Immortal Mansion Royal Beast

Qiyun City, Miaoyinfang, in front of a garden building.

Cao Jie came to the banquet with a few people. As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw a Jindan cultivator waiting for him at the door.

"Brother Fang? Why did you come to see me just now? After so many years, I thought you had forgotten me."

After fifty years of separation, Cao Jie's impression of Fang Qingyuan was not very deep. After all, they had only eaten, drank and had fun, and had a gang fight once. Even though they were all thrown into prison, they came out quickly. It was not a life-and-death friendship.

But Fang Qingyuan did not hide his true level of cultivation from Cao Jie. Facing a cultivation genius, a Jindan perfect cultivator who was less than 200 years old, there was no reason for Cao Jie not to win over Fang Qingyuan even though he was a direct descendant of the Qiyun Cao family.

"Brother Cao, please don't blame me for being busy with worldly affairs. Brother Xu Dao needs to wait for a while. Let's go in and sit for a while."

Fang Qingyuan led Cao Ji into the garden at the back, which was a garden courtyard specially provided by Miaoyinfang. It was exquisitely decorated with mountains and water, and covered an area of ​​three acres. It was rare and precious in Qiyun City where every inch of land was valuable.

There are curved railings around the pond, with pavilions connected to each other. There are also floating lanterns in the pond, each petal is translucent, which looks elegant.

The breeze blows from all directions, passing through the curtains of the corridor and pavilion, giving people a very fresh feeling.

Fang Qingyuan invited Cao Jie and others to take a seat. After some introductions, Fang Qingyuan found out the identities of the people around Cao Jie.

There are three men and two women in total, all of whom are direct descendants of various Qiyun Yuanying families, and their cultivation ranges from the late foundation building stage to the middle Jindan stage.

In Baishan, Jindan cultivators are the leaders of a faction. All of them are shrewd and experienced.

And at the Qiyun Main Mountain, these Jindan cultivators actually still had some vigor and vitality.

They are all children of wealthy families. They have been doing well in their cultivation. After becoming Jindan cultivators, they are naturally arranged to work in the various peaks of Qiyun. Although they have seen the filth and darkness, they have not been smoothed over.

These people are good friends of Cao Ji, and are distributed on various mountaintops of Qiyun. They are basically the people in charge of a certain mundane affairs.

"Brother Fang is from the Baishan area. I wonder if you can tell us about what happened in the Awakening Lion Valley?"

The one who spoke was a petite female cultivator. Judging from her appearance and dress, she had a rather fierce temper. According to Fang Qingyuan's observation, from the time he entered the sect until now, Cao Jie had focused most of his attention on this woman, and it was obvious that he had some thoughts about her.

This girl's name is Gan Shihan. She is a direct descendant of the Qiyun Gan family. Her cultivation is at the early stage of the Golden Core stage and she is only about 110 to 120 years old, which is considered to be the youth stage in the Golden Core life cycle.

The Qiyun Gan family is the owner of the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion. In the world of cultivation, as long as the territory is within the sphere of influence of Qiyun, the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion can open a branch.

Spiritual herbs and elixirs are indispensable supplies in spiritual practice. The Spiritual Medicine Pavilion is equivalent to controlling the basic lifeline of thousands of cultivators. If they increase the price of a first-level qi-replenishing elixir by a few low-grade spirit stones, it is estimated that on the second day, a large number of low-level cultivators will have to tighten their belts.

If Qi Yun also has the concept of chaebol, then Gan Shihan is equivalent to the eldest daughter of a chaebol family. Although the Cao family, where Cao Jie is from, is also a member of the General Affairs Peak, it is far inferior to the Gan family in terms of financial strength and influence. Therefore, Cao Jie's attitude towards Gan Shihan is somewhat fawning.

Gan Shihan was probably curious about the incident of the Yuanhou Awakening Lion. This incident shocked the entire cultivation world and was considered the heaviest loss for mankind in ten thousand years. They, Qiyun, also lost a Yuanying cultivator here.

Gan Shihan didn't know much about the matter. After all, it was not a glorious thing, so how could Qi Yun publicize it so vigorously?

But the colder the treatment, the more it aroused Gan Shihan's curiosity. While Fang Qingyuan was around, Gan Shihan asked directly.

Fang Qingyuan looked around at the expressions of the few people and saw that they all had a curious look on their faces, and there was also some desire in Cao Jie's eyes, obviously not wanting Fang Qingyuan to reject Gan Shihan.

Haha, I haven’t seen you for fifty years, and you have become so stupid. You even became a Jindan cultivator. If your sister saw this, she would probably enforce the family rules.

Facing Cao Ji's gaze, Fang Qingyuan picked out some things to say and briefly told everyone that in terms of understanding of the Awakening Lion, there was really no other Jindan cultivator in the entire Baishan who was better than him.

"What are you talking about? You look so happy?"

Xu Taichu's voice came from the corridor, and Fang Qingyuan realized at this time that the other party had arrived.

He was shocked. After fifty years, was Xu Taichu's cultivation so advanced?

I didn't even notice his arrival immediately.

"Brother Xu, we've been waiting for you. Come, come, please take your seat."

Fang Qingyuan invited Xu Taichu to take a seat. Seeing Xu Taichu's arrival, the others also bowed.

It was then that Fang Qingyuan discovered that Xu Taichu's realm was the same as his own, and he had also achieved the perfection of the golden elixir.

All in all, Xu Taichu is only over 200 years old, less than 300 years old. This speed of cultivation is really fast.

Little did he know that Fang Qingyuan was thinking this of Xu Taichu, and Xu Taichu was even more shocked at Fang Qingyuan, otherwise he would not have gladly accepted the appointment just because of a letter from Fang Qingyuan.

Fang Qingyuan invited Xu Taichu and Cao Ji mainly to act as matchmakers. Otherwise, if he rashly approached them to discuss cooperation, as it would involve such a large amount of high-quality spirit stones, Fang Qingyuan was also worried that the other party would do something shady.

Although Qi Yun has a good moral character, it does not mean that all of them are good men and women. This is just Qi Yun's appearance. When it comes to a real fight, Qi Yun is more evil than anyone else. Otherwise, how could Qi Yun become the number one family in this world? This is not the result of humility.

After the banquet, everyone got to know each other. It was not easy to talk about business directly when meeting for the first time, so it would take at least two or three times before we could talk about it.

After Cao Jie sent Gan Shihan and others away, only Fang Qingyuan and Xu Taichu were left in the pavilion.

After the outsiders left, the atmosphere between the three became more harmonious. Xu Taichu already had a friendship with Cao Ji and they kept in touch on weekdays, but they just seldom got together when there was nothing to do.

"When did you form the elixir?"

This is what Fang Qingyuan asked Cao Jie. Cao Jie smiled helplessly and said:

"After you left, I successfully formed a pill within ten years. I was quite lucky. But apart from me, the rest of the guys were not so lucky. Now they are still traveling around, looking for the opportunity to form a pill."

What Cao Jie was talking about were a few playboys that Fang Qingyuan had befriended back then. However, they did not have Cao Jie's family background, so it was not very smooth for them to make pills.

The difference between the Dan-forming rate of the cultivators in Baishan and those in Qiyun Mountain is really huge.

Among the independent cultivators in Baishan, it is possible that none of the thirty foundation-building cultivators will succeed. However, among the Jindan cultivators of the large forces in Baishan, only one out of ten foundation-building cultivators can succeed. But in Qiyun Mountain, only about three out of ten foundation-building cultivators can succeed.

"Everyone has his own destiny. If the opportunity hasn't come yet, no one can do anything about it."

Fang Qingyuan sighed a few times. No matter how good the relationship was, time would slowly distance them from each other. In the past, that group of playboys followed Cao Jie to eat, drink and have fun, but now, there is a new group of people around Cao Jie.

Xu Taichu interjected:

"You didn't come here just to reminisce with us, did you?"

Fang Qingyuan attached great importance to Xu Taichu. This cultivator with an ordinary background had such a fast cultivation speed, he must have had good luck. If nothing unexpected happened, the next time they met, Xu Taichu would also have become a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"It's mainly to reminisce about the past and sell some pills."

Xu Taichu was speechless for a while, and said after a few breaths:

"Last time you came here you were selling pills, and this time you are selling pills again. Could it be that you are some hidden master of alchemy?"

Fang Qingyuan quickly denied Xu Taichu's ridicule. Xu Taichu also knew that Fang Qingyuan was not an alchemist. He did not sense the alchemy energy of an alchemist in Fang Qingyuan.

"What kind of pills are you selling this time? How much do you want to sell?"

After the last cooperation, Xu Taichu was very familiar with the process. Seeing this, Fang Qingyuan took out a bottle of Blood Amber Replenishing Yuan Dan from the Immortal Palace and gave it to Xu Taichu for inspection.

Seeing that it was still a longevity elixir, and it was very similar to the last elixir, Xu Taichu looked at Fang Qingyuan deeply.

After handing the bottle of Blood Amber Replenishing Yuan Dan to Cao Jie for inspection, Xu Taichu asked:

"How do you want to sell it? This longevity elixir is easy to sell, but you need to find a way to sell it. Do you need me to recommend a few businesses to you?"

Fang Qingyuan thought about it and then expressed his thoughts. Xu Taichu closed his eyes and thought for a few breaths, then suggested:

"The auction house can't take all your pills at once. I suggest you sell them directly to big merchants like the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion and let them sell them slowly. Longevity pills are very scarce in this world. The materials needed to prolong life are not easy to produce, and the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion doesn't have much in stock."

Cao Jie also said:

"In addition to the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion, you can also directly negotiate with several other Nascent Soul families. This way, you don't have to pass it on from the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion. For example, our Cao family also needs to stock up on longevity pills."

What Cao Jie said was true. The Yuanying family had storage requirements for longevity elixirs. A certain amount of longevity elixirs must be prepared in the warehouse in case of emergency.

Listening to the suggestions of Xu Taichu and Cao Jie, Fang Qingyuan also followed suit. In Qiyun, there would be nothing wrong in listening to the locals.

"Then please ask Brother Cao to help me contact the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion, and Brother Xu to help me contact a few Nascent Soul families who are willing to buy longevity pills. In addition, I also want to sell two bottles at the auction house to use as a benchmark for anchoring the price."

After listening to Fang Qingyuan's words, Cao Jie raised his wine jar and called Xu Taichu:

"It is very appropriate to act this way, and it should be made clear."

Then the three of them raised their glasses together and shouted in unison: "Good!"

Fang Qingyuan didn't expect that the first cultivator that came from the Nascent Soul family was Cao Jie's sister, Cao Qingmei.

Fang Qingyuan was invited into the fourth-level spiritual land where the Qiyun Cao family was located, and then sent to Cao Qingmei's room.

Well, it’s a reception room, so this description is more accurate.

Fifty or sixty years have passed, and the years seem to have left no trace on Cao Qingmei's face. She still looks the same as before, but her temperament has become more stable.

I heard from Cao Jie that Cao Qingmei is now the acting patriarch of the Cao family. The old patriarch is in the process of delegating power, and their Nascent Soul ancestor has never been concerned with the mundane affairs of the Cao family.

Within the next hundred years, Cao Qingmei will be responsible for the entire Cao family. She has never been married in the past two hundred years. In Cao Jie's words, his sister is a tigress who cannot be subdued by ordinary cultivators of the same level.

Fang Qingyuan was a little overwhelmed at this time. Cao Qingmei's bargaining ability was really strong.

"You are Xiaojie's friend, and you are also my friend. Why don't you give your friends a discount when selling things? The price of five thousand high-grade spirit stones for a bottle of elixir is too high. How about three thousand high-grade spirit stones?"

"I don't think so!"

Fang Qingyuan began to brag about how good his elixir was, and then emphasized how difficult it was for him to obtain the elixir and how helpless he was due to lack of money.

But these arguments were completely ineffective against Cao Qingmei.

Cao Qingmei still had the same attitude, and she had an offer in her hand that Fang Qingyuan could not refuse.

"You are about to form a baby, right? When you came to our Qiyun, it was our Cao family who gave you a set of the Jade Palace Spirit Awakening Formation. You should acknowledge this favor, right?"

After hearing this, Fang Qingyuan could only laugh. Since Cao Qingmei had said it, he couldn't possibly say something like "I paid spirit stones."

He really had to acknowledge the Cao family's kindness. If it hadn't been for this formation, his journey to form the elixir wouldn't have been so smooth.

"But three thousand is too little. How about four thousand per bottle?"

Cao Qingmei chuckled a few times, and her eyebrows began to tremble.

Cao Qingmei stood up and walked in front of Fang Qingyuan, giving Fang Qingyuan a greater sense of oppression from the close distance.

"Don't you think about it? Since our Cao family has the 'Yu Chen Qi Ling Kai Tian Di Fa Array' for the foundation building and the Jin Dan stage, then when the Jin Dan stage is the Nascent Soul stage, our Cao family will not have this array?"

Fang Qingyuan was stunned. What Cao Qingmei said made a lot of sense. The Cao family specialized in magic arrays. Although they were not well-known outside, they had real skills and knowledge. The "Yu Chen Qi Ling Kai Tian Di Magic Array" was a clear proof of this.

"You mean, you want to use this set of magic arrays at the Golden Core Realm to exchange for my longevity elixir?"

"Exactly. Of course, if you don't want to, forget it."

Cao Qingmei's smile had a hint of mischief, and it was obvious that she had Fang Qingyuan in her grasp, and Fang Qingyuan was willing to do so.

"How about a set of the fourth-level "Jade Palace Spiritual Creation Formation" in exchange for five bottles of Blood Amber Longevity Pills?"

Fang Qingyuan gritted his teeth. He didn't see any top-grade spirit stones, but instead took out five bottles of pills. However, he had to take down this formation. The power of the heavenly tribulation he faced when forming an infant was many times more dangerous than when forming a pill. If he didn't make more preparations, Fang Qingyuan was afraid that he would not be able to survive it.

"Row!"

Finally, Fang Qingyuan took out five bottles of Blood Amber Replenishing Yuan Pills and handed them to Cao Qingmei. After Cao Qingmei carefully put away the pills, she said:

"This fourth-level formation is not easy to refine, and our Cao family only has one set in reserve. If you have time recently, you can ask our Cao family formation master to teach you how to arrange, activate, and operate it."

The arrangement of a fourth-level magic array is generally a huge project. Even if this set of "Yu Chen Qi Ling Kai Tian Di Magic Array" is only a one-time one and simple to operate, and there is no need to consider maintenance and other matters in the later stage, Fang Qingyuan alone will not be able to control it freely in a short period of time.

"For the next half month, you will stay at our Cao family. You can call me if you need anything. Now, Fellow Daoist Fang, do you have any questions?"

Cao Qingmei picked up the teacup and took a sip. Fang Qingyuan knew that this was her way of seeing him off. He looked at Cao Qingmei's slightly heroic face, sighed inwardly, and turned around to say goodbye.

After Fang Qingyuan left, Cao Qingmei took out the five bottles of pills and admired them. Then she chuckled a few times, with a look of satisfaction on her face.