The immortals of the two worlds started from farming and refining pills.

Chapter 111 Golden Chains, Open-air Spiritual Spring (Request for Full Order)
Li Qing came out of the secret realm, but did not leave. Instead, he landed on the hill below, took out a communication talisman, and flew to the nearest town.

Not long after, a great foundation-building cultivator with astonishing momentum flew away on a cloud, shouting, "Where is Fellow Daoist Li Qing?"

Behind him, there were three foundation-building cultivators and a group of cultivators in the late Qi training stage.

Li Qing calmed Li Hu down, and then used his true essence to transform into an arrow that pierced the clouds: "Li Qing is here, is he a fellow Taoist from the Great Zhou Xuan Palace?"

The cultivator landed in front of Li Qing and bowed, "My dear Daoist Li, I am Zhang Tingyun. I am here to guard the nearby Xuanli Market under the order of Xuan Palace."

He then introduced the other people who were accompanying him, all of whom were Xuan Palace monks stationed in other nearby markets and spiritual places.

Different from the Qinghe Market of the Li family, the Xuanli Market was established by the imperial court of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It was very large in scale, and all the great monks who had served as garrisoners there were in the late stage of foundation building.

"The flying boat has been missing for nearly a day, and Xuan Palace has just issued a bounty. Daoist friend, your communication talisman has arrived at the right time. Perhaps you will get the bonus alone." Zhang Tinglun smiled.

Li Qing sighed: "Many Taoist friends are still unsure of their lives, so this bounty is a bit too hot to handle."

Zhang Tingrun smiled and said, "Life and death are determined by fate, and chance depends on heaven. Which secret realm doesn't have deaths?" His attitude was a little cold, and he didn't even mention Guo Yuanji who was guarding the flying boat.

He first ordered people to take out many spiritual weapons and set up the formation, and then while everyone was busy, he asked Li Qing for details about the secret realm.

Li Qing used the style of the Spring and Autumn Annals to pick out some things that could be said and told them truthfully. Finally, he said, "I wonder how Xuan Palace will deal with this secret realm?"

Zhang Tingyun shook his head: "Let's see if we can rescue a few Taoist friends. As for this secret realm, it is not something you should worry about."

After a while, the formation connected by many spiritual weapons was set up.

Zhang Tingrun took out a green jade talisman from his storage bag, activated it with a spell, and threw it towards the magic circle.

Suddenly, a five-colored light shot up into the sky, tearing the sky apart and opening a secret passage out of thin air.

Zhang Tingrun was very fearful and did not get close at all. He just swung out many golden chain-shaped spiritual weapons together with his companions, and went straight into the secret passage.

"My fellow Taoists in the secret realm, I am a cultivator from the Great Zhou Xuan Palace, and I have come to rescue you. Hold on to the chains tightly, and use your magic power to connect with them. The chains will lead you out."

A foundation-building monk who specialized in the art of sound took out a trumpet-shaped magical instrument and shouted towards the exit.

Not long after, a golden chain flashed, and a first-level Qi training cultivator with all four limbs broken flew out from the secret realm.

In this way, after a short while, the five monks, who were at most at the sixth level of Qi training, escaped successfully with the help of the chains.

These people were all seriously injured. Before Zhang Tingrun could ask them any questions, they were fed a lot of pills and elixirs.

A cultivator at the fifth level of Qi training regretted his actions: "I have failed Senior Li. Fortunately, I was weak and was beaten to death before I could climb the tree. I managed to escape."

Hearing this, Li Qing asked Zhang Tingyun in confusion, "They didn't listen to my warnings when we left. They are obviously possessed by evil spirits. How come they are willing to come out after being chained in?"

Zhang Tingyun pointed at the chain and said, "Look, fellow Taoist. The images on this chain are the result of several visualization diagrams being disassembled. They have the magical effect of cleansing evil spirits and clearing the mind."

"This golden chain also has a history. It is said to have the effect of giving a wake-up call. When combined with the sonic technique, it also has miraculous effects."

While Zhang Tinglun and Li Qing were talking, the Qigong cultivator who was traveling with them pieced together the "rough truth" from the mouths of several survivors.

Zhang Tingyun naturally heard it, and couldn't help but sigh: "Fellow Daoist Li is so kind and compassionate, but it's a pity that they are facing disaster and their true spirits are covered in dust, so they can't listen to him." He suddenly thought of something and looked at Li Qing curiously: "I was wondering how you could resist the temptation of the longevity peach? It turns out that you practiced the visualization diagram!"

Li Qing wished he would think so: "The family has made a small contribution, and it was only thanks to Xuan Palace's support that we got this Taihao Palace visualization map."

Zhang Tingyun's expression became more intimate, and he stopped mentioning some of the overt and covert probing. "Daoyou, why are you so modest? To be able to receive the visualization diagram, you must have made a great contribution. I am not as good as you."

Li Qing smiled and complimented Xuan Gong a few words. He and the somewhat shy Li Hu next to him raised their heads and watched the rescue operation carefully.

"That black-robed man also said that the Great Zhou Xuan Palace didn't know about the longevity peach. When you think about it carefully, how can that be justified?" A trace of haze flashed through Li Qing's mind.

In this way, an hour passed, and the golden chain stopped moving. The figure of the man in black robe was nowhere to be seen from beginning to end.

At Zhang Tingrun's command, everyone took back the chains and rescued a total of seven Qigong monks. Since all of them were seriously injured, they had to be taken to Xuanli Market first.

Zhang Tingyun smiled and said, "It will take quite some time to clean up the formation here. Fellow Daoist Li, why don't you go with me to Xuanli Market and have some tea?"

Li Qing held Li Hu in his arms and nodded slightly: "Then I'd better obey your command."

After the two of them agreed, they each flew on the wind and headed for Xuanli Market.

Xuanli Market, although called a market, is actually a small town that has developed around the original market.

Zhang Tingyun led Li Qing and the other two to a manor on a hillside outside the city. "This is my temporary residence. How do you feel, fellow Taoist?"

Li Qing looked around and saw that all the buildings were exquisite and all the plants were luxuriant. In particular, there was an open-air spiritual spring in the middle of the manor, which made him dumbfounded.

There were even birds and small animals nearby, happily absorbing the spiritual spring water.

He realized that this was obviously the location of a dragon cave with a second-level spiritual vein: "This spiritual spring is just left like this?"

Zhang Tingyun said with a smile: "Who would come to steal from the Taoist temple under the name of Xuan Palace? As for the birds and beasts drinking from it, it won't ruin the feng shui, and it can even add some vitality, so why not?"

Li Qing thought of his own closely guarded dragon cave spiritual spring and was speechless: This is probably the difference among cultivators?
As for Li Hu, I don't know if he understood it or not. He nodded his head from time to time and pointed at the spiritual spring and said, "Water!"

Zhang Tingyun glanced at him and said, "Oh, this kid is quite intelligent!"

After saying that, he took out a small jade bottle, cast a spell to draw a stream of spring water from the spiritual spring, and then shook it gently a few times.

"Here, this is a gift from me, Senior. It is a bottle of Jade Dew collected in autumn. Dissolve it with this spiritual spring water and it will taste good."

Li Qing gestured to Li Hu to accept it, and the little guy happily took it and said, "Thank you!"

Zhang Tingrun waved his hand, signaling the servants of the manor to take Li Hu to rest first, while he led Li Qing into one of the tea rooms.

The two of them sat down as host and guest, and a maid served them tea, fruits and snacks.

Zhang Tingyun smiled and poured him a cup of tea: "Daoyou, please!"

(End of this chapter)