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Entering the City Lord's Mansion, Fang Ling and Li Ling took their seats. Li Ling looked at Fang Ling with a hint of curiosity in his eyes. Fang Ling's performance of defeating Zhang Yunshen with a single punch also caused Li Ling to be surprised. It was hard to imagine how Fang Ling's strength could improve so greatly in such a short period of time, just a mere month.

Fang Ling acted as if he didn't see Li Ling's probing gaze. He cupped his hands towards Li Ling and said, "City Lord, thank you for your concern over this past month. Fang Ling thanks the City Lord." "It seems like that Zhang Yunshen has also brought a lot of trouble to the City Lord. Fang Ling has gained quite a bit from this month, so this treasure shall be given to the City Lord."

Fang Ling was silent for a moment. With a flip of his hand, a jade box appeared in his hand and he handed it over to Li Ling.

"Hehe ?" Fellow Daoist Fang, please do not address the City Lord as such. "Since you've already defeated the Dao Embryo stage Zhang Yunshen, you and I can be considered to be in the same stage, so let's discuss our friendship equally. You can just call me Fellow Daoist Li."

Li Ling lightly waved his hand and said with a smile.

"As for the trouble brought about by Zhang Yunshen, it is not too urgent. However, Supervisor Xiao Ya seems to have a huge opinion of him!"

Li Ling's words caused Fang Ling to be startled. Soon after, he understood what Li Ling was thinking. Although he defeated Yun Kuang, who was at the early stage of the Dao Embryo, Yun Kuang had only just broken through, and he barely managed to defeat him. And now, facing Zhang Yunshen, who was even more powerful than Yun Kuang had been back then, he had defeated him with a single punch. In Li Ling's opinion, his true strength was comparable to the middle stage of the Dao Embryo Stage!

Coupled with Fang Ling's age, it was worth Li Ling putting aside his status and making friends with him. If not, as the leader of a city recognized by the Southwest Region Alliance, he would have a status similar to that of an examiner.

And towards the examiner Xiao Ya that Li Ling mentioned, Fang Ling could only chuckle, unable to retort. If he were to put himself above the other party's position, he would definitely have an opinion if he was delayed like this for a month.

"No matter what, Fellow Daoist Li helped me," he said, "please accept my kind intentions. Otherwise, I will feel very sorry for you." Fang Ling pushed the jade box in his hand towards Li Ling and said with a sincere expression.

Towards Li Ling, Fang Ling was indeed grateful, but it was not because he wanted to make friends with him. Back then, Li Ling had unhesitatingly taken out the purple gold recommendation letter. Although he had his own selfish thoughts, he could still be considered to have acknowledged Fang Ling's potential, and it was a kindness to those who knew of his fortune.

And during this month, if it wasn't for Li Ling trying his best to explain things to him, he probably wouldn't have waited until now and would have left long ago. This way, Fang Ling's plan to enter the Southwest Region Alliance to obtain resources would have many twists and turns. And this could be considered a favor to him!

To Fang Ling, there was kindness, gratitude, and revenge. Since he had done so, he would do so sincerely. If someone were to drop this favor, it would definitely be repaid!

Looking at Fang Ling's sincere and firm gaze, Li Ling knew that he could not shirk responsibility, so he put away the jade box. After that, he introduced the major events that had happened in the past month to Fang Ling.

First of all, after the Yun Family was exterminated, the Yun Family's property was fully accepted by the other two families under Li Ling's care. It did not cause any unrest in the State of Clarity.

Following the Yun Family's demise, there was a temporary shortage of medicinal pills in the State of Clarity. For this reason, Li Ling suggested to the Alliance that they could recruit an alchemist family from other cities and towns to fill this shortage.

However, with the shadow of the Yun Family being exterminated, no one wanted to come to Clear County City. Li Ling was unable to do anything for the time being, so he could only assign two Tier 1 pill refiners to fill in some vacancies. However, it was still nothing. He could only barely maintain his Dao Foundation Stage cultivation base. The daily needs of True Origin Stage cultivators, as well as the specific solutions, caused Li Ling to be extremely troubled.

"Fellow Daoist Li, there is no need to make things difficult for me. I can help you resolve this matter." Fang Ling's eyes flashed with a pondering light as he suddenly said.

"What?" Could Fellow Daoist solve the problem? Could it be that Fellow Fang knows a third or fourth tier alchemist? " Hearing what Fang Ling said, Li Ling's eyes flashed with surprise and a trace of surprise.

Fang Ling shook his head, "No, I don't know a third or fourth tier alchemist." "However, at least I like pill concocting. I've been around a bit, so it shouldn't be a problem for me to temporarily solve Fellow Daoist Li's problem."

"Fellow Daoist Fang, are you saying that you know how to concoct pills?" Li Ling saw Fang Ling shake his head in disappointment, but what Fang Ling said next made Li Ling even more incredulous. Looking at Fang Ling's sixteen year old young face, Li Ling laughed and shook his head, "Fellow Fang sure knows how to joke. Not to mention that the Dao was not so easily taught to outsiders, the pill refining techniques were as rare as phoenix feathers or qilin horns, and most of them were controlled by ancient cultivation families or by high-level cultivators. "Based on Fellow Daoist Fang's age, even if he has talent in alchemy, and he also has a skill in alchemy, I'm afraid he would only be able to reach the level of a Tier 1 alchemist!"

"Tier 1 apothecary?" Li Ling did this to give me face, if he didn't have a mysterious pill refining technique like the Kan Li Pill Art, plus his current cultivation of the 5-Origin Soul Method, he would be able to grasp the Five Elements Transformation. Furthermore, the Wood Emperor's Qi and the Fire Emperor's Qi are both the most adept at refining pills which are close to the source energy. "Even if I am talented and talented, I am likely to not even be a Tier 1 Pill Refiner by this age!"

A trace of a smile remained on Fang Ling's face as he thought to himself. He looked at Li Ling and said, "Fellow Taoist Li, you are right." "However, there will always be surprises. This time, I have obtained an ancient book on broken pill forging. Now that my alchemy skills have increased greatly, I might have already reached the level of a Tier 3 alchemist."

"Haha ?" Since Fellow Daoist Fang has said so, Li Ling will believe you for a moment. The City Lord's Mansion has a pill refining room, so Fellow Daoist Fang can go in and try it out! " When Li Ling saw the confident smile on Fang Ling's face, he had a thought.

Back then, after Fang Ling appeared, Li Ling had specially investigated Fang Ling. He came from the barren lands of the seven empires. Moreover, it seemed like he had entered a cave before, and this cave must be the cave of an alchemist! Fang Ling's display of his talent was also behind the abode, so people could not help but think of this possibility.

To be honest, when he first heard about the aurous core stage cultivator's cave, even Li Ling was moved. He even wanted to kill someone for their treasure, but after calming down, Li Ling knew what he needed the most. For Li Ling's current cultivation of half a step into the Aurous Core stage, what he needed the most was the essence of the Heavenly Sunflower to heal his hidden injuries and step into the Aurous Core stage!

As for the Heaven Sunflower Essence, it was only found in the Alliance. This was also why Li Ling had tried to rope in Fang Ling from the beginning and befriend him.

Li Ling extended his hand and led Fang Ling to the back mountain of the City Lord's Mansion.

The City Lord's Mansion was built on a mountain. The back of the mountain was filled with greenery and ancient trees. Clearly, it was a place that was filled with a single Spiritual Qi. Halfway up the mountain, there was a cave. Waves of hot air surged out from the cave. However, they were blocked by a thin layer of formation array around the cave entrance.

"Fellow Taoist Fang, this is a medicinal herb used to concoct a Tier 1 pill, a Tier 2 pill, a True Essence Pill, and a Tier 3 pill, Xuan Yuan Pill. I am waiting outside the cave for Fellow Taoist Fang's good news."

Arriving at the cave entrance, Li Ling used the storage pouch to deal with Fang Ling. Fang Ling scanned through the contents and found that there were actually five elixirs made from each type of elixir; clearly, Li Ling was afraid that he would fail one after another and lose face in the end.

To this, Fang Ling did not explain. He cupped his hands towards Li Ling before entering the cave. Following the cave, he entered the pill refining room which was 50 square meters. Fang Ling did not attempt to refine pills right from the start. Instead, he activated the formation in the pill refining room and sat down cross-legged. Then, he began to circulate the Five Origin Return Scroll Technique and circulated the Wood Emperor's Qi within. The Fire Emperor's Qi spread throughout his body as he continued to familiarize himself with the control over the two energies.

"Swish, swish, swish ?"

Just as Fang Ling entered the Pill Refining Room, two magnificent beams of light suddenly flashed across the sky above the State of Clarity and disappeared into the City Lord's Mansion. Xiao Ya was one of the ones in front of the two light beams. At this moment, a tired expression appeared on her face. However, a coldness quietly surfaced within her eyes.

Behind him was Li Guangli. Although there was a hint of schadenfreude in Li Guangli's eyes, there was also a hint of sternness in them.

The schadenfreude was because of Zhang Yunshen, who was always opposing him. Liu Jie was seriously injured and crippled. As for that streak of light, it was actually Fang Ling. Although Fang Ling had helped him teach the two of them a lesson, the cultivation Fang Ling had revealed caused Li Guangli's heart to tighten, because when the Second Elder came, he wanted to recruit Fang Ling into his faction!

Based on Fang Ling's display of strength, once he joined the Second Elder's faction, he would probably step on Li Guangli. How could Li Guangli accept this? Therefore, when Li Guangli heard about Zhang Yunshen's defeat, he immediately sent a message to Xiao Ya, and the scene of the two of them arriving at the City Lord's Mansion.

"Look, that's the examiner sent down from the Alliance. Although she's a young girl, her cultivation isn't any weaker than us." Looking at how aggressive he looks right now, I'm afraid he has to go to the City Lord's Mansion and denounce us for his crimes! " Within the city, there were a few decent cultivation clans. The ones in power felt a flash of aura and flew towards the distant City Lord's Mansion, sighing endlessly.

"Crap!" Little Brother Fang Ling is probably in big trouble! Xiao Ya was the number one genius; even Li Ling wouldn't be able to stop her if she were to use her full strength. Chief, little brother Fang Ling did not hesitate to borrow the treasured cauldron from me to comprehend, causing our refining level to increase.

Zhong Huo, the elder who had left the manor, flew up into the air. His expression changed when he saw Du Guang rushing toward the city lord's mansion, and he spoke to the patriarch next to him.

Hearing this, the patriarch frowned slightly, then sighed, "Whatever, if I don't save him when he sees him die. "However, this goes against the reason why I left home. You and I will make a trip to the City Lord's Mansion right now."

"Since we are going to leave home to join in on the fun, how can our Zhuge family be absent! We'll go join in the fun as well. "