"I can't accept this price!"
"Call your stewards here!" Lu Xuan exuded the aura of the peak of the eleventh level of Qi Refining, making the female cultivator realize that Lu Xuan was not someone to be trifled with or fooled.
"Please wait a moment, senior. I will have Steward Xu come to discuss the matter of this cave dwelling with you. I am sure the price will satisfy you."
"I hope so." Lu Xuan nodded perfunctorily after hearing what the other party said, even though he didn't quite believe it.
If even with the arrival of this Deacon Xu, the goal still cannot be achieved.
Lu Xuan had no choice but to find another place.
After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, a middle-aged man in a blue Taoist robe walked over. He was a cultivator at the peak of the twelfth level of Qi Refining.
"May I ask your honorable name, fellow Daoist? Would you mind joining me in the elegant pavilion next door to discuss the rent for this cave dwelling?"
"Very well! My name is Lu Xuan." With Lu Xuan's current cultivation level, he could even fight against a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator. This Deacon Xu looks like he's just a Qi Refining peak cultivator.
"Please. This way, Fellow Daoist Lu." Soon, Steward Xu invited Lu Xuan to a private room next door.
"Let's get straight to the point! We're both cultivators, and neither of us wants to waste any time, right?" Lu Xuan said with a faint smile.
"Of course." Deacon Xu said calmly, clearly indicating that he was likely to offer Lu Xuan some preferential treatment.
"How about five hundred spirit stones?"
"Five hundred spirit stones? It's gone from nine hundred spirit stones to five hundred spirit stones?" Lu Xuan blurted out, his expression full of doubt.
"Haha." Deacon Xu chuckled.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, you may not know this, but the situation of the cave dwellings of independent cultivators here is sometimes different. The cave dwelling on Little South Mountain is indeed usually priced at nine hundred spirit stones!"
Then Deacon Xu continued to explain:
"But the second-tier spiritual vein beneath that Xiaonanshan cave is sometimes there and sometimes it doesn't!"
"Oh! What's going on? Can spiritual veins just disappear for no reason? This is quite an eye-opener for me." Lu Xuan's expression changed.
"To be honest, it's like this: the cave dwelling on that Little South Mountain is quite nice, but some of the underground spiritual veins are prone to shifting or declining along with the earth's veins!"
"Therefore, the second-tier spiritual vein beneath the Xiaonanshan cave will not reappear for another six months!"
"The price will be nine hundred spirit stones again then!" Deacon Xu explained with a smile.
"There was definitely a problem." Lu Xuan was glad he hadn't left.
"Five hundred spirit stones is a bit expensive, but it's barely acceptable. He's only broken through to the twelfth level of Qi Refining here, and will at most be in seclusion for a month. The abundant spiritual energy here will still be very beneficial."
Give the other party five hundred spirit stones.
Lu Xuan received a restriction token, several bottles of late-stage Qi Refining pills and Bigu pills as a bonus.
"Very well, then I wish you success in breaking through your cultivation level and becoming a peak Qi Refining cultivator!" As expected of someone with worldly wisdom and experience, Deacon Xu spoke with impeccable manners.
"Hehe, breakthroughs aren't that easy. Thank you, Deacon Xu. Hope we meet again."
After Lu Xuan finished speaking, he summoned his flying sword and flew away on it.
After a dozen or so breaths.
They arrived at a small mountain range located on the edge of Yunmeng City.
One of the mountains is called Xiaonanshan! There is a cave there.
This is the cave dwelling of a rogue cultivator that Lu Xuan just rented for five hundred spirit stones.
"Actually, a second-tier spiritual vein is of little use to me. A peak first-tier spiritual vein is enough for me to cultivate to the twelfth level of Qi Refining."
Lu Xuan muttered to himself.
However, we must first refine the legendary top-grade pill for the Qi Refining stage, the Purple Infant Pill.
The formation that opened the cave.
Lu Xuan put the restriction token back into his storage bag.
Upon entering the cave, he discovered that it was very spacious.
It occupies an area of at least 100 square feet!
The top is covered with priceless luminous pearls!
There are arrays around it that gather spiritual energy.
There is also a Qi Refining Peak defensive formation around the cave, which is impossible for cultivators below Foundation Establishment to break through!
Fighting is prohibited within a hundred miles of Yunmeng City.
Every day, the righteous alliance's patrolling disciples can be seen in the vicinity.
Safety is guaranteed.
When you are in seclusion for cultivation, you don't have to worry about being disturbed.
Then they arrived at the spirit beast room.
"The infamous ancient demonic insect, the Black Demonic Insect, seems to need proper nurturing. Perhaps it can be used to deal with early Foundation Establishment cultivators in the future! It can be considered a trump card."
Lu Xuan put less than a hundred black demon insects into the spirit beast room.
Then, he touched his mid-grade spirit beast pouch and took out three bottles of spirit-feeding pills.
This is for spirit beasts in the late stage of Qi Refining.
The one Lu Xuan fed to that ordinary puppy before was the lowest grade of Spirit Feeding Pill.
"A communication talisman?"
Lu Xuan had just discovered a communication talisman, a low-end version of flying sword communication, which could only be used by cultivators at the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage.
I opened it and took a look.
It was sent by Yu Qingzi, the head of the Tianhai Sect:
[Something has happened at Tianhai Sect. Quickly return to your sect to resist the Heavenly Demon Sect!]
"Sss~"
"Do you think I, Lu, will go back?" Lu Xuan sneered.
He threw the communication talisman into the nearby fire!
"Second-tier Earth Fire!"
This is indeed a good place for alchemy.
"Purple Infant Fruit!"
Lu Xuan took out a Purple Infant Fruit from the treasure cauldron in his dantian and used his alchemy skills to turn it into a small pile of spiritual fruit liquid.
"True Essence Alchemy Technique!"
"The Heavenly Sea Cauldron!"
"Five Elements Fire Control Technique!"
In one breath, Lu Xuan activated several spells and began the long process of alchemy.
In the blink of an eye, fifteen days have passed.
Yunmeng City, Xiaonanshan Cave.
Everything outside is the same as usual.
Only a few independent cultivators occasionally passed by.
Inside the cave.
Lu Xuan sat upright, circulated his cultivation technique several times, and then exhaled a breath of cool air.
"Isn't the temperature of this spiritual spring too cold?"
Just now, Lu Xuan not only refined the Purple Infant Pill he had been dreaming of.
They also found an underground spiritual spring beneath the cave.
It turned out to be the legendary [Frosty Purple Spring].
This sacred spring can be used to irrigate medicinal herbs and accelerate their growth.
Furthermore, this item can enhance a cultivator's physique after consumption. It is an unparalleled treasure for cultivating body-based techniques.
As luck would have it, Lu Xuan had a body cultivation technique that he had obtained by chance in his storage bag.
[Nine Revolutions Sacred Body Technique!]
With this item, one can begin practicing this body cultivation technique.
As for taking the Purple Infant Fruit to break through to the twelfth level of Qi Refining.
Lu Xuan always vaguely felt that his state of mind was not right.
"Alright, I'll go out and temper my mind again, and while I'm at it, find out what I need to pay attention to when cultivating body-cultivation techniques."
After making the decision.
Lu Xuan flew directly out of Xiaonan Mountain and entered Yunmeng City again.
"The Longevity Pavilion, a gathering place for independent cultivators?" Lu Xuan inquired and learned that there was a place nearby where independent cultivators gathered to discuss the Dao, called the Longevity Pavilion.
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