"Alright, since Fellow Daoist Lin isn't selling Magic Explosion Pills this time, let's get down to business."

He glanced at the crowd and said something. Seeing that everyone immediately quieted down, the old man Jianghe continued, "

The reason I've gathered everyone here today is to ask you for a favor.

Eight or nine cultivators gathered in this bamboo house because of Elder Jianghe.

Every two or three months, Jiang He would lead everyone to hunt low-level monsters in the deep mountains. Therefore, all of you fellow cultivators here have benefited from Jiang He's kindness to some extent.

Moreover, Jiang He possessed the cultivation level of the ninth level of Qi Refining, which was higher than everyone else's cultivation level, thus inspiring awe and reverence among the fellow cultivators.

Therefore, when Elder Jianghe summoned everyone this time, everyone attended except those who had other commitments.

"As you all know, I reached the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining five years ago."

Actually, I started preparing for breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage twenty years ago.

About 20 miles outside the county seat of Xiagu, I have a tea plantation that I have been running for 20 years. It has made the area seem to have twice the spiritual energy of the outside world.

Of course, although my place is not as good as this one, it is still much better than the outside world, and it is also suitable for me to break through my cultivation level.

Because one of my enemies somehow knew that I was about to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, he tried to cause trouble at my Red Tea Manor.

Therefore, in order for me to smoothly break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, I would like to ask all of you fellow cultivators present for a favor.”

As he spoke, the old man Jianghe paused for a moment, and Zhang Wude, who was standing beside him, smiled and said, "

"Mr. Jiang, what kind of help do you want us to give you?"

"I want you to do something very simple for me: when I'm about to break through to a higher realm, you should all visit my Red Tea Manor and stay there for a few days."

Once you go to my place, my enemy will know that there is a group of cultivators at my Red Tea Manor, and he will be wary and dare not easily disturb my breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Of course, I won't let you do things for me for nothing.

My tea plantation has been in operation for twenty years. Now, three Golden Spirit Tea Trees have grown into Grade A tea trees. One ounce of Golden Spirit Tea leaves is equivalent to a month's cultivation time for a Qi Refining Stage 7 cultivator.

If you visit my Red Tea Manor when I break through my cultivation level, and stay there until I break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, I will give each of you two ounces of Golden Spirit Tea, plus one hundred low-grade spirit stones for each day you stay at the Red Tea Manor.

I wonder if you would be willing?

"Elder Jiang, not to be nosy, but if you fail to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, will you still give us spirit stones?"

Seeing that no one spoke, Zhou Chengwu couldn't help but speak up.

“I’ve been dealing with you all for over four years now, and has anyone ever seen me go back on my word?”

Jiang He said.

Zhou Chengwu nodded, smiled, and said:

That's true. Dealing with you, Mr. Jiang, is quite reassuring.

However, if your enemies come knocking when you break through to a higher realm, we can't just sit idly by. The only question is, can we afford to offend Elder Jiang's enemies?

Everyone's eyes lit up as Zhou Chengwu asked the question that everyone wanted to know.

"My enemy originally had the cultivation of the middle stage of the ninth level of Qi Refining, but he fought with me three months ago and I severely injured him, allowing him to escape."

Three months have passed, and I estimate that he can now only exert the strength of the early stage of the ninth level of Qi Refining at most.

"If my enemy really comes knocking, as long as we all stand united, he won't dare to force his way into the Red Tea Manor."

The old man from the river spoke slowly.

"I was just thinking that Elder Jiang was willing to give us first-grade spiritual tea and a large amount of spirit stones, so it turns out he wanted us to deal with a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining."

This is not a good thing.

Zhang Wude frowned slightly and said in a low voice.

Although the benefits offered by Elder Jianghe were indeed tempting, dealing with a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining was not an easy task.

Among those present, apart from Jiang He, three people have the highest cultivation level, but they are only at the eighth level of Qi Refining. The others are at the seventh level of Qi Refining, the sixth level of Qi Refining, and Lin Xiaofei is at the fifth level of Qi Refining.

Once that Qi Refining Level 9 cultivator engages in combat with them, given their combined strength, they would at most be able to fight to a draw against a Qi Refining Level 9 early stage cultivator.

If someone gets injured during the fight, it's equivalent to weakening their side's strength. If they are picked off one by one by that Qi Refining Level 9 cultivator, things will be terrible.

Moreover, even if they could defeat that Qi Refining Level 9 cultivator, it would be equivalent to offending a Qi Refining Level 9 cultivator, which is not something they can afford to provoke.

Furthermore, if they defeat their opponent but Jiang He fails to break through to the next realm, and this is discovered by the Qi Refining Level 9 cultivator, once they leave Red Tea Manor, they will go their separate ways. This would make them easy targets for the Qi Refining Level 9 cultivator, since they hindered Jiang He's revenge when he was breaking through to the next realm.

Zhang Wude hesitated for a moment and said:

When Elder Jiang broke through to a higher realm, I decided to go and visit him.

As for you fellow cultivators, would you be willing to make a trip to the Red Tea Manor?

"Thank you for your support, Fellow Daoist Zhang."

I have been at the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining for more than five years. Now is the best time for me to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. If I delay for another six months or a year, my body will gradually age, which will be detrimental to my breakthrough.

Although I have an enemy at the ninth level of Qi Refining who is secretly watching me, this time if I break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, it will be a huge leap for me.

Otherwise, once the optimal time for breaking through to a higher realm has passed, it will be very difficult for rogue cultivators like us to ever reach the Foundation Establishment stage again.

As he spoke, the old man Jianghe sighed and said, "

Aside from Fellow Daoist Zhang, could any of you fellow Daoists lend me a hand?

"Alas, for us rogue cultivators to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage is harder than climbing to heaven."

Zhou Chengwu said in a low voice.

Everyone fell silent. None of the fellow cultivators present were not independent cultivators. For independent cultivators, even reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining was a difficult task, let alone breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Lin Xiaofei glanced at everyone and thought about his own situation. He had joined the Qingfeng Gang and, by chance, obtained the first volume of the Dewdrop True God Technique, thus embarking on the path of cultivation.

After years of diligent cultivation, if it weren't for a powerful spatial bead that allows him to grow any ordinary herb that accelerates his cultivation, he estimated that he would have had a hard time reaching the fifth level of Qi Refining perfection.

He wouldn't have come here this time if it weren't for seeking a method of Qi refining up to the ninth level.

However, when Lin Xiaofei arrived here, these rogue cultivators were unwilling to sell their Qi refining methods, which made him realize that it was truly difficult for rogue cultivators to cultivate immortal techniques.