Chapter 1173: Currying Favor
In the cafeteria.
As soon as Xu Fei, Hao Shuai, and Hao Kan arrived at the entrance, there were two unfamiliar young men there to open the door, likely disciples or descendants of the sub-branch masters of the Celestial Pill Sect.
Actually, most people coming here are here for the pills.
Of course, aside from those few specially arranged attribute female cultivators, who need to rely on Evil Qi to stabilize their attributes.
The so-called Evil Qi is actually similar to Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, yet different; while spiritual Qi is universal, Evil Qi is not. It is a mix of powerful Qi from the five elements: gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, and this type of powerful Qi is called Evil Qi.
Because it has five elements, normal cultivators cannot absorb or use it. Absorbing your own attribute while also absorbing the powerful Qi of the other four attributes can lead to either demonic possession or body explosion.
The same logic applies to those female cultivators; the attribute cultivators use their powerful five elements attributes to resist Evil Qi, achieving the goal of stabilizing their own Immortal Bone attributes.
Besides them, only Five Elements Cultivators like Chen Tianlong and a few other underhanded paths are unaffected, such as Xu Fei.
Xu Fei practices the Heart-Burning Divine Skill which can absorb various demonic Qi to transform into powerful Qi for cultivation. So in the Five Elements Extreme Realm, Xu Fei is not only unaffected but also can cultivate, which is one reason for his arrogance.
Being short on power, Xu Fei also knows the dangers of this trial, so upon encountering Hao Shuai, a master, at a hotel, although he dislikes Hao Shuai’s arrogance, finding a helper in crucial moments is the most important thing.
One of the gate openers was Duankongyi from the Steel Fist Gang in the Five Elements Mountain Range, here also to stabilize Evil Qi.
However, after a previous fight with Hao Shuai and falling victim to his poison, he is now under his control, having no choice but to be his servant. Hao Shuai promised to give him the antidote once the trial is completed, so he is obedient.
Hao Shuai is really treacherous; his martial arts might be average, but his use of poison is exceptional. Previously, Chen Tianlong almost fell for it, but having practiced the Nine Yang Celestial Dragon Technique, his resistance has improved considerably, along with his vigilance, allowing him to evade Xu Fei’s attack.
The other one was Yang Kang, son of the sub-branch master in the north of the Celestial Pill Sect. Yang Kang is mediocre in strength but arrogant due to being accustomed to it at home. Previously, he was astonished to see Hao Shuai easily handle Duankongyi.
He later learned that Hao Shuai and Xu Fei are friends.
He quickly sought refuge with them, ensuring he has support during the trial to prevent being bullied by others.
Weixiao saw these two people being so formidable, even needing help to open the door, definitely impressive people: "Funnel, what’s their background?"
"No idea about the one in front, but the one behind is Xu Fei." Funnel explained.
"That’s Xu Fei?" A glint of excitement flashed in Weixiao’s eyes as he pondered briefly and quickly ran over: "Young Master Xu, I’ve long admired your name!"
Xu Fei was taken aback, strangely looking at Weixiao, confirming he doesn’t know him at all before asking: "Huh? Who are you? Do we know each other?"
"Young Master Xu, I come from the southern sub-branch of the Celestial Pill Sect; I’ve heard Wu’s famous name multiple times. I came here this time to follow Young Master Xu!" Weixiao quickly introduced himself.
Weixiao spared no effort, using all his magic and saying all the pleasantries just to be taken in by Xu Fei.
The reason Weixiao wanted to follow Xu Fei was actually to vent some anger; he previously had conflicts with Tan Batian and Chen Tianlong, so naturally couldn’t ally with Chen Tianlong.
And he felt dissatisfied internally, wanting to teach Chen Tianlong and Tan Batian a lesson, so the best choice was Xu Fei.
Hearing Xu Fei and Chen Tianlong had a grudge and that he’s quite formidable too, he thought with proper maneuvering, Xu Fei would surely clash with Chen Tianlong again, allowing him to benefit from their conflict.
"Oh?"
Xu Fei was puzzled, how could people from the Celestial Pill Sect know about him? If it were alignments from the Mortal Realm, it might make some sense: "What’s your name?"
"My name is Weixiao."
He also pointed at Funnel: "He’s my friend too, named Funnel."
Funnel didn’t know why Weixiao wanted to follow Xu Fei, but having a strong person to back him during the trial is undoubtedly a good thing.
Having joined Weixiao before was actually to find support during the trial; otherwise, being alone, he feared he couldn’t withstand it and would end up dead.
"Young Master Xu, since these two sincerely want to be your subordinates, why don’t you take them?" Xu Kan looked at the two and said blandly.
"Alright then!" Xu Fei quickly nodded.
"Okay, since that’s the case, you can follow us now; this is Xu Fei, so treat him with respect!" Xu Kan started recruiting the subordinates.
"Ah!"
Weixiao instinctively glanced at Xu Fei, so young, and already the leader of several masters? Impressive indeed! But Weixiao didn’t think much, since Xu Kan said so, he went along: "Little brother pays respects to Elder Wu!"
Funnel quickly came over to greet Xu Kan, Xu Fei, and Hao Shuai as well.
"Alright, let’s go eat something; we’ve been without food for half the day, and dammit, I’m about to starve." Xu Fei waved his hand, indicating everyone should eat first.
Chen Tianlong was eating with Lin Wushuang, three women, and Du Nong; as for Li Bingshuang and the others, they said they wanted to stroll around as a team before eating, having felt they’ve gained weight lately and were eager to lose it.
Suddenly, there was a commotion at the door, prompting Chen Tianlong to turn his head, noticing Hao Shuai and Xu Fei entering with three people, and he also paused.
"Hey, isn’t that Eldest Young Master Nie?"
Xu Fei smiled slightly: "Long time no see, Young Master Nie, how have you been?"
Chen Tianlong glanced at Xu Fei indifferently, judging from his aura, his strength seemed to have increased.
This guy upgrades quite fast, I wonder what leftover things Xu Kan, that dead man, left him to make him so powerful in less than two weeks.
As for Hao Kan’s strength, Chen Tianlong knew that somehow there’s someone aiding him, his skills advancing rapidly, truly a martial arts prodigy.
The last one is Hao Shuai, undoubtedly assisted by Chen Hai.
Chen Tianlong grew increasingly suspicious that his arrival at the Celestial Pill Sect was orchestrated by someone behind the scenes. Otherwise, how could it be so coincidental that so many martial arts masters have gathered here, like Cheng Qianjin, Master Mie Wo, Hao Shuai, Xu Fei, and Hao Kan, all of whom are martial arts prodigies.
However, for someone who could foresee the entire chessboard at the start, they must be a master; this level of predictive ability might even surpass Fang Yan, don’t you think?