Chapter Three: Summoning

  Out of the cave, Ling Sheng did not stay, returned to the mountain, and went straight to the Dan furnace house.

  Met several fellow students on the road and didn't even greet each other.

  In the eyes of many people, this despicable scoundrel who took a girl's chastity at such a young age is a shame to our school. Whoever gets close to him often receives suspicious glances from other disciples, so no one gets along with him well.

  As for Ling Sheng, he had never put others' opinions in his heart. When people treated him with contempt, he wouldn't smile and welcome them either.

  The brazier room, red flames rolling, hot air surging.

  This is just a humble furnace used by outer sect disciples, extremely simple but also extremely rare.

  The disciple guarding the Dan furnace was a middle-aged man who had been practicing for over 20 years, named Zheng Nan.

  Zheng Nan saw someone standing outside the door, took a glance, and saw that it was Ling Sheng. He couldn't help but furrow his brow. As for this young man with a poor reputation, he didn't have much of a good impression of him. The reason he had smelted several thousand catties of metal for him was only because of Hei Xi's face and those jade stones.

  It's just this thing, called Jing Gang Ball, it's really hard to hear, refining such a low-grade thing is really losing face, so Zheng Nan took the liberty of changing its name to Jing Gang Wai Dan.

  "This pellet has been smelted for more than half a month, and you haven't come to take it away. Do you think I can store things for you here?" Zheng Nan let out a cold snort, pointing at a fist-sized black ball beside the dan furnace.

  "More than half a month?" Ling Sheng was taken aback.

  He only remembered that he had been cultivating his true energy in seclusion this time, and after succeeding, he would come out of the cave and return home, at most it would take only three days. How did it suddenly take more than ten days? For some reason, he always felt that his closed-door period was long, not necessarily a bad thing.

  Ling Sheng thought to himself that this time he had been in seclusion for half a month, which was more than ten days longer than expected. It was probably related to the White Gold Sword Pill inside his body.

  Can't think it through, Ling Sheng didn't think much either. He walked to the side of the dan furnace, single-handedly reaching for the black metal ball, and suddenly let out a surprised cry.

  Zheng Nan's eyes flashed with a hint of mockery, and he coldly laughed: "This metal sphere was forged from thousands of kilograms of molten metal, its weight is not light. You're still not skilled enough to take it away, I advise you to ask for help as soon as possible. If you're late, don't blame me for locking the Dan furnace room."

  Ling Sheng knew that this person was intentionally making fun of him, and he also understood the situation in his own family. In the entire sect, only Hei Xi Shixiong had a relatively good relationship with him, while everyone else kept their distance from him. Not to mention asking for help, even striking up a conversation, no one was willing to say more than two sentences to him.

  "Huh?"

  Ling Sheng felt a slight tremble in his dantian, and the white gold sword pellet quivered slightly.

  That black metal ball was easily picked up by Ling Sheng, without even using any strength, and at the same time, the black metal ball gradually faded in color.

  In the blink of an eye, the entire black sphere turned white.

  Ling Sheng swiftly put it into his bosom, blocking Zheng Nan's line of sight, and secretly said: "This person is not to be trusted. This metal ball turned white; the matter is extremely strange. It's better to keep it hidden for now."

  Although Zheng Nan did not see the black sphere turn white, he saw Ling Sheng put the sphere into his arms and was immediately stunned. At first, after refining this thing, in order to move it away from the alchemy furnace, he had spent a lot of effort, scolding Ling Sheng thousands of times in his heart, but unexpectedly this bastard easily put this thing into his arms.

  "This thing has emptied out my family's savings, but I never thought it would be useless." Ling Sheng couldn't help but smile wryly to himself.

  Zheng Nan's shock gave way to a look of sudden interest, and he said, "Ah yes, Shi Chang Lao instructed me that if you came, I should let you see her."

  "Is it Elder Shi?" Ling Sheng was taken aback and asked: "I have never seen Elder Shi before, how does she know me?"

  "It's unclear, you'd better go quickly." said Zheng Nan.

  Ling Sheng nodded his thanks and left the Dan furnace room.

  It seems that because of Ling Sheng easily taking away the metal ball, Zheng Nan became flustered and lost control of the furnace fire. When he came back to his senses, he was busy trying to regain control, muttering to himself: "This rascal, why is there no good news? But how did he have such great strength? Judging from today's events, this guy seems not simple at all, and can even be connected with an elder. Could it be that in the future he will rise to prominence? Should I try to curry favor with him?"

  Zheng Nan thought for a long time with a bitter face.

  ……

  Shi Changlao is one of the few female elders in our sect, living in a bamboo forest on Kongming Xianshan.

  Ling Sheng walked for nearly two hours before finally arriving outside the bamboo forest.

  Green bamboo forms a forest, clear wind blows gently by, and the leaves rustle softly.

  Ling Sheng was silent for a moment before taking a deep breath and saying loudly: "Disciple Ling Sheng..."

  Before he could finish speaking, a wave of dizziness washed over him. When he finally steadied himself, he found that he was already inside a pavilion.

  The attic is elegant and refined, with intricate carvings everywhere, exuding a classical charm that is very comfortable.

  In front of the pearl curtain was lifted, only to see behind the curtain a large red sandalwood chair, on which sat a middle-aged Taoist nun, her face very beautiful, but somewhat cold and indifferent.

  By the side of this middle-aged Taoist priestess stood two women, both beautiful young girls with elegant and refined features.

  The woman on the left was about twenty years old, with a cold face, seemingly frosty white, beautiful yet icy and indifferent.

  The girl on the right was only fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a blue dress and looking as clear and pure as water. Ling Sheng was not unfamiliar with this woman, she was the blue-clothed girl who had almost been tarnished by someone half a month ago, but was finally rescued by Ling Sheng.

  "This young girl is actually one of our own, I thought she was just an ordinary girl from the secular world. Looking at her now, it's likely that she's highly valued by Elder Shi, and her status is far higher than mine. But with such a high status, how could she almost be bullied by those insignificant people in the secular world?" Ling Sheng thought to himself, feeling somewhat uneasy.

  "Is your name Ling Sheng?" the middle-aged Taoist nun asked calmly.

  "The disciple is indeed Ling Sheng." Ling Sheng replied.

  The middle-aged Taoist nun said, "Lan Yue is my disciple who just joined the sect not long ago. Although she has a high talent, I haven't had time to teach her any Taoist skills yet, so she almost got polluted and had no power to resist. She said it was you who saved her?"

  A proud disciple of the Immortal Sect, almost tainted by a worldly person? This astonishing news left Ling Sheng speechless with shock. It wasn't until Shi Changlao asked that he slowly replied with a "yes".

  "It's good that you're brave enough to take a stand. However, seeking revenge for past favors is not something our kind does."

  Elder Shi's words were laced with meaning, clearly referring to the white gold sword dan that Ling Sheng had placed in his dantian. However, Elder Shi's words did not sit well with Ling Sheng, who knew that this object could help him make a breakthrough in his "Sword Qi Through Mystery Chapter", and was extremely important, its effects far surpassing those of refined steel outer dan by a hundredfold.

  With a single refined steel outer pill, Ling Sheng may not necessarily be able to step into the "nourishing qi" cultivation, let alone condense a sword pill. But this white gold-colored sphere not only allowed him to suddenly give birth to true qi, but also transformed it into a sword pill, saving him from the hard work of searching for a sword pill in the future.

  Although he was skeptical in his heart, Ling Sheng still said: "The disciple does not dare."

  "It's better if you don't dare," said Elder Shi. "That thing is the Blue Moon family heirloom, not something for you to covet. If you don't want to bring about your own death because of this object, then return it to her."

  "This remark is both advice and a threat. But Ling Sheng didn't mind, he was secretly delighted: "This thing is indeed extraordinary, it's already become my White Gold Sword Dan, no one can take it away from me. Since this White Gold Sword Dan is extraordinary, its origin must also be unusual, I'm afraid it will make my 'Sword Qi Tong Xuan Chapter' even more mysterious and sharp."

  "Disciple wishes to return this item!"

  Ling Sheng took out a white spherical object the size of a fist from his bosom and presented it with both hands.