"How did you know I was from a demonic sect?" Jiang Li tilted his head, looking at Qian Ming with a faint smile.
At the sight of Jiang Li smiling before him, Qian Ming's heart grew cold.
It seems that walking the dark path too often eventually leads to encountering a ghost.
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Black Wind Mountain.
As Jiang Li walked towards the direction of the teleportation array, he collected the fortuitous encounters he had spotted earlier.
Though not much, every little bit counts.
Fifty jars of Thousand Year Drunken lay in Jiang Li's spatial ring, all that remained of Qian Ming's stock.
It turned out Qian Ming couldn't brew Thousand Year Drunken himself; he had acquired it by chance.
There were over a thousand jars in total. Sales were initially excellent, but as he sold most of them and prepared to quit, he discovered that the Bewildering Flower could be used to disguise fake wine. Thus, Qian Ming began selling fake wine… and surprisingly, he made a name for himself.
These were likely the last fifty jars of Thousand Year Drunken in existence.
As for Qian Ming, someone else would naturally deal with him later; Jiang Li didn't care about his fate.
Since the other party obediently handed over the Thousand Year Drunken, Jiang Li didn't mind sparing his life.
This time, he obtained fifty jars of Thousand Year Drunken without spending a single spirit stone. A great profit indeed…
Two hours later, Jiang Li had scoured all the surrounding opportunities and, carrying the Thousand Year Drunken, returned to the Yellow Springs Demonic Sect via the teleportation array.
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Yellow Springs Demonic Sect.
Thousand Luo Peak.
Jiang Li, carrying a jar of Thousand Year Drunken, slowly ascended Thousand Luo Peak.
Many other inner sect disciples watched him with peculiar expressions.
They naturally recognized the wine in Jiang Li's hand.
It was precisely what Elder Hu Tong of Thousand Luo Peak had requested for his mission.
Many disciples had successively taken on this task, but all of them had lost a considerable amount of spirit stones and had been severely reprimanded by Elder Hu.
It was undeniably the most scamming mission in the Yellow Springs Demonic Sect.
One had to spend spirit stones and endure scolding.
"Which unlucky soul is it today, coming to submit Elder Hu Tong's mission…"
"These disciples are truly thick-skinned, insisting on coming here to be scolded. I'm amazed. I've heard Elder Hu Tong's roars so many times…"
"But this disciple is quite handsome, why is his brain not working properly? A pity…"
"However, it's fortunate for these disciples; they add some fun to our monotonous lives…"
"Exactly! If I don't hear Elder Hu shouting a couple of times a day, I feel uneasy…"
"Hiss… I thought I was the only one…"
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Many disciples of Thousand Luo Peak were chattering amongst themselves.
They seemed to have already envisioned Jiang Li being thoroughly scolded.
Jiang Li paid them no mind. They were all useless individuals who had missed out on opportunities; he was too lazy to bother…
Soon, Jiang Li finally reached the summit of Thousand Luo Peak.
Elder Hu Tong's residence was a cave dwelling in a place of exceptional beauty on Thousand Luo Peak, surrounded by birdsong and fragrant flowers.
Moreover, the spiritual energy was extremely abundant.
"Disciple Jiang Li of Xu Yang Peak, seeking an audience with Elder Hu Tong!" Jiang Li said to the gatekeeping disciple at the entrance of the cave dwelling.
The gatekeeping disciple looked at Jiang Li with a strange expression.
As Elder Hu's subordinates, they knew Elder Hu Tong's temperament even better.
They had lost all hope for this mission.
"Junior Brother Jiang Li, why don't you withdraw from this mission? Elder Hu is in a bad mood right now. If he drinks your wine, I fear you won't have a good outcome!" the gatekeeping disciple added.
Jiang Li smiled. "Thank you, Senior Brother, for the advice. Please trouble yourself to inform Elder Hu Tong!" Su Dan Novel Network.
Seeing that Jiang Li was undeterred, the gatekeeping disciple sighed and walked towards the cave dwelling.
Many disciples had already gathered in the distance outside the cave dwelling, waiting to witness Jiang Li being scolded and to hear Elder Hu Tong's roars.
Jiang Li waited quietly by the entrance.
Before long, the gatekeeping disciple emerged and invited Jiang Li into the cave dwelling.
Jiang Li followed the gatekeeping disciple directly into the cave dwelling.
The moment he stepped inside, Jiang Li felt the spiritual energy of heaven and earth grow even more potent.
The cave dwelling contained many rare treasures and exotic items, as well as various spiritual herbs, all emitting rich spiritual energy.
The spiritual energy here was likely more than ten times denser than that of Xu Yang Peak, Jiang Li took a deep breath.
The surrounding spiritual power was continuously and wildly absorbed by Jiang Li.
After leading Jiang Li into the cave dwelling, the gatekeeping disciple left.
In the center of the cave dwelling stood a massive alchemy furnace, emanating a rich fragrance. Under its influence, Jiang Li felt his spirit profoundly nourished.
A middle-aged man in white daoist robes stood beside the cave dwelling, engrossed in reading a tome. His brow furrowed at times, and at others, he showed delight, displaying a temperamental disposition.
[Name]: Hu Tong
[Realm]: Nine Heavens of Divine Sea
[Physique]: Fire Spirit Body.
[Fate]: Excellent Talent (Green), Modest Achievements (Cyan), Alchemy Grandmaster (Cyan).
[Life Script]: A supporting character in "Immortal Demonic Venerable," possessing an extremely complex past. For certain reasons, he came to the Yellow Springs Demonic Sect to serve as an elder of Thousand Luo Peak. An alchemy grandmaster with profound mastery in alchemy, extremely fond of wine…
[Favorability]: 0
[Recent Turning Point]: In 6 days, successfully refines the Life-Breaking Pill, breaking through to the Life and Death realm.
This Elder Hu Tong is an Alchemy Grandmaster!
Jiang Li's eyes lit up. On the Primordial Continent, alchemists were highly esteemed professions.
The top alchemy masters were revered even by many sacred lands.
After all, cultivators' progress was inseparable from rare heavenly materials, earthly treasures, and various resources.
And elixirs could directly provide assistance to cultivators. Top alchemy masters were highly sought after in any force.
A top alchemy master could provide a force with more assistance than an ordinary top-tier cultivator.
Furthermore, Elder Hu was a ninth-level Divine Sea realm expert, just one step away from the Life and Death realm.
Both an alchemy grandmaster and a top cultivator on the verge of breaking through to the Life and Death realm.
If he could obtain some elixirs from here, wouldn't his realm skyrocket?
Seeing that Elder Hu Tong was still ignoring him, Jiang Li did not rush but waited patiently.
Meanwhile, the [Universe Creation Art] within his body was slowly circulating, and much of the surrounding spiritual energy was absorbed into his body by Jiang Li.
It was not a loss to "freeload" some spiritual energy here, Jiang Li thought to himself.
After a long while, Elder Hu Tong finally finished reading his tome.
"Bring over the Thousand Year Drunken you purchased!" Elder Hu Tong yawned, saying to Jiang Li with little interest.
He was already tired of all the disciples bringing him fake wine.
Jiang Li took a deep breath, then slowly walked towards Elder Hu Tong and handed him the Thousand Year Drunken.
After receiving the Thousand Year Drunken, Elder Hu Tong sniffed its aroma.
"Could it be that trash again!" Hu Tong muttered under his breath.
Jiang Li curled his lips. You'll know once you taste it.
Elder Hu Tong then directly opened the wine jar, and a rich aroma of wine instantly permeated the entire cave dwelling.
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