Tinghai Pavilion, a verdant mountain covered with exotic flowers and plants.
There is a blue palace with carved beams and painted buildings on the top of the peak. Hanging on the palace is a shining blue plaque with three large characters written in a flamboyant style - Tinghai Palace.
Liu Sheng was sitting on the main seat, and Lin Yunfei was reporting intelligence to Liu Sheng.
"Uncle Liu, as you expected, we have carefully checked and indeed found some clues. Han Zhangxiang may not be dead, and may have already entered the Jindan stage."
Lin Yunfei said slowly that Han Zhangxiang and Chen Hongming were old enemies, both of them were equally powerful, with one using a sword and the other a knife. In the war more than 20 years ago, the Huoyun Sect attacked the Han family and Han Zhangxiang died at the hands of the Huoyun Sect. At that time, the Red Algae Sea was in chaos and Tinghai Pavilion had no energy to investigate the truth of the matter. After the war, Tinghai Pavilion focused its attention on the outer sea and ignored this matter.
Han Changming suddenly advanced to the Jindan stage. Liu Sheng felt something was strange. It was not easy for Haige to get a Jindan spiritual object, let alone the Han family.
If Han Zhangxiang advances to the Jindan stage, it would be relatively easier for him to help Han Changming obtain the Jindan spiritual object, which would be understandable.
The last time Han Zhangxiang appeared was when he was in the late stage of foundation building. With his strength, how could the disciples of Huoyun Sect kill Han Zhangxiang so easily
Liu Sheng nodded thoughtfully and said, "In that case, the Han family is very likely to have two Jindan cultivators. The spiritual veins of Huludao cannot provide enough spiritual energy for two Jindan cultivators to practice. We can start from this aspect and make the Han family owe us a favor."
The Han family is no longer the same as before now that they have a Jindan cultivator. Tinghai Pavilion wants to win over the Han family to prevent them from leaning towards other forces.
At this moment, a low beast roar came from Lin Yunfei's body. He quickly took out a light blue magic plate with a strange fish pattern engraved on the front. He entered a magic formula, and a loud male voice suddenly sounded: "Master, Senior Han from Huludao is here to visit you. What do you think?"
Lin Yunfei looked at Liu Sheng, who nodded and instructed, "Junior Brother Lin, go and greet them in person and invite Fellow Daoist Han in."
"Yes, Uncle Liu."
Lin Yunfei responded, bowed and retreated.
A quarter of an hour later, Han Changming walked in with a smile on his face, followed by Lin Yunfei and Li Zifeng.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, I should have come to visit you long ago. I am busy with family affairs and can only spare the time now. I hope that Fellow Daoist Liu will understand."
Han Changming clasped his hands and spoke politely.
Liu Sheng smiled heartily and said enthusiastically: "You are too polite, Fellow Daoist Han. I am very happy that you can come here."
"Fellow Daoist Liu, I am planning to hold a Dan-forming Ceremony in a year, and my son is also planning to get married on that day. Here is the invitation. If you are free, please come to our Han's house for a drink."
Han Changming took out a golden invitation and handed it to Lin Yunfei, who walked quickly to Lin Yunfei and handed it to Liu Sheng with both hands.
"Congratulations, double happiness! I will be there on time. Fellow Daoist Han, who is this?"
Liu Sheng agreed readily and his eyes fell on Li Zifeng.
Han Changming briefly explained what happened. Li Zifeng's face turned pale, his legs trembled, and he immediately knelt down: "Senior Han, Senior Liu, please spare my life! I was blinded by greed and did something stupid. Please give me a chance! I won't dare to do it again."
"Fellow Daoist Liu, no matter what, the Li family is an affiliated force of your sect, so I'll leave him to you to deal with!"
Han Changming handed Li Zifeng over to Liu Sheng for handling. On the one hand, this meant that the Han family was still the same as before and only followed Haige's orders. On the other hand, he wanted to take this opportunity to see Liu Sheng's attitude towards the Han family.
Liu Sheng frowned. He naturally didn't believe Li Zifeng's words. For a fictitious treasure, Li Zifeng would go to Baihua Island to fight? This was not like Li Zifeng's behavior.
It is well known that Li Zifeng is a playboy. Liu Sheng has heard a little about it. Li Zifeng attacked Birch Island probably for Liu Weiwei.
Kill Li Zifeng? This is to give face to the Han family, but Tinghai Pavilion will lose face. Targeting the Han family's relatives should be killed? You have to look at the owner before beating the dog. The Li family is a subsidiary of Tinghai Pavilion after all. Letting Li Zifeng go? That is not giving face to the Han family. Even if Han Changming doesn't say anything, he will feel resentful.
A new official has three things to do when he takes office. Han Changming has already reached the Dan stage, and Li Zifeng just happened to be caught in the crossfire. He can only blame himself for his bad luck.
"Li Zifeng, you are so bold that you dare to kill people and steal treasures. Your Li family's ancestors were disciples of our Tinghai Pavilion. The school has strict discipline. How could such a bastard like you emerge? Fellow Daoist Han, in my opinion, we should kill one person to warn the rest, so as to set an example. What do you think?"
Liu Sheng said murderously.
Li Zifeng was so frightened that his soul flew out of his body. A foul-smelling yellow liquid flowed out from his crotch. He kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Senior, please spare my life! Senior, please spare my life! I will never dare to do it again."
Lin Yunfei rolled his eyes at Li Zifeng, his face full of disgust.
Han Changming said tactfully: "A country has its own laws, and a family has its own rules. I think we should hand Li Zifeng over to the Li family for disposal!"
Liu Sheng wants to kill Li Zifeng, which gives Han Changming enough face. Han Changming also has to give Ting Haige face. This is a game of chess.
Han Changming passed the buck to the Li family. For the sake of the Jindan cultivator, the Li family would probably cripple Li Zifeng even if they didn't kill him.
"That's right. A country has its own laws and a family has its own rules. The Li family has produced such a bastard. We must strictly discipline the family members in the future. Junior Brother Lin, take him away and let the head of the Li family take him back and discipline him strictly. In addition, let the Li family compensate the Liu family and Fellow Daoist Han with a sum of money and property as a punishment."
Liu Sheng said in a stern tone that this matter was turned from a big matter to a small matter, and the face of the Han family and Tinghai Pavilion was saved.
"Yes, Uncle Liu."
Lin Yunfei responded and took Li Zifeng, who was so scared that he pissed his pants, away.
Han Changming sat down on the chair and started chatting with Liu Sheng.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, to be honest, I came to visit you this time to ask for something important."
Han Changming said politely, his tone frank.
"Fellow Daoist Han, please feel free to speak. Our sect has had a long-standing friendship with the nobles. As long as it is within my ability, I will definitely not refuse."
Liu Sheng said politely that an old monster like him who had lived for hundreds of years would naturally not make promises casually.
"Huludao's spiritual vein is still of the second-grade upper grade. Your sect has a deep foundation. I wonder if there is a way to upgrade the spiritual vein? As long as the spiritual vein can be upgraded to the third grade, spiritual stones will not be a problem."
Han Changming said sincerely that in the short term, Han Changming would not leave the Red Algae Sea. The spiritual vein of Huludao was only of the second-grade upper grade. He would stay in Huludao to practice and do half the work.
After reaching the Jindan stage, the effect of the Spirit Gathering Stone on Han Changming became much smaller. If there were hundreds of Spirit Gathering Stones, it would be different.
Ye Xin has studied formations for decades, she knows the basic principles of promoting spiritual veins, and uses formations to confine a large amount of spiritual energy in one place to slowly nourish the spiritual veins. Ordinary forces extract spiritual energy from spirit stones, while large sects use spirit eyes or spirit gathering trees. The latter are better, especially the spirit gathering tree. As time goes by, the spiritual energy emitted by the spirit gathering tree becomes more and more abundant, which will slowly nourish the spiritual veins and improve them slowly. Extracting spiritual energy from spirit stones to promote spiritual veins is like forcing things to grow. The spiritual veins after promotion are fixed, and if you want to promote the spiritual veins again, you have to set up formations again.
During the trip to Ten Thousand Demons Island, Han Debiao and his companions did not obtain the Soul Gathering Tree.
"Upgrading a spirit vein? This may be difficult. Upgrading a spirit vein requires a variety of materials. Forget about other things. Upgrading a second-level spirit vein to a third-level spirit vein requires a large number of mid-grade spirit shells."
Liu Sheng looked embarrassed. Lingbei is a special mineral and can also be considered a currency.
After the scallop monsters died, their shells were buried at the bottom of the sea. After hundreds and thousands of years of evolution, some shells changed and could store spiritual energy.
Both Lingbei and Lingshi contain spiritual energy, but Lingbei are of different sizes, and the amount of spiritual energy stored is different, which is somewhat unstable. Lingshi can be cut into uniform sizes, but if Lingbei are cut, the spiritual energy will easily dissipate. As a result, Lingbei are not suitable as a circulating currency and are usually used to arrange formations. Lingbei mines are mostly controlled by large forces, and it is not easy for small forces to get a large number of Lingbei.
Han Changming knew it very well. If not, he would not have asked Liu Sheng for help.
He understood the implication of Liu Sheng's words. Difficult does not mean impossible. It depends on what conditions Han Changming puts forward.
Take out magic weapons or high-year spiritual medicine? Of course not. If you take too little, Liu Sheng may not appreciate it. If you take too much, Liu Sheng may kill you.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, if you can help improve Huludao's spiritual veins, I will be grateful. If you need my help in the future, I will definitely not refuse."
Han Changming said seriously that there is gain and loss, formation is the weak point of Han family. Ye Xin inherited the skills of a fourth-level formation master, but in a short period of time, Ye Xin's formation level will not improve too fast.
"Fellow Daoist Han, you are serious. How about this! In consideration of the hundreds of years of friendship between the nobles and our sect, I can help upgrade the spirit veins of Huludao to the third level. In addition to the fee of 400,000 spirit stones, you have to agree to one request of mine. I haven't thought of the specific request yet. I will tell you when I have thought it through. Fellow Daoist Han, rest assured that this request will not exceed your ability."
There is no free lunch in the world. It is impossible for Liu Sheng to help the Han family upgrade their spiritual veins for no reason. To upgrade a second-grade high-quality spiritual vein to the third grade, the materials alone would cost 400,000 spirit stones. This is just the cost of the materials. If the remuneration of the formation master and other personnel is included, it would take at least 500,000 spirit stones.
If the request is too high, Han Changming will not agree. If the request is too low, Tinghai Pavilion will suffer a loss.
Han Changming hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed: "Four hundred thousand spirit stones are too much, can we pay it back in ten years?"
The Han family could naturally afford 400,000 spirit stones, but the Han family was not strong enough and needed to hide their weaknesses. Han Changming then proposed to repay the debt in ten years. In this way, the family could use the spirit stones to train a group of capable clansmen, strengthen themselves, and thus obtain more resources for cultivating immortals.