When the elder of the Yuqing Sect saw that it was a jade plaque, his face turned as bright as lightning. He immediately showed a respectful smile and said to Zhou Hong, "It turns out to be Grandmaster Zhou. I don't recognize Mount Tai."
As the elder responsible for the reception of Yuqing Sect, he knew very well the status of an elixir master. He immediately ordered his disciples to inform the master, while he personally served Zhou Hong and others with good tea.
Zhou Hong showed a reserved smile at the level of a master, and said to the elder of the Yuqing Sect: "How many golden elixir-level monks do you have in your sect?"
Elder Jie Yin quickly and respectfully replied: "There are five of them!"
Zhou Hong said with disdain: "Five golden elixir stage monks will find it difficult to gain a foothold in a second-rate sect."
Seeing Zhou Hong's disdain for the Yuqing Sect, Elder Jieying quickly added: "However, in the past few years, our sect has accepted a female disciple with a second-class spiritual root. She is now practicing in Tianyue Academy. I believe she is in the dozens of years.
I will also form elixirs after the new year."
Zhou Hong smiled indifferently and said with a slight emotion: "Second-class spiritual roots are indeed rare. There is no problem in forming pills. Your sect is very lucky."
Elder Jie Ying finally felt that he had regained some dignity and raised his head slightly.
At this time, Zhou Hong asked again: "What level is the alchemist of your sect?"
Elder Jie Yin was extremely depressed. Zhou Hongzhen didn't open the pot and picked up the pot. He was just here to attack people. He had to answer, so he said: "He is an alchemist."
Zhou Hong chuckled and said, "Why don't you hire an alchemy master?"
Elder Jie Ying was a little angry. He suppressed his anger and said: "Either the alchemy master works for a large sect, or he opens an alchemy refining room to make a fortune. How can he join a second-rate sect like ours?"
Zhou Hongdao: "There are many alchemy masters. Look at the two people I brought with me, they are both alchemy masters."
Elder Jie Ying had an urge to go crazy, but when he heard that the two people Zhou Hong was leading were alchemy masters, he had to meet them one by one. The alchemy masters were also great people.
After a while, the sound of drumming sounded.
Elder Jie Yin immediately stood up solemnly and said to Zhou Hong: "Master Zhou, this is the etiquette for our Yuqing Sect to receive distinguished guests."
Zhou Hong stood up and followed Elder Jie Yin to the entrance of Jie Yin Hall.
Hua Yangzi, the head of the Yuqing Sect, brought more than a dozen elders from the Yuqing Sect to the outside of the reception hall. An elder next to Hua Yangzi shouted in a long voice: "Hua Yangzi, the head of the Yuqing Sect, welcomes the distinguished guests.
Grandmaster Zhou Hong."
Following the elder's shout, the team of more than ten people stopped. Hua Yang slowly came out of the team and walked towards Zhou Hong.
The two of them saluted together and said some words of admiration, before Zhou Hong revealed the purpose of his trip.
Of course, he would not debase himself first and become the nominal alchemist of the Yuqing Sect. He first asked Hua Yangzi to ask someone who was extremely talented in elixirs to learn the art of elixirs from him.
When Zhou Hong said the name Hao Dong, everyone on the scene was shocked. None of them had heard that Hao Dong had the talent for alchemy. Moreover, Hao Dong was over a hundred years old. Now he was going to learn how to make elixirs.
Isn't it a little late?
However, Hua Yangzi was overjoyed when he heard Zhou Hong's request. Everything comes and goes. If you ask me for someone, I will naturally ask you for something.
Hua Yangzi mused: "Originally, I dare not disobey Grandmaster Zhou's request, but Hao Dong is also the mainstay of our sect, and our sect is also planning to train him to be an elixir master. Our Yuqing sect is the elixir master.
Therefore, Grandmaster Zhou’s request is really difficult for me.”
When everyone in the Yuqing Sect heard this, they couldn't help but secretly admire Hua Yangzi's ability to tell lies. Although the Yuqing Sect was short of Jindan monks, there were at least a hundred monks in the Xiantian phase. Hao Dong had more than a hundred monks.
At the advanced age of 20, he had only reached the middle stage of Xiantian cultivation. He was not prominent in the sect at all, but now Hua Yangzi regards Hao Dong as the mainstay.
Zhou Hong smiled slightly and said: "Hao Dong is indeed a talented person. I don't want to embarrass the leader. I have a suggestion. Anyway, I am a person with no family or sect. I will serve as the nominal alchemist of your sect. Hao Dong
Learning the art of elixirs from me can also be regarded as cultivating talents for the Yuqing Sect, what do you think?"
Hua Yangzi opened his eyes wide and looked at Zhou Hong in disbelief: "Master Zhou, what did you say?"
An elixir master voluntarily works as a pseudo-alchemist for a second-rate sect. Although the pseudo-alchemist will not bring much actual benefit to the sect, it will invisibly improve the reputation of the sect.
So Hua Yangzi simply couldn't believe his ears, how could a master of elixirs come to Yuqingmen to be a nominal elixir master for no reason.
Zhou Hong had no choice but to repeat what he had said.
The expression on Hua Yangzi's face changed as fast as lightning, and he immediately ordered an elder to find Hao Dong.
He was afraid that Zhou Hong would regret it, so he immediately asked someone to prepare a letter of appointment, and then began to discuss the issue of the bride price with Zhou Hong.
When Hua Yangzi offered a bride price of 5,000 pieces of spiritual stones per year, the elders of the Yuqing Sect were shocked. The Yuqing Sect had no mineral resources and was very poor. The elders of the Yuqing Sect above the Golden Core stage only had 2,000 pieces per year.
It's just a piece of spiritual stone as an offering. As for the average disciple in the innate stage, it only requires dozens of spiritual stones.
However, they soon understood Hua Yangzi's intention. There was an elixir master in the sect, even if it was a nominal one, it would play a key role in attracting outstanding talents to join the sect. This would be extremely beneficial to the long-term development of the sect.
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After all, the leader is the leader, so he has to look far ahead.
To be honest, Zhou Hong felt that he could not afford to lose the bride price of 5,000 spiritual stones per year. If word spread, he might not be able to hold his head up in front of his peers.
He laughed and said: "Brother Hua really thinks highly of me, five thousand spiritual stones, hehe, I don't lack those five thousand spiritual stones, I just do it for Brother Hua's face, my character and appearance are free in Yuqing
Just put your name on the door."
In fact, everyone in the Yuqing Sect could hear that Zhou Hong's words were not for Hua Yangzi's sake, but for Hao Dong's. They were all thinking: "That Hao Dong doesn't show off his mountains and rivers."
, where can I earn such a big face?"
Hua Yangzi naturally heard what Zhou Hong meant, but he couldn't bring out many spiritual stones, so he could only say shyly: "Grandmaster Zhou is so righteous. I immediately ordered someone to hang Grandmaster Zhou's portrait on the
The Hall of Virtue in Yuqing Sect allows everyone in Yuqing Sect to always remember the kindness of Grandmaster Zhou. As for the five thousand stones, I know some of them are hard to come by, but I still ask Grandmaster Zhou to accept them. Otherwise, others outside will laugh at me if they hear this.
Yuqingmen is too stingy."
Zhou Hong rolled his eyes. Although he didn't know about the Yuqing Sect's refusal to accept Qin Yang, and thought that the Yuqing Sect should not be too cheap, Qin Yang had told him that the people of the Yuqing Sect, except Hao Dong,
In addition to not losing it, other people can take advantage of it, and they must take advantage of it. Although these five thousand spiritual stones are nothing to Zhou Hong, it is still a good thing for Yuqing Sect to spend some money.
However, he was a master of elixirs and received a commission of five thousand spiritual stones a year. When word spread about this, some of his peers couldn't hold their heads up. He rolled his eyes and thought of an idea, so he smiled calmly and said
: "Just give Hao Dong 5,000 spiritual stones as a subsidy. Learning the art of elixirs is quite hard."
Hua Yangzi was so heartbroken that he wanted to roll on the ground, but he couldn't take back what he said, so he had to pretend to be generous and say that everything should be done as Grandmaster Zhou said.
As for the senior officials of Yuqing Sect, they were as jealous as rabbits.
When Hao Dong was brought to the main hall of Yuqingmen by an elder, all the senior officials of Yuqingmen, including Hua Yangzi, cast envious or even jealous glances at him.
In the Yuqing Sect, the disciples who had no hope of forming an elixir were all marginal figures who stood aside and were not taken seriously by the sect. Hao Dong, who had always been ignored, had never seen Yuqing Sect's senior officials look at him like this.
After he saluted to the leader Hua Yangzi in an uneasy mood, Hua Yangzi hurriedly left his seat to return the salute, which frightened Hao Dong's face and he couldn't help but take a few steps back.
After Hua Yangzi explained the situation to him cordially, Hao Dong was still confused.
That night, the Yuqing Sect held a banquet in honor of Zhou Hong. Not only was Zhou Hong treated like a distinguished guest, but Hao Dong was also inexplicably praised by the senior officials of the Yuqing Sect, saying that he was the mainstay of the sect and a genius in alchemy.
When Hao Dong was confused, he was a down-to-earth person, and he didn't really believe that good luck would fall on him.
He felt that he had been betrayed by the Yuqing Sect. He knew nothing about alchemy, how could he become a person with the talent for alchemy.
Hao Dong couldn't help but think of Qin Yang's catchphrase. He really wanted to sneer at those people who usually didn't like him but now praised him in order to sell him at a good price, especially the young woman Elder Lin: "You
You are a pillar of talent, and your whole family is a pillar of strength."
The next day, Hao Dong looked at the Yuqing Mountains where he had lived and practiced for more than a hundred years with an almost tragic mood, and then followed Zhou Hong to Jade Mirror City.