Chapter 77 Giving a Gift!
Green Bamboo Peak.
Above a lush purple bamboo forest.
Xiaoyu, dressed in pink clothes, controlled the emerald vines flying out of her sleeve with a look of displeasure on her face.
Sawtooth spikes emerged on the dozens-of-zhang-long vines, acting like long sickles, cutting down large swathes of purple bamboo.
"Kaka ka..."
The crisp sound of cutting purple bamboo began to echo through this quiet mountain forest.
Large swathes of purple bamboo were rolled up by the vines and loaded into storage bags.
After the storage bags were full, they were tied onto the back of a black lizard that looked like a small mountain nearby.
"Hmph, oppressing child labor. I'm going to tell the old woman about this and have her deal with you. Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you are the Holy Son!"
Xiaoyu angrily harvested nearly ten thousand purple bamboos as thick as an adult's arm.
She tied them high onto the black lizard's back, even filling the two ordinary storage bags given by Lin Xuan.
Then, Xiaoyu sat cross-legged on top of the black lizard's head in anger.
"Roar~"
This black lizard let out a low roar, and a look of confusion floated in its purple-red eyes.
It seemed not to understand why she was so angry.
"Little Master, what is wrong with you?"
The black lizard hesitated for a moment and asked timidly.
"It's all because of that big liar. Let's go quickly!"
Xiaoyu said in a muffled voice.
"Oh oh"
The big black lizard still didn't understand in its eyes why she was so angry.
The next moment, wind rose from under its four limbs out of thin air.
It swung its spiked steel tail and flew up, rushing towards the halfway point of the mountain.
Just as the human and beast flew up, they saw eight afterimages fly instantly from the thin clouds outside Green Bamboo Peak with the naked eye.
They arrived in the mid-air outside Green Bamboo Peak.
The escaping light arrived in front of Xiaoyu and the other, then suddenly dissipated.
From it walked out three white-haired old men, followed by five blue-robed Inner Sect disciples.
On the blue robes, a crimson flame mark was branded.
This group was Artifact Refining Peak's Elder Wei Mingxuan and the other two elders, leading their disciples.
Wei Mingxuan saw the huge black lizard and felt a trace of demonic energy. His eyes were suddenly startled, but then he thought of Holy Son Lin's inheritance from the Northern Underworld Emperor.
Subduing a demon beast didn't seem like sufficient evidence to be alarmed.
"Hey, you few old guys, what are you doing? This is the big liar's... no, this is Holy Son Lin's Green Bamboo Peak. No idlers may enter. Please go back!"
Xiaoyu stood up from the big black lizard's head, looking down at Wei Mingxuan and the others.
Upon seeing the Artifact Refining Peak disciples behind Wei Mingxuan, her bright eyes lit up.
She rolled her small eyes and immediately put on a pose as she asked.
"Little girl, I am Artifact Refining Peak's Elder Wei Mingxuan. This time, I came to visit Holy Son Lin, specially to congratulate Holy Son Lin on ascending to the Upper Holy Son position!"
Wei Mingxuan immediately revealed a kind and amiable face, looking as affectionate as a grandfather from the Lin family.
"Hmph, if you want to visit the Holy Son, that's fine. I can lead you there. But, I am recently short of high-quality spirit medicines, preferably Sixth Rank or above. You know..."
Xiaoyu extended her small jade hand and said with an innocent face.
"Sixth Rank spirit medicine..."
Wei Mingxuan felt a pang of heartache, but then he still respectfully took out a Sixth Rank spirit medicine.
With a casual raise of her hand, a swift emerald afterimage suddenly flew out from Xiaoyu, rolled up that spirit medicine, and stored it into her sleeve.
"Follow me!"
Xiaoyu patted the big black lizard beneath her, then continued to fly towards the flat area halfway up the mountain.
"Big liar, elders from the Artifact Refining Peak are here to give you gifts!"
As soon as Xiaoyu drove the black lizard to land on the open space beside Lin Xuan and unloaded the purple bamboo from its body, she shouted loudly toward Lin Xuan, who was by the Earth Fire Cauldron in the distance.
A few steps behind her, the corners of Wei Mingxuan's mouth twitched a few times.
He had lived for hundreds of years, but since becoming an elder at the Artifact Refining Peak, no one had ever addressed him like that.
A hundred steps away.
Lin Xuan was outside the Earth Fire Cauldron, arranging a formation. After hearing Xiaoyu's voice, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and then he turned around.
Entering his view, he saw Wei Mingxuan and his group of eight.
At this time.
Wei Mingxuan and the others' eyes, upon seeing the huge Pill Cauldron behind Lin Xuan, looked as if they were about to fall out.
"The grade of this Pill Cauldron is at least Sixth Rank or above."
The three old men, including Wei Mingxuan, determined in their hearts.
When the three men's gazes saw the Earth Fire boiling like magma beneath the Twin Dragons Earth Fire Cauldron, a look of fiery heat instantly floated in the depths of their eyes.
"Holy Son Lin actually really can open an Earth Fire Well!"
After Wei Mingxuan and the others were surprised.
They hurriedly flew to Lin Xuan's side, bowed slightly, and said: "Artifact Refining Peak Elder Wei Mingxuan, specially visiting the Holy Son, presenting a small gift to express my Artifact Refining Peak's feelings!"
Having said that, Wei Mingxuan raised both hands, and a brocade box one foot long appeared above his hands.
"Elder Wei, you need not be so polite. You are the Chief Artificer of the Artifact Refining Peak. Your seniority is high; I cannot accept this!"
Lin Xuan returned the courtesy.
"I and the two other elders heard that Holy Son Lin has the ability to open an Earth Fire Well, so we presumptuously disturbed you. I hope Holy Son Lin does not blame us!"
Wei Mingxuan said.
"We... have a request to make of Holy Son Lin..."
Wei Mingxuan gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and said with a trace of nervousness on his face.
"I agree. Even if Elder Wei hadn't come to find me specially, I would have gone to the Artifact Refining Peak. The Artifact Refining Peak is built on a natural Earth Fire Well. I once investigated the foundation of the Artifact Refining Peak, and we can absolutely draw out two Earth Fire Wells. I believe this can increase the Artifact Refining Peak's efficiency several times!"
Lin Xuan said with a smiling face without waiting for Wei Mingxuan to finish.
"The Holy Son is righteous. We did indeed come for the Earth Fire Well. I believe with these two Earth Fire Wells, our research on the demon clan's airships will improve further!"
The three elders, Wei Mingxuan, said with excitement on their faces.
"Elder Wei, I have an item to gift you!"
Lin Xuan took out a jade slip he had prepared long ago from his storage ring and sent it to Elder Wei Mingxuan.
Inside this jade slip were recorded the blueprints for three war treasures, as well as eight artifact refining techniques.
To activate these artifact refining techniques, spirit fire was needed. The two extra Earth Fire Wells could advance the progress of these war treasure blueprints.
Wei Mingxuan curiously held the jade slip in his hand and submerged his spiritual consciousness into it.
In an instant.
Three huge and precise blueprints appeared in Wei Mingxuan's mind.
One of them was an airship blueprint, one was a beast-type battle treasure controlled by two people, and the last one was a dragon-shaped single-armor battle treasure!
There were even several incredibly ingenious artifact refining arts. Wei Mingxuan just casually scanned them and peeked at a corner, but he was convinced by the complexity and ingenuity of the artifact refining arts.
It could be said that any of these artifact refining techniques was far ahead of the current times. It seemed to be the existence of another system, which was astounding!
"Holy Son, this... is too precious!"
A long time later, Wei Mingxuan finally came back to his senses. He heavily exhaled a mouthful of air and said with a slightly heavy tone.
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