With the dejected Bai Yulong around, Xu Wen returned to his residence after spreading the matter silently to many places in the West.
Bai Yulong was naturally accommodated by Feilong Trading Company, while Xu Wen began to remain in seclusion and study the art of alchemy.
After discussing with Bai Heqing, he learned a lot.
Unlike the systematic knowledge obtained from the Nine Revolutions Xuanyuan Dan, these gains are scattered and random, but they are also flexible and can stimulate inspiration.
Ten days later, while Xu Wen was still thinking about the art of alchemy, he received news from Hao Zelong that Zuo Mingyue and others had arrived by sea ship.
After receiving the news from Feilong Trading Company, Zuo Mingyue, Wu Gandang and the others immediately set off, but the ocean was vast and it still took them so long to arrive.
Seeing that Xu Wen was safe and sound, several people breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly came forward to pay their respects.
He had been gone for several years, not knowing whether he was alive or dead. Later, news came that the people from the Endless Sea had established a sect in Fengshan Mountain, which scared everyone on Jinghong Island to death.
Knowing his relationship with Gong Lei, Zuo Mingyue and Wu Gandang boldly took a trip to the reef beach.
Cai Mengqing, who co-owns the humanoid magical weapon with Xu Wen, no one knows his life and death better than Gong Lei.
Knowing that Xu Wen was fine, Jinghong Island felt a lot more peaceful, but it wasn't until they saw Xu Wen with their own eyes that everyone really felt relieved.
Among the group, there were not only veteran foundation builders such as Zuo Mingyue, Wu Gandang, and Kuang Kunpu, but also second-generation disciples such as Zhang Feng, Li Xiaoqing, and Ni Xuanyuan.
What surprised Xu Wen the most was that Kuang Yuxiu was among them, and Kuang Yuxiu and Ni Xuanyuan had already advanced to foundation building.
After listening to Zuo Mingyue's introduction, Xu Wen realized that the situation on Jinghong Island was also improving after years of accumulation.
After Zhuang Jiale's foundation building conference, with a few foundation building pills, four more foundation building monks were added. It was at this time that Ni Xuanyuan was promoted to foundation building.
In addition, Kuang Shenxiu and Kuang Yuxiu, who had been living on Jinghong Island, also advanced to foundation building at that time.
The brother and sister must have the foundation-building pill left by Kuang Donghua. The reason why they chose that time was probably to reduce the outside world's attention to them.
However, they were supposed to leave Jinghong Island after building the foundation and go to Bai Yujing to become a disciple, but only Kuang Shenxiu left, while Kuang Yuxiu stayed.
Xu Wen was a little confused about the Kuang family's plan, but he had no intention of asking more questions. Kuang Donghua must have made arrangements before his death, and he only needed to carry out his original agreement.
After everyone had finished greeting each other one by one, Kuang Kunpu winked at Kuang Yuxiu.
Kuang Yuxiu immediately took a step forward, knelt down heavily in front of Xu Wen, and said crisply:
"Senior Xu, Yuxiu has admired senior for his noble character and integrity for a long time. Before his death, my ancestor also told me that if I am destined to do so, I must take my senior's name!"
"Now, the junior has advanced to the foundation building. If the senior does not think that the junior is vulgar and has dull qualifications, I kindly ask the senior to include the junior entry wall!"
"From now on, the disciples will serve in court, evening, morning and evening, and they will only obey the master's orders!"
This move immediately surprised Xu Wen.
Among the golden elixir monks of the Kuang family, except for the deceased Zeng Jian, there is no other outstanding figure. It is understandable that the Kuang Shenxiu brother and sister would find another master.
But after all, the Kuang family used to be the Yuanying family, and they had a wide circle of friends and some connections in Baiyu Kyoto.
With the qualifications of the Kuang family brothers and sisters, I can't say that they will definitely be able to join Yuanying's sect, but there is still no problem in choosing a Jindan Dzogchen monk in Bai Yujing as their teacher.
Kuang Shenxiu must have followed that path, but Xu Wen was indeed caught off guard when Kuang Yuxiu wanted to become his disciple.
Looking at Kuang Kunpu in confusion, Kuang Kunpu cupped his hands and said in a deep voice:
"Ancestor gave instructions before he left. I hope Yuxiu can become a disciple of Fellow Daoist Xu. From now on, Kowloon Island will only follow Fellow Daoist Xu."
This old fox won't let me go even if he dies. Xu Wen couldn't help but curse Kuang Donghua in his heart.
Kuang Yuxiu has an extremely rare single spiritual root attribute. Although he cannot reach the level of earth spiritual roots, his spiritual roots are still more than sixty feet high. If he is to say that his qualifications are dull, it is estimated that 99% of the monks in the world will be killed by a headlong collision. .
Moreover, based on Xu Wen's usual observations, Kuang Yuxiu is calm and resolute in her work, and her character is far superior to that of her brother Kuang Shenxiu.
In this way, she is very likely to advance to Jindan. Accepting her means accepting a future Jindan real person.
To say that he doesn't want to take her under his wing is absolutely nonsense.
But accepting her as a member would completely tie Jinghong Island and Kowloon Island together. This choice of honey tied with poison made Xu Wen really love and hate it.
After all, he was going to have a fight with Dacheng Island. After thinking for a moment, Xu Wen personally lifted Kuang Yuxiu up and said softly:
"Okay, from today on, you are my third disciple!"
After that, he took out a second-level high-grade defensive magic weapon, the Turtle Spirit Shield, from his arms and handed it to her as a meeting gift from his master.
Xu Wen has another outstanding disciple under his command, and Jinghong Island has a strong support from Jiulong Island. Everyone is very happy.
Kowloon Island also sent people to participate in the Ten Thousand Islands Conference. Since they have formed an alliance, and Kuang Donghua has also told him to respect him.
Xu Wen was not polite and immediately asked Kuang Kunpu to recruit all the people from Kowloon Island to discuss cooperation matters.
Several representatives sent by Kowloon Island were all acquaintances, and the leader was Kuang Bieping. Knowing that Kuang Yuxiu had become a disciple of Xu Wen, Kuang Bieping was obviously helpless.
But these things were arranged by Kuang Donghua a long time ago, and the person specifically responsible for implementing them was Kuang Kunpu, who had no right to comment at all.
Now that things have come to this, he can only accept it helplessly.
After discussing the cooperation between the two parties, a ring finger on Kuang Bieping's hand suddenly flashed, as if someone was conveying some news to him.
After a while, he turned gray and asked Xu frustratedly:
"A strange phenomenon appeared in the West Sea. It seems that someone advanced to Nascent Soul there, and a large number of ships from Dacheng Island were discovered there..."
He did not continue, but everyone understood what he meant.
It has been nearly ten years since Kuang Donghua passed away. If all goes well, it will be time for Shang Keyun to advance to Nascent Soul.
Although they were worried before, as long as Shang Keyun did not officially advance for a day, everyone was still lucky.
Now, this last bit of luck has been completely shattered.
"It doesn't matter, this is actually a good thing!"
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit solemn, Xu Wen said quietly:
"Now is the time when the two factions are wrestling. At this time, Bai Yujing will greatly strengthen the control of nearby places, but Shang Keyun will not be able to do whatever he wants!"
"The fight between the two factions continues day by day. This is the opportunity I have been waiting for. Whether it is to achieve military exploits or to be promoted to Nascent Soul, I can get out of the predicament!"
Everyone in the Kuang family also knew this and could only nod in agreement. However, looking at their expressions, they were still full of worry.
On the contrary, everyone on Jinghong Island was eager to try and excited.
Opportunities and risks often coexist in one thing. People with a strong heart tend to focus on opportunities, while timid people only see risks.
In fact, the current two sides are not without strong support. There is Nie Canghai on Kowloon Island, and Xu Wen has Feilong Trading Company and Gong Lei here.
Coupled with the spiritual talismans and magic weapons of both sides, although they are definitely not as good as the opponent's Nascent Soul Lord, they are not without the power to fight back, so why are they so frightened?
Xu Wen could only shake his head secretly. As expected, the second and third generations of the Kuang family are just things that cannot be supported by mud.
After agreeing on the rules of action for both parties in the future, Kuang Bieping and others left.
Although nothing was specifically pointed out in this meeting, Xu Wen had become the talker on both islands and had completely taken the initiative.
Now that Jinghong Island has a large number of people, it is no longer suitable to live in Feilong Trading Company. Xu Wen simply bought a property of Feilong Trading Company.
It can not only serve as the current residence of everyone on Jinghong Island, but also lay the foundation for the business of Jinghong Island in the future.
The people below were responsible for setting up the formations. After giving some guidance on everyone's cultivation, Xu Wen went into seclusion again.
Instead of worrying all day long, it is better to seize the time and improve your cultivation.
One month later, Xu Wen received news that the date for the Ten Thousand Islands Conference had been determined, just one year later.
This world is geographically huge, and even cultivators have to spend a lot of time traveling there. A year is already considered a very long time.
At the same time, Xu Wen also learned that Bai Heqing had finished refining alchemy and returned to his residence.
After discussing with Zuo Mingyue, Xu Wen took Ni Xuanyuan to visit him.
Bai Heqing was very happy to see Xu Wen and Ni Xuanyuan, and immediately took him to talk about the method of alchemy.
There are only two people in Shifang City who are third-level alchemists, and the only one who can speak the same language as him is Xu Wen.
After talking for a long time, Xu Wen deliberately brought the topic to the alchemy furnace.
When Bai Heqing said that high-level alchemy furnaces were rare and he wanted to refine an elixir, but it was still difficult to refine it because the alchemy furnace did not match, he chuckled and said:
"Brother Taoist, it's a strange thing. My disciple accidentally got an alchemy furnace dedicated to me."
"I have limited knowledge and have never been able to figure out its origins. I just want to ask Taoist brother to give me a palm eye!"
With a thought, the Nine-turn Xuanyuan Furnace appeared in his hand.
The reason why he came to Bai Heqing today was for this matter. He had made preparations before to hide all the abnormalities in the elixir.
Therefore, just on the surface, the Nine-turn Xuanyuan Furnace is an ordinary high-level alchemy furnace.
However, even so, the appearance of the magic weapon was extraordinary after all. As soon as he saw the Nine-turn Xuanyuan Furnace, Bai Heqing's eyes lit up.
He took the alchemy furnace and used several spells to activate the alchemy furnace. After carefully observing the alchemy furnace for a while, he said excitedly:
"This alchemy furnace, fellow Taoist, should have some fine gold added to it. The refining technique is extremely superb and the grade is extremely high. It is probably of the third grade."
"It is estimated that it can increase the success rate of three levels of alchemy, which is better than my alchemy furnace..."
Hearing his judgment, Xu Wen also secretly admired it. Regardless of the content of those elixir formulas, the Nine-turn Xuanyuan Furnace could indeed increase the elixir production rate by about 30%.
This was one of the purposes of Xu Wen's trip. He immediately said:
"I don't know what elixir I want to refine. If this elixir furnace has an improvement effect, can I just take it?"
(End of chapter)
