Longevity Gu Dao: Start From Refining Infatuation Gu

Chapter 49: Zhang Cheng's Generous Gift, Traces of the Demon Cultivator

"Alright, Uncle Zhang, I understand. I'll take this pill cauldron," Zhou Sui carefully considered and immediately made a decision.

After all, he was currently lacking a pill cauldron, and it happened to be a first-grade superior pill cauldron. This saved him the time of purchasing another one and also avoided going out and causing trouble.

Furthermore, the price was very cheap, creating a win-win situation.

"That's great, really great."

Hearing this, Zhang Cheng looked at Zhou Sui with deep gratitude. He didn't expect his nephew to actually be willing to buy his pill cauldron.

To be honest, he just wanted to give it a try.

After all, Zhou Sui was not an alchemist, so even if he bought this pill cauldron, it wouldn't be of much use. At most, he could resell it.

The reason he came to find Zhou Sui instead of choosing to sell it elsewhere was because he was worried about being coveted by other cultivators and being assassinated by Rogue Cultivators.

But Zhou Sui was different. He was a neighbor who knew everything about him and they had known each other for many years.

Even if he sold it to Zhou Sui, no one else would know that he had an extra five thousand low-grade spirit stones on him.

This also avoided the coveting of Rogue Cultivators.

So he chose to sell it at a low price, just for the sake of safety, even if the price was a bit lower, it didn't matter.

Now that Misty Cloud City was so chaotic, it was not excessive to be cautious.

"By the way, I also have several years' worth of alchemy experience and a alchemy inheritance I obtained when I was young. I'll give them to you as well, hoping that your future path will go further than mine."

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Cheng took out several inheritance jade slips from his body. These were all his trump cards.

He knew that the reason his nephew was willing to spend a large sum of money to buy the pill cauldron was probably because of their many years of friendship.

As his uncle, he actually had to rely on his nephew's mercy to stay alive. It was really embarrassing.

So he decided to give everything he had.

"Uncle Zhang, this gift of yours is really too generous."

Seeing this scene, Zhou Sui was stunned. He didn't expect Zhang Cheng to be so willing. Many cultivators had hoped to obtain Zhang Cheng's alchemy experience before and were even willing to pay a high price, but Zhang Cheng had refused.

After all, as an Independent Cultivator without the help of any sect or family, Zhang Cheng was able to become a middle-grade alchemist. It could be seen how powerful this inheritance was.

If it weren't for Zhang Cheng's pride and unwillingness to become a dependent, he might have had a chance to become a Foundation Building cultivator with the help of other cultivator families.

Now, he was actually willing to bring out this inheritance.

"Nephew, don't feel embarrassed. I have lost interest in the path of cultivation, so these things are not of much use to me anymore. It's better to give them to someone who can make use of them."

Zhang Cheng said generously.

If it was before he was poisoned, no matter how much money others spent, they wouldn't be able to obtain his alchemy inheritance. But since being poisoned, he had experienced the coldness of the world.

He had seen through everything.

These inheritances were nothing compared to his own life.

"In that case, thank you, Uncle Zhang."

Zhou Sui nodded. He wasn't so sentimental. After all, he really needed more alchemy knowledge so that he could quickly improve his alchemist realm.

However, he still gave Zhang Cheng an additional two thousand low-grade spirit stones as the price for this inheritance.

After all, for him, relying on the sale of spirit wine, he already had too many spirit stones on him. Just a few thousand low-grade spirit stones, it's nothing at all.

Upon receiving Zhou Sui's seven thousand low-grade spirit stones, Zhang Cheng was immediately grateful. With so many spirit stones, combined with his previous savings, there would be no problem buying a high-grade detoxification pill.

Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered something and whispered to Zhou Sui, "Nephew, since that's the case, there's something I need to remind you. Perhaps Misty Cloud City has been a bit dangerous recently, and we need to be prepared in advance."

"Misty Cloud City is a bit dangerous? What does that mean exactly?" Zhou Sui squinted his eyes.

"Maybe you don't know since you live inside Misty Cloud City, but outside the city, it's like a bloodbath. Almost every night, there are Independent Cultivators dying in the Independent Cultivator market."

"Our neighbors, Fellow Daoists Zhao, Liu, Huang, and others, all died tragically at the hands of Rogue Cultivators."

"Many people suspect that the other party is not just Rogue Cultivators, but possibly demonic cultivators."

Zhang Cheng's face became solemn as he spoke.

"Demonic cultivators? Is this true? Could it be that the Immortal Mist Sect allows demonic cultivators to enter?" Zhou Sui couldn't help but think of his new mysterious neighbor, Xu Tianze.

He was also secretly shocked. Although he knew that living in the Independent Cultivator market would definitely be dangerous, he didn't expect so many of his former neighbors to die in just a few months.

Fortunately, he had always stayed inside Misty Cloud City.

Although there were occasional incidents of robbery and murder in Misty Cloud City, overall, it was much safer than the wilderness.

"Heh, Cloud Mist Mountain Range is so vast. Even if the Immortal Mist Sect is powerful, can they stop all cultivators?" Zhang Cheng sneered.

"And demonic cultivators won't openly admit that they are demonic cultivators in front of everyone. They will disguise themselves as ordinary Independent Cultivators, even the Immortal Mist Sect may not be able to detect them."

"In fact, it's not just the Independent Cultivator market that's in trouble. Even the Red Gold Mine has had incidents. Many miners have died in the mine, and it's rumored that it might be the work of demonic cultivators."

Zhang Cheng let out a cold laugh.

"Could it be that there are demonic sects planning to attack the Immortal Mist Sect?" Zhou Sui immediately thought of this possibility.

"I'm not sure, but it's very likely," Zhang Cheng said in a deep voice. "After all, the Immortal Mist Sect manages an area of thousands of miles and has found many spirit stone mines, which has caused the value of ordinary spirit stones in our region to plummet and prices to rise."

"This has long caused dissatisfaction among many sects, and even attracted the covetousness of demonic sects. Perhaps they have long wanted to deal with the Immortal Mist Sect, but just haven't found an excuse yet."

"But now, the Immortal Mist Sect has discovered another vein of red gold. If it is completely mined, the overall strength of the Immortal Mist Sect will greatly increase, and those sects may not be able to tolerate it anymore."

As the saying goes, "Snakes have their own paths, and rats have their own ways." Although he was just an Independent Cultivator, he also had his own channels, and sometimes many Independent Cultivators might know more information than disciples of those sects.

"Now that it has come to this point, it's up to you, nephew, to make the decision," Zhang Cheng said. After saying these words, he immediately felt relieved. He felt that he had done his utmost.

After all, this was top-secret information he had gathered from various sources.

He wouldn't have revealed it if the other party hadn't been his neighbor for many years.

"Uncle Zhang, I understand," Zhou Sui immediately showed a clear expression. Perhaps the reason why Zhang Cheng suddenly decided to return to the secular world was not just because his path was destroyed.

It was also because the situation was unstable now, which made Zhang Cheng want to avoid the turmoil.

(End of this chapter)