Chapter 44: Agreement
"I, Luo Xuanyi, am willing to give Shen Ranming the elixirs that I can obtain to improve his cultivation, in exchange for the information Shen Ranming provides about the Weird Equipment Pavilion that he can access."
Chen Ranming observed the transparent pen and found that Luo Xuanyi didn't seem to be lying at all, which made him very satisfied. He knew that the contract was invalid, no matter how exaggerated the words were, which was why he didn't argue with Luo Xuanyi. He then picked up the pen, repeatedly looked at Luo Xuanyi's handwriting, and wrote crookedly: "I, Chen Ranming, would like to exchange the knowledge and information of the Guiqi Pavilion for the cultivation elixir provided by Luo Xuanyi."
After writing it, the contract, though damaged, could still be divided into two. Luo Xuanyi pretended to be careful to keep it, and Shen Ranming followed suit to avoid revealing any flaws. Both parties were satisfied, their faces full of smiles. Luo Xuanyi didn't care whether it was binding or not. It was just a target, so that she could easily provide Shen Ranming with elixirs that were harmless in themselves but would definitely damage his Dao body. As for the information about the Weird Equipment Pavilion, Shen Ranming had no reason to refuse it. It wasn't his life. As long as Shen Ranming wanted to improve his cultivation, he had to at least be perfunctory in his eyes.
Shen Ranming assumed Luo Xuanyi was unaware of the ineffectiveness of the contract, and the Transparent Pen confirmed she wasn't lying. This allowed him to safely consume the elixir Luo Xuanyi provided. As for the Weird Weapon Pavilion, he couldn't access it right now, and even if he asked for it, it wouldn't matter. After all, the Weird Weapon Pavilion wouldn't provide him with the resources for cultivation.
"Since the contract has been signed, here are the Star-Swallowing Pills I took from the vault. Take them." Luo Xuanyi pulled a Star-Swallowing Pill from her storage bag, which had been specially placed in a porcelain bottle. She then took out three bottles and placed them on the table. She explained the Star-Swallowing Pill's benefits to Shen Ranming in detail, omitting the part where impurities would settle in the body. Upon hearing that the Star-Swallowing Pill could quickly accelerate his cultivation progress, Shen Ranming was overjoyed and snatched all three bottles into his arms.
"From what you said, taking this pill for cultivation is good, but it makes too much noise, and I can't always find a quiet place to go out." Shen Ranming touched the porcelain bottle with some reluctance. He didn't dare go to a deserted place. No one meant no rules, and there were many hidden dangers.
Luo Xuanyi pretended to think about it, then took out a bottle of Silent Pills and pushed it in front of Shen Ranming. "This is Silent Pill, take it. When you take the Star Swallowing Pills for cultivation, take one and hold it in your mouth. One pill will last for six hours, and I guarantee no one will notice anything you do around it."
Shen Ranming opened the porcelain bottle and found that it contained five Silent Pills, which was much more crowded than if they were one in each bottle. Shen Ranming became more aware of the importance of the Swallowing Star Pill and felt that he could not lose this mobile medicine storehouse.
It’s a pity that I don’t have any information that she might be interested in yet, so I can show my loyalty to her and put her mind at ease.
"You must hurry up and improve your cultivation. Don't waste a single moment. Otherwise, if you fail to provide what I want, I will take the contract to Feiyan Pavilion to cancel it."
Shen Ranming's heart sank upon hearing this, secretly thinking he hadn't considered this. If she really took it and found out it was a fake contract, the sect would punish her. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm more anxious about the progress than you are! It's just that I really don't have anything to give you in exchange right now."
Luo Xuanyi said, "No, you do. I've long been curious about what kind of treasure Feiyan Pavilion's lower chamber is forging that's why they're so secretive. Now that you're in the lower chamber, can you get access to this kind of information?"
"What's the big deal? I can tell you right now." Shen Ranming shrugged, a gloomy look on his face. "They're just some mining tools, a bunch of crudely made picks. They're not treasures at all. Because the tools for mining spirit stone ore need to be specially made, and the quantity is large, and they don't need to be too delicate, so we, a group of people who don't know much about it, are allowed to touch them. The powder on me is the material used for refining tools."
Luo Xuanyi couldn't help but feel a little surprised. She had a feeling that the reason the lower chamber was closed to outsiders and the disciples weren't allowed to tell anyone else was simply to make mining hoes. Why was it so secretive? There had to be some strange connection.
Shen Ranming said this, impatiently touching the porcelain bottle in his hand. "If there's nothing else, I'll leave first. If you need anything, please contact me through voice transmission." Then he hurried away. Luo Xuanyi couldn't imagine it for a moment, so she had to suppress her doubts in her heart. She had received too many doubts today, and she had lost the motivation to question Su Yang. It was more important to strengthen her own cultivation.
Since she had come to Danxin Pavilion, she went to the warehouse to get a batch of herbs for alchemy and put them in a storage bag for emergency use. Her heart had already flown back to Zhaojian Palace to see the magical effect of the Soul-Locking Curse.
After returning, Shen Ranming went to Sikong Qian to report, and then returned to the Didi Pavilion without stopping. Today, because he helped deliver the bamboo slips to Ruoyu Peak, a place that no one wanted to go, he didn't need to refine weapons anymore and had five hours of free time, which was perfect for trying the Swallowing Star Pill and the Silent Pill.
The lower pavilion hadn't been lit with any mermaid candles. Looking out, only the faint glow of countless workshops lit up, barely enough to illuminate the vast darkness. In fact, the workshop flames were so blinding in the darkness that they were practically blinding. But the lower pavilion was so vast that Shen Ranming even wondered if the Blood Transformation Ridge had been created because of its excavation. He walked toward his small workshop cubicle, but after only a few steps, he was showered with mineral dust. By the time he reached his seat, his clothes were even weighed down by the dust.
He was so used to it that he didn't even bother taking a picture. The compartment had no doors or windows, just three vertical panels. While spacious, the massive copper furnace in the center took up two-thirds of the space. Add to that the water clock used for timekeeping and the ore and hoes piled against the partitions, nearly crushing the compartment. Meditation was barely possible. Some who developed rapidly sat in crooked, cramped positions, making even a single Great Circulation difficult to function, making cultivation even more difficult.
In reality, practicing in such an environment would have had some impact on the Dao body, but the flow of spiritual energy was so great that it was barely noticeable. Shen Ranming observed that everyone around him was busy refining their weapons. After confirming that no one was paying attention, he carefully took out a Star Swallowing Pill and a Silent Pill and placed them in his mouth.
A huge flow of spiritual power flowed silently into Shen Ranming's body. He seized the time to practice and circulate the energy in his body, and was completely unaware that the mineral powder covered by darkness flashed the last ray of light.
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