ATPnovel Chapter 13: Treasure from a Past Life
Chapter 13: Treasure from a Past Life
Tianxianglou.
The most renowned restaurant in Yuzhang County is temporarily closed to guests today, solely for the reunion of five old friends of the immortals.
After some polite refusals, Qin Yao looked helpless and sat down in the main seat at the banquet.
"Please have a taste. This is the Green Bamboo Wine made from Spirit Rice, and the Green Wave Carp raised for medicinal purposes. These are all specialties that Brother Lu brought from the Fang family."
Lu Guishou, sitting in the second seat, blushed as he listened, for he had no way of obtaining these spiritual delicacies.
All he could do was cast a grateful glance at Fang Yun.
"I've also heard of the Fang family of Ziqing Lake. It's rumored that their ancestor, Fang, is a powerful cultivator, and there's even a possibility that he could break through to the late Foundation Establishment stage. It would be an excellent place for him to settle down."
Qin Yao removed her veil, revealing her stunningly beautiful face. She parted her red lips slightly and drank a cup of green bamboo wine.
The spirit wine was quite strong, and the young girl had never touched a drop of alcohol.
Her ears quickly turned pink, radiant and captivating.
Lu Guishou's breath caught in his throat for a moment.
"Hearing you say that, Senior Sister, I suddenly remember. Senior Brother Fang, who is under Elder Songfu's tutelage, seems to be from Ziqing Lake..."
Lin Dong picked up the conversation, clearing his throat and interrupting the person's fixed gaze.
Fang Yun looked at him, deliberately changing the subject: "Fellow Daoist Lin, I smell a strong medicinal fragrance on you. Are you also learning alchemy?"
"Oh? Could it be that the young marquis is also...?"
Lin Dong raised an eyebrow, his surprise deepening.
Over the past few years, he has been scheming and maneuvering, putting in a lot of effort to curry favor.
Only then did he gain the favor of a top-grade alchemist, who took him on as an apprentice.
The young marquis before him not only has a higher cultivation level than him, could it be that he has also dabbled in alchemy?
"By sheer luck, I married the grandniece of an elder of the Fang family, and she's now an alchemy apprentice..."
Fang Yun pulled Lin Dong aside and began discussing their alchemy insights, finding themselves increasingly compatible as they talked.
The two were of similar skill levels and were both about to attempt refining elixirs, so they had a lot in common.
In this way, the space was left to Qin Yao and Lu Guishou.
Niu Ben looked to the left, then to the right.
He couldn't join in any of the topics, so he just buried his head and ate heartily.
Halfway through the banquet, as the drinking progressed and everyone was in high spirits, the conversation naturally turned to other topics.
It all came down to Qin Yao becoming a disciple.
"To become a disciple of a Foundation Establishment cultivator?"
Lu Guishou was stunned. His wine glass crashed onto the table with a loud bang, soaking his clothes.
Qin Yao nodded slightly as she met the probing gazes of the crowd: "He is an inner sect elder with a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivation level. He comes from the Chen family of Yuquan and said he has high hopes for my potential."
"It's actually the Chen family, a Golden Core cultivator..."
Fang Yun murmured to himself, surprised that there was this background to him; he must have a very powerful background.
Upon hearing this elder's name, one would realize that she was also a female cultivator.
For some reason, Lu Guishou inwardly breathed a sigh of relief: "Congratulations... Fairy Qin! To be valued by a Foundation Establishment cultivator is an immense stroke of good fortune; her future is limitless!"
"That's exactly right. Elder Chen comes from a prestigious Golden Core clan and is quite young. He has a high probability of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage in the future. Senior Sister is destined to hold a high position in the Green Wood Sect!"
Lin Dong had a broad smile on his face, his complexion was rosy, and his voice was loud and clear, as if he were proud of himself.
"These external things and fame are just fleeting clouds. Whether we can overcome the Foundation Establishment barrier is what we Qi Refining cultivators should be most concerned about."
Despite saying this, Qin Yao couldn't help but smile, and her expression became much more lively.
No longer as serene and ethereal as before, her beauty is untouched by worldly concerns.
With the help of Elder Master, her probability of successfully establishing her foundation in the future is undoubtedly the highest among the five.
After the food was finished and the dishes were in disarray, the daylight outside the window was already bright.
The two met again after a night apart, and both host and guests enjoyed themselves immensely.
"Brother Lu, we should go now. We need to escort the Immortal Seed back to the capital of Chen Kingdom."
Qin Yao put her veil back on, regaining her ethereal appearance.
"Time is too short, and meeting again is too difficult. How about... we get together again in five years?"
Lu Guishou mustered all his courage to utter these words, his eyes gleaming.
Lin Dong frowned, wanting to say something, but Qin Yao pressed down on his arm:
"Let's wait another ten years, Brother Lu. By then I should be able to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining. I'll still need your help to accumulate contribution points to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills."
"Ten years... okay!"
Lu Guishou nodded emphatically, keeping this promise in his heart.
Qin Yao and the other person left completely.
Piloting the spirit boat, carrying several celestial seedlings, they soared into the sky like a rainbow and disappeared into the horizon.
The sea of clouds surges and the morning glow changes, but only one red sun remains eternally constant.
Fang Yun patted his friend on the shoulder, wondering what to say to comfort him.
Lu Guishou spoke first: "Young Marquis, I've thought it through. When we get back, I'll have a child with Shi'er and take a few more concubines."
Ok?
Um! !
Fang Shi'er was a concubine in Lu Guishou's household, a very beautiful woman.
Fang Yun blinked, and after a moment she realized what he meant.
Could this kid be planning to have more children to extract resources and rewards from the Fang family, and then help Qin Yao achieve Foundation Establishment ten years later?
Holy crap...
"Young Master, Brother Lu, have Fairy Qin and the others already left?"
At this moment, Niu Ben, who had been drunk, finally woke up, muttering to himself with sleepy eyes.
"Yes, they've all left."
Looking at the revitalized city beneath his feet, Lu Guishou's gaze was resolute: "It's time for us to pack our bags and set off again."
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Chen State, Ruyi Commandery.
Fang Yun walked through the vast city, looking at the buildings and scenery on both sides of the street, his eyes filled with nostalgia.
This is the former fiefdom of the Duke's mansion.
Compared to fifty years ago, not much has changed; everything matches the scenes in my memory.
At this point, three days had passed since the end of the Spirit Testing Conference.
He set off alone to find the treasure he had buried in his past life.
As for Lu Guishou and his companion, they headed to a gathering place for cultivators in the mortal realm to exchange some resources.
When Lu Guishou was a child, his father saved a rogue cultivator and learned about this place from him, a memory he has kept to this day.
It fulfilled my childhood dream of becoming an immortal.
Fang Yun stepped across the mottled stone bridge, crossed the city's inner river, and took one last look at the still prosperous Yongguo Duke's Mansion.
He resolutely turned and left.
In the northwest corner of Ruyi County, there is a vast manor.
Armored soldiers patrolled the area, creating a serene and solemn atmosphere that ordinary people dared not approach.
Fang Yun easily blended in. The manor was very quiet, with only a cold and silent graveyard as far as the eye could see.
This is the burial place of his eldest son from his previous life.
Those comrades who were buried on the battlefield with their eldest son are all buried here, and every year they are honored with sacrifices, so that they have company on their journey to the underworld.
"Shou'er, your father has come to see you..."
Fang Yun stroked the largest tomb mound, took out three incense sticks, and silently lit them.
Amidst wisps of smoke, he traversed the burial grounds and arrived at the very back of the open space.
In the darkness of night, nine statues of mythical beasts, carrying stone tablets, lined up in a row, recounting the achievements of this army.
Fang Yun lifted the third stone beast from the left; its weight of five or six thousand jin was nothing to him.
After a dozen or so breaths, Fang Yun dug out a mechanical box.
Forged from meteorite iron, it is a single, seamless piece, gleaming with a bluish hue under the moonlight, as if it had just been buried in the earth.