Ouyang Jinfei has also been observing Li Yan. He hopes to see some unusual fluctuations on Li Yan's face, which means that among the things he said, there are things that are very important to Li Yan. If he asks for a favor today, the other party will definitely give him some discounts when he buys pills in the future. He spent a lot of spirit stones to find out this information in advance.
But what disappointed him was that Li Yan kept the smile on his face and did not show any abnormal behavior. This made him disappointed, but he also felt that he did not suffer much loss. As long as Li Yan went to the auction, he would accept his favor.
Seeing that he had finished speaking, Ouyang Jinfei did not delay any longer. This time he turned around and strode away into the crowd with his two disciples.
However, Li Yan's expression gradually became solemn.
"Crystal bone water, there is 'Crystal bone water' here." Li Yan murmured inaudibly.
In addition to the most important "Youwuqiong" tree, refining "Guiyi Fenshui Thorn" also requires five main ingredients: bitterless powder, red mother essence, crystal bone water, jade horn snake, and ice cloud feather. Li Yan had obtained some red mother essence before, and had also heard about the appearance of bitterless powder, but it was bought by a woman. Unexpectedly, he heard about the appearance of "crystal bone water here today. How could Li Yan not be excited? So he looked at the street for a few times and walked forward, but his heart was constantly lingering.
"The crystal bone water appeared in the auction, but I don't know how many people will need it. I only have 120,000 spirit stones and two medium-grade spirit stones on me. The long-distance transmission during this period of time has consumed a lot of it, and I don't know if it will be enough." Li Yan's spirit stones were consumed like water at this time, and he didn't know what the market price of the things he needed was. So he was at a loss for a while, but Pingtu had told him about the origin and characteristics of these materials before. Although the crystal bone water is rare, it is also a very useful thing for refining tools. Li Yan thought of this and felt a little relieved.
After thinking for a while, Li Yan chuckled and shook his head. No matter what, he just had to go and find out.
Just as Li Yan was walking forward along the street while thinking, he did not notice that in a four-story restaurant facing the street, two people were sitting at a table by the window drinking. At this time, one of them was looking back at Li Yan's back with a puzzled look on his face. This person looked to be about 45 or 46 years old, slightly fat, with an elegant face, and wearing a moon-white long gown.
"Friend Wang, do you know that person?" Just as the slightly plump middle-aged man seemed to be thinking about something, the person opposite him picked up a piece of food and put it into his mouth, then poured himself a bowl of wine without any care and asked slowly.
The man called "Friend Wang" relaxed his expression and came back to his senses from his thoughts. He then smiled at the person opposite him and said, "Haha, I have neglected Brother Yi Ze. I just saw a man whose back looked somewhat similar to an old friend of mine. Now that I think about it, it's just a slight resemblance. Upon closer inspection, I realized I recognized the wrong person." The man who was drinking was a Zen monk of the Pure Land Sect. He was wearing a yellow cassock and had a broad back and strong waist. However, he was much younger than the slightly plump middle-aged man opposite him. He looked to be only about thirty years old, but his cultivation had reached the false elixir realm.
The Pure Land Sect's realm division is different from the way monks are called. Monks in the Qi Condensation stage can be called little monks or novice monks; monks in the Foundation Establishment stage are called Zen monks, but outsiders usually use the title of Zen masters to show respect; monks in the Golden Elixir stage are called Buddhas; monks in the Nascent Soul stage are called Arhats, but the world often calls them Masters.
This monk Yize is just a Zen monk. There are quite a few such monks in the Pure Land Sect. The monks with the Dharma name "Yi" have basically practiced for more than a hundred years. There are quite a few who have succeeded in condensing the golden elixir, but there are more who have failed, just like the monk Yize in front of him. He has condensed the golden elixir twice, but both ended in failure. If nothing unexpected happens, in a few decades, his life will end and he will pass away.
At this moment, he was eating big chunks of meat and drinking big bowls of wine as if no one was around. However, the monks in the restaurant did not think much of it. Although most of the monks of the Pure Land Sect did not eat meat and alcohol, they were not averse to it. Some monks even enjoyed it, especially those monks who had a short lifespan and knew that they would never be able to make a breakthrough in their cultivation.
After the slightly plump middle-aged man explained, he raised his wine glass towards Yize and took a sip.
"Friend Wang, you came here today. Why did Shibuyuan only send you this time? What you asked just now is really tricky. So far, there are not many clues, but there is a clue pointing here, so we came here with Uncle Song." After Yi Ze drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp, he suddenly used the method of transmitting sound into the secret.
The slightly plump middle-aged man was deep in thought, unable to shake off the depression in his heart. Upon hearing this, his face twitched inadvertently and a surge of anger rose in his heart. He came here alone, but it was not his original intention.
If Li Yan were here, he might have a vague sense of déjà vu. He was none other than Wang Lang from the Ten-Step Courtyard. However, the Wang Lang at this moment was very different from before. His youthful appearance of high spirits and handsome spirit was long gone. His appearance had entered that of a middle-aged man, and his cultivation was still at the level of fake elixir.
All of Wang Lang's success was thanks to Li Yan. In the battle in the secret realm, Li Yan took advantage of the right time and place, launched a sneak attack, and almost killed Wang Lang. It was really that close. Not even the Jindan cultivator from the Ten-Step Courtyard could save him. In the end, it was because the fourth-level advanced demon cultivator Iron-backed Bronze Ghost Beast in the secret realm took him hostage and suppressed Li Yan's Twelve Fragmented Poison with a little effort, thus temporarily saving his life. Finally, when Wang Lang was exchanged back to the Ten-Step Courtyard, although his life was not in danger, his appearance had changed drastically, and his cultivation had fallen to the late stage of foundation building. With the help of his master who spared no effort to stabilize Wang Lang's cultivation, and with the help of a large number of precious elixirs, Wang Lang practiced hard in seclusion for nearly two years, and finally returned to the realm of false elixir. However, at this time, he had already distanced himself from the geniuses of his peers. His handsome face was no longer there, and his body had become fatter, but he looked like a middle-aged man. This made Wang Lang hate Li Yan who attacked him in his heart, but no matter how he inquired, he could not find out Li Yan's name. The reason was that Li Yan was too low-key in the Wuliang Sect, and only Gong Chenying knew about the attack on him, so there was no third ear. However, Wang Lang only saw Li Yan's naked back.
Although Wang Lang was angry, he couldn't find the person who attacked him. As time went by, this became a thorn in Wang Lang's side. He often saw someone's back and thought he looked like the person who attacked him. Today, when he accidentally saw Li Yan's back, he felt that it looked very similar. However, his reason told him that this was a thorn in his side and it must have broken out again.
Every time he thought of this, he felt a pang of pain in his heart, but it made him more determined to find the person who attacked him and make him suffer a fate worse than death. The only person who could give him the answer to all this was Gong Chenying. However, it was said that Gong Chenying was in seclusion now to achieve the Golden Core and would not go out at all. When Wang Lang thought of achieving the Golden Core, he felt like being struck by thunder. Although his master was willing to use elixirs and cultivation to recover for him this time, his master clearly told him that before the secret realm, he had at least a 50% chance of achieving the Golden Core, but now it is less than 10%. He may need more than ten years of continuous hard practice to have a chance of returning to the peak of the Golden Core.
The reason he went out this time was that he had been feeling uneasy recently. Whenever he meditated, he would always think of the things in the secret realm. He almost went astray several times. When his master learned about it, he could only sigh, saying that this was a sign of the growth of inner demons. At this time, Wang Lang was no longer suitable for seclusion and hard training, and needed to relax for some time.
It happened that some time ago, two or three monks under the jurisdiction of Shibuyuan were killed or missing one after another. These monks were often deacons in important positions within a sect, managing some important areas of the sect. Shibuyuan was vigorously investigating, and Wang Lang gladly accepted the task and went there, taking the opportunity to relax his cultivation mentality.
Wang Lang started out traveling with several fellow disciples, but after tracking them all the way, they eventually separated in unhappiness. The reason was nothing else but that Wang Lang now had a weird personality. Especially when he saw that some of his fellow disciples who were originally not as good as him had begun to catch up with him, and his senior brothers who were not as good as him before were wholeheartedly preparing to form the elixir, he became displeased with everyone and his personality became even more weird and changeable.
After a while, several fellow disciples who came out with him left one after another with various reasons. Wang Lang knew about this, but even though he knew it, he couldn't control his sarcastic attitude when he was with them, so he could only be alone.
At this time, Wang Lang happened to get a clue. Something happened to a Buddha in Daning City, which was under the jurisdiction of the Pure Land Sect, a few months ago. According to an insider in Shibuyuan, there was an item on his body that was very similar to the item lost by a person he was investigating. So he rushed all the way to Daning City. After he arrived in Daning City and found the Pure Land Sect, he heard that the Pure Land Sect attached great importance to the matter and that a Buddha had led several Zen monks to investigate the matter. There seemed to be new clues and they had gone to Yuguan City a day ago.
After Wang Lang rushed to Yuguan City without stopping, he found that the Pure Land Sect's leader, Buddha Liaosong, was discussing something in secret with Buddha Yifa who was guarding the city, so he sent Yi Ze to receive him. After a conversation, the two felt a sense of sympathy for each other as both were people who had difficulty in forming the elixir.
"Oh, Brother Yize, two Jindan cultivators are missing and several foundation-building cultivators have died on my side, and the murderer seems to be looking for something. I wonder..." Wang Lang forcibly removed the image of Li Yan from his mind and asked in a voice transmission.
"Oh, our uncle Yi Guang was killed in a surprise attack, and only the storage bag on his body was lost. This shows that the other party is most likely here for something in Uncle Yi Guang's storage bag, but we don't know what the other party is after. I'm sure you are also aware of this. A Buddha's storage bag can hold too many things." Yi Ze did not explain the cause of death of the Buddha in Daning City, but just mentioned it in passing. After all, it was a very shameful thing. A Buddha died after his yang energy was sucked dry, which is hard to talk about.
"Can you tell us more about the clues you got to see if they are related to what we are investigating? That would be a major breakthrough for both of us." Wang Lang asked suspiciously. The death of a Buddha in the city under their jurisdiction was extremely shocking, but the Pure Land Sect seemed to be very taboo about it. When it came to this matter, they were very secretive or even refused to talk about it.
"Although people were missing or killed before, only some sects or families under their jurisdiction, but now some people have begun to attack the monks of the four major sects. This shows that what they are looking for is extremely important, and they are not hesitant to declare war on the four major sects." Wang Lang thought in his heart. In fact, he also understood that the sects had already had Nascent Soul monks involved in this matter. People like them were just trying to gather some information from the outside. When the time comes, they will pass the information back, and the high-level monks will make judgments and analyses.
"We have received information that there is a person who has contacted Uncle Yi Guang several times recently, and this person may have come to Yuguan City recently, so Uncle Liaosong brought us here to investigate."
Yi Ze's eyes rolled around a few times, but he still didn't say much.
"Haha, Brother Yize, let me tell you this. Among the missing monks on my side, there was one who once obtained a stone bead of unknown material. But I heard that your sect's Uncle Yi Guang has a magic weapon called the 'Immortal Bead', but it is extremely powerful. Moreover, this magic weapon was obtained by Uncle Yi Guang accidentally, and its appearance is also similar to a stone bead." Wang Lang was annoyed and didn't want to argue anymore, so he said it directly.