Chapter 1 Brother and Sister

  One block, two blocks, three blocks...

  "Damn it, Li Tao is also a cultivator of the seventh layer of Qi refinement, and those three unlucky ones... how can they be so poor..."

  In the Xianmeng Auction House, Lu Chen had long since returned and, with the Xianmeng Jade Token in hand, easily entered the second floor without any obstruction. Using the special privileges of the Xianmeng Jade Token, he opened a room and waited for Lin Hongjin to return from his errand.

  This was his second time coming to the Xianmeng auction house, still in the private room with a white jade stone pedestal, someone didn't know how much trouble he had gotten himself into. He was there, very interested, counting the spoils of this "heist". And thinking that the Qiankun bags of the four Qi-refining seventh-layer cultivators would definitely have some good stuff, after clearing out the spoils of war, he immediately blurted out a curse...

  "Damn it, they're really poor devils. Four people together don't even have 1,000 spirit stones. They've got a bunch of broken and useless mystic skills, nothing else. It's really pathetic."

  Lu Chen angrily slammed the four Qiankun bags heavily onto the white jade tea table, then thought for a moment and picked them up again...

  "Alas... being poor is better than having nothing, at least I got a few more Qiankun bags this time, which will come in handy when I enter the Honghuang realm..."

  Lu Chen thought to himself, and put the low-grade spirit stones into his pocket. He then tossed aside a pile of messy and tattered books. Looking at the four flying swords placed beside him, Lu Chen helplessly put them away: "One flying sword sells for 200 spirit stones, it's not bad."

  "Huh? What's this?" After counting to the end, Lu Chen suddenly discovered that among those three followers' qiankun bags, each one had a palm-sized porcelain bottle inside.

  In his confusion, he took out three porcelain bottles and placed them on the white jade tea table...

  He picked up one of them and held it to his ear, shaking it gently. A faint sound of water waves swirled inside...

  "What?"

  Open the bottle cap and sniff it...

  "What the... what kind of thing is this, it smells so bad..."

  A pungent and extremely foul odor invaded my nostrils, the stench was hundreds of times stronger than that stuff from the rice field, and just opening the bottle cap for a short while filled the entire room with this unbearable smell...

  "Ugh... it really stinks..."

  Lu Chen covered the bottle cap, quickly pinched his nose, and was about to rush out to find a new room at the Xianmeng Auction House. Lin Hongjin suddenly opened the door and walked out...

  "Oh no..."

  Lin Hongjin walked in and as soon as he poked his head in, the pungent smell that assaulted his nostrils immediately made him fling his head back out of the door, his large face almost smashing into the door frame...

  Pinching their noses, the two quickly escaped out of the door. Lin Hongjin frowned and said: "Yu Hu, what's that smell?"

  Lu Chen also looked at the door with a disgusted expression, rolling his eyes and saying: "How do I know, this time I went out and got a small bottle, opened it and smelled it, the whole house was filled with a foul smell. Don't mention it, this room can't be stayed in, hurry up and change me to another room."

  Lin Hongjin heard this and subconsciously glanced at the back of Lu Chen's body, didn't say anything, but ended up getting a severe beating: "Where are you looking...?"

  "Ugh." Lin Hongjin winced in pain, loosening his right hand which had been pinching his nose, but this slight relaxation was all it took for the pungent smell to assault him once again.

  Lin Hongjin sniffed and suddenly stopped moving. Then his eyes began to change, from doubt to sparkling, finally becoming excited.

  Lu Chen looked at Lin Hongjin with a strange expression and smiled: "Hey, Brother Lin actually likes this flavor, you really make Yuhu look at him in a new light..."

  This sentence is obviously sarcastic, but Lin Hongjin not only didn't mind, but instead exclaimed with surprise: "Yu Hu, little brother, where did you get this thing from?"

  "What is it?" Lu Chen frowned.

  "The origin of this flavor..." Lin Hongjin said.

  "It's... it's just, sigh, a long story." Lu Chen still hadn't found a suitable excuse.

  Lin Hongjin suddenly pulled Lu Chen into the house, and Lu Chen saw that he was even more terrified than when he saw the foundation period monster: "Lin Hongjin, what do you want to do? Why are you pulling me?"

  As soon as they entered the house, Lin Hongjin pulled down Lu Chen's hand and said with a smile: "Yu Hu, my brother, take another sniff."

  "Huh? It doesn't stink anymore?"

  It was a very strange phenomenon, just now the whole house was filled with a foul smell, but when he came in again, Lu Chen suddenly found that not only did the room not smell bad, but it also had a refreshing scent of turpentine.

  "What's going on?" Lu Chen became puzzled and stared at the small bottle in his hand.

  Lin Hongjin saw this and snatched the small bottle over, opening it as if he had obtained a treasure. Then... the stench rose again...

  This time, Lu Chen saw Lin Hongjin without pinching his nose. He first frowned and stiffened, then his expression slowly turned good, and finally he jumped up high and said to Lu Chen: "It's green lizard venom... it's really green lizard venom... Yu Hu old brother, you've picked up a treasure this time."

  "Treasure? You mean this bottle of stinky water?" Lu Chen asked incredulously, pointing at the small porcelain bottle.

  Lin Hongjin nodded heavily and began to introduce: "This thing is a rare item, this thing is called Green Lizard Corrosive Liquid, just one drop can sell for 200 low-grade spirit stones."

  "Is it really that expensive?" Lu Chen was surprised and asked: "What's the use of this thing?"

  Lin Hongjin smiled mysteriously and said, "Yu Hu, my younger brother, did you just notice that this thing was initially very smelly, but in a short while it will turn into the fragrance of turpentine?"

  "Yes, I also find it strange. Logically, something that smells so bad should take a long time to dissipate." Lu Chen nodded in agreement, having also noticed the key point.

  Lin Hongjin snapped his fingers and said, "That's right, if you apply this green lizard's corrosive liquid to your body, just a drop will do, wait until it turns into fragrance, as long as you're careful, walking near trees, even if you're close to the monster's side, it won't detect you, it's indeed the best treasure for hiding one's tracks."

  "Is it that powerful? Then if someone wants to launch a sneak attack on some monster, preparing some of this green lizard's corrosive liquid would be enough?" Lu Chen's expression changed to one of shock.

  Lin Hongjin shook his head and sighed, "You think it's too simple. The Green Lizard Corrosion Liquid is the corpse of a low-level demon beast, the Green Skinned Three Tailed Lizard, which is the only kind of demon beast that can live independently in the wilderness. There are very few of them, and they are good at hiding themselves. Moreover, after each Green Skinned Three Tailed Lizard dies, it takes nearly three years to fully decompose and condense into a drop of Green Lizard Corrosion Liquid. Because the place where the Green Skinned Three Tailed Lizards die is very different, and the probability of condensation is very low, most of the liquid that can be collected is only on the leaves. So this thing is very hard to come by. Not to mention anything else, this bottle of yours must have been carefully collected or purchased by someone who spent a lot of time and effort. According to the medicinal effect of the Green Lizard Corrosion Liquid, which can last for four hours per drop, this bottle of yours should be enough for twenty people to hide for a day."

  Upon hearing this, Lu Chen hastily snatched the porcelain bottle from Lin Hongjin's hand and thought to himself: "My goodness, 20 people using it for one day, each person taking three drops, that's 60 drops. With 200 spirit stones per drop, that's 12,000 spirit stones. Damn... Master Dao has three bottles of this stuff. Calculating like this, that's 36,000 low-grade spirit stones. I'm rich, I'm rich..."

  After Lin Hongjin's introduction, Lu Chen finally understood that he had picked up a treasure and fondled it lovingly, completely forgetting the pungent smell that had just assaulted his nostrils...

  Lin Hongjin's eyes were filled with envy: "That's 12,000 pieces of low-grade spirit stone, what can't you buy with that?"

  He actually didn't know that Lu Chen had three bottles of green lizard venom in his hands, and if he knew, it would be enough to scare him out of his wits.

  "I asked Yu Huo, little brother, where did you get this thing from?" Lin Hongjin asked aloud.

  Lu Chen was taken aback by his words and didn't know how to respond. Just as he was struggling, a loud knocking sound came from outside the door.

  Lin Hongjin slightly furrowed his brow and said, "Come in."

  A maid walked in, bowed her head and said without daring to look up: "Lord Lin, there is a person named Xue Yang outside who wants to see you."

  "Xue Yang?" Lu Chen raised his head and exchanged a glance with Lin Hongjin, muttering: "What is he doing here?"

  Lin Hongjin didn't say a word, he just used his eyes to ask Lu Chen if he wanted to see.

  Lu Chen thought for a moment and nodded vaguely.

  Lin Hongjin said to the maid, "Alright, let him in, but don't make a sound."

  It is...

  Before long, the maid brought Xue Yang in. At this time, Xue Yang had an urgent look on his face and as soon as he opened the door, he shouted: "Lin brother, can you find Yu..."

  Just as they were halfway through their conversation, Xue Yang suddenly froze. He discovered that the Lu Chen he was looking for was also here, and couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.

  Lin Hongjin was not an ordinary person, he saw Xue Yang's urgent expression and knew that something might have happened. He lightly waved his hand, signaling Xue Yang to be quiet, then ordered the maid: "You go out first, don't let anyone disturb us."

  The maid retreated, the door closed, and Xue Yang hastily opened his mouth to Lu Chen: "My benefactor, what have you done? How did you provoke Li Yuan of the Youxian team?"