In the small courtyard of Dengtong Lane, Jiang Yuebai borrowed Lu Nanzhi's quiet room to make the elixir.
Ever since he learned from Li Shenzhi that the Kong family had an innate spiritual treasure with gold attribute, Jiang Yuebai became anxious.
It has been more than three years since Liusha Territory obtained the earth spirit object.
In the past three years, she had searched no less than a hundred places but found nothing. This was the first time in more than three years that she had obtained an extremely accurate clue about a spiritual object, and it was right in front of her.
However, the difficulty and obstacles in obtaining it are greater than ever before.
The Kong family's secret vault is so large that even a cultivator who has reached the state of Divine Transformation would not be able to break in easily. Even if he were to find the things in there, he would not be able to leave with them in his life.
Sniff~
Black smoke came out of the alchemy furnace. Jiang Yuebai suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly turned off the fire to check.
A furnace of bone-strengthening pills is wasted!
"well… "
Jiang Yuebai supported her chin and sighed softly. Her Earthly Evil Fire was too fierce. She had to concentrate on controlling the fire while refining the elixir and could not be distracted.
"If Xiaolu's fire could be a little milder, it would be good to put it under the alchemy furnace to control the fire."
Jiang Yuebai supported her head and thought for a while, then sighed, took out the formation diagrams given to her by Master Fuyi, and rubbed her face to make herself concentrate.
"As Master Fuyi said, it is too difficult to learn from the basics in the early stages. Others can directly use the array diagram to set up the array, but I am still here studying the principle of the connection and change between the array points. But I am uncomfortable if I don't understand it!"
Jiang Yuebai took out a pen and paper and lay on the ground, looking through the formation diagram, writing and drawing, turning the wheel on the Eight Formation Disk, and deducing with his fingers.
It is said that there are a lot of formations in the secret maze of this Fengyun Conference, and those who are proficient in formations will find it easier to find a way out than others.
"... I can now use the Eight Arrays Plate to create a three-turn chain formation of wood, fire and earth. If I'm careful, I can easily kill a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator. But without water and gold, it can't form a cycle. My spiritual power is only enough to support the three-turn chain formation for about an hour..."
"In addition to the twenty-four formations that I can use now in the Eight Formation Plate, I also need to prepare a few formations that don't consume my spiritual energy just in case. Let me see... Hmm? This Five Absolute Heavenly Thunder Formation looks good."
Jiang Yuebai took out one of the formation diagrams given to her by Master Fuyi, turned over and lay on her back on the ground to look at it.
"Use the five elements lightning array, according to the number of five, and arrange the array according to the five elements' generation and restraint directions. When the five elements generate each other, the lightning will gather into a tide, and you can't escape even if you have wings. When the five elements restrain each other, the lightning will explode and the sky will be filled with death. There is no survival."
"This formation can use the strength of the foundation to trigger the power of the golden elixir. It looks very powerful, but the scale of this formation is not small. It is not something that I can set up alone..."
Jiang Yuebai continued to study and read. As he was reading, he felt his mouth was a little empty, so he took out a box of Baishui area's specialty, mugwort green rice dumplings, and started to eat them. The green rice dumplings were sticky and chewy, and they didn't stick to his hands after being dipped in glutinous rice flour. The red bean paste inside was also very sweet.
"Is it tasty?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Jiang Yuebai, who was biting the green dumpling, suddenly opened his eyes wide. He quickly spat out the green dumpling in his mouth and stuffed it into the box. He then threw the box into the alchemy furnace, wiped his mouth, and climbed up.
When the door of the quiet room was opened, a handsome man in green was standing in the yard. Although his features were gentle and good-looking, Jiang Yuebai could see some sternness in them.
“Master!”
Li Jiuchuan looked at Jiang Yuebai and saw that her cultivation was only half way to the late stage of foundation building. He showed a satisfied expression. Then he saw the white powder at the corner of her mouth that had not been wiped clean, pursed his lips and shook his head.
Jiang Yuebai clenched his hands, shrank his neck, and said weakly, "Master, if I say I just took a small bite out of curiosity, would you believe me?"
Jiang Yuebai grinned awkwardly, with bean paste from the green rice dumpling still on his teeth.
Li Jiuchuan did not reprimand her, but only looked around, "Why don't you even activate the protective formation in the courtyard? If I were a villain and you were practicing, you would be in danger!"
Although she has the master's divine consciousness on her and the master can easily find her within the range of his divine consciousness, she should not be able to enter the yard so easily.
"Master, wait a minute."
Jiang Yuebai searched every room but didn't see Lu Nanzhi, and immediately understood.
"It's Anan. She has been a little absent-minded recently. She must have forgotten it when she went out. Master, please sit down. I will make you some tea. Baishui area is known as the hometown of spiritual tea. The pre-rain tea here is especially delicious."
Jiang Yuebai invited Li Jiuchuan to sit in the yard, and swiftly took out a small red clay stove to boil water and make tea.
Li Jiuchuan sat down and said, "The Grand Elder already knows about Lu Nanzhi's affairs and is discussing it with her master, Guanghan Jianjun and the Sect Master. Tianyan Sect will not ignore her."
"Really?" Jiang Yuebai looked up in surprise.
Li Jiuchuan took the teapot from Jiang Yuebai's hand, put it under his nose and sniffed it, his eyes brightening slightly.
"Well, I came here after returning to the sect. However, the Tianyan Sect has the instructions of the ancestor that we cannot interfere in the affairs of the Lu family. This matter is related to the Fang family, so we have to handle it in a roundabout way, which may take some time and effort."
"Please take good care of Lu Nanzhi these days. The Grand Elder said that she is gentle on the outside but strong on the inside, and she is also stubborn and willful. He said that she would not reply to messages sent to her, fearing that she would act impulsively."
Jiang Yuebai nodded hurriedly, "Okay, I'll talk to Anan about it. If it doesn't work, I'll just follow her every day."
Li Jiuchuan made tea himself. "You don't have to follow her every day. Don't push her too hard. Just pay more attention to her. Also... Fang Mingyi of the Fang family, was it you who did this to her?"
Jiang Yuebai's scalp tightened, "Master, what are you talking about? Who is Fang Mingyi? I don't even know him. I have been practicing and studying in the courtyard these days and have not been anywhere."
Master has just arrived in Kong Fangcheng, how come he is so well-informed
Li Jiuchuan smiled and said, "Before I came here, I went to Fang's to deliver a letter to the Fang clan leader on behalf of the clan leader. I heard many people secretly talking about Fang Mingyi being put in a sack in the suburbs, stripped naked and beaten so badly that even his mother couldn't recognize him. I knew it was you right away."
"It really wasn't me!" Jiang Yuebai said confidently, "I am the eldest senior sister of Tianku Peak. I act uprightly and will never do anything that would damage the reputation of my master or the image of the sect."
Li Jiuchuan laughed and shook his head, "Okay, let's not talk about others, tell me about your experiences over the years."
Tea boils in the red stove while the master and his apprentice chat.
Jiang Yuebai talked for a long time, pouring out to Li Jiuchuan all the thrilling, sad and painful experiences she had experienced over the years.
"… That's it. Now I only need the gold and water spiritual items. I've had bad luck in the past three years. I've searched everywhere but to no avail and got cheated several times. I almost couldn't see Master. Now I heard that there's a gold-type innate spiritual treasure in the Kong family secret vault, but that's in the Kong family secret vault. I really have no choice, Master~~"
Jiang Yuebai had disheveled hair and was shaking the little Ganoderma lucidum on his head with a look of grievance and sadness on his face.
Li Jiuchuan put down the teacup with a peaceful look on his face, "Your head is full of crooked ways. Although the world of cultivation is cruel, it is not completely without morality. Sometimes you can use legitimate means and channels to get what you want. You don't have to steal or rob. Even if the world is like this, you can't go with the flow. You must always stick to the bottom line in your heart and don't pollute your own Tao heart."
Jiang Yuebai blushed, "But it's such a valuable thing, how much face do I have to have to let others give it to me directly?"
"The ancestors of the Kong family entered Taoism through literature, and there are still many disciples in the family who cultivate the noble and upright spirit. I have met the head of the Kong family several times. He is a man of great knowledge. You go and tidy up your appearance and follow me to visit the Kong family."
Jiang Yuebai was smiling happily. It was great to have her master's care and help. Even if she returned empty-handed this time at the Kong family, she was still happy.
(End of this chapter)