Chapter 61: Confrontation in the Mountain Cave

  Shao Nan County, on top of Beiling Peak, in front of a mountain cave, many people were packed tightly together.

  Among them was a group of people wearing black and blue interlocking alchemy attire, who were the Sanqing Temple, one of the four major forces in Shaonan County. The leader was an old man in green clothes, with half-gray hair, slender figure, and a radiant face. He held a shiny golden hoop in his hand, inside which a fire qilin pattern flickered. Standing beside him was a middle-aged man in red robes, who held a dark black dragon staff, with a dragon head on top, the dragon's body coiled around the staff, emitting a thick and cold aura.

  At this time, Mo Ruotian led the personnel of the Four Directions Chamber of Commerce to arrive here. Ye Xuan saw the green-robed old man and the red-robed middle-aged man at a glance. These two people were the two Dayuan realm powerhouses encountered in the Jiuying Mountains, and Ye Xuan had secretly taken away the Suixian Tower that originally belonged to the red-robed young man.

  An old man in a green robe saw Mo Ruotian walking over and smiled strangely: "Mo Hui Chang, didn't expect you to come personally this time!"

  Mo Ruo Tian snorted and hummed, saying: "I came very normally, I don't know what the Dragon Son of the Poison Dragon Gang is doing here? Are you also thinking of sharing a bowl of soup in this cave?"

  This old man in green is the master of Sanqing Temple, Teng Sha. This middle-aged man in red is the leader of Du Long Gang, Long Zi An. Ye Xuan thought back to that day, deep in the Jiuying Mountains, Long Zi An's powerful move "Du Long Jue!", was already comparable to the Nine Shadow Ape.

  Long Zian heard Mo Ruo Tian's displeased words and calmly said, "It's not about dividing the spoils. I'm just here to join in on the excitement. As for me, Long, I've always been interested in this kind of hidden cave. I'd like to see which senior left it behind. Of course, if there are any conflicts of interest between San Qing Guan and Si Fang Shang Hui, I wouldn't mind acting as a mediator!"

  Long Zian finished speaking, Ye Xuan scolded him in his heart, how could there be such a shameless person, speaking so eloquently, why not just say you're here to help Sanqing Temple directly.

  Mo Ruo Tian's face turned angry upon hearing this, and he said: "Even if there is a dispute, I think it wouldn't be necessary to trouble the Dragon Clan Master to mediate, lest the Dragon Clan Master gets stained with dust, or even gets into trouble."

  Mo Ruo Tian's words were a reminder to Long Zi An, not to interfere in other people's business, or else he would suffer the consequences. Seeing these two people like this, Teng Sha hurriedly said: "Alright, Mo Hui Chang, let's hurry up and break open the mountain cave seal, and let our family's artifact master go in! You should know how precious this spiritual energy is!"

  Mo Ruo Tian Leng hummed and said: "Our Four Directions Chamber of Commerce will send Kong Ming Kong Da Shi to take his two apprentices into the mountain cave!"

  As they spoke, Kong Daoshi brought Ye Xuan and Fu Long to the front. Teng Sha glanced at them with a smile and said: "Kong Daoshi's two disciples are really handsome, I'm sure their future prospects will be limitless! Now that Kong Daoshi is already a third-tier artifact refiner, if he can step up to the fourth tier, he'll be able to forge spiritual treasures... Tsk tsk..."

  Tong Sha sighed repeatedly as he spoke.

  Kong Daoshi's voice was calm and composed as he said, "Teng Guanzhu's praise is misplaced. I am currently only a third-stage beginner, and to reach the fourth stage, there are still intermediate, advanced, and perfected levels to go through. The cultivation of spiritual power is extremely difficult, and these several levels are not so easily crossed!"

  Tengsha listened to Kong Dashi's words and thought to himself, "Nonsense! Do you think I don't know how difficult it is to cultivate spiritual power? With your mediocre talent, you still want to become a 4th rank artifact master? You'll probably never reach that level even if you live forever!" However, he still spoke with a smile: "Kong Dashi is being too modest. Even if you can't reach it, I think your two disciples have good potential and will definitely be able to become 4th rank artifact masters in the future, or maybe even higher!"

  Teng Sa said, glancing at Ye Xuan and Fu Long, this glance revealed the problem with Ye Xuan's meridians, and he couldn't help but laugh in his heart. Damn it, you bring a stupid kid with severed meridians to cultivate spiritual power, without any mysterious power to protect himself, and he doesn't even know how he'll die after entering this cave.

  Ye Xuan said at this time: "Director Teng is right, we will definitely do it!"

  Tong Sha heard Ye Xuan's words and almost laughed out loud. "Just you, I just move my finger and you're done for," he said with a chuckle. "But why do I feel like this kid looks so familiar? It's as if I've seen him somewhere before, but I just can't quite put my finger on it." He shook his head to himself and said, "Young man, you have spirit!"

  Mo Ruo Tian lazily listened to Teng Sha's nonsense, earlier he was saying to hurry up and break open the mountain cave, but now he himself is dragging on endlessly. Suddenly asking: "I wonder which three people will be sent by Feng Hui Zhang to enter this mountain cave?"

  Tang Sha laughed and said: "Our Sanqing Temple will certainly send Ruan Shan, accompanied by the two elders Gong Liang and Gong Qian."

  As they spoke, three people walked out of Sanqing Temple. The middle one was a white-clad middle-aged man, and on either side of him were two old men in green robes.

  Mo Ruo Tian's eyes gleamed like torches as he swept a glance over the three people. Ruan Shan, if his Xuanli cultivation was very low, only at the Star Xuan Realm Fourth Level, but these two elders' actual strength was not low. This Gong Liang was at the Day Xuan Realm Fourth Level, and Gong Qian was at the Day Xuan Realm Third Level.

  Ye Xuan was shocked to see these three people, because one of the green-robed old men was actually him, the alchemist who had competed with Kong Daoshi for the magic crystal at the auction in Xihe City, and also the alchemist Gong Qian who had intercepted Ye Xuan halfway and was slightly weaker than Kong Daoshi in the flame comparison.

  The old man in the green robe was also taken aback when he saw Ye Xuan, and then his face turned murderous. Ever since he had been cheated out of a lot of Xuan Dan at the auction in Xihe City, he had held a grudge against Ye Xuan and Kong Da Shi. It wasn't until he returned to San Qing Guan and made some inquiries that he discovered Kong Da Shi was actually the first ritual master of the Four Directions Chamber of Commerce, and possessed the strength of Ri Xuan realm fourfold.

  But now seeing Ye Xuan, I couldn't help but feel a surge of hatred in my heart, yet at the same time, I couldn't help but smile to myself. Listening to what was just said, this little brat has also entered the mountain cave, and when the time comes, my big brother and I will be able to easily eliminate Kong Ming and his three people. When Gong Qian saw them, Master Kong also saw him, and noticed the subtle changes in his expression, and couldn't help but become cautious in his heart.

  However, Gong Qian surprisingly stepped forward and saluted Kong Da Shi with a bow, smiling awkwardly: "So this is Master Kong, I apologize for my disrespect. That day in Xihuo City, I didn't know your identity and was rude to you!"

  It's true that you can't hit a smiling face, and since the other party took the initiative to apologize, Master Kong could only force a smile and say: "No harm done, Ye Xuan is now my apprentice."

  Kong Qian said with a look at Ye Xuan behind him, "Ah, so this is the little brother from that day. What a coincidence! Little brother can follow Master Kong as his apprentice and will definitely become a well-known craftsman in the future."

  Ye Xuan heard this and couldn't help but feel like vomiting. Damn it, you look so sinister, yet you talk about fate. Back then, you clearly just wanted to rob me of my things.