Chapter 52: Gridlock
In the Immortal Cultivation Family, if there is a birth of a Foundation Establishment Stage, the Foundation Establishment Ceremony will be held to show the strength of the family.
But in the clan, this is not appropriate, Foundation Establishment stage is at most a small middle class.
The newest Foundation Establishment is only celebrated in a small area, inviting friends from the same clan, and is called the "Foundation Establishment Celebration".
The Cloud Cloud Transportation Light carries the three of them through the clouds, approaching the hinterland of the Golden Cloud Valley, and settling down halfway up a mountain peak.
"A second-order upper grade spirit vein environment."
Lu Chang'an felt the pure and rich heaven and earth spiritual qi, even better than the Moonheart Island where the Mu Clan's ancestor was located.
Zhao Siyao's Foundation Establishment Mini-Celebration was held in her own cave.
The cave mansion covers an area of several acres, the main hall is five or six feet high, and there are gardens, medicinal fields, purification pools, and quiet rooms in various places.
At this time, the main hall gathered twenty to thirty cultivators, from the dress to see most of the Golden Cloud Valley cultivators.
The moment they came in.
Li Ergou's face turned pale, beads of sweat seeped out from his forehead, and he almost collapsed on the ground.
Inside the cave, there were six or seven Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators alone!
Zhao Siyao personally greeted the two of them, attracting the curious and searching gazes of many cultivators.
Even if those Foundation Stage cultivators didn't intentionally emit their aura, the pressure of many gazes converging on them would be too much for a normal Qi Refining Stage to bear.
Lu Chang'an deliberately increased his breathing, showing a slight sense of tension and pressure.
Li Ergou was a bit dumbfounded that there were so many Foundation Establishment Stage masters in his life.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, Fellow Daoist Li, take your seats here. There's no need to be formal, these are all my brothers and sisters from the same sect."
Zhao Siyao opened her mouth with a smile, easing the pressure on the two of them.
"Sister Zhao, who are these two guests?"
A broad-robed man at the Foundation Establishment stage asked.
"Lu Changan, Li Erqing, cultivators from the Mu Family of Fei Yue Lake, they have been friends with me for many years. For Si Yao to be able to build her foundation, she had gotten help from them."
After listening to Zhao Siyao's introduction, the sect cultivators present lost interest. Some of them had a playful smile on their lips.
Someone laughed softly, "Senior Sister Zhao promoted to Foundation Establishment and doesn't forget her old friends from back then... Such character and purity is admirable."
Li Ergou fidgeted, obviously words of praise, heard in the heart is very bad taste.
Those sect cultivators, did not show any mockery, or taunt.
Li Ergou felt that he was treated like a hick.
"Eat and drink well, this is not our world."
Lu Chang'an's voice transmission came from his ears, the latter's face was flat, lightly sipping a mouthful of spirit tea, with no intention of dealing with anyone.
Li Ergou heard this and his mood was much soothed.
Zhao Siyao's Foundation Establishment Small Celebration, the cultivators who came to participate are at least inner disciples, either Foundation Establishment Stage high level people.
Such a circle is not at all at the same level as ordinary family cultivators.
But as long as you don't try to squeeze into this circle, then you don't have to walk on thin ice and be cautious.
Lu Chang'an listened to all sides and gained some information from the conversations of the clan disciples.
Inside the cave, there is a voluptuous colorful skirt female cultivator, mid Foundation Establishment cultivation, high status, highly respected by other cultivators.
She was Zhao Siyao's eldest senior sister, her exact name was unknown.
Everyone called her "Senior Sister Qiao".
Beside Senior Sister Qiao, there was a white, chubby male cultivator, squinting with a pair of small eyes, sometimes glancing at the elegant and cool Zhao Siyao, but not daring to look directly at the latter.
The name of the fat white male cultivator is "Jiao Lechi", with a cultivation of the ninth level of Qi refining, he is the grandson of Zhao Siyao's pseudo-dan female master, and has also been accepted into the sect.
When Lu Changan and his team first came in, Jiao Lechi seemed to be interested.
The fat head of Li Ergou was ignored by him.
Lu Chang'an's appearance and temperament were not bad, while the fat white male cultivator looked at him a few more times.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang is also here?"
A stocky young man with a slightly darker complexion walked into the cave, and many inner disciples greeted him politely.
Even those at the Foundation Establishment stage nodded slightly.
The person who came was Zhang Tieshan.
Two years ago, in front of Lin Yi's mausoleum, Lu Chang'an had a conversation with him.
Zhang Tieshan came over to celebrate, causing some cultivators to be slightly surprised. Previously, he was not very familiar with Zhao Siyao.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang."
Zhao Siyao got up to return the greeting, and in order to take care of Lu Chang'an and Li Ergou, Zhang Tieshan was purposely placed next to the two of them.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, we haven't seen you for two years, your cultivation has improved again."
When Zhang Tieshan saw Lu Chang'an, his ancient face revealed a smirk.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang is flattering, it was just a fluke."
After greeting each other, the two sat next to each other and chatted.
Seeing this scene, some sect disciples were surprised.
Zhang Tieshan is not an ordinary inner disciple, he was recognized by the outer peak elders and now serves in the Law Enforcement Hall.
Zhang Tieshan is as cynical as he is vindictive, and is powerful in actual combat, with many of the clan's most wanted criminals having died at his hands.
"Brother Zhang, seems to be injured?"
Lu Changan noticed that Zhang Tieshan's mana breath was slightly disorganized and his arm was a bit stiff.
"A few days ago, I fought with a rather notorious robber cultivator, who had a flying eagle spirit bird and came and went as he pleased, so I couldn't help it."
Zhang Tieshan did not hide it and told the inside story.
"Flying eagle spirit bird? But the evil-faced flying eagle?"
Lu Chang'an's heart stirred.
Back then, Mu Xiu Yun almost died in the hands of the Evil-faced Flying Eagle.
"That's him! This person's strength far exceeds the unusual ninth level of Qi Refining, he is old and cunning, good at disguise and camouflage, if we let him successfully build his foundation, he will be a great scourge in the future."
Zhang Tieshan frowned tightly, not hiding the killing intent in his eyes.
He added, "Two years ago, the evil cultivator that caused Brother Lin's body to fall was under the 'Evil-faced Flying Eagle'."
Lu Changan was moved, no wonder those evil cultivators had the audacity to ambush and attack the disciples of the sect, they had originally defected to the 'Evil Faced Flying Eagle'.
"I heard that you were the third place winner of the Illusory Heart Stage back then?"
Zhang Tieshan asked curiously.
"That's right, but compared to Fellow Daoist Zhang's first place, it's not worth mentioning."
Lu Changan thought to himself that if he had broken the mystery of the fetus a moment earlier, he would have been the first place winner of the Illusory Heart Stage. Zhang Tieshan may not be able to have today's position.
"I see that Fellow Daoist Lu has pure magical power, a solid foundation, and a calm demeanor. Golden Cloud Valley, missed you this good seedling."
Zhang Tieshan sighed with emotion, giving Lu Changan a high regard.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang don't flatter me."
Lu Changan's eyelids slightly jumped, Zhang Tieshan uttered such words, although it was a private chat, it was still straightforward enough.
The implication was that the clan had looked away.
Zhang Tieshan knows that Lu Chang'an's temperament is low-profile and does not like to be in the limelight, so he smiled slightly and stopped mentioning this topic.
During the conversation, Lu Changan learned that Zhang Tieshan is a blacksmith, has a good talent for refining weapons, and is even a first-ranked upper-grade refiner, who can refine medium-grade magic weapons.
This made Lu Changan think of befriending Zhang Tieshan.
In the middle of the small celebration, Zhang Tieshan took out a jade pendant, received some kind of message and left.
Zhang Tieshan had just left.
On his seat at the small table, came a white fat cultivator of the ninth level of Qi refining, smilingly squinting his small eyes.
It was none other than Jiao Lechi, the grandson of the False Dan Realist.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, you are Si Yao's close friends, don't be left out in the cold. I'm not very talented, so I'll entertain you on behalf of my sister."
Jiao Lechi was so old-fashioned that he took out a wine pot and beckoned for the waitress to pour the wine.
All three of them poured a cup of spirit wine.
"Come! Drink a cup together."
Jiao Lechi drank in a very crude way, directly smothering a cup.
Lu Changan did not worry about the other party poisoning, and drank it all in one go, it was pure spirit wine, not low in value, it was just a bit strong.
Li Ergou had never drunk such a good wine, his face was flushed with a reddish color.
"Today is the day of senior sister's small celebration, drink a few more cups."
Jiao Lechi enthusiastically persuade wine, always smiling, small eyes almost narrowed into slits.
Li Ergou can't hold his liquor, his cultivation is only in the middle stage of Qi refining, he can't hold his liquor after a few cups.
Lu Chang'an's Evergreen magic power can even dissolve poison, so it's no big deal for him to drink.
Lu Chang'an's Evergreen magic power is able to neutralize even the most severe poison, but he is still slightly drunk.
"Fellow Daoist Li, how did you become acquainted with Sister Siyao in the first place?"
"You guys contributed a lot to the foundation building of your senior sister, right? Jiao Mou is very curious......"
Jiao Lechi motionless condescension, especially against the poor alcohol Li Ergu.
Li Ergou is drunk but not stupid.
But he didn't dare to offend this clan's second great-grandfather, so he answered ambiguously.
"Senior brother Jiao! Fellow Daoist Li can't hold his liquor, there's no need to drink anymore."
Zhao Siyao noticed this side and spoke out to stop it, casting an apologetic gaze at Lu Changan.
Jiao Lechi smiled sarcastically and left his seat.
"Fellow Daoist Zhao, the clan doesn't keep outsiders overnight, so we'll take our leave first."
After Li Er Dog sobered up, Lu Chang An got up and said.
Zhao Siyao didn't stay, it was obvious that the two of them didn't fit in here.
She also sighed, no wonder the sect cultivators are divided into circles, clear-cut.
The Foundation Stage has its own circle, and it is difficult for ordinary disciples to integrate into it.
The ordinary cultivators from the outside would never want to enter the circle of the sect disciples.
If Lu Chang'an and the two of them kept falling behind in their cultivation, it was inevitable that they would drift away from her with the loss of time.
This was not entirely up to her own will.
......
At sunset, outside the Golden Cloud Valley.
Lu Chang'an and the two of them left in their flying boat.
Along the way, Li Ergou appeared to be silent.
Lu Chang'an knew that this small celebration of foundation building had impacted Li Ergou's mind.
In the family, Li Ergou's status was not low and he was living a good life.
This time, when he came to the clan to participate in the Foundation Establishment Celebration, almost no one looked at him with a straight face.
Anyone can kill him with a snap of their fingers.
The way those people looked at him was no different from a dog.
"Let's go, big brother will take you to a place."
Lu Changan could see that after experiencing Lin Yi's death and the small celebration of Foundation Establishment, Li Er Dog's state of mind had fallen into a low point.
He was about to leave the Mu Family, and he was afraid that it would bring further impact to Er Dog.
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