On this day, a green figure suddenly streaked across the sky and landed in the building complex.
"Elder Lü Man, you're back!" A Disciple saw Lü Man return and respectfully stepped forward to salute.
"Where is the Mansion Master?" Lü Man asked, panting.
"This... the Mansion Master should be in the Heavenly Serpent Palace!" The Disciple scratched his head.
"Good!" Lü Man nodded, spread his Dou Qi Wings, took to the air again, and headed straight for the tall building in the center of the complex that looked like two giant snakes intertwined.
"Snake Spirit Lü Man requests an audience with the Mansion Master!" Arriving at the entrance of the Heavenly Serpent Palace, Lü Man called out loudly towards the inside.
"Enter!" After a few seconds, an old voice came from inside.
Seeing this, Lü Man hurriedly pushed the door and went in. On the high platform sat a white-haired old man. Although the old man looked very old, his Aura made people feel terrified. The spatial fluctuations emanating from around him constantly reminded Lü Man below that this was a Dou Zun expert.
Beside the old man stood a man who looked to be in his twenties, whose Aura had actually reached the Dou Zong level. (He looks to be in his twenties, but in reality, he might not be!)
"Greetings, Mansion Master!" Lü Man saluted respectfully.
"Mm, did you bring back the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils?" The Heavenly Serpent Mansion Master said slowly, his eyes narrowed.
"I did not bring them back!" Lü Man shook his head.
"Oh? Did you encounter obstruction from the experts of the Jia Ma Empire? Logically, with the strength of you and White Fang, even if Jia Xingtian himself acted, you should have been able to retreat calmly!" the Heavenly Serpent Mansion Master said.
"Reporting to the Mansion Master, those Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils belong to the wife of a descendant of a certain Dou Sheng Family in the Central Plains. I was released... to seek compensation..." Thus, Lü Man informed the Heavenly Serpent Mansion Master of his experiences on this trip and presented the list of resources Chen Yang required.
Until Lü Man finished speaking, the Heavenly Serpent Mansion Master also had a solemn face, unable to speak for a long time.
Lü Man kept his head down on the ground, not daring to speak loudly, only waiting for the Mansion Master's questions.
After a full two and a half minutes, the Heavenly Serpent Mansion Master said faintly: "You're saying that young Dou Zong, who looks to be only about twenty years old, has a dark red strange fire?"
Lü Man replied: "Yes!"
The Heavenly Serpent Mansion Master pondered: "When I was young and training in the Central Plains, I was acquainted with an Alchemist from the Pill Tower. He told me that among the twenty-three strange fires on the strange fire ranking list, only the Volcanic Stone Flame ranked seventeenth and the Red Lotus Karma Fire ranked eighth are red. Among them, the Volcanic Stone Flame is dark red, which matches the characteristics of the strange fire you described."
"However, whether it's the Volcanic Stone Flame or the Red Lotus Karma Fire, they are both held by the legendary Ancient Family, the Yan Clan. As for that Yan Clan, even I have only heard its name. Back then, that Pill Tower Alchemist was also silent about it. But what is known is that there must be Dou Sheng experts in this Yan Clan, and the Third Uncle mentioned by that young Dou Zong is likely some Dou Sheng expert of the Yan Clan!"
The Heavenly Serpent Mansion Master lamented, his expression looking much older.
After listening to the Mansion Master's analysis, Lü Man completely gave up struggling.
A Dou Sheng Family was an existence that the Heavenly Serpent Mansion simply could not compete with.
"Father, I think that young Dou Zong is probably just bluffing. If he really had a Dou Sheng Family background, why would he care about our Heavenly Serpent Mansion's Cultivation Techniques and resources?"
"The things picked from the cracks of such a Family's fingernails could probably establish a Heavenly Serpent Mansion, right?"
The man analyzed calmly with a look of arrogance.
"Stupid!" The Heavenly Serpent Mansion Master snorted and scolded, "Are those Dou Sheng Families like you? Their Family heirs all need to be selected through layers of training. This young Dou Zong should be the kind they let loose to grow, the type who needs to solve all kinds of resource needs themselves."
"But even so, they will only allow competition between the same generation. If a situation of the strong bullying the weak occurs, do you think the Third Uncle they mentioned would crush our Heavenly Serpent Mansion with one finger?"
"Perhaps at this moment, that Dou Sheng expert's Soul Power has already enveloped the entire Heavenly Serpent Mansion!!!"
The Heavenly Serpent Mansion Master bitterly scolded his eldest son.
"Father is right to lecture me, I was foolish!" The Mansion Master's eldest son was suddenly drenched in sweat upon hearing this, feeling as if his head were hanging in the air.
The Heavenly Serpent Mansion Master sighed and turned to look at Lü Man: "Since that person only took White Fang and didn't take your life, and even let you back to demand resources and Cultivation Techniques, it shows he doesn't want to create unnecessary trouble. Moreover, the Heavenly Serpent Mansion was at fault in this matter, and the resources he's demanding aren't much for the Heavenly Serpent Mansion."
Lü Man kept his head down and remained silent.
The Heavenly Serpent Mansion Master thought for a while, then after quickly organizing things, he threw a storage ring to Lü Man: "In this storage ring is the Earth Rank Intermediate Cultivation Technique practiced by the lineage of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion Master, as well as some accompanying Dou Techniques and secret methods, and some of my insights into Cultivation. Take them. I've added a Seal on it; only the Soul Power of a Dou Zong can open the storage ring."
"As for the medicinal herbs and resources required on this list... just take my warrant to the Medicinal Pill Hall to collect them!"
After speaking, the Mansion Master closed his eyes and remained silent.
"Yes, this Disciple takes his leave!"
Lü Man stood up, saluted, and turned to leave.
After Lü Man went out, the Heavenly Serpent Mansion Master's eldest son hesitated to speak but was stopped by the Heavenly Serpent Mansion Master: "Your words just now might have already been known by them. You'd better stay in the mansion and Cultivate obediently. Although our Heavenly Serpent Mansion paid some things this time, we have indirectly established a relationship with a Dou Sheng Family. In the future, when you travel the Fighting Qi Continent and show your Cultivation Techniques and Dou Techniques, outsiders might give you some face when they see them."
The Heavenly Serpent Mansion Master's eldest son nodded upon hearing this, finally giving up the plan to go out and see!
...Jia Ma Imperial Capital, Xiao Yan had already been gone for ten days with the son of the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
During this time, Chen Yang finally had some free time. Every day was basically refining pills, then guiding the three girls including Xiao Yi Xian in their Cultivation, and then it was just the daily routine... On this day, exactly twenty-five days after Chen Yang arrived at the Jia Ma Holy City, suddenly, a familiar Aura appeared outside the Jia Ma Holy City and released its pressure.
Chen Yang was delighted to feel this Aura. He sent a Soul Power transmission to Hai Bodong, who had already reached Nine-Star Dou Huang. (In the original plot, Xiao Yan took eight days to digest the Huangji Pill. The Huangji Pill refined by Chen Yang should be better than the one refined by Xiao Yan, so it shouldn't be a problem for Hai Bodong to digest it in ten-odd days.)
"Old Hai, please go out of the city and bring that Lü Man from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion. The resources we wanted, he has delivered them!"
Hai Bodong was currently consolidating his Cultivation. He replied "As you command" upon hearing this, then leaped up and disappeared from the Mittel Family, flying out of the city...
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