Chapter 26 Departure

  Of course, as friends, Zhao Chun and others often practiced with him together, and they were still very clear about his progress in practice. It's just that they were also newcomers to the real repair, and they didn't know how slow it was to practice without a lot of elixir help under the five elements miscellaneous spirit root. Moreover, Lin Feng's current practice speed from breaking through the third layer of alchemy to the fourth layer wasn't considered remarkable by anyone, so no one paid much attention to it either.

  Lin Feng naturally wouldn't say more, and to make things clear, he had to reveal his breakthrough in alchemy. He didn't want to look for trouble. However, when it came to Zhao Chun, this younger brother, Lin Feng really wanted to secretly give him some Qi-gathering pills. After casually inquiring, he found out that Zhao Chun currently received fifteen mid-grade Qi-gathering pills every month. If calculated according to the efficacy of fully absorbing one pill every two days, it was just enough for his monthly consumption. So Lin Feng thought about it and didn't give him any more spiritual pills after all. After all, he had promised Yang Ze, his senior uncle, to keep the alchemy method a secret. If he provided fifteen mid-grade pills every month, it would be hard to explain clearly.

  Five months have passed in the blink of an eye, and it's only a matter of days before he sets off for Qingyang Gate. Lin Feng has had new ideas. His current cultivation base of four layers of Qi Refining is impossible to raise to five layers in a short period of time. Even if he raises it to five layers, there is no guarantee that he can enter Qingyang Gate. So, he placed his hopes on alchemy, hoping to use this as a stepping stone to make Qingyang Gate look at him with new eyes.

  However, the level of Dan refining disciples is still not enough. Such a level in the Xiuzhen world belongs to the ordinary goods, unless they show off their skills in refining middle-grade Dans, it's hard to get noticed by Qingyang Gate. But doing so would greatly harm the interests of the Yang family, and Lin Feng didn't want to do that.

  So the only way is to improve the level of alchemy, if you can refine the second-order pill, with your age, it's still worth letting Qingyangmen cultivate carefully. So in the last few days, Lin Feng exchanged many elixirs for several sets of small primordial pill materials and frantically refined the small primordial pills.

  However, the second-order elixir was not that easy to refine. Not to mention that the materials required were many times more than those for the first-order elixir, just the large amount of spiritual energy contained in the second-order spiritual medicine was not as easy to control as the first-order elixir. As a result, Lin Feng not only failed to refine the second-order elixir but also lost a large quantity of his spiritual medicine, which pained him greatly.

  To know that the main materials for refining second-order elixirs are mostly second-order spiritual medicines, each of which is worth around 30-40 spiritual stones. The materials for one furnace of elixir are equivalent to one or two hundred low-grade spiritual stones. If you exchange them for low-grade Qi-gathering Elixirs, you need twenty or thirty pills, and medium-grade ones also require more than ten pills. Even with Lin Feng's current income, it is difficult to support such a lavish refining of second-order elixirs.

  Finally, Lin Feng had to temporarily give up on the tempting idea of refining a second-grade elixir in a short period of time. However, he didn't have the same despairing mood as before when he failed. On one hand, he now had a first-grade elixir to support him, which could alleviate some of the pressure from the spiritual stones. On the other hand, the transformation function of the precious jade in his body was also the biggest reason for his peace of mind.

  With this jade, the second-grade spiritual medicine is expensive, what's the big deal? At worst, I can just go into the mountains to pick it myself. Moreover, thinking about the treasure jade, Lin Feng was no longer eager to enter Qingyang Gate, as long as he had a large amount of spiritual medicine, his alchemy skills would improve naturally, and when the time came, there would be enough elixirs, and his cultivation wouldn't be afraid to not improve? As the saying goes, "having grain at home, being worry-free" was Lin Feng's current mood.

  A few days passed quickly. Early in the morning, Lin Feng was summoned by Yang Ze and rushed to the main hall without even having breakfast. Lin Feng, who had known that he would be going to Qingyang Gate today, didn't ask much and followed Yang Ze to the main hall where he had been when he first entered the Yang's house.

  The grand hall was a place for discussing important family matters, and it was usually unused. Given Lin Feng's status, except for the time he came to the Yang family, this was only his second time entering this hall in five years.

  As soon as Lin Feng entered the hall, he found that it was already packed with people. Apart from the seven who were going to participate in the Qingyang Gate selection, almost all the foundation-building stage masters of the family who had not gone into seclusion had arrived, showing how much importance the family attached to this selection. Lin Feng knew he didn't have a place to speak here, so he hastily walked over to stand among several of his fellow disciples, not daring to say much, and only nodded at Zhao Chun and a few others as a greeting.

  "You've finally arrived, I was waiting for you!" Yang Mu smiled and said to Yang Ze.

  Yang Ze smiled and said, "I didn't expect several seniors to arrive so early. It's actually me who arrived late, forgive me! Forgive me!" Yang Ze apologized with his words, but there was no hint of apology on his face. Such a small matter wouldn't be taken seriously by the other few seniors either. Moreover, although Yang Ze's cultivation was the lowest among them, his status in the family was not ordinary due to his exceptional alchemy skills.

  Yang Mu was currently delighted to have refined a medium-grade elixir for Dan Dian, and wouldn't blame Yang Ze. Seeing his casual demeanor, he chuckled and gestured for Yang Ze to sit down. Clearing his throat, he said: "The Qingyang Gate selection, which takes place once every five years, is about to begin. This is a great opportunity for our family, and I don't need to elaborate on its importance - I'm sure you all understand. The key is the several younger generations..."

  Yang Mu said, pausing for a moment, waiting for everyone to focus their attention on Lin Feng and the others who were participating in the selection: "This year, our family's disciples who are participating in the selection are all quite good, so I hope that when you participate in the selection, apart from paying attention to the rules of Qingyang Gate, the most important thing is to be brave and show yourselves. Cultivating the truth values talent and strength first, but opportunities are also very important. Maybe your talent isn't that great, but if you perform well, it's possible that some senior will take notice of you, so try to bring out your strong points as much as possible, got it?"

  "Understood!" Lin Feng and the others replied in unison.

  Yang Zeman nodded in satisfaction and then said to several fellow disciples in the foundation period: "This time, a total of seven people from the family are going. According to one person bringing two people, we need to go four people. Originally, the personnel were already determined, but Chuan Sheng had something urgent and couldn't go. Are there any fellow disciples who can volunteer to run an errand?"

  Lin Feng already knew that the masters of the foundation period could fly with swords, but generally they could only bring a limited number of people. This time to Qingyang Gate, the journey was not far, and one master uncle brought two disciples, so four masters of the foundation period were needed to bring seven people. Originally, it was decided that Zhou Lan's master, Mu Leng Xing, Wu Lin Pu's master, Lan Yan Long, Wang Lei's master, Yang Chuan Sheng, and Yang Mu would go, but now Yang Chuan Sheng couldn't make it, so they naturally needed to find another person.

  As soon as Yang Mu's voice fell, the grand hall was silent, and it was clear that the others were not willing to take on this task. To know that flying with a sword requires consuming spiritual power, and bringing someone along consumes even more. The distance between Qingyang Gate and the Yang family is not close, and even if they fly with a sword, it will take three days, which is extremely exhausting. As for the few people who were originally selected, they didn't say anything, as they were the masters of the disciples who participated in the selection, and they had no choice but to accept the responsibility.

  Others were not so willing, after all, they were not their direct disciples, even if they were selected, there was no great benefit to them, so naturally no one volunteered.

  The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became somewhat oppressive, and Yang Muo also felt a little displeased. He knew what others were thinking, but since it was related to the development and prosperity of the family, he couldn't care about their feelings anymore. Just as he was about to take out the master's frame and give orders, he heard Yang Ze say: "Since several other brothers can't leave, why don't I go instead?"

  Yang Mu furrowed his brow and said: "Younger brother, this coming and going will take several days, Dan Tian's affairs are busy, I'm afraid there will be some delay!"

  Yang Ze shook his head and said, "Dandan has been getting help from Lin Feng recently, so I'm not that busy now. Besides, although Lin Feng isn't my apprentice, he's still Dandan's person, so it's only right for me to go this one time."

  Yang Mu saw Yang Ze say this, although he didn't explicitly state it, but he understood his meaning. The fact that Lin Feng's pill-refining technique had greatly improved was only known to these two people so far. With Lin Feng's help in refining first-grade pills, Yang Ze naturally felt a lot more at ease, so taking some time off to go out and relax wouldn't affect the family's gains from selling medicinal pills.

  Yang Ze, on the other hand, wanted to express his gratitude to Lin Feng, or rather, show his appreciation. After all, it was thanks to Lin Feng's major breakthrough in the method of refining Qi Dan that the Yang family had the opportunity for rapid development, which was of great significance to the Yang family, and it was only natural to express their gratitude at this time.

  "Alright, since Ze Shidi is willing to make a trip himself, I'm also very happy. Let's do it this way, Ze Shidi will be in charge of bringing Lin Feng, and everyone else will bring two disciples each. We'll set off now." Yang Mu didn't want to waste any more words on such trivial matters, with enough people they immediately began assigning tasks, after all there were still three days of travel ahead, which wasn't going to be easy.

  A group of people came out of the grand hall, and after Yang Mou handed over a few words about family matters, he saw his mouth open, and a orange light burst out, circling around his body before stopping in front of him half a meter high. Then, as soon as it caught the wind, it suddenly expanded, growing to be as wide as a palm and nearly two meters long.

  Lin Feng was taken aback, although he knew this was the legendary treasure-level stuff, but seeing someone spit out a weapon from their body and grow to such a size for the first time still startled him.

  Yang Ze patted Lin Feng on the back and said, "That's a treasure, it can't be controlled until one reaches the Foundation Establishment stage. Don't bother looking at it anymore, let's go!"

  Yang Ze also drew out his long sword, and with a single gesture of his hand, the sword suddenly grew wider and longer. In just an instant, it became the same size as Yang Mu's sword. Lin Feng recognized that this sword was a high-quality artifact, although it couldn't be stored in one's body, it was much better than the mid-to-low quality artifacts of other family members. Others were envious but couldn't do anything about it - after all, he had the money for it.

  Many of the masters in his family used mid-to-low grade magic tools during their foundational period, and Lin Feng stroked the mid-grade magic tool Fish Dragon Sword at his waist, suddenly feeling a sense of pride.

  Yang Ze thought Lin Feng was a bit scared, so he reached out and pulled him onto the sword, instructing: "Stand steady, hold onto my clothes, don't be afraid!"

  Lin Feng finally woke up from his beautiful dream, raised his head to take a look, and saw that Yang Mu had already mounted his sword and started accelerating towards the north. The last thing he saw was Zhao Chun making faces at him. Lin Feng didn't even have time to react before they disappeared into a black dot. Later, several other senior brothers also departed one after another on their swords. It wasn't until then that Lin Feng heard Yang Ze's voice saying "Rise!", and soon felt the sword under his feet rapidly rising into the air. The hand holding onto Yang Ze's clothes tightened, and the scenery around him quickly retreated backwards. In the blink of an eye, they had caught up with the people in front.