Chapter 200: Building the Foundation
Li Sen's impact on the foundation building period was three months in a flash.
From autumn to winter, Li Sen not only didn't even go out of the door once, but he didn't even wear out any news.
This made Ling Huyan, who was still a cold bystander, finally a little impatient.
Whether Ling Huyan cares about it or not, after three months, he must go to Li Sen's mansion.
This is because the retreat of ordinary Qi refining period monks will hit the bottleneck of the foundation building period, as short as three or two days, or as long as two or three months, and there will definitely be news of success or failure.
Li Sen is good, this closure is three months long, and there is no news!
Even if Young Master Wei was very open-minded, he couldn't ask about it, but Ling Huyan couldn't.
Because Ling Huyan was worried that Li Sen had not moved for so long, was there something wrong. In case, Li Sen went crazy and accidentally died in that mansion. Then she made Hu Yan, as the steward of the Star Mansion, but she had to bear a lot of responsibility.
Therefore, on a morning when the goose feathers were snowing and the sky had just cleared, Ling Huyan wore a mink fur and a stove on her sleeve, and stepped on the snow to see Li Sen.
As you walk along the road, the stone path is covered with heavy snow, and there is a creaking sound when you step on it. Most of the originally dense vegetation around it has withered, and a few evergreen trees have also disappeared, looking listless.
As for the spirit beasts that could be seen everywhere in the Star Mansion, there was no trace of them at the moment. It seems that they should have taken refuge near the rockery in the north or the pavilion and water pavilion in the west to recuperate for the winter. Black しし Pavilion
Ling Huyan looked around silently, while pacing towards Li Sen's mansion, and when he walked not far from Li Sen's mansion, Ling Huyan couldn't help frowning slightly.
It turned out that the area around Li Sen's mansion was forcibly renovated by Young Master Wei, and there was an extra orchard. And at this moment, a pomegranate tree in the orchard actually stands a 'snowman'.
When I walked in, this 'snowman' was wearing a bamboo hat on his head, a straw coat, and a pair of bast boots on his feet, looking quite poor and sour.
He was covered in snow, and it seemed that he had been standing outside the Li Sen Mansion for a long time.
After Ling Huyan walked in, this 'snowman' seemed to feel something, and hurriedly turned around and saluted Ling Huyan.
It turned out that this person was Zhao Wei, the 'Dan Master' of the Jindan Period of Xingfu.
"I've seen the Linghu Hall Master. Zhao Wei bowed respectfully.
"Hmm. ”
Ling Huyan agreed lazily, and immediately glanced at Zhao Wei, and said, "It's snowing outside, why don't you stay in your own house, what are you doing here?"
"Hehe, Li Daoyou has been in retreat here for three months, and the old man pinched his fingers, it should be out of the customs today, so he waited here for a while. Zhao Wei said with a smile.
Ling Huyan saw that although Zhao Wei was smiling, his face was a little red from the cold, and he knew that he had come here to wait last night, and he was a little unhappy in his heart.
"Just a junior in the Qi refining stage, why are you so enthusiastic about him?" Ling Huyan accused, "In the entire Star Mansion, other Jindan stage cultivators are just polite and polite to Li Sen. But it's good for you, you come to Li Sen every once in a while. Don't you dislike your worth!?"
When Zhao Wei heard this, he shook his head again and again, "The hall master's words are wrong. Although Li Daoyou's cultivation is low, he is a wonderful person who is gifted and intelligent and proficient in the art of alchemy! Moreover, at a young age, his business skills have already been perfected. The old man's elixir is still sold by him!"
The corners of Ling Huyan's mouth showed a hint of mockery, "Isn't it just that you opened a small pill shop in Star City! What kind of talent and intelligence, I think it's a natural copper smell! That's it, you are willing to get close to him and others, and the hall master doesn't bother to pay attention to it." ”
Speaking of this, Ling Huyan paused, and then said again: "Let me ask you, has Li Sen been out of the customs?"
Zhao Wei looked at Ling Huyan, with a smile on his old face, and said, "What's the matter?
"Huh. Ling Huyan sneered, "I'm worried that he will fail to hit the bottleneck and die in the Star Mansion!"
"It's certainly not. Zhao Wei shook his head again and again, "What kind of person Li Daoyou is, the old man still knows it in his heart." If he is not sure, he will not hit the bottleneck of the foundation building period. Even if it fails, it will be the first to take countermeasures, and it will never be unknown for so long. In my opinion, Li Daoyou is probably already successful in his advancement and is now recuperating. ”
"Advancement success? just his qualifications, hum!" Ling Huyan heard this, and snorted a disdainful voice from his nostrils: "That's it! The hall master just stopped by to take a look, and he only asked about Li Sen's matter by the way." If you want to continue to wait for Li Sen to get out, just wait. The master of the hall will not be accompanied!"
After speaking, she didn't pay attention to Zhao Wei's reaction, but walked away directly with a twist of her waist.
Zhao Wei smiled and sent Ling Huyan away, until Ling Huyan's back disappeared into the distance, Zhao Wei restrained his smile, and then stood on the tree, ready to continue waiting.
However, before he stood still, before he could breathe three breaths, the door of Li Sen's mansion was opened open!
Immediately, a young man wearing a green robe with an ordinary face walked out of it.
This person first glanced calmly in the direction of Ling Huyan's departure, and then looked at Zhao Wei.
This blue-robed young man with an ordinary face is none other than Li Sen.
After three and a half years of retreat, Li Sen has grown from a slightly immature teenager to a young man in his twenties.
When Zhao Wei saw Li Sen, his face was shaking with orange peel, and his face was excited.
Then, this old guy came to Li Sen at a trot, and said with a smile: "Li Daoyou, I haven't seen you in March, but I really want to be old!"
The old guy greeted with a smile and looked at Li Sen, and it didn't take long for his expression to suddenly show joy, and he shouted, "Li Daoyou, you have successfully advanced to the foundation building period!?"
Hearing this, Li Sen smiled slightly, and did not answer, but pushed the courtyard door open, stretched out his hand and said: "Zhao Daoyou came to the cold house, Li has missed the welcome, and I hope to forgive the sin! ”
Zhao Wei nodded in agreement, and then entered the courtyard with Li Sen with a smile.
Li Sen, on the other hand, looked outside the courtyard gate, and after seeing that there were no other monks around, he directly closed the gate and closed it directly.
About half a day later, the door of the room was opened again, and Zhao Wei looked satisfied and left Li Sen's mansion quickly.
With the departure of Zhao Wei, the news of Li Sen's success in impacting the foundation building period also spread in Xingfu.
As soon as the news spread, all the third-class guests in the Star Mansion who were close to Wei Rulong and his wife took the initiative to prepare some congratulatory gifts and came to celebrate Li Sen.
However, when they came to Li Sen's door together, they found that Li Sen's mansion had already been empty, and Li Sen was no longer in this mansion.
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In Star City, many monks above the foundation building period came and went in the streets and alleys, and they were in a hurry.
From time to time, some patrolling monks of the Star Gathering Merchant Alliance flew in the sky, and they looked down at the monks on the square street with cold faces, defending the order of Star City.
All kinds of monk transactions are quietly carried out in this star city, which is known as the largest trading city in the 'Shangyuan Continent'. No one dares to go against the majesty of the Gathering Stars Business Alliance here.
There are three gates in Star City, which are located in the east, west and south. Among them, the southern gate is the main gate, the most largest, and it is also the only gate that many monks who come to trade through normally.
At the gates of the city, these monks were often subject to detailed checks, even the Jindan monks.
The other two gates are much smaller, mainly for the many merchants in the city, providing daily supplies and channels for purchasing and exporting.
If you enter Star City from the south gate, stand on the street and look to the north, you can see the gate of the headquarters of the Gathering Star Business Alliance in the distance.
And this street is also the most prosperous main street in the entire Star City, called 'Qinglong Avenue'.
This street is the most prosperous, so the merchants on this street are also the most upscale businesses in the entire Star City. Only strong enough merchants can establish a foothold in this commercial street and open a store.
However, on the same street, the level of merchants is also divided into three, six, nine and so on. The closer to the city gate, the lower the merchant level, and the closer to the core area of Star City, the place where the 'Gathering Star Merchant Alliance Auction House' becomes, the more prosperous it is.
On this day, not long after dawn, the golden light of the sun was scattered obliquely on Qinglong Avenue, exuding a trace of warmth.
There are many business owners who have already begun to open their doors early to prepare for the new day's business. The guys in the shop are standing outside the door, sweeping the snow and soliciting customers.
Since all the stores are open, they are very regular. So for a while, the entire Star City seemed to have suddenly come to life from the silence, and it became popular everywhere.
At the corner of an alley on Qinglong Avenue near the gate of the city, there is a newly opened shop called 'Myodan Pavilion'.
As the name suggests, this shop must be a shop that sells pills.
In addition, although this store is a new store that has only opened for a few years, it is still an ordinary small shop not far from the city gate. However, this shop has surprisingly become extremely popular.
As soon as the door of this shop was opened, seven or eight monks who had been waiting there early from the gate of the city came around at a trot, shouting the name of some kind of elixir and asking if it had arrived today.
These people blocked the door, so that the 'Miao Dan Pavilion' guys with brooms couldn't get out for a while.
The guy was furious, brandished a broom and forcibly dispersed the group, shouting: "What are you arguing about here one by one!? You don't want the pill, do you!?
Although he only cultivated in the Qi refining period, as soon as he waved his broom, the group of buyers in the foundation building period really didn't dare to do anything to him. They all walked away with a look of stupidity.
The fellow glared at them viciously again, and then stopped. Then, the man began to slowly clean the snow in front of the door.
This scene made the guys in the shops next to them widen their eyes one after another, showing envy, jealousy and hatred on their faces.
In these days, only the store is afraid that the customers will not come to the door, how can there be such an arrogant guy, driving the customers outside? What is even more hateful is that the group of customers have been driven away, but they are still reluctant to hide aside, as if they are really ready to wait until noon to ask!
Fortunately, this kind of scene has often happened in recent years, so after they were envious and jealous for a while, they began to work honestly one by one.
But at this moment, a young man with an ordinary face in a green robe came to the door of the 'Miao Dan Pavilion' and looked at the plaque on the shop.
"Something that doesn't have long eyes, you still dare to come!? Get out of Lao Tzu!"
The guy who was clearing the snow thought that another group of haunting guests were coming, and he was about to raise his broom to drive people away.
But when he just raised the broom in his hand, he suddenly saw the face of this young man in a green robe.
In an instant, this guy's knee immediately weakened, and he almost didn't kneel for Li Sen on the spot.
Li ...... Master Li: Why are you here?"