Yellow Court Daoist

Lu Qingfeng stood on the back of the Iron Feathered Flying Eagle, overlooking the entire Sky Pit Mine.

Indeed, the Sky Pit Mine lived up to its name, resembling a meteorite that had struck the heart of the magnificent mountains, creating a huge crater with an outward bursting appearance.

Within the natural pit, there were numerous crisscrossing ravines.

Among them were mines that went deep underground as well as drainage ditches.

Just months ago, thousands of miners worked here day and night, tirelessly extracting ores.

The noise was unceasing, the place was bustling with activity.

Ever since the turmoil in the Juyun Mountain Range, with the Four Sects fighting amongst themselves, the Sky Pit Mine was also affected. Thousands of miners were sent home, and now this vast mine was unusually silent.

"This place—"

Lu Qingfeng looked around, taking in the lay of the land of the Sky Pit Mine, and soon nodded with satisfaction, "This is the place."

"Moving again?"

Lu Qingyu turned to look at his elder brother, his face filled with surprise.

In these short years, they had lived on Silver Horn Mountain for over three years. Forced by the situation, they hid in an anonymous low mountain for a few months. Now, it seemed they had to change locations again.

But Silver Horn Mountain had been so good.

The mountains were beautiful, the waters clear, birds sang amidst fragrant flowers, the air was fresh and pleasant...

Now—

Lu Qingyu stared at the mine before him, then turned with eager eyes to his big brother.

...

Of course, Lu Qingfeng would not live in the mine.

He took Qingyu for a walk around the Sky Pit Mine, and they chose a mountaintop with decent Spiritual Energy to settle down. This mountaintop couldn't compare with the environment of Silver Horn Mountain, but it was still fine for ordinary cultivation.

It was only twenty to thirty miles away from the Sky Pit Mine, and by riding an Iron Feathered Flying Eagle or a white crane, one could pass over it with a single flap of wings, which was extremely convenient.

Thus, the siblings settled down here.

As for Lu Qingshan.

At this moment, with the Red Rainbow Sect destroyed, the conflict between Demon Extermination Castle, Golden Wave Sect, and Luoxia Sect intensified for a month and then gradually calmed down over the next month.

With the conflict easing, Lu Qingshan returned to Luoxia Sect.

Firstly, without the Red Rainbow Sect, Demon Extermination Castle and Golden Wave Sect did not have an absolute advantage over Luoxia Sect. Continuously acting against Luoxia Sect openly would also drag themselves into the quagmire of war, unable to extricate themselves.

To their detriment.

Secondly.

Demon Extermination Castle and Golden Wave Sect initially planned to join Red Rainbow Sect in eradicating Luoxia Sect, the most formidable force at the moment. Afterwards, with the two sects growing stronger and the Red Rainbow Sect weakened due to their losses in the Hundred Herbs Garden, even if Luoxia Sect were removed, they would have to lie low for some time.

During this period.

With Luoxia Sect gone and Red Rainbow Sect weakened, the two sects would certainly take the initiative within the Juyun Mountain Range territory.

However, now that the Red Rainbow Sect was unexpectedly destroyed, if they continued to battle incessantly with Luoxia Sect, the strength of the Juyun Mountain Range would be greatly diminished. Even if they paid a heavy price to eradicate Luoxia Sect, the strength of the two sects would also be weakened.

Merely relying on the weakened two sects to defend the vast territory of the Juyun Mountain Range was impractical.

Instead of this, it would be better to call a truce, focus on digesting the industries left behind by the disintegration of Red Rainbow Sect, and assimilate the gains from the expedition to Hundred Herbs Garden.

Large-scale conflicts, in the blink of an eye, were left with only sporadic skirmishes.

After the great chaos, the attention on Lu Qingfeng had diminished significantly, let alone on Lu Qingshan. Therefore, when Lu Qingshan asked to return to Luoxia Sect to continue his cultivation, Lu Qingfeng nodded and agreed.

With his current strength, he truly feared no miscreants.

At least within the ten thousand miles of the Juyun Mountain Range, even if faced with a Spirit Void Practitioner, he dared to engage in battle.

...

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

On Peak Rain Mountain.

Lu Qingfeng was instructing Qingyu in cultivation when Wang Yuan hurried over.

"Subordinate pays respects to Elder Lu."

Wang Yuan stepped forward to pay his respects.

Lu Qingfeng nodded slightly and looked at Wang Yuan.

Wang Yuan took out dozens of Jade Boxes and several small cloth bags from his storage bag and said respectfully, "These forty-eight Jade Boxes contain forty-two types of top-level medicinal materials and six First Rank Spiritual Medicines. Some were directly excavated from the sect's Medicine Garden, while others were purchased externally. All can be transplanted and cultivated."

"According to Elder Lu's request, many seeds of low, medium, and high-grade medicinal materials have also been collected. Elder Gu Qin heard that Elder Lu was searching for spirit medicine seeds and specially ordered someone to send over three portions of First Rank and one portion of Second Rank spirit medicine seeds."

Wang Yuan laid out the Jade Boxes and cloth bags, introducing each one by one.

Before Lu Qingfeng could speak, Qingyu, listening on the side, flashed a sly look in his eyes, and teasingly said to his big brother, "I heard that Elder Gu Qin often mentions big brother with words of praise to everyone she meets, seemingly quite fond of you. Now that big brother is searching for medicinal plant seeds, she has even generously gifted spirit medicine seeds, which shows the rumors must be true."

"Big brother, why not consider it and find yourself a sister-in-law?"

Wang Yuan kept his head down.

Unperturbed, as if he heard nothing.

Only Qingyu could speak of such rumors about Elder Lu right in front of Lu Qingfeng; he didn't dare to say more. However, if his Elder Lu and Elder Gu Qin became Dao companions, their union would immediately become the biggest faction within Luoxia Sect.

But—

Wang Yuan stole a glance at Lu Qingfeng, then shook his head mentally.

But Elder Lu has always been devoted to the Way, meditating behind closed doors. Although Luoxia Sect and the entire Juyun Mountain Range have no shortage of female cultivators who throw themselves at him, he has turned them all away.

Elder Gu Qin is not lacking in looks, and her Alchemy Accomplishment is also decent.

But she is probably not to Elder Lu's liking.

Moreover, he had heard that within the sect, Elder Miao Yin seems to share some ambiguous relations with his Elder Lu...

Wang Yuan kept his head down, his thoughts spinning rapidly.

Lu Qingfeng glanced at Qingyu, who was trying to stifle a laugh, and shook his head, saying, "As fellow sect members, Elder Gu Qin's kindness should not be made light of by wild talk."

Upon hearing this, Qingyu laughed with a 'hee hee.'

Lu Qingfeng smiled and took a Jade Bottle from his storage bag, handing it over to Wang Yuan while saying, "This bottle contains four Vibrant Sun Pills; take three to Elder Gu Qin, and tell her these were recently refined by Lu and invite her to appraise them."

Was this a rejection of Elder Gu Qin's kindness?

Or was it an exchange of favors to deepen connections?

Wang Yuan couldn't figure it out. He accepted the Dan Bottle and looked up to ask, "There are four Elixir Pills in the bottle, three to be gifted to Elder Gu Qin. May I know where to send the remaining one?"

Wang Yuan, grasping the Jade Bottle, felt the Elixir Pills lightly jostle inside, catching wafts of the pill fragrance, and envied.

Such pills were surely Entry-level Spirit Pills.

It made sense, too.

The seeds gifted by Elder Gu Qin were only spirit medicine seeds, but they included three different types of First Rank spirit medicine seeds, as well as one Second Rank spirit medicine seed.

To a cultivator skilled in nurturing spiritual medicines, it's a constant stream of First Rank and Second Rank Spiritual Medicines.

The value is naturally precious.

If Elder Lu allowed him to give the pills as a return gift, how could any pills not on par be worthy?

But it left him wondering, how potent were these Vibrant Sun Pills, and who would receive the remaining one?

"Could it be Elder Miao Yin?"

Wang Yuan speculated in his mind, looking towards Lu Qingfeng.

However, Lu Qingfeng, smiling, did not directly answer him, but instead explained the effects of the Vibrant Sun Pills:

"Vibrant Sun Pills are First Rank Spirit Pills, capable of directly increasing True Yuan, sparing ordinary Energy Introduction cultivators years of hard work. The name originates from the notion of the 'bright sun shining high,' meaning that upon consumption, all hidden sicknesses and risks are dispelled like under the universal sunlight. Thus, for True Qi Realm cultivators aiming for Foundation Establishment, it also has extraordinary effects."