Mortal Mage

A monk can worship multiple independent masters.

The sect has no control over its outer disciples learning other skills.

After all, only by entering the inner gate can one be considered to have entered the eyes of the elders, and only by performing the master-disciple ceremony with the elders can one be considered to have a formal master-disciple relationship.

Inner disciples would practice in the mountains all year round, and the elders in the sect would also give guidance to the inner disciples on their cultivation.

Outer disciples are those who have been given some skills by the sect. These disciples practice on their own based on their own understanding and are mostly left alone.

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"what happened!"

In a quiet room, Song Chengchen, dressed in purple, sat cross-legged on a cushion, beads of sweat oozing from his forehead.

"Why is it the red elixir? Not the golden elixir? Why?!"

A dull red pill formed in his Danqiao.

The spiritual energy in his body was rapidly draining away, and in a blink of an eye, he was sweating profusely.

"This is impossible! This is impossible! I don't believe it! I don't want to form a pill! I want a golden pill!"

He was so frightened that his face turned pale and his heart was beating violently.

When a cultivator breaks through in the late stage of foundation building, if he fails to form a golden elixir but forms a red elixir, it means that he has failed to break through the golden elixir, and this is the stage of forming elixir.

The Jindan stage is different from other realms because Jindan does not increase lifespan.

Even for a cultivator with excellent aptitude, once he falls into the Jindan stage, it will be difficult for him to enter the Jindan stage again in his lifetime.

However, most cultivators can find the flaws in their own cultivation before breaking through, ensuring that there are no mistakes, and directly break through from the great perfection of the foundation-building stage to the golden elixir stage.

Very few will fall into the Jindan stage trap.

"I only have twenty years left to live. Twenty years! How can I break through the golden elixir? Heaven wants to kill me! Heaven wants to kill me!"

He summoned his spiritual power, activated the red elixir in his body, and after confirming again and again that he had fallen into the Jindan stage trap, he roared angrily, "Why! All the shortcomings of my cultivation have been checked and filled! Why am I trapped in the Jindan stage!"

“Spirit stones! Spirit stones! I need spirit stones! I want to break through to the golden elixir stage within twenty years! I don’t want to die! I don’t want to die!”

He suddenly pulled off the storage bag from his waist and poured out the items in the bag.

Among the sundry daily necessities, more than a dozen low-grade spirit stones rolled out.

A sparrow flew to the window and chirped twice, with a strange look in its eyes.

"Who are you!"

Song Chengchen suddenly turned his head, his pupils focused on the sparrow in front of the window.

Then, he used his mind to investigate.

There is a trace of spiritual consciousness on the sparrow that is difficult to detect.

Feizhou City is at the top of a mountain thousands of feet high in the sky. There can be no sparrows at this height.

"I can help you achieve a breakthrough to the Golden Core within twenty years."

The sparrow was jumping in front of the window and speaking to Song Chengchen.

"You are! Immortal! Immortal, save me!"

Song Chengchen suddenly thought of it.

"I think you don't want to owe me a favor, right?"

"Immortal! As long as you can help me achieve the Golden Elixir stage within twenty years, I will do whatever you say!"

Song Chengchen hurriedly climbed to the window and looked at the sparrows.

The sparrow spat out a token carved from green jade from its mouth, and after speaking to Song Chengchen again, it flapped its wings and flew away.

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On the street in front of Zuixianlou, Ji Yiqian was about to enter Zuixianlou with his head tucked in, but he saw two unfamiliar faces.

A bearded man led a sissy, pale-faced young man.

This was the first time he had seen a monk who didn't like to shave and a man who loved to wear makeup.

If you don't cheat me today, I'll be hard to cheat you next time.

"Love Incense, do you want it? It's a good thing."

He immediately tiptoed up to the two of them, with a mysterious look on his face, as if he had some huge secret. He lowered his voice, raised his eyebrows and spoke implicitly to the two of them.

These two people were Bu Dazhen and Lu Ming who wanted to enter Zuixian Tower.

"Hmm? But it's genuine?"

Bu Dazhen rolled his eyes at the wretched monk who came up to him and asked in a coquettish voice.

The Soul-Bewitching Incense is a drug unique to the Gucao Villa. Even a Jindan-stage cultivator would fall into a deep sleep after smelling it. However, it is said that only the people in their villa have this drug and it is never sold to outsiders.

It is indeed an essential medicine for those who want to break into houses and commit thefts.

"My good man, if I dare to deceive you, I am just a servant at the third level of Qi Refining, and I will be chopped to pieces by you once I leave Zhuzhou City."

"What's the price?"

"One thousand spirit stones. This thing was obtained by unconventional means after all."

"how much do you have?"

"How much do you want, good man?"

"Can you still do wholesale?"

There was a hint of doubt in Bu Dazhen's expression.

"Not more, not more, just three!"

Ji Yiqian realized that something was wrong and immediately changed his words and lied.

The annual production of this stuff in Gucao Villa is extremely low, and it is mostly used within the villa, so it is difficult for the disciples in the villa to get their hands on it.

"I want them all!"

Bu Dazhen responded without hesitation.

Ji Yiqian smiled happily and quickly pulled Bu Dazhen to a corner under the eaves to complete the transaction.

"Good man, if you need anything else, you can always come to Zhoucheng to find me."

He watched the two of them enter Zuixian Tower with a charming smile, and thought to himself that there were a lot of fools these days.

Soul-loving incense, how could my Tianyi Sect get that thing? It's just a plate of rosemary used for aphrodisiac.

This thing is different from any elixir or magic weapon. You can't tell whether it's real or not unless you try it yourself.

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