Chapter 170 Ideal Friends
There was silence in front of the stone hall.
None of the Soul Refining Sect's disciples had expected that Xu Yi could defeat Huang Wei so easily.
Judging from his casual expression, Xu Yi's magic power is at least twice that of Huang Wei. Huang Wei has already opened up ten levels of meridians, so doesn't that mean he has opened up more than twenty levels?
And only one year had passed since he successfully established his foundation.
Huang Wei also found it unbelievable.
He knew very well how powerful Xu Yi was. Just a few days ago, he had someone secretly teach Xu Yi a lesson. At that time, Xu Yi's cultivation was only at the second level of Tuomai.
He just drank a few cups with the young master of Kunlun, and his cultivation increased tenfold. Could it be that they drank some kind of magical dew?
After defeating Huang Wei with one move, Xu Yi let go of his hand and said, "Kneel down and apologize."
Huang Wei was a descendant of the Yuanying Patriarch after all. If he knelt down to apologize to Xu Yi in front of so many disciples of the Soul Refining Sect, how could he hold his head up in the sect in the future? If he really did this, he would lose more than just his own face.
Without saying a word, he turned and walked towards a stone temple.
Xu Yi did not stop him. Although he had just defeated Huang Wei, if he was really pushed into a corner, he might not be Huang Wei's opponent.
The ancestor of the Huang family was at the peak of his career in the sect. Huang Wei had a deeper background in the sect than himself . He had three ghost spirits in the foundation-building stage, while Xu Yi only had one. The other party's magic weapon was also of a higher grade than his.
He put Huang Wei's matter behind him. The top priority now was to compile the recipe as soon as possible.
Just as Xu Yi returned to his room and wrote furiously, in another stone hall, Huang Wei, with a gloomy expression and extreme disbelief, murmured: "How come Xu's strength has improved so quickly?"
A disciple of the Soul Refining Sect beside him said, "Brother, don't forget that Xu Yi's friend is the Young Master of Kunlun. What is Kunlun? It must be that person who gave Xu Yi the elixir to improve his cultivation."
Huang Wei certainly knew that Xu Yi must have used elixirs to improve his cultivation.
But that was the Tuomai Pill, a third-level pill, which was extremely precious even in the orthodox way. How could he give it to Xu Yi just because Xu Yi taught him how to cook?
When did Tuomai Dan become so cheap?
As a normal person, Huang Wei simply cannot understand this behavior.
He could only curse in his heart, "You rich dog."
Huang Wei felt a dull pain in his fist and his face was extremely gloomy. He would never forget the humiliation he suffered today, and next time, he would not underestimate the man named Xu.
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Lingchan Peak.
The next morning, Li Yu had just finished refining the elixir and Xu Yi was already waiting for him in the small kitchen.
There are many ways to cook, such as stir-frying, sautéing, deep-frying, cooking, frying, baking, roasting, braising, steaming, boiling... The same ingredient will taste different if cooked in different ways. In addition to whitebait, Li Yu also asked him about the cooking methods of some other ingredients.
The tastes of the witch, Zhou Zixuan, and A Li are different, he can't just think about the witch.
Of course, he didn't do it for free.
For every dish Li Yu learned, he would give Xu Yi two Tuomai Pills.
Perhaps in the eyes of others, these knowledge of cooking may not even be worth half a Tuomai Pill, but for Li Yu, cooking occasionally is the most important diversion in the process of cultivation. This is what Xu Yi gained with his knowledge.
Xu Yi was well prepared and spoke in great detail.
Three days later, Li Yu had a fruitful harvest.
The consciousness of a Jindan stage cultivator is extremely powerful, and it also gives him extremely strong memory and control. For each dish, Xu Yi only needs to demonstrate it to him once, and Li Yu can replicate it immediately.
With his current skills, if he opens a restaurant, he will definitely make a lot of money.
Xu Yi also gained a lot.
After teaching Li Yu countless unique dishes, his two spiritual veins had been widened eighty-one times, reaching the peak of foundation building and touching the threshold of another great realm.
After only one year of foundation building, he had reached the peak of dual spiritual veins. This was something he had never dared to imagine.
The magic power in his spiritual veins was more abundant than ever before, which made his expression a little dazed.
He seemed to see the boy ten years ago who was ridiculed by everyone because of his obsession with cooking.
All the ridicule and cold stares that had bothered him over the years were now gone.
Li Yu looked at Xu Yi who was in a daze and suggested: "Brother Xu, you have already completed the foundation of the dual spiritual veins of water and fire. Have you ever considered practicing thunder magic?"
The reason why one works hard to cultivate dual spiritual veins during the Qi Refining Stage is not just to double the mana. Generally speaking, one will consider the fusion techniques after the foundation building. With the same mana, even if cultivators who only cultivate the water spiritual veins and fire spiritual veins join forces, they are no match for a person who is proficient in thunder magic.
Xu Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying: "It's not that easy to practice thunder magic. Although I have thunder-attributed skills, it may take me ten or eight years to get started. I need the guidance of a senior who practices thunder magic. My master only practices the fire spirit vein. There are very few seniors who practice thunder magic in the sect. If I ask them for help, I will have to pay a high price, which is not something I can afford..."
Li Yu recalled that when he first learned thunder magic, his devoted senior sister taught him step by step for a full ten days.
If he didn't have the relationship with his beloved senior sister, he would have to pay a certain price to seek help from the seniors in the sect.
To get started with thunder magic, one needs someone who has already practiced it to help him draw the lightning into his body. Although Li Yu also knows thunder magic, their magical powers are different and he can't help him.
He glanced over and saw a figure walking out of the main hall of Lingchan Peak.
The man was a middle-aged man wearing a black robe. His aura was extremely obscure. He was a Nascent Soul ancestor of the Xuanyin Sect. He must have come to ask him for help in refining the elixir. In order to let Li Yu concentrate on refining the elixir, the matter of dealing with the people of the Xuanyin Sect was handed over to the demon girl.
Li Yu took the initiative to greet him and said, "Master Gu Yun, what kind of elixir are you refining this time?"
The middle-aged man saw Li Yu and said with a smile: "I plan to refine a few furnaces of Tongmai Pills for my humble disciple. Please excuse me, Master."
Li Yu smiled and said, "It's not a big deal. Tongmai Pills are very easy to refine. When the time comes, I'll give two more to Patriarch Gu Yun."
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Li Yu said, "To be honest, I would like to ask Master Gu Yun for a small favor."
The middle-aged man said generously: "Young Master, please tell me. I will definitely not refuse any help I can provide."
Being able to make Li Yu owe someone a favor is undoubtedly a good deal, and this is a good opportunity to get closer to him.
Li Yu looked at Xu Yi beside him and said, "My friend has dual spiritual veins of water and fire and wants to practice thunder magic, but he lacks someone to guide him, so I would like to ask Master Gu Yun for help..."
The middle-aged man waved his hand and said, "It's just a small matter. Don't worry, Young Master. I will definitely teach him."
If someone else came to him, they would definitely give him some gifts, but since Li Yu asked, he agreed without hesitation.
Xu Yi then realized that Li Yu was actually thinking about his cultivation, and said excitedly: "Thank you, Brother Li, thank you, senior..."
Patriarch Gu Yun stretched out his palm, and a black lightning jumped in his palm. He injected this lightning into Xu Yi's body, and then said: "Remember this feeling, come to Chi Lei Peak to find me once a day. How long it will take you to master the thunder method depends on your talent."
Xu Yi thanked him again, then used his magic power. His hair stood up and black lightning flashed outside his body.
Grandmaster Gu Yun showed a trace of surprise on his face, and said: "It was the first time that he was able to achieve this level of fusion. This friend of the Young Master has an excellent talent in thunder magic, which is much better than those useless disciples of mine..."
Li Yu also looked at it with envy.
A genius is a genius. He even only borrowed a ray of thunder from Master Gu Yun to comprehend the essence of the fusion of the two magical powers. After that thunder dissipated, he could release new thunder by himself. Although he is still not skilled, it is also extremely remarkable.
At the beginning, Li Yu, under the hands-on teaching of Senior Sister Qingxin, spent two hours a day and it took him a full ten days.
Master Gu Yun was so shocked that he even thought of taking him as his disciple.
But after hearing that he was a disciple of the Soul Refining Sect, he had no choice but to give up. The Soul Refining Sect has extremely severe punishments for disciples who betray the sect. They will extract their souls and train them into ghosts. No one dares to betray the sect easily.
After Master Gu Yun left, Xu Yi looked at his fists wrapped in thunder and was very excited. When he looked at Li Yu, he was full of gratitude, "Thank you, Brother Li, I..."
At this moment, he didn't even know what to say.
Li Yu patted his shoulder gently and said, "We are all friends, so there is no need to say anything else. When you hold a high position in the Soul Refining Sect and can control the disciples of the Soul Refining Sect, just don't embarrass my Kunlun disciples outside..."
Xu Yi's face was solemn, and he said seriously: "Brother Li's words, I will definitely remember them!"
When leaving Lingchan Peak, Xu Yi made a decision in his heart.
After returning to the sect, he will join the Discipline Hall.
The Discipline Hall is actually a thankless place. It is easy to offend people inside the sect and there is a certain degree of danger when going out. No one is willing to go there, so the sect has no choice but to arrange quotas for some Nascent Soul ancestors.
Xu Yi, who was unpopular in the eyes of his master, was originally going to be assigned to the Discipline Hall, but he had been refusing.
But at this moment, he changed his mind.
Although the Discipline Hall is a thankless job, it imposes extremely strict constraints on ordinary disciples. Only there can he fulfill Brother Li's instructions.
Soon, returning to the mountain where they lived, Xu Yi was about to go back to his room to continue studying the recipe when a voice suddenly came from behind.
"stop!"
Xu Yi paused, turned around, looked at the figures walking towards him, his eyes stayed on Huang Wei, and asked calmly: "What do you want to do now?"
Huang Wei looked at him and said slowly: "Do you dare to accept my challenge again?"
Xu Yi showed a trace of disdain on his face, and said: "He is just a defeated general. I am not interested in the challenge of the weak."
Seeing Xu Yi's expression, Huang Wei's forehead was bulging with blue veins. After forcibly suppressing the impulse in his heart, he gritted his teeth and said, "This time it's a real challenge. The loser will hand over the ghost spirit and kneel down to admit defeat. Do you dare to accept it?"
More and more disciples of the Soul Refining Sect walked out of the stone hall. When they heard Huang Wei’s words, they were extremely shocked.
For the Soul Refining Sect disciples who are not very good at magic, ghost spirits are their greatest reliance. It takes a lot of time and energy to cultivate a ghost spirit that is in tune with one's own mind.
Since the sect does not allow disciples to fight to the death, betting on ghost spirits is already a challenge of the highest level.
After all disciples of the Soul Refining Sect have established their foundation, the sect will provide them with a spirit ghost in the foundation-building period. Once they lose the bet, it will not be easy to cultivate another one.
Moreover, according to the tradition among the disciples of the Soul Refining Sect, the so-called real challenge can be assisted by spirits and ghosts. Although Xu Yi's cultivation is stronger than Huang Wei, he is bound to lose if the spirits and ghosts are added.
Xu Yi looked at Huang Wei gritting his teeth opposite him, and felt very proud.
Three days ago, if Huang Wei had made such a challenge, he would have rejected it without hesitation.
But I'm sorry.
He is no longer the Xu Yi from three days ago.
Facing Huang Wei's provocation, he nodded and said lightly: "Okay."
Huang Wei's face showed joy. Xu Yi had hardly come back here in the past few days. Today he finally caught up with him. He was worried that he would refuse, but he didn't expect him to agree so readily.
This time, in order to avenge his previous shame, he made full preparations.
Not to mention that Xu Yi is in the middle stage of foundation building, even if he is at the peak of foundation building, he will definitely lose.
Soon, the open space in front of the stone hall was surrounded by people, including disciples from the Soul Refining Sect as well as disciples from other sects.
A challenge involving ghost spirits is rare even in the Soul Refining Sect on ordinary days.
Xu Yi and Huang Wei have already signed the contract.
Unlike the last challenge, once the contract is signed and their fingerprints are stamped on it, neither of them will have the chance to regret it. This kind of contract is recognized by the sect.
On the open space, Xu Yi and Huang Wei were several feet apart.
After a surge of Yin energy in Huang Wei's body, four phantoms emerged and floated beside him.
When the disciples of the Soul Refining Sect saw this, they began to discuss the matter.
"Brother Huang, don't you only have three ghost spirits? When did one more appear?"
"The aura of that ghost spirit is so strong, maybe it has reached the late stage of foundation building?"
"It's more than just the late stage of foundation building. I've seen Senior Brother Zhang's ghost spirit that is at the peak of foundation building. The aura of this ghost spirit is similar to Senior Brother Zhang's. I'm afraid it's also at the peak of foundation building..."
"You may not know this yet, but this ghost spirit is the new ghost spirit that Grandmaster Huang gave to Senior Brother Huang two days ago..."
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Huang Wei looked at Xu Yi with a disdainful attitude. This ghost spirit at the peak of the foundation building stage was his biggest trump card. Together with the other three, he was not afraid even if Xu Yi had reached the perfect foundation building stage.
Seeing that there was no movement in Xu Yi's body, he couldn't help but curl his lips and asked, "Where is your ghost spirit? Are you afraid to release it?"
Xu Yi looked at him, shook his head calmly, and said: "Sorry, your strength is not worthy of me releasing the spirit ghost."
What Huang Wei hated most was Xu Yi's expression.
His face darkened and he said coldly: "I wonder how long you can keep pretending!"
Huang Wei's mind moved, and the four ghost spirits that were in tune with his mind turned into afterimages and flew towards Xu Yi.
Just like last time, Xu Yi still stood there, motionless.
Just as the four ghost spirits flew in front of him.
A strong wave of magical power suddenly surged out from his body.
Along with it came black lightning that permeated his entire body.
What spirits fear most is thunder, and Lei Xiu is recognized as the nemesis of the Soul Refining Sect's disciples.
The four ghost spirits, including the one with the aura of the peak foundation building stage, let out a shrill ghost cry the moment they were touched by the lightning. Even their souls became much dimmer and they flew back instantly.
While Huang Wei was standing there in a daze, a finger flashing with lightning pressed against his forehead.
As long as the energy contained in this lightning explodes between his eyebrows, he will be destroyed immediately.
That is far more than the strength at the peak of foundation building.
This is the peak of the dual spiritual veins foundation!
Huge waves were surging in Huang Wei’s heart.
After only four days, Xu Yi's cultivation level had risen from the initial stage of foundation building, the second level of meridian expansion, to the peak of double spiritual vein foundation building, which was equivalent to the 162nd level of meridian expansion...
With so many Tuomai Pills, I could be full if I ate them as a meal.
At this moment, Huang Wei had no hatred towards Xu Yi in his heart.
Some are just envy.
No matter how talented you are or how good your background is, it is not as good as having a wealthy friend.
If he had known that cooking could lead to immortality, why would he have practiced so hard? He should have learned cooking from Xu Yi, even if he had been a fire-cooking boy for him. Perhaps he could have benefited from Xu Yi and made such a generous friend...
Looking at the entire world of immortal cultivation, regardless of whether it is the righteous or evil way, the Young Master of Kunlun is probably the friend that all immortal cultivators most want to make...
