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

Chapter 181 Feng Yuan Dan

“Greetings to Senior Wei. I was entrusted by my uncle Lihua to come here to thank you for saving my life.

“A few days ago, Senior Wei and his party not only saved my clan brother Wang Bofeng, but also repelled the demon cultivators in Songlong Hall and successfully saved several formation masters including Uncle Lihua.

"My Wang family is extremely grateful. Uncle Lihua wanted to visit you personally, but there was an order from the clan that he, as a formation master, needed to participate in the repair of the formation, so he entrusted me to present a thank you gift to you."

When Wei Zhong heard what Wang Boshang said, he immediately understood.

Wei Zhong and others rushed to Songlong Palace at that time and indeed saved many formation masters of the Wang family.

Wei Zhong had expected the Wang family’s gift of thanks, but he did not expect that it was a Foundation Establishment cultivator who sent this gift.

'As a formation master, it is understandable that Wang Lihua is involved in repairing the formation, but this gift should at least be delivered by an elder who has reached the Jindan stage.

"How can such a precious thing be transported by such a small foundation-building person? Is the Wang family so vigilant that even a Jindan cultivator dare not go out?"

After Wei Zhong took the storage bag from Wang Boshang, he found that there were no precious spiritual objects such as spiritual stones and spiritual medicines in it.

But some jade slips and formation plates.

After a quick glance, I found that the records contained some formation experiences of the Wang family's formation master.

Judging from the text, it seems that it was not written by one person, but was jointly created by the Wang family's formation masters.

'Is this for Ling Ziwei?'

Wang Lihua had been a guest on Qingbo Island, so he naturally knew that there was a formation master in Wei Zhong's family.

Although this gift is not expensive, it is indeed a nice thought.

Wei Zhong put away the storage bag, raised his head and said to Wang Boshang:
"Please, young friend, thank my fellow Wang family members for my help. They are so thoughtful!"

Wang Boshang bowed:
"You are too polite, senior. I will bring this up myself."

After saying this, he stepped back slightly, giving the space to Wei Zhong and Luo who was surnamed Jindan.

'We are not that familiar with him, so this contact ends here. Don't be too enthusiastic and make him feel disgusted.'

Ying Xian muttered to himself and secretly looked at Wei Zhong. He found that although this man looked ordinary, he had gained considerable fame in Yunzhou City.

"I wonder if they are from the same clan that have been lost. According to common sense, they shouldn't be exposed like this."

……

Seeing that the two men had finally finished their conversation, Luo Guanping also told them the reason for his trip.

"In addition to escorting young friend Wang to the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, I also want to complete the previous transaction with fellow Daoist Wei."

He took out a storage bag. Wei Zhong took it and found more than 120 blue-veined glass stones in it.

"With such a large amount, I wonder if Brother Wei can eat it all?"

Wei Zhong was surprised for a moment, then he calmed down:

"You have come all the way here, so I cannot let you make a wasted trip. According to the agreed price, I will take all of these."

Luo Guanping exclaimed in surprise:
"Friend Wei is straightforward!"

The two parties handed over the valuables, and then Luo Guanping and Wang Boshang said goodbye and left together.

"I wonder what kind of items Senior Luo and Senior Wei are trading?"

Wang Boshang asked curiously on the way.

Luo Guanping was in a good mood because he had just earned a large sum of spiritual stones, so he said directly:

"It's just some blue-veined glass, not a rare thing."

"Blue-veined glass stone, a water-based spiritual object. It seems that the two traded a large amount, otherwise Luo Guanping would not be so carried away."

"I wonder what kind of gift you brought, young friend Bo Shang?"

Wang Boshang tilted his head slightly:
"I am willing to tell you, but Senior Luo, do you dare to listen? Are you trying to pry into my Wang family's secrets like this?"

Luo Guanping was stunned for a moment, then laughed:
"Haha, I'm just being a bit curious."

Wang Boshang felt that he had hit the mark, and continued:
“In fact, it’s okay to tell you, Senior. The thank-you gift contains some of my Wang family’s array master’s experience in array formations.

"It's not a rare spiritual object, otherwise it wouldn't be the turn of a small foundation-building person like me to be responsible for transporting it."

"So that's how it is," Luo Guanping understood.

"But regarding the art of formation, could it be that this fellow Daoist Wei is also a formation master?"

He has the title of a fourth-rank weapon refiner. If he also has some knowledge of formations, that would be a bit scary.

"No, no, it seems that Senior Luo is not well-informed. Senior Wei Zhong's Taoist companion, Fairy Ling, is a third-level formation master who is no less capable than Uncle Li Hua. This gift is prepared for her."

Luo Guanping was surprised:
"The Wang family's gift was cleverly presented."

"So that's how it is. No wonder Fellow Daoist Wei seems so satisfied with this gift."

High-level formation masters are rare, and there are few opportunities for them to discuss and exchange ideas with each other. Such a large amount of formation experience notes is no less valuable than rare spiritual objects.

This gift from the Wang family touched Wei Zhong's heart.

"It seems that I will have to get closer to Friend Daoist Wei in the future."

"Senior Luo and I have the same opinion. After all, there are very few people as great as Senior Wei in Yunzhou City."

The two chatted about something and soon reached a consensus on something.

"My friend Bo Shang has been promoted to the late stage of foundation building for many years. Are you ready to form a pill?"

The other party was one of the younger generation of the Wang family who had just established their foundation. The reason why Luo Guanping was so polite to him was because he had a great chance of entering the Jindan realm.

"Soon, probably in the next few years."

Hearing this, Luo Guanping became even more enthusiastic.

"..."

Wei Zhong naturally had no idea about the intrigues between the two. Holding the storage bag, Wei Zhong found a place to go into seclusion.

After using the blue-veined glass stone to upgrade the Yuan Shui Zhu to the top third-order magical level, Wei Zhong once again performed the "Spirit Planting Method" in the cave.

afterwards,

Wei Zhong sensed the growing strength of his water spirit roots and murmured:

"Hurry, hurry!"

Estimating the progress of the spiritual root improvement through this spiritual cultivation method, Wei Zhong expected that it would take at most another fifty years for the top-grade water spiritual roots to be upgraded to the earth grade.

'By then, my spiritual roots will no longer be a limitation on my progress towards the Nascent Soul stage. As long as I continue to practice, I will eventually see the wonders of the Nascent Soul stage.'

Wei Zhong was in a good mood. When he came out of seclusion, it was the day for the competition among the various halls of the Chamber of Commerce.

At Zhuge Zhao's invitation, Wei Zhong went to watch the fight in the Puppet Hall.

It was discovered that the disciples’ puppets were different, made of different spiritual materials such as gold, stone, spiritual wood, etc.

The manufacturing process opened Wei Zhong's eyes.

Therefore, Zhuge Zhao whispered in Wei Zhong's ear:

"That high-level puppet inheritance has not yet spread among ordinary disciples..."

Wei Zhong understood. After watching the puppet hall disciples fighting with their puppets, he found it a bit boring considering Wei Zhong's puppet level, so he walked along the stone steps in the mountains to the other hall.

Adjacent to the Puppet Hall is the Weapon Hall.

Here Wei Zhong saw various unique weapon-refining techniques from various third-rank weapon-refiners that he had recently mastered.

It seems that most of these outstanding young disciples come from the schools of these third-level weapon refiners.

Each of them spends time refining a magical weapon, which is then evaluated by the high-level refiners in the hall. Finally, they are ranked and rewarded based on the quality of the magical weapon.

Those who were the best at making magical instruments even received various spiritual objects worth tens of thousands of spiritual stones.

The other disciples were envious. "With such an atmosphere, it's no wonder that there are so many high-level technicians in the Chamber of Commerce."

If Wei Zhong was born in such an environment, he would also master various skills like these young disciples.

Anyway, as long as I win the first place in a competition, I won’t have to worry about the resources for many years of practice.

After the verbal fight, there was the physical fight.

Each disciple brought the magic weapon he had just refined to fight in the arena.

In this battle, except for the use of refined tools, other tools are prohibited.

However, it does not restrict other abilities that the cultivator possesses, such as magic, body-refining methods, etc.

According to Huang Yunqi, the martial arts competition in the Weapon Hall is meant to test the comprehensive strength of the disciples in the hall.

The purpose is to ensure that while improving their skills, they do not neglect cultivation and other means.

The physical fight was more intense than the verbal fight. Even Wei Zhong felt itchy and wanted to go up and try it, but he finally held back.

At the end of the fight, a disciple from the Weapon Hall wearing a dark blue Taoist robe came out on top.

This person is Duan Mian, a disciple of Huang Yunqi.

Wei Zhong looked at the other party and found that his cultivation had advanced to the late stage of Jindan, but the weapon in his hand was an ordinary magic sword of the lower grade of the third level.

Compared with the magical instruments made by other disciples in the same hall, it is far inferior.

The reason why they are able to win is mostly due to their own superior cultivation level to that of ordinary people, as well as their various complex fighting methods.

'This is a practical school.'

Wei Zhong turned his head and found that Huang Yunqi looked unhappy.

But Duan Mian was the winner of this fight after all. Huang Yunqi, a fourth-rank weapon refiner, presented him with a reward with a cold face.

Wei Zhong could roughly guess what Huang Yunqi was thinking.

"My disciples' weapon-refining skills are mediocre, but they keep improving their cultivation. This is really against the tradition of our sect."

"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Brother Wei!"

Wei Zhong looked up and saw Huang Yunqi coming back from presenting the awards:
"Fellow Daoist Huang, you are too polite. Your disciple's weapon refining skills have reached the third level, and his cultivation has also entered the late stage of Jindan. This is something that many people envy..."

Huang Yunqi didn't look very happy when listening to what Wei Zhong said.

"What about the late stage of Jindan? It's not Yuanying after all.

"Nascent Soul, Nascent Soul, how difficult it is. In the past hundred years of Yunji Chamber of Commerce, only Senior Miao has emerged.

"Duan Mian is far from qualified. He has been devoted to cultivation for so many years and has only just entered the late stage of Jindan, let alone Yuanying.

“My status is not even as good as those old men in the palace who have refined top-level third-level magic weapons.

"If he can focus all his energy on refining weapons, maybe I can have another fourth-level weapon refiner under my tutelage."

Wei Zhong couldn't say much about this, he could only comfort her softly:

"Fellow Daoist Huang, why are you so pessimistic? Who knows, the next Yuanying in the Chamber of Commerce might be your disciple.

"As a master, you still need to encourage him..."

Wei Zhong didn't know whether Huang Yunqi heard what he said.

But through this incident, Wei Zhong learned about the disagreement between cultivation and skills within the Chamber of Commerce.

A monk’s life span is limited, so it is difficult to have both.

Wei Zhong is an outlier, let’s not talk about him for now.

As for ordinary practitioners, outstanding ones like Huang Yunqi, after spending most of their life energy to enter the realm of fourth-level weapon refiners, have long lost the potential to advance to the Nascent Soul stage.

Having survived till now, he is just at the late stage of Jindan, which has been accumulated through elixirs and other means.

If they were to fight with his disciple Duan Mian, it would be very likely that the master would be defeated.

“Fellow Daoist Wei has become a fourth-rank weapon refiner at such a young age. He still has plenty of time to take a peek at the mysteries of the Nascent Soul. His potential far exceeds ours…”

There was some emotion in his words, and I didn't know whether he was regretting his disciples or himself.

……

After watching the exciting duel in the Weapon Hall, Wei Zhong took advantage of this time to travel around the various halls of the Yunji Chamber of Commerce and experience the various arts of cultivation.

In the battles in the Dan Palace, some people used elixirs to temporarily improve their cultivation, while others refined poisonous elixirs to defeat the enemy...

The disciples of the Tea Hall used the spiritual tea to replenish their spiritual power. The battle lasted from early morning to dusk and had not stopped yet...

……

The fighting methods carried out by various cultivation techniques opened Wei Zhong's eyes.

Before he could savor the moment for long, he was summoned to Yunduan Mountain by a piece of news.

The Yu Yuanying who was outside collecting spiritual objects is back.

In Yunduan Mountain, all the outstanding weapon refiners in the Weapon Hall gathered together.

Shan Qin, Shan Gu and Miaoli Shan, who had not been seen for a long time, also appeared here.

"After waiting for so long, Senior Yu is finally here!"

There was some excitement in Zhuge Zhao's words. Talking about the person who was most enthusiastic about puppets present, it was naturally the chief of the Puppet Hall.

The old man surnamed Yu smiled gently:
"I know you have been waiting for a long time. I will return as soon as I have collected enough spiritual materials."

As he spoke, he took out several piles of spiritual materials from his storage bag.

Soul-breaking Jade, Sky Fantasy Stone, and various auxiliary materials needed to refine fourth-order puppets.

The Soul-Breaking Jade is a kind of black jade. There seems to be black mist floating inside it. When Wei Zhong's spiritual sense touched this object, it was quickly bounced back.

'It is indeed an excellent treasure for blocking spiritual consciousness.'

In addition, the Heavenly Fantasy Stone is somewhat similar to the Heart Demon Skin. Looking at it for a long time will have the effect of confusing the mind of the cultivator.

"Okay, the spiritual materials for making a fourth-level puppet have arrived. I'll have to trouble you all next."

Shan Gu clapped his hands and encouraged.

"I will definitely live up to the trust of the master."

"Concentrate on studying this puppet. The Heart Demon Cloak is still being refined, so don't worry."

Wei Zhong heard the voice in his ear and nodded slightly.

After seeing Shan Gu and others leave, he turned around and discussed the details of puppet refining with the weapon refiner in the same hall.

On the other side, Shan Gu and his four companions left Yunduan Mountain and fled to the Dan Palace, where they met Du Longfeng.

Yu Tianze took out various spiritual medicines in front of everyone, and finally took out a golden-red spiritual fruit from his storage bag.

The cloud patterns on it flowed, and seemed to form the shadow of a golden phoenix.

"With the Heavenly Phoenix Fruit in hand, I wonder if Brother Du is confident in refining the Phoenix Yuan Pill."

This pill is the Nascent Soul opportunity that Shan Gu prepared for Shan Qin.

"The Phoenix Fruit is a unique fruit that is said to be watered by the blood of the Phoenix. I never thought that Brother Yu could actually find this."

Du Longfeng looked at the spiritual fruit and murmured, not in a hurry to answer Shan Gu's question.

Then he pondered for a moment and sighed:

“Honestly speaking, I am not very confident. I have never refined the Fengyuan Pill before, but I know from the recipe that it is not a simple fourth-level elixir.

"If Brother Jie were here, it would be a sure win, but my ability is limited, and I am afraid that this hard-earned spiritual fruit will be wasted."

(End of this chapter)