If Lu Xiaotian hadn't seized so much along the way, then even relying on his alchemy wouldn't have been enough to meet the demand. It was only a matter of time before even several large lineages were dragged down by supplying someone as unusual as him. A lineage naturally couldn't satisfy just one person's needs; the same went for Lu Xiaotian if he joined a sect.
"That works. For now, we'll do as Fellow Daoist Lu suggested. You need quite a lot of spirit crystals, so my junior brother and I will have to gather them. We'll come find you within three days," Zen Master Ruyi said.
"I'll be here." Lu Xiaotian nodded. In the blink of an eye, Master Mingyi and Ming'e had departed.
"If the Danzhu Buddhist Sect really can be relied upon, entering the sect to cultivate wouldn't be a bad choice," Lu Xiaotian thought, his eyes flickering. But in the end, he dismissed the idea. He had too many burdens on his shoulders. Xiang Hua was different: he had only cultivated the Demon-Suppressing Tower, yet had already lost his memories under the influence of the Soul-Forgetting Stone. The Buddhist Sect could raise him as a direct disciple, but with someone like Lu Xiaotian, a cultivator without a proper background, they would inevitably remain wary.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, has something happened?" After Mingyi and Ming'e left, Ban Qianchi followed the directions he'd been given and came to Lu Xiaotian.
"You were being followed, but I've already dealt with them."
Lu Xiaotian said, "We can't afford to let our guard down against that Four-Winged Mantis. Aside from selling the Soul-Combining Pills at auction, cancel everything else I previously arranged for you. As for tonight, keep refining star liquid for me as I said before."
"I haven't had much