Chapter 41: I Want to Reach Foundation Establishment

Master Master Hongmei's anger was justified.

If the shopkeeper of Jin Guang Ge hadn't pressed him with the accounts and forced him to refine artifacts, he would have long since taken his disciples far away from this trouble.

"Master, should we keep refining?" Yulou stood up directly, no longer feeding the charcoal.

Master Master Hongmei frowned tightly and said.

"Let's go out and see. Settle the accounts first, and leave if there's a chance."

His Foundation Establishment resources were only short this batch of spirit stones; if he could get them smoothly, he would begin preparing for Foundation Establishment.

He didn't want to get involved in the mess of Wolong Fang at all.

The shopkeeper of Jin Guang Ge stood unhurriedly at the doorway, gazing up at the magical duel in the sky. After hearing Master Master Hongmei's purpose, he said with a smile.

"Fellow Daoist Master Master Hongmei, rest assured. Even if Gu Shen Zong takes Wolong Fang, our Jin Guang Ge will stay open!

You don't need to refine two pieces either. You just need to finish refining that Golden Spear with thirty-two layers of prohibitions. I'll definitely give you your spirit stones, and I'll add another two hundred on top, as compensation for the offense."

Master Master Hongmei stared silently at this shopkeeper whose cultivation was similar to his own, and killing intent even rose in his eyes.

A second time!

Blocking my Dao path!

In the sky, the leader of the defending cultivators of Miaofeng Mountain, Jiuqu, was currently leading people in a magical duel against the cultivators of Gu Shen Zong.

Both sides used every means at their disposal, the fight blazing with every color imaginable.

On the ground, the poor working man Master Master Hongmei was struggling in a bitter magical duel against the Foundation Establishment lapdogs of the Xian Alliance.

Their standings were different, and the fight was full of bitterness.

"Once the matter of Wolong Fang is settled, I'll come back to refine at the first opportunity. Fellow Daoist, would that be acceptable?" Master Master Hongmei continued negotiating.

The shopkeeper answered with a smile.

"How many times have I said it, Brother Master Master Hongmei? Even if Gu Shen Zong comes, our Jin Guang Ge will be fine. Why can't you understand?

I took the guest's custom order for you, but you can't deliver the goods. Now you want to settle the payment early. That puts me in a very difficult position."

Master Master Hongmei had no choice but to return to the refining furnace and continue refining.

Yulou and Wang Yuan didn't know what to do either. Fate had unexpectedly dragged them into this chaos. As Qi-Drawing period minor cultivators, there wasn't much they could do.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The sounds of killing came from outside. Yulou, his vigilance maxed out, realized the sounds were terrifyingly close.

Wolong Fang had a great formation. The people of Gu Shen Zong were attacking the formation, and the defending cultivator leader Jiuqu was leading the people of Miaofeng Mountain in defense.

How could there be people causing trouble at such close range?

"Master, something's wrong!" Yulou warned.

What he feared was that someone was taking advantage of the chaos to cause trouble.

Even Wang Rongsheng knew Gu Shen Zong was going to attack, yet there were still so many cultivators inside Wolong Fang.

As a special marketplace, Wolong Fang had no Foundation Establishment cultivator stationed there. If someone caused trouble, the situation would be troublesome!

At Yulou's reminder, Master Master Hongmei did not let his guard down.

This time, he completely gave up on refining and directly took his protective Dao artifact into his hands.

Looking at the small golden pagoda in his master's hand, Yulou was extremely envious.

If Pearl-Shaped Technique artifacts were the floor among artifacts, then pagoda-shaped artifacts were the ceiling.

The jade pagoda Master Master Hongmei held had gold for its bones and stone for its flesh, about the size of a grown man's forearm. At a glance, it was clearly a high-quality artifact.

The only question was how many layers of prohibitions this small pagoda had.

Pagoda-shaped artifacts were troublesome to refine, but prohibitions were easiest to arrange.

Yulou estimated that, given the pagoda's appearance, thirty layers of prohibitions could be packed in.

"Come outside with me!"

Master Master Hongmei didn't feel comfortable leaving the two children alone indoors and decided to keep them by his side.

In Wunan's sky stood the Shi Sect and the Xian Alliance; no Foundation Establishment cultivator would dare commit a great crime against Heaven by attacking Qi Refining cultivators.

As a peak Qi Refining cultivator about to reach Foundation Establishment, and skilled in fire arts with many artifacts, Master Master Hongmei feared no opponent of the same level!

Now that Wolong Fang was already in chaos, keeping his two disciples by his side was the safest approach.

"Fellow Daoist Master Master Hongmei, come quickly and help me! Many bandit cultivators want to fish in troubled waters!"

The shopkeeper outside, along with several assistants, was fighting fiercely against masked cultivators. Master Master Hongmei took a careful look and stopped in his tracks.

Wang Yuan wanted to summon his artifacts and talismans to charge forward, but Yulou was quicker and held him back.

With their meager magic power, it wasn't worth the risk. Better to save it for after the great formation broke, to activate the Hundred-Li Carefree Escape Talisman and run!

Master Master Hongmei said nothing, silently summoning six flying swords!

What is a master of the refining Dao?

Using six pieces of eighth-grade black steel to refine six mid-quality flying swords!

While other refiners struggled to use a single piece of eighth-grade base material to refine a high-quality artifact, Master Master Hongmei cooked for himself, exclusively using eighth-grade black steel to refine mid-quality flying swords.

Do you think Master Master Hongmei is stupid?

No, Wang Shi also uses high-quality artifact base materials to refine mid-quality techniques!

This is the domineering luxury exclusive to great clans and great sects—no shortage of spirit stones!

The six flying swords shot out together, heading straight for the bandit cultivators besieging Jin Guang Ge. Master Master Hongmei shouted.

"I've come to help you!"

Hearing this, the shopkeeper and the assistants immediately intensified the ferocity of their attacks.

Daring to rob Jin Guang Ge, those bandit cultivators were no pushovers either. Naturally, they wouldn't meekly offer their necks. Under the pressure from Master Master Hongmei and the others, they instead grew even more vicious.

"Catch them, activate!" Master Master Hongmei tossed two pearls to Yulou and the other, commanding.

Yulou and Wang Yuan were both Artifact Refiners, so they naturally knew how to use this kind of pearl-shaped magic artifact, and activated it without delay.

"Use the Spirit-Concentrating Fog to restrict the divine sense of those Tribulation Cultivators!"

Grey thick fog spread out, and under the effect of the Spirit-Concentrating Fog, a portion of the Tribulation Cultivators began to retreat.

After all, they hadn't formed a team in advance; they were even on guard against each other, not a solid block.

Very quickly, with Red Brows' help, those overconfident Tribulation Cultivators either fled or died, no longer posing a threat.

As one of Red Brows' flying swords pierced through the chest of the last masked Tribulation Cultivator, the Shopkeeper also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fellow Daoist Red Brows, without you this time, what would we have done!"

The flying sword that had pierced the Tribulation Cultivator's chest did not stop, and went straight through the Shopkeeper of Jin Guang Pavilion as well.

The Spirit-Concentrating Fog on the outer perimeter blocked all light. Red Brows, weighing three hundred jin, stood at the doorway of Jin Guang Pavilion, looking at the Shopkeeper's corpse, and said coldly.

"I want to reach Foundation Establishment!"

Under Yulou's horrified gaze, Master Master Hongmei—at the peak of Qi Refining—manipulated his flying sword and easily slaughtered all the Jin Guang Pavilion assistants whose magic power had been exhausted.

During the magical duel just now, Red Brows had never gone all out. He controlled the situation, letting the Tribulation Cultivators and the people of Jin Guang Pavilion wear each other down.

In the end, when the magic power of the Jin Guang Pavilion people was nearly exhausted, he struck to finish everything.

After killing everyone, he flicked his wide sleeve, and two sets of formation flags flew out, enveloping Jin Guang Pavilion.

Then, red tentacles flowed out from Red Brows' magic robe, cleaning up the battlefield.

"Quick, go in and empty out everything in Jin Guang Pavilion, then we leave!"

Looking at the dumbfounded Yulou and Wang Yuan, Red Brows said sternly.

Time couldn't be dragged out too long; the newly raised formation was based on the formation flags and couldn't withstand a siege!

Yulou suppressed his fear, and under Red Brows' guidance, cooperating with Wang Yuan, quickly emptied everything in the main hall of Jin Guang Pavilion.

Red Brows also quickly found the storeroom of Jin Guang Pavilion, and smoothly obtained what he wanted.

After finishing these tasks, he set a great fire—this was the final cleanup.

Yulou saw his master summon a flying-car magic artifact, and was about to board it, when he noticed Red Brows staring at him.

Their eyes met, and Yulou's heart sank.

Wang Yuan was still foolishly pushing his older brother, telling him to get on the vehicle quickly.

But Yulou's hand had already reached into his sleeve for the Hundred-Li Free-and-Easy Escape Talisman.

He took a few light steps back, and said obediently to Red Brows.

"Master, you go first. One person piloting the magic artifact will fly faster!"

Wang Yuan was stunned. He realized something, and also reached into his sleeve for his escape talisman.

But under the envelopment of the formation, the two brothers had nowhere to escape!