Xiuxian: I have an inventory

"Bai Wuji, Xiao Changqing..."

"If Bai Wuji is really Xiao Changqing...it would be much easier to deal with."

A smile appeared on Master Guangqin's face.

What he feared most was that Xiao Changqing had an unconventional background. After all, it was unbelievable that a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage had such a powerful soul that he could pose a certain threat to a cultivator in the middle stage of the Core Formation Stage and affect his actions.

Even within the two major Nascent Soul sects, there is no one with such extraordinary talent.

If a genius appears by chance and has some fortuitous encounter, then there is nothing to be afraid of.

I'm afraid that this person has a mysterious origin, for example, he is a "young master" from a powerful force like the Jiulian Chamber of Commerce or the Dandao League that has ties to several immortal cultivation countries, or he has an even more extraordinary background and came to Liyang Immortal City by chance.

That can't be treated casually.

"He is just a casual cultivator. He won't cause any trouble. In fact, he can be used as a tool..."

Master Guangqin pondered for a moment, and as if he had thought of something, he stood up and left the cave.

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Jinxiufang.

Suddenly, there was a fluctuation of the formation in Xiao Changqing's training room. Xiao Changqing looked at the puppet in front of him which was still completely unformed, wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead, and put it back into the storage bag.

It is too difficult to create a third-level puppet.

His soul strength is sufficient, but his magic power in the middle stage of foundation building is a little too weak. Only by activating the solid magic power stored in the fragments of the immortal stone will he feel better.

But even so, the speed of forging was very slow, which was completely different from the second-stage late-stage puppet he had built before.

Since he possesses the third-level intermediate puppetry technique, according to his current progress, it will probably take more than half a year to truly create a third-level puppet.

Swish!
The formation in the training room was removed.

"Master, I hope I didn't disturb your retreat?" Lin Zixi stood at the door of the training room.

Originally, my elder sister Lin Ziyu had been spending a lot of time in seclusion practicing recently. She was making every effort to complete her Qi training and wanted to try to build her foundation as soon as possible.

Although she still has more than ten years to go before she reaches the peak of her energy and blood at the age of sixty, so she has plenty of time, but she still wants to try it as soon as possible.

After all, theoretically speaking, as long as the accumulation is sufficient and the Qi Refining is achieved, the sooner you try to build the foundation, the greater the success rate will be.

So recently, it is Lin Zixi who is serving Xiao Changqing and taking care of his daily life.

Lin Zixi has only reached the eighth level of Qi Refining and there is still some time before he can reach the ninth level, so it is not that urgent.

Of course she is a few years younger.

"It's okay. I'm just going to take a break." Xiao Changqing waved his hand and asked, "Is there someone visiting? Or is there something big happening?"

Normally, as long as he was in the practice room, the Lin sisters would not disturb him.

"An old friend is visiting." Lin Zixi looked a little surprised and said, "It's Shopkeeper Hong from Lingfu Pavilion in Nanshanfang."

When Xiao Changqing was hanging around in the Nanshanfang slums, Lin Zixi had not come yet, so she didn't know Manager Hong.

But out of curiosity about her master, she had already known Xiao Changqing's rise to fame clearly over the years, and she also remembered those people who had helped her master.

If we were to say who has helped the lord the most along his journey, it would naturally be Shopkeeper Hong.

So when Hong Jiantao came to Jinxiufang and introduced himself, Lin Zixi's heart immediately froze. He did not dare to underestimate him just because of his 'weak' cultivation level of Qi Refining Perfection. He immediately welcomed him into the cave and waited for a while, and then hurried to inform Xiao Changqing.

"Manager Hong?"

Xiao Changqing was also a little surprised when he heard this, and then he said happily: "Have you welcomed Manager Hong in?"

Lin Zixi nodded: "I'm already waiting for the master in the hall."

"Let's go now." Xiao Changqing didn't put on airs.

Compared to Xiao Changqing's calm mentality, he was a little happy.

Hong Jiantao was obviously more restrained when he saw Xiao Changqing again after many years.

The moment he saw Xiao Changqing appear, he subconsciously stood up to greet him.

After all, the Xiao Changqing in front of him was not the casual cultivator who was in the initial stage of Qi Refining and could only mingle at the bottom level in Nanshanfang, but a person who could fight against two fake Dan Zhenren alone.

"Meet...Deputy Commander Xiao."

In addition to feeling restrained, Hong Jiantao also felt a little awkward and unfamiliar.

On the way to Jinxiufang, he thought many times in his mind how to address Xiao Changqing when they met.

According to the rules of the world of immortal cultivation, if there is no master-disciple relationship or relative relationship, a cultivator in the Qi Refining Realm must call a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Realm "senior".

If you meet a Jindan Zhenren, it is not an exaggeration to call him ancestor.

But for a man like Hong Jiantao whose half body was buried in the ground and whose life span was not long, it was really hard for him to call a former junior "senior".

After much thought, I feel that it seems more appropriate to call Xiao Changqing by his position in Liyangwei.

Yes.

After killing True Man Blood Crow and returning to Liyang Immortal City not long ago, Gu Zongyuan directly promoted Xiao Changqing to the deputy commander of Liyang Guard.

A man who can kill a middle-stage Jindan warrior with terrifying strength can almost be regarded as the second-in-command in Liyang Immortal City. It is more than enough for him to serve as the deputy commander of Liyang Guard. "Manager Hong, please sit down." Xiao Changqing stepped forward and helped Hong Jiantao, telling him not to be polite.

After sitting down again, he said seriously: "Manager Hong, you can still call me Xiao Xiao or Chang Qing as before. Don't mention the unfamiliar title of Deputy Commander Xiao anymore."

He would never do such things as calling someone "senior" when he is down and out, calling him "fellow Taoist" when his cultivation level is similar, or calling him "young friend" when his cultivation level is higher.

Just one sentence calmed Hong Jiantao's originally restrained and somewhat uneasy mood.

It seems that Xiao Changqing did say something similar to what Jiang Jiuyue said last time she came back.

Although things are different now, Xiao Changqing is still the same Xiao Changqing from Lingfu Pavilion, at least his attitude has not changed.

"Then I will take advantage of my age and continue to call you Changqing."

Hong Jiantao was not the type to be fussy. He stopped being reserved and just sighed, "It's been more than ten years since we last met. I never expected that you were only at the third level of Qi Refining back then, but now you have surpassed most of the fake Dan Zhenren. Such a genius actually appeared in the small Nanshanfang."

Xiao Changqing said: "If I hadn't had your support and help, Manager Hong, I might still be struggling in the shantytown and would never have made it out of this world."

Hong Jiantao shook his head: "A golden fish cannot stay in a pond. With your talent and calm personality, it is only a matter of time before you show your talent."

The truth is this.

Xiao Changqing traveled through time and space, and with the golden finger of the inventory, it was only a matter of time before he rose to prominence.

But in the original body's situation, without the golden finger, Hong Jiantao's help was like a life-saving straw.

Moreover, Hong Jiantao didn't know Xiao Changqing's talent at that time, so he didn't think about reporting it.

Therefore, this kind of friendship is much more valuable than the Mu family's original intention to invest in him.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a moment.

Hong Jiantao began to ask about the main purpose of his visit today, "Changqing, did you ask the City Lord's Mansion to give one-third of the Song family's assets to the Jiang family?"

"It's not a plea. It's just that when Commander Gu came to me a few days ago, he asked me if I was interested in taking over the Song family's assets or cultivating some forces of my own. I didn't have any plans in this regard, so I refused. Then Commander Gu said that I didn't have any good connections with any of the top ten families, and the Song family's assets were too large to be left entirely to a new family. A portion had to be left to the original top ten families. So I thought of the Jiang family and casually told him..."

Xiao Changqing said it lightly.

Upon hearing this, Hong Jiantao was surprised and smiled bitterly.

He said, there is no such thing as a free lunch.

It turned out that Xiao Changqing helped the Jiang family.

It's just ridiculous that he thought it was all the credit of Master Guangqin, and that the other party kept his promise, did good deeds without leaving any messages, and helped secretly.

As a result, he entered the wrong temple and worshipped the wrong Buddha!

"This is the thank-you gift prepared by the Jiang family. It's not much. Compared to the one-third of the Song family's assets and the fact that they helped the Jiang family a lot, this gift is nothing. Changqing, you must accept it." Hong Jiantao took out a storage bag and said seriously.

This was what the Jiang family prepared for Master Guangqin.

Fortunately, Master Guangqin's servants also misunderstood the Jiang family's intentions, thinking that the Jiang family was insisting on asking Master Guangqin to take action.

It’s just right that this thank-you gift should be given to the original owner now.

Although Xiao Changqing said it lightly just now, without any effort.

This is because Xiao Changqing is a good person and cherishes the old times, but Hong Jiantao cannot really believe it.

To take a step back, even if Xiao Changqing really helped the Jiang family as he said, and it was just a casual mention, the Jiang family could not accept it as a matter of course!
Seeing that Xiao Changqing had no intention of accepting it, Hong Jiantao was about to persuade him again. He sincerely wanted to give him a reward to express his gratitude.

At this time, Xiao Changqing took out two talisman pens.

It was the pen that Hong Jiantao gave to me twice when I was in Nanshanfang.

Silver Moon Wolf Hair Brush, Double Wing Tiger Hair Brush!

The former was a talisman pen that Hong Jiantao had used for decades and was given to Xiao Changqing before he left Nanshanfang.

The latter was the talisman pen used by Master Lu Qiu when he was at the first level, and was given to Xiao Changqing by Hong Jiantao. Of course, it must have been for Hong Jiantao's sake that Lu Qiu gave it to Xiao Changqing, otherwise, how could Lu Qiu give a pen to Xiao Changqing, who didn't even know him at the time and was an unknown junior?

These two talisman pens are no longer useful to Xiao Changqing.

Whether it is equipment or drawing talismans in daily life, Xiao Changqing uses the second-grade top-grade Tianqing Talisman Pen.

But these two talisman pens provided great help when Xiao Changqing was weak, so he kept them.

"These gifts of thanks can be considered as spirit stones for me to buy these two talisman pens." Xiao Changqing said with a smile.

"This..." Hong Jiantao naturally recognized the two talisman pens. One of them was one he had used for decades, and he was quite reluctant to give it away when he first gave it away.

Xiao Changqing pushed the storage bag back: "My help to the Jiang family this time is not as great as the help that Manager Hong gave me when he gave me these two pens in Nanshanfang. So it makes sense, doesn't it?"

Seeing this, Hong Jiantao knew that Xiao Changqing really did not intend to accept the thank-you gift, so he finally had no choice but to put the storage bag away silently.

I'll see if there's any place I can return the favor later.

At last.

Hong Jiantao was nervous and uneasy when he came, but overall he was very happy when he left.

Especially when leaving Jinxiufang and on the way back to Jiang's house, although I felt many emotions, I couldn't help but smile as I walked.

Everyone says that Hong Jiantao has a good eye and is very good at judging people.

But all his previous insights combined were not as accurate as his insight into Xiao Changqing alone! (End of this chapter)