Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

"Junior Brother Li, is there something you need from me?" Lu Fan asked slowly.

After all, one cannot accept a reward without merit, and the Qi-stabilizing pill is almost the only cultivation resource that Qi-refining disciples can access. Giving away five pills at once is a generous gesture that most disciples wouldn't do.

"I'm fine, I just thought that maybe Senior Brother will be able to reach the Foundation Establishment stage in the future, and he can take care of Junior Brother then," Li Niu said with a simple smile.

Lu Fan then realized that Li Niu was investing in him, since with his mixed spiritual roots of the five elements, it would be difficult for him to establish a foundation in his entire life.

However, if one wants to live a safe and peaceful life in the Dao Sect and die a natural death, it is naturally impossible without a powerful backer.

Although Lu Fan was only at the sixth level of Qi Refining and was a cripple, he had Wang Qingzhu, a fake Core Formation cultivator, behind him, so Li Niu naturally wanted to cling to this powerful figure.

Lu Fan didn't refuse. After all, they were both down on their luck. It was because he had lived a very humble and pathetic life since childhood that he thought he could help his junior brother now that his situation had improved a little.

Li Niu was one of the few honest people in the Dao Sect. He had no ulterior motives and his original intention was simply to make his parents' lives easier.

"Alright, I'll accept this Qi-stabilizing pill. If you encounter any trouble, I'll definitely help you within my capabilities," Lu Fan said with a smile as he put the pill away.

Upon hearing this, Li Niu was also very excited and said, "Thank you, senior brother. Then I won't bother you any longer; I still have work to do."

After achieving his goal, Li Niu left happily.

Lu Fan stuffed the five Qi-stabilizing pills into his pocket before leaving the cave. However, he still put all the unused Qi-stabilizing pills in the pill-storing furnace.

After all, it's best to carry as few of these things as possible on your person.

...

After leaving the treasure trove, Lu Fan headed straight for the inner sect. Generally speaking, very few outer sect disciples would voluntarily go to the inner sect.

After all, the inner disciples all have a cultivation level of at least the eighth level of Qi Refining. If those outer disciples go to the inner sect, they are easily bullied.

However, in order to become stronger, Lu Fan had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it.

After walking for about half an hour, Lu Fan finally arrived at the inner gate.

At this moment, in the inner sect's small square, many disciples wearing auspicious cloud and Bagua robes came and went. Lu Fan only glanced at these people and found that almost all of them were at the eighth or ninth level of Qi Refining.

There are also many who have reached perfection and are only one step away from Foundation Establishment, it seems that the inner disciples are more than one level stronger than the outer disciples.

But in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Lu Fan could only avoid people.

It wasn't that he was cowardly, but rather that Lu Fan was all too aware of the despicable behavior among the Dao Sect disciples. The fact that he had lived to such an old age was entirely due to his tough luck.

However, what you fear most is exactly what happens.

Lu Fan was about to go to the recruitment wall in the small square to see if there were any sect missions when he saw a graceful and elegant woman standing in the crowd in the distance.

It was none other than Yan Ruyu, Lu Fan's mortal enemy.

At this moment, Yan Ruyu was surrounded by numerous disciples like a star being the moon.

"Uncle Yan, I heard that you went on a training trip with the elders this time and even killed a demonic cultivator at the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage. That's amazing."

"How strong was that evil cultivator at the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage, Uncle Yan? How did you defeat him? Tell us about it."

"Yes, it also allows us to learn from their experience."

Hearing the flattery from the disciples around her, Yan Ruyu seemed quite pleased.

"I only won by luck. This evil cultivator used a high-grade magic artifact, the Sky Mirror, which almost seriously injured me. Fortunately, I won," Yan Ruyu said, taking out an ancient bronze mirror from her storage bag and showing it off for quite a while.

After all, a high-grade magic weapon is something that an ordinary disciple would consider quite extraordinary if he saw it even once in his lifetime.

Lu Fan did not believe that Yan Ruyu could kill a Foundation Establishment stage peak cultivator who possessed a high-grade magic weapon.

Who knows what underhanded tricks or dirty tricks they used, or perhaps a Core Formation elder secretly helped them to win by sheer luck.

However, it must be admitted that Yan Ruyu's talent for cultivation is truly terrifying. She established her foundation four years ago, and now her cultivation has reached the mid-stage of the foundation establishment.

Moreover, Yan Ruyu has gone out to train many times and has rich practical experience. With Lu Fan's current cultivation level of the 20th level of Qi Refining, to be honest, his chances of winning against Yan Ruyu are almost zero.

However, Lu Fan was still quite angry, but that was all he could do.

In order to avoid attracting Yan Ruyu's attention, Lu Fan quietly retreated, intending to hide in a corner for a while until Yan Ruyu left.

As if what you fear most is what happens. Before Lu Fan could even retreat, Yan Ruyu's terrifying divine sense had already inadvertently swept over Lu Fan, who was not far away.

This caused Yan Ruyu's beaming face to turn cold instantly. She raised her hand to push aside the inner disciples in front of her and looked precisely at Lu Fan.

"You cripple, what are you doing in the inner sect instead of staying in the outer sect!" Yan Ruyu said coldly.

Upon hearing this, Lu Fan's heart skipped a beat, but he still forced himself to bow and say, "Uncle-Master Yan, I have reached the sixth level of Qi Refining and came to the inner sect to earn some contribution points to learn magic. I didn't know you were here, please forgive me."

"You? You want to learn magic? With your lame leg, how can you even use it?" Yan Ruyu said with a face full of sarcasm.

At this moment, the inner disciples around him were all looking at Lu Fan with ill intentions. One of them, a tall cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining, was very good at reading people's expressions and clearly felt that Yan Ruyu and this junior outer disciple did not get along.

So he immediately stepped forward, arrogantly saying, "You cripple, don't embarrass Uncle Yan! Get lost!"

"Yes, yes, I'll leave right away," Lu Fan said, his humility ingrained in his very being. After all, admitting defeat wouldn't cost him anything, but if Yan Ruyu found something to use against him, he'd be doomed.

Just as Lu Fan was about to leave, limping, Yan Ruyu's face darkened. Lu Fan's behavior annoyed her.

Because she had wanted to kill Lu Fan many times, but each time it was like punching cotton, and she couldn't find an opportunity at all.

The more this happened, the angrier Yan Ruyu became. She immediately took a step forward and said, "Stop!"

"Uncle-Master Yan, is there anything else?" Lu Fan turned around, cupped his hands, and asked humbly.

At this moment, Yan Ruyu's mind was racing, but no matter how she thought about it, she couldn't come up with a way to make things difficult for Lu Fan, which made her very angry.

The tall cultivator standing nearby naturally noticed Yan Ruyu's predicament of being both angry and helpless. He stepped forward and said, "Junior brother, didn't you want to take on a mission? I happen to have one here. A corpse monster has recently appeared in Qingniu Town, which is two hundred miles away. It specializes in sucking people's essence. The elders have issued a mission to kill the corpse monster and the reward is one thousand contribution points. Why don't you have it?"

Upon seeing the mission sheet handed over by the tall cultivator, Lu Fan's face immediately darkened.

Although he is a cultivator and not afraid of any mountain spirits or monsters, what if the other party is a corpse demon transformed from a cultivator? Wouldn't going there be courting death?

"I appreciate your kindness, senior brother, but I am only at the sixth level of Qi Refining and am unable to take on external missions. I only want to take on some internal missions within the sect," Lu Fan said, bowing in thanks.

"What do you mean? I kindly gave you the task, and you're not even grateful? You cripple, you look down on me?" The tall cultivator immediately showed his displeasure.