Chapter 213 Qi Chunshen’s journey of self-redemption

Chapter 213 Qi Chunshen’s journey of self-redemption

Wangshu Fucheng.

There is a mountain two hundred miles outside the countryside called Qiliu Mountain, which is the headquarters of the Qi Family of the Foundation Establishment Clan. It possesses a second-level high-grade spiritual vein and is guarded by three major Foundation Establishment monks. Qi Chunshen, the patriarch of the clan, is a peak Foundation Establishment monk.

It is said that the ancestor of Qi was approaching his end of life, but he got a life-extending elixir when he went out to look for golden elixirs, and successfully extended his life for twenty years.

Three years ago, the ancestor of Qi returned to his family, claiming that the golden elixir was hard to find, and he did not want to waste the last twenty years in a foreign country.

So he founded a pension organization called the Flower and Bird Society, where he invited fellow Taoists who were fond of flowers and birds to communicate with each other and indulge in the mountains and rivers, which was enough to make ends meet.

However, the entrance threshold for the Flower and Bird Society is quite high, and they are all old foundation-building monks who have no hope of success like Patriarch Qi.

After three years of development, the Flower and Bird Club already has more than a dozen members, all of whom are senior members of nearby foundation-building families.

Among them there are many peak foundation-building monks who have the same cultivation level as Patriarch Qi.

This day.

On a barren mountain with beautiful scenery,

An elegant banquet with flowing wine has just ended.

The old foundation-building monks put away their dissolute attitude, holding harps, flutes, or riding cranes. They bowed their hands to say goodbye to their colleagues and left in a floating manner, looking like old gods in the mountains.

Only two old monks with deep auras remained, gathering in a stone pavilion.

Qi Chunshen was among them.

"Fellow Daoist Zeng, I believe what you asked me to inquire about."

"Is the Datonghui actually real?"

Sitting next to Qi Chunshen is an elderly monk wearing a blue uniform, who looks like an old rich man. His hair is sparse and gray, but he is very neat and tidy. He is obviously a person who values ​​the quality of life.

The old monk's name is Zeng An. He is a casual cultivator who has practiced hard for one hundred and twenty years and finally reached the peak of foundation building.

However, it is extremely difficult for casual cultivators to take a step forward and break through to the realm of golden elixir.

He had wasted thirty years at the peak of Foundation Establishment, but it was still difficult to see the opportunity for the Golden Elixir, so he found a Foundation Establishment family to support him in his old age, and he was quite leisurely on weekdays.

Until Qi Chunshen suddenly started a flower and bird club, he reluctantly joined it because of the invitation from his friends.

I plan to come here a few times to deal with it and kill some time.

Unexpectedly, an accident made him discover the true face of the Flower and Bird Club. It turned out that Qi Chunshen, the president of the Flower and Bird Club, had an opportunity to extend his life when he went out. This opportunity came from a mysterious organization called Datonghui.

It is even said that the Datong Society loves the world and has given the golden elixir to those who are destined for it many times. Even an old monk with no future like him can have a chance to get it.

This made Zeng An become interested in the activities of the Flower and Bird Club.

After his deliberate friendship, President Qi finally relaxed and agreed to help him inquire. Thinking that the opportunity to break through the golden elixir fell from the sky, he could not suppress his excitement.

Qi Chunshen also sighed secretly when he saw Zeng An looking like he couldn't wait to put his head over to be slaughtered.

He was not like this back then.

As soon as he heard fellow Taoist Cang Lang saying that he had a chance to break through to the golden elixir realm, he didn't care about anything, and even swore that he was willing to give anything.

Although he made a breakthrough in the end and extended his life by two hundred years, his life was now in the hands of others.

After careful calculation, I don’t know whether it is a gain or a loss.

However, this emotion was quickly suppressed by him.

No matter what, it was your choice, so there is no need to blame others.

He coughed lightly and said in a very reluctant tone:

"Fellow Daoist Zeng, I'm just telling you this. You must never tell others, otherwise I'm afraid someone will step on me here."

Zeng An nodded repeatedly: "President Qi, don't worry, I didn't even tell my apprentice about this."

He devoted himself to practicing hard and never married. All his family members when he was young were all dead. However, he still had some great-nephews and descendants of great-great-nephews, but they no longer had any concern for him.

The closest thing he has now is the apprentice he has taken in to support him in his old age. Even the apprentice keeps it a secret, so he can't imagine his secret.

Qi Chunshen nodded and said, "In this case, I can feel relieved."

He actually wished that fellow Taoist Zeng would secretly promote it for him, but in order to maintain mystery and class, he still had to remind him of these words every time.

"First of all, I would like to congratulate Fellow Daoist Zeng. Because the Datong Association is in urgent need of manpower, as soon as I told the meeting about Fellow Daoist Zeng, they promised me that they would send someone to inspect it soon.

If you meet the requirements, you can apply for membership.

Once you confirm your membership, you will get a golden elixir opportunity. As far as I know, the chance of breakthrough is over 80%. "

Zeng An was overjoyed when he settled down.

He originally thought that the so-called golden elixir opportunity was a magical elixir that could increase the chance of breakthrough by 10 to 20%, which would be great.

I didn’t expect there would be an 80% chance.

Could it be...

Some widely circulated magic secrets flashed through his mind.

When he had the Kunai breakthrough, he was also ruthless and wanted to find the secret method to break through the golden elixir from the devil, even if the method was cruel.

As a result, he sadly discovered that even the secret method of the demonic path, which is said to be inhumane and wrathful, involves the golden elixir level and cannot be found by ordinary people.

Without that relationship and fate, he would have no chance even if he wanted to betray his conscience.

"President Qi, I don't know when the envoy from the meeting will come. I should prepare early."

Qi Chunshen smiled lightly and said: "Friend Zeng, an inspection is an inspection. I don't know when he will come. Maybe he has already arrived before I talked to fellow Taoist, and it's not necessarily that the inspection is over now."

"After all, it is a golden elixir opportunity. Fellow Taoist, don't be impatient. Although the meeting is in urgent need of manpower, not everyone will be accepted."

"Yes, yes." Zeng An nodded repeatedly, "It's me, Meng Lang."

But before he calmed down for a while, he couldn't help but ask:

"President Qi, you are so familiar with Datong Society, why didn't you see that Datong Society gave you a golden elixir?"

Qi Chunshen sighed and asked another question.

"Fellow Daoist Zeng, do you really believe that there is a Datong Society in the world that helps each other and is an organization where everyone is for me?"

Zeng An was stunned for a moment, and his face gradually became ugly.

"President Qi means that you lied to me about Datonghui?"

Qi Chunshen shook his head: "No, the Datong Society certainly exists.

I just want to tell fellow Taoist Zeng that there is no such thing as a good thing in the world. The opportunity of a golden elixir is so precious. If you want to get it, you must pay an unbearable price. "

Zeng An smiled and said: "What did I think it was? I have been practicing for so many years, and I no longer believe in free lunches. If there is such an organization that makes selfless contributions, I would still have to worry about whether it is a scam.

It turned out that there was a price to pay, but the old man was relieved.

I have less than twenty years left to live. If you don’t dare to give it a try, your whole life of cultivation will be in vain.

What is the unbearable price?

As long as it's not my life, I can bear any price. "

Qi Chunshen smiled bitterly: "Fellow Taoist Zeng still sees things clearly. In that case, Taoist friend Zeng can just wait with peace of mind.

At most half a month, I will be notified during the meeting whether the fellow Taoist can be selected. "

Zeng Anxin stood up with satisfaction and thanked Qi Chunshen.

"When I join the Datong Club, I will definitely bring heavy gifts to thank the president."

"I'm just waiting for the good news from fellow Taoist Zeng."

Qi Chunshen returned the gift.

Until Zeng An left, Qi Chunshen was still sitting there, thinking about the merits of introducing Zeng An to join the association, plus the merit points he had saved, and when he would be able to collect 1,000 merit points.

"I hope he can live longer."

Follow the newly added rules of the Datong Association.

He introduces members to the club, and each member will reward him with ten merit points.

And before a new member becomes a formal member, one-tenth of the merit points earned after completing each task will become his reward.

In other words, in theory, he introduces ten members to join the club, and when these ten people become official members, he can regain his freedom even if he lies down.

However, things are far from simple.

Because people are mortal.

He returned to Qi's family for more than three years. Overtly and secretly, he introduced eight people to join the association, and five were selected from the association.

All five of them successfully broke through and became fake elixir monks and became preparatory members of the Datong Association.

But in just three years, one of the five people died during the demon hunting operation.

As the third-level low-level demon kings of Jinpeng Demon Vein were hunted down one by one, their hunting environment became more and more severe.

After all, the other demon kings are not fools. The disappearance of a few demon kings at the beginning can be regarded as cannibalism and the replacement of old and new demon kings.

This happens almost every once in a while.

But as more and more demon kings disappeared, other demon kings also noticed that something was wrong, even if there was a large formation covering the sky and the earth to cover up the movement.

The demon king is as intelligent as humans, but the environment in which they live has made them accustomed to the laws of the primitive jungle and using their muscles to speak.

When they use their wisdom, it's a nightmare for people like them.

Qi Chunshen still remembered that he had hunted monsters in the Jinpeng Demon Vein for four years.

At the beginning, he applied for the help of fellow Taoist Canglang and fellow Taoist Violent Ape, and supplemented it with a large formation that covered the sky and the earth. He hunted down the third-level low-level demon king.

But he knew that hunting the Demon King was dancing on the tip of a knife.

Therefore, every time he chooses a target to hunt, he is very cautious. He must be sure that it is a low-level third-level demon king that is easy to bully. It is best to be someone who has broken through soon before he dares to take action.

So even though the actual battle with the Demon King didn't take long, the preliminary preparations, intelligence investigation, etc. required more than half a year of ambush nearby.

Safety first.

He spent two years smoothly and successfully hunted two demon kings. Fellow newcomer Lao Gui Daoist with him also had the same success.

Each of the two demon kings is worth one hundred merit points, but in fact, the real reward is only one merit point, and the cost is ninety-nine merit points.

Fortunately, the Demon King's collection is quite good, and every exchange of loot can bring hundreds of points of merit.

But these trophies must also be shared with fellow Taoists who come to assist.

Therefore, the success of the two missions brought him more than a hundred points of merit.

So when fellow Taoist Lao Gui approached him and planned to work together, he agreed without thinking for long.

In this case, neither of them needs to invite anyone else to assist. It is enough to apply for the Heaven-Shielding Formation once, and the cost is greatly reduced.

In the next two years, he cooperated with fellow Daoist Lao Gui and hunted down two demon kings in total with the help of the sky-shielding formation, both of which were low-grade third-level monsters.

But the merit points gained were more than two hundred.

He is full of confidence and feels that according to the current progress, he will be free in less than ten years.

It turns out that the dream is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

When they hunted the demon king again, they were ambushed by the demon king - two demon kings suddenly came out of the cave, one of which was an old demon king of the third level middle grade.

If it weren't for the fact that the great formation that covered the sky and the earth was activated silently and was so powerful that it could be regarded as a golden elixir monk, and that the turtle shell magic weapon in the hands of the old turtle fellow Taoist could attract good luck and avoid disaster, they wouldn't even have a chance to escape. No.

However, in order to compensate for the destruction of the Great Formation that covered the sky and the earth by the Demon King, the two of them each paid fifty meritorious deeds, which can be said to be a loss to their grandma's family.

He thought it was an accident at the time.

It wasn't until fellow Taoist Lao Gui reminded him that he realized belatedly that there were as many as two palms of preparatory members of the Datong Association in Jin Peng's demonic veins.

They are also cooperating with each other and using the power of the formation to hunt down the demon king.

The addition of competitors made it more difficult for them to hunt down the Demon King, and they had to gather more fake alchemy monks to complete a task.

The hunting mission that could have been completed by two fake alchemy monks now required four to ensure their own safety.

However, this is not unacceptable.

But the accumulation of meritorious service has changed from ten years to twenty years.

Until that day.

They finally finished negotiating and were ready to operate on a new demon king.

A third-level high-grade demon king lurked outside the demon king's cave.

Before they could set up their formation, they saw the Demon King coming out. These fake alchemy monks were no match for them.

If he hadn't happened to be in charge of controlling the formation disk and quickly opened the sky-shielding formation to hide himself, he might have been killed by the Demon King's men.

The companions who fought side by side yesterday and secretly fought for a few merits died at the hands of the Demon King without even leaving a few last words.

He was afraid.

No matter how old the Datong Association is and how powerful the masters in it are, these fake alchemy monks, who are called reserve members, are obviously cannon fodder in the eyes of others.

So Qi Chunshen no longer dared to hunt the demon king.

Follow the rules of the meeting.

After each task is completed, there is a year's rest.

He completed two missions independently and completed two missions in cooperation with fellow Taoist Lao Gui, giving him a total of three years of rest.

Once the rest period is over, you need to pay a late payment fee to the meeting every year, ten meritorious deeds in the first year, twenty meritorious deeds in the second year, and so on.

Late fees are not recalculated until a task is completed.

Once the merits are insufficient and the mission is not completed, then the soul will be extinguished.

Qi Chunshen has been back for three years, and his rest time has been used up. Starting from the next year, he will start paying late fees.

However, Qi Chunshen thought he had found a loophole in this rule.

As long as he keeps introducing new members to the club, he will continue to get merit points and even earn some money.

In the tenth year, he would spend his own money to buy a third-level demon elixir and give it to Huizhong. Not only would he be able to rest for an extra year, but the late payment fees would be recalculated.

Anyway, the meeting only asked for demon pills, but they didn’t say that they must have fresh demon pills.

So his costs can be greatly reduced.

Theoretically, he could accumulate a thousand meritorious deeds without risking his life.

Or in other words, he could leave the Datong Association by directly earning 10 million spiritual stones and buying ten third-level demon pills.

So while trying his best to find suitable members for the association, he began to store spiritual stones, even at the expense of exposing part of his identity.

How did Zeng An know about his relationship with Datonghui? Wasn't it because he took the initiative to expose it.

Although he knew that doing so would bring certain risks to the family, for the freedom of his ancestor, this risk was inevitable.

Qi Chunshen looked at the sea of ​​trees in the distance, the wind blew by, and the mountains made a rustling sound, like the whisper of a mountain god.

He sighed quietly.

If he had not met fellow Daoist Canglang that day and had not agreed to join the Datong Association so hastily, then he...

"I'll probably regret it." Qi Chunshen laughed at himself, "This is a golden elixir."

"And... four hundred and twenty-six, this is the merit point I have accumulated now. As long as I recruit enough people, I will definitely be able to accumulate enough. It may not be impossible to regain freedom within a hundred years."