"Brother, I seem to have misunderstood you?"
On the way down the mountain, Nezha pondered for a long time and suddenly asked.
"Hmm? What misunderstanding?"
"The eldest brother of Taixuan Jiufeng has always been well-known. I originally thought that you would be a calm, steady, humble and respectful master of cultivation, but now I find that I was wrong."
"The words of those pilgrims down the mountain are all lies."
The little girl looked a little aggrieved.
"So what kind of person do you think I am?" Li Changan was a little curious.
"lazy!"
The little girl thought about it for a moment and added, "You're quite shameless."
Li Changan stumbled, "Stinky girl, Senior Brother is doing this for you. What do you think cultivation is? Is it just about burying your head in hard work?"
"Wealth, friends, Dharma, and land—resources and wealth come first. You have talent, opportunity, and the ability to work hard, but you also need a lot of resources to support you. Otherwise, how do you think you can defeat Xiao Gan from Taixuan Peak? Just eating one ginseng fruit would be enough for you to practice for several years. Do you think you have a chance without these pills?"
Li Changan said earnestly, "I wanted to build a solid foundation for you, to get you and Xiao Gan on the same starting line, and I even risked my dignity to ask for help, but in the end, you actually scolded me..."
Nezha was suddenly a little panicked. She really didn't expect Li Changan to have such a big reaction.
Could it be that he really does everything for himself?
"Brother, I..."
"Gone, sad."
Li Changan rubbed his eyes like a bullied child.
At the foot of the mountain, Zhou Yuan and his apprentice Xiao Gan were blocking the road, staring at Li Changan as he walked down the mountain road.
"Li Changan, why are you running to Danyang Peak instead of teaching Nezha to cultivate?"
Li Changan put down his hands that were rubbing his eyes and rolled his eyes.
“What’s it to you?”
Zhou Yuan was choked, "Did you ask Master Danyun for the elixir again? Are you trying to use the elixir to increase Nezha's cultivation level and win our previous bet?"
"Yes, is there a problem?"
"Can you please have some sense of contract? This is a fair bet, why do you play it like this?"
Although Taixuan Peak is much richer than Xiaoqiong Peak, it is still not enough compared with Danyang Peak. Ginseng fruit is a spiritual fruit of heaven and earth, and it is impossible to just give it to Xiao Gan to take. However, the pills refined by Uncle Danyun do not have this restriction. As long as you do the right thing, you can get as much as you want.
"Brother Zhou Yuan, I never told you before that we can't ask Uncle Danyun for help. Besides, can you guarantee that your disciples won't take elixirs during this year of cultivation?"
Zhou Yuan's expression froze. Of course, he couldn't guarantee it.
"That's it. What we're competing for is the final result. Why should you care about the means I use?"
"But Junior Brother Chang'an, aren't you afraid that the foundation of your cultivation built up with elixirs will be unstable?"
Li Changan rolled his eyes. "Don't worry about it, old man. None of my disciples from the Ninth Peak have ever had unstable foundations. You should think more about how to help your disciples reach higher realms."
He waved to Nezha behind him and said, "Let's go to Shuihan Peak to find Senior Sister Taichi. She has the Cold Spring Spirit Liquid. Later, we need to find Senior Sister Baipao at Jianlu Peak to borrow his sword forest, and Senior Sister Qinhuang at Chiyan Peak. The strange fire..."
Zhou Yuan bared his teeth and looked at Li Changan who walked away with his head held high. Finally, he couldn't help but sighed to the sky.
"Alas, disciple Xiao Gan, we lost."
Xiao Gan got anxious when he heard this, "Master, how did we lose? This is just the beginning..."
Zhou Yuan sighed, "I lost because I have to save face..."
…
Although Li Changan is well-known and has cultivated many peerless geniuses for Taixuan Sect, Nezha is, after all, just an ordinary person who does not know how to practice. It is not something that ordinary people can do to quickly improve their cultivation while laying a good foundation.
Therefore, even though the leaders of the Taixuan Peaks mostly have a playful attitude, they still have a certain degree of confidence in the disciples they accept.
Until the news of Li Changan's whereabouts spread among Taixuanzong.
"Have you heard about the bet between Li Changan from the Ninth Peak and the others? It's said that the bet will last for a year, and they want to see which of the new disciples recruited this time will make faster progress in cultivation..." The gossip among the various peaks was heated.
"Everyone knows about this. I even heard that Senior Master Zhou Yuan from the First Peak even took out the ginseng fruit and bet on Xiao Gan to win. But this time, I'm afraid he's going to lose miserably..."
"How do you say that?"
"Hehe, you don't know, that guy Li Changan secretly visited several main peaks. Not only did he cheat a lot of elixirs from Master Danyun, but it is said that he also cheated Master Taichi of the Cold Spring Spirit Liquid, Master Baipao of the Sword Forest, and Uncle Qinhuang of the Strange Fire..."
"Wow, isn't this cheating? Is there a way to play it this way?" Someone was stunned.
"...From the way you sound, he should be this year's new disciple, right?" the man asked with a squinting eye. "What's so surprising about this? If Li Changan had stayed quietly on the Ninth Peak, I'd have thought it was wrong."
"Yes, in our Taixuan Sect, who hasn't heard of the infamous scammer Li Changan? Tsk tsk, if you ask me, this is a very Ninth Peak move."
“…”
Many newcomers were shocked. Are what these people said really the same as what they thought in their hearts?
I am responsible for deceiving Li Changan. This name is quite domineering!
"Brothers, since we're bored, how about we play a game? I'll bet two spirit crystals on the Ninth Peak to win. How about that?"
"Okay, okay, I'll take ten and bet on the ninth peak..."
"I have twelve..."
For a time, everyone in Taixuan Sect placed bets one after another, covering several generations of Taixuan disciples.
On the ninth peak, Li Changan was unaware of the craze he had created. After spending most of the day traveling around Taixuan Sect, the two finally returned to their starting point.
At the summit of Xiaoqiong Peak, Li Changan looked at Nezha solemnly and instructed him, "The way of cultivation is to cultivate Qi and build a foundation, return to the origin and enlighten the mind, enter the spirit and return to emptiness, and ascend to heaven step by step."
"While Qi training is the beginning of cultivation, it is the simplest, yet also the most important. If you want to reach the pinnacle of cultivation, you must have the strongest and most solid foundation."
"So I ask you, is it important to practice Qi at the beginning of cultivation?"
Nezha looked serious and nodded solemnly, "It's important, Big Brother!"
Li Changan shook his head. "No, practicing Qi is pure nonsense. It's not important!"
Nezha “…”
The little girl grinned, not knowing what to say.
Li Changan laughed arrogantly and said, "So-called Qi training is actually using one's own essence and blood to guide and temper the primordial Qi of heaven and earth. It's just that due to the limitations of my own physique, I can't directly consolidate my foundation and return to the original state. Hehe, we are different!"
Li Changan placed the pills in his arms one by one on the stone table, and then took out a small basin of cold spirit liquid he had obtained from Shui Hanfeng, and a porcelain bottle filled with dark yellow flames.
"We have so many treasures that we don't even need to sense the Zhoutian Hunyuan Qi. Come on, little Junior Sister, let Senior Brother teach you how to build your foundation directly!"
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