inspire-indiana Chapter 124 Before the Banquet
Chapter 124 Before the Banquet
"Master, has Grandmaster replied to your message?"
Geng Yu looked at Mu Sen, who was staring blankly at the communication jade, and spoke urgently.
Mu Sen rolled his eyes: "What's the rush? Your grandmaster will definitely be here for such an important occasion."
“I’m worried that she might not know where the banquet is being held, and what if the people at the sect don’t let her in and she misses the apprenticeship banquet? No, I’d better go and see for myself.”
Before Mu Sen could speak, Geng Yu rushed out.
Mu Sen looked through Tu Shan's messages; the last message was from ten days ago.
"I have already set off for Lingyun Sect to prepare to receive you!"
Will something bad happen?
My master is so clever, it's good enough that he doesn't scheme against others.
Besides, she loves money so much, and she arranged all of this today. She'll come for the spirit stones.
Thinking of this, Mu Sen's anxious heart finally sank a little.
"Have you heard? This Master Mu wants to become the disciple of a little girl. Has he gone mad?"
"You don't know anything. I heard that this little fairy is only fourteen years old, but she is already a fifth-level alchemist. I want to ask what you were doing when you were fourteen?"
“That’s right. This shows that Master Mu is unconventional and only cares about alchemy. He is willing to learn from anyone who knows more than him, regardless of their age or strength.”
"No wonder Master Mu has achieved such success. It's all because he is broad-minded and not ashamed to ask questions. I heard that Little Fairy's alchemy skills have long surpassed Master Mu's, but her cultivation level limits her performance."
"Yes, I've heard that too. She was a fourth-level alchemist when she was in the Qi Refining stage. I heard that she's now in the Foundation Establishment stage, and the fifth level is just the basics. She hasn't become a sixth-level alchemist because she doesn't have enough spiritual power."
"No, no, no, you're not entirely right. I have some inside information. There's another very important reason why she didn't become a sixth-level alchemist: her health is too poor to sustain her alchemy for long periods of time."
"Isn't it rare for someone who cultivates immortality to have poor health?"
"I don't know the specific reason, but her body is real. I heard that the little fairy developed the method of the full furnace because her body was too weak to last that long, so she came up with this method."
"The path to becoming a genius is beyond my comprehension. After all, if my health were too poor, I wouldn't be thinking about alchemy; I would be thinking about how to survive."
“This fellow Daoist is right, that’s why they succeeded. Of course, I’m not bad either; I’m a seventh-level alchemist.”
"Hahaha, that's right! The worst alchemists here are all at the seventh level. If it weren't for wanting to witness a full furnace of skills, we probably wouldn't have come so early!"
"It's worth the trip to exchange alchemy experience with Master Mu, not to mention that I can learn even more advanced techniques."
Mu Sen heard the commotion in the main hall but did not stop it; he simply glanced at his communication jade from time to time.
In their master's words, the greater their reputation, the more spirit stones they could earn.
There's less than an hour left before the banquet starts, and I don't know if Master will make it in time.
"Master" Tu Shan was staring at Rong Lu with a resentful look. If it weren't for his womanizing ways, they would have arrived long ago!
Looking at the light green figure chasing after her, she felt utterly helpless.
This story begins three days ago, and the details are quite cliché.
On their way to Lingyun Sect, they encountered a fairy being chased by someone, but Rong Lu didn't want to get involved.
She took charge!
My initial thought was simple: I just wanted to help the fairy get rid of the pursuers, and incidentally take the rings and robes of those who were trying to kill her, and then get a fee from the fairy to express her gratitude for saving her life.
Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned; those people's gift rings and robes were taken away.
However, the fairy delayed paying the gratitude fee, instead claiming, "Fellow Daoist, you saved my life, so I should repay you with my body."
Of course, these words were not spoken to her, but to Rong Lu.
Rong Lu asked her to give him spirit stones, but the fairy insisted on repaying him with her body.
Finally, at her behest, Rong Lu beat up the fairy and forced her to take out ten high-grade spirit stones.
After tidying up, Tu Shan and Rong Lu prepared to leave.
Unexpectedly, the little fairy hugged Rong Lu's leg and started crying.
Tu Shan then realized he had been tricked and was being framed.
What kind of pitiful person could be able to cling to Rong Lu's leg like that?
His cultivation level must be at least on par with Rong Lu's, otherwise how could he have failed to escape?
Rong Lu shook her off, grabbed Tu Shan, and slipped away.
The fairy followed at a distance that was neither too close nor too far behind, which gave Tu Shan a headache.
They followed him like this for three days, until they reached the vicinity of the Lingyun Sect.
"Rong Lu, why don't you go and deal with the little fairy who admires you first, and I'll go to Lingyun Sect to take care of some business?"
"No need, let's go in together!"
As soon as the two arrived halfway up Lingyun Sect, they saw Geng Yu and Zhong Qi waiting in front of the mountain gate.
Geng Yu grabbed Tu Shan's arm and said, "Grandmaster, you've finally arrived! The banquet starts in a quarter of an hour, let's hurry!"
"There's still a quarter of an hour, no rush. Who's here?"
Tu Shan shook off his hand, took out the car, and invited the three of them to get in.
"Lead the way, who are these people?"
"A seventh-level alchemist, and a representative of the other three major sects."
"Have Ji Se and Cheng Nan arrived?"
"They've arrived; Elder Jian brought them."
Tu Shan knew, of course, that Ji Se had come, and that she had been fighting all the time these past few days, euphemistically calling it "exchanging sparring."
"Alright, did your master's cheap disciple accept the gift?"
"Don't worry about that! How could he forget who my master is?"
"Have you compiled a list of people who want to watch the alchemy?"
Geng Yu glanced at Tu Shan and said, "Of course, there were 108 people in total, and we received 1.08 million high-grade spirit stones in tickets."
"Not bad, not bad, haha, everyone's rich this time. Of all the gifts we received, I only want 30%, the rest goes to your master, since he'll need to reciprocate later."
Ahem! As for the 1.08 million high-grade spirit stones, he and I will each receive 500,000. The remaining 80,000 can be used for his banquet expenses, 20,000 will go to your sect, and the rest you two can split equally, how about that?"
According to her estimate, the drinks and such would not exceed ten high-grade spirit stones, and Geng Yu and Zhong Qi would each receive around 30,000.
They were the ones who did 90% of the work at this banquet.
If you want a horse to run, you can't stop it from eating grass.
She is still very generous.
"By the way, remember to give some benefits to the fellow disciples who helped you."
Geng Yu patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Master. We've been with you for so long, we'll take care of this little thing."
Zhong Qi grinned from ear to ear at the thought of receiving nearly 30,000 high-grade spirit stones in no time.
"My goodness, Zhong Qi's expression is so lively now, where did my cold-faced little brother go?"
"Hahaha! Of course, it's the spirit stones that make me happy!"
Tu Shan laughed so hard he bent over backwards.
Having cultivation is good; you don't have to worry about getting into a car accident at all.
"It's here!"
Geng Yu pointed to the two main halls in front of him.
Tu Shan stopped the car but did not put it away.
"Geng Yu, take me to change into a dharma robe."
"it is good!"
Aren't you going to put it away?
"I won't accept it. I need to promote and advertise for Ji Se. I can't let you guys have spirit stones to pay off your debts while she's still struggling at the starting line!"
Geng Yu said nothing more and led Tu Shan to the second floor of the main hall.