Chapter 233

Seeing Senior Ling Yanzi's behavior this time, Li Tongya finally saw some sincerity. Li Tongya lowered his gaze and swept over the pile of miscellaneous items. He saw a small pile of Embryonic Breath magic tools of various colors, each with a different style—gourds, long swords, jade plates, everything. It seemed they were left behind after killing people and seizing treasures.

"I finally caught a disciple of the immortal sect, so I can't use these to offset the price..."

Li Tongya thought secretly in his heart. The three sects and seven gates had a crowd of cultivation techniques, secret methods, secret records, and treasures, not to mention some miraculous secret prescriptions. If he let this guy use these things that could be seen everywhere outside to offset the price, Li Tongya would never be willing.

Senior Ling Yanzi gave an awkward smile and explained:

"This is because my immortal peak is about to recruit disciples, so I specifically left this batch of Embryonic Breath magic tools, just waiting to reward the new disciples. Otherwise, I would have already exchanged them for spirit stones and given them to you, fellow Daoist."

"Oh!"

Li Tongya nodded lightly, his heart suddenly moved, but he didn't say anything more. He looked at a few bottles of elixirs. The best one was a bottle of Foundation Establishment level Huanzhen Dan. He just held it in his hand and paused, thinking in his heart:

"It is impossible to break through Foundation Establishment without twenty or thirty years of hard work. Having this elixir only advances it by two or three years. My life will stop at Foundation Establishment, so I'm not in a hurry. It's better to find more things that are useful to the juniors."

So he put the elixir down lightly. This was beyond Senior Ling Yanzi's expectation, making him pause slightly, thinking to himself:

"This Li Tongya actually doesn't take this Huanzhen Dan... It must be that he is protected by a sword immortal and is used to this kind of elixir, so he doesn't look down on it. Then he might not look down on the things in my storage bag..."

Sure enough, Li Tongya looked at the few Qi Refining elixirs, flipped through the remaining miscellaneous items, frowned slightly, and whispered:

"Does Fellow Daoist Senior Ling Yanzi only have these things left? Are there any secret manuals of cultivation techniques that can offset the price?"

Senior Ling Yanzi smiled bitterly and replied:

"There are some, but they are also Qi Refining and Embryonic Breath techniques. You don't look down on them now, fellow Daoist, and they are expensive, as if I am bullying you."

Li Tongya was not like him, cultivating in the immortal sect and only caring about himself. He had a big family to take care of, so he said happily:

"No problem, please take them out for me to see, fellow Daoist."

Senior Ling Yanzi glanced at him and immediately understood a lot. He untied a crimson bag from his waist and smiled:

"The secrets of each sect are the most precious. This is a hidden law bag, which is connected to my Qi mechanism. With a thought, I can destroy the things inside."

Li Tongya nodded, watched Senior Ling Yanzi take out a few jade slips and line them up, and picked up one of the jade slips to read.

"《Shanglang Yanglun Law》, Embryonic Breath realm cultivation technique, third grade."

Li Tongya was suddenly moved in his heart, and his eyes could no longer move away. The Li family's best Embryonic Breath cultivation technique was naturally the 《Taiyin Qi Refining Yanglun Sutra》, which could not be written, spoken, or taught. Only cultivators who had received the talisman seed could cultivate it.

The second best were the second-grade Embryonic Breath cultivation techniques collected over the years, provided for the disciples of the great and small sects to cultivate. The rest was the 《Qingyuan Yanglun Law》 left by Si Yuanbai back then, which was only first grade, provided for cultivators with different surnames to cultivate. However, it was just a common commodity. The cultivation level of the Li family's cultivators with different surnames had been generally low over the years, which was also the reason for this cultivation technique.

There was also an Embryonic Breath cultivation technique attached to the 《Qouting Suwei Jue》, which could allow Embryonic Breath cultivators to quickly reach Qi Refining, but the time for Qi Refining to break through to Foundation Establishment would be extended a lot. Li Tongya intended to use it to cultivate loyal clan soldiers, but considering that the main family's Qi Refining cultivators were still too few and there were no suitable candidates, he did not take it out to use.

Picking up the remaining two jade slips that Senior Ling Yanzi had laid out, Li Tongya read them one by one. They were all second-grade Qi Refining techniques. There were several kinds in the family, and they were neither worth exchanging nor needed to be exchanged. Li Tongya picked up the Embryonic Breath cultivation technique and whispered:

"I wonder what the price of this cultivation technique is?"

"It's just an Embryonic Breath cultivation technique."

Senior Ling Yanzi waved his hand and said solemnly:

"Since you have chosen this cultivation technique, fellow Daoist, there are some things I have to say. This 《Shanglang Yanglun Law》 is the technique of the ancient immortal gate Tianlang Terrace. It is particularly unique and incompatible with many cultivation techniques. If you cultivate this technique and achieve the peak of Embryonic Breath, you might lose some lifespan when you convert your cultivation technique to break through to Qi Refining."

"Lose lifespan?"

Li Tongya paused, and saw Senior Ling Yanzi nod in response:

"Fortunately, it's not much, only three to five years. If you are lucky and the cultivation technique fits your constitution, you will only lose about half a year."

Li Tongya's heart was settled. This third-grade technique could at least improve the cultivation speed by three years. The two offset each other, so it was not too much of a loss. You have to know that the time in the front is more precious than the time in the back. Sometimes, just this three or four years earlier is the difference between an Embryonic Breath cultivator and a Qi Refining cultivator, a Qi Refining cultivator and a miscellaneous Qi cultivator, and more seriously, the difference between a Qi Refining cultivator and a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Although Li Tongya accepted it in his heart, his face showed a trace of hesitation. He pretended to be unhappy, swept his eyes over the miscellaneous items in front of him, and said in a deep voice:

"There is nothing else to offset it! Just use this to offset the price!"

"This..."

Senior Ling Yanzi paused slightly. The belongings of those two Zhangxiao Gate cultivators were sorted and sold by him back then. After all, these two were disciples of the three sects and seven gates, and they were more than ten times wealthier than ordinary rogue cultivators. The miscellaneous items were worth nearly two hundred spirit stones, which was not a small amount.

But this cultivation technique was third grade after all, and it was often priceless. Two hundred spirit stones were definitely barely enough, not to mention that he had just given Li Tongya twenty spirit stones. But seeing Li Tongya's unhappy face, he finally didn't say anything and sighed slightly, considering it accepted.

Li Tongya's expression softened. He chatted with him for a while and said warmly:

"I heard that your peak is recruiting disciples. I wonder how it is going?"

Senior Ling Yanzi shook his head lightly and replied:

"My peak has the most awkward situation in the Ziyan Gate. Whether it is resources, cultivation techniques, status, or power, it is the worst... so there has been no progress."

Senior Ling Yanzi looked like he wanted to say something but stopped. Finally, he didn't tell Li Tongya about the dirty things in the Ziyan Gate, just drank wine silently, obviously touching on sad things, and fell silent.

Li Tongya comforted him twice and said warmly:

"Why not do this? Senior, leave a message with me. If I find any opportunity or produce any excellent juniors, I might be able to send them to your peak to help you, Senior."

Senior Ling Yanzi had never thought about this aspect. Hearing this, he was moved. After thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was very promising. He clapped his hands and sighed, happily:

"Exactly! Brother Wan acting as a helper for my peak outside, this old man couldn't ask for more!"

After saying this, he promised with a vow, swearing that he would definitely treat the Li family children sent over well. Li Tongya just smiled and said nothing. He had the lesson of Li Chijing, so where would he believe Senior Ling Yanzi's empty words? He didn't know much about the style of the Ziyan Gate, so he just laid a piece on the board. As Senior Ling Yanzi talked about the sky and the earth, Li Tongya just echoed twice and said embarrassedly:

"Senior, don't be like this. I didn't make a guarantee. I still have to go back and ask the sword immortal."

"It should be so! It should be so!"

Senior Ling Yanzi chuckled. The Ziyan Gate was already weak among the three sects and seven gates, and his peak was even more declining. If a disciple of a sword immortal family could enter, it would naturally be a great thing.

So he tilted his head and thought about it, took out a jade plate from his storage bag, with the words "Ziyan" written on it, and the words "Ziqi Peak" carved on the back.

Li Tongya nodded, flipped his hand to put it away, then cupped his hands and whispered:

"I have disturbed you, fellow Daoist."

Senior Ling Yanzi laughed, chatted for two or three more sentences, then sipped his wine and said goodbye.

Li Tongya nodded lightly, watched the old man drive the wind away, sat in front of the table for a dozen breaths, and then moved his chopsticks, only to hear a weathered voice in his ear.

"Come to Xianyou Peak."

(End of this chapter)