Chapter 36: 【Kindness Must Be Repaid, A Classic Place】 (Seeking recommendation votes)

Spirit wine is wine made from spirit fruits and medicinal herbs; its effect is not as good as pills, and it is better than ordinary spirit tea, but it is very expensive.

As an auxiliary item for cultivation, it is too wasteful; it is just for leisure.

Immortal cultivators have special constitutions, so ordinary wine does not make them drunk.

This spirit wine cannot be dispelled by spirit Qi, so even immortals can get drunk. Immortal cultivators also have sorrows; they just drink to forget their worries and live their days in a daze.

Of course, there are also some special cultivation methods that rely on wine, but that is ultimately a side-door path, and ordinary people cannot come into contact with it.

Hou Zhao succeeded in Foundation Establishment, and he was truly happy, not just because of his cultivation progress, but also because he had a greater hope of avenging Qin'er and finding out the truth.

Today he drank a lot and was dead drunk.

Lu Chengtong was very restrained; he knew well that he must never relax his vigilance. His secrets were too big, big enough to make the Nascent Soul Ancestors of the two sects hunt him down together.

At no time can one truly relax.

After entering the middle stage of the Qi Refining realm, cultivators can stop sleeping and use meditation instead of sleep to restore their spirit.

Since then, Lu Chengtong had never fallen asleep.

People in their sleep have no defense, especially against those cultivators with strange methods.

After paying the spirit stones, Lu Chengtong directly helped Hou Zhao stay in a nearby inn and did not return to the sect.

The next day, at noon, Hou Zhao woke up, discovered his situation, and learned that Lu Chengtong had paid the bill yesterday; he felt very ashamed.

He had promised to treat, but he actually got drunk and let Brother Cheng take care of him, and even let him pay; he really felt bad.

He wanted to give compensation, but was repeatedly declined by Lu Chengtong, who finally said:

"This time I took advantage of Brother Cheng; if there is a chance, I will repay Brother Cheng. You must not decline, otherwise, it means you don't want to recognize me as a friend!"

Seeing him like this, Lu Chengtong naturally could not decline again.

Not to mention that the revenge plan required him to continue to maintain contact with Hou Zhao, just looking at Hou Zhao as a person, he was also worth making deep friends with.

Immortal cultivators see too many partings and deaths, and they look at worldly emotions more lightly, so human relationships are cold, and there are few sincere friends who know each other.

A person of true feelings like Hou Zhao is indeed rare.

Lu Chengtong carries a sea of blood and deep hatred and has major secrets, so he dares not communicate with others too much, increasing many causes and effects.

Hou Zhao had unknowingly become his only good friend.

Seeing Lu Chengtong agree, Hou Zhao secretly decided that he must find an opportunity to give Brother Cheng a reward. He needed to investigate Qin'er's matter, and he didn't know when an accident would happen, so he couldn't let Brother Cheng help him so much for nothing.

Kindness must be repaid; this is his principle!

After helping Hou Zhao pass the Foundation Establishment hurdle, Lu Chengtong had no other important matters and continued to practice with peace of mind.

When weak, the most important thing is only one thing: keep getting stronger.

Hou Zhao's breakthrough also caused a certain amount of motivation for Lu Chengtong.

He felt that he should be more aggressive, in terms of cultivation, or rather, in terms of Foundation Establishment.

He possessed a Foundation Establishment divine soul, the 【Embryonic Transformation】 supernatural power, and a superior Foundation Establishment Pill; the probability of succeeding in Foundation Establishment directly was still very high.

Even if he failed, with the 【Embryonic Transformation】 supernatural power, he could still compensate for the damage and not be afraid of the foundation being damaged.

Try a few more times, and he would always succeed.

Lu Chengtong decided that when he raised his cultivation to the perfection of the ninth layer of the Qi Refining realm, he would start breaking through directly.

In the blink of an eye, ten months had passed since Hou Zhao's Foundation Establishment. On this day, Hou Zhao suddenly came over.

"Brother Cheng, there is an auction at the Dingyu Pavilion tomorrow. Come with me; I will buy you an auction item as a reward for your help last time."

Lu Chengtong was helpless and had to follow him to the market.

In a place like an auction, the things sold must not be cheap goods.

However, they wouldn't be too high-end either.

This Dingyu Pavilion belonged to the Ziyao Immortal Sect, and the things auctioned were all leftovers picked by the Immortal Sect.

It is not to say that they don't have much value; it can only be said that selling them directly in the sect does not yield as much profit as auctioning them.

Some things, when placed in a shop, don't know when they will meet a customer who wants to buy them; if they are left for a long time, their value becomes lower.

Even if the auction fails, it counts as one more exposure, and it is more likely to be sold later.

Hou Zhao had been preparing for the auction for a long time.

After that day, he had been thinking about finding an opportunity to repay Lu Chengtong.

Accidentally hearing about the auction, he felt it was a good way, prepared a sufficient amount of spirit stones, and would just buy whatever Brother Cheng liked when the time came.

The auction at Dingyu Pavilion is divided into two types: one is the "Monthly Auction," and the other is the "Annual Auction."

As the name suggests, the former is once a month, and the latter is once a year.

The Annual Auction is aimed at Foundation Establishment cultivators, and occasionally there are treasures useful to Golden Core cultivators; the Monthly Auction is aimed at Qi Refining cultivators, and occasionally there are treasures useful to Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Naturally, they were participating in the Monthly Auction.

At this level of auction, no matter how high the price of things is, it won't be too outrageous, and Hou Zhao was confident that he could afford it.

He had been saving spirit stones for these ten months, just for today.

After repaying Lu Chengtong's friendship, he would invest in cultivation again and also start to investigate the disappearance of Lu Chengqin; he would definitely have to alienate Lu Chengtong, and he just wanted to have no regrets.

As much as possible, have no regrets.

At the Monthly Auction, there were not many Foundation Establishment cultivators, and they even got a private box.

The two sat down, and Hou Zhao said generously:

"Brother Cheng, whatever you take a fancy to today, just speak up; I will definitely buy it for you!"

Seeing him like this, Lu Chengtong also laughed, in a good mood.

"If Brother Hou says so, then I won't be polite."

Hou Zhao laughed and said:

"Don't be polite with me! The spirit stones are all prepared for you."

Although he said so, in fact, Lu Chengtong did not have much expectation for this auction.

With the "Treasure Mirror" and supernatural powers on him, what kind of thing could catch his eye?

Ordinary things were of no use to him, and if they were really treasures, he wouldn't dare to want them.

After all, if he attracted covetousness because of a so-called "treasure" and leaked the news that he possessed the Treasure Mirror or supernatural powers, that would be losing more than he gained.

But since he was here, to fulfill Hou Zhao's kindness, he had to pick something.

The auction began, and the first item was a mid-grade Dharma artifact.

Dharma treasures are very precious; the average price of a low-grade Dharma artifact is two hundred spirit stones, and the average price of a mid-grade Dharma artifact is one thousand five hundred spirit stones. A single Dharma artifact is enough to empty all the savings of a Qi Refining perfection cultivator.

The quality of this mid-grade Dharma artifact was considered poor, but the starting price was five hundred spirit stones, which was not something an ordinary cultivator could afford.

For the first item, the auction would not let it fail to sell; if no one asked, it would be bought by a "shill" arranged in advance, which counts as a good start.

The subsequent items were normal, with values around one hundred or dozens of spirit stones; some Qi Refining middle-to-late stage cultivators could afford them if they gritted their teeth.

But, naturally, they could not catch Lu Chengtong's eye.

Until the finale item appeared.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 37 =====