Chapter 26: The Huge Order

  With a hint of green aura, Lin Xiao rushed into the Danqi Lingxiao Hall. The hall was filled with purple-robed and light-purple-robed senior Daoist priests of the Dà Róng Sect. Only two disciples in the hall wore apricot-yellow robes like Lin Xiao - Si Zhong and Si Qian, both of whom were seasoned disciples who had formed their Golden Dan over a hundred years ago. Flustered and disheveled, Lin Xiao stumbled into the grand hall, immediately drawing several astonished gazes.

  In the spacious Dan Qi Ling Xiao Hall, Dan Ying Dao Ren sat on a * in the center. Beside him sat an old Taoist with crane hair and a youthful face, his two yellow eyebrows hanging straight down to his chest. The old Taoist wore a white Taoist robe made of coarse hemp, with a small jade duster tucked into his collar. A white horse tail hung down behind his head, mingling with his slightly disheveled long hair. His feet were bare, and his large feet, over half a foot in length, shone like fat and gleamed like jade, looking truly extraordinary. But what left Lin Xiao feeling stunned was the vertical pupil on the old Taoist's forehead.

  The old Taoist's eyebrows were two inches long, straight from the center of his brows to the hairline. One of his purple-gold eyes was rolling around wildly, with threads of golden lightning flashing inside, exuding an aura that intimidated others. The old Taoist merely glanced at Lin Xiao, and Lin Xiao felt as if he had been struck by a thunderbolt on his face, stumbling backwards for over a dozen steps after rushing into the grand hall.

  Behind the old man stood five young men, dressed as a scholar, a Taoist, a Buddhist monk, a merchant and a farmer. Each of them was full of energy, with bright eyes shining with surprise, staring at Lin Xiao in astonishment. Their cultivation was much higher than Lin Xiao's, so they naturally saw that Lin Xiao had already formed the Golden Elixir, but Lin Xiao's age was indeed a bit younger.

  The old man coughed lightly and smiled at Danfeng Dao Ren: "Danfeng Sect Master, I wonder who this young friend is?"

  Dan Jing smiled slightly and nodded to Lao Dao, saying: "Elder Jiang, this is Lin Xiao, a disciple of Dan Fusheng, my junior fellow. Hmm, as you've seen, he's only eighteen years old this year, but has already formed his Golden Elixir. Uh, this is also a great joy for our Da Luo Dan Dao, it's just that we haven't had the chance to spread the news to all the fellow practitioners yet."

  At eighteen years old, the Golden Elixir is formed!

  If it were in the cultivation world thousands of years ago, there would be many stunning talents who could do so. However, in today's cultivation world, spiritual energy is scarce, and being able to form a Golden Elixir at the age of 100 is already a blessing from heaven. Those with good qualifications, good fortune, and a master willing to invest great effort in nurturing them can form a Golden Elixir by the age of 60, which is an outstanding achievement. Lin Xiao was able to form a Golden Elixir at the age of 18, which has not happened in thousands of years! Old Man Jiang stared at Lin Xiao in shock, with a beam of golden light shooting out from his eyes and flying towards Lin Xiao.

  Golden light flashed extremely fast, directly hitting Lin Xiao. Lin Xiao's mind stirred, and the scattered light cloak flew out of his storage ring, transforming into a seven-colored misty aura that protected his entire body. The golden light collided with the misty aura, instantly producing a crisp "crackling" sound. The seven-colored cloud aura transformed by the scattered light cloak was suppressed by the golden light, shrinking into an extremely thin layer of light that stuck to Lin Xiao's body. The light trembled non-stop, and it seemed like it would be shattered by the golden light at any moment. Lin Xiao let out a loud roar, pouring a mouthful of true yuan into the scattered light cloak. Instantly, the misty aura rose again, and a vibrant, seven-colored light aura surged up, about one zhang thick, forcing the golden light back three feet.

  "Alright! I, Jiang Zixin, the Demon-Subduing True Person, actually got taken advantage of by a junior!" Old Man Jiang laughed loudly for a few moments, then looked at Lin Xiao with surprise and nodded, saying: "Good kid, indeed a good kid. Hmm, an old man like me taking advantage of a junior doesn't look good on the surface, let alone getting taken advantage of? This 'Xuanwu Ring' is also a protective treasure, its quality is several times better than this handkerchief... Ah, kiddo, take it and play with it!"

  The old man casually tossed it, and a dark light shot into Lin Xiao's hand. Lin Xiao only felt his palm sink, the black ring that the old man threw over was no more than the size of a teacup mouth, but it weighed over 100 catties, obviously an extraordinary treasure. Lin Xiao hastily measured the black ring, seeing that its body was pitch-black and oily, with a relief carving of a Xuanwu divine beast on top, the Xuanwu's long neck stretched out, posing in a majestic manner. The ring's material was neither gold nor jade, it was unknown what kind of material it was refined from, inside it was profound and unfathomable, with a hint of moisture seeping out.

  Before Lin Xiao could take a closer look at the mysterious ring, Dan Ying Dao Ren burst out laughing and shouted loudly: "Xiao'er, aren't you going to thank Elder Jiang quickly?"

  Lin Xiao hastily stepped forward and bowed to Jiang Lao Dao, saying: "Disciple Lin Xiao, thanks to Senior Jiang for his help."

  Elder Jiang laughed heartily, waving his hand casually: "This is the prize you won, no need to thank Elder Jiang. I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, my 'Golden Light Thunder God's Eye' has been defeated for the first time today, and it was by a mere Golden Dan stage kid, haha, if I don't give out some small gifts to save face, Elder Jiang might as well not be in the cultivation world anymore."

  Dan Jing Dao Ren hastily laughed and said: "This is Xiao Er's good fortune, as well as the elder's kindness. Who doesn't know of Elder Jin Guang Lei Ting Shen Muo's powerful divine might? Who isn't aware?"

  Jiang Lao Dao smiled with satisfaction, twirling his long eyebrows and laughing loudly, his laughter filled with delight.

  Only Dan Fusheng, standing on one side of the main hall, looked at Dan Jingdaoren with a tilted head and an unhappy face. Dan Jingdaoren's affectionate address to Lin Xiao as "Xiao'er" made Dan Fusheng feel somewhat jealous. After all, Lin Xiao was his disciple, and Lin Xiao had formed a golden elixir, which was a matter of pride for Dan Fusheng. Even if Dan Jingdaoren wanted to address Lin Xiao, it would have been enough to call him "Shi Shu", but he actually called him "Xiao'er"! Could it be that Dan Jingdaoren had some ulterior motive towards Lin Xiao? Dan Fusheng's vigilance was immediately raised.

  Dan Jing Dao Ren seemed to have sensed the small abacus in Dan Flosun's heart, and he turned his head to smile at Dan Flosun with a grin, then quickly turned his head back to ask Jiang Lao Dao: "May I ask, Senior Jiang, what brings you here this time?"

  Lin Xiao had long since gotten up and was standing quietly behind Dan Fusheng. The five disciples of Jiang Lao Dao were still constantly sizing Lin Xiao up, clearly they were very surprised that Lin Xiao had formed a Golden Elixir at the age of eighteen. Compared to Jiang Lao Dao's normal expression, his five disciples obviously lagged behind him in terms of their foundation in Qi cultivation.

  Tan Feng told Lin Xiao about Jiang Lao's background.

  It is said that Demon-Subduing True Man Jiang Zixin, a senior master of Dan Ying Dao Ren's lineage, was an extremely powerful cultivator with the Golden Thunderclap Divine Eye. He had slain countless demons and monsters, and was one of the three most renowned wandering immortals in the cultivation world. Jiang Zixin was a straightforward and generous person, with a strong sense of justice and righteousness. His actions were always transparent and fair, to the point where even the friends and family of the demons and monsters he had killed could not help but admit that those who died at his hands had deserved their fate.

  It was also because Jiang Zixin had arrived that Dan Jing Dao Ren ordered the golden bell to be struck, summoning all disciples in Qingchun Valley who were above the Golden Elixir stage to gather and show respect to Jiang Zixin. Naturally, those elder generation of Daluo Golden Elixir who were hiding in seclusion would not appear, they had long been sitting in meditation in the secret mansion, completely uninterested in worldly affairs.

  Lin Xiao finally understood the subtlety, Jiang Zixin's identity and status were enough to make all the Danzi generation disciples of Daluotian Dao come out to welcome him. After all, their seniority was placed there! Since his own sect's seniors were too lazy to show hospitality, he could only use the number of juniors to make up for the quality, to show respect and importance to Jiang Zixin.

  Dān Jǐng Dào Rén asked Jiāng Zì Zài why he came to Chūn Gǔ, but Jiāng Zì Zài just smiled and sat there twirling his long eyebrows. After a while, he slowly nodded and said: "Your esteemed sect can cultivate a disciple who formed the Golden Elixir at the age of 18, it seems that the alchemy of Dà Luó Dān Dào has made great progress. I came today to pay my respects."

  Dan Jing Dao Ren's waist straightened, and he opened his mouth to spout nonsense, attributing all the credit for Lin Xiao's success in forming a Golden Elixir to Da Luo Dan Dao's elixir. From laying the foundation, guiding the energy, condensing the energy, to opening up the meridians throughout the body, attracting the heavenly and earthly spiritual essence to form the Golden Elixir, and then using the elixir to eliminate heart demons, supplementing one's vital energy, stabilizing the root... and so on. Dan Jing Dao Ren spoke with great fanfare, as if Da Luo Dan Dao had already fully grasped the method of artificially manufacturing Golden Elixir stage high-level cultivators in a short period of time.

  Jiang Lao Dao was stunned, his five disciples behind him were also wide-eyed and speechless for a long time. Forming a Golden Elixir is such a difficult thing in the current cultivation world, how did it become so easy in Dan Feng's mouth? It seemed like he just drank a sip of water and the Golden Elixir was formed?

  Dān Líng Dào rén chuī xū le hǎo yī zhēn zǐ, zuì hòu cái zǒng jié dào: "Zǒng ér yuán shuō, bù guǎn Jiāng lǎo qián bèi yǒu hé xū qiú, zhǎo wǒ Dà Luó Dān Dào zǒng shì méi cuò de. Wǒ Dà Luó Dān Dào de dān yào, jué duì shì zhěng gè xiū dào jiè zuì hǎo de. Yào shuō hái yǒu qí tā mén pài liàn zhì de dān yào bǐ dé shàng wǒmen Dà Luó Dān Dào, gǎn wèn, tā men mén zhōng kě yǒu shí bā suì de jīn dān qī dì zǐ?"

  His face changed slightly, and Jiang Lao Dao hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, absolutely not. The elixir of the Great Luo Dan Dao is naturally the best in the cultivation world, otherwise I wouldn't have come to visit today." After a moment's hesitation, Jiang Lao Dao smiled at Dan Feng Dao Ren: "Today, I came for this matter. Disciples, bring out the prepared medicinal materials."

  The five disciples of Jiang Lao Dao immediately took action, walking to the central location of Dan Qi Ling Xiao Hall and pulling out a large quantity of rare medicinal materials from their storage rings. Thousand-year-old Huo Lian Hua, Xue Lian, Shou Wu, Ren Shen, and Zi Zhi were just ordinary items, but there were actually seven stalks of the rare and precious spiritual herbs that had been nurtured for ten thousand years! Ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs! In an era where spiritual energy was so scarce, ordinary spiritual herbs couldn't get enough spiritual energy to nourish them, and having a few hundred years of cultivation was already impressive. Yet, here were seven stalks of ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs!

  A panacea of the Wan Nian grade! Even in the heyday of the cultivation world thousands of years ago, when powerful cultivators filled the skies, it was still an extremely rare and precious treasure. Not to mention now?

  Dan Jing's eyes widened in shock. He glared fiercely at the massive pile of medicinal herbs that had grown into a small mountain, his chest heaving with ragged breaths.

  In the grand hall, dozens of elder Taichu Taoists' eyes emitted a green glow. Their gaze darted back and forth between the pile of medicinal herbs and Jiang Lao's disciples. Lin Xiao suddenly had an illusion: wasn't this group of old Taoists planning to kill people and rob them, leaving Jiang Lao and his six disciples in Huichun Valley to monopolize these medicinal herbs?

  After a good while, Dan Feng finally came back to his senses from the pile of rare medicinal herbs. He coughed slightly and bowed his head to Old Man Jiang: "Old Master Jiang, I don't know what you plan to do with these herbs?"

  Elder Jiang had long since taken in the strange expressions of the various Danzi elders, and he smiled faintly as he stroked his long eyebrows. "I plan to establish a sect in the 'Hanging Empty Sea' and widely recruit disciples," he said calmly. "Therefore, I will need a large quantity of dan medicines for future use, which is why I am troubling all of you fellow daoists. As for the various basic dan medicines needed for establishing a sect, please refine as many as possible. As for the rare and precious high-grade dan medicines, please also refine a few pills for me to keep on hand."

  "This is an extremely easy thing." Duan Jing said casually, only to suddenly come to his senses: "What? You want to establish a sect?"

  "Huh", all the Taoists in the grand hall turned their heads to look at Old Man Jiang. Is Demon-Subduing True Person Jiang going to establish a sect? One of the three most famous Loose Cultivators, Demon-Subduing True Person, is going to establish a sect? Xuan Kong Hai? It's only two starry skies away from where Da Luo Dan Dao is located, and it can be considered a neighboring place! However, isn't Xuan Kong Hai occupied by the evil Taoist giant "Wu Gu Seng"? How can Old Man Jiang establish a sect there?

  "Could it be?! Has Wu Gu Seng already been dealt with by you?" Dan Jing Dao Ren looked at Jiang Lao Dao in shock.

  However, Wu Gu Seng has already been beheaded by Lao Dao Jian! Jiang Lao Dao smiled with satisfaction, his golden eyes spinning between his eyebrows, emitting a burst of electric light that shot out several feet, an astonishing sight.

  Dan Jing Dao Ren and other Da Luo Dan Dao practitioners stood up simultaneously, bowed their heads to Jiang Lao Dao and said: "Senior, it's another boundless merit, congratulations, congratulations!"

  Jiang Lao Dao smiled slightly and nodded, "It's a good thing, a good thing. That evil demonic leader shouldn't have existed in the human world to begin with. This time, I obtained an ancient rare treasure, which broke through the 'Xuanyin Water Calamity' restriction that was suspended above the overseas sky. Only then could I rush into Wugu's lair and slay him. These few stalks of ten-thousand-year-old spiritual medicine were discovered in the deepest part of the ocean, at the sea eye."

  They didn't have to be so polite, and Elder Jiang waved his hand: "Help me refine the elixir, I plan to recruit about a thousand disciples for the first batch. The spiritual energy of the Suspended Sea can barely meet the needs of a thousand people. What kind of elixir do you need to refine? You are experts in this field, so handle it as you see fit! And half of the elixirs refined here will be used as compensation!"

  On earth there are as many spiritual medicines as there are material ones; half of them are used as rewards.

  The sky, a huge pie fell from the sky, smashing Dan Jing Dao people, Dan Yu Dao people, Dan Fu Sheng and others in a daze!

  Dan Jing Dao Ren stared blankly at one of the seven thousand-year-old spiritual medicines, 'Thousand Leaf Orchid', his heart trembling: "A thousand-year-old Thousand Leaf Orchid! Can be refined into 'Three Light Fetus Spirit Pill', such a large plant, probably can produce seven pills! Our sect will have seven more Yuan Shen period masters!"

  Dan Yu Dao Ren stared at the blood-red lotus root, his body tensing and trembling. He thought to himself: "This section of lotus root is suitable for refining which kind of elixir? The 'Disaster Elimination Elixir' that can cure the Primordial Infant? The 'Calamity Transformation Elixir' that can repair the Original Spirit? Or perhaps the '99 Shape Restoration Powder' that can treat the deficiency of the Law Body?"

  Dan Fusheng also wanted to indulge in fantasies, but Dan Xia reached out and pinched a piece of tender flesh on his soft ribs, causing him excruciating pain. He opened his mouth wide, silently roaring, but no longer had the heart to imagine what kind of extraordinary elixir those few stalks of Millennium Spirit Grass could be refined into!

  Danxia's eyes shone brightly as he stared at one of the seven thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, 'Purple Top Grass', and his saliva almost dripped from the corner of his mouth.

  "Golden Elixir, Golden Elixir! Once ingested, the eternal youth and immortality of Golden Elixir!" Dan Xia's fingers applied more and more force, Dan Fu Sheng's face gradually turned white and green, his mouth twitched.

  Lin Xiao looked at Dan Fu Sheng and saw how pitiful he was, so he hastily retreated a step back with caution.

  Suddenly, a loud alarm sounded in the Hui Chun Valley, and the cries of countless disciples echoed over: "It's bad, it's bad! The fire is burning on the back mountain! Come quickly to put out the fire!"

  "Heavens! The mountains behind are on fire, several peaks at once! Come quickly and put out the fire!"

  "Master, Master, the mountain behind is on fire!"

  "Master Shifu, the entire back mountain is on fire!"

  Is the back mountain of Huichun Valley on fire?

  Everyone in the hall looked at each other, wondering what was wrong.

  Tan Xia instinctively turned back to look at Lin Xiao, and suddenly saw the empty scabbard behind him. Tan Xia asked in surprise: "Xiao Er, where is your Chi Long Sword?"

  Lin Xiao instinctively replied: "Medicine Master Big Sister went to the back mountain... to catch pheasants!" Lin Xiao's heart, cold sweat suddenly soaked through his clothes.

  "What?"

  The elders of Daluo Island exclaimed in unison: "Medicine took the Red Dragon Sword to the back mountain? Hurry, hurry and put out the fire!"

  A loud "whooshing" sound suddenly echoed, and the elder of the Daluo Sect ran away cleanly, leaving Lin Xiao standing stupidly in place, staring at each other with a few big-eyed and small-eyed disciples.

  Rumbling sounds, thunder suddenly echoed in the sky above Huichun Valley, and some Taoist priests had already begun to perform rituals to bring down rain to put out the mountain fire.

  The rain came down in torrents.