Research-Style Cultivation, Starting by Refusing to Be a Furnace – Chapter 54

Ch 54: Hide

After arriving at Qingyuan Temple, Wei Xing’s tense heart relaxed a little. He had been rushing back non-stop, afraid of being hunted down along the way.

Wei Xing thought that even if the other party’s Master was more powerful, he would not dare to be presumptuous in Qingyuan Temple. Otherwise, why would their master and apprentice have to run to the remote Liuyun City? They would have stayed directly in Qingyuan Prefecture.

Wei Xing didn’t know that just as he arrived at Qingyun Mountain, an old beggar caught up from behind and saw Wei Xing entering the mountain.

The old beggar didn’t continue chasing, but said dejectedly, “I was a good little ghost, not yet fully grown, and you intercepted and killed him, and took the old man’s ghost flag, damn it!”

He glanced at the tall Qingyun Mountain from the periphery and left, obviously not wanting to attract the attention of those in Qingyuan Temple.

Wei Xing didn’t stop, wrapped himself up tightly, and dragged his tired body directly to the Central Peak Exchange Pavilion.

Jian San saw Wei Xing’s attire and screamed as if he had seen a ghost, “You’re not dead?”

Wei Xing was a little speechless. Why was Jian San cursing him to die? He replied angrily, “I’m fine, why should I die?”

Jian San saw that he had misunderstood and explained, “Oh! No, Qi Ba came back with a broken arm. He reported to Peak Lord Qi that there was a ghost cultivator causing trouble, and his junior brother Qi Jiu and you both died in the hands of the ghost cultivator!”

Jian San was very happy to see that Wei Xing was fine. He didn’t want a cultivator who could take on pill missions and provide a stable output to die. Otherwise, he would have to ask someone else for help if he couldn’t complete the pill mission.

“How is Qi Ba?” Wei Xing deliberately led the topic to this.

Jian San replied, “He? He lost an arm, and he’s pretty much useless. I guess if his cultivation doesn’t improve later, he’ll be unlucky. He probably won’t be able to be an Inner Sect disciple, and he’ll have to become an Outer Sect disciple.”

After listening to Jian San, Wei Xing was silent for a while, and asked the question he was most concerned about: “Then the reward contribution points for this mission, were they taken away by him?”

“Yes.”

Wei Xing’s heart tightened when he heard this, and he quickly asked, “How much did he take?”

Jian San was also a capable person, and he heard Wei Xing’s nervousness. He smiled and said, “No, no, the pavilion is still relatively fair. There are records of how you three were allocated contribution points. He took two hundred of them. There are still three hundred left, two hundred for you, and one hundred for that Qi Jiu. He won’t be allowed to take more. He can only take as much as the record shows. Even if you are all dead, he can only take two hundred, and the rest will go to the pavilion.”

“Oh, by the way, the temple was very concerned when they heard about the ghost cultivator. The Elder has ordered the mission to be canceled. Since you are back, you should have your share, here are your two hundred contribution points,” Jian San expressed his goodwill.

The stone in Wei Xing’s heart fell to the ground. He didn’t want to end up with nothing after fighting to the death.

Central Peak, at the foot of the mountain.

Wei Xing said with a smile while the White-Clothed Child massaged his shoulders, “Senior Bai, I want to trouble you with something.”

The White-Clothed Child said kindly to Wei Xing, “Tell me, only you Xiao Jiu have filial piety. If you encounter any trouble, Grandpa Bai will help you.”

Wei Xing quickly squatted down and hammered the White-Clothed Child’s legs, and said with a smile: “Senior Bai, I want you to help me exchange for a medicinal herb at the Exchange Pavilion, it is Qi Concealing Grass.”

The child asked suspiciously, “Xiao Jiu, isn’t this medicinal herb used to refine Qi Gathering Pills?”

“Are you going to break through to the Early Stage of Dao Breath?” The child was slightly surprised and looked at Wei Xing.

“Sure enough, going to exchange for this Qi Concealing Grass is equivalent to telling others that I am about to break through.” Wei Xing looked at the White-Clothed Child’s reaction, which was no different from what he had guessed.

Wei Xing scratched his head and said, “Oh, no, no. Senior Bai, how long have I been here? It’s still too early for the Early Stage of Dao Breath.”

“Then what are you going to exchange for this Qi Concealing Grass for?”

Wei Xing had already prepared the answer, and said aggrievedly: “Senior Bai, don’t ask.”

Seeing Wei Xing like this, the White-Clothed Child probably guessed that Wei Xing had been wronged, and was about to stand up for Wei Xing: “Who bullied you? How dare they? Let’s go, Grandpa Bai will take you to find him.”

“Oh, no one bullied me. It’s just that Fu San, Fu San asked me for the Qi Concealing Grass, saying it was for his junior brother. He said that if I hand in this Qi Concealing Grass, he can take care of me in the future.” Wei Xing said aggrievedly, but he felt very warm in his heart. Although this Senior Bai’s main body is a crane, he has never meant to harm him. When he said that he had been wronged, he even wanted to stand up for him.

“So it’s him, that rascal, he often bullies people. Let’s go, find him!” After speaking, the White-Clothed Child pulled Wei Xing to find Fu San at Talisman Peak.

How dare Wei Xing let him go? Wouldn’t it be exposed if he went? He quickly pulled the White-Clothed Child and persuaded him: “Senior Bai, just give it to him. In this way, Xiao Jiu can find a disciple to rely on for help in the future. After all, Xiao Jiu also wants to make things easier in the temple in the future. Besides, Xiao Jiu can’t always find Senior Bai, right? You, as an elder, shouldn’t interfere in the affairs of disciples.”

After hearing this, the child thought for a while, and it was indeed the truth. He said to Wei Xing, “Wait for me, I’ll be right back.”

Wei Xing quickly stopped the child: “Senior Bai, I don’t have enough contribution points, but I can exchange things for things. Xiao Jiu has your favorite fruits and spirit food, here.”

After speaking, Wei Xing took out a large bag of spirit fruits and spirit food, all of which were expensive. They were exchanged by Wei Xing for the contribution points he earned in the Exchange Pavilion.

The White-Clothed Child was indeed very happy to see so much food.

But he was even happier that such a little guy still remembered him: “Then Grandpa Bai won’t be polite, you wait, I’ll be right back.” After speaking, with a wave of his hand, all the spirit fruits and spirit food in this big package were put into the storage bag.

Dan Peak, halfway up the mountain, inside the cave abode.

Wei Xing looked excitedly at the Qi Concealing Grass in his hand, holding it carefully in his palm.

“As expected, as I expected, as long as I go directly to exchange for Qi Concealing Grass, it will inevitably arouse suspicion, and there is also a Dan Wu who may be monitoring me in the dark. Then no one will stop me from exchanging some snacks and spirit fruits to eat.”

“Let Senior Bai exchange for Qi Concealing Grass. He is a Qi Refining Stage cultivator, so exchanging for this kind of Early Stage Dao Breath spirit grass will not attract attention at all. He is also a veteran-level figure, and he is just a crane. What’s wrong with a crane eating some grass to clear its stomach? It’s a matter of course!”

“I am a genius, hahaha”

Wei Xing felt that his plan was simply perfect.

“This time, let Fu San be a shield, just as interest for gathering people to watch me make a fool of myself.” Wei Xing felt it was very feasible.

Wei Xing put the Qi Concealing Grass in his hand aside, and took out some auxiliary herbs from Qi Jiu’s storage bag. These should have been prepared for his breakthrough to the Early Stage of Dao Breath, but now that he is gone, it has saved Wei Xing a lot of contribution points.

“It’s my first time refining this Qi Gathering Pill, I’m a little excited and my hands are shaking.”

Looking at the things in front of him, Wei Xing felt very dreamy. If the pill is successfully refined, his realm will most likely break through after taking it, entering the Early Stage of Dao Breath!

What he had been dreaming of for the past few years was now in his hands!

Three days later, Wei Xing rested beautifully for a few days, replenished his best state, and took out the spirit fruits and spirit spring that he had exchanged for himself a few days ago. This was to ensure that Wei Xing had plenty of spiritual power during the pill refining period.

In the past, Wei Xing could only eat the cheapest spirit spring water and spirit rice and other foods with low spiritual power content, and endure it by increasing the amount. Now that he has savings, he will naturally treat himself better and eat spirit fruits with more spiritual energy content.

Inside the pill refining room, Wei Xing was proceeding in an orderly manner according to the records in the Pill Method and the key points marked by Ling Xiao for refining the Qi Gathering Pill.

“Having someone to guide me is much faster than me breaking through blindly. Thinking about how I used to have to experiment step by step, now there are ready-made ones, just follow them to refine.” Wei Xing looked at the Pill Method in his hand, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, greatly reducing his workload.

“It’s just that the inheritance of this Secluded Dao Sect only goes up to the Late Stage of Qi Refining. If I want to go further, I still need to find it myself.” Wei Xing looked at the introduction and classification in the Pill Method, which only went up to the Late Stage of Qi Refining, and felt a little regretful.

“Thinking about it, after all, Old Taoist Xuan Yun, my dead cheap Master, was only in the Mid-Stage of Qi Refining.” Wei Xing could accept it after thinking about it this way.

What puzzled Wei Xing was that the records clearly stated that the Wei Kingdom Dao Sect was a thousand-year-old sect, so how could these Secluded Daoists have so little? Is this all that has been accumulated over thousands of years?

Wei Xing shook his head, unable to figure it out.

“Everything is difficult at the beginning! There is always a way.”

Finally, Wei Xing looked at the sharp aura emanating from the golden flame in his hand, and his heart also became heroic.

As Wei Xing opened the pill furnace, he saw a small green pill lying quietly inside.

“It’s done!”

Wei Xing wiped the sweat from his forehead, wrapped the pill with spiritual power with trembling hands, carefully put it into the white pill bottle, and prepared to adjust his state before taking it, breaking through to the long-awaited Early Stage of Dao Breath in his heart.