Chapter 231

The Golden Ring bees raised on Dry Bamboo Ridge currently had fifteen adult bees. This spring, they harvested half a catty of honey in total. If they harvested again at the end of summer, then for the whole year, it would be one catty.

According to Yun Ao's statement, one spirit stone a year.

This made Liu Xiaolou a bit frustrated, but then he felt relieved. He had eaten Jin Huanmi, so naturally, he knew how much spiritual energy it contained. One catty of Jin Huanmi contained far less spiritual energy than one spirit stone. Perhaps it was only thirty to forty percent. Being able to sell for one spirit stone was because of the sweetness of the honey and because it was suitable for the absorption of young children.

Children of wealthy families, from the moment they were born, were soaked in honey. Every day they drank spirit honey water, spirit rice porridge, and ate spirit fish and spirit meat. By the time they could cultivate, they had already absorbed an unknown amount of spiritual energy, and their cultivation starting point was far higher than that of ordinary loose cultivators, and the probability of producing geniuses was far higher than that of ordinary families.

The facts were indeed so. Among high-gate families, cultivators were everywhere. Early and mid-stage Qi Refinement were everywhere. Only when they reached late-stage Qi Refinement, needing a lot of accumulation of insights in cultivation, would their cultivation progress slow down.

So Liu Xiaolou dispelled the idea of selling Jin Huanmi this year and prepared to eat it slowly at home. If he really wanted to take it out for sale, it would be a matter after raising more than a hundred Golden Ring bees, which should be three to five years later.

"Alright, then forget it. It's me who doesn't know the market price very well. By the way, Brother Yun just mentioned the array plate..."

Yun Ao hurriedly took out the array plate and handed it over: "Xiaolou, you look at it. Now when I feel like watching it, it's not as vivid as before, and it lacks that sense of being personally on the scene. It has almost lost its effect."

Actually, the images were still those images, but because the Illusory Mili Xiangjin was exhausted, it lacked a catalyst, so naturally, it lost its interest and had no effect. Liu Xiaolou knew this well.

Putting away the array plate, Liu Xiaolou said: "It will take about three days to repair. Then I will have to wrong Brother Yun to rest in this broken courtyard of mine... By the way, how are Brother Xiong, Daoist Lei Ming, and the others?"

Yun Ao said: "If you want to talk about it, this array plate is used the most by Daoist Brother Lei Ming. With so many people taking turns using it, he occupies at least thirty percent. He himself felt embarrassed, so this time he paid two of the five spirit stones."

Liu Xiaolou also laughed: "I was tricked by him at the time. Others come by the time, he is monthly. I lost a lot, haha. He kept saying it was for the dual cultivation method. Who isn't for dual cultivation?"

Yun Ao sighed: "He really is for dual cultivation. He has already reached perfection last month and is waiting for Foundation Establishment."

Liu Xiaolou blinked and couldn't help but laugh: "Is it really? Haha... Then I'll wait for his good news. How was the Foundation Establishment Pill solved? I remember his Daoist temple was dependent on the Xunxi Wang family, right?"

Yun Ao said: "Yes. The Wang family has already reported this matter to Sect Master Cai, and the sect is also raising spirit materials, preparing to open a furnace to refine the elixir for him."

Liu Xiaolou asked curiously: "How is our Danxia Sect's Foundation Establishment Pill? Can it compare to Mount Tianmu?"

Yun Ao said: "Mount Tianmu is a Dan sect, so naturally we can't compare, but we also have our own characteristics. Our Foundation Establishment Pill has many benefits for those who cultivate thunder techniques. Daoist Brother Lei Ming mainly cultivates thunder techniques, so taking our Danxia Sect's Foundation Establishment Pill won't be bad."

Liu Xiaolou asked again: "Then Brother Yun mainly cultivates sword techniques. Do you have to seek the Foundation Establishment Pill from a sword technique sect?"

Yun Ao said: "My family's Bai Yun Sword Technique is thunder in the clouds. After Foundation Establishment in the future, the foundation of the sword light is still thunder light, so it is appropriate to take our own Foundation Establishment Pill. Of course, seeking the Foundation Establishment Pill from a sword technique sect is also possible, but where is it easy to seek?"

Once the topic of the Foundation Establishment Pill was brought up, almost all Qi Refinement cultivators would be excited. After all, becoming a Foundation Establishment cultivator is truly stepping into the threshold of cultivation, and stepping into the threshold of cultivation is so difficult. Don't you see that among the hundreds of fellow Daoists on Wulong Mountain, there is not a single Foundation Establishment? Even in high-gate families, one Foundation Establishment can only be produced out of ten or twenty Qi Refinement cultivators.

Therefore, taking the Foundation Establishment Pill is almost the only way for the vast majority of Qi Refinement cultivators to establish a foundation.

But refining the Foundation Establishment Pill is also a very difficult matter. Almost every sect has the top few elders or even the Sect Master personally make a move, taking more than a month to refine one, and the required spirit materials are also extremely rare. Rumors in the market say it is worth hundreds of spirit stones, but it is often priceless.

Liu Xiaolou asked again if any market had auctioned the Foundation Establishment Pill, and Yun Ao indicated that he had never heard of it.

They discussed this topic for a long time until the moon was in the middle of the sky, and they finished a meal of Wulong Mountain game, which ended it.

During this time, Bai Bai and Xiao Hei had been waiting nearby. As a result, there was no combat or array performance. The two animals felt bored and walked away lazily.

Yun Ao stayed in Liu Xiaolou's house, and Liu Xiaolou moved into another thatched cottage nearby. He spent the night refining a section of Illusory Mili Xiangjin about an inch long into the array plate.

For the next two days, he continued to cultivate in the house, attacking the Shaohai Acupoint, almost never leaving the house. Yun Ao felt embarrassed that he was so diligent in refining the array plate, secretly sighing that Liu Xiaolou earned these five spirit stones very hard, and at the same time reflecting on whether he was too comfortable and too slack.

So, driven by Liu Xiaolou, Yun Ao also stopped traveling and sightseeing, politely declined Huang Ye Xian's banquet invitation, and focused on cultivating on Dry Bamboo Ridge.

After three days, Liu Xiaolou took out the array plate and let Yun Ao go in to perform. Yun Ao was extremely experienced. He only took one look after going in and didn't dare to look more, exiting on his own, happily saying: "It's really repaired!"

Five spirit stones were credited, and Liu Xiaolou was very satisfied. Array techniques truly earn spirit stones fast!

Yun Ao shouldered the heavy trust of the impotent young masters and prepared to return quickly. That night, a second banquet was set up on Dry Bamboo Ridge to see him off. During the banquet, Yun Ao asked about the situation at the foot of the mountain: "When I came up the mountain before, I saw people appearing in the fields at the foot of the mountain, and there were more than one or two. They seemed to be people from Mount Tianmu. Is there any change?"

Liu Xiaolou replied: "It is indeed the people from Mount Tianmu. They are still not giving up and have been guarding." So he picked what could be said and told about the death of Lu Zhongqiu, the Lu clan's large-scale siege of the mountain, and the obstruction by the Ba-Dong side.

Yun Ao said: "Regarding the hatred of Sect Master Lu's grand-nephew, I'm afraid Mount Tianmu won't let it go."

Liu Xiaolou sighed: "That's why I haven't dared to go down the mountain easily for several months, just to guard against them venting their anger."

Yun Ao pondered: "Everything else is easy to say. The major sects discussed it together, and with the Pingdu Eight-Array Sect and the Qingyu Sect guaranteeing it, Mount Tianmu shouldn't act recklessly. But that Lu Yuanlang is a reckless one, and his cultivation is high. Must guard against him making trouble."

Liu Xiaolou thought for a moment and said: "No way, right? Three months have passed. If he wanted to make trouble, he would have made trouble long ago."

Yun Ao said: "That's not necessarily true. Remember Lu Yuanlang's appointment to fight Lord Lord Jingzhao in our Cave Heaven last time? He lost!"

Liu Xiaolou nodded: "Right."

Yun Ao said: "Small news, that battle made him unforgettable. It seems his state of mind has made a breakthrough, and then he went into seclusion. When I set off from Bai Yun Manor, I heard that our Danxia Sect has taken on the second Sword Trial Assembly. It was Lu Yuanlang who proposed it. It's still him, Qu Xuan, and Sun Zhenliu challenging Lord Lord Jingzhao. The date hasn't been determined yet, so..."

Liu Xiaolou understood: "So Brother Yun's meaning is that he is out of seclusion? Has he been in seclusion for so long?"

Yun Ao said: "Four years of seclusion, for Golden Core, it can't be considered long."

Liu Xiaolou's heart suddenly jumped: "Is this fellow very reckless?"

Yun Ao said: "I haven't dealt with him, and I can't climb up to him. After all, he is a genius of the younger generation of Mount Tianmu, so it's hard to say. But I heard his actions are very radical. So Xiaolou still needs to be careful. Maybe after the Sword Trial Assembly, he will come to Wulong Mountain to find trouble for you. Of course, maybe I'm overthinking it. After all, Wei Hongqing is not on Wulong Mountain, right?"

Liu Xiaolou nodded, pondering: "Brother Yun, do you think Mount Tianmu will kill a return shot?"

Yun Ao said: "This is also possible. When you are slack, suddenly killing back, maybe you can really catch someone."

Liu Xiaolou murmured: "But Wulong Mountain has rules set by several major sects, and one cannot break in at will..."

Yun Ao said: "That depends on whether they set up a method of punishment when they set the rules. Otherwise, the final result is just 'not to be repeated'."