Chapter 1467: The Palace Master’s Axe
Chapter 1467: Chapter 1467: The Palace Master’s Axe
Early the next morning, more than a dozen disciples from Lingxu Palace and Medicine King Mountain left the "Guest Arrival" inn together and headed towards the Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion.
The "Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion" is located in the east area of Flaming Sun City, approximately eighty li from the "Guest Arrival" inn.
"What a magnificent city within a city!"
When the disciples of Lingxu Palace and Medicine King Mountain arrived at the entrance of the Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion, they couldn’t help but exclaim in awe at the sight of the towering walls and the majestic buildings inside.
The Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion boasts thousands of buildings of various sizes, most of which are constructed from Wood Spirit Stone, giving it the appearance of a green castle from a distance, vibrant with life.
Among the buildings, rare spiritual medicines are all around, some of which have very ancient medicinal ages and exceedingly high value, emitting a refreshing fragrance that delights the senses.
"Stop! What are you doing?"
At the entrance of the Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion, the disciples of Lingxu Palace and Medicine King Mountain were stopped by four gatekeeping disciples.
Although these four gatekeeping disciples are mere external courtyard disciples of the Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion, their cultivation level is mid-stage Foundation Establishment, equivalent to the stewards of Lingxu Palace and Medicine King Mountain.
It is said that the higher-ups of the Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion are all experts at the Golden Core Realm.
The Pavilion Master Mu Enze, the one with the highest cultivation level, is a high-rank Golden Core expert.
Even the menial servant disciples with the lowest cultivation are also initial-stage Foundation Establishment experts.
The Golden Sword Sect is the same.
The two major sects in Flaming Sun City have mighty overall strength; if they wish to deal with small sects like Lingxu Palace and Medicine King Mountain, they could easily crush them by sending out their internal and external courtyard disciples.
Although the four gatekeeping disciples of the Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion have little status within their own sect, they still exude a sense of superiority when facing the disciples from Lingxu Palace and Medicine King Mountain.
Meanwhile, the stewards Ren Tianfu and Ren Tianlu from Lingxu Palace and Mo Xinghuo and Yue Zhiyuan from Medicine King Mountain, though high-ranking leaders within their own sects, must act with humbleness and courtesy face-to-face with the external courtyard disciples of the Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion in Flaming Sun City.
Because they know that if they want to inquire about something or enter the Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion smoothly, they must go through these four gatekeeping disciples; otherwise, they will not get the answers they want or set foot inside the high walls of the pavilion.
"We’re here to find someone!"
Ren Tianfu, normally with a stern face, had to muster a bit of a smile as he politely asked one of the gatekeeping disciples of the Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion, "Brother, may I ask whether our Lingxu Palace Master and two elders have visited the Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion before?"
The Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion disciple glanced at Ren Tianfu, replied coldly, "We have thousands of martial artists coming in and out of the Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion every day; who would know if they’ve been here?"
Standing aside, Ren Tianlu discreetly slipped two bottles of Holy Grade Elixir into the sleeve of the Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion disciple, smiling, "Our Palace Master should have visited in recent days; please think carefully, brother."
Only after receiving the two bottles of Holy Grade Elixir did the Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion disciple show a smile, nodding towards Ren Tianlu with a "you are sensible" look, then pretended to ponder before speaking, "Lingxu Palace Master Li Sanfu visited our Elder Yang two days ago, but our Elder Yang was busy with alchemy and did not see them."
"Thank you."
Ren Tianlu got the answer he needed, cupped his fists towards the Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion disciple, and joined Ren Tianfu, Sun Lin, and other Lingxu Palace disciples for a quiet discussion.
Mo Xinghuo and other Medicine King Mountain disciples came to Flaming Sun City to request the Alchemist of the Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion to help refine spirit pills to assist Tong Yaoyao in advancing, and after Mo Xinghuo discreetly offered a few bottles of spirit pills, they were allowed entry into the Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion.
"Two Brother Rens, we’re heading in first."
Before entering the Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion, Mo Xinghuo greeted the Ren brothers.
The Ren brothers nodded in acknowledgment and temporarily bid farewell to the Medicine King Mountain disciples, then left together.
"The Palace Master and the others haven’t met the Alchemist of the Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion, so they must still be in Flaming Sun City. However, the city is too large; we need to split up to find the Palace Master and the others quickly. Remember, whether you find them or not, return to the ’Guest Arrival’ inn before dark."
The Ren brothers discussed and decided to split the seven people into four teams to search in four different directions.
Among the teams, Ren Tianfu and Fang Bai formed one team, Ren Tianlu and Shi Ming formed another, Sun Lin paired with Huang Zhong, and Zheng Hong went alone.
Fang Bai and Shi Ming, both with outstanding aptitude and Innate Spiritual Roots, would be significant losses to Lingxu Palace if anything happened to them, so for safety’s sake, each of the Ren brothers took one.
Sun Lin, being a Foundation Establishment expert with some self-preservation ability, led the weakest menial servant disciple Huang Zhong, which was fitting.
Zheng Hong, having entered the sect earlier, had more experience than Sun Lin and should be able to handle issues alone.
Actually, with the Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion and Golden Sword Sect maintaining order in Flaming Sun City, martial artists generally don’t dare to cause trouble in the city, or they’ll be exiled, so as long as they’re within the city, safety is assured.
At a crossroads in the east of Flaming Sun City, the four teams went their separate ways, walked slowly, released their Divine Sense, and began searching for traces of Li Sanfu, Wu Zhihua, and Sun Jing.
Fang Bai followed behind Ren Tianfu heading west, entering every inn or Martial Artists Trading Market along the way, looking for any signs of the three.
In the afternoon, passing a small Martial Artists Trading Market, Fang Bai raised his eyebrows, glanced at the somewhat despondent Ren Tianfu, then pointed to the entrance of the market, asking, "Steward Ren, should we go in and have a look?"
Ren Tianfu glanced at the entrance of the market, scanned it with Divine Sense, but didn’t detect any aura of Li Sanfu and the others, shaking his head, "No need to look. Such a small Martial Artists Trading Market won’t have anything good, only attracting some weaker loose cultivator martial artists to roam around. Palace Master Li and the others won’t be inside."
Fang Bai smiled, "Since we’re passing by, let’s check it out! Just in case we miss something."
Ren Tianfu thought about it too, nodded, turned back, and entered the small Martial Artists Trading Market by the roadside.
Though it’s small, it has all essentials.
This small trading market accommodates only a few hundred martial artists, but in it, all kinds of cultivation resources are traded, though most of them can’t compare in grade to those in larger markets.
After thoroughly inspecting the market, Ren Tianfu shook his head, "I told you there’s nothing..."
He didn’t finish his sentence before noticing Fang Bai standing at a stall displaying Spiritual Artifacts. noveldrama
Ren Tianfu frowned and approached, immediately spotting an axe at an inconspicuous spot on the stall.
"This axe... this axe belongs to the Palace Master!"
Ren Tianfu pointed to the axe and exclaimed in shock.
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