After much persuasion, Lu Yang finally dissuaded the immortal lady from cooking with the argument that “mortals are not worthy of enjoying the culinary skills of an immortal.”

“Lu Yang, your thinking is wrong. Everyone is equal in front of food. But let’s leave it at that for now.”

“The immortal lady is indeed wise.” Lu Yang praised without hesitation.

He felt that his actions had saved countless lives.

If there was a theory in the cultivation world about becoming an immortal through merit, Lu Yang felt that he could become an immortal based on this alone.

The seven of them arrived at the Golden Coin Trade Association and took out various monster corpses from their identity jade cards. These were all spoils of war, causing a stir.

“These… these are all Golden Elixir stage monsters?!” The same attendant who had previously received Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou immediately recognized that these monsters were all at the Golden Elixir stage, and their bodies were intact, almost undamaged.

This was mainly due to Lu Yang using a sword, aiming for a fatal blow, while Meng Jingzhou used his fists, shattering the monster’s brain with the hidden force of his fist.

Once the attendant thought of Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou’s identities, everything made sense.

A disciple of the Seek Tao Sect, needless to say, had extraordinary combat power and was synonymous with being invincible among peers.

In fact, disciples of the five major immortal sects were all synonymous with being invincible among peers. If they couldn’t fight across levels, they would be embarrassed to say they were from the five major sects.

What the attendant didn’t know was that Lu Yang was particularly good at fighting among the five major sects, having defeated the strongest Foundation Establishment stage cultivator of the Five Elements Sect in battle.

As for Meng Jingzhou, a direct descendant of the Meng family, the Meng family was notorious in the imperial city for causing trouble. The line of people seeking revenge from the Meng family could stretch all the way to the palace. If a direct descendant of the Meng family didn’t have some skills, they would have been killed long ago.

The attendant had also heard that the headquarters was considering setting up a “Meng Family Personal Accident Insurance.”

“Do you two not want the monster cores?” The attendant picked out the monster cores, which were the most valuable parts of the Golden Elixir stage monsters. They could be used to refine pills that increased the probability of forming a Golden Elixir, and were very popular among late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Some half-step Golden Elixir stage cultivators were just one pill away from the true Golden Elixir stage, a pill made from these monster cores.

“They’re not much use, just sell them all.” Meng Jingzhou waved his hand indifferently.

The attendant quickly assessed the price of these monster corpses. About three intact mid-stage Golden Elixir monster corpses could buy one Directional Teleportation Talisman, and this was after a discount due to Meng Jingzhou’s family status.

“Give me five more Directional Teleportation Talismans.” Having tasted the benefits, Meng Jingzhou bought five more.

Now he had nine Directional Teleportation Talismans, enough to deal with nine Elemental Infant stage monsters. This setup was enough to walk sideways in the dense forest.

“Here are four for you.” Meng Jingzhou gave four to Lu Yang.

“Do you have any higher-level teleportation talismans?” Meng Jingzhou asked.

“Higher-level ones?”

“Those that won’t interrupt the teleportation even when facing an attack from a Divine Transformation stage monster.”

“Wait a moment, let me check.” Since the Directional Teleportation Talismans were expensive, few people bought them, so the attendant didn’t know much about them.

“I’m sorry, we only have Elemental Infant level Directional Teleportation Talismans in stock. The Divine Transformation level ones are only available at the headquarters. Do you want us to bring some over?”

“Have your headquarters send over three.” Meng Jingzhou always prioritized safety.

“Alright.”

“Have there been any recent reports of heavenly treasures appearing in the dense forest?” Lu Yang inquired. The trade association offered this service, claiming that as long as you paid enough spirit stones, they could find any information for you.

Of course, this was false advertising. At the very least, they didn’t know the age of the eldest sister.

The attendant gestured for the two to enter a soundproof room, activated a formation to prevent outside prying.

Important information couldn’t be discussed in public.

“Somebody found a Twin Lotus.” The attendant got straight to the point.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou were both taken aback. They had just mentioned this heavenly treasure last night, and now there were traces of it?

“Where?”

The attendant spread out a map and pointed to a lake: “It was found in a lake 110 miles south of the Demon Suppression Pass. Originally, there was a late-stage Golden Elixir Fish King in that lake. It was a pufferfish spirit, containing deadly poison. Few of the same level could withstand it, and it was undoubtedly the overlord.”

“Moreover, it was rumored to have formed an alliance with four Golden Elixir stage monsters, causing countless harm.”

“Just three days ago, someone accidentally entered the Fish King’s territory and thought they were doomed. But they were not attacked, and there were four Golden Elixir stage monster corpses by the lake. They died of poisoning, which was confirmed after an autopsy.”

“At the same time, they found the Fish King’s body in the lake, torn to pieces.”

“We speculate that there must have been a disagreement between the Fish King and these four monsters, leading to an uneven distribution of spoils and internal strife. The four monsters were poisoned to death by the Fish King, who was also beaten to a pulp and died.”

“People later found the Twin Lotus in that lake, which had been well hidden and guarded by the Fish King.””The Twin Lotus will bloom in five days, and many people have already received the news and are preparing to snatch it.”

“Twin Lotus, huh…” Both Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou showed interested smiles.

Neither of them had decided what kind of Golden Elixir they wanted to form. Lu Yang didn’t want to form a Sword Elixir, and Meng Jingzhou didn’t want to form a Single Elixir. They both needed to seek inspiration from external objects.

Observing the Twin Lotus could potentially lead to insights about the Golden Elixir, and there were precedents for this in the Seek Tao Sect.

One senior brother happened to have a Twin Lotus blooming in his room when he was forming his elixir. Under the moonlight, he observed the lotus and gained insight, forming a Yin-Yang Golden Elixir with extremely strong offensive power.

When operating the Yin-Yang Golden Elixir, strange words would slip out of his mouth, making him a prime target for resentment.

Lu Yang was familiar with this person, who was his second senior brother currently practicing in the Golden Buddha Kingdom.

There was also the abbot of the Hanging Temple, the only Tribulation Crossing cultivator among the leaders of the five major immortal sects. He also referred to the Twin Lotus when he was in the Golden Elixir stage.

The abbot of the Hanging Temple had a lotus pattern on his Golden Elixir. As a result, whenever he debated or preached in the future, lotus flowers would appear from his mouth and under his feet, creating a very intimidating effect.

This was different from magic, which was external force. His was an automatically appearing special effect, purely natural.

This earned him the admiration of many powerful beings, demonstrating the strong efficacy of the Twin Lotus.

“The lotus seeds are also delicious,” the Immortal reminded Lu Yang, another benefit of the Twin Lotus.

She had also noticed the existence of the Twin Lotus when she was killing the Fish King, but it had not yet bloomed at that time. Premature harvesting would cause the lotus to lose its spirituality.

As an immortal chef, or the only immortal chef in the world, she naturally couldn’t waste such a treasure.

“The lotus seeds can be used to make lotus seed soup, symbolizing many children and blessings. When you want children in the future, you can make this for your wife.”

“…Immortal, aren’t you thinking too far ahead? I don’t even have a fiancée yet.”

“You will have one sooner or later. This is the blessing of the immortals!”

The Immortal was full of confidence. Her blessings had never failed.

Lu Yang felt his life was full of hardships.

(End of the chapter)