Chapter 55: Foundation Building Schemes (Re-signed)
Lu Chang'an had not expected to meet his Immortal Cultivation guide in Huanglong Immortal City.Before his memories awakened in this life.
Lu Chang'an was in the territory of the Nujiang Gang, and he befriended a down-and-out and injured casual cultivator, namely, Daoist Guan.
He was instructed by the other party and set foot on the path of immortality, and later went to the Golden Cloud Valley to take the examination.
Back then, Lu Chang'an went back to Nujiang Gang to see his righteous father, and inquired about the whereabouts of Taoist Master Guan, and learned that the latter had left without saying goodbye two months after the clan's examination.
This is the first time that he has been in the clan.
"Lu Changan, is it really you?"
Taoist Master Guan spoke in an excited tone, his white beard trembling slightly as he walked closer.
After not seeing him for nearly thirty years, Taoist Master Guan has aged a lot, he is nearly eighty to ninety years old, and his cultivation level is at the sixth level of qi cultivation.
Behind Taoist Master Guan, is a beautiful girl, thirteen or fourteen years old, timid appearance, apricot eyes blinking, curiously survey Lu Chang'an.
"This is the female disciple that poor Taoist adopted in Yellow Dragon Immortal City, named Guan Qiaozhi."
Looking at the little girl, Daoist Master Guan's gaze was much gentler.
"Good day, Brother Lu." Guan Qiaozhi greeted her nicely.
Hearing his female disciple's name, Taoist Master Guan smiled as he stroked his beard:
"Qiaozhi, don't look at Lu Chang'an's youth, his actual age, I'm afraid, is even older than your biological father."
"Ah!"
Guan Qiaozhi covered her mouth with her hand in surprise, her face flushed red.
Lu Chang'an secretly slandered: Daoist Master Guan is distrusting me, revealing himself in front of his female disciple just after meeting him.
Of course, Mr. Guan's words are true.
Lu Chang'an was 45 years old when he was promoted to the seventh level of qi cultivation, and he still has half a year to go before he reaches the 46th level.
"You can call me senior brother Lu."
Faced with the somewhat "shocked" little girl, Lu Changan kindly said.
"Elder brother Lu." Guan Qiaozhi owed a bow and said crisply.
Seeing this scene, Taoist Master Guan looked at Lu Chang'an with relief, and his words were also a bit closer.
There is a saying in the Immortal Cultivation world:
The guide of the immortal cultivator, for the cultivator, the favor is the same as a rebirth, close to the teacher and father.
How important is an immortal destiny?
From the mortal to the immortal, the rebirth of the body, the grace of rebirth, and even involves karma.
Therefore, cultivators tend to be more respectful of their immortal guides.
Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that some cultivators are not very caring and don't take their Immortal Leader seriously after they have achieved success in their cultivation.
There have been cases where people have killed their immortal guides due to grievances.
At this moment, Lu Changan and Guan Qiaozhi are treating each other as brother and sister, which means that they are recognizing the kindness of Daoist Guan's "Immortal Guide".
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Huanglong Immortal City, Qin Xiang Lou.
Lu Chang'an invited Daoist Master Guan and his disciples to have a spiritual food feast, and chatted while they ate in the private room.
"Chang'an, there's no need to break the bank, order two less dishes. Even if you are a top-grade talisman master, you can't afford to be wasteful, save more spirit stones for the future."
The wrinkles on Elder Guan Dao's face seemed to have smoothed out for a few moments, and he was happy from the bottom of his heart to receive Lu Chang'an's recognition and hospitality.
After the conversation, Elder Guan Dao learned of Lu Chang'an's experiences over the years, sighing.
When Lu Chang'an failed to enter the Golden Cloud Valley back then, Daoist Master Guan was more or less disappointed.
But Lu Chang'an is not a bad person now.
At the seventh level of Qi Refining, a first-ranked top-grade talisman master, in the huge Huanglong Immortal City, with a little bit of hard work, he can live a good life.
Lu Chang'an learned about Daoist Master Guan's experiences over the years.
He was chased and killed, and fled to the area of the Nujiang Gang with his injuries.
After recovering from his injuries, he learned that Lu Chang'an had failed the clan's examination and had traveled to the northern part of Liang to avoid being found by his enemies.
Twenty years ago, he came to the Yellow Dragon Immortal City, which is the holy land of scattered cultivators.
At that time, Taoist Master Guan was in his fifties and wanted to take a last shot at the immortal path.
Only after arriving at the Yellow Dragon Immortal City did he realize the cruelty of the competition amongst the bottom tier of loose cultivators.
With no outstanding cultivation and no good skills, he spent the first ten years of his life in the outer city of Huanglong Immortal City.
He has only achieved a few successes, and his cultivation has stopped at the sixth level of Qi Refining, which is the end of his life.
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Guan Qiaozhi is an orphan adopted by Taoist Master Guan, whose parents died long ago, but she is lucky to have a spiritual root. With no hope for immortality and not much time left to live, Taoist Master Guan is looking for an heir to his mantle.
In fact, he is raising Guan Qiaozhi as his daughter and granddaughter.
Guan Qiaozhi is a lower-grade spirit root with ordinary qualifications, but she has learned to handle animal skins and make talisman paper, and is uniquely gifted in this area.
Taoist Master Guan specializes in making vermilion ink to complement Guan Qiaozhi's talisman paper making and sells the raw materials for talisman drawing.
It's a small business to earn money from his craft.
"Daoist Master Guan, I remember that you are slightly proficient in the art of talismans, why don't you take the route of a talisman master?"
Lu Chang'an asked curiously.
"Alas, the threshold of talisman masters is low, first rank lower grade talisman masters are hard to get along with in Huanglong Immortal City, basically they can't earn any spirit stones, and middle grade talisman masters aren't much stronger. The only thing that can make a stable profit is the first order upper grade, which is less in number."
Daoist Guan sighed.
He did study the talisman path, but he was limited by his talent and was only a lower grade talisman master, not as lucrative as being a craftsman.
"Yellow Dragon Immortal City, as a holy place for scattered cultivators to pile up, is indeed voluminous enough."
Lu Changan secretly sighed, and gained a deeper understanding of the current situation at the bottom of this Immortal City, which was even more competitive than when he was a casual cultivator in his first life.
As the two of them talked.
Guan Qiaozhi's almond eyes were shining brightly, staring at the spiritual food delicacies on the table, slightly restrained, taking small bites, but never stopping.
Unconsciously.
She accumulated a large pile of residue in front of the table, and when she realized it, her small face couldn't help but blush, her bright eyes turning, quietly glancing at Lu Chang'an.
"I'm sorry to make Chang'an laugh. Qiaozhi and I only moved to the inner city to live in recent years, and this is the first time I've come to a high-class spirit food store like Qin Xiang Lou."
Taoist Master Guan was frank.
This banquet is worth tens of spirit stones, and the ingredients are all demonic beasts' flesh and blood, and spiritual plants and materials.
Eating a meal like this will be beneficial to your body and cultivation.
Lu Changan laughed: "It's not easy to live in the inner city. I haven't been to this kind of high-class restaurant a few times."
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Learning that Daoist Master Guan lived in the inner city, Lu Chang'an inquired about the dental firm and rented rooms.
"Chang'an wants to rent an apartment in the inner city?"
Understanding Lu Chang'an's needs, Daoist Master Guan mused:
"In the area of our 'Fairview Place', we have a house with a yard for rent that meets your requirements, it's just that the price is a bit high."
"Oh?"
Lu Changan was slightly interested and asked about the house.
Jinxiu Fang is one of the sixteen residential districts in the inner city, the grade is in the middle of the road.
The environment of spiritual qi is between a first-order middle-grade spiritual vein and a top-grade spiritual vein.
This was slightly lacking for Lu Changan. However, his cultivation speed was mainly limited by his years, so it didn't affect him much.
There are two things Lu Changan is more satisfied with in this housing unit.
One is that it is a detached house with a private courtyard, so it has a good degree of privacy.
The other is that it is more stable, the house is not privately owned, the property right belongs to Huanglong Xiancheng.
Once the lease is signed, you can stay in the house for a long time.
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Lu Chang'an was not in a hurry, so he simply went with Daoist Master Guan and his disciples to take a look at the Jinxiu Square.
Entering a slightly remote street.
Lu Chang'an first went to Taoist Master Guan's place to sit for a while.
The house rented by Mr. Guan is relatively small, only a hundred square feet, and is privately owned, so the price is a bit more affordable.
The disadvantage is that there is no yard and it borders on other houses.
In essence, it is a shared house that is divided into several houses from one big house.
The house that Taoist Master Guan is talking about is located diagonally across the street, about 20 to 30 feet away.
It was an unused and quiet courtyard, covering about half an acre of land, which was not bad in the inner city of Huanglong.
"The mansion next door, who lives there?"
Lu Chang'an found that on the left side of the courtyard, there was a much larger mansion, with a tall and imposing pavilion, two sets of first-order top-grade formations, and occasional visits from Immortal Cultivators.
Renting a house and getting to know your neighbors can't be a big mistake.
"That's Master Du Wei Dan's mansion!"
"Du Wei is a first-rank upper-grade dan master under the tutelage of the notoriously famous 'Master Hua Dan' in Immortal City. If it weren't for the fact that Master Du Dan has many concubines and children, and valued this mansion as large enough, I'm afraid he wouldn't be living in the Fairview Mansion, but rather an area with a better aura environment." Daoist Master Guan looked towards the mansion with a cautious tone and a bit of awe.
"Some of the cultivators who come and visit are looking for him to refine pills, or they want to contact that Great Dan Master Hua through him."
"Oh, the 'Great Dan Master Hua' that Master Du Wei follows, what grade of alchemist is he?"
Lu Chang'an's heart stirred.
"Second rank middle grade alchemist."
"A famous master is a great disciple, no wonder he lives in such a big mansion!"
Lu Chang'an praised.
He had already decided to rent the mansion diagonally across the street, a little more expensive wouldn't hurt.
Having the chance to contact a second-rank middle-grade Dan Master, Lu Changan naturally wouldn't miss such a good opportunity.
He came to Yellow Dragon Immortal City with the main purpose of planning for Foundation Establishment.
The Foundation Establishment Pill is rarely seen except in large-scale auctions.
This kind of strategic resource is not sold to the public by Immortal Cultivation clans and families.
The Foundation Establishment Pill in the auction is facing competition from all the major powers, and it is very difficult to compete with them.
It was a lucky win.
It's easy to make enemies and enemies, and it's too high-profile for an individual cultivator in front of everyone.
In addition to the auctions, the private contact with a second-order or higher dan master can theoretically refine the Foundation Establishment Pill.
The biggest problem is that the main ingredient of the Foundation Building Pill and a few of its auxiliary medicines are scarce and hard to find, and are basically monopolized by the big powers, so it's hard to get them all together.
Even so, this is still a way to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill.
Since it was made in private, it was much more low-profile compared to bidding for the Foundation Building Pill at an auction.
"Unfortunately, my alchemy talent is mediocre, and over the years, I've only been able to touch the threshold of a first-rank upper-grade Dan Master."
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