Chapter 58 Continues

  More than half a month of alchemy life has finally come to an end, with nearly two hundred materials in total. Now all have turned into spiritual pills, but the lower-grade pills are less than fifty bottles, while the middle-grade pills have been refined to nearly sixty bottles. Adding the original thirty or so bottles, Lin Feng now has nearly ninety bottles of middle-grade pills. If he only uses them himself, they can probably last for about three years.

  Thirty bottles of low-grade elixir were given to Liu Kai first, so as not to sell them himself when he was in a hurry. He only had less than twenty bottles of low-grade elixir left in his hand, which could be exchanged for about over 1,000 spirit stones. Being frugal might make it last for a month or so? Never mind, let's cultivate first. The matter of safely selling the medium-grade elixir can come later. A living person can still die from being choked by urine?

  The newly refined middle-grade Qi Dan is better than the original one, and Lin Feng takes one every day. He feels that his cultivation speed has improved significantly, but a problem that has been bothering him is also becoming more and more apparent. It's not clear whether it's because of worries in his heart or because his cultivation has increased too quickly, but recently he feels that he himself is getting more and more irritable. After persisting for several months, Lin Feng finally appeared with the phenomenon of walking fire into madness again when the spiritual stone in his hand was almost exhausted. Fortunately, it's not serious, but it also makes Lin Feng more and more afraid. He is considering whether he should go back to the Yang family for help.

  For a foundation-building cultivator, the journey from Youguang City to Feiling City would take only three to five days. However, for a Qi-refining cultivator, it was an arduous journey that could be described as "thousands of mountains and rivers". With the added possibility of various dangers, Lin Feng's chances of dying halfway were over 80%. Therefore, returning to the Yang family was clearly not an option.

  But in this unfamiliar Yuguang City, who can give oneself directions? Thinking about it, it seems that only Zhu Yan, with whom I have some relationship, can be tried.

  Seeing Zhu Yan again, the two were already familiar with each other, so there was no need for many polite words: "Lin Daoyou came to our hall today to refine the elixir again?" Zhu Yan was very happy, a month had passed, Lin Feng would refine the elixir again, and he had to hand over twenty medium-grade elixirs.

  "Junior is not here to refine the pill today, but actually has something to ask for advice from senior." Lin Feng said with a pause, after all, he was young and his face was tender, and when he asked for help, his face turned red.

  Zhu Yan didn't seem unhappy that he wouldn't be receiving Lin Feng's medium-grade dan today. Upon hearing that Lin Feng had something to ask of him, he instead spoke even more warmly: "Fellow Daoist is being polite, whatever it is just say it and if old Dao can help in any way, I will certainly do my best."

  Lin Feng hastily thanked Zhu Yan's kindness, then said: "Lately, when I've been practicing, I've often felt restless and unable to calm down. A friend told me some secret methods, but after trying them, the effect was not good. I searched the entire city but couldn't find an effective method. I heard that Baibao Hall is the number one sect of Qingyangmen, so there must be many secret skills and techniques. May I ask if senior can give me some guidance?"

  Zhu Yan was not surprised that Lin Feng knew that the Baibao Hall belonged to the Qingyang Gate, as this was no secret. However, he was puzzled by the difficulty of Lin Feng's cultivation problem. Normally, such a situation would only occur in novice cultivators who had just begun their practice. Lin Feng, a fifth-level Qi Refining cultivator, should not be experiencing such restlessness. Yet, since Lin Feng had come to seek his guidance with such caution, it was clear that this was no ordinary case of anxiety. There could only be one explanation: the precursor to going into a frenzy. But would a Qi Refining cultivator really go into a frenzy? This didn't add up, given Zhu Yan's decades of cultivation experience.

  He thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: "According to what you've said, it should be an omen of walking fire into magic, but with your cultivation at the fifth layer of Qi Refining, the spiritual energy in your body is still very weak. How could you possibly lose control? Unless there's something wrong with the technique you're practicing."

  Lin Feng knew what he meant and hastily said: "The young man is practicing the Qi Guiding Technique, not demonic skills."

  Zhu Yan looked at Lin Feng and said, "In that case, there's no way. Although the Qingyang Gate has many secret manuals of techniques, none of them mention the phenomenon of walking fire into madness that often occurs during the refining period. At least, I haven't seen any." Zhu Yan had a helpless expression on his face, he really wanted to help Lin Feng, and this was also good for furthering their relationship.

  Lin Feng's expression was somewhat downcast, but he had also mentally prepared himself. He nodded his head in thanks to Zhu Yan, then said: "I still have one more thing to ask of you."

  "Early said no defense."

  "It's like this, I've been studying alchemy since I was young and I thought I knew most of the spiritual medicines, but when I arrived at Yao Guang City, I realized that I was just a frog in a well. There were many spiritual medicines that I had never even heard of before. So, I often collect books on this topic to read, but although I've gained some knowledge, I still have regrets. Many books are similar and there isn't one book that contains all the spiritual medicines. Master Zhu is a mid-level alchemist, knowledgeable and experienced, can you recommend one or two books for me?" Lin Feng tried his best to make himself appear as an ignorant young man from a poor rural area, greatly praising Zhu Yan, thinking that he wouldn't dare to take out some ordinary goods to deceive him.

  "Haha!" Zhu Yan burst out laughing and said: "You little rascal, no need to use words to provoke me. The old Taoist has books that introduce rare and precious treasures, not just books, but also many truly good things." He paused for a moment, seeing Lin Feng's eyes shining brightly, before continuing: "Unfortunately, those are all our sect's secret collections, and they won't be easily taken out to show people. Not to mention you, even I find it difficult to take a look!"

  Lin Feng listened more and more chilled, seeing the good things become empty, but there was no way, no school would easily show their secrets to others. Just about to get up and bid farewell, but saw Zhu Yan said again: "However, although it is difficult to observe, it does not necessarily mean that there is no way."

  Lin Feng was overjoyed and didn't bother to pursue Zhu Yan's malicious behavior of dropping his stomach, he hastily said: "I'd like to hear more about it."

  Zhu Yan didn't say a word and casually tossed out a jade slip: "Take a look yourself, is there anything you need?"

  Lin Feng took a look and saw that inside, there were densely packed writings of various heavenly treasures and earthly riches. There were spiritual mines, spiritual medicines, all sorts of attribute spiritual stones, as well as crafted talismans, magical tools, magical treasures, spatial rings, and even trained demonic beasts - which were naturally called spiritual beasts here. Apart from these, there were also various secret manuals and cultivation methods. Although many were unrecognizable to him, Lin Feng was still certain that these were all good things because among the few spiritual medicines he recognized, they were all third-grade spiritual medicines and extremely rare treasures on the market, with values that were not ordinary. Especially one secret manual called "Spiritual Creatures Compendium" - according to its introduction, it contained illustrations and distribution habits of all spiritual creatures and demonic beasts under the Heavenly Fate Star, which was exactly what Lin Feng had been dreaming of obtaining. The only thing was, what did the long string of numbers at the back mean?

  "Do you have something you want?" Zhu Yan smiled like a fox.

  Lin Feng hastily nodded and said: "The numbers behind are the required number of spiritual stones?" Lin Feng was somewhat uncertain, if it was the required number of spiritual stones, it seemed a bit too cheap.

  "It's a beautiful thought, that's the contribution point within this school. Only cultivators who have made contributions to this school can obtain such contribution points, and then they can exchange them for the things above."

  "Then aren't you always bullying your juniors? And your junior isn't even a member of the Qingyang Sect." Lin Feng felt frustrated again, the old Daoist had made him fall from hope three to five times, anyone would be angry, if he didn't think he couldn't beat him, he would have punched Zhu Yan's face.

  "Who says that if you're not a Qingyang Gate person, you can't get contribution points?" Zhu Yan continued without waiting for Lin Feng to ask questions: "Qingyang Gate's contribution points are divided into internal disciple contribution points and external guest contribution points. As long as you become a guest of Qingyang Gate, you can get these contribution points. As long as the contribution points are enough, you can use them to buy anything written on this jade slip. How about it? Are you willing to become a guest of my Qingyang Gate?"

  Treasures abound, temptation is great, making it difficult for Lin Feng to resist. However, out of caution towards Zhu Yan, Lin Feng quickly struggled free from the temptation: "What does one need to do to become a guest king?"

  Zhu Yan nodded in approval of Lin Feng's clear-headedness in the face of great temptation, then slowly explained: "To become a guest elder, you only need to be recommended by a foundation-building period cultivator from our sect. However, once you become a guest elder, there are two requirements: one is that when our sect has war, a summons will be issued, and you can choose to accept or decline, but it is absolutely not allowed to openly or secretly help the enemies of our sect."

  Lin Feng nodded, as long as it wasn't a mandatory requirement for him to go all out for them, this request was still acceptable.

  "What's another requirement?"

  "Another requirement is that the guest must make a contribution of 50 points to the door every month, that is to say, if you become a guest of the door, you must earn 50 points of contribution every month. If you fail to reach 50 points for three consecutive months, the door will cancel your qualification as a guest."

  Lin Feng nodded, this can also be understood. Guest and host are originally mutually beneficial things. If you cannot bring benefits to others, others will naturally not bring benefits to you either.

  "What's the benefit of being a guest then?"

  "You can get many benefits that internal personnel of this sect can enjoy, and this project is quite numerous. For example, when you refine the elixir, you need a dan room, not only can you have priority over outsiders, but ordinary dan rooms are also free." Zhu Yan directly said the most attractive benefit to Lin Feng.

  "Isn't that the same as how I'm being treated now?" Lin Feng said with a pout.

  "Listen carefully, there are two words 'priority' in it. You're still an outsider now, if the Dan room is full, you'll have to queue up, while Guest Qing will be arranged first; not to mention that Guest Qing can also get contribution points." Zhu Yan was somewhat excited.

  "How can we get contribution points?" Lin Feng thought that having 50 contribution points per month should not be easy, otherwise the condition would be too generous.

  "Besides the contribution value that varies depending on the situation for completing the tasks released by the sect, we also collect various rare materials, which are all clearly marked." Zhu Yan saw that Lin Feng was already tempted and hastily threw out another jade slip.

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