Ascension Through Generations

Zhao Sheng's eyes flashed when he saw this, he lowered his head and sent a message to Chen Guanxi and asked: "Fellow Daoist Chen, what are the rules of this gambling fight? Why does the Supreme Elder look so ugly? Is it possible that our Spring and Autumn Alliance has no guarantee of victory?"

Chen Guanxi had a wry smile on his face after hearing this, and lowered his voice before replying: "If we really want to bet on a fight, I'm afraid our alliance has a slim chance of winning! Fellow Taoist Zhao doesn't know that the Xuanxiao Sect has a life-threatening technique. Once activated, The strength of the caster has increased by at least 30% in a short period of time, making it almost invincible for monks of the same level."

Although Chen Guanxi lowered his voice, the people present were at the lowest level of Foundation Establishment. How could they not hear him? The momentum of the others dropped sharply, and the faces of Qifeng and Chiyuan became even darker.

When Gu Yanqiu heard this, his face was as calm as water, but there was a hint of contempt in his eyes.

"Haha, if we want to have a bet, how can we, the Spring and Autumn Alliance, be afraid of the Xuanxiao Sect? Just agree to it!"

At this moment, someone suddenly laughed and said outside the palace gate.

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure flashed outside the hall, and three people walked in.

Then, I saw a thin, white-faced old man wearing a jade-white elixir robe and exuding a rich elixir fragrance striding into the hall.

"Master Xu Chong!" As soon as they saw the person coming, someone shouted out loud.

Qifeng and Chiyuan looked at each other, as if they had thought of something, and looked happy. Master Changkong stroked his long beard and smiled.

When the other guests and elders present saw the visitor, they all stood up and greeted him respectfully, calling him "Master" non-stop.

"The person who came is actually Xu Chong, the famous alchemy master in the Broken Star Sea. It is rumored that this person is one of the few alchemy masters in the Broken Star Sea who can refine the golden elixir. Unexpectedly, this person has actually joined the Spring and Autumn Alliance."

Zhao Sheng was greatly surprised when he saw this situation, but after scanning his eyes, he fell on the two people who came in behind Xu Chong. They were two young men, a man and a woman.

The man was dressed in black, had a sallow complexion, and had an ordinary appearance, but his eyes were shining brightly, and he looked at everyone present with a look of pride.

The woman is in her twenties, with a graceful and graceful appearance, and her body exudes an aura unique to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Zhao Sheng looked at this woman's appearance and suddenly felt something in his heart. He found that she looked somewhat similar to Zhenren Changkong.

The alchemy master Xu Chong led the two of them into the hall under the gaze of everyone.

When Gu Yanqiu saw Xu Chong's appearance, although there was a hint of surprise on his face, there was no excess surprise. He just said with a smile:

"Congratulations to Senior Changkong for getting another big help. With Master Xu Chong joining the Spring and Autumn Alliance, I'm afraid you already have a lot of confidence in this gambling matter?"

Master Changkong's eyes flashed, and he said with a chuckle: "The special envoy is joking, this gambling fight is a last resort, if the Xuanxiao Sect gives in, I don't want to hurt each other's harmony.

Gu Yanqiu smiled and said nothing, with an inexplicable meaning in his eyes.

At this time, Xu Chong stepped forward and exchanged a few words with the three Jindan Masters of the Spring and Autumn Alliance and Gu Yanqiu. Then he pointed at the young man and introduced him in front of everyone: "Let me introduce it to everyone. This is my little disciple Ge Chen, a few years ago, when I was exchanging experiences with fellow alchemists in the Alchemy Cauldron Sect, I saw by chance that his talent was quite good, so I accepted him as my disciple. As for Yao'er, I don't need to introduce him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Master Chi Yuan joked: "Yao'er, the daughter of the Spring and Autumn Alliance, you are so precious! Why don't you say hello to your father and uncles when you meet them!"

When the pretty woman heard this, she said coquettishly: "Uncle Chi, you are making fun of me again!"

After saying that, she bowed to Master Changkong Yingying and said respectfully: "My daughter Chu Yao has met her father. It has been a long time since we last seen her, and her father looks much cleaner."

"Yao'er, get up! In the past ten years, have you followed Master Xu Chong to travel to the Central Continent? Have you gained anything?" Master Changkong flicked his long sleeves, and a red light came out, helped Chu Yao up, and asked seriously road.

"My daughter will naturally gain a lot..."

While the father and daughter were having a conversation, Zhao Sheng showed a very interested expression on his face.

As a human being, he once again heard the name of the Danding Sect. Recalling all the events in his previous life, he couldn't help but sigh that time was passing by and things would never come back.

Then, he suddenly became very interested in the alchemy master Xu Chong. He wanted to learn alchemy, and this person was the best candidate.

From this moment on, Zhao Sheng took up the idea of ​​Xu Chong and secretly thought about how to learn the true teachings of alchemy from him.

After a while, Xu Chong and his two disciples Chu Yao and Ge Chen took their seats one by one. The atmosphere in the hall had become eager and cheerful because of the alchemy master's joining.

Gu Yanqiu was very interested in Xu Chong. During the chat, he hinted at solicitation several times.

A master of alchemy, which was very rare even on Zhuque Island, was enough for Gu Yanqiu to put down his efforts and recruit him.

However, in the face of Gu Yanqiu's solicitation, Xu Chong smiled and spoke calmly, but he had no intention of being tempted at all.

Gu Yanqiu hit a snag. Although he was secretly angry, his face didn't show any abnormality.

After he chuckled, he turned around and said to Master Changkong: "Since the Spring and Autumn Alliance has the help of Master Xu Chong, I think the gambling battle has been settled. This junior will go back to resume his life and go to Xuanxiao Sect to set a date for the gambling battle. ."

"In this case, let's go, special envoy! Fellow Taoist Qifeng, you can see off the guests for me." After Master Changkong nodded, he had no intention of staying, and ordered to the old Taoist Qifeng next to him.

Although Master Qifeng is the deputy leader of the Spring and Autumn Alliance, he showed no sign of reluctance at this moment. He immediately agreed and sent Gu Yanqiu out of the hall in person.

When Master Qifeng returned to the main hall, Master Changkong's eyes slowly swept across the main hall. Seeing the respectful expressions of everyone, he smiled slightly and spoke kindly. "Okay, let's stop here today. Let's go back and do our own business. I will announce the gambling issue to everyone after I have discussed it with the two deputy leaders. Come on down!"

"Well, in compliance with the order of the leader of the alliance, I will leave first!" Everyone in the hall stood up and shouted loudly, then said goodbye and left.

After Zhao Sheng and others stood up and said goodbye, in the blink of an eye, only Master Changkong and the two deputy leaders were left in the hall, as well as Xu Chong and his two disciples. .

"Yao'er, you and your senior brother should go down and rest first." Master Changkong pondered for a while and then said to Chu Yao.

Chu Yao lightly claimed "yes", but the arrogant Ge Chen's eyes flashed with dissatisfaction. He hesitated to speak, but was pulled out of the hall by his junior sister.

In the blink of an eye, only four people, Master Changkong, Master Qifeng, Master Chiyuan and Xu Chong were left in the hall.

The four of them discussed some alliance secrets in the main hall. It was obvious that Xu Chong had a very close relationship with the Spring and Autumn Alliance, and those alliance secrets were not concealed from him at all.

But the strange thing is that the four of them didn't mention a word about the gambling and fighting with Xuanxiao Sect.

More than half an hour later, when everything was said and done, and Qifeng, Chiyuan, and Xu Chong stood up to leave, Master Changkong suddenly said lightly:

"By the way, the leak of the Seven Star Reef's spiritual veins needs to be investigated carefully. Fellow Taoist Qifeng, I'll leave this matter to you!"

"Yes, alliance leader!" Qifeng Lao Dao narrowed his eyes, then raised his hands and said yes.

Master Chi Yuan was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't say anything, but retreated wordlessly.

After he was the only one left in the hall, the smile on Master Changkong's face slowly faded, and he slapped his right hand heavily on the jade chair.

The next moment, the jade chair was silently shattered into a pile of powder.

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After leaving the main hall, Zhao Sheng declined Meng Qiyi, Zhao Guanxi and others' invitation to get together, but agreed to visit each cave in person in the next few days.

After saying goodbye to everyone, Zhao Sheng made his flying sword transform into a sword rainbow and went straight to Xiaguang Island, a branch of Jiuzhen Island.

Xiaguang Island Danhuofang,

As soon as Zhao Sheng landed on the street of Danhuofang, he immediately smelled the unusually strong fragrance of Danhuofang and medicine.

Danhuofang is the city on Jiuzhen Island that specializes in elixir refining, selling elixirs, and has the most elixir shops. It has the most alchemists and a huge flow of people.

There are various medicine shops and alchemy shops on both sides of the streets in Fangshi. The streets are crowded with people. From time to time, you can see an alchemist wearing an alchemy robe walking through the streets surrounded by a group of casual cultivators. There are endless compliments.

It can be seen that in this Jiuzhen Island, the status of alchemists is not generally high, and the relationship between supply and demand is seriously imbalanced.

As evening approached, Zhao Sheng walked out of the market with a slightly disappointed expression.

It turned out that he went around the Alchemy Shop and visited all the elixir shops in the city. He bought a lot of various elixirs and elixir seeds, but the alchemy furnace that caught his eye was... I didn’t buy a single one, let alone the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire.

After repeated inquiries, he learned that the sale of heaven and earth spiritual fire, elixir recipes, and alchemy furnaces were mostly monopolized by the Alchemist Association. The Alchemy Square City only allowed the trading of ordinary elixir recipes and alchemy furnaces of average quality.

As for the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire, it is a forbidden item of the Alchemist Association, and it is extremely difficult to appear in shops in the city.

The Alchemy Society has a very high reputation and potential power on Jiuzhen Island. All the alchemists on the island, without exception, have joined the Alchemy Society.

Its external station is located under the Sunset Peak of Xiaguang Island.

After leaving Fangshi, Zhao Sheng had already made up his mind. Without saying a word, he released the flying sword, transformed into a sword rainbow, and flew away towards Sunset Peak.

Just a few minutes later, a sword rainbow flew from a distance at high speed. When it approached a mountain with white smoke, the sword rainbow turned and fell rapidly.

Zhao Sheng dispersed the sword light and stood at the foot of Sunset Peak.

The Wanxia Peak mountain is quite peculiar. From a distance, it looks like a large red chimney. The top of the mountain is a sunken valley, and the deepest part is a steaming volcanic lake. There are caves carved out of the surrounding mountain walls. Isn’t it there? Alchemists wearing alchemy robes came in and out.

There is a large number of buildings at the foot of the mountain, with several palaces of different sizes standing in the middle. The most magnificent hall among them has the three characters "Alchemist Association" painted in gold paint.

After Zhao Sheng took a brief look at the building complex in front of him, he walked towards the Cauldron Furnace Hall.

After he showed his guest badge to the guard at the door, he successfully entered the cauldron hall.

As soon as Zhao Sheng stepped into it, a young man in white robe with a three-eared pill furnace tattooed on his chest came up to him.

"This fellow Taoist is so polite. Are you here to buy an alchemy furnace, or do you have an alchemy furnace to sell?" the young man in white robe asked in a respectful tone.

"Well, I want to buy a good alchemy furnace. It should be of better quality. A spiritual weapon-grade alchemy furnace would be the best." Zhao Sheng said in a calm tone. .

When the young man in white robe heard this, his eyes widened, his expression became more respectful, and he said quickly: "Senior, please come with me. Master Jin Ming is on duty, and he must have an alchemy furnace that you are satisfied with."

"lead the way!"

After Zhao Sheng responded, he followed the white-robed young man through the main hall, walked through a corridor, and came to a side hall.

Entering the side hall, they saw a short, fat old man with a bald head and beard, holding a rusty alchemy furnace in his hand, placing it in front of his eyes, and carefully observing the inscriptions on the surface of the alchemy furnace.

Zhao Sheng glanced at the other person and knew that this person was the so-called Master Jin Ming.

The young man in white robe came forward and whispered a few words to the old man.

The short and fat old man put down the alchemy furnace, turned to look at Zhao Sheng, and suddenly smiled and said: "It turns out that a business is coming! Fellow Taoist, please come over quickly. I don't have much else, but the most high-quality alchemy furnaces. I hope you come here with pleasure and return satisfied!"

Zhao Sheng smiled slightly, walked forward, bowed his hands in greeting, and sat opposite the old man.

As soon as he sat down, the short and fat old man couldn't wait to ask: "I wonder, friend, what level of alchemy furnace do you want to buy?"

Zhao Sheng said calmly: "Do you have a spiritual weapon-level alchemy furnace?"

"Huh?! This... this... is hard to handle!" The short, fat old man took a breath and rubbed his hands with confusion on his face.

"Is it possible that my fellow Taoist doesn't have one in his hand? Such a great alchemist wouldn't even have a spiritual weapon, alchemy furnace!" Zhao Sheng raised his eyebrows, deliberately bringing out a hint of provocation in his tone.

Master Jin Ming almost jumped up when he heard this and said directly: "How is it possible? Let alone one statue, there are ten or eight statues. We can take them out, but..."

"But what? Fellow Taoist, you might as well say it bluntly."

After Zhao Sheng finished speaking, he released his Foundation Establishment Realm aura, and at the same time took out the guest token and pushed it in front of the short, fat old man.

Master Jin Ming sensed Zhao Sheng's foundation-building aura and saw the token again. He immediately relaxed and said with a smile: "It turns out that he is a senior guest of the Spring and Autumn Alliance. Now it's better. We are all members of the same family. There is no need to mention some rules. ."

Without asking, the short and fat old man immediately explained to Zhao Sheng.

It turns out that the alchemy furnace is a special type of magic weapon, and the difficulty of refining it is much more difficult than that of magic weapons of the same level. The spiritual weapon-level alchemy furnace is even more difficult.

Even with the strength of the Alchemist Association, the number of spiritual weapon alchemy furnaces available for daily trading would not exceed twenty.

In order to prevent the spiritual weapon alchemy furnace from being lost, the Alchemist Guild secretly made a rule not to sell it to "outsiders" unless the outsider can produce a treasure that makes the guild excited.

The Spring and Autumn Alliance is the overlord of Jiuzhen Island, and the Alchemist Association must also be protected by it, so the foundation-building guest in the alliance is not an outsider.

But even so, the transaction of the spiritual weapon-level alchemy furnace must follow the rules of bartering, and spiritual stones must not be used to trade.

To put it bluntly, the alchemist would be so rich that he would look down on mere spiritual stones, except of course the top grade spiritual stones.

After listening to the explanation of the short and fat old man, Zhao Sheng was silent and felt a little embarrassed.

He thought over and over again, and found that there were not many things in his hand that could be traded, and the most suitable one was "Essence of Alchemy: Hundred Pill Prescriptions" written by Shen Hezi.

Do you really want to exchange this alchemy book for an alchemy furnace?

He was a little undecided for a moment.