A New Pill Refining Challenge

Qi Ran and Ning Fa stopped beside a cave abode on the mountaintop. With a sigh of admiration, Qi Ran handed Ning Fa a round array disk.

"Fellow Daoist Ning, this is the control array disk for this cave abode.

"From now on, we're neighbors. If you run into any trouble, just come find me. Heh heh."

After saying that, he cupped his fists to Ning Fa and flew off on his own.

Ning Fa smiled as well. He had developed a rather favorable impression of the warmhearted Qi Ran.

Then he closed his eyes and sensed the pure, dense spiritual energy rushing toward him, satisfaction appearing in his eyes.

The nearly thirty thousand spirit stones in annual rent had not been spent for nothing. The spiritual vein atop this mountain had reached third-grade high-tier, and was even purer and more abundant than some spiritual lands of the same grade he had encountered before.

Looking at the lush green bamboo grove beside the cave abode and the waterfall plunging straight down nearby, he could not help but smile.

Perhaps this would be where he lived for a very long time.

The first thing he did after entering the cave abode was carefully inspect it with his divine sense, then replace its defensive restrictions with his own. Only then did he feel at ease.

Not long after he finished, Ning Fa's expression shifted. He formed a hand seal toward the cave abode's entrance, and a beautiful figure promptly entered. It was Jiang Xueting.

"Senior Ning, congratulations on moving in here," Jiang Xueting said with a respectful smile.

Ning Fa smiled and nodded at her.

Jiang Xueting then cautiously said, "Senior Ning, since you are a Puppet Master, may our Jiang Family come to you to commission puppets in the future?"

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