Chapter 1: When the father suffers humiliation, the son must avenge him

  But these words fell into the eyes of the three people opposite, and they became ignorant of the height of heaven and earth.

  Duan Minghua and Li Yue's eyes flashed with a cold glint for an instant, and there was also a hint of hidden killing intent flashing at the bottom of their eyes.

  As for Liu Yu Ru, she was stunned after a moment, and her eyes were filled with surprise as she looked at Xiao Chen. It seemed that she had never thought that this guy without spiritual roots would dare to speak to Duan Hua Ming like that. After all, among the younger generation of Luoyun Valley, Duan Hua Ming not only had strong cultivation but also reached the peak of a second-grade alchemist who could refine foundation-establishing pills. There were hardly a few people who dared to speak to him like that.

  "Good! Good! Good!" Duan Huaming's anger turned to laughter, his eyes flashing with sharp light, and a strong spiritual pressure rose from his body, pressing down on Xiao Chen.

  Xiao Chen's face was expressionless as he glanced at Duan Huaming, saying lightly: "Fellow disciples infighting, regardless of right or wrong, will be expelled from the sect and never again accepted! This is a rule set by our ancestors, does Brother Duan plan on violating it?"

  Duan Huaming hesitated for a moment, and although his face was darker than ever, the surging spiritual pressure on his body slowly receded. His eyes shifted to find that his previous actions had already attracted the attention of many Luoyun Valley disciples, and his heart skipped a beat. Not to mention whether this matter would be punished if it reached the ears of the sect's elders, but if Ji Yuedance found out, the image he had worked hard to maintain would likely collapse completely, leaving no room for recovery.

  "Hmph! Don't think I won't have a way to deal with you, Xiao Chen. You actually dare to be rude to me? On the day of the sect's grand competition, I will definitely make you pay the price." Duan Huaming coldly smiled, a hint of killing intent flashing in his eyes, and then turned around and left on his Swift Light escape technique.

  "You don't know life or death!" Lei Yue gave Xiao Chen a cold glance, as if a high and mighty god was gazing down at the mortal world. She let out a cold snort, turned around, and swiftly disappeared into the distance with her escaping light.

  Liu Yu Ru gave Xiao Chen a strange look, smiled and said: "Although I admit that you are very bold, but I have to tell you that it won't be long before the whole Luoyun Valley knows about your disrespect towards Eldest Senior Brother. Hopefully by the time of the Sect's assessment, you can still be so arrogant." Yan Jiao smiled and left.

  "The Sect's Assessment." Xiao Chen furrowed his brow, the Lu Yun Valley held an assessment for its disciples every year to evaluate their progress. All disciples, whether outer or inner, had to participate. Those who made significant advancements would be rewarded, while those who didn't would be punished. After the assessment, the sect would set up a stage for the disciples to resolve their own conflicts. Although it was forbidden to cause serious injury or death, being bedridden for half a month with a swollen face and bruised nose was still within acceptable limits.

  It's likely that Ming Hua intended to thoroughly humiliate Xiao Chen on the arena.

  "Hmph, Duan Minghua is a narrow-minded and short-sighted person. He actually had the intention to kill me just now! You'd better not provoke me, otherwise, even if it means revealing my cultivation, I'll still cut you down!" Xiao Chen's eyes flashed coldly, and he immediately set up his Escape Light and rushed towards Yao Valley.

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  Xiao Chen would not have needed to venture out and explore the ancient cultivator's cave if he could successfully build his foundation with such a heaven-defying Golden Seal in hand. However, faced with the problem of being unable to build his foundation, Xiao Chen had no choice but to place his hopes on this, after all, most ancient cultivators were omniscient and omnipotent, perhaps they could really find a solution to the problem of not being able to build his foundation.

  The day agreed upon with Chu Kuang is not far away, and it's unlikely to make a breakthrough in the short term. Xiao Chen had no choice but to settle for second best and started mass-producing elixirs, after all, these things were life-saving treasures at critical moments.

  The Lingdan and Lianlingdan used in the early stages of Qi refining are no longer of much use to Xiao Chen, while the Jigudan can recover a large amount of spiritual power, but the absorption of the medicine is slow, and once used, the spiritual power inside the body will boil out of control. After some thought, Xiao Chen finally decided to refine the Peiyuandan, which is suitable for him now as a foundation-building cultivator to restore his spiritual power, and most importantly, with his enhanced divine sense, refining foundation-stage pills has become easy for him.

  Xiao Chen threw away all trivial matters and started crazily refining the elixir.

  Pei Yuandan, refine a few hundred pills, don't worry about running out.

  Fuling Dan, used for rapid recovery of consciousness, is also extremely important for Xiao Chen, and several dozen are refined.

  Jiuzhuan Xueyu Gao, specifically treats physical injuries and is said to be able to completely repair even severe damage as long as the limbs are not completely severed. Before reaching the Jindan stage, cultivators' bodies are extremely fragile and they can still fall despite suffering fatal injuries, so it's natural that they would have such a lifesaving item; first refine 17 or 18 bottles of it before anything else.

  In addition, other miscellaneous pills such as Antidote Pill, Breath-Holding Pill, Fasting Pill, Shape-Shifting Pill and so on were also refined by Xiao Chen, all of which were thrown into the storage bag for future use.

  During this time, Xiao Chen left the valley once and indeed found himself being disrespected by Duan Huaming, so Master Duan "furiously" counterattacked, wanting to teach him a lesson after the sect's assessment. The rumors had already spread throughout the entire sect. Xiao Chen smiled coldly and immediately returned to the valley to continue refining his elixir. After all, if someone couldn't bear it anymore, he didn't mind lending a hand.

  It wasn't until all the elixirs had been refined that nearly half a month had passed. But if it were someone else, even some alchemy masters, they probably wouldn't be able to complete it in a year and a half.

  After taking the elixir and meditating for a while, Xiao Chen opened his eyes again, and both his spiritual power and divine consciousness had recovered to their peak state.

  "The elixirs are enough, let's go prepare some life-saving things next." Xiao Chen's face showed a few hints of contemplation, and then he carefully put away the elixirs and left Luoyun Valley, avoiding the patrolling disciples.

  Cultivators of spiritual power break through boundaries, and each person needs different items, so the market for exchanging goods among cultivators was born. Of course, even the lowest-level existence in a cultivator's market will set up an illusion array around it, blocking the view and preventing ordinary people from entering or leaving, and only cultivators can enter.

  Xiaoyan Cliff Market is the lowest-level market closest to Lu Yun Gorge, where most of the participants in the exchange are some Xiu Zhen families or low-ranking disciples from various sects, with cultivation levels around the Refining Qi period. Of course, occasionally one or two down-and-out Jīgōu period masters will also appear here to dig for treasures.

  On this day, a ray of light suddenly fell on a small valley outside, revealing a slightly delicate young man.

  "Is this Xiaoyanfang Town?"

  This man was none other than Xiao Chen. He hesitated for a moment, then his aura quickly subsided, stabilizing at the seventh level of the Refining Qi stage. Afterwards, he swung his hand and cast a spiritual seal, striding into the mountain valley.

  It's like walking into water, with air producing ripples of waves and all sorts of lively noises swarming in.