BXBX NOVEL Chapter 286: 278: Old Friend Departs
Chapter 286: 278: Old Friend Departs
It should be known that he had long been proficient in refining Earth Spirit Elixirs.
Refining a batch of Earth Spirit Elixirs casually would yield hundreds of spirit stones.
Time equaled spirit stones.
Although He Song had plenty of time, he was not willing to waste it.
So, he glanced at Wei Fan beside him and then at Master Xuan He.
Presumably, after a few days, he would receive an invitation from these two to join Feng Quan’s residence and invite him to join the Chamber of Commerce.
By that time, Meng Guan might have already left the Thick Earth Sect and started looking for opportunities in the outside world, right?
With this thought in mind, He Song’s gaze swept across Meng Guan, a hint of anticipation appearing in his eyes.
Meng Guan was about to leave, and He Song should be able to learn about the outside world from Meng Guan’s letters soon.
But he didn’t know yet:
where would Meng Guan go after leaving the Thick Earth Sect: Jade Flower Sect, Golden Sword Sect, or directly to the Sun Faction?
He Song was thinking.
The farewell banquet came to an end during He Song’s thoughts.
When everyone had finished chatting, Meng Guan stood up from his seat and looked at the other four people at the table.
Then he said:
“Unknowingly, I have guarded this place for many years. I have seen quite a few cultivators come and go.”
“I never thought that I would now be the one leaving.”
“It’s time for us to say goodbye.”
“Farewell, my friends! Till we meet again.”
As Meng Guan’s words fell, He Song and the other three simultaneously raised their teacups, toasting Meng Guan.
Seeing this, Meng Guan also raised his teacup and drank it down in one gulp.
After He Song put down his teacup, Meng Guan had already turned into a green tunneling light, flying toward the horizon.
The green tunneling light streaked across the sky, causing a commotion in Heaven Power Immortal City.
Every time a Foundation Establishment Master left or returned, the cultivators in Heaven Power Immortal City would react like this.
They marveled at the strength of the Foundation Establishment Masters.
They envied the lofty attitude of the Foundation Establishment Masters.
They yearned to one day become like those Foundation Establishment Masters and truly soar across the sky.
As the commotion outside subsided, the four people at the table did not leave.
Instead, they sat down again and continued to drink.
The old left.
The new rose to the top.
This was an unchanging cycle since ancient times.
Just as He Song had taken up the position after bidding farewell to Master Bai Yun previously and became the Guardian of Heaven Power Immortal City.
Now, Master Feng Quan sent Meng Guan away, and he would naturally take the position and become one of the Guardians of Heaven Power Immortal City.
Under such circumstances,
The three who were now Guardians of Heaven Power Immortal City, includinq
He Song, naturally congratulated Master Feng Quan.
When they were about to depart, He Song noticed Master Xuan He approaching Master Feng Quan and saying something.
Seeing this, He Song felt a sudden understanding in his heart.
It seemed that the matter He Song had guessed earlier would be handled by Master Xuan He.
Exchanging a glance with Wei Fan, He Song and Wei Fan took their leave together.
In the following days,
Things went as He Song had anticipated.
Master Feng Quan took over Meng Guan’s extensive network and responsibilities.
A few days later, He Song was invited to Master Feng Quants residence to invite him to join the jointly-owned Chamber of Commerce between the four of them.
Faced with this income that seemed to fall from the sky, Master Feng Quan was naturally happy to accept and quickly agreed, just like He Song had done before.
From then on,
Meng Guan left, and Master Feng Quan ascended.
In Heaven Power Immortal City, four Guardian Masters still held their ground firmly.
After Meng Guan’s departure, He Song’s life returned to its usual calmness.
As time went by,
On ordinary days,
Elixir refinement and cultivation occupied most of He Song’s time.
However, as time went on, various news from the outside world kept reaching He Song’s ears.
Like Su Qian, Meng Guan had also agreed to send letters to He Song on the first day of each month, telling him about what they had seen and heard in that month.
In this way, He Song and Wei Fan could have a deeper understanding of the goings-on in the outside world.
Today,
It was the day when they sent letters once a month.
The first letter He Song received was from Su Qian.
Every month, Su Qian would tell He Song about what she had seen and heard during that period in her letter.
And occasionally, she would tease He Song in her letters, as if trying to bridge the distance between them.
He Song neither agreed nor disagreed, nor did he respond too much, but he wasn’t overly cold either.
After all, being too cold wouldn’t help, as Su Qian was now one of the only two channels for him to gain information about the outside world.
Having known each other for so long, He Song was quite satisfied with Su Qian’s attitude toward work.
She had been delivering information to him day in and day out for all these years.
It hadn’t been interrupted for a month.
This perseverance was indeed worthy of praise.
“Mrs. Chen, how have you been recently? Qian’er has recently made a breakthrough to the seventh-tier Qi Refining stage, and has become a Steward of the Spirit Skill Pavilion in Flying Cloud Immortal Mansion.”
“It’s so difficult to break through the bottleneck of the Qi-refining late stage.
It’s not as easy as you said.”
“But I don’t know if Mrs. Chen, who was at the Qi-refining late stage at that time, succeeded in Foundation Establishment.”
“If Mrs. Chen succeeds in Foundation Establishment, should Qian’er obediently call her Master Chen?”
“Recently, there haven’t been any major incidents in Cloud State. Most of the news I heard is related to the cave mansions of some Qi Refining stage cultivators.”
“Maybe it’s not worthy of your attention anymore.”
“By the way, there’s one more thing you might want to try.”
“The Foundation Establishment Clan of the Li Family in Eight-vein Immortal City seems to want to move out of Eight-vein Immortal City and go to another
Immortal Pavilion.”
“The Master of the Li Family’s Foundation Establishment is getting old and may not have many years left. Therefore, they want to move to a remote place to preserve their bloodline while the Master is still alive.”
“But I don’t know who leaked this news, and now many people are watching the Li Family.”
“If you’re interested, Qian’er can help you gather more information.”
“Su Qian.”
Looking at the dense text on the paper, He Song’s gaze was deep, and he looked towards the south where Flying Cloud Immortal Mansion was located.
He sighed slightly in his heart. As expected.
As her cultivation level increased,
So did her playfulness.
Su Qian, who had been used by him as a tool for collecting information since the third-tier Qi Refining stage.
Now, more than twenty years have passed, and her cultivation has broken through from the third-tier Qi Refining stage to the seventh-tier Qi Refining stage.
She was now a bona fide Qi-refining late stage cultivator.
Perhaps it was the change in her cultivation level that also changed her mentality.
Now, she dared to start probing him, trying to find out whether he had succeeded in Foundation Establishment or not.
He Song’s mind flashed to the image of the girl hiding in the Spirit Skill Pavilion and stealing spirit stones, then shook his head.
When he went to Flying Cloud Immortal Mansion, his cultivation was already at the mid-stage Foundation Establishment.
Now he could break through to the Late Foundation Establishment Stage within ten years.
Su Qian’s current cautious probing made him feel as if worlds apart.
Time flew by.
So many years had passed.
He hadn’t been able to break through a single realm.
The junior who used to be in the Qi Refining stage had already broken through from the third-tier Qi Refining stage to the seventh-tier Qi Refining stage.
If she put in more effort, maybe she would reach Foundation Establishment stage.
Throwing aside the absurd thoughts in his mind, He Song considered for a moment.
Apart from telling He Song that she had successfully broken through to the seventh-tier Qi Refining stage, the only piece of news worth mentioning that Su Qian sent this time was that the Li Family of Eight-vein Immortal City wanted to relocate.
However, for He Song, who had been hiding in Heaven Power Immortal City, this piece of news had no value at all.
An aging Foundation Establishment Master and a small family that couldn’t stay in the Immortal City without a Foundation Establishment Master were just that.
It was not worth the huge risk for He Song to go and rob them.
Shaking his head, He Song pondered for a moment.
The change in Su Qian’s attitude was not unexpected to He Song.
After all, he had only given her more than 60 spirit stones back then.
These spirit stones were only enough for Su Qian to send him messages for five years.
But now, what about now?
The five years have long passed.
It might have been because He Song occasionally guided her that Su Qian could continue to send messages for so long.
However, how many years has it been?
After her breakthrough to the seventh-tier Qi Refining stage, Su Qian would think that she no longer needed He Song’s guidance.
Therefore, she began to probe He Song, trying to find out whether he had reached Foundation Establishment.
If He Song turned out to be a Foundation Establishment Master, then it would be easy to talk about everything. Su Qian would probably continue to collect information for He Song with even more efforts.
This was an opportunity to get close to a Foundation Establishment Master.
As a cultivator, Su Qian would definitely seize it.
But if He Song hadn’t reached Foundation Establishment stage and was just a Qi Refining cultivator,
That might be a bit awkward.
How could a Qi Refining cultivator continue to guide another late-stage Qi Refining cultivator?
Moreover, there were more than a dozen years of spirit stones that hadn’t been settled yet.
Under such circumstances, it would be normal for Su Qian to stop collecting information for He Song every month.
He Song was not surprised by this.
He thinks Su Qian’s actions are also normal.
However, should he reveal his identity as a Foundation Establishment Master and let Su Qian continue to collect information for him?
He Song thought about this in his heart.
Soon he had an answer.
If Su Qian wanted to know whether he was a Foundation Establishment Master or not, he would let her know.
After all, a Qi Refining cultivator might not want to spread the relationship between her and a Foundation Establishment Master even if they knew He Song’s identity as a Foundation Establishment Master.
Even if Su Qian spread it everywhere, it would be under the name Chen Zhou.
It had nothing to do with He Song.
At this point, He Song’s mind flashed with the name of Master Hong Feng.
Maybe, he could use Chen Zhou’s name and Hong Feng’s dharma title to gloss over the matter.
As for proving that he was a Foundation Establishment Master, he just needed to use mana to inscribe something on paper so that it could be recognized..