Chapter 225 Banquet

Gao Xian came back from Yujing Palace and took Zhou Ye and Daniu to the Zhang family mansion in Anshanfang.

Don’t refuse a house given by others.

For Zhang Dongling, giving away a house could solve the problem of his life, which was really a great deal.

There were already people waiting in the Zhang family's house. Gao Xian asked Zhou Ye to come forward, and the other party obediently made a simple handover of various items.

After finishing the job, several people left in a hurry.

Gao Xian walked around the house and found that it was not as spacious as Qi Niang's house. Considering that Qingyun City accommodated three million cultivators, such a large house seemed very luxurious.

The Zhang family didn't have an alchemy room, but only a wing room for making talismans, which was quite spacious. Zhang Dongling should be a talisman maker.

The other party left in a hurry, and although the room had been cleaned, he still left behind some items such as pens and talisman papers for making talismans.

These are all fine products used by second-level foundation-building cultivators, and all of them added up are worth about three to five hundred spirit stones.

Old man Zhou Ye got a great bargain and his face was beaming with joy.

Gao Xian called Daniu over and pointed to the talisman-making room and told him how to renovate it.

Today, he has plenty of spirit stones and no longer needs to use charcoal fire to refine pills.

It becomes very simple to transform the alchemy room. You just need to modify the windows to facilitate ventilation and heat conduction, and also guide the aroma of the elixir into the flue, and then convert the next door into a medicinal material storage room.

Zhou Ye stayed in Qingyun City for three years, secretly making talismans and selling them, and got to know many people.

Zhou Ye and Daniu can take care of finding someone to reform.

Gao Xian walked around the mansion and carefully checked inside and outside with the flower-detecting magic mirror, mainly to prevent Zhang Dongling from playing any shady tricks.

For example, hiding some poison, or leaving some curse or nightmare to harm people.

At the level of foundation-building cultivators, there is plenty of time and energy. If you are interested, you can practice some strange and bizarre spells.

Gao Xian felt that Zhang Dongling would not be that stupid, but he had to be on guard.

After checking, nothing abnormal was found.

The house is quite big, and it takes some manpower just to do chores like cleaning and serving tea and water.

Without Gao Xian saying anything, Zhou Ye volunteered to do all the work in an orderly manner.

Gao Xian actually didn't want to stay with Zhou Ye. After all, he was Yuling's father and had been very caring towards him in the past. He was considered an elder, so it was not easy for him to order him around.

In addition, because of Yuling's matter, he was somewhat dissatisfied with the old man.

There was nothing wrong with the incident itself, but the old man's sneaky behavior made the incident distorted.

However, he really didn't have anyone he could trust.

Da Niu is too honest and simple. He can specialize in making elixirs, but if he is allowed to go out and deal with people, he will definitely suffer losses.

Moreover, Daniu needs to concentrate on refining pills and practicing. His aptitude is mediocre to begin with, and if he is distracted by other things, it will definitely affect his future.

After much thought, Zhou Ye is the most suitable person to be a housekeeper. First of all, the old man knows everything about me and is trustworthy.

Secondly, the old man couldn't build a foundation, so he could concentrate on handling various chores. The old man was smooth and experienced, and was quite familiar with Qingyun City, so he could handle various things with ease.

Gao Xian asked Zhou Ye for his opinion, and Zhou Ye of course agreed.

His daughter married into a rich family, but he could not borrow any help from her. However, following a rich man would bring him great benefits.

Gao Xian has relied on Yun Qingxuan again. Even if he cannot win the Qingyun Dharma Assembly, joining the Qingyun Sect is a foregone conclusion.

Even if it doesn't work out, Gao Xian is also a great monk who has established his foundation! Following him will definitely make him ten times stronger than being alone.

"Uncle Zhou, I can't use your help for nothing. I'll give you 100 spirit stones a month..."

"Oh, that's not necessary. What's the relationship between us? If you have no one around you, I will definitely help you. How can I take your spirit stones..."

The old man hurriedly declined and his words were quite sincere.

Gao Xian said, "It's not good for such a big house to be left unattended. I'll trouble Uncle Zhou to take care of it from now on."

“It should be, it should be…”

The old man took the storage bag handed over by Gao Xian with a smile, opened it and saw that it was a space of ten square meters, and contained three thousand low-grade spirit stones.

The old man was even more satisfied. Gao Xian had always been generous, and he became even more generous after becoming a foundation-building cultivator.

He felt a little regretful. In fact, it was a good choice for Yuling to follow Gao Xian, but it was too late to say anything now...

Zhou Ye was greedy for money, but quite capable. With his help, the alchemy room was renovated in two days.

Maids, nannies, and servants were all there.

Qingyun City does not allow slave trading, so these maids and nannies are all hired.

In this regard, one can actually see the background of the cultivator. For example, Zhang Dongling, who was born in a foundation-building family, has trained a large number of people in his family, who are easy to use, loyal and reliable.

It’s hard to say about these hired people.

Gao Xian didn't worry about these chores. After the alchemy room was repaired, he immediately devoted himself to the alchemy business.

For him, the spirit stones earned from alchemy are secondary. The key is the human spiritual light gained from it.

The refined pills can be transported back to Lianyun City via Yunshui Tower, and the shipping fee is only two hundred spirit stones.

With Qiniang presiding over the pharmacy in Lianyun City, the elixirs can be smoothly distributed to the surrounding markets of Lianyun City through various channels.

Now he can be provided with more than 80,000 people's spiritual light stably every month. From November to now, he has accumulated 800,000 people's spiritual light.

Gao Xian felt that the number of human spiritual lights was about 40,000 to 50,000 more, which he thought was due to the picture books and novels.

This also made him interested in picture book novels again, so he took the time to draw two more and planned to find an opportunity to promote them in Qingyun City.

Gao Xian was refining the elixir that day when Zhou Ye hurried in and said, "There are several foundation-building cultivators visiting us outside. They claim to be neighbors. The couple leading them are called Wei Cheng and Wei Shuangshuang..."

Gao Xian nodded. Normally, since he had just moved in, he should visit the neighbors and get to know them better.

It's just that he had too many things to do. He had also taken over Zhang Dongling's house, and he had to attend the Qingyun Dharma Assembly in two months. He had no time to socialize with his neighbors.

Since the neighbor has come to our house, we have to entertain him.

When Gao Xian arrived at the courtyard, he saw four foundation-building monks standing under a beautiful vine trellis. The couple in the front were particularly eye-catching.

The man had a rough appearance, was tall, had broad shoulders and a broad back, and when he lowered his hands, his fingertips were close to his knees.

He was wearing a blue robe and had a four-foot-wide sword at his waist.

Anyone who sees him will feel that he is naturally brave and courageous.

The young woman next to the man had thin eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, and skin as white as snow. She had a delicate figure, with the voluptuousness that only young women have. She was wearing a purple skirt with dark gold hibiscus patterns, and looked extremely beautiful.

She is actually not short, but she looks very petite when standing next to the tall man.

It feels like Bingbing and Yao Ming standing together, except that this big guy has a tough face and a fierce aura, which is very different from Yao Ming's style.

According to Zhou Ye, these two should be Wei Cheng and Wei Shuangshuang.

The other two foundation-building monks also had their own demeanor, and it was obvious that they both had very high levels of cultivation.

Gao Xian went over and clasped his fists to greet them: "My name is Gao Xian. I just moved here. I should have visited all the neighbors first, but I was delayed by something. Please don't blame me..."

Please...collect 6...9...books...!

The beautiful young woman smiled and bowed in return: "They said there was a new neighbor, so we came to take a look. Daoist friend is really handsome, I am very happy to see you..."

These words were quite bold. If her husband hadn't been beside her, Gao Xian would have thought that the other party was teasing her.

Looking at Wei Cheng's calm appearance, he seemed not to care about it at all.

Gao Xian quickly declined the offer: "Fellow Daoist, you are too kind. I don't deserve it."

Wei Shuangshuang smiled sweetly: "I am just like that. I say whatever comes to my mind. Don't be offended, fellow Taoist."

Her face and eyes were full of bright smiles, which were generous and frank, very contagious, and made her look even more radiant and dazzling.

Gao Xian thinks Wei Shuangshuang is really beautiful, and she exudes a straightforward and casual nature, which makes her very charming.

Fortunately, Wei Cheng grew tall and fierce, and his aura was enough to completely intimidate Wei Shuangshuang.

If it were someone with a weaker aura, he would inevitably steal the limelight from this woman, and outsiders might even misunderstand that Wei Shuangshuang was dissolute.

Wei Shuangshuang also admired Gao Xian. The man in blue clothes and carrying a sword was really clear and bright, as elegant as the moon and as unrestrained as the wind. It was hard not to feel close to him.

This man is much better than the gloomy Zhang Dongling.

She took the initiative to introduce herself to Gao Xian: "My name is Wei Shuangshuang, and this is my husband Wei Cheng. I am a wooden man who usually doesn't talk. These two fellow Taoists are Tong Yan and Yuan Lin."

Tong Yan is thin, with ordinary features, and looks unremarkable.

Yuan Lin was also a tall man who spoke quite enthusiastically, but he was very different from Wei Cheng.

Gao Xian greeted them one by one and invited them into the room for tea.

The maid brought tea, and Gao Xian said politely: "I'm new here, so everything is very simple. I'm sorry to have made fun of you fellow Taoists..."

"You are too modest, fellow Taoist."

Wei Shuangshuang was very interested in Gao Xian. She looked at Gao Xian with her beautiful and charming almond-shaped eyes and asked curiously, "I heard that Zhang Dongling gave the house to you, is it true?"

The news has already spread, but no one knows the details and is of course very curious about it.

"Indeed."

Gao Xian did not explain in detail. He believed that Wei Shuangshuang and others could understand what he meant.

Sure enough, Wei Shuangshuang and the others were all amazed. After all, this house was worth 100,000 spirit stones. For a foundation-building cultivator, this was also a large sum of money! Giving it to a non-relative Gao Xian like this, there must be something big going on.

Wei Shuangshuang became even more curious, but she also understood that Gao Xian didn't say these things on his own initiative because he didn't want to say them, and it would be impolite to ask further.

She then asked, "Where are you from? Are you here to attend the Qingyun Dharma Assembly?"

Gao Xiandu explained patiently.

Everyone was even more surprised to hear that Gao Xian was from Lianyun Sect. How could such a small sect have such a talent as Gao Xian? The key point is, how could someone from such a small sect have the ability to make Zhang Dongling kowtow and come to his mansion?

Everyone chatted for a while, and when it was almost noon, they said goodbye and left.

Gao Xian sent a few people to the gate before waving goodbye. Just then, a carriage stopped in front of the gate.

Yun Qiushui, dressed in white like a cloud, floated down from the carriage. He laughed at Gao Xian and said, "Daoyou, you are finally here!"

Gao Xian was also very happy. Yun Qiu Shui might be his only friend in this world.

Just this kind of like-mindedness is very rare.

"You came just in time, fellow Taoist. Let's drink together at noon..."

Wei Cheng, Wei Shuangshuang and others did not walk far, they all saw Yun Qiu Shui.

Wei Shuangshuang's eyes lit up: "What a handsome man!"

Wei Cheng said in a deep voice: "Don't talk nonsense, this man is Yun Qiushui, the son of Yun Changfeng, the head of the Qian Department, the younger brother of Yun Qingxuan, and the direct descendant of the direct descendants of the Qingyun Sect..."

The other several foundation-building cultivators all had stern expressions. Although they were foundation-building cultivators, they were far inferior to Yun Qiu Shui.

Yuan Lin suddenly realized: "With such a friend, it's no wonder Zhang Dongling would bow his head and admit defeat. How dare he not admit defeat!"

Several foundation-building monks all had complicated expressions. It was unexpected that a great sage from a small sect on the periphery had such a powerful connection!

Wei Shuangshuang sighed: "Fellow Daoist Gao must be very capable, to be able to get close to such a person..."

Yun Qiushui didn't pay any attention to the several foundation-building monks in the distance. He laughed and held hands and said, "Shui Yuying is treating us at noon today. Let's go drink her wine!"

He paused and then said, "Daoyou, are you afraid of facing Jindan Zhenren?"

Gao Xian laughed: "To say that I'm not afraid is too arrogant, and to say that I'm afraid is too self-deprecating. With a fellow Taoist standing in front of me, why should I think so much..."

"Hahaha..." Yun Qiu Shui laughed.

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