Chapter 189: Phoenix Cry Dragon Chant

"Thank you, fellow Daoist Master Xuanyuan, for your promotion!"

He Pingsheng cupped his hands: "However, I am currently focusing on cultivation to improve my cultivation base, and I don't have much thought about making money. Now, relying on this skill, I can earn enough for my cultivation needs!"

Agreeing was impossible.

If he agreed, wouldn't he have to help refine pills every day?

That kind of life like a cow or horse was not what He Pingsheng pursued.

What he wanted was the Great Dao, to break through quickly.

Otherwise, how to marry a wife?

"Oh..." Master Xuanyuan said: "Since that is the case, then I won't force it, but in the future, if there is a need, I will still visit you and ask you to come out of the mountain to help me refine pills. At that time, I hope you won't refuse!"

He opened an alchemy shop, but he couldn't handle every type of pill.

Sometimes, guests would put forward some very strange requirements, or want to refine some rare pills.

In this situation, He Pingsheng might be of great use to him.

He Pingsheng didn't refuse this time, "Can... as long as it follows the rules of the cultivation world!"

The rules of the cultivation world were five portions of materials to refine one batch of pills.

"Good, good, good!" Having He Pingsheng's promise, Master Xuanyuan was overjoyed. He casually took out a black token and said: "Fellow Daoist He, this is the token of my Master Xuanyuan family. With this token, you can enter and exit the entire Dingxiang City, any chamber of commerce's auction and trading fair!"

"Hehe... fellow Daoist might not know, the Master Xuanyuan family I belong to is one of the top families in this Dingxiang City!"

He Pingsheng really didn't know.

He didn't know, but someone did.

Bai Long was instantly shocked: "Could it be... could it be that the Vice City Lord Master Xuanyuan of this Dingxiang City is from your Master Xuanyuan family?"

"Hehe..." Master Xuanyuan Changgeng chuckled, feeling very honored, and slightly raised his head: "Not bad, Vice City Lord Master Xuanyuan is indeed the ancestor of our Master Xuanyuan family!"

"Everyone, farewell!"

The white-haired, youthful-faced Master Xuanyuan Changgeng turned and left.

"Hey..." Bai Long said: "I didn't expect fellow Daoist Master Xuanyuan to have such a family background, no wonder he could open an alchemy shop in Dingxiang City. If it weren't for this, I am afraid he wouldn't be able to open it!"

He Pingsheng deeply agreed.

The things in the alchemy shop were cheap, which was originally detrimental to the interests of the large chambers of commerce.

But if Master Xuanyuan had the Vice City Lord ancestor covering him, then naturally there would be no problem.

"Fellow Daoist He!" Bai Long looked at He Pingsheng seriously and said: "In the future, if I have alchemy needs, can I come here and ask you for help?"

He looked at He Pingsheng with expectant eyes.

In this day and age, it was not easy to get to know an alchemist in a place like Dingxiang City.

What's more, the other party was an alchemist who could easily refine mid-tier pills?

If one could climb up, one must climb up.

"No problem!" He Pingsheng said: "Five batches of materials, one batch of pills, the rules of the cultivation world!"

"However, it must be during my free time!"

"Otherwise, I cannot refine pills for you!"

"Both fellow Daoists can come!"

He Pingsheng cupped his hands to see them off.

"Good, good, good... thank you, fellow Daoist!" Bai Long got He Pingsheng's reply and left with a smile.

The small courtyard was quiet again.

He Pingsheng didn't go into seclusion to cultivate.

Because he had been in seclusion for too long before, if he just went into seclusion, he might not be able to improve his cultivation base.

Still that sentence: lack of traveling.

Just going out once to kill two Human-Faced Demon Spiders didn't have much use.

He took out the black token and touched it.

The token of the Master Xuanyuan family.

Hmm... with this token, can I go to the chamber of commerce auction to see?

Alright!

He Pingsheng rested in the small courtyard for a few days, then took the token Master Xuanyuan gave him and went out.

Walking from his courtyard entrance to the vicinity of the City Lord's Mansion where the three major chambers of commerce were located, the distance was still very far.

Because Dingxiang City was very large. 【189-4

Let's put it this way: just this one city is about a hundred miles wide and long!

It is impossible for an ordinary person to walk the entire distance in a day, so some people take horse-drawn carriages or vehicles pulled by various other demon beasts to get around.

He Pingsheng is a cultivator, so his foot speed is naturally not a problem.

As long as he doesn't spare his spiritual power, a single step can often cover a distance of several zhang.

Even so, it took him nearly two hours to get from his doorstep to the City Lord's Mansion. Anyway, he had nothing to do, and since he was idle, he might as well treat this bit of travel as sightseeing.

There isn't much scenery in the city, but looking at the customs and the people is also quite nice.

"The list is posted... the list is posted..."

"At the south gate of the City Lord's Mansion..."

"Everyone, go over and take a look!"

He Pingsheng, who was walking on the street, suddenly raised his head, only to see countless Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment cultivators swarming like a tide from the main street toward the south.

He was stunned: What list is posted?

Does this City Lord's Mansion hold imperial examinations too?

Filled with doubt, He Pingsheng followed the crowded human tide, circling around the east side of the City Lord's Mansion toward the south gate.

This was his first time coming to the south gate of the City Lord's Mansion!

Outside the south gate is a huge square, one hundred zhang wide and three hundred zhang long.

The ground of this huge square is entirely paved with black jade, and there are a few decorative buildings on it, making it look dignified and solemn.

And on both sides of the center of the square, there is a black stone stele ten zhang high.

The area around the stone steles was packed with people!

On the stone steles, light membranes of arrays flickered faintly, and dense names appeared from time to time.

And at the very top of all the names, there were three words: Phoenix Cry List.

On the stone stele on the left, it was: Dragon Chant List.

Phoenix Cry and Dragon Chant, what a good name.

"This fellow Daoist!" He Pingsheng reached out and casually tugged at the lapel of a female Qi Condensation cultivator, saying, "Greetings!"

It wasn't that he did it on purpose.

It was just a coincidence that everyone around him was a female cultivator.

The female cultivator was originally looking angry, but after glancing at He Pingsheng's cultivation base, she immediately became respectful and said, "I dare not accept 'fellow Daoist', greetings, Senior!"

Just kidding, this woman herself was already at the twelfth layer of Qi Condensation Perfection, yet she couldn't see He Pingsheng's cultivation base at a glance, so she basically concluded that He Pingsheng was a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Calling him Senior was not excessive.

He Pingsheng asked, "What is this Phoenix Cry and Dragon Chant List? Could you please enlighten me?"

"Ah?" The woman in the peach-red shirt opened her small mouth wide enough to fit an egg, "This... Senior, you actually don't know?"

He Pingsheng said, "This poor Daoist is from out of town and doesn't quite understand!"

"Oh, oh, oh..." The woman's expression returned to normal, and she said, "This Phoenix Cry and Dragon Chant List is for ranking Qi Condensation disciples and Foundation Establishment disciples!"

"As long as you are a Qi Condensation disciple, you can challenge any cultivator on the Phoenix Cry List. If the challenge is successful, you can obtain the corresponding points and ranking!"

"By the same token, Foundation Establishment seniors can go and fight for the Dragon Chant List!"

"Here in our Dingxiang City, basically all public resource allocation or competition is selected based on the rankings on this Phoenix Cry and Dragon Chant List!"

"This ranking is refreshed every six months!"

"Today happens to be the day the six-month ranking is refreshed!"

Hearing this, He Pingsheng understood instantly.

"Many thanks!" He cupped his hands toward the female cultivator.

"You're welcome!" The female cultivator smiled and left.

He Pingsheng walked closer, his gaze and spiritual sense sweeping over the Dragon Chant List simultaneously.