Chapter 77 Peak of Qi Refining

"It's Fellow Daoist Guo, come in, come in--"

Li An smiled warmly and invited Guo Xiaoxiao in.

"I heard that Fellow Daoist Wei is a formation master?"

Guo Xiaoxiao got straight to the point: "To be honest with Fellow Daoist Wei, I came here to ask for a favor from Fellow Daoist Wei. I want to buy a set of advanced formations."

Li An said: "Of course! What kind do you want?"

Guo Xiaoxiao immediately described her needs. Li An thought about it. Although it was a little troublesome, it could be made.

"Okay, but Wei is not very proficient in refining advanced formations. It takes a while to prepare. How about a month later?"

"Okay, this is the deposit."

Guo Xiaoxiao directly gave Li An 100 spirit stones!

The two agreed, and then chatted for a few more words. Guo Xiaoxiao left immediately.

After she left.

"People from the Demon Cult?"

Li An's eyes were slightly cold.

Since the destruction of the Xuanyang Sect, the Yin-Yang Demon Cult has disappeared, and no one knows where they are.

Now they actually met in Baihu City?

He couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Moreover, according to the information he got from other people, Guo Xiaoxiao actually has a backer in Baihu City.

The backer is likely to be from Baihu Mountain.

Could her backer also be from the Demon Cult?

The reason why Xuanyang Sect was destroyed was because of a traitor.

Could it be that Baihu City is the next target of the Demon Cult?

But this is just a guess. Although Li An was paying attention, he was not panicked.

The Yin-Yang Demon Cult was once rampant, and even the Yin-Yang Demon Furnace was spread everywhere in the middle. The appearance of just one demon cultivator does not mean anything.

If there is a demon cultivator, he has to escape. Then he probably doesn't need to practice. There are a few demon cultivators in the whole Dali territory.

But he has to pay more attention to Guo Xiaoxiao's movements in the future. Maybe he can see something from her.

After sending Guo Xiaoxiao away, he took out a first-grade alchemy furnace and some spiritual medicines.

This alchemy furnace was obtained from the storage bag of the first demon cultivator he killed.

Since I went to ask Luo Yong for advice, I still have to pretend.

As for the alchemy? Li An had no hope.

His talent and energy were already at their limit to support the formation and talismans.

If he continued to work on alchemy and equipment, it would be a waste of time.

A month and a half later, Li An handed over the advanced formation to Guo Xiaoxiao.

"My ability is limited, which has caused the formation to be overdue and has many flaws. Please inspect it, Fellow Daoist Guo. If you are not satisfied, I can return the deposit in full."

He deliberately prolonged the production cycle and also controlled the quality, which seemed very reluctant.

When dealing with demon cultivators, you must be on guard and not let the other party see your true level.

Guo Xiaoxiao smiled slightly, "Fellow Daoist Wei is too polite. This formation is good. I will buy it at the original price."

She took out eight hundred spirit stones.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist! If you need it in the future, please let me know!"

Li An thanked him and left.

After he left. "It's not good enough..." Guo Xiaoxiao played with the formation in her hand and put it aside after a while. It was very rough. Although it was successfully refined, Li An's reluctance could be seen from the details. "Forget it, let's find a more suitable one." ... Four years passed in a blink of an eye. In four years, Li An finally reached the peak of Qi Refining! This year, Li An was 81 years old. It took him only five years to break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining and reach the peak of Qi Refining. This was mainly due to the breakthrough of his spiritual roots and the changes in the spiritual energy of the surrounding spiritual veins. Three years ago, Xu Qiuhui officially became the seventeenth disciple of White Tiger Master. As expected, the spiritual energy in the area where Li An was located suddenly became very rich, which saved him a lot of trouble. In the past four years, the relationship between Li An and Luo Yong has become very close. On this day, under Luo Yong's guidance, Li An finally successfully refined a furnace of first-grade spiritual energy pills. "Brother Wei, congratulations..." "Thank you Brother Luo for your guidance." Li An was very excited. "Brother Wei, you have already made some achievements in alchemy."

"Do you have any other inheritance in your hand? Take it out and let's study it together, maybe you can make faster progress."

Luo Yong smiled and said.

"To be honest, Brother Luo, there are indeed some..."

Li An took out some more.

Luo Yong's eyes were full of joy, and he took it and looked at it.

But after he finished reading it, he suddenly felt sad. Li An... took out only part of it again!

"Brother Luo, actually I have something, I want to ask you for help..."

Luo Yong immediately said: "Just say it!"

"Refine the foundation-building pill."

Li An finally spoke.

After four years of getting along, Li An intentionally or unintentionally tested Luo Yong's situation, and only when he was sure did he dare to reveal this intention.

Luo Yong's heart suddenly became clear... So Li An's intention was here!

"Brother Wei, your cultivation is only the seventh level of Qi Refining..." He couldn't help but speak. Li An said, "To be honest, Brother Luo, another friend of mine needs one. If I can find a suitable alchemist to refine it for him, I will have a chance to share one."

Luo Yong looked at Li An in silence.

It doesn't matter whether Li An's words are true or false.

What matters is that this is an exchange.

He asked his master Zhang Deyi to help, and Li An gave him the inheritance of a second-grade alchemist.

"I will ask for you about this matter, but my master is too busy...it may not be successful."

In fact, he was very confident that he could ask his master.

After all, even his master would definitely be interested in the inheritance of a second-grade alchemist, and the cost of refining the foundation-building pill was not cheap, so his master had no reason to refuse.

Li An said, "Thank you very much!"

For a period of time, he sent some parchment to Luo Yong from time to time, and asked about the progress. Luo Yong told him that it would take three months for Zhang Deyi to have time.

Li An was not in a hurry and waited patiently.

...

That day, Li An continued to go out, bought some medicinal herbs, bought some small spiritual food on the way, and went to see Manman.

Li An carefully maintained the relationship, visited her from time to time, and helped her with some small things, so the two of them got more and more familiar with each other, and Manman trusted Li An more and more.

"Brother, I got the news you asked me to find out. There will be an auction in the city in half a month. I guess there will be what you need."

Manman quietly told Li An a piece of news.

Li An's eyes lit up.

He had mentioned to Manman intentionally or unintentionally that he wanted to buy some medicinal herbs for foundation building while he had enough money.

This is also normal. Every cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining will prepare for foundation building.

"By the way,"

Manman also said: "I heard from the shop owner that materials and pills that can nourish the soul are very popular recently. It seems that someone is purchasing them on a large scale... There is a high probability that there will be purple soul grass at this auction, but I don't recommend you to buy it."

She reminded him.

Li An was clear in his mind.

If there are powerful people looking for something that can nourish the soul, then Li An may not be able to keep the purple soul grass even if he takes it.

This is the benefit of being on good terms with Manman!

Many times, just one sentence may be able to avoid a trouble.

During this period, Li An actually gradually understood the source of Manman's information - the store manager of Yangshenju, Yang Wei.

Yang Wei has a background in Baihu Mountain and is well-informed, and Manman is his bedmate.

Manman did not mention it much, and Li An did not ask much.

It is not easy for a young girl with low cultivation and no special skills to survive in a place like Baihu City.

If not, she would not be able to live in the second-level area, and would most likely fall into the slums of the first-level area and live a hard life.

"Thank you, Manmei,"

Li An took out a pill and said, "This is the first pill I made, a first-grade spiritual pill. The quality is not very good, but the process is quite difficult. I'll give it to you."

"When I become an alchemist in the future, I will make a beauty pill for you."

This pill is the only finished product he has made in half a month.

It's not worth much.

But Manman was very moved and said, "Brother, you are so good to me."

"Okay, I'll leave first and won't delay your work."

Li An saw a middle-aged man walking out of the corner of his eye, and immediately turned around and left.

"Manman, is this the Wei Ming you mentioned?"

The middle-aged man came over, "What did he give you?"

Manman spread out her palm and said, "Just a spiritual pill. He seems to be learning to make pills."

Yang Wei took the spiritual pill and took a look at it. He couldn't help but smile. With this level of alchemy, he might never become an alchemist in his life.

But he didn't say anything. At first, when Manman said she recognized a brother, Yang Wei paid attention to it, fearing that Manman was cheating on a man outside.

But later he found that the two of them did keep a good distance, and Li An was also very sensible, so he didn't care.

...

Back to the residence.

Li An counted and found that he still had more than 12,000 spiritual stones, which was definitely enough to buy the auction.

However, the news about Manman made him a little worried.

There are powerful people collecting treasures that nourish the soul, and one of the main medicines of the foundation-building pill, the purple soul grass, is a precious medicine in this regard.

Will there be any waves if he asks Luo Yong to refine the foundation-building pill?

Just as he was thinking about it, someone knocked on the door hurriedly:

"Daoyou Wei, open the door quickly, the matter has been settled!"

Li An went out to open the door, and Luo Yong walked in with a happy look on his face: "My master promised to refine the foundation-building pill for you!"

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