Chapter Twenty-Three: The Past of the Four Elders
"I already knew this news, there is actually a Phoenix secret realm in Fengcheng, I came here once before, but I didn't find the entrance, I went back and checked the ancient books, the requirements for entering the secret realm are very strict, requiring a man and a woman to enter the secret realm at the same time, and they must all be complete, so I gave up." Tang Qingshan said.
"Uh, Master, have you married a wife?" Shen Li asked.
"Yes, but my wife is no longer alive." Tang Qingshan said melancholy, as if he had fallen into a memory.
"I'm sorry, Master, I shouldn't have brought up your sad past." Shen Li hurriedly apologized.
"It's okay, it's just some old things, and it's okay to mention it." Tang Qingshan smiled bitterly with relief.
"Master, I ate the golden dragon crucian carp at the Xiao family and obtained the acquired spiritual root." Shen Li hurriedly diverted the topic.
"You kid is really lucky, in this case, you can use the identity of an immortal cultivator as a disguise to prevent the identity of the martial cultivator from being exposed." Tang Qingshan said.
"Master, this time I went to the Alchemist Guild to save me, aren't you afraid of revealing your identity?" Shen Li asked puzzled.
"Immortal cultivators in the lower realm can't see through the cultivation of those in the higher realm, although I don't have the release of true qi, they can understand that I don't disdain to use my own true qi to deal with them, it is enough to just attract the true qi between heaven and earth, plus the number of martial cultivators is scarce, and they rarely enter the world and walk around, so ordinary immortal cultivators don't think about this." Tang Qingshan explained.
"Then do I need to practice some immortal cultivators now?" Shen Li asked.
"Yes, with this layer of identity cover, it can protect you from being wiped out when you are weak, and it is also very helpful for you to join an immortal cultivator's cultivation auxiliary sect, such as the Steel Mountain Sect of the control class, the Alchemist Guild of alchemy, and the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect of the Imperial Beast, these are all very good." Tang Qingshan said.
"I don't have a very good impression of the alchemist, let's go to the Royal Beast Sect and get a mount Dora style." Shen Li said.
"The Royal Beast Sect is in Zhongzhou, if you go from here, you have to cross the Soraya Mountains, you have to pass through a Sakha Desert, and cross the 200,000-mile Bell Forest, which is the boundary of Zhongzhou, and if you go to the extreme north, it will be a little closer, but the danger factor is higher." Tang Qingshan said.
"This is too far, then the Steel Mountain Sect, it's relatively close, look at the map in the north of the Chuyun Empire." Shen Li said again.
"The one of the Gangshan Sect in Zhongzhou is the time-honored one, and the one of the Chuyun Empire was actually founded by a disciple who came back from Zhongzhou hundreds of years ago." Tang Qingshan touched the bridge of his nose and said.
"Then I'll go to Qingyun Sect first, and when I have the strength, I will go to Zhongzhou to worship the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect or the Gangshan Sect," Shen Li said.
"Okay, you can say goodbye to your father and your friends, I'll take you to the Soraya Mountains first, I'm close to a breakthrough, and I need to retreat for some time recently." Tang Qingshan said.
"Congratulations, Master, thank you, Master, wait a minute, I'll go and say goodbye."
Shen Li first went to the Xiao family to meet the third elder, after all, the third elder and the fourth elder took good care of him, and he also ate the golden dragon carp of the Xiao family, awakening the acquired spiritual root.
"Shen boy, how is your friend Liu Lin?" The Third Elder asked.
"I thanked the third and fourth grandfathers for Liu Lin, and took the healing pill given by the fourth grandfather, and his injuries healed quickly." Shen Li said.
The two of them were chatting in the pavilion in the lake, when the four elders suddenly strode over.
"Shen Li, I'm looking for you for something." The four elders said.
"What is the so-called matter of the fourth grandfather looking for me in a hurry?" Shen Li wondered.
The four elders first arranged a soundproof barrier, and said: "I received a tip, saying that you and Liu Lin were put under house arrest by Zhang Boli, the president of the Alchemist Guild, last night, I went to him to theorize, he said that you two were guests with a distinguished guest, and you would have gone back a long time ago, this kid is insidious and cunning, he didn't do anything to you, right?" ”
"We just went to see Liu Lin's injuries, he didn't do well, and he also sent us wine and medicine, I feel like a good person." Shen Li said.
"It's okay if you're okay, this person doesn't know him, can I still understand? Hmph, this person has a full belly and intestines, and he is an out-and-out smiling tiger! People have to be guarded against. The four elders said.
"This person made your fourth grandfather miserable back then, he relied on the Alchemist Guild to be powerful, and we didn't get tangible evidence, so our Xiao family can only endure this account." The Third Elder said angrily.
"Well, I didn't expect the fourth grandfather and President Zhang of the Alchemist Guild to have such a holiday." Shen Li said.
"Back then, I was still in the Tiangang Sect, a disciple of the Jindan period, Zhang Boli was the elder in charge of selling pills in the Fengcheng Branch of the Alchemist Guild, and I was in charge of the procurement of medicines in the Tiangang Sect, because I didn't give him kickbacks, he teamed up with one of my disciples to wrap a batch of defective pills in the medicines I entered, framed me for shoddy, embezzled the money for the purchase of medicines, and caused me to lose my position, I left the Tiangang Sect in a fit of anger, under the operation of Zhang Boli, The disciple who framed me with him also successfully obtained the position of medicine procurement in the Tiangang Sect. The four elders seemed to be caught in a memory, and said angrily.
"In the future, when I have the ability, I will definitely avenge the fourth grandfather!" Shen Li said indignantly.
"Good boy, if you have this heart, I will be very happy with your fourth grandfather." The four elders said.
"Shen boy, you can continue to live in the Xiao family, the head of the family should be back soon, he will be very happy to see you." The three elders said.
"Third grandfather, fourth grandfather, thank you for your care, I have a very important matter, I have to leave immediately, I can't even wait for my father to go together, I will come back soon to visit the two grandfathers, the two grandfathers take care." Shen Li said.
When the two elders saw that Shen Li had made up his mind, they didn't want to keep it.
Back at the post station, Shen Li said goodbye to his father Shen Wande and Liu Lin, and Shen Wande told Shen Li: "When you go out, you must listen to the master and pay attention to safety." ”
"I will, father." Shen Li said.
"You kid just rest assured to go and train with your master, tomorrow I will set off with your father's convoy, and I will definitely protect your father." Liu Lin said.
"Then please, Lord Liu." Shen Li said.
"Don't call me an adult, I can't afford it, just call Brother Liu." Liu Lin smiled bitterly.
After Tang Qingshan led Shen Li out of Fengcheng, he walked west.
"Master, don't you have a magic weapon to move? While there is no one nearby, let's use it quickly. Shen Li shook the burden on his back and said.
"This magic weapon of mine consumes a huge amount, if you take the two of us to the Soraya Mountains, it will cost at least a few tons of low-grade spirit stones, do you have a spirit stone?" Tang Qingshan said.
"I don't have any such thing as a spirit stone, aren't people afraid that you will be in a hurry to break through the retreat." Shen Li said.
"It's okay, I can suppress the cultivation, the main thing is that I don't have many spirit stones now." Tang Qingshan said.
"Master, if you don't say it earlier, how good it would be for me to ask my father to buy two horses for the two of us!" Shen Li was extremely disappointed.