Chapter 80: Parting Emotions

  Zhou Qiao didn't have time to tell Lin Feng these trivial matters, and after confirming Lin Feng's identity as a second-grade guest elder, they bid farewell. Under Zhu Yan's patient explanation, Lin Feng finally roughly understood the difference between third-grade and above guest elders and fourth- and fifth-grade guest elders. Apart from having more preferential treatment, such as getting a 10% discount when buying things at Baibao Hall, being able to buy many things that can't be found on the market, he didn't need to meet the requirement of earning 50 contribution points every month like before. The only requirement was that Lin Feng had to provide his help whenever Qingyang Gate needed it. Simply put, what Qingyang Gate needed Lin Feng to do now was to provide as many mid-grade Qi-gathering pills as possible, and in the future, when he refined higher-grade pills, he would have to prioritize selling them to Qingyang Gate.

  Lin Feng naturally agreed, as long as they didn't ask him for his alchemy methods, everything else was easy to discuss. After all, once the pill was refined, it could be sold to anyone. Moreover, he gradually understood that Qingyang Gate's approach made a lot of sense. For cultivators with potential, they would first invest some wealth to pull them in, and once they grew up, they would inevitably serve Qingyang Gate. This was much better than the demonic sects and some evil sects that often controlled capable cultivators, after all, one was voluntary and the other was forced.

  After the identity issue was resolved, Lin Feng suggested that he wanted to chat with Zhao Chun. Zhu Yan laughed and said: "I have already arranged a guest room for you, right next to Zhao Chun's room. Lin Feng, don't forget your current status as a second-level guest, which is even higher than the treatment of ordinary Qingyang Gate outer disciples. If you like it, you can have a permanent guest room in Baibao Hall. The surroundings of our guest rooms are also equipped with spirit gathering arrays, and practicing inside is no worse than staying at your hotel, and it's safer too. How about moving over?"

  Lin Feng thought for a moment and smiled, saying: "There's actually such a good thing, then I won't be polite." Lin Feng, who was worried about offending the Butcher's Guild, was naturally very willing to move into the Baibao Hall. With masters like Zhou Qiao sitting here all year round, he believed that even the Tian Xie Men wouldn't dare to cause trouble easily, let alone the Butcher's Guild.

  "I have a friend, the one just now Liu Kai, you also know, we offended the Tulonghui, it's not safe outside now, I want him to temporarily live with me, do you think it's okay?" Lin Feng thought of Liu Kai and asked.

  "Of course, the room is in the big courtyard behind Baibao Hall. There's a separate entrance for going in and out, so it won't be inconvenient at all. I'll have someone take him there soon. Now you go find Zhao Shidi first." After saying this, Zhu Yan called over a Qi-refining stage disciple to lead Lin Feng to find Zhao Chun, while he himself went off to attend to his own matters.

  Seeing Zhao Chun again, the little fatty had changed into a clean and loose Taoist robe. Seeing Lin Feng, he smiled and said: "Brother, you don't know, these three months almost killed me. Now I want to relax properly. Brother, tell me about your business. Why didn't you return to the family, but came to Yaoguang City? And how did you get into a dispute with Tulong?"

  Lin Feng briefly told what had happened to him after being selected from the Qingyang Gate, then asked: "And how did you end up like this? You've lost a circle of flesh and are so dark. Don't tell me your master has been mistreating you?"

  "What's going on? We're in the midst of our sect's grand training, and we're exhausted. Master has been incredibly good to me, look at this!" Zhao Chun said, pulling out a mid-grade artifact-level longsword, then pulled out a bottle of mid-grade Qi-enhancing pills and said: "These were all given by Master, haha, aren't they amazing? I now receive 15 mid-grade Qi-enhancing pills every month, these extra ones are Master's reward, so I'll give them to you. By the way, Brother Lin, you've actually reached the sixth layer of the Qi-refining stage, how did you suddenly advance so quickly? I remember during the selection ceremony, you were only at the fourth layer!"

  Lin Feng felt that Zhao Chun was unusually talkative today, and he also had a lot to say. Although they hadn't seen each other for only half a year, it seemed like there were always many things to talk about, but at first, neither of them knew where to start.

  Zhao Chun asked the right question, and Lin Feng naturally wouldn't hide anything from him. He casually took out a bottle of high-quality Qi-replenishing pills and said, "Brother has been taking these lately, so his cultivation has improved a bit faster."

  "This is...? Top-grade Qi Gathering Pill? Brother, where did that come from? Don't tell me you refined it yourself." Zhao Chun was shocked for a moment, then suddenly became wildly excited. He had been in Qingyang Gate for half a year and his knowledge had greatly improved. A top-grade pill, even if it's just a first-tier top-grade pill, he had never seen one during his time in Qingyang Gate, but now he saw it in the hands of Lin Feng, a Qi Refining stage cultivator. This made him somewhat disbelieving of his own eyes for a moment. Although he knew that Lin Feng could refine pills, he absolutely wouldn't believe that a top-grade pill was something he could refine."

  "Sorry, this pill is actually a humble product of my own inferior skills, personally refined by me, your senior. Now you know why my cultivation has been advancing so quickly, right? You'd better be careful, genius child, or I'll surpass you, haha." Being able to surprise Zhao Chun, who had always been known as a prodigy, made Lin Feng feel especially pleased with himself.

  "Really? Brother Shifu, you're not fooling me, are you?" Picking up the bottle of superior-grade dan, Zhao Chun looked left and right, finally confirming that it was indeed superior-grade dan without a doubt. As a result, Zhao Chun, who had originally wanted to show off in front of his brother shifu, now completely lost the thought. In the face of the superior-grade tiqi dan, those mid-grade artifacts and mid-grade dan were nothing.

  "I'm not cheating you, refining the top-grade elixir is a recent thing, and only one pill can be produced per furnace. I don't have many in my hands either, so this bottle of elixir is for you to try. The feeling... is really comfortable, much better than mid-grade elixirs." Lin Feng had a smug look on his face, having kept the secret of his successful elixir refinement hidden until now, and he couldn't help but feel proud showing it off in front of his best friend.

  "One furnace of elixir yields one pellet, it's already quite impressive. Many people can't even reach this high of a pellet yield with mid-grade elixirs, I'm really being gifted here, heh heh, so I won't be polite about it."

  "Who wants you to be polite, but this matter is now known only by Zhou Qiao and Zhu Yan, two seniors. You must not spread it around, otherwise your senior brother will be in danger, do you understand?" Lin Feng still reminded him, knowing that Zhao Chun was clever, but after all young and inexperienced outside.

  "Not even Master and Sister can say anything? They were good to me." Zhao Chun furrowed his brow and said after a moment of thought.

  Lin Feng knew that once this matter was exposed, it would be impossible to completely prohibit it. After thinking for a moment, he said: "You weigh it yourself, anyway, don't mention it to anyone who doesn't need to know. Shifu's current cultivation is still very low, if too many people find out, I'm afraid one day you won't see me again."

  "Heh heh! Don't worry, Master. I know the Cultivation World is not peaceful, so I definitely won't go around talking about it randomly. Even if it's Senior Sister or Master, they won't ask me and I won't say anything." Zhao Chun raised his hand as if swearing an oath, then quickly put away the high-grade pill in his spatial ring. Only then did he start discussing their recent great training with Lin Feng.

  Tempering is a very important training method for cultivators to cultivate their true self. It can temper the cultivator's state of mind, improve the cultivator's ability to use spiritual power, and more importantly, broaden their horizons and seek out precious cultivation resources. Therefore, tempering has always been an essential activity in the cultivation process.

  Of course, for a cultivator in the Qi Refining stage who is experiencing trials for the first time, the trials are more fresh and exciting, with little danger, and not much grinding of the heart. Zhao Chun is now talking very happily, it's because he has seen many novel things, three months of trials except for being tired, he didn't feel any danger.

  Lin Feng had never participated in a real trial since he came to repair the truth. After hearing Zhao Chun's words, he was also eager to try and thought that one day he could enter the vast Xi Lian Mountains to explore and win. Zhao Chun saw Lin Feng's intention and said: "Master brother, why don't you participate in the trial with us? With me and Master Sister here, I guarantee you'll be fine."

  "Is this okay? I heard that generally, when forming a team for training, one's cultivation level must at least reach the 7th layer of Qi Refining."

  "Don't worry, Shifu, you also saw it today. Shijie has two top-grade artifacts in her hands. With her cultivation at the peak of Qi Refining, protecting you is easy, and I'm here too. I have a mid-grade artifact as well. Hehe, today Zhou Shishu gave me another short sword, I can give it to you to use. How about that? Even if you're only at the 6th layer of Qi Refining, with this mid-grade artifact's short sword, aren't you stronger than an average 7th layer cultivator?" Zhao Chun said, taking out the short sword Zhou Qiao had just given him and handing it over, not knowing whether Zhou Qiao would be furious that his gift was being used as a favor.

  "No need, I have a mid-grade sword, I'm just worried that your senior sister won't agree." Lin Feng said as he took out his Fish Dragon Sword.

  "Master, don't worry, Master's sister is easy to talk to. I'll go and tell her in a bit, she'll definitely agree. By the way, how did you get this mid-grade artifact? You didn't buy it, did you? Let me take a look." Zhao Chun readily agreed to help Lin Feng speak, then picked up Lin Feng's sword to appraise it.

  "This is the family reward, remember before participating in the draft lottery, the family suddenly increased the monthly allowance? It was that time, Master Brother refined the medium-grade Qi-tonifying Pill, and the family rewarded me with it." Lin Feng mentioned even the high-grade pill to Zhao Chun, naturally he wouldn't bury this old matter in his heart again, and said casually.

  "Hao wa, Shixiong, back then you had already refined a mid-grade dan, how come I didn't even see you give me two?" Zhao Chun said with a pretended angry tone.

  "I didn't send it to you because Master Yang Ze forbade me from mentioning this matter, and considering the temperament of our family head Yang Mu, I think you haven't been taking less of it, have you? And later on, you entered Qingyang Gate and took another master who is a Golden Elixir period cultivator, would you still lack mid-grade Qi-gathering pills?" Lin Feng said disdainfully.

  "Brother, you're really no fun. I was just joking with you, why did you explain so much? It made me seem like I really cared. Hehe, never mind. Hey, brother, tell me more about the Dragon Slaying Convention. Those bastards, daring to lay a hand on you. Once I reach the Foundation stage, we'll wipe them out." Zhao Chun chuckled and brought up the topic again.

  There are happy things and unhappy things, for example, Lin Feng's most concerned about the problem of Gong Fa. Zhao Chun expressed his regret, saying that he only knew after asking his master that the five elements of Linggen were also rare in the Xiu Zhen realm, so even Qingyangmen didn't have a special Gong Fa. As for other single Gong Fa, there are some, but they can only be used after the foundation period. Zhao Chun said that when he reached the foundation period, he would copy a few books for Lin Feng. Lin Feng just thanked him and had nothing else to say.

  That night, the two brothers talked all night until they fell asleep in a daze. Lin Feng naturally didn't return to his guest room, and Xue Bingxin also cooperated very well without coming to disturb him. It was Lin Feng who had some thoughts about seeing Xue Bingxin in his heart, one was to take another look at the beauty, and the other was to talk to her about the problems they encountered during their training, unfortunately, he didn't get what he wished for.