Chapter 487: The Trace of Ksitigarbha Lotus

After sending Chu Qian away, Song Wen returned to the cave and took out the recipe for the Foundation Building Pill.

For Song Wen's current alchemy skills, refining the Foundation Establishment Pill is not difficult.

One day after he understood the alchemy recipe, he took out the alchemy furnace, summoned the refining rock fire in the center of the earth, and put various alchemy materials into the alchemy furnace one by one.

Five days later, the first batch of foundation-building pills was successfully refined. There were not many pills, only three.

Five days later, the second batch of foundation-building pills was successfully refined, and four pills were produced.

After adjusting his breath for two days, Song Wen opened the furnace again and obtained four elixirs.

The number of pills produced in one furnace of Foundation-Building Pills is usually three to five, and the number of pills produced in three furnaces was eleven. Song Wen was quite satisfied.

Song Wen brought the Foundation Establishment Pill and Yukong to Wuji Island. After notifying Chu Qian with the jade slip, he came to the task hall and received an alchemy task.

Then, he came to Tingchao Pavilion and met with Chu Qian.

Song Wen found a private room and waited for a while before Chu Qian hurried over.

"Senior Jiyin, has the Foundation Establishment Pill been refined?" Chu Qian asked impatiently as soon as he entered the private room.

Song Wen nodded, raised his hand, and two jade bottles appeared on the table.

"A total of eleven pills were obtained from the three furnaces, and they are all here."

Chu Qian picked up a jade bottle and opened it. There were five pills in it. The pills were about the size of a thumb, round and full, and overflowing with spiritual energy.

A look of surprise appeared on his face, "Senior's alchemy skills are really amazing. He actually successfully refined all three furnaces of elixirs."

What Chu Qian was really surprised about was not Song Wen's alchemy skills, but that Song Wen didn't conceal the Foundation Establishment Pill. If Song Wen only took out two furnaces of pills, he wouldn't be able to tell whether they were true or false.

"Thank you, little friend." Song Wen said.

Chu Qian raised the jade bottle in his hand and said, "Senior, this bottle belongs to this junior."

Then, he used his spiritual power to hold up another jade bottle and pushed it to Song Wen.

"This bottle belongs to senior."

Song Wen took the jade bottle and said, "That little friend is at a bit of a disadvantage."

According to the agreement, the pills were divided equally between the two.

But now there were eleven Foundation Establishment Pills, which could not be divided equally, so Chu Qian took the initiative to take the smaller bottle.

"This junior is very satisfied to get five foundation-building pills. The seniors spent a lot of time and energy refining the pills, so they should get more." Chu Qian said.

Song Wendao said, "Then I won't be polite."

While talking, Song Wen wanted to put away the jade bottle.

"Senior, wait a minute." Chu Qian said suddenly.

"My friend, is there anything else?" Song Wen asked.

"Junior dares to ask, what does senior plan to do with these foundation-building pills?" Chu Qian said.

"I will keep two. I haven't thought about the others yet." Song Wen said.

Chu Qian looked overjoyed and said, "Senior, can you sell it to me? I'll offer you two thousand middle-grade spiritual stones."

Song Wen narrowed his eyes slightly. The price of four foundation-building pills and two thousand middle-grade spiritual stones was already very high.

"My friend, you asked such a high price, aren't you afraid of losing money?"

Chu Qian said, "Senior keeps his word, and junior does not hide anything. These foundation-building pills are not for sale. Although junior and my father are in the inner sect, they move quite closely with some families in the outer sect. The foundation-building pills are provided to these families.”

Song Wen nodded slightly but didn't say anything.

The words of Chu Qian have already involved the power struggle within Wuji Island, and Song Wen did not want to get involved.

Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

Within large forces, it is common for them to form cliques and compete for power and profit. Chu Qian and his father Chu Lingyun wanted to use these foundation-building pills to win over their subordinates.

Song Wen poured out two Foundation Building Pills from the jade bottle and handed the jade bottle to Chu Qian.

Chu Qian took the jade bottle, counted out two thousand middle-grade spiritual stones, and handed them to Song Wen.

Money and goods are cleared.

Chu Qian was in a good mood, "Thank you, senior, for your help. If senior can be of use to junior in the future, just ask, and junior will never refuse."

A smile appeared on Song Wen's lips, "I really need my help with something."

Chu Qian's expression froze. His words just now were just polite words. Did you take 'Ji Yin' seriously?

"Don't worry, little friend, it's nothing embarrassing. I'm just asking about two spiritual materials."

Chu Qian looked much more relaxed, "I wonder what two spiritual materials you want to know about, senior?"

"Ksitigarbha lotus and five-color gold."

After several years of collecting the spiritual materials needed to refine the Blood Sea Seal, the only ones currently lacking are Ksitigarbha lotus and five-color gold.

Chu Qian said, "Senior, I'm afraid I'm going to be disappointed. These two spiritual materials are too rare, and I don't even have relevant information in my hands."

"There is a mission in the mission hall, which is to purchase the dirty flames of the underworld. The reward is a Ksitigarbha lotus. I would like to ask my friend, who issued this mission?" Song Wendao.

A look of embarrassment appeared on Chu Qian's face. He hesitated for a long time before speaking.

"To be honest, I know who issued the mission. But...the sect has an order not to reveal the true identity of the person who issued the mission."

When Song Wen heard this, he understood in his heart that this was just an excuse from the other party. It is possible that the person who issued the task was so powerful that Chu Qian did not dare to reveal his true identity easily.

His face suddenly fell, and he looked unhappy.

"Such a trivial matter actually makes my little friend so embarrassed, so that's all."

After saying that, Song Wen stood up and was about to go out.

"Senior Jiyin, wait a minute. I can tell the senior the name of the publisher, but the senior cannot reveal it. Otherwise, the junior will have no place in the inner sect." Chu Qian hurriedly stopped Song Wen.

Song Wen turned around and waited for the next chapter of Chu Qian.

"It's Yuan Qing."

"My friend, are you talking about the inner sect's Jindan elder Yuan Qing?"

Chu Qian lowered his voice and said, "That's right. He is a Jindan peak cultivator, one of the strongest cultivators below Yuanying. Moreover, he is the direct disciple of Ye Hua Demon Lord. Senior, please remember that this matter must not be spread to others, otherwise, I am afraid that you and I will not be able to stay on Wuji Island."

"My friend, don't worry, I know the importance of it."

Song Wen looked at Chu Qian deeply and nodded.

This incident reminded him that for the outer sect cultivators of Wuji Island, the information of the task issuers and completers of the task hall is confidential. But for some inner sect cultivators, they can easily get any information from the task hall.

This means that in the future, when issuing and receiving tasks in the task hall, you must be cautious, especially when it involves some valuables, so as not to cause a fatal disaster.

After chatting for a while, the two walked out of the private room together.

When they walked to the lobby of Tingchao Pavilion, a voice suddenly called Chu Qian.

"Nephew Chu, I didn't expect to meet you here."

Chu Qian looked in the direction of the voice and saw a gray-haired old man.

The old man was skinny, with sunken eye sockets and a strong smell of corpse, a typical image of a demon monk.

A trace of vigilance flashed in Chu Qian's eyes, and then he bowed respectfully and clasped his fists, and said to the old man.

"Hello, Senior Yu."

The old man smiled coldly, "My dear nephew, there is no need to be polite. I heard from other Jindan elders in the inner sect that my nephew has been buying jade marrow and seven-star grass everywhere recently. My nephew has taken the trouble to collect a large number of spiritual materials for foundation-building pills. I wonder why?"

Chu Qian's face was still respectful, "To be honest, I am not very talented in cultivation. In order to get a chance to form a pill, I can only devote myself to business. Collecting spiritual materials for foundation-building pills is just to earn a little spiritual stone."

The old man said, "I see. I wonder how many foundation-building pills you have refined. Can you sell some to me?"

"Foundation-building pills are not that easy to refine. So far, I have not collected enough spiritual materials." Chu Qian said with disappointment.

The old man smiled playfully, "You haven't refined a furnace of foundation-building pills yet? That's a pity!"