Enduring humiliation for three years, seizing the elixir, the treasure, and the holy maiden.

A low table was placed in the center of the hall.

On the table was a plate of spiritual fruit, with water still clinging to the peel.

Li Huaizong pushed the plate of spiritual fruits towards Su Chen.

"Senior, these are three-hundred-year-old spirit peaches from the spirit field behind our sect's mountain."

"The quality is ordinary, please bear with it, senior."

Su Chen didn't touch the plate of fruit.

He sat on the main seat cushion, one leg bent, with his sleeve draped over his knee.

Ying Ning'er stood half a step behind him.

After the girl entered the hall, she didn't even look up to the sides.

The four elders, however, were staring intently at her.

After several attempts to stab him, no one dared to speak.

"Shen Shu".

Li Huaizong called out.

"Step forward and serve tea."

Shen Shu responded.

He held a white porcelain cup in his hand and walked very steadily.

He walked up to Su Chen and placed his hands on Su Chen's head.

"Please have some, senior."

Su Chen reached out and took it.

As her finger touched the rim of the cup, she glanced at the boy.

He was dressed in a moon-white robe, more upright than the pillars in the hall.

In the early stages of the Nascent Soul stage, the primordial spirit is very tightly condensed, unlike those who accumulate it through the accumulation of elixirs.

This kid has some connections.

Su Chen brought the cup of tea to his lips and took a sip.

The tea wasn't very good.

The snow-capped peak, seven hundred years old, is still a little short of perfect.

However, in such a small sect, this cup is already a treasured possession.

"sit."

Su Chen put the cup on the table.

Shen Shu was taken aback.

The Void Refinement cultivator offered him a seat?

He glanced at Li Huaizong.

Li Huaizong quickly pressed his hand down.

Shen Shu then sat down on the last futon.

As he sat down, his eyes inevitably glanced towards Ying Ning'er.

Ying Ning'er didn't look at him.

"Sect Leader Li."

Su Chen spoke up.

"I have not come here to reminisce about the past."

"There's a deal to be made."

Li Huaizong leaned forward slightly.

"Please speak, senior."

"The Snow Abyss Pavilion on the Xuanhuang Continent."

Su Chen tapped his knee with his fingers.

"Once a third-rate sect, it has now come under the control of Luoyan City."

"It became a subordinate sect."

Li Huaizong's heart skipped a beat.

He knew about Xueyuan Pavilion.

I've also heard a bit about Su Chen and Bai Luwei, the Holy Maiden of Xueyuan Pavilion.

It is said that Xueyuan Pavilion has recently made several trips to Luoyan City for this marriage.

"Luoyan City is now the number one city for independent cultivators on the Xuanhuang Continent."

Su Chen lifted his eyelids slightly.

"City Lord Li Ziran, a cultivator at the Refinement stage."

"And then there's me, the great honorific."

"Two experts at the Void Refinement stage are in charge."

The four elders inside the hall stared wide-eyed.

Two cultivators at the Void Refinement stage.

The Starry Sky Dao Sect is known as the number one sect in the Xuanhuang realm, and it is only headed by a Refinement Void cultivator.

"so."

Su Chen picked up the teacup again but didn't drink it.

"It can defeat the Starry Sky Dao Sect."

Li Huaizong pressed his palms on his knees.

"What you mean, senpai, is..."

"I intend to make the biggest deal ever made in the Xuanhuang Continent – ​​the deal for magical artifacts."

Su Chen then swallowed the tea.

"From high-level magic treasures at the Void Refinement stage to miscellaneous items used by Nascent Soul cultivators."

"Spiritual materials, array plates, fragments of scrolls, ancient diagrams."

"I will handle anything that I can get my hands on."

"Luoyan City has plenty of spirit stones and independent cultivators, so business is never a problem."

"What's lacking are experts in appraising treasures."

Li Huaizong's breath hit his throat.

Jianbao.

For two thousand years, Baoguang Pavilion has lived on just these two eyes.

"The highest-ranking appraiser hired by the auction house in Luoyan City is a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator."

Su Chen tapped the bottom of the cup on the table.

"I am not satisfied with this."

"That's why I've come to invite you to Baoguang Pavilion."

"For no other reason than..."

"It's for your sect's method of appraising treasures."

Li Huaizong sat there, his mind racing through the accounts.

Baoguang Pavilion's annual income comes from various sects coming to it for appraisal.

A gift of 300,000 spirit stones can be given about twenty times a year.

Six million.

With 230 people assigned to the task, the disciples couldn't even afford a single batch of pills.

If one enters Luoyan City...

The backer of the Refining Void Sect, and the appraiser of the Xuanhuang First Magic Weapon Shop.

Li Huaizong's hands clenched tightly inside his sleeves.

He opened his mouth.

It opened, then slowly closed again.

Su Chen saw him do this.

"What?"

"Is there a problem?"

"senior."

Li Huaizong lowered his waist.

"This junior... has something I dare not keep silent about."

"explain."

"The current situation of the Xuanhuang Continent..."

Li Huaizong's voice lowered.

"Master Hongfu".

The four elders inside the hall all lowered their heads.

These three words cannot be casually mentioned in the Xuanhuang Continent at present.

"That senior is at the Integration Realm."

Li Huaizong's lips moved twice.

"Several years ago, she made a statement in Tian Shu Star City."

"All sects on the Xuanhuang Continent must submit to her."

"All sects are watching and waiting, and no one dares to make the first move."

"Now, Luoyan City has intervened unexpectedly..."

"If these two hundred and thirty of my men were to join the ranks of Luoyan City..."

"What if that senior is unhappy?"

Li Huaizong lowered his head even further.

"I'm afraid my lineage won't even leave behind ashes."

The hall fell silent for a few moments.

The bamboo grove outside the hall was swept by the wind, and the sound of the leaves overlapped.

Su Chen pushed the empty teacup onto the table.

Push it to Ying Ning'er's feet.

Ying Ning'er bent down, picked up the cup, poured a new one, and brought it back with both hands.

Su Chen accepted it.

"That Master Hongfu."

Su Chen chuckled.

The laugh wasn't loud, but Li Huaizong felt a chill run down his spine.

"Sect Leader Li need not take it to heart."

"In the end, he is also one of my seniors."

Li Huaizong slowly raised his head.

They lifted it halfway, then froze in place.

senior?

Is someone at the Integration Realm a senior in this person's words?

In other words, Su Chen in front of us also has a connection with that Master Hongfu?

"Luoyan City is not currently under the command of Master Hongfu."

Su Chen took a sip of the freshly brewed tea.

"You, a third-rate sect member, have entered my Falling Goose City."

"That senior wouldn't take such a small matter so seriously."

"not to mention."

Su Chen put the cup down.

"I have some connection with that senior."

"She won't make things difficult for Luoyan City."

"Furthermore, I will not make things difficult for my people."

This sentence landed.

Li Huaizong's heart, which had been pounding for so long, suddenly sank back down.

The weight made him feel weak on one side.

There is a historical connection.

He has a connection with Master Hongfu, who is at the Integration Realm.

Li Huaizong understood immediately.

I was just thinking about something.

They were figuring out which powerful patron to latch onto.

This senior Su didn't take sides at all.

Its background is naturally Tongtian.

"I understand."

Li Huaizong stood up from the prayer mat and bowed deeply.

"There are 237 people in Baoguang Pavilion."

"From this day forward, all shall be under the command of Luoyan City."

"For any item that Luoyan City needs to appraise, our sect will be there immediately upon request."

"If there is even the slightest hesitation, senior, just tear down this mountain gate."

The four elders rose to their feet and bowed in unison.

Shen Shu also got up.

As he cupped his hands in greeting, his eyes glanced at Ying Ning'er again.

Ying Ning'er still didn't look at him.

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