Cultivation: I have an omnipotent land

Chapter 86 Array Plate Repair and Internal Referral Quotas

Zhuang Nianyun and Xiao Ming are talking.

"Steward Xiao, I have a favor to ask!"

"Fellow Daoist Zhuang, please speak."

"I wonder how many internal referral slots Deacon Xiao has for this spiritual testing trip down the mountain? I, Zhuang, would like to shamelessly try to secure one for my disappointing junior." After saying this, Zhuang Nianyun took out a storage bag and handed it to Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming picked up the storage bag and probed it with his divine sense, and sure enough, he found that it was full of spirit stones.

However, he did not accept the storage bag, but pushed it away again.

"Does Steward Xiao think it's too little?"

"Fellow Daoist Zhuang misunderstands. I am not short of spirit stones, but I have other requests." Xiao Ming shook his head and took out a set of magic artifacts from his storage bag.

"Before I came, I heard that the Su family was skilled in array formations. I happen to have a damaged array formation tool here. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Zhuang could repair it?"

"This is the Hundred Obstacles Bewildering Array!"

"Fellow Daoist, you do indeed recognize this formation." Xiao Ming nodded with a smile.

"This array combines the real and the illusory, killing enemies invisibly. It is quite precious and extremely difficult to forge. However, if it is just for repair, it is not difficult for me." Zhuang Nianyun said confidently after inspecting the array equipment.

"If you could help me repair it, we could each get what we need, which would be wonderful."

"Rest assured, Steward Xiao, I will do my utmost." Zhuang Nianyun put away the magic array and then clapped his hands.

A slender girl of about sixteen or seventeen years old walked out and bowed to the two people in the hall.

"This humble woman, Zhuang Qingya, greets Steward Xiao!"

"Qingya, you owe your opportunity to enter the sect entirely to Deacon Xiao. You must remember this well."

"Qingya understands. I will always remember Steward Xiao's great kindness." The girl stared at Xiao Ming with her big eyes, a hint of flirtatiousness in them.

Xiao Ming scanned the woman with his divine sense and discovered that she was only at the fourth level of Qi Refining. Even without touching her to probe her spiritual root, he could guess that her aptitude was definitely average. Under normal circumstances, let alone passing a spirit test, she would have little hope even in a sect selection process.

Zhuang Nianyun was naturally aware of this, but as a family of cultivators that had existed for over a hundred years, they naturally knew that different people had different ways of using it.

Although this woman's cultivation level was average, she had a beautiful appearance and was also quick-witted.

After entering a sect, if one can become a concubine of a Foundation Establishment elder, that would be a great deal. Even if it's less successful, marrying into a prestigious family's elite is still a worthwhile outcome.

The young steward Xiao, who had already broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage, was the perfect choice in their eyes.

Unfortunately, Xiao Ming remained indifferent to the girl's advances.

"Fellow Daoist Zhuang, it's getting late. If there's nothing else, I'll head back to rest now." Xiao Ming stood up and walked towards the door.

Watching Xiao Ming's departing figure, a hint of disappointment flashed in Zhuang Qingya's eyes.

When Xiao Ming walked toward his room, he found Su Dongxuan and her younger brother waiting in the courtyard for quite some time.

"Junior Nephew Su, is something the matter?"

"Uncle-Master Xiao, I'd like to try to get a spot for my younger brother among the internal recommendations you've given for this trip down the mountain. Please grant me permission, Uncle-Master Xiao," Su Dongxuan said, pulling her younger brother along.

"This isn't difficult. I do have two more spots available, but you should understand the rules." Xiao Ming walked to a stone table and sat down, tapping the table with his hand.

"Uncle-Master, my Su family has suffered a great calamity. All the direct descendants of the family have been brutally murdered. Only my younger brother, Donghe, survived by chance after becoming a disciple of the Celestial Masters of Qingmao Mountain. The family's century-old savings have also been looted. This is all I have here. Please accept it, Uncle-Master." Su Dongxuan said, handing over a jade slip.

Xiao Ming picked up the jade slip and infiltrated it with his divine sense, only to discover that it was a pill formula that could improve one's Foundation Establishment cultivation level.

This disappointed Xiao Ming somewhat. His alchemy skills were not good enough. Compared to the pill formula, he actually wanted to obtain the pills more, even just one. The Omnipotent Earth naturally produced a large number of pills.

However, since it is a Foundation Establishment level item, even if he doesn't need it, he can exchange it with the sect.

As long as my own junior apprentice is doing alright, that's fine.

However, just as Xiao Ming was about to accept it, the young man stepped forward.

"Sister, I don't want to join the Gu Spirit Sect. I was only able to survive thanks to the protection of my fellow disciples. Now I'm the only one left in the Celestial Masters Sect, and I don't want the sect's lineage to be completely severed."

"Donghe, we can only talk about the future if we survive," Su Dongxuan said anxiously.

Xiao Ming stared at the somewhat stubborn young man before him, a hint of interest creeping into his mind.

"Are you a member of the Su family, and also a disciple of the Celestial Masters sect?"

"That's right, I am Su Donghe, the ninth-generation direct disciple of the Celestial Masters Sect!"

"Then tell me the truth about the destruction of the Celestial Masters Sect. Was it really as Tang Tian said, that it was destroyed by demonic beasts?"

"Bullshit! The culprit behind the destruction of my Celestial Masters Sect is that old dog Tang Tian." Su Donghe's eyes were filled with hatred as he revealed the truth he knew.

The Celestial Masters sect has always had a forbidden area, which is the place where the first Celestial Masters sect master passed away.

In recent years, strange changes have occurred in the forbidden area, and a thunder spirit has appeared. This thunder spirit often attacks the Celestial Master Temple, causing panic among the sect members.

Therefore, the seventh abbot of the Celestial Masters Sect, Tongxuan Daoist, invited his two friends to go up the mountain together, hoping to get rid of this scourge in one fell swoop. Originally, the three of them had an absolute advantage, but for some reason, Tang Tian suddenly launched a sneak attack, seriously injuring Tongxuan Daoist and the head of the Su family, resulting in their deaths.

In order to conceal the truth, he even ruthlessly murdered the entire Celestial Masters sect.

"I see." Xiao Ming nodded.

Xiao Ming wasn't particularly interested in other people's grudges and affections, but he was somewhat concerned about Lei Ling.

Thunder Spirit is a unique type of demonic beast born from heaven and earth. If it can be subdued and combined with the Gu Spirit Techniques of the Gu Spirit Sect, it can become a great help.

"That old dog Tang Tian must have discovered some incredible treasure at the place where the patriarch passed away. He was so greedy that he wanted to keep it all for himself, which is why he was so ruthless," Su Donghe said, his gaze fixed on Xiao Ming.

"Senior Xiao, you are a celestial master from a superior sect. If you are willing to kill that old dog Tang Tian and avenge my Su family and the Celestial Masters Sect, I am willing to offer the treasures in the forbidden area."

"You're quite generous?" Xiao Ming smiled as he looked at Su Donghe.

This young man is only at the mid-stage of Qi Refining. By the time he has enough strength, Tang Tian will have already taken away the ancestor's relics. Since it is something he cannot obtain, he might as well use it to get something for nothing.

Of course, it's impossible to say he wasn't interested; that one Thunder Spirit alone was enough to make Xiao Ming take the trip.

"I wouldn't risk a life-or-death struggle with a Foundation Establishment cultivator just for a piece of information. But if there are any treasures here that interest me, I can make a promise to you: when you're fully prepared, I'll help you out once."

Hearing this, Su Donghe was somewhat disappointed, but he could still accept the result of getting the other party to take action.

"If there are no objections, let's set off now." After saying that, Xiao Ming took out the Jade Spirit Boat.