Chapter 516 Meeting Lan Xin Again
But this trip to the Sea of Ungrateful Souls was not without gain. The piece of purple thunder stone that Xiao Lin got unexpectedly was enough to make up for the loss of his small perfect magic pill.
This was only a small part of his gains on this trip. In fact, Xiao Lin's biggest gain this time was killing the little golden turtle. The golden dragon turtle was born with a trace of immortal blood in its body, which was the fundamental reason why its blood was so precious.
"Golden Blood Pill" is known as the "Bi Yan Pill" of body cultivators. For body cultivators and mortals, the value of a "Golden Blood Pill" is definitely not less than a "Bi Yan Pill" that can increase the probability of a foundation cultivator advancing to the golden pill.
The only thing Xiao Lin lacked was the recipe for refining this "Golden Blood Pill", which made him quite depressed. Like the Southern Territory, the recipes of the Eastern Territory are rarely seen on the market, because for the current immortal cultivation world, most of the recipes that can be used are in the hands of those alchemists.
Because the names of various elixirs may not change, but the formulas and various spiritual herbs inside will be constantly improved by alchemists over time, and this improved formula is more suitable for the current environment.
And the effort spent on improving a elixir formula is also extremely huge. Some alchemists may not be able to improve a high-level elixir formula in their entire lives. These improved elixir formulas are the capital of alchemists' livelihood. Naturally, they want to hold them in their arms when they sleep, and it is impossible to sell them.
Just like Xiao Lin spent a lot of effort to exchange the elixir formula from Wu Daozi. If Tao Ling hadn't spoken well for him, Wu Daozi might not have exchanged with him because of his petty temperament.
Most of the few pill recipes sold on the market were obtained by cultivators from some ruins or ancient caves. If the original owner of the pill recipe died not long ago, this kind of pill recipe may still be useful and can be refined. If he has died for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, then it is likely that the spiritual medicines in this kind of pill recipe alone cannot be found, let alone refined.
Although Xiao Lin can be regarded as an alchemist, his attainments in alchemy are quite good, but that is only for the several kinds of spiritual pills he often refines. He has never tried to improve a certain ancient pill recipe. This is not because Xiao Lin is not talented enough, but to improve an ancient pill recipe, the time and effort consumed are an astonishing number. Xiao Lin is devoted to the great way, so he is naturally unwilling to waste time on studying the pill recipe.
After thinking for a while, Xiao Lin had to put aside the idea of refining the "Golden Blood Pill" for the time being. His more important thing at the moment is to find a secret place to refine the three Qingluan Thunder Swords.
But before that, he had to refine the purple thunder stone into purple thunder crystal before he could start refining the Qingluan Thunder Sword.
Xiao Lin left the inn and wandered around Hanyuan Xiancheng. Hanyuan Xiancheng was completely different from Tianshui Xiancheng, which was like spring all year round. Hanyuan Xiancheng was also located on a huge island, but this fairy city was under ice and snow all year round. The whole fairy city was covered with thick silver-white color, which could be described as silver-clad.
This made Xiao Lin think of Xueling Xiancheng in Tianlu Mountain, which was also covered with ice and snow all year round, revealing an ancient and old atmosphere.
However, the prosperity of Hanyuan Xiancheng was no worse than that of Tianshui Xiancheng, and the layout was similar to that of Tianshui Xiancheng. There was also a huge market in the east of the city, with countless immortal cultivators coming and going, which was very lively.
Moreover, in Hanyuan Xiancheng, Xiao Lin also saw teams of immortal soldiers patrolling on some main streets. Xiao Lin naturally knew that these immortal soldiers all belonged to the super sect of the Five Elements Alliance.
The Five Elements Alliance is different from the Water Control Palace. The Five Elements Alliance is actually an organization formed by the union of five sects. In addition to the leader of the Five Elements Alliance being a great cultivator at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, the leaders of the other five sects are all at the late stage of the Nascent Soul stage.
Moreover, in normal times, these five sects act on their own and do not interfere with each other, but the immortal army they jointly formed is under the command of the leader. Once a major conflict breaks out between the Five Elements Alliance and the outside world, the power of the five sects will immediately return to the leader to form a unified command.
Therefore, Xiao Lin can understand why the immortal army patrolling in Hanyuan Immortal City wears clothes in five colors.
In terms of overall strength, the Five Elements Alliance may even surpass the Water Control Palace, but the Water Control Palace is a real super sect that has been rooted in the Eastern Territory for hundreds of thousands of years, and can be said to be a deep-rooted tree.
The Six Paths Demon Palace is similar to the Five Elements Alliance. The palace masters of the six demon palaces control all the rights of the Six Paths Demon Palace, and the Heavenly Demon of the Heavenly Demon Palace has absolute power and holds the highest power of the Six Paths Demon Palace, just like the leader of the Five Elements Alliance.
Although Xiao Lin envied these high-ranking bosses, he also knew that the road must be walked step by step. These bosses can have today's achievements through their own efforts.
Abandoning the random thoughts in his mind, Xiao Lin began to wander around in this Hanyuan Immortal City, especially those large business houses, he would definitely enter them and browse them. Although he had never obtained a spirit bead in the Sea of Wrongful Souls, if he could buy one from these business houses, it would save a lot of twists and turns, which is also a good thing for him.
Unfortunately, after visiting almost all the large-scale businesses in Hanyuan Xiancheng, Xiao Lin couldn't help showing a disappointed expression.
The materials in these businesses are indeed dazzling and have everything, and many of them are even extremely rare. However, for Xiao Lin now, these materials are no longer in his eyes. For most of the materials, he is not scarce, and for rare materials such as ice jade and burning gold, they are simply not available on the market.
Xiao Lin looked at the already dim sky and shook his head. He planned to rent an ordinary cave first and refine the purple thunder crystal.
Just after walking a few dozen feet, a female cultivator in a golden tight robe suddenly came to Xiao Lin's side and bowed to him: "Excuse me, senior, is your surname Xiao?"
Xiao Lin was slightly stunned. The dress of the person in front of him made Xiao Lin understand that she was a disciple of the Five Elements Alliance and had already reached the state of great perfection in foundation building. However, she actually knew that his surname was Xiao, which surprised him a little, and at the same time, he also felt a little alert.
"My last name is indeed Xiao, why are you blocking my way?" Xiao Lin stared at the fair-skinned pretty woman in front of him and replied calmly.
"Senior, calm down. I didn't mean to stop you. It's just that an old friend of yours wanted to see you, so he sent me to invite you." Upon hearing this, the woman had already heard the dissatisfaction in Xiao Lin's words. Her face turned slightly pale, and she hurriedly bowed and saluted before continuing.
"I'm not interested. Since someone has instructed me, let that person come in person?" Xiao Lin waved his sleeves and was about to walk forward. For this kind of invitation, he naturally had no interest before he knew the other party's true or false. What Xiao Lin hated most was being mysterious. Although the woman in front of him didn't annoy him, her unfathomable words also made Xiao Lin feel unhappy.
Xiao Lin ignored the helpless golden-robed woman and walked forward, but after walking only a few steps, he suddenly stopped. After a slight pause, he slowly turned around, looked at the golden-robed woman, and said, "Lead the way."
The woman was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly bowed again before walking towards an alley on the side.
Xiao Lin remained silent and followed her silently. He turned several streets and came to a house. At this time, Xiao Lin also showed a strange expression on his face.
Entering the house, passing through pavilions and towers, Xiao Lin passed through a wind screen and entered the inner courtyard. In the center of the inner courtyard was a lake of an acre in size, with huge lotus leaves floating in it, and flower buds emerged between the lotus leaves.
On one side of the inside, a path extended into the lake, and at the end was a pavilion. At this moment, a graceful figure was standing in the pavilion.
After Xiao Lin walked into the inner courtyard, the person in the pavilion seemed to sense Xiao Lin, turned around slightly, and revealed a beautiful face as beautiful as a flower.
"Brother Xiao, long time no see."
"It turns out to be Brother Dao, how are you, Brother Dao?" It turned out that this woman was Che Lanxin, the Jindan elder of the Five Elements Alliance, and the only one who survived the fight on the Dragon Island except Xiao Lin.
At this moment, Che Lanxin's beautiful face was full of surprise. When he was on the Dragon Island, Xiao Lin was still in the middle stage of the Jindan realm. Now, in just thirty or forty years, he has advanced to the late stage of the Jindan realm. This speed is really amazing.
"Brother Xiao, you are being polite. Just call me Lanxin. It doesn't seem so strange." Che Lanxin smiled slightly, like a blooming lotus, which made Xiao Lin's heart beat.
Seeing the blush on Che Lanxin's pretty face, Xiao Lin smiled and said, "In this case, I will respectfully obey your order, but I wonder if Lanxin sent someone to bring me here. Is there anything?"
"Look at what Brother Xiao said. Isn't it okay? Can't Lanxin invite Brother Xiao to come over for a few drinks?" Che Lanxin smiled and stretched out her hand to invite Xiao Lin who had come to her.
The two sat down at the round table placed in the pavilion, and the round table was already filled with delicacies and two pots of wine, which were obviously prepared long ago.
"I didn't expect that Brother Xiao has advanced to the late stage of Jindan in just half a century. In time, the Yuanying Avenue can be expected." Che Lanxin said with envy while pouring wine for Xiao Lin.
"Haha, it's all luck to be able to break through the late stage of Jindan. As for the Yuanying Avenue, Xiao dare not even think about it." Xiao Lin raised his glass, and the two drank after facing each other from a distance.
As the wine entered his stomach, Xiao Lin immediately felt a cool breath entering his body, which then turned into a warm current that flowed into his limbs and meridians. After circulating for a while, it turned into pure mana and poured into his dantian.
"Good wine?" Xiao Lin's eyes lit up and he exclaimed.