Finding a Place

Lu Qingfeng stood on the back of the Ironwing Flying Eagle, overlooking the entire Sinkhole Mine Mountain.

The Sinkhole Mine Mountain truly lives up to its name, as if a meteorite had fallen from the sky, creating a huge sinkhole in the middle of Hunshan, with an outward-splashing appearance.

Within the natural pit, numerous ravines and gullies crisscross.

These include both deep underground mine shafts and drainage ditches.

Months ago, thousands of miners worked day and night to extract ore from this place.

The noise never stopped, and the atmosphere was lively and bustling.

Since the chaos in the Gathering Cloud Mountains and the infighting among the four factions, the Sinkhole Mine Mountain has also been affected, with thousands of miners being sent back. At this moment, the vast mine is unusually quiet.

"Here--"

Lu Qingfeng looked around, surveying the terrain of the Sinkhole Mine Mountain, and then nodded with satisfaction. "This is the place."

"Moving again?"

Lu Qingyu looked at her elder brother with a look of astonishment.

In just a few short years, they stayed at Silver Horn Mountain for more than three years, then, due to circumstances, hid in Nameless low mountain for a few months. Now, it seems they'll have to move again.

Silver Horn Mountain was so much better before.

Beautiful mountains and clear waters, birdsong and fragrant flowers, a refreshing and pleasant atmosphere...

Now--

Lu Qingyu stared at the mine in front of her, then looked longingly at her older brother.

Lu Qingfeng certainly wouldn't live in the mine.

He led Qingyu on a tour around the Sinkhole Mine Mountain, and they chose a mountain with good Spiritual Qi to land on. This mountain Dharma Form to Silver Horn Mountain in terms of environment, but it was still a good place for ordinary cultivation.

It's only twenty or thirty miles from the Sinkhole Mine Mountain; an Ironwing Flying Eagle or White Crane is all it takes to get there, making it extremely convenient.

So the brother and sister settled down there.

As for Lu Qingshan...

At this moment, the Scarlet Rainbow Sect was destroyed, and the war between the Demon-Slaying Fort, the Golden Billows Sect, and the Sunset Glow Sect, which had been fierce for the first month, gradually subsided in the second month.

With the war easing, Lu Qingshan returned to the Sunset Glow Sect.

Firstly, without the Scarlet Rainbow Sect, the Demon-Slaying Fort and the Golden Billows Sect do not have an absolute advantage over the Sunset Glow Sect. If they continue to openly attack the Sunset Glow Sect, they will be dragged into a quagmire of war from which they cannot extricate themselves.

It is of no benefit to me.

Secondly.

The Demon-Slaying Fort and the Golden Billows Sect originally planned to join forces with the Scarlet Rainbow Sect to destroy the most powerful Sunset Glow Sect. However, the two sects grew stronger, and the Scarlet Rainbow Sect, due to its losses in the Hundred Herbs Garden, would have to remain dormant for some time, even if it didn't eliminate the Sunset Glow Sect.

Intermediate time.

With the Sunset Glow Sect gone and the Scarlet Rainbow Sect weakened, the two sects will surely take the initiative in the Gathering Cloud Mountains.

However, with the Scarlet Rainbow Sect unexpectedly destroyed, the strength of the Gathering Cloud Mountains would be greatly diminished if it were to continue its war with the Sunset Glow Sect. Even if they paid a heavy price to eliminate the Sunset Glow Sect, the strength of both sects would still be damaged.

It is unrealistic for the two sects, whose strength has been damaged, to defend the vast territory of the Gathering Cloud Mountains.

Instead of doing that, it would be better to cease hostilities and focus on digesting the assets left by the collapse of the Scarlet Rainbow Sect and the gains from the trip to the Hundred Herbs Garden.

Large-scale warfare quickly dwindled to sporadic skirmishes.

After the chaos, far fewer people paid attention to Lu Qingfeng, let alone Lu Qingshan. So Lu Qingshan asked to the Sunset Glow Sect to continue his cultivation, and Lu Qingfeng nodded in agreement.

With his current strength, he is indeed not afraid of any villains.

At least within the vast territory of the Gathering Cloud Mountains, he dared to fight even Spirit Void Cultivator.

Settling on a small hill, Lu Qingyu named it 'Peak Rain Mountain', finally fulfilling his wish.

On Peak Rain Mountain.

Lu Qingfeng was instructing Qingyu on her cultivation when Wang Yuan arrived.

"Your subordinate greets the elder."

Wang Yuan stepped forward to pay his respects.

Lu Qingfeng nodded slightly and looked at Wang Yuan.

The latter then took out dozens of jade boxes and many small cloth bags from his Storage Bag at his waist, and said respectfully, "These forty-eight jade boxes contain forty-two kinds of top-grade medicinal herbs and six kinds of first-order spirit medicine. Some were dug directly from the sect's medicinal garden, and some were purchased from outside. All of them can be transplanted and cultivated."

"As per the elder's request, a considerable number of seeds of various low, medium, and high-grade medicinal herbs have been collected. When Elder Guqin heard that the elder was searching for spirit medicine seeds, he specially ordered someone to send three sets of first-grade and one set of second-grade spirit medicine seeds."

Wang Yuan took out the jade box and cloth bag and introduced them one by one.

Before Lu Qingfeng could speak, Lu Qingyu had been listening nearby, looked at her elder brother with a sly glint in her eyes and said teasingly, "I heard that this Elder Guqin often talks about you, praising you to everyone he meets, and he seems to admire you quite a bit. This time, I heard that you were even generously giving away spirit medicine herb seeds when you were searching for medicinal herb seeds. It seems the rumors are true."

"Brother, how about you consider finding me a sister-in-law?"

Wang Yuan kept his head down.

His expression remained unchanged, as if he hadn't heard a thing.

The rumors about the two elders' romantic affairs were something only Lu Qingyu dared to say in front of Lu Qingfeng, so he dared not say more. However, if his own elder and the Elder Guqin were to become dao companion, then with two Alchemists in one sect, they would probably immediately become the largest faction in the Sunset Glow Sect.

Only--

Wang Yuan glanced at Lu Qingfeng secretly, then shook his head inwardly.

Elder Lu was solely focused on the Dao and always secluded himself in meditation. The Sunset Glow Sect and the entire Gathering Cloud Mountains had no shortage of female cultivators who offered themselves to him, but he rejected them all.

Elder Guqin was good-looking and also quite skilled in alchemy.

But it's unlikely that he'd even catch Elder Lu's eye.

Furthermore, he had heard that Elder Yue Miaoyin of the sect seemed to have a somewhat ambiguous relationship with one of his own elders...

Wang Yuan lowered his head, his mind racing with countless thoughts.

Lu Qingfeng glanced at Qingyu, who was secretly smiling, and shook his head, saying, "Among fellow disciples, Elder Guqin meant well, so don't speak nonsense."

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingyu chuckled.

Lu Qingfeng smiled, took out a jade bottle from his Storage Bag and handed it to Wang Yuan, saying, "There are four Blazing Sun Pills in this bottle. Take three and give them to Elder Guqin. Tell her that I recently refined them and ask her to taste them."

Is this a way of declining the Elder Guqin's kind offer?

Or should we deepen our friendship through mutual exchanges?

Wang Yuan couldn't figure it out. He took the bottle and looked up to ask, "There are four pills in the bottle. Three were given to Elder Guqin. Where should the remaining pill be sent?"

Wang Yuan held the jade bottle, feeling the pills inside gently swaying and emitting a fragrant aroma, and felt envious.

This kind of elixir must be a high-grade spiritual pill.

That makes sense when you think about it.

Although Elder Guqin only gave away seeds of spirit medicine, there were not only three different spirit medicine -tier seeds, but also a set of second-tier spirit medicine.

If it falls into the hands of a cultivator skilled in cultivating spirit medicine, it will become a continuous supply of first- and second-tier spirit medicine.

Its value is certainly precious.

Since Elder Lu asked him to reciprocate with pills, how could he possibly offer pills that were not of high quality?

I just don't know how effective this Blazing Sun Pill is, or to whom the last one will be given.

"Could it be Elder Miaoyin?"

Wang Yuan guessed what was going on and looked at Lu Qingfeng.

But Lu Qingfeng smiled and didn't reply directly. Instead, he explained the effects of the Blazing Sun Pill:

"The Blazing Sun Pill is First-Order Spirit Pill that can directly increase True Essence, saving ordinary Qi Guiding Realm cultivators several years of arduous cultivation. It is named after the phrase 'the bright sun shines,' and after taking it, all hidden ailments and hidden dangers in the body will disappear as if the sun were shining brightly. Therefore, it also has a miraculous effect on the True Qi Realm cultivators advancing to Foundation Establishment."