Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

Amidst their playful banter, the flying boat gradually ascended to the skies above the town.

At this moment, pedestrians came and went in the town, vendors along the street shouted their wares, and there were even some itinerant performers performing acrobatics at the street corner. Many people gathered, making it a lively and bustling place.

Lu Fan and Ye Lingxi had already put away their flying boat and merged into the street.

After all, this was a city for ordinary people, and cultivators rarely ventured here, almost never. So Lu Fan and Ye Lingxi withdrew their divine senses and only released a little bit passively.

Walking down the bustling street, Ye Lingxi seemed to find everything particularly novel.

That's because cultivators rarely set foot in the mortal world and are unwilling to have any interaction with ordinary people. Over time, cultivators and ordinary people have become people from two different worlds.

More importantly, the lifespan of ordinary people is extremely short. Under the influence of natural disasters and man-made calamities such as famine, war, and plague, they usually only live for more than forty years. Anyone who lives to sixty is considered to have lived a long life.

Therefore, many ordinary people may never see a cultivator descend to the mortal realm even once in their entire lives.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Ye Lingxi showed such a novel behavior.

"Lu Fan, what's that?" Ye Lingxi pointed to a vendor in the distance carrying something that looked like a spiked club, hawking candied hawthorns along the street.

"This... I don't know it either," Lu Fan shook his head, after all, he had never stayed in a mortal town either.

Ye Lingxi then stepped forward, looked at the vendor, and asked, "What is this?"

"Miss, these are candied hawthorns, they're very sweet, only three coins. Would you like a skewer?" the vendor asked.

"Give me a skewer," Ye Lingxi said subconsciously, taking out three spirit stones and handing them over.

The vendor looked at the three stones Ye Lingxi handed him with a look of astonishment and said, "Miss, I want money, not stones."

"What?" Ye Lingxi was stunned for a moment.

"We don't have any gold or silver coins that ordinary people use. Let's find a market to exchange some," Lu Fan transmitted his voice.

Upon hearing this, Ye Lingxi had no choice but to give up.

Just then, a young man of about twenty years old suddenly came over, took out three coins, and handed them to the vendor: "I'll pay for this fairy's money."

"I can't accept this," Ye Lingxi said, taking the candied hawthorn from the vendor.

At this moment, Lu Fan could tell that the young man was a cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining, but the other party suddenly paid for him. Could it be that he had figured out that they were cultivators?

But then I thought about it again, and Ye Lingxi must have been seen by this junior when she took out spirit stones to pay, so it's not surprising.

"Seniors, I am Li Xu, and I have come to greet you on the orders of the patriarch!" The young man suddenly bowed.

These words left Lu Fan even more bewildered. He asked, "Patriarch? Whose offspring are you?"

"The junior patriarch is the Crimson-Eyebrowed True Man," Li Xu said.

Upon hearing that it was the Red Eyebrows, Lu Fan was taken aback. Where had he wandered off to? Shiquan Town?

When he was protecting Ye Lingxi, Chi Mei said that he wanted to marry and have children in Shiquan Town and live a mortal life for several decades.

More than ten years have passed since then. I wonder if the Red Eyebrows are doing well now.

"So it's Master Chi Mei," Lu Fan smiled, but then he felt strange. He had stumbled into Shiquan Town by accident, but he hadn't notified Chi Mei in advance. How did he know he was coming?

And they even sent a younger member of the family to wait there beforehand? That's quite outrageous.

"Wait a minute, I remember that Master Chi Mei only retired more than ten years ago, how come there is a junior like you?" Lu Fan asked again.

"I am not a direct descendant of the Crimson Eyebrow Clan Head, but rather a member of a collateral branch," Li Xu replied.

"I see. Then lead the way," Lu Fan said, raising his hand slightly.

Li Xu nodded, then led Lu Fan and Ye Lingxi to the end of the street.

Although Lu Fan didn't know how Chi Mei knew he was coming, he would find out when he arrived at the destination.

"I didn't expect this to be so delicious," Ye Lingxi tasted the candied hawthorn, which was sweet and sour and she seemed quite satisfied. She then handed it to Lu Fan's mouth, and the two ate it as they walked.

About half an incense stick later, the three of them stopped at the gate of a high-walled courtyard. Looking up, they saw the two large characters "Li Mansion" written on the plaque, which should be the original surname of the Red Eyebrows.

This Crimson Eyebrows was, after all, a pseudo-Core Formation cultivator. Now that he had retreated into the mortal world, his status was naturally quite high. His entire mansion was extremely luxurious, and the courtyard was also quite large.

"Seniors, please," Li Xu said, pushing open the door and bowing.

Lu Fan and Ye Lingxi entered the mansion, which was filled with artificial hills, small bridges, and flowing water.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it was the residence of a prince.

What Lu Fan found strange was that there didn't seem to be just the two of them here...

A quick scan with his divine sense revealed that there were at least twenty or thirty cultivators in the entire Li residence, all of whom were at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Now Lu Fan finally understood why Li Xu had invited them over.

It turns out that the Crimson Eyebrows had invited many cultivators, and Li Xu had mistaken Lu Fan and Ye Lingxi for the cultivators who had come to keep the invitation.

It can be said that the whole thing was a misunderstanding.

However, since he was already there, Lu Fan planned to stay for a few days to catch up with his old friend.

"Seniors, you can rest in the guest room for a while. My family head will be back soon," Li Xu said, leading Lu Fan and Ye Lingxi to a guest room.

"Hmm, it's alright," Lu Fan said, raising his hand slightly.

Li Xu then left.

Ye Lingxi looked at Lu Fan and asked, "Lu Fan, is this Crimson-Eyebrowed Master your friend?"

"Hmm, it's strange that he invited so many Foundation Establishment cultivators here. He had already retired back then and should have been spending his later years in peace in Shiquan Town. Why did he invite so many Foundation Establishment cultivators here?" Lu Fan was slightly taken aback.

When a cultivator retires, the ideal is to live a life of seclusion in the city. Once they settle down in the mortal world, they are considered half a mortal and no longer concern themselves with anything in the cultivation world.

However, this Crimson Eyebrows still interacts with cultivators in the cultivation world, which is clearly inconsistent with his reclusive status.

But at this moment, Lu Fan didn't know what Chi Mei was doing, so he stayed in the guest room with Ye Lingxi and waited for Chi Mei to come back so he could find out.

However, it didn't take long.

About two or three hours later, a whooshing sound rang out above the Li residence.

Red Eyebrows flew from afar on a flying sword and landed in the Li residence.

The Foundation Establishment cultivators who had been invited also came out of their rooms after noticing that Chi Mei had returned.

However, Lu Fan and Ye Lingxi did not come out with them, but instead sat by the window in the guest room looking out.

At this moment, Chi Mei stood in front of the main house, cupped his hands to the many cultivators in the courtyard below, and said, "Fellow Daoists, I had some matters to attend to and returned late. I was unable to personally greet you all. Please forgive me."

"Don't be so polite, we've known each other for years and are not strangers. There's no need for such formalities."

"What brings you here, Master?"

Several cultivators asked.

"Hehe, no rush. I'll host a banquet tonight and invite you all to have a good drink first, then we can talk about trivial matters," Red Eyebrows said with a smile.

"Haha, very well, how could we refuse an invitation from a true master?" a bald Foundation Establishment cultivator laughed.

However, this made Lu Fan inside the house even more puzzled. What exactly was the Crimson Eyebrow Gourd up to?