The Path to Immortality

"Commission from the Alchemy Alliance: Refining ten furnaces of True Yuan Pills."

"Commission from Alchemist Xiahou Yan: Purchasing a three-hundred-year-old Purple Spirit Fruit."

"Commission from Alchemist Zhou Ye..."

Commissions appeared one after another on the light screen projected by the treasure mirror. However, after looking around, Fang Ping did not find anything that he liked.

In most cases, the commissions issued by the Alchemy Alliance are of the same type for thousands of years, highlighting a sense of being conventional.

As for the private commissions issued by other alchemists, they are either difficult to complete or the rewards are really average. It is really not easy to find a commission that is relatively easy to complete and gives a lot of good deeds.

Just when Fang Ping was a little disappointed when he read all the way to the bottom and was ready to come back in a few days, a new commission aroused his interest.

Client: Jin Youzhen.

Commission content: Refining two furnaces of Foundation Establishment Pills, requiring at least one furnace to be successful.

Commission time limit: ten days.

Reward: 500 good deeds.

Among the commissions issued by the Dan League from time to time, the reward for refining ten furnaces of Zhenyuan Pills with a success rate of not less than 40% is 200 merits.

The difficulty of refining Foundation Building Pills is actually slightly lower than that of Zhenyuan Pills.

Five hundred merits for only two furnaces of Foundation Building Pills, this reward is really tempting.

The only difficulty is the success rate.

At least one success in two times can be regarded as a success rate of not less than 50%.

This condition is still quite harsh.

Of course, Fang Ping definitely doesn't care about this.

Not to mention that there is Yuan Ding, with his current attainments in alchemy, even without the help of Yuan Ding, the success rate of refining Foundation Building Pills has already far exceeded 50%.

He immediately took the commission quickly.

Since there was enough time, he was not in a hurry to take action. After the cultivators of the Dan League delivered the materials, he practiced as usual for six or seven days, and then found time to refine two furnaces of Foundation Building Pills.

According to the old rules of the alchemist, the extra is his own, and no one can find fault with it.

"This kind of commission is simply giving away wealth for free."

Looking at the extra furnace of foundation-building pills in his hand, Fang Ping was in a very good mood. Just refining two furnaces of pills is the wealth that many Qi-cultivating cultivators cannot earn in their lifetime. This is the magic of alchemy.

Next, it is to submit the commission according to the normal process, and then patiently wait for the good deeds to be obtained.

But what he didn't expect was that the person who issued this commission actually had ulterior motives.

………

Three days later.

Just when Fang Ping took the time to continue to comprehend the [Evergreen Pill Book] and tried to refine other second-level elixirs.

A strange communication talisman was sent to his cave, and was automatically blocked by the cave's restrictions.

Fang Ping, whose mind was touched, was slightly stunned and put down the jade slip in his hand. He used his magic power to capture the communication talisman and explore the contents inside.

After a few breaths, Fang Ping's face showed a little more surprise.

The person who sent the communication talisman came from a force he had never expected - the royal family of the Dali Dynasty!

In the past few years since he came to the Western Wilderness, he has learned a lot about the situation of the Ten Kingdoms of Tianshui.

Unlike the various countries in Yunzhou, which are all puppets of the major Jindan sects, and can decide life and death and manipulate them at will.

In the Ten Kingdoms of Tianshui, perhaps thanks to the abundant spiritual energy and common cultivation resources, coupled with the fact that there are more Jindan forces, the relationship is complicated, and the royal family that rules the secular world has been able to maintain a certain amount of power.

Although the power of the royal family may still be insignificant, without the need for the two major Yuanying sects to take action, any Jindan sect with some background can suppress it, but at least ordinary Jindan casual cultivators are not enough to control the Dali royal family at will.

As far as Fang Ping knows, there are currently three Jindan cultivators in the royal family of the Dali Dynasty.

In addition, there are two Jindan casual cultivators who were recruited by the Dali royal family and were honored as the left and right national masters.

This kind of strength, at least for Fang Ping at the moment, is still a powerful force that cannot be underestimated.

"Five days later, I will host a banquet in Chongxi Tower... The third princess of the Dali royal family suddenly came to me. What does she want to do?"

This invitation came a little strange.

If it was when the Alchemy Conference just ended and I was famous, it would be fine for this woman to invite me.

It has been fifteen years, and I have been practicing in seclusion, why did she suddenly think of me?

However, considering the strength of the Dali royal family, Fang Ping did not rashly agree or refuse, but prepared to find out before making a decision.

The Xianzhou Market is famous throughout the Dali Dynasty. Here you can see cultivators from all over the world, and the news is very well-informed.

After going out and spending some spirit stones, Fang Ping easily bought several pieces of information related to this princess.

The third princess, named Shi Yuan, has been married for a long time and is said to have a son. She is relatively low-key in the Dali royal family and rarely shows up on weekdays.

There are uncertain news that this princess seems to have some dealings with a chamber of commerce called [Xianwu Pavilion] in the Dali cultivation world.

This Xianwu Pavilion is somewhat similar to the Treasure Pavilion of Liang State. It has a wide range of business, and sells almost all kinds of pill arrays and talismans. It also has a branch in Xianzhou Market.

Apart from this, there is not much other information.

"The emperor of the current Dali Dynasty is a foundation-building cultivator, and it is said that he is 180 years old."

At this age, he has not yet formed a pill, which is certain to be hopeless.

In other words, this emperor has entered the end of his rule.

Is Shi Yuan's invitation this time simply to let himself join the Xianwu Pavilion, or to cooperate to some extent?

Or maybe there is a dispute over secular imperial power behind it?

"If the Dali royal family can produce a gold-forming elixir as its main ingredient..."

Fang Ping gradually made a plan in his mind.

He was going to go there and see what the other party's terms were first.

………

In the evening five days later.

It is still the Chongxi Building among the eight buildings in Xianzhoufang City.

Returning to the old place, Fang Ping walked in with a familiarity.

"Master Liu, please come with me."

After telling him his name, a beautiful female cultivator had already led the way and took Fang Ping to the private room facing the street on the fourth floor.

Stepping into the box, Fang Ping saw the Third Princess who was looking out of the window at the night view of Xianzhoufang City.

This woman is wearing a goose-yellow palace dress, her hair is combed into a high bun, her skin is like gelatin, and her wrists are as bright as jade. I'm afraid some people believe that she is a young girl. She doesn't look like a woman who has given birth to a son.

Such attire and figure reminded Fang Ping of an old friend he met at the outer gate of Luoyang Sect - Senior Sister Gongsun Qing who was good at Talisman Dao.

However, after the princess turned around, Fang Ping immediately came back to his senses and confirmed the difference between the two women.

The biggest difference is not in appearance, but in temperament.

Gongsun Qing gave Fang Ping the impression that he was a noble lady. But this princess has the dignity and majesty of a royal lady in her eyes.

However, this fleeting nobility and majesty were immediately cleverly concealed after seeing Fang Ping, and replaced by a slightly deliberate enthusiasm and generosity.

If you don't distinguish carefully, it is easy to mistakenly think that this is the other person's true temperament, and thus regard her as an approachable royal relative.