The beautiful young girl had finished crying, and as she wiped her tears, she asked Zheng Jianfeng how he had obtained these immortal pills.
When she learned that they were exchanged for the God-Burying Flower, and after understanding how useless the God-Burying Flower was, the girl couldn't help but cry again.
She hated herself for only knowing how to eat, drink, and have fun when she was at their sect.
If she had read more about immortal pills, if she had better understood the myriad things of the world.
Her three Senior Brothers definitely wouldn't have fought over the God-Burying Flower.
Without fighting demonic beasts for the God-Burying Flower, her three Senior Brothers wouldn't have been injured, poisoned, or even died.
After this incident, the girl finally understood why her annoying ghost father always said that cultivation power wasn't enough, and that cultural knowledge was also needed.
At certain times, seemingly useless knowledge can save your life at critical moments.
It was a pity she realized it too late; her three Senior Brothers could never come back.
"Senior Brothers, from now on, I'll never be playful again. After we get out, I'll learn knowledge from this annoying ghost of an old man."
The girl said with a choked voice as she wiped her tears.
"Alright."
"Whatever Junior Sister wants to do is fine."
Zheng Jianfeng and the other two looked at the girl, feeling extremely pained in their hearts.
In their eyes, they had failed to protect their innocent and pure Junior Sister.
If it weren't for their incompetence, how could Junior Sister have been poisoned?
Yet their Junior Sister was blaming herself instead.
Their innocent Junior Sister seemed to have grown up.
"Senior Brother, who is this Alchemist Gu?"
Zuo Yu'er raised her gaze to look at Zheng Jianfeng, her apricot-red eyes fixed on him without blinking.
"I don't know."
Zheng Jianfeng shook his head. How could he dare to rashly inquire about Gu Qing's background?
Although he was a disciple of a Profound Divine Expert, in the Morning Dusk Sea Secret Realm, even being an Immortal King's disciple was of no use.
Without strength and a powerful background, it's all for show.
"Fortunately, we met Alchemist Gu, otherwise..."
Jin Xiaohong looked terrified and shook her head, unable to continue speaking.
Zheng Jianfeng deeply agreed. After his Junior Brothers and Sister were poisoned, he watched helplessly as their lives slipped away bit by bit. This sense of powerlessness had made him despair and collapse.
He had begged countless people, even kneeling at the City Lord's mansion, hoping the City Lord would, out of respect for his sect, lend him a few detoxification pills.
However, the City Lord didn't even spare him a glance, treating him like an ant and having people throw him out of the city.
"Yes, a life-saving grace must be repaid. After we get out, I'll have my annoying ghost father give some treasures to Alchemist Gu as thanks."
Zuo Yu'er said seriously.
"Mmm!" The three nodded in unison with solemn expressions.
A vicious killing intent flashed in Zheng Jianfeng's eyes: "It's all the fault of those trash from Heshan Immortal City."
They were true disciples of an Immortal King lineage, and before entering the Morning Dusk Sea, they could be said to have been fully prepared.
A mere Tribulation Pill, they had prepared no less than ten bottles, along with countless immortal pills and treasures, truly equipped with divine gear.
The seven fellow disciples were in high spirits, their hearts filled with soaring ambitions, vowing to carve out their own destiny.
However, they never expected that upon entering Heshan Immortal City, they would be harassed by the riffraff of the city in collusion with the city officials.
The City Lord didn't even bother to pretend, arresting them on trumped-up charges and confiscating all their divine equipment.
It was precisely because they lacked the immortal pills and treasures prepared by their sect that they struggled so mightily in the Morning Dusk Sea Secret Realm.
...
Time flew by, and four months passed in the blink of an eye.
Gu Qing refined all the immortal pills for the outside cultivators, including the several hundred furnishes Zhi Meng had gone to purchase.
It was truly exhausting to refine pills continuously for a year.
However, the effort was proportional to the reward. Gu Qing obtained numerous pill recipes, and his alchemy art improved by leaps and bounds.
With the aid of the Calamity Black Dragon's power, Gu Qing could conjure pill furnaces from the void and refine nine furnaces of immortal pills simultaneously.
"I told you not to work so hard, but you wouldn't listen. Are you tired now?"
Zhi Meng said with distress, taking out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from Gu Qing's forehead.
"It's nothing. I had to refine them anyway. With so many orders, delivering the pills too quickly might arouse suspicion."
Gu Qing smiled. Several hundred furnaces of immortal pills.
Although they were all lower, middle, and upper-grade immortal pills, selling them all would likely bring in several hundred billion immortal crystals.
It's worth mentioning that he had now joined Tianbao Merchant Tower as an honorary guest elder.
These immortal pills could be sold directly to Tianbao Merchant Tower, without worrying about the difficulty of offloading them.
Moreover, in the Morning Dusk Sea, he could also receive the protection of Tianbao Merchant Tower, killing two birds with one stone.
Looking at Gu Qing's incomparably handsome face, Zhi Meng's beautiful eyes shimmered as she said softly, "My disciple is truly amazing. He's only been in the Immortal Realm for two years, yet he has both status and immortal crystals."
"While others struggle and tread cautiously in the Morning Dusk Sea, risking their lives for mere immortal crystals, you can earn more with a single furnace of pills."
Flattered by the praise, Gu Qing felt embarrassed. Looking at Zhi Meng so close by, her flawless fair skin met his eyes, and a fragrant scent assailed his nostrils.
Gu Qing quickly averted his gaze and changed the subject. "I heard Tianbao Merchant Tower is holding a trade fair. Has it started?"
"In three days. Are you going?"
"Mm. When the time comes, remember to wake me, Master. I'll go meditate and recover my energy first."
"Alright!"
Zhi Meng's red lips curled slightly, feeling that her disciple was becoming more and more interesting.
"Huff~"
After Zhi Meng left, Gu Qing let out a long breath, suppressing the restlessness in his heart as an unconscious smile appeared on his face.
Although Zhi Meng was a troublemaker, when it came to her loved ones, she wanted to give them the very best in the world.
Three days passed in a flash.
Gu Qing and Zhi Meng put on masks, completely concealing their appearances, and used secret techniques to alter their auras.
Upon entering the trading venue, there were over three hundred people, all wrapped up tightly, afraid of revealing even a little.
Only one person sat majestically on the main seat with an imposing expression, without any concealment.
This person was none other than City Lord Liu Liangsheng.
While others feared revealing their wealth and being targeted by those with malicious intentions, Liu Liangsheng, at the peak of the Heavenly God Realm, feared nothing.
After waiting for a moment, once the time arrived, the gates closed, and Liu Liangsheng swept his gaze around with a laugh.
"Since everyone is here, then the trading will now begin."
"Recently, an alchemist arrived in our city named Gu Qing. Does anyone know his background?"
Without even thinking, everyone directly shook their heads.
Not to mention they didn't know, even if they did, they wouldn't tell Liu Liangsheng for free.
"This one is willing to purchase this information with a Heavenly Artifact."
At the trade fair, what is traded is not only treasures, but also information and the like.
Anything of value can be traded.
The specific price depends on the needs of both parties.
Hearing that Liu Liangsheng was willing to offer a Heavenly Artifact, although everyone was tempted, not one dared to speak up.
It wasn't that they didn't want to deceive Liu Liangsheng with false information, but to ensure the accuracy of the information, a Heart Demon Oath was required.
"Then what about Zhi Meng? Can anyone see her sect's lineage?"
Seeing no one answered, Liu Liangsheng frowned and asked as a fallback.
If they knew Zhi Meng's background, it would be easier to guess Gu Qing's.
"Disciple, you can't stay in Heshan Immortal City anymore, not even return to your cave dwelling. He's currently using his divine sense to observe the entire venue, you must not reveal any flaws." Zhi Meng transmitted her voice.
"I understand."
Liu Liangsheng was asking about him and Zhi Meng, definitely not out of curiosity, but rather planning to make a move against him.
Once it was determined that he wasn't a disciple of some major alchemy sect, he would definitely make a move against him.
Gu Qing now greatly admired Zhi Meng's foresight.
If at the very beginning, Zhi Meng had exposed her sect, even if it was the Star Emperor Sect, Liu Liangsheng would probably dare to make a move against him.
After all, Liu Liangsheng had harmed the disciples of major sects on more than one occasion.
With Immortal King Heshan as his backing and being in the Morning Dusk Sea, he wasn't worried about retaliation at all.
No sect would be willing to seek justice from Immortal King Heshan for a single disciple.
But alchemy sects were different; they could refuse to sell you immortal pills. At that time, the first person who wouldn't let Liu Liangsheng off would be the other City Lords of Heshan Immortal City.
The more Gu Qing thought about it, the more alarmed he became.
He was merely a low-grade immortal alchemist, yet he was already being targeted.
The Immortal Realm was even more dangerous than he had imagined, perfectly embodying the law of the jungle.
It seemed that in the future, within the Morning Dusk Sea Secret Realm, he couldn't use his alchemist disguise anymore.
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