Chapter 111: Discussion and Gift Giving
Ji Chang now has mastered the foundation-building techniques, and his cultivation has been able to progress steadily. He does not intend to distract his attention to learning more immortal cultivation techniques.

However, he had a strong interest in the Hu family's inheritance of the second-level weapon refining.

If you can obtain this inheritance, you won't have to look for it when you need it in the future. You can even use it as a bargaining chip to exchange for what you need.

What's more, as his cultivation level continued to improve, Ji Chang knew very well that when trading with other cultivators, spirit stones alone were often not enough to meet their needs.

Instead, one needs to barter, and exchange various inheritances and spiritual objects, in order to achieve one's wish.

However, Ji Chang remembered that when he was chatting with Fairy Hong Ling before, he had heard him mention that the Hu family had a total of four foundation-building cultivators.

Now Fairy Hong Ling and Hu Qingyun have both been planted with the peeping mark by Ji Chang.

Ji Chang did not want to let go of the other two foundation-building cultivators of the Hu family, so he took the initiative to mention them.

Ji Chang turned his gaze slightly and asked Hu Qingyun and Fairy Hong Ling, "I heard that the Hu family has four foundation-building cultivators. I wonder where the other two fellow Taoists are now?"

There was a hint of curiosity and anticipation in his tone, as if he was quite interested in these two monks.

Hu Qingyun heard this and had no intention of hiding it.

He stroked his beard and said slowly, "One of them is my uncle. He has been in seclusion for many years and is seeking further advancement."

"The other one is my cousin Hu Qingsong, who is currently running our Hu family's weapon refining shop in Baishuixian City."

At this point, Hu Qingyun seemed to remember something, turned his gaze to Ji Chang and continued.

"If Fellow Daoist Han is heading to Baishuixian City, he might be able to meet Qingsong."

"He has been in the Immortal City for many years and has some understanding of the situation there. If you encounter any trouble or need help, just go find him."

Fairy Hong Ling also nodded and agreed, "Yes, Fellow Daoist Han, Uncle Wu is a warm and generous person. When you go to Baishuixian City, you must come to our Hu family's weapon refining shop to have a visit."

"If he knew you were here, he would be very happy."

Ji Chang heard this, smiled, bowed and thanked him, saying: "If I have the chance, I will definitely visit Brother Qingsong."

Hu Qingyun and Fairy Hong Ling smiled at each other, with a hint of satisfaction in their eyes.

For the Hu family, it is also a good thing to communicate with Ji Chang, a cultivator who has the opportunity to become a second-level alchemist.

Moreover, although Ji Chang did not say that he was a cultivator from the Taizhou Han family.

However, both Fairy Hong Ling and Hu Qingyun believed that Ji Chang definitely had some connection with the Han family.

After all, in Zheng State, only their Yuzhou, which is located in the hinterland of Zheng State and not far from Baishuixian City, has the existence of foundation-building cultivators.

In remote areas like Taizhou and Jiaozhou, spiritual veins are scarce and most of them are occupied by immortal cultivation families. They are far away from the hinterland of Zheng State, making it difficult for independent cultivators to obtain the method of foundation building.

Therefore, the number of independent cultivators who can cultivate to the foundation-building stage is extremely small.

As for the Han family, although they live in Taizhou, which is quite far away from Yuzhou, it is precisely because of the distance that there are no conflicts on weekdays.

In the eyes of Fairy Hong Ling and Hu Qingyun, if they had a deeper connection, they might be able to become helpers.

……

Ji Chang stayed at the Hu family for a few days and exchanged his cultivation experiences with two fellow Taoists who were in the foundation-building stage, Fairy Hong Ling and Hu Qingyun.

The discussions over the past few days were extremely valuable to Ji Chang.

Although Fairy Hong Ling and Hu Qingyun were both cultivators in the early stage of foundation building, and even Fairy Hong Ling, like himself, was a new cultivator who had only been building the foundation for a short time.

However, as family monks, they have extraordinary vision and background.

Ji Chang can definitely be said to have benefited a lot.

Before leaving, Fairy Hong Ling and Hu Qingyun came to see them off.

Fairy Hong Ling was wearing a red dress, as dazzling and bright as a blooming fire lotus.

She had a faint smile on her lips, but her brows could hardly hide the sadness of separation. I don't know how much of it was true and how much was false, the truth and falsehood intertwined, making it hard to tell.

"Friend Han, I hope you have a safe trip." Hu Qingyun bowed and said goodbye.

Then he glanced at Fairy Hong Ling beside him.

Fairy Hong Ling understood what he meant and walked lightly to Ji Chang, took out a few jade boxes from her storage bag and presented them to him with both hands.

"Friend Han, although this Longyang Grass is not a rare treasure, it is also considered a top-quality second-level spiritual medicine. Please accept it with a smile."

Ji Chang's spiritual sense passed through the jade box and sensed the Longyang grass stored inside, and his heart moved slightly.

This Longyang Grass is a second-level spiritual medicine. Although it is not very rare among the second-level spiritual objects, it is also a genuine second-level spiritual medicine.

It was extremely valuable that the Hu family gave it to him as a gift at this time, which showed how sincere they were.

Ji Chang knew that this was not only because he had a bright future and the possibility of becoming a second-level alchemist.

It was also because of the tiger skin that he had torn off.

These two people must have mistakenly thought that they were cultivators from the Taizhou Han family.

So, while accepting this valuable gift, Ji Chang also quietly replaced the return gift he had prepared.

Ji Chang bowed his hands in return and said, "I feel ashamed of my two Taoist friends' hospitality and careful guidance over the past few days. I cannot accept such a generous gift."

Upon hearing this, Fairy Hong Ling and Hu Qingyun hurriedly asked Ji Chang to accept it.

After the three of them struggled for a while, Ji Chang took out three bottles of top-grade elixirs from his sleeves.

"I have a few bottles of elixirs here. Although they are not precious, they are quite effective. Please do not refuse them, my fellow Taoists. Please accept them as a token of my appreciation."

Ji Chang gave away three bottles of different top-grade elixirs.

Boiling Blood Pills, Spirit Nourishing Pills, and Qi Boosting Pills.

These three top-grade elixirs correspond exactly to the three stages of foundation building.

Seeing this, Fairy Hong Ling and Hu Qingyun quickly declined.

However, Ji Chang was firm in his attitude, and after the three of them were humble, they finally accepted the return gift.

Afterwards, Ji Chang turned around and set out on the road to Baishuixian City.

His figure turned into a purple cloud and gradually faded away in the afterglow of the setting sun until it disappeared.

Fairy Hong Ling and Hu Qingyun stood there and watched him leave.

Three or four months later.

Ji Chang noticed that the cultivation level of the cultivators he met on the road had improved significantly. Sometimes he could even observe the figures of foundation-building cultivators passing by through his spiritual sense.

Ji Chang knew that he should have arrived near Baishuixian City.

When stopping to rest, Ji Chang took out a jade slip from his storage bag and carefully looked at the map.

The map in this jade slip came from the Hu family in Yuzhou. Ji Chang got it from them when he was a guest at the Hu family.

Compared with the map that Ji Chang bought from Jiaozhou, because Yuzhou is closer to Baishuixian City, foundation-building families like the Hu family all have shops in Baishuixian City.

Therefore, the accuracy of this map is undoubtedly higher.

According to the markings on the map, Ji Chang's location is less than three thousand miles away from Baishuixian City.

This distance can be reached in less than half an hour.

　There will be a supplement later
　　
　
(End of this chapter)