Chapter 369 The Trial Is Coming
Hearing that Master Qi would have the sect's Jindan elders attend, the three of them couldn't help but show their yearning. There are ten Jindan elders in Qingfeng Hall, but these elders are high and mighty, and they usually practice in seclusion most of the time and rarely show up. I didn't expect that they would go to participate in the trial of Chaos Demon Valley, and the Jindan elders personally led the team, which shows how important this Chaos Demon Valley trial is.
Qingyang has been on the road of cultivating immortals for more than ten years, and he has never met a Jindan cultivator. The strongest one he has seen is the deputy headmaster Qingjing Sanren. I didn't expect that this time I would participate in the trial of Chaos Demon Valley with the sect's Jindan elders. It is really an honor.
After receiving the rewards, the three said goodbye to Master Deng and Master Qi, and left the outer courtyard hall together. Seeing Chen Biwang staring at the Demon Hunting Order in his hand for a long time without saying anything, and being reluctant to part with it, Qingyang said: "Brother Chen, Brother Lu, the deputy head gave me a Demon Hunting Order five years ago. I don't need this one. You two should discuss it."
When it was Lu Dingshan's turn, he said directly: "I know myself well. I will be at the bottom of the list if I go to Chaos Demon Valley with my Qi Refining Level 3 cultivation. It's better to exchange some resources for cultivation at home. I won't go with you. Brother Chen, don't be embarrassed. This Demon Hunting Order is yours."
Seeing that Qingyang and Lu Dingshan were so happy, Chen Biwang responded. He felt a little embarrassed and said, "My two junior brothers are so straightforward. As a senior brother, I really don't know what to say. This Demon Hunting Order is a reward for the three of us. I must not let you suffer a loss. Whatever the discount, I will not give you a single spirit stone less."
After confirming the ownership of the Demon Hunting Order, the three of them went to the market together and roughly asked about the price of the Demon Hunting Order. One Demon Hunting Order roughly required more than 800 spirit stones. In the end, Chen Biwang dealt with a lot of things on his body and barely collected 600 spirit stones. He even used the blood lotus seeds he got from the Tao family to exchange for Qingyang.
Things like the Demon Hunting Order are rarely sold by anyone, so it is a priceless item in the market. More than 800 spirit stones are just a price that others casually call. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to buy it, and no one is willing to sell it. Speaking of which, Qingyang and Lu Dingshan are a little bit at a disadvantage.
However, for most of the cultivators in the middle stage of Qi Refining, having two or three hundred spiritual stones is considered rich. Only some senior cultivators with deep backgrounds or long-term cultivation can collect six hundred spiritual stones at one time. Chen Biwang was able to collect so many because he had just experienced the Tao family. The blood spirit beads and blood lotus seeds he got were very valuable, otherwise he would not be able to take them out.
Three hundred spiritual stones are not a large number for Qingyang, but it is a huge fortune for Lu Dingshan. Up to now, all his assets added up may not be so much. If he saves them after returning, these three hundred spiritual stones are enough to support him to cultivate to the fifth or sixth level of Qi Refining, so giving up the Demon Hunting Order will only benefit him and not harm him.
After getting so many spiritual stones, Lu Dingshan and Qingyang did not return to their residence directly, but started a large purchase in the market. Lu Dingshan mainly bought elixirs, spiritual medicines and other auxiliary cultivation items. He was stimulated by Qingyang's breakthrough to the middle stage of Qi Refining, and he was ready to immerse himself in hard cultivation after returning.
Qingyang mainly bought some combat supplies, such as healing pills, soul-restoring pills, talismans, etc. He even bought a lot of fasting pills. The Chaos Valley Trial will begin in a few months, so how can he prepare in advance?
Qingyang is not short of spiritual stones now. In addition to the 300 spiritual stones that Chen Biwang just gave him, the meridian-opening pill he bought for Taoist Songhe was not used, so he could only sell it to others in the market, and also exchanged for 300 spiritual stones. So many spiritual stones are enough for him to squander, so Qingyang bought a lot of medium-quality and high-quality talismans at one time, and even bought a few top-quality talismans as backup.
After buying the things, Qingyang returned to the small courtyard where he lived in the outer courtyard. He had not been back for seven or eight months, and there was no change in the courtyard. Even the spiritual grass he planted in the spiritual field had hardly grown because of the lack of people to take care of it for a long time. But Qingyang didn't care. The spiritual grass planted here was just to cover up the eyes and ears of others, and he didn't expect to get much harvest.
The injury he suffered in Yongzhou had been completely healed in Qinglong Temple long ago, but after two months of traveling tens of thousands of miles, Qingyang felt a little tired from the inside out. In the next three months, he did not go out again, but stayed in his own courtyard to recover his spirit, practiced, and adjusted his state, making final preparations for participating in the Chaos Demon Valley Trial.
In a few months, it is impossible to improve his cultivation, and his actual combat ability has not improved much. At least for him, the Four Elements Sword Art cannot be mastered in a short time. He can only try to familiarize himself with the single sword art to the three elements sword art that he has mastered, so as not to make mistakes at that time.
After breaking through to the middle stage of Qi Refining, Qingyang's divine consciousness has increased a little, and using the three elements sword art is not as strenuous as before. With these means of saving his life, even if he encounters an ordinary Qi Refining Level 6 cultivator, he can barely save his life.
There were not many changes in the Drunken Immortal Gourd. Last time in the underground palace, Qingyang was able to defeat Tao Youcheng, and the alcoholic bees helped a lot. Tao Youcheng also scared seven or eight of them to death, but they were all ordinary alcoholic bees, and they were not injured and would recover soon.
The only thing that could move in the Drunken Immortal Gourd, besides the alcoholic bees, was the monkey king of the Iron Arm Spirit Monkey. After leaving the monkey group, the monkey king seemed a little lonely. However, the space of the Drunken Immortal Gourd was very large, and the spiritual energy inside was no worse than that of the outside world. For him, it was simply a holy place for retirement.
In his spare time, the Iron-armed Monkey would collect some spiritual fruits and wild fruits inside, and brew Monkey Spirit Wine under Qingyang's guidance. If there were not enough wild fruits inside, Qingyang would occasionally get some from the outside world. In recent years, Qingyang and the alcoholic bees had almost no shortage of Monkey Spirit Wine to drink.
After adapting to the environment inside, the Iron-armed Monkey became Qingyang's free laborer in the Drunken Immortal Gourd. Not only did it brew spiritual wine, it also helped take care of the spiritual herbs, flowers, and grains planted inside, and even helped repair those spiritual fruits and wild fruit trees. Weeding, pest control, watering, picking, harvesting, although the monsters were not as dexterous as humans and sometimes broke some, but overall it was considered to be in good shape, which could save Qingyang a lot of trouble.
In the blink of an eye, more than three months had passed. One day, Qingyang was practicing the Concentration Technique, and suddenly felt that someone seemed to be looking for him outside. He opened the gate and saw that it was Chen Biwang.
It turned out that the Chaos Demon Valley Trial was about to begin, and the sect notified all the disciples holding the Demon Hunting Order to gather in the outer courtyard hall, so Chen Biwang came to find Qingyang to go together. After experiencing the last incident, the two of them had been through hardships together, and now they were going to participate in the Chaos Demon Valley Trial together, so they were naturally born good partners, at least they were more familiar with each other than with others.