“Senior Sister, you’re back?” Hearing Senior Sister calling him, Lu Yang hurried back to Heavenly Gate Peak.
Senior Sister still had her usual cold demeanor: “Hmm, I went to the palace to discuss some matters, just got back from there. I heard you’ve reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment.”
Lu Yang thought to himself that it must have been the puppet who informed Senior Sister.
Senior Sister glanced at Lu Yang, as if she had seen through him: “Now that you’ve reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment, your next step should be planning how to form your Golden Elixir.”
“The step of forming the Golden Elixir is crucial for cultivators. In the most ancient times, when there were no flying boats, because the Golden Elixir stage allows cultivators to fly freely in the sky, some people regard the Golden Elixir stage as the watershed between immortals and mortals, and some people call the Golden Elixir the ‘Golden Elixir Path’, which shows the status of this realm.”
“If you can form a top-grade Golden Elixir, it will be as easy as turning your hand.”
“Of course, as a cultivator with a sword spiritual root, you have an extraordinary talent. It’s not difficult for you to form a top-grade Golden Elixir. What you need to consider is what type of top-grade Golden Elixir you want to form.”
“There are countless types of Golden Elixirs formed by the disciples of our sect, all recorded in the Scripture Pavilion. You can go to the Scripture Pavilion to read and find inspiration.”
“Yes.”
“And this, take it, it will help you.” Before leaving, Senior Sister took out a small medicine bottle.
“What is this?” Lu Yang wondered if it was a pill that could prevent him from damaging his foundation if he failed to form the Golden Elixir, or a fairy pill that could guarantee the formation of a top-grade Golden Elixir.
As expected of Senior Sister, she could even get such good things.
“Eye drops, for when you read too much.”
“…”
“Thank you for your concern, Senior Sister.”
“Could the senior come out for a moment?” Senior Sister called out the Immortal Maiden.
“What’s the matter?” The Immortal Maiden was a bit nervous, quickly thinking about whether she had done something wrong.
She had been quite honest recently, she hadn’t caused any trouble for Lu Yang, at most she was sleeping when he was cultivating.
Senior Sister took out a large pile of immortal treasures, each with a different shape, emitting an immortal halo, clearly not ordinary items.
“These are immortal treasures seized from the Immortal Sect, do you want anything, senior?” Senior Sister wanted to return the items to their original owner.
The Immortal Maiden glanced at them and sneered: “Nothing I want.”
“Senior, what is this?” Senior Sister picked up a bamboo needle, there were many things in the immortal treasures that even she didn’t know what their original use was. She and the Great Summer Dynasty had researched for a long time but couldn’t figure it out, so she took this opportunity to ask the original owner.
This bamboo needle could be easily moved by thought, its speed was extremely fast, and it could break through defenses, it was the king of hidden weapons.
“A toothpick.”
“What about this?” Senior Sister picked up an iron stick, which was identified as being steeped in deadly poison, including ancient poisons that had been lost for a long time and were only recorded in ancient books, and poisons with incomprehensible pharmacology.
The scholars of the Great Summer Dynasty speculated that this must have been a stirring stick used by ancient immortals when they were making poison, and it had become like this after long-term contact with various poisons.
“Chopsticks.”
“What about this?” Senior Sister lifted the lid of a water jar, a pungent smell rushed out, the jar was full of black liquid, as if it was brewing countless resentful spirits.
“Oh, oh, oh, it’s the vinegar I brewed, I didn’t expect the Immortal Sect to still have this good stuff, can you give it back to me?”
Senior Sister hesitated for a moment, and for safety reasons, she refused the Immortal Maiden’s request.
“You’re not keeping your word!” The Immortal Maiden scolded Senior Sister with her hands on her hips.
Senior Sister turned a deaf ear.
“What is this for?” Senior Sister pointed to a cloth that was nine feet long and nine feet wide.
According to the high-ranking members of the Immortal Sect, this cloth contained the power of space and could wrap up everything, even living people could be put into it. Anyone standing on the cloth, even if they exhausted their magic power to move, they couldn’t leave the range of the cloth.
“A bed sheet, I refined it to replace the mattress, so I can roll around on the bed when I sleep and won’t fall off.”
“Now I don’t have a physical body, so this thing is of no use to me, you can keep it.”
“What about this?” Senior Sister took out a round disc.
This disc was hard and indestructible. Some scholars speculated that it was a shield from ancient times, just a bit smaller. Others speculated that as long as it was activated in the right way, it could appear above the enemy’s head and immobilize them.
“My specially made dinner plate.” The Immortal Maiden complained, “The quality of our plates back then wasn’t very good, they leaked easily, so I specially refined a set myself.”
After asking around, Lu Yang found out that the so-called immortal treasures of the Immortal Sect were all the Immortal Maiden’s daily necessities.
It’s just that, as expected of an immortal’s items, they all have magical features, such as the wooden barrel that can hold rivers and lakes is her swimming pool, and the dream pillow is still being treasured by the Great Elder.
……
“Barbecue skewers, fresh off the grill, smooth and tender!”
“Exclusive recipe, guaranteed to be addictive!”
“Eat one and you’ll want two, eat two and you’ll want ten——”
In the commercial area of the Seek Tao Sect, loud shouts echoed in the streets, the smell of barbecue lingered in the heart, attracting many people to come and taste.
At this time, night had just fallen, and the disciples of the Seek Tao Sect who had been busy all day liked to rest, shop, and exchange cultivation experiences here.
Just as the shouting said, the skewers from the “One More Skewer” barbecue shop were unique. Many disciples came to eat on the first night and wanted to come back the next night.
Some people suspected that the barbecue shop had added addictive drugs, but after verification by the Seventh Elder of the Pill Cauldron Peak, it was confirmed that they were just delicious, not drugged.
Three people in black robes with hoods stood in front of the barbecue shop, lost in thought. The bustling scene in front of them seemed distant, and the customers coming and going became blurry.
One of the people in black robes took off his hood, looked at the bustling barbecue shop, and sighed with emotion:
“Xiao Liu, Xiao Gao, are you two still alive?”
Hearing the familiar voice, Master Liu and Master Gao froze, thinking they were hallucinating.
They looked up and saw the owner of the voice, their faces filled with disbelief.
“Sect Leader?!”
“And me.” The second man in the black robe lifted his hood, revealing himself to be Vice Sect Leader Jin.
At this moment, the highest echelons of the Immortal Sect, one Sect Leader and three Vice Sect Leaders, were gathered here.
They were once influential figures, wielding absolute power over one of the four major demonic sects. Now, they could only gather at a barbecue stand.
The Sect Leader never blamed the downfall of the Immortal Sect on Vice Sect Leaders Liu and Gao. The real culprit who let the wolf into the house was himself, he couldn’t blame anyone else.
“You two sit down first, we’ll close up after we finish these few orders.”
There was still a long line in front of the shop. Master Liu and Master Gao told the people behind not to line up anymore, they would close up after grilling five more orders.
The Sect Leader noticed that the waiter cleaning the tables and picking up the skewers was an elder from the sect. He shook his head slightly, unable to describe the feeling in his heart.
After Master Liu and Master Gao sold their last order, they announced the end of business, closed the shop, and started catching up with the Sect Leader.
“How did you end up here?”
Only a few people knew about the fall of the Immortal Sect. Master Liu and Master Gao were just ordinary barbecue shop owners here, unaware of the outside world.
“It’s a long story…” The Sect Leader sighed deeply, expressing his helplessness.
He detailed how Lu Yang and the others infiltrated the Immortal Sect headquarters, and how the Immortal Sect was surrounded by the Great Xia Dynasty.
The news of the Immortal Sect’s fall was too heavy. After a moment of silence, Master Liu accepted the fact that the Immortal Sect had fallen and quickly cheered up.
“Thank goodness you’re here. The Seek Tao Sect is now divided into many factions, it’s a good time to make a move. We were just worrying about being short-handed, and you guys showed up!” Master Liu looked at the Sect Leader and Vice Sect Leader Jin with burning eyes.
The Sect Leader’s eyes lit up.
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(End of Chapter)