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

Chapter 167 Visit
Wei Zhong looked inside his body at the True Pill, and seeing the seal on it showing no signs of recovery, he smiled bitterly and said:

"This move cannot be used again in the short term, which disappoints the leader."

When Shan Gu heard this, there was obvious regret on his face:
"In that case, let's postpone this matter for later."

He picked up the broken iron fan in his hand and continued:
"Wait a moment. I will go and repair this magical instrument."

After saying this, Shan Gu's figure flashed and disappeared from the spot in an instant.

Wei Zhong only saw the door in front of him opening and closing, and he knew that the other party had entered the place of practice inside the courtyard.

Curiously asked Shan Qin beside him:

"Miss Shan, could it be that there are underground fire veins in Xiaohe Mountain?"

Shan Qin shook her head:

"My father didn't use the fire from the earth veins to refine weapons, but relied on his own Nascent Soul True Fire."

"Nascent Soul True Fire?"

"It seems that there are still many things I don't know about the Nascent Soul stage."

Wei Zhong suppressed his thoughts. On the other side, Shan Qin had already taken out a jade token from his hand. There was a flash of light on it, and it was obvious that someone was sending a message.

After investigating the information, Shan Qin smiled helplessly:
"Friend Wei is going to bleed this time."

When Wei Zhong was wondering, his guest token also started to flash synchronously.

When his spiritual sense probed into it, he found that it was Yan Wanhong who was sending the message.

"The aftermath of the battle caused many disciples in the Weapon Hall to fail in refining weapons. The other party filed a complaint and demanded compensation?"

There is also statistics on the loss of spirit stones.

"A total of 160,000 low-grade spirit stones?"

Wei Zhong never expected that he was just fighting with others, and not only did he have to take out an Earth Profound Pill, but he also had to take out so many spirit stones to appease the people in the Weapon Hall.

“This battle was caused by the ineffective formation of the Yunji Chamber of Commerce. It is not your fault, fellow Daoist. Therefore, you do not need to pay this compensation.

"Besides, you have already paid a precious Dixuan Pill to rescue Xun Yangzi, so my Chamber of Commerce needs to compensate you."

Wei Zhong sighed:
"Thank you very much, Miss Shan!"

"Speaking of which, I caused such a big commotion because I failed to understand the power of the Gangyin. The powerful fighting fluctuations could not even be covered by the magic field formation. As a result, it affected the disciples of the Weapon Hall who were refining weapons in the earth veins. I am undoubtedly responsible."

Shan Qin was able to forgive the past and even compensate him, which was already giving Wei Zhong enough face.

'Although compared to my own wealth, these 160,000 low-grade spirit stones are nothing.'

Ever since Wei Zhong came into contact with puppetry and the fourth-level alchemy and refining techniques, his expenditures and gains have risen to a higher level compared to the past.

The number of spirit stones involved is simply beyond the imagination of a Jindan cultivator. Even a Yuanying early stage cultivator may not be able to match Wei Zhong's flow of spirit stones.

Who would trade fourth-level elixirs every other day?
Wei Zhong generously took out a spiritual object worth 100,000 low-grade spirit stones, put it in a storage bag, and handed it to Shan Qin.

"Regardless of the compensation, I am in short supply of the ten thousand year old elixir. I can refine the elixir without your Chamber of Commerce's compensation.

"Can these spiritual objects be exchanged for some spiritual medicine raw materials? I want to make the elixir myself."

The latter took it and smiled slightly:
"Fellow Daoist Wei is wealthy. Our Chamber of Commerce is in the wrong in this matter. We will grant your request."

Most of the items in the storage bag are low-grade spirit stones, mixed with quite a few low-level elixirs, magical instruments, and so on.

These were all odds and ends that Wei Zhong had no use for. This time he sold them all out, and with the strength of the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, he had his own channels to cash them in.

Wei Zhong smiled.

The two of them then waited patiently in the courtyard.

The courtyard was not big, and Wei Zhong originally wanted to sit cross-legged on the spot and start practicing, but the spirit fish that occasionally jumped out of the water tank next to him attracted Wei Zhong's attention.

Pointing at the water tank, Wei Zhong asked:

"Miss Shan, what is the spirit fish in the water tank?"

The latter replied:
"Silver carp is just a second-level spiritual fish. My father keeps it in a tank for viewing in his spare time. It is not a rare spiritual creature."

Wei Zhong was a little disappointed when he heard this. He had thought it was some rare spiritual fish, and maybe he could even get a method of raising spiritual fish from Shan Gu.

After all, the big gold in his own cave has not shown any signs of growth for a long time.

'pity! '

“This spiritual fish is ordinary, but the spiritual lotus in this water tank is no ordinary thing, it is a genuine fourth-level spiritual plant, the Tianlan Jade Lotus.

"The mature lotus seeds have the effect of suppressing inner demons. They are a treasure for the Nascent Soul to break through."

Wei Zhong was shocked. He didn't expect that such an inconspicuous fourth-level spiritual plant could be nurtured in this jar.

This is also the reason why Wei Zhong did not dare to use his spiritual sense to explore at will while he was here.

In addition, the water tank on the outside was not an ordinary object either. When Wei Zhong used his magic to look for it, he could only see a dark and chaotic color. It was unknown what the water tank was made of, which blocked Wei Zhong's magic detection.

“It’s just that the growth rate of this kind of jade lotus is too slow. Even in this fourth-tier spiritual land, it takes three hundred years to grow three lotus seeds at a time,” Shan Qin shook her head, feeling regretful.

"It will take at least a hundred years before the next lotus seed is born. If you want to condense your infant by then, you can ask father for one or two."

Wei Zhong's heart moved, but Shan Qin saw him shaking his head with regret:
"My talent is ordinary. I don't know how many years it will take me to reach the late stage of Danjie, let alone Nascent Soul!"

Seeing Wei Zhong's words and actions, Shan Qin did not continue to persuade him, but pointed to the big tree above her head and explained to herself:

"This is a tea tree that my father transplanted from an unknown sacred mountain in his early years. It is also of the fourth level. Every ten years, it will produce ten special leaves, which are rich in extremely abundant spiritual energy.

"If you use it to make tea and drink it, it can equal the effect of a Jindan cultivator meditating for a hundred days. It is also quite effective for Yuanying cultivators, equal to the effect of five to ten days of practice."

Wei Zhong recalled the spiritual tea he drank here with Miaoli Shan, and immediately knew its taste.

"A spiritual tea tree? It's rare."

Things like these that promote cultivation are rare in the cultivation world.

Most of the spiritual teas that Wei Zhong had drunk were made by Xu Xuan, and most of them were of the second grade, which were varieties cultivated by the other party through experiments. They were not considered very good teas.

In short, spiritual tea, as an aid to spiritual practice, is far less popular than the elixir or spiritual wine refined by cultivators.

“Although the output of this spiritual tea tree is nothing to a Nascent Soul cultivator, it is still very precious to a Core Forming cultivator. Whenever the tea leaves are ripe, there will inevitably be some Nascent Soul cultivators bringing their younger generations here to ask for tea.”

Shan Qin approached the tea tree and stroked its rough bark:

"Although the effect is not as good as the fourth-level elixir, it is better in that it does not have elixir poison. Unlike elixir, it has restrictions on use."

Wei Zhong nodded. The elixir was made by cultivators, so it was inevitable that elixir poison would occur.

Even with Wei Zhong's superb alchemy skills, the top-grade elixir he refined still contained poison, but it was less than that of mid-range and low-grade elixirs.

'The reason why my cultivation speed has not been able to continue to improve is that it is partially limited by the poison of the elixir.'

I recalled what Shan Gu said about the thing that can cure erysipelas. "I'm afraid it won't be cheap."

The two waited in the courtyard for three full days before Shan Gu reappeared.

The other party held a brand new iron fan in his hand and murmured:
"This magical weapon made by the Puyang family is quite unique. It took me a lot of effort to repair it."

He handed the iron fan to Wei Zhong. Wei Zhong looked down and found that all the damaged parts had been repaired, and the bent fan bones had been re-refined and restored to their original state.

The overall appearance is not much different from when it was not damaged.

Wei Zhong put it together:

"I thank you, Master. I wonder how much it would cost to repair this magical instrument?"

Wei Zhong has always been unwilling to owe favors to others, so there would be no surprises at this time.

Shan Gu and Shan Qin looked at each other and smiled:
“The Yunji Chamber of Commerce is partially responsible for this accident.

“Besides, as an elder, I shouldn’t ask you for compensation.

"But if you insist on doing so, you can just use a fourth-level elixir to offset it."

Upon hearing this, Wei Zhong took out a jade bottle:

"One is too few, let's have three."

Shan Gu didn't say anything more and accepted it generously.

Wei Zhong and Shan Qin said goodbye to Shan Gu and rushed back to Yunji Chamber of Commerce.

Shan Qin went to be responsible for comforting the disciples, while Wei Zhong, under the leadership of Yan Wanhong, went to the Dan Palace to visit the seriously injured Xun Yangzi.

Along the way, many people recognized the appearance of Wei Zhong, the guest official, and pointed at him and talked about him.

"This is the guest of the Chamber of Commerce who injured Xun Yangzi. He looks like he is only at the early stage of Jindan. Not that great, right?"

"Alas, Xun Yangzi easily defeated Yu Ziming of the Qi Palace, and this person was able to seriously injure Xun Yangzi, how could he be an ordinary person. In my opinion, he probably concealed his own methods."

“I heard that this person is a casual cultivator from the outer city. There are no Nascent Soul cultivators to suppress such areas, so calamity cultivators are everywhere, and demon cultivators occasionally appear.

"Wan Yanfu of the Shadow Moon Sect almost fell into the hands of the demon cultivators from the outer palace. As a casual cultivator, Wei Keqing must be extremely cautious and should hide himself."

"Brother, what you said makes sense!"

"..."

Various discussions about Wei Zhong have not stopped since he entered the Alchemy Hall, which made Wei Zhong sigh:
'Are these disciples of the Alchemy Hall so leisurely? Instead of refining the elixir, they are teasing me. The important thing is that although most of the discussions were concealed, they did not escape my spiritual sense.

'It's not much different from someone whispering bad things in your ear.'

Yan Wanhong seemed to have noticed something was wrong and said:
"Brother Wei, please don't be offended. Most of the disciples in the Dan Palace are straightforward and don't hide their thoughts. Their remarks about fellow Taoists were not meant to offend anyone."

Wei Zhong nodded:
"I am not such a narrow-minded person, but the disciples of the Dan Palace seem to be much more relaxed than those of the Qi Palace?"

"Alas," Yan Wanhong sighed, "The Dan Palace is the best-paid palace in the Yunji Chamber of Commerce.

"As one of the two major halls, the Alchemy Hall has the largest annual quota of spirit stones. The disciples benefit from this and do not have to worry about their own cultivation resources.

“Of course, what’s more important is that elixirs are essential consumables for cultivators. Compared with magical instruments, they are even more popular and will never be out of stock.

"The Dan Palace will contribute the most generous share of the annual revenue of our Yunji Chamber of Commerce..."

Yan Wanhong's words also made Wei Zhong understand the special status of Dan Palace in the Chamber of Commerce.

In short, the supply of resources is sufficient, and there is no need to worry about the dumping of elixirs.

There are many alchemy tasks in the hall. As long as the disciples continue to make alchemy with what they have learned, it will be enough for their practice.

There is no need to go out to take on missions and gain experience, so most of the disciples are not as smooth as the disciples from other halls.

After walking along the mountain path for a while, Wei Zhong and the other man finally arrived at the place where Xun Yangzi was recuperating.

It is located on the top of a peak in the Juyuan Mountains. There are towering green pines on the mountain, the sky is surrounded by clouds and mist, and the spiritual energy is abundant. It is an excellent place for self-cultivation.

As early as the second day after the fight, Xun Yangzi had woken up from his coma.

After learning from Du Longfeng that it was Wei Zhong who used the Dixuan Pill in time to save his life, Xun Yangzi had a strange feeling in his heart.

'This person injured me, and this person also saved me. It's really...'

While Xun Yangzi was thinking, the door was knocked by Wei Zhong.

"Please come in!"

Wei Zhong pushed the door open and saw Xun Yangzi sitting cross-legged on the futon. He bowed and asked:
"How has your cultivation been lately, Fellow Daoist Xun Yangzi?"

The latter saw that he was the culprit who had seriously injured him, and said with a wry smile:

"His life is not in danger, but it will take a long time to recover, which will delay his training a bit."

Wei Zhong stepped forward to confess his crime:

"My attack that day was unintentional. I really didn't expect to injure you so seriously."

Hearing this, Xun Yangzi felt even more bitter.

"I am a leader in my clan, with a strength comparable to that of a mid-stage Jindan cultivator, and I am not even an ordinary person. How could I be seriously injured by Wei Zhong as soon as I went out to practice?"

"This is really embarrassing!"

Wei Zhong thought that he had some grudges in his heart, so he took out a jade bottle from his arms and placed it in front of him:
"One Dixuan Pill. I hope Fellow Daoist Xun Yangzi will not despise it."

Before he finished speaking, Xun Yangzi had already shaken his head:
"No merit, no reward. Please take it back, fellow Taoist."

After saying that, he pushed the pill back into Wei Zhong's arms and continued to ask:
"You have obtained two fourth-level elixirs in a row. Could it be that you are a fourth-level alchemist?"

Wei Zhong would not admit it:

"If I had this ability, why would I have to live in such a remote place like Luohe Prefecture? This elixir is just something I bought to save my life."

Xun Yangzi nodded without any doubt.

Wei Zhong once again took out the magic iron fan he had prepared and handed it to him.

"Your magic weapon was damaged during the fight, so I found a fourth-rank weapon refiner to repair it..."

After hearing the whole story from Wei Zhong, Xun Yangzi looked at the treasure fan, which was exactly the same as before and was moving freely in his hand, without giving it much thought.

He only considered it as a damaged appearance and restored it. He never thought that his magic weapon was almost half-wasted.

Satisfied, Xun Yangzi accepted it and looked at Wei Zhong, who was chattering in front of him, and couldn't help asking about the details of the fight that day:

"How did that palm strike from Daoist friend that day injure me so severely?"

(End of this chapter)