Chapter 28 Han Xue

  Lin Tianyang sat cross-legged in the small hut, staring at the alchemy furnace in front of him, thinking about Tongtian Lao's greedy appearance when he took away a million spirit stones, and feeling that he had really done something stupid.

  That Tongtian Lao Dao views wealth as his life, if this alchemy furnace is really that good, how could he possibly sell it to himself at a low price, and sell such a good treasure, the Hundred Million Ling Stone, to himself.

  After obtaining the Alchemy Furnace, Lin Tianyang only then knew that this Alchemy Furnace could only refine one magical artifact per year and only one precious treasure every thirty years. If he wanted to break through this time limit, it wasn't impossible, but refining a magical artifact required adding a high-grade spirit stone, while refining a precious treasure required adding a top-grade spirit stone. Such a large consumption of spirit stones was simply not something Lin Tianyang could afford.

  Lin Tianyang, who didn't even have 10,000 spirit stones on him now, could only give up buying the Heaven-Defying Token again and left with the alchemy furnace in front of him.

  Because Tongtian Lao Dao had used up this year's opportunity to refine the law instrument, Lin Tianyang could only stare blankly at the refining treasure furnace.

  After a long sigh, Lin Tianyang put away the alchemy furnace and took out a Cold Sun Pill to swallow, raising his cultivation.

  Seven or eight days later, Lin Tianyang was meditating in his small hut when he suddenly heard someone calling out to him from outside. He dispelled the array of magical seals surrounding his hut.

  As he walked out of the hut, he found Leng Qingfeng, Fang Zhe and Yi Xiuya had all arrived together. He asked: "What's going on? Are you looking for me?"

  Yi Xiuya smiled and said, "I've been going to Jingyuan Hall to listen to Zhuji Qi's lectures for the past few days. Today is the day when Jindan Qi masters personally give lectures once a month, so I'm letting you know in advance. Leng Shixiong and Fang Shixiong have already decided to go with me, does Lin Shixiong want to come along?"

  There were only three days left before the deadline for entering Tongtian Tower, and there was nothing important to do, so Lin Tianyang nodded in agreement and went with everyone to Jingyantang.

  Jingyantang is only a dozen miles away from the small mountain where the inner disciples live, and low-level disciples are also prohibited from flying there, so the four of them walked over directly.

  The main building of Jingyuantang is a large hall over ten zhang high, with a square in front that stretches for several li in both length and width. Behind the hall are some houses that separate out a few pieces of empty land.

  Although many low-ranking cultivators were seen along the way, it wasn't until Lin Tianyang walked through the gate that he discovered the large number of people who came to listen to the Golden Elixir Cultivator's lecture, and even the square in front of the hall was filled with Qi Refining Stage disciples from various sects.

  Because of their status as inner disciples, Lin Tianyang and others could directly enter the grand hall to listen to the lecture.

  After entering the grand hall, Lin Tianyang found that in the center of the grand hall there was a high platform, on which a meditation mat was placed, obviously for the lecturer to sit on. The other listeners were scattered around the high platform, sitting on meditation mats that had been laid out early.

  Lin Tianyang just took a rough glance and found that there were at least nearly three thousand people in the grand hall now, it seemed that this Golden Elixir cultivator's lecture had quite an appeal to the Qi Refining stage disciples.

  Lin Tianyang!

  It was unclear who had called out Lin Tianyang's name, but soon many people in the grand hall turned their eyes towards him, with expressions of surprise, admiration, fear and skepticism.

  Being stared at by many people, Lin Tianyang felt a bit uncomfortable. It seems that it's better not to be famous in the future. Fortunately, after he sat down for a while, most of the people in the grand hall also withdrew their gaze.

  A moment later, a flash of light flew directly into the main hall from outside and landed on the cushion in the center, revealing a slender and elegant figure.

  A woman in the golden elixir stage appeared in the center of the grand hall, wearing a black veil, with a head of black hair casually draped over her shoulders. Her face was covered with a veil, revealing only her curved eyebrows and a pair of beautiful eyes that shone like stars in the sky! However, these beautiful eyes, though stunning, exuded an aura of coldness, and anyone who caught their gaze would involuntarily feel a chill run down their spine.

  The female cultivator of the Black Veil Golden Elixir stage didn't waste a single word and went straight to the point as soon as she opened her mouth.

  Lin Tianyang was hearing a Jindan stage cultivator lecture for the first time, and today she mainly talked about how to save the consumption of spiritual power when casting spells.

  Because it was a Jindan period cultivator who spoke, many things sounded profound to Lin Tianyang's ears, and he couldn't understand them for the time being. However, at the same time, some places still made him feel enlightened. When she finished speaking and disappeared into a flash of light, Lin Tianyang only then realized that two hours had passed in an instant.

  After leaving the Grand Hall, Leng Qingfeng asked with some unusual excitement: "Do you know who that Golden Core cultivator was just now?"

  "Who is it?" Lin Tianyang saw Leng Qingfeng's rarely revealed excited expression and felt somewhat surprised.

  Leng Qingfeng smiled and said, "If I'm not mistaken, the senior just now should be my aunt's master, Han Xue, who has reached the peak of the late Golden Core stage!"

  "It was actually your aunt's master, no wonder she gave me the feeling that she seemed to be much stronger than the few Golden Dan period seniors I had met before!" Fang Jin also suddenly realized after hearing this.

  "Leng Shixiong, do you have relatives within the sect?" Yi Xiuya didn't know any better and curiously asked a question upon hearing him say this.

  "I have an aunt who is in the middle of building her foundation within the sect and has been taking care of me since I arrived." Leng Qingfeng replied honestly.

  Yi Xiuya listened and didn't continue, instead changing the subject and asking: "Next I'm going to Zongmenfang Market, do the three of you want to come along?"

  "The market within the sect, I haven't been there yet!" Lin Tianyang was somewhat curious after hearing this, as he would be entering and exiting the Tongtian Tower more often in the future, and there were always some items to sell.

  Leng Qingfeng and Fang Jin did not intend to go to the town, Lin Tianyang and Yi Xiuya came together to the town at the foot of the main peak of Tianling Peak in Leiyanshan.

  Lei Yan Sect is said to have more than a million disciples. In Lin Tianyang's imagination, the Lei Yan Sect's market should be extremely large, but after arriving here, he found that the market was much smaller than he had imagined.

  The town mainly consists of four relatively wide streets that intersect with each other in a grid shape. Except for a six-story building in the center of the town, almost all the buildings are low and flat, and there are even many stalls along both sides of the street, but the things sold by these vendors are not even worth Lin Tianyang's attention.

  Yi Xiuya had been paying attention to Lin Tianyang, and she caught the occasional expressions and glances he flashed, seeing a hint of disappointment in his eyes again, she opened her mouth and said: "Lin Shixiong, what's disappointing you here?"

  Lin Tianyang listened to her inquiry and replied truthfully, "Yi Shimei, I won't hide it from you. I originally thought that a large sect like the Lei Yan Sect would have a sect market with at least some rare treasures, even if they weren't everywhere to be seen. But I didn't expect it to be so run down."

  Yi Xiuya's clear and crisp laughter rang out: "Lin Shixiong, it seems that although you've joined the Lei Yan Sect, you know very little about it. In fact, this market is mainly set up for Foundation Building and Qi Refining disciples. Once one's cultivation reaches the Golden Dan stage, they can directly obtain what they need from the sect at a low price, so there's no need to come to this market. And among the Lei Yan Sect's disciples, outer sect disciples make up the majority, which is why it looks like this now!"

  "So that's how it is!" After her explanation, Lin Tianyang finally realized.

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