Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

Time flies quickly, and these past few days, dark clouds have gathered over the mountain peaks, with constant tribulations of pills being refined.

Cao Yan's pill refining skills have left everyone in awe.

Cao Yan mobilized the heavenly fire power within everyone's bodies to condense the pill furnace, simultaneously refining three furnaces of pills.

Qiu Xin from the Five Hells Sect, upon learning of this matter, immediately contacted the other four major sects.

He responded to almost every item on the list provided by Li Guanqi and the others.

Moreover, he didn't take a single cent, only requesting that twenty percent of the pills from each furnace be left for them.

Li Guanqi thought he was getting a good deal, but on the third day, Cao Yan couldn't help but say,

"Brother... when I was in the Heavenly Qi Wasteland, people only charged me ten percent at most for refining pills."

"So... don't think we're getting that much of an advantage."

One sentence made Li Guanqi completely understand how terrifying Cao Yan's pill refining skills were.

They spent every day together, eating the pills refined by Cao Yan, and didn't feel anything special.

They simply didn't know how outstanding and extraordinary Cao Yan's pill refining skills were.

With Cao Yan's current pill refining skills, he would be a highly honored guest in any pill hall or pill refining sect.

Just like Gu Li.

He usually uses seal characters that cost tens of thousands at every turn.

Little did they know that the disciples in the Great Xia Sword Sect were reluctant to use even the lowest-level seal characters drawn by Gu Li.

Because every seal character drawn by Gu Li was several times more powerful than the same seal character drawn by other talisman masters.

Today, Gu Li's seal characters circulating in the black market within Ju Prefecture have been炒到天价 (speculated to sky-high prices).

They are all masters in their respective fields.

Just like Li Guanqi felt that the refiner of that Azure Cloud Talisman Pen was very skilled.

Li Guanqi drank wine, looking at the three little ones running back from afar, and smiled knowingly.

Meng Wanshu sat on a stone, propping her chin with her hand, tilted her head, looked at Li Guanqi's absent-minded eyes, and softly asked,

"What are you thinking about?"

Li Guanqi took a sip of wine.

"I'm thinking... how is the Human Spirit Realm now?"

"Who has ascended over the years?"

"How are Lao Lu and the others? When will Brother Ji and the others ascend?"

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Chen and Tang Ruo, who were not far away, were slightly stunned.

They also had people they cared about in the Human Spirit Realm.

Unknowingly, everyone had ascended for several years, and they were still somewhat concerned.

As they spoke, everyone's hearts felt a little heavy.

Now their cultivation realm was already not low, but they had no way or channel to return to the Human Spirit Realm.

Even Cao Yan and Tang Ruo had never heard of a method to descend to the lower realm...

Perhaps their level was not high enough.

Or perhaps... the cost of descending was extremely high.

Li Guanqi took a deep breath and looked at everyone with a smile.

"Don't be so depressed."

"It has only been eight years since we brothers ascended to the Immortal Realm, and we have already reached the realm that others can only reach after thousands of years of hard work."

"Perhaps it will be difficult to go down, and it will cost a lot."

"But as long as we are strong enough, we will still have a chance to go home and see."

"Otherwise, where did those immortals who descended in the past come from?"

Everyone smiled slightly, and their mood relaxed a little.

Li Guanqi beckoned to Ye Feng.

"Second brother, your Hidden Sword Technique... I don't think you should use it easily."

Ye Feng raised an eyebrow.

"Why?"

Li Guanqi's mouth turned up.

"The longer it is hidden... the stronger the killing power will be."

"So you still have to work hard in the way of the sword on weekdays, and you can't always think about relying on the power of the Hidden Sword to solve difficulties."

Ye Feng nodded.

"I understand, big brother."

After a moment of silence, Ye Feng said softly.

"Do you think... when Qing'er ascends in the future, will there be any grudges between Lao Si and her?"

Li Guanqi laughed loudly when he heard this.

"Do you think Lao Si is the kind of person who is fickle?"

Ye Feng did not speak.

Li Guanqi looked at Xiao Chen, who was grinning with Tang Ruo, and sighed.

"Actually... among us, the one whose personality has changed the most is Lao Si."

Saying that, Li Guanqi turned his head to look at Ye Feng and smiled slightly.

"Since your father was willing to give up all his wealth to protect you back then, you have become very稳重 (steady)."

"When we left the sect to go out and experience, the mountain beast hunting team, the Abyssal Purgatory, and many other things happened later."

"You have always been their true second brother."

"Perhaps... it is precisely because of the identity of 'second brother' that you have inexplicably taken on many burdens and worked hard."

Ye Feng smiled slightly and shook his head, his eyes gently sweeping over everyone.

"They are all great, my second brother... should be."

Li Guanqi also nodded in agreement.

"But... Xiao Chen's change is really big."

"When you were in the Heavenly Demon Palace, none of the brothers flinched."

"Xiao Chen's temperament at that time was a纨绔子弟 (prodigal son), but he didn't expect to be highly regarded by Senior Longhou."

"Later... the war between humans and immortals."

Li Guanqi's voice suddenly became a little low, and his eyes looked at Xiao Chen, who was laughing, with a恍惚 (trance).

"You were all pulled into a special illusion, you all fell into a deep sleep, you should not know what happened."

"Only Lao Liu was slightly awake and told me later, I knew... how much of a real man Lao Si was in the illusion."

Ye Feng wanted to continue to ask what happened in the illusion.

Li Guanqi just smiled without saying a word, and looked at Ye Feng playfully and joked.

"Accurately speaking... except for me, all of you owe Lao Si a life in that illusion."

Ye Feng was struck by lightning when he heard this, and his whole body was stunned.

When he turned his head to look at Xiao Chen, he saw him waving his hand with a carefree傻笑 (silly smile).

"Second brother, come over and drink!"

Li Guanqi said softly.

"So... don't doubt him for this kind of thing, I believe Lao Si is not that kind of person."

Thunder rumbled above the sky, and the last three furnaces of pills were refined.

Cao Yan exhaled lightly, opened his eyes and swallowed two pills, and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

The majestic fragrance of the pills spread out.

Cao Yan's eyes brightly took out dozens of pills from the three pill furnaces.

The blood-red pills were shrouded in an ethereal light, covered with dense pill patterns, and exuded a fragrant aroma.

The thumb-sized pills were not small, and a golden pattern slowly wandered on them.

Looking closely at the golden pattern, it looked like a烛龙 (Torch Dragon)!!

Cao Yan divided the pills, looked up at Li Guanqi and smiled.

"Big brother, the body refining pills are refined!"

Li Guanqi looked at the five jade boxes in front of him and gently pushed them to Cao Yan.

"Keep this for yourself, after all, my physique is likely to have no effect after taking this pill now."

"Keep the rest for the others, don't give it to Lao San."

Cao Yan pursed his lips and did not speak, but still handed three pills to Li Guanqi.

"I'll keep the rest, you still have to keep these three, big brother."

"I had already considered some issues, so big brother's share is more biased towards replenishing qi and blood."