Chapter 130 Seriously Injured (5k)

"I am not a talented person. After becoming a second-level upper-grade alchemist a few years ago, I served as the vice president of Danshan Association."

Having said that, a hint of pride appeared on Master Badan's face.

"As for the other vice president, he was originally held by Brother Wang Miaotong from the Wang family in Jiaozhou. After Brother Wang passed away last year, the position is currently vacant."

Hearing this, Ji Chang's heart moved slightly.

He didn’t know Sun Yihai that Master Badan mentioned, but he was familiar with Wang Miaotong.

This is the foundation-building ancestor of the Wang family in Jiaozhou, the first foundation-building cultivator that Ji Chang has successfully spied on.

'I didn't expect that Wang Miaotong was actually a member of the Danshan Society, and one of its vice presidents.'

An idea came to Ji Chang’s mind.

But it makes sense. The Wang family itself has a second-level alchemy heritage, and there have been second-level alchemists in every generation.

Naturally, it must be closely related to the Danshan Society.

Afterwards, Master Badan gave a brief introduction to some other situations of the Danshan Society.

After Master Badan's explanation, Ji Chang had a better understanding of Danshan Society.

As Hu Qingsong said before, Danshanhui is a loose organization of alchemists with almost no restrictions on the alchemists who can join.

As long as the alchemy skills can reach the second level and there is a recommendation from a member of the Danshan Society.

In the Danshan Society, there are even several alchemists who come from foundation-building families that hate each other.

It can be said that the Danshan Association is just a place where second-level alchemists from all over Zheng State can gather together to communicate and learn from each other.

According to convention, in March of each year, the Danshan Society holds a rally at Xiaodanshan in Jizhou. Members of the Danshan Society who have time can attend the rally.

Take this opportunity to communicate with other fellow alchemists in Zheng State and make friends with other alchemists.

In the Danshan Society, there is one president and two vice-presidents, and they do not have any special powers. They are just the most skilled alchemists in Zheng State.

Generally speaking, the president of Danshan Association is a second-grade top-grade alchemist, and the vice president of Danshan Association is a second-grade upper-grade alchemist or above.

Of course, in Zheng State, besides Sun Yihai from the Sun family, there are also other second-level top-grade alchemists.

But he did not choose to run for the positions of president and vice president of Danshan Society.

Moreover, although the Danshan Society was founded by the ancestors of the Sun family, the president of this generation of the Danshan Society is also a cultivator from the Sun family.

However, among all the presidents of Danshan Society, only one third were from the Sun family.

After Master Badan finished explaining, Ji Chang pondered for a moment, with many thoughts in his mind, analyzing the pros and cons.

After a moment's silence, Ji Chang agreed.

"Fellow Daoist Ba, I am willing to join the Danshan Society."

"Good, good, good!" Master Badan praised repeatedly, saying, "Since Fellow Daoist Han has agreed, why don't you go to Xiaodan Mountain with me in March next year?"

Ji Chang nodded and said, "That's great. Then, according to what Daoist Fellow Ba said, we will go to Xiaodan Mountain together to attend the meeting in March next year."

The two chatted for a few more words, and then Master Badan stood up and said goodbye.

After seeing off Master Badan, Ji Chang returned to the cave and began to think carefully about joining the Danshan Society.

He knew very well that this was a rare opportunity that would allow him to come into contact with more second-level alchemists.

In addition to being able to discuss Taoism with them, it is also of great help in improving one's alchemy skills and developing personal connections.

Ji Chang can also plant a peeping mark on their bodies to peek into the inheritance in their hands.

Although Ji Chang has now mastered a complete second-level alchemy inheritance, Ji Chang does not complain about having too many inheritances in his hands.

What's more, when it comes to alchemy, every alchemist has his own unique skills. By verifying from many sources and learning from the strengths of others, Ji Chang will definitely be able to speed up the improvement of his alchemy skills.

……

Half a year later.

Ji Chang slowly got up from the bed, his eyes inadvertently falling on the two plump and graceful bodies beside him.

One of them was his trusted housekeeper Liu Xuexuan, and the other was a maid that Hu Qingsong carefully selected and gave to him some time ago.

Ever since he became a second-rank alchemist, those foundation-building families who were eager to make friends with him began to send their carefully trained maids to him.

All of these maids are beautiful ladies with outstanding looks.

In order not to lose face for these foundation-building families, Ji Chang naturally accepted them one by one, and selected a few of these maids as concubines.

Ji Chang was not a simple ascetic monk. When he was in Cangyu Market, he often drank and had fun with Chen Yinghu.

Although most of it is for socializing, for Ji Chang, it is also a form of entertainment.

When Liu Xuexuan saw that the number of maids around Ji Chang was increasing, and that they were all sent by various foundation-building families, she felt that her position was in jeopardy.

Therefore, one night a few months ago, when Ji Chang had just finished his retreat and was preparing to have fun, she took the initiative to climb into his bed.

What's more, among the services provided by cave housekeepers like Liu Xuexuan, this kind of service is already included.

After all, the cave that Ji Chang rented was originally intended to provide a place for foundation-building cultivators to live in the fairy city.

The cave housekeepers are all beautiful female cultivators who have not lost their essence.

Therefore, Ji Chang naturally would not have any psychological burden, and he gave Liu Xuexuan some instructions in bed.

Afterwards, after asking for Liu Xuexuan's opinion, he took her spiritual contract from the Immortal City and took her as his concubine.

The officials of Xiancheng would not have any objection to this, and they just symbolically collected two or three low-grade spirit stones as a gesture.

After getting up, Ji Chang walked into the underground snake cave.

During this period of time, Ji Chang raised a batch of first-level spirit snakes, preparing to use them as auxiliary materials to refine snake poison after purchasing suitable second-level spirit snakes at the auction.

Snake Gu is very useful. Even if Ji Chang plans to change his martial arts in the future, he can still use it.

However, because Ji Chang has not yet started to refine the Gu, these spirit snakes only need daily feeding.

On weekdays, these chores are directly assigned to Liu Xuexuan.

Ji Chang only came to observe occasionally to make sure the spirit snake was not killed.

After observing the situation in the snake cave, Ji Chang returned to the alchemy room, took out a jade slip, confirmed the alchemy commission at hand, and began to make the alchemy.

It has been more than a year since I was promoted to the second-level alchemist.

Although Ji Chang's alchemy skills did not improve much, he gained a lot of experience in refining second-level pills.

While staring at the alchemy furnace and observing the temperature of the fire, Ji Chang casually peeked at the cultivators on whom he had planted the peeping mark.

Suddenly, Ji Chang's face was slightly stunned.

In the dim night, the moonlight was as bright as water.

Hu Qingsong and another unfamiliar foundation-building cultivator flew rapidly in the air, and the sound of breaking through the air broke the silent night.

Hu Qingsong's face was solemn, and the mutilated left arm was particularly eye-catching in the night wind.

"Hu Qingsong, you will not escape death tonight!" The strange foundation-building cultivator spoke in a cold tone, and the dense and long needles on his body hidden in the night appeared and disappeared from time to time, flashing with cold light.

Hu Qingsong gritted his teeth and tried his best to mobilize the magic power in his body, trying to distance himself from the enemy.

However, the strange foundation-building cultivator was much stronger than him, and his attack was a surprise, almost killing him not long ago.

Although he managed to escape, Hu Qingsong's left arm was cut off and he didn't even know where it fell.

If he didn't have a magical flying boat in his hand, which made his speed always faster than that man, he would probably be dead now.

Although Hu Qingsong relied on the power of magic weapons and was faster than the foundation-building cultivator, he was still far from escaping the opponent's pursuit.

However, Hu Qingsong held a glimmer of hope in his heart.

He was attacked on the way to Baishuixian City, which was not far away from Baishuixian City.

As long as you can escape to Baishuixian City, you can save your life.

In the world of immortal cultivation in Zheng State, apart from the cultivators of the Zhou family, no cultivator dared to kill anyone in Baishuixian City.

Even though the foundation-building cultivator who was chasing him concealed his soul fluctuations and changed his appearance and body shape.

But Hu Qingsong still got some clues from the magic weapons and spells used by the other party and guessed this person's background.

"It's hateful. The Cheng family really has bad intentions."

Hu Qingsong thought indignantly in his heart while swallowing a few pills to restore his magic power.

"Luckily, Brother Han gave me a lot of second-level elixirs to replenish my mana not long ago. My mana is still sufficient, and I can afford it even when I need to activate a second-level mid-grade magic weapon." Not long after, a towering city gradually came into view.

At the same time, Hu Qingsong realized through his spiritual sense that the speed of the cultivator behind him had suddenly increased a lot.

Obviously, the other party used some secret method to try to kill Hu Qingsong at the last moment.

Faced with this sudden change, a hint of determination flashed in Hu Qingsong's eyes.

He gritted his teeth and urged a red flying sword to rush straight towards the Cheng family cultivator behind him.

A cold light flashed in the monk's eyes, but he did not choose to dodge. Instead, he took advantage of the situation and continued to approach Hu Qingsong.

However, at this critical moment, the red flying sword driven by Hu Qingsong suddenly exploded, bursting out terrifying energy.

This sudden accident forced the monk to dodge urgently, and Hu Qingsong took this opportunity to fly towards Baishuixian City with all his strength.

Finally, it successfully flew into the area of ​​Baishuixian City.

After entering the city, Hu Qingsong did not stop at all, but continued to fly deep into the city and soon disappeared into the night.

When the cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building saw this, he wandered outside the city for a while, and finally left the vicinity of Baishuixian City quickly before the law enforcement cultivators of Baishuixian City arrived.

"This direction..."

Ji Chang's heart moved slightly.

The next moment, Ji Chang heard an explosion coming from the furnace.

Ji Chang raised his hand and waved, and two pills of slightly inferior quality flew into his hand.

Ji Chang took a glance, put away the pill, and walked out of the alchemy room.

Not long after, Hu Qingsong's hurried figure appeared outside Ji Chang's cave.

He was in tattered clothes, the wound on his left arm was burnt, and his face was pale, obviously he had experienced a thrilling escape.

Ji Chang walked out of the cave and looked at Hu Qingsong who stumbled in with a puzzled look on his face.

"Brother Hu, what's wrong with you?" Ji Chang asked in surprise, his tone full of concern.

Hu Qingsong swallowed hard and said in a hoarse voice: "Brother Han, I...I was attacked by a foundation-building cultivator from the Cheng family and almost died."

When Ji Chang heard this, a hint of surprise flashed across his face.

He hurriedly walked to Hu Qingsong's side and carefully checked his injuries.

"Brother Hu, don't talk for now and take this pill quickly." Ji Chang took out a healing pill from the storage bag and handed it to Hu Qingsong.

Hu Qingsong nodded gratefully, without any hesitation, opened his mouth and swallowed the pill into his stomach, using his magic power to refine the medicinal power.

As the drug's effect spread, he felt a warm current flowing through his body, and his complexion became better.
"Thank you, Brother Han, for your help." Hu Qingsong let out a long breath, and his face regained some color.

"Brother Hu, you're too polite. We have such a close relationship that we should support each other." Ji Chang waved his hand, signaling Hu Qingsong not to be polite.

Although these words were polite, they contained some sincerity from Ji Chang.

Over the years, Ji Chang and Hu Qingsong have been in close contact and they do have a lot of friendship with each other.

Afterwards, he asked in detail about how Hu Qingsong was attacked, as well as the opponent's strength and methods.

After hearing about Hu Qingsong's experience, Ji Chang's face became solemn, and his eyes involuntarily fell on Hu Qingsong's empty left sleeve.

After a moment of silence, he asked in a deep voice: "Brother Hu, is your broken arm still there?"

Hu Qingsong smiled bitterly and shook his head, with a hint of helplessness in his voice: "To be honest with you, Brother Han, the broken arm has disappeared in the battle."

"At that time, I was only concerned about escaping, so I didn't care about the whereabouts of the severed arm."

"It's even possible that the broken arm was directly destroyed by that guy from the Cheng family."

Ji Chang frowned slightly when he heard this.

He thought for a moment and said slowly: "Brother Hu, ordinary second-level inferior elixirs are unlikely to have a curative effect on your injuries."

"A pill that can regenerate limbs and repair meridians must probably be a second-grade top-grade pill, or even a third-grade pill."

When Hu Qingsong heard this, his heart sank.

He knew that what Ji Chang said was true, but elixirs of this grade were extremely precious.

If it was a second-grade top-grade elixir, with the wealth of the Hu family, they could still come up with enough spirit stones to buy it if they gritted their teeth.

If it was a third-level elixir, then he basically had no hope.

However, Hu Qingsong did not give up hope.

Hu Qingsong took a deep breath and asked Ji Chang.

"Brother Han, do you have any way to get this level of medicine? As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I am willing to try my best."

Ji Chang looked at Hu Qingsong's determined eyes and knew what he meant.

Hu Qingsong wanted to use his own experience to establish a relationship with the Sun family's second-grade top-grade alchemist.

After all, Hu Qingsong knew that he had joined the Danshan Society.

However, Ji Chang did not refuse.

Hu Qingsong has been very kind to him over the years, and Ji Chang is not the kind of person who would repay kindness with enmity. Since he can help, he will naturally lend a hand.

So Ji Chang said, "Brother Hu, don't worry. In two months, the Danshan Association will hold a gathering at Xiaodanshan. Many alchemists from the Danshan Association will attend. You can go with me."

Hu Qingsong nodded when he heard this, feeling a little comforted, but still a little worried.

He hesitated for a moment, but still told Ji Chang about his concerns: "Brother Han, I'm worried that the Cheng family cultivator will stay outside the city. He won't leave for two months. If we leave the city, I'm afraid we'll be in a lot of trouble."

After hearing this, Ji Chang smiled slightly and signaled Hu Qingsong not to worry too much: "Brother Hu, I have already considered this matter."

"Not only will I go to the Danshan meeting this time, but Master Badan and several fellow foundation builders will also go with us. With them, our safety will naturally be fully guaranteed."

When Hu Qingsong heard this, his worries were immediately alleviated a lot.

He knew that Master Badan held a high status in the Danshan Society, and that he himself was also a Foundation Establishment cultivator with considerable strength.

With him accompanying them, and the help of several other fellow foundation-building practitioners, there would be no problem even if they encountered an ambush by the Cheng family.

"That's great. With Master Badan and a few of my fellow practitioners here, I feel much more at ease."

Hu Qingsong breathed a sigh of relief and a slight smile appeared on his face.

"Without further delay, I will contact my elder brother in the clan, report the matter in detail, and ask for support from the clan."

After swallowing a few more healing pills and feeling that his injuries had improved a lot, Hu Qingsong bowed to Ji Chang, said goodbye and left.

In the following days, the two of them acted separately. Hu Qingsong was busy communicating with the clan, while Ji Chang began to prepare for the trip to Xiaodan Mountain.

A few days later, Hu Qingsong returned to Ji Chang's cave.

He told Ji Chang that the clan had already learned about this matter, and the exploration of the cave ruins that was originally underway had been stopped because of this incident.

According to the Hu family's investigation, the reason why the Cheng family took action against Hu Qingsong was not only because the Cheng family coveted the cave ruins in Yuzhou.

More importantly, not long ago, a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining in the Hu family went into seclusion to try to build his foundation.

Because the Hu family had previously commissioned Ji Chang to refine a foundation-building pill. Relying on the efficacy of the foundation-building pill, the Hu family's ninth-level Qi-refining cultivator had a high probability of successfully building a foundation.

If we wait until the cultivator of the Hu family successfully builds the foundation, then the Hu family will have five cultivators who have built the foundation.

It would be even more difficult for the Cheng family to take action on the cave ruins again.

Zixuan Sanren, who involved the Cheng family in the exploration of the cave, denied that he was involved in the Cheng family's plan.

He also condemned the Cheng family, kicked out the Cheng family cultivator who had explored the cave ruins with him, and took the initiative to stand on the side of the Hu family.

The ancestor of the Hu family is still in seclusion, and there are only two foundation-building cultivators, Hu Qingyun and Fairy Hong Ling, in the clan.

Therefore, the Hu family did not do anything about Zixuan Sanren's change of attitude.

However, according to Hu Qingsong's private conversations with Ji Chang, he hated Zixuan Sanren very much.

It seems that the Hu family will settle accounts with Zixuan Sanren sooner or later.

The Hu family was not sure whether Zixuan Sanren was involved in the Cheng family's plan.

Logically speaking, only Zixuan Sanren and the Cheng family cultivators knew about this.

However, Ji Chang has increased his attention on Zixuan Sanren during this period, and has spied on his communication with the cultivators of the Cheng family.

(End of this chapter)