction.

In addition, I plan to let you handle the elixir trade on Qingbo Island in the future. Don't worry about your lack of cultivation. I will find a helper for you."

When Hu Jinchuan heard this, he was surprised. He never expected that Wei Zhong would entrust him with such an important task.

Wei Zhong was thinking:

'Although Xie Linghua has improved her spiritual root aptitude to the middle level, it is still difficult to form a pill.

It is only possible after the spiritual roots are upgraded to the highest quality, and this will probably take a lot of time.

In this way, the affairs of the Spirit Island cannot be handled by him alone, but must be delegated to others.'

Wei Zhong then came up with the idea of ​​handing over the elixir affairs to Hu Jinchuan.

After teaching himself the art of alchemy, Hu Jinchuan has now become a genuine first-class alchemist and has gained a certain reputation among the people.

As an alchemist, he is naturally responsible for making elixirs.

The problem is that his cultivation is low, and people's minds are hard to predict. Wei Zhong is worried that the other party will be tempted by huge benefits and betray him.

The handing over of the elixir this time is a preliminary test.

"Master, I'm afraid Jinchuan can't handle such an important task!"

Wei Zhong did not take back his order, but threw out a bottle of top-grade Qi-nourishing Pill. The other party felt warmed in his heart when he saw this elixir as a reward.

"I am now only refining low-grade nourishing qi pills, and occasionally refine one or two medium-grade ones, but I have never produced high-grade nourishing qi pills. The master gave me a high-grade elixir as a reward. "

Wei Zhong saw that he didn't look surprised, so he said:
"Do your best. If you do well, you will have no shortage of panaceas. In addition, I have made arrangements to ensure your safety."

Seeing that Wei Zhong had appointed him so many times, Hu Jinchuan could not refuse and had to accept it.

Wei Zhong waved his hand and the latter retreated.

Outside Yunqing Courtyard, Hu Jinchuan held the storage bag in his hand, his heart beating wildly.

I was extremely happy to receive the elixir from Wei Zhong just now, but afterwards I was filled with endless fear.

'How can I, with my Qi training level, handle such a big task?'

Hu Jinchuan thought for a long time, and finally let out a bitter smile.

He carefully hid the storage bag inside his robe, looked around like a thief, fearing that someone would see him, and then rushed to his residence.

When he met an acquaintance on the road and started chatting with him, Hu Jinchuan couldn't speak fluently. He just replied briefly and then said goodbye and left.

Causing others to wonder:

"What did this Little Dan Master Hu do wrong?"

On the way home, Hu Jinchuan was very nervous. Everyone he saw seemed to want to snatch his storage bag.

At this moment, a bird's cry suddenly sounded in the air, scaring him so much that he almost jumped up.

After identification, he found that this was his master's contracted spirit beast.

Jiucai slowly fell on his shoulders, tilted his head to glance at Hu Jinchuan, then closed his eyes and began to rest.

Looking at the bird that landed on his shoulder, as tall as his head, and feeling the pressure from it, Hu Jinchuan relaxed his nervousness and felt a little relieved.

"This is the helper that the master found for me," Hu Jinchuan murmured as he looked at the handsome Jiucai, "The master is really thoughtful."

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In the cave, Wei Zhong sent Jiucai away, and now only the ghost bee swarm and Jinmei were there.

"Jiucai has already absorbed a lot of wind-attributed demon pills, and the accumulation is enough. The rest is just a matter of waiting for the opportunity to advance.

Rather than letting him stay in this cave and be lazy, it is better to find him a job. It would be good to help Hu Jinchuan sell pills."

Now Jiucai has reached the peak of the second stage, and there are few rivals below the Jindan stage. He also has a trump card refined by Wei Zhong, so even if he encounters a Jindan robbery, he still has room to maneuver.

If he delays for a moment, Wei Zhong will be able to find his location through the seal engraved in his body and arrive quickly.

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Soon half a month passed, and Yao Zhengsheng and Yi Liu arrived at Qingbo Island.

Seeing the magnificent formation on the Spirit Island, the two sighed. This formation was already better than the Qingmu Sect's protective formation after the dragon bone suppression was lost.

The wealth of this Master Wei is simply unimaginable.

When the two arrived, the spiritual island formation sank, revealing a pavilion on the outside where Hu Jinchuan was waiting.

Just as the two were puzzled, Wei Zhong's voice came to their ears:
“Please forgive me, my two fellow Taoists. I am currently in the process of cultivation and cannot be away, so I sent my men to deliver the elixir. Please do not blame me.

I have already taken a cut of the finished elixir as agreed. You two can check it out after you get the elixir..."

Hearing the voice transmission in their ears, the two were not at all unhappy with Wei Zhong's behavior. They bowed slightly towards the formation and landed in the pavilion below.

When Hu Jinchuan saw two strangers who had reached the Jindan stage landing in front of him, he knew that they were the objects of the transaction. He felt a moment of panic in his heart, but when he caught a glimpse of the spirit bird on his shoulder, he quickly calmed down.

At the same time, the two of them also saw the nine-colored bird that was as big as an ordinary person's head. They seemed to recognize that this was the second-level spirit bird that Wei Zhong rode when he attended the banquet that day. They thought to themselves that Master Wei was really cautious.

Hu Jinchuan took out the storage bag from his arms and handed it to the two of them. After Yao Zhengsheng and Yi Liu took turns to check it with their spiritual sense, they were both a little surprised, and then they became calm.

"Please convey our gratitude to Master Wei!"

"sure!"

There was not much conversation during the transaction. The two of them took the elixir and flew away.

After leaving Qingbo Island, Yi Liu couldn't help but speak out:
"Brother, Master Wei's alchemy skills are truly extraordinary. He has even produced top-grade third-level elixirs."

When Yi Liu said this, he naturally saw the top-grade Haoyuan Pills and top-grade Jinchan Pills in the storage bag.

Yao Zhengsheng nodded in agreement:

"Yes, Master Wei is not only an expert in alchemy, but also a good businessman. The elixirs in his bag are more than what other alchemists can give."

"Yes, he is much more kind than that Tie Zhen Dan Master!"

(End of this chapter)