Chapter 307: Before Huiyan Peak

Liu Xiaolou had inquired that the high-level cultivators of the Guangtian Altar were not even as good as the Qingyue Altar. The Qingyue Altar at least often recruited marriage partners from outside the mountain, absorbing male cultivators with decent talent and cultivation. The Guangtian Altar only relied on itself to recruit female disciples. Therefore, there were only two Foundation Establishment cultivators.

One was the Altar Master, at the Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, and the other was perhaps the silver-haired woman before him, at the Early-stage Foundation Establishment. He had heard the name mentioned by Altar Master Qingyue, called Granny Silver Flower.

"Is your Excellency the Altar's Libationer, Granny Silver Flower?"

"That is me! Whatever matter your Excellency has, just say it!"

It was truly a case of the person living up to their name. Liu Xiaolou nodded. He was not afraid of the Qingyue Altar with its four Foundation Establishment cultivators, so he was naturally fearless of the Guangtian Altar before him, which only had two.

If they really fought, he would have no problem escaping safely. Moreover, the other party would not dare to force him. If they really angered him, he would do nothing for a year and just surround the Hengshan area, specifically looking for trouble with the Guangtian Altar disciples. They would definitely suffer the consequences.

This was the capital of a Foundation Establishment cultivator!

Therefore, Liu Xiaolou stated his purpose and smiled again, showing his goodwill.

Granny Silver Flower heard this, turned her head to glance at the female disciple "Boqi," and seeing the look of horror and confusion on this disciple's face, her heart sank.

This female disciple "Boqi," surnamed Zhou, was the best among the third-generation disciples of the Guangtian Altar. She was young and already at Qi Refinement Stage 10, with outstanding talent, rare in the Guangtian Altar for fifty years. The altar had high expectations for her, so she was allowed to enforce the law at the mountain gate to gain experience.

Granny Silver Flower thought to herself that even if she took action, it would be difficult to take down Zhou Baiqi in an instant, not to mention that Zhou Baiqi was still within the protection of the array. Therefore, she became a few points more cautious toward the goodwill shown by Liu Xiaolou.

"My Guangtian Altar is a sect of female cultivators. I fear the cultivation inheritance is very incompatible with your Excellency. I am truly sorry."

"Whether it is suitable, I will know at a glance. Granny Silver, I would never dare to covet the inheritance of your noble sect altar. I only wish to take a look at the various mental cultivation techniques and true scriptures of other sects collected by your noble sect altar. For the cultivation technique I favor, I can pay fifteen spirit stones, only asking to copy a copy."

"The cultivation techniques stored in the Huiyan Peak Scripture Hall are all inheritances of the Guangtian Altar. There are no mental cultivation techniques or true scriptures of other sects!"

"If you don't like spirit stones, spirit elixirs or spirit materials will do. What I bring out are all good things. By the way, I have also studied array techniques quite a bit. If your sect has any need for setting up arrays, I can also be of service. I once followed the great array master Tang Song to refine the mountain-protecting array for a famous sect. Granny Silver knows Master Tang, right? His great name is known to the world..."

"My Huiyan Peak already has a mountain-protecting array; I will not trouble your Excellency!"

"I can also improve the quality of your noble sect altar's mountain-protecting array. Actually, this mountain-protecting array of yours also has loopholes..."

Just as he was trying to persuade her, a female voice suddenly sounded: "I refined and set up this mountain-protecting array. You must make it clear today where the loopholes are!"

Liu Xiaolou was immediately stunned, staring at the mountain path behind the giant rock, his mouth open, unable to say a word.

He saw two women slowly coming down the mountain path. The one in front had a slender figure and was quite heroic, wearing a light green dress. It was Qingzhu, whom he hadn't seen for many years.

Liu Xiaolou once thought he had forgotten Qingzhu. When he occasionally thought of her in the past few years, even her appearance had become blurred and he could never remember it clearly. But seeing her today, he realized that this face was so familiar, and everything from the past floated into his mind, flipping through quickly, scene by scene...

Granny Silver Flower coughed a few times and said angrily: "Your Excellency is so rude!"

Qingzhu smiled lightly: "Granny, it is not that he is rude. This Fellow Daoist Liu is my half-disciple... Xiaolou, Xiaolou!"

Liu Xiaolou let out a long sigh and smiled bitterly: "Who would have thought I would see you here..."

The woman behind Qingzhu was in a blue shirt and asked: "Qingzhu, this is..."

Only then did Liu Xiaolou notice the blue-shirted woman. She was half a head shorter than Qingzhu and about the same height as Su Wuniang, but much softer and more charming than Su Wuniang...

Damn it, why did he think of Su Wuniang?

Her appearance was not as good as Wuniang and Jiuniang, but her softness could not be described in words. If he really had to say it, she could be described as soft as water.

And this lady seemed somewhat familiar?

A picture immediately flashed in his mind: in front of a quiet bamboo house, a lady and Qingzhu were sitting and drinking—that was when he had a sudden whim and rushed thousands of miles to the northeast of the Four Bright Mountains to the Qingzhu Garden, hiding in the forest and seeing it.

He saw it that day and returned that day.

He heard Qingzhu say: "Alright, alright, Sister Meng, I will deal with him first. Granny Silver, don't be angry, ha."

She said to Liu Xiaolou: "Sister Meng is the Altar Master of the Guangtian Altar. Let's go down and talk about things. Let's not block the mountain gate of others. Let's go."

The blue-shirted Altar Master Meng smiled and watched Qingzhu leave, her eyes curiously following Liu Xiaolou for a long time until their backs disappeared.

Liu Xiaolou followed behind Qingzhu down the mountain, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Qingzhu led the way, turning left and right, taking a small path hidden in the trees from a certain corner, and came to a mountain pavilion. Entering the pavilion and sitting down, she pointed to a flying waterfall ten zhang away: "This is the Shigu Cave water curtain. When it rains heavily, the water curtain is extremely large, almost rushing to the pavilion. It is very spectacular. There is no rain today..."

Liu Xiaolou looked at the water curtain for a long time, finally came back to his senses, sat beside Qingzhu, and asked: "Why are you here?"

Qingzhu said: "Sister Meng and I are good friends who hit it off. I often come here as a guest. Didn't I mention her to you before?" She raised her head, blinked, thought about it, shook her head, and said: "It seems I really didn't mention her. By the way, you said my array had loopholes. Where were they? Tell me!"

Liu Xiaolou waved his hand: "What loopholes could there be? I was just bluffing her, just talking nonsense."

Qingzhu asked: "What exactly is going on? Why are you seeking cultivation techniques everywhere? And even seeking them here in Hengshan?"

In front of Qingzhu, there was nothing that could not be said. Liu Xiaolou told her everything that happened, making Qingzhu laugh uncontrollably: "I know the Qingyue Altar. You don't want to share a wife with two husbands? What a pity! Ha."

After laughing for a while, she forced Liu Xiaolou again: "Say it, what loopholes does the Huiyan Peak array I refined have? If you don't say one, two, or three today, don't think about leaving Hengshan. I will marry you to the Qingyue Altar. I tell you, I am very familiar with their Altar Master!"

Liu Xiaolou said: "There are truly no loopholes. Why don't you believe me? You know me, don't you? I have always been a man of my word, saying one thing and meaning another..."

Qingzhu said: "Say one loophole, and I will help you find a cultivation technique! Say two, and I will help you find two!"

Liu Xiaolou hesitated: "There are truly no loopholes. That array is very good... It's just that the material used for that whip should be changed. Is that some kind of spirit bamboo? Would it be better to change it to gold and silver?"

Qingzhu pondered intently: "How so?"

Liu Xiaolou mumbled: "Pine and cypress wood in the back, white wax gold in the front..."

Qingzhu let out an "Ah," annoyed: "Is that really so? Are there any more?"

Liu Xiaolou shook his head firmly: "No more!"

Qingzhu said: "Then I will only help you find one?"

Liu Xiaolou blinked: "Would it be better if the mountain gate was adjusted seven feet to the southeast? Pine and cypress by the stone upstairs, leaking wind..."

Qingzhu let out a breath: "Xiaolou, you have truly gained some skills, being able to find two loopholes in my array? Fine, I am also a person of my word. I will help you find two cultivation techniques!"

Seeing Liu Xiaolou looking like he still had more to say, her expression suddenly turned cold: "Are there more?"

Liu Xiaolou whispered: "Is there a third cultivation technique?"

Qingzhu laughed in anger: "If you truly find a third loophole, I will truly help you find three cultivation techniques!"

Liu Xiaolou immediately pointed to the water curtain waterfall in front of him: "And this waterfall, if I didn't calculate wrong, is it no more than a hundred zhang from Huiyan Peak?"

Qingzhu's face was very green. ===== CHAPTER 308 =====