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

Chapter 415 Foundation Building Pill II, Please Do It for My Sake (First Update)
Although Master Cao was a carefree person, since the matter concerned an already anchored second-level secret realm, he still discussed it with Li Qing and signed a legal contract.

Li Qing glanced at Jiang Minghe and Zhou Handang from the corner of his eye, and saw that they were calm and had no resentment, so he signed his name on the legal contract.

Master Cao then breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand to set up a ban, leaving only the two of them inside, and then talked about the third cooperation that required Li Qing's decision.

Li Qing couldn't help but frown: "Refine the foundation-building pill?!"

Master Cao nodded slightly: "I have discussed this with Daoist Fellow Liu He. He said that with Daoist Fellow's attainments, refining the Foundation Establishment Pill is no problem at all. What is missing is just a Foundation Establishment Pill recipe..."

Li Qing: Actually, I have enough prescriptions.

He was somewhat suspicious that the other party was fishing: "Didn't they say that without the Xuan Palace, ah no, without the permission of the court, one cannot privately refine the foundation-building pill?"

Master Cao sneered and said, "In the past, when the Taoist master was in charge of the cardinal affairs, naturally no one dared to disobey. But now, those people in the royal family, huh..."

Li Qing's heart moved slightly.

After all, ever since Xuan Palace took the initiative to draw a clear line, the imperial court currently does not even have a Yuanying Zhenjun.

Even though there are still a few veteran Jindan masters in charge, their influence is far less than before. That's why they acted so unkindly this time and asked Li Qing to collect taxes.

"However, even though the Xuan Palace doesn't care about worldly affairs, there are still several high-ranking officials in the court who have reached the Jindan stage. The Tanyuan Immortal City may be a big family, but my Li family can't afford to offend them."

Master Cao laughed: "Although that is the case, the law cannot punish the masses. Daoist friend, do you know that it is the court itself that is taking the lead in breaking the rules?"

"A few days ago, I received a secret report that several major Jindan families and foundation-building families in the court have already opened their furnaces to refine foundation-building pills."

Li Qing was shocked: "Are they crazy?!"

It should be noted that the reason why Taoist Chi Xiao had strictly controlled the Foundation Establishment Pill was because this thing was related to the destiny of the country. If it was refined too much, it would lead to unpredictable consequences.

Master Cao sneered and said, "Because the royal family took the lead in this matter, it has become a trend for the upper class to follow suit."

"Fellow Daoist, you may know that the taxes you paid may have gone directly into the alchemy furnace before entering the national treasury."

Li Qing could not help but remain silent.

The news really shocked him.

He was silent for a moment, then took a long breath and said, "I don't know what the cooperation you mentioned is about, brother?"

Seeing that he was interested, Master Cao handed him a Dharma contract and said, "Take a look, Taoist friend."

Li Qing scanned with his spiritual sense and found that his conditions were almost the same as Gu Changsheng's.

Tanyuan Immortal City gave him a pill recipe and provided the materials. For every furnace that produced three or more pills, the Li family could keep one.

Li Qing thought: Too many lice won't itch, too many debts won't worry. Since he had already promised Gu Changsheng, it wouldn't be a bad idea to cooperate with Tanyuan Fairy City.

Having made up his mind, he no longer hesitated: "I agree to this matter. But there is one thing, if I gather the ingredients for the elixir myself, the elixir I refine will belong to me."

Master Cao smiled and nodded: "Of course. However, the orders from my Immortal City should be given priority in refining."

Li Qing agreed.

The two parties soon signed another legal deed, which was kept highly confidential. Even Li Yu and Jiang and Zhou were unaware of it.

Master Cao put away the deed with satisfaction, and then handed over a pill recipe.

Li Qing took it and looked at it. He was very familiar with the spiritual medicine ingredients on it: "Xuan Yang Ginseng, Yin Lingzhi, Chongming Grass, Mysterious Water Essence, Mysterious Snake Exuvia, this is..." Master Cao nodded: "Yes, this is the foundation-building pill recipe that Daoist Liu He has kept in his bottom box."

Li Qing was stunned: "Tanyuan Immortal City should have its own pill formula, how come..."

Master Cao smiled and said, "Each foundation-building pill recipe has its own characteristics. Those who are in the Qi training stage or even the foundation-building stage cannot discover them, but those who are in the Dan formation stage and above can see through them like seeing fire."

Li Qing suddenly realized: This is probably to keep it confidential, so that if something goes wrong, they can shirk responsibility.

This is human nature, he was not dissatisfied, but just asked in confusion: "I wonder why Fellow Daoist Liu gave this pill formula to someone else?"

A chicken that lays golden eggs, even an illiterate old woman would be reluctant to sell it.

Master Cao smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Liu is reluctant to give it up, but someone wants to use it to make a living."

Li Qing recalled the incident in which Liu He was refining the Foundation Establishment Pill and the quality of the finished pill declined due to an unexpected accident. He couldn't help but sigh, "Alas, it's also his family's misfortune..."

Master Cao did not comment, and took out three portions of foundation-building pill materials from his storage bag: "It is inevitable that the success rate will be low when refining foundation-building pills for the first time. These can be regarded as my Immortal City's sponsorship to fellow Taoists."

"If the refining fails, the materials will be mine. But if it succeeds, it will still be in accordance with the provisions of the contract."

Li Qing was more than happy to do so. After all, it was quite troublesome to collect the materials for the Foundation Establishment Pill.

After the two men finished their discussion, they lifted the isolation restriction.

Since the elixir materials were delivered, Li Qing naturally could not delay any longer, so he found an excuse and kept Cao Zhenren and his party.

And with his help in dealing with Master Qingli, Li Qing felt more at ease.

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That night, Li Qing held a small banquet in his own cave and invited Jiang Minghe and Zhou Handang to have a chat.

Compared to their previous meeting, the two were obviously much more reserved.

Li Qing smiled and comforted him, "We have been friends for decades, and you were my seniors before, so there is no need to be restrained."

Jiang Minghe smiled and said, "The Immortal is now the master of the blessed land, and his position is comparable to that of a Jindan. The two of us admire him very much, so it is inevitable that we feel a little embarrassed."

Li Qing smiled and stopped trying to persuade him. He then asked about the secret realm: "Didn't you say you would occupy it all by yourself and not let the Immortal City know about it? Why is it that now..."

Zhou Hanguang shook his head: "We were mistaken. In fact, the three real people in the fairy city secretly helped to successfully anchor the secret realm."

Li Qing suddenly realized: "I said, that secret realm has many secrets, it's a bit too easy for you two to anchor it."

He paused, and then became curious again: "Then how did this matter come to light again? Logically, since those three helped secretly, they wouldn't bring it to the surface again."

Jiang Minghe smiled bitterly and said, "The guardian spirit beast was too fierce. It exploded when it disagreed with someone, and almost shook the foundation of the secret realm. Seeing that the situation was not good, a senior master had to show up."

Zhou Hanguang was a little embarrassed: "Ever since our master passed away, we have always felt that someone in the Immortal City is targeting us, so we have become a little suspicious."

"We only realized after the incident that the three masters had not given up on our lineage and had secretly taken good care of us. We are also very ashamed."

Li Qing's mind changed, and he felt that the feelings the two had before were not necessarily based on suspicion.

The three real people may have the idea of ​​taking care of the younger generation, but in that secret realm, the red fruit tree is half-dead and its value is actually limited.

Even if the two of them hired someone to revive the fruit trees and created great value, couldn't the secret realm be taken over by the Immortal City at any time?
A narcissistic thought came to Li Qing's mind: Could it be that he is doing this for my sake?

(End of this chapter)