The vitality of the foundation-building cultivator was extremely strong. His skull was piled together, but his mind was still beating.

The fire roared.

Although weapon refiners usually receive a lot of compliments from their peers, this does not include encountering lunatics.

"Give me back the Five Elements Mountain!"

“…”

Liuhuo roared repeatedly, trying to break free from the five-colored ropes, but no matter how he mobilized the fire spiritual power in his body, he not only could not break free, but the five-colored ropes became tighter.

One can only be shocked by the terrifying strength of Pei Huoyu.

"You died outside first. I waited for you for several years but you didn't come to take it. Who can I blame? It's because you offended other foundation-building cultivators outside."

Pei Huoyu grabbed the blood-stained bronze tripod. He was not good at close combat, but he was just too angry today.

"Which auction, who hosted it?"

"What do you want to do?"

Feeling the murderous intent in Pei Huoyu's eyes, Liuhuo was shocked.

This madman, is he really willing to do this for a second-level, low-grade magical weapon?

"Say it or not!"

“Bang, bang, bang!”

"Say it or not! Say it or not!"

"puff!"

"Stop, stop, stop, I'm telling you, yes..."

"Ah... Pei Huoyu, you dare..."

"puff!"

The scream stopped abruptly, and the only sound in the hall was the steam rising from the fire cage formation all around. Pei Huoyu stood up and threw away the bronze tripod, looking at the corpse at his feet with cold eyes.

After hesitating for a moment, he began to collect the things in the hall, including the corpses.

Finally, he took out the jade talisman that controlled the formation in the hall.

The fiery formation stopped functioning for a moment, and the monk from Yan Yang Ju who was guarding outside and listening to the noise did not notice the brief suspension of the formation.

This large formation is a second-order, mid-grade formation. When it is fully operational, it can block and suppress cultivators in the late stage of foundation building. In the entire Nine-Layered Immortal City, there are not many people who can open this formation from the outside.

People outside had no idea what was happening inside and could only wait for the formation to stop working.

But there is a general guess that Master Liuhuo sold the Five Elements Mountain. Coincidentally, the Five Elements Mountain was sold at auction more than ten times before.

Unexpectedly, it was finally sold at auction, and the owner who was rumored to have died outside came back.

…

A quarter of an hour later.

Outside the auction venue on the fifth floor.

After reorganizing himself, Pei Huoyu walked towards the auction house.

Half an hour later.

There was a loud explosion in the auction hall, and a spiritual light several meters in size exploded in the air, razing the surrounding buildings to the ground.

"Activate the great formation and kill this villain!"

Wenshan, the foundation-building cultivator who presided over the auction of the Immortal City, shot a red arrow from his hand that shot up into the sky, illuminating the Nine-Layered Immortal City.

The explosion of the red arrow caused countless cultivators in the Immortal City to look up in horror.

This is the signal arrow to activate the city defense formation.

Since the establishment of the Immortal City, it has only been used a few times. Each time it is activated, it will only be activated when a foundation-building cultivator takes action in the city.

Rays of spiritual light rose up in the fairy city, forming a series of light curtains that were about to surround the sky.

Boom! A ray of lightning emerged from the closed formation, forming a lightning ball several dozen feet in size in the air, which blasted a big hole in the formation.

"Breaking the forbidden bead!"

Seeing this scene, Wenshan was stunned.

"If you dare to cause trouble in the Immortal City, chase them!"

With the sound of breaking through the air, several streams of light rose into the sky from various parts of the fairy city and chased towards the direction of the hole in the formation.

…

Night falls.

The foundation-building cultivators who had chased out returned and arrived together at the immortal city at the highest point of the Nine-Layer Immortal City.

There is only a stone city here that is a thousand feet in size.

The stone city was built along the rock wall, with a large hall at the back half embedded in the mountain wall.

At this moment, outside the hall, more than a dozen figures of foundation-building monks gathered.

The leader was dressed in gorgeous robes and looked intimidating without even getting angry.

"Wenshan, have you caught the person?"

"Report to the Great Elder, let him run away. This villain is very powerful. Although he is only in the middle stage of foundation building, his combat power is not weaker than that of the late stage of foundation building."

Wenshan lowered his head and spoke.

"What's going on?"

"This villain previously commissioned the city's weapon refiner Liuhuo..."

"Liuhuo is dead." The leading elder said calmly, "I went to Yanyang Residence where Liuhuo was, opened the operating formation, and found that the palace had been looted long ago. This person first looked for Liuhuo, and then went to look for you."

"Is it necessary to mobilize so many troops just for a second-level magic weapon?"

All those present were foundation-building cultivators. They were a little confused at the moment. It was only one or two thousand spirit stones, which was nothing in the eyes of a foundation-building cultivator.

Wenshan frowned.

The leading elder glanced at everyone and said, "The city lord has been in seclusion for many years, making people think that it is time for our immortal city to change its owner. Now a casual cultivator has appeared in the city and killed the weapon refiner and fled. We can't just let this go."

"We must continue to hunt down this thief Pei Huoyu. We have issued a bounty order. Any cultivator who finds his whereabouts will be rewarded."

"Great Elder, messengers from the Bishui Sect and Tianyang Sect have come many times. I don't know how to reply to them."

"Tell them that the city lord is in seclusion for cultivation and will not get involved in the wars between the sects in Chu. As long as the three sects do not fight within the scope of the Immortal City, we will not help anyone."

"Great Elder, the City Lord has been in seclusion for more than twenty years. Now the three sects of Chu are about to go to war. Should we ask the City Lord to come out and take charge of the situation?"

Seeing everyone's eyes focused on him, the leading elder also showed hesitation.

It's fine for a normal Jindan cultivator to practice in seclusion, but for a fake Dan cultivator, apart from comprehending spells, his realm is no longer able to improve. Who wouldn't be suspicious if he secluded himself for twenty years at a time?

Not to mention, there have been rumors that the city lord does not have much time left.

For a moment, everyone's eyes turned to the hall embedded in the rock wall behind.

Inside the main hall is a cave that was dug out inside the mountain. The city lord, Qiushan Zhenren, is in seclusion in the cave.

…

"City Lord, we want to see you."

After an eye contact, the group came to the outside of the hall and bowed respectfully.

Now the situation in Chu State has suddenly changed, and the three major sects that used to be in harmony with each other are showing signs of fighting each other.

As an immortal city independent of the sect, it has been affected.

At this time, only the appearance of the city lord can deter the villains and stabilize the situation.

"The situation in Chu is critical. Please ask the city lord to come out and take charge of the situation."

A group of people prostrated themselves outside the hall, inviting him respectfully again and again.

But there was no movement in the hall.

In the past, they would also ask the city lord for instructions. Although the city lord would not come out, he would still send a message.

Once a sect war breaks out in the State of Chu, the Immortal City, as an independent sect, will inevitably be affected. Such a major event concerning the development and inheritance of the Immortal City should not be ignored when the city lord hears about it.

"Grand Elder."

After repeated invitations, there was still no movement in the hall, and everyone looked at the leading elder.

The leading elder looked back at the people behind him, and after a glance, he stood up and walked towards the hall.

Boom boom

The tightly closed door of the hall was pushed open, revealing a cave deep into the mountain with spirit fire candlesticks embedded on both sides. It was extremely silent.

"City Lord, I have something to report."

After making another move, the leading elder bravely walked towards the depths of the cave, all the way to the innermost part which was blocked by the ochre-colored formation.

…

"City Lord!"

When the formation dissipated, deep in the cave, on a lotus stone platform, a skinny figure wearing a wide robe was sitting cross-legged.

The head drooped, lifeless.

"City Lord!"

More than a dozen figures looked at the figure on the stone platform, and couldn't help but sway, with only one thought left in their minds.

Finished!

Without a city lord, the Nine-Layered Immortal City would no longer be an independent force.

The Bishui Sect, Youhuang Valley, and Tianyang Sect will be able to control them at will.

Then there was a melee among the three sects, and the Immortal City was in danger.

…

Sea of ​​​​Ten Thousand Stars, Chiba Island.

After Shen Lian entered the city, he was not in a hurry to sell the pills he had made. Instead, he focused on going around the shops in the city and buying some herbs.

After some indirect inquiries, he learned that within the Qianye Alliance, the medicine business was mainly monopolized by the two major foundation-building families in the alliance, the Bai family and the Lu family.

Apart from these two, there are not many scattered first-level alchemists.

The main reason is that the level of immortal cultivation within Qianye Island is not high, and it is far away from the central waters of the Wanxing Sea, so there are no powerful fake elixir or even golden elixir families or sects.

There are no strong enemies outside, and several foundation-building families inside have monopolized the resources for cultivating immortals in this sea area.

He wanted to sell elixirs on Chiba Island for a long time, and he would inevitably come into conflict with the Bai and Lu families.

"well……"

Standing outside a medicinal garden in the city, Shen Lian sighed softly.

He is going to break his promise.

I still remember how indignant I was at that time, and I wanted to help my fellow cultivators to lower the price of the pills.

Now that I have become an alchemist, I still have to face the harsh reality.

"What would you like to order, sir?"

When Shen Lian sighed, a woman in a blue dress walked out of the shop with a smile on her face.

Under the long skirt, the white shoes with lotus and cloud patterns moved lightly, and a spiritual light bloomed under her feet.

Not only were lotus flowers growing under his feet, but his upper body also swayed with every step. The surging ocean made Shen Lian dizzy.

(End of this chapter)