Huang Wendao

Although Huangfeng Valley is a major sect of immortal cultivation in Yue Kingdom, they cannot easily refine Foundation Establishment Pills, and the number of pills produced each time is not very large.

Moreover, every time a Foundation Establishment Pill is produced, a Core Formation Grandmaster will pre-order some. After that, there are shares distributed to the disciples cultivated in the valley and used as rewards, so there are basically no left over.

Normally, the Foundation Establishment Pills refined this time would be just enough to distribute to the ten people in the Ascension Conference, but no one expected that Han Li, who was holding an Ascension Token, would suddenly appear.

According to the rules of the valley, any disciple who joins the valley with an Ascension Token will be given a Foundation Establishment Pill, regardless of their background or cultivation level.

However, this means that the previously decided ownership of the Foundation Establishment Pill will need to be reconsidered so that one can be allocated to Han Li.

Han Li, who was staying in the welcoming building, was unaware of these things and was still secretly delighted that he could successfully join Huangfeng Valley.

Xuankun Mountain is the residence of low-level disciples of Huangfeng Valley. Any disciple who has reached the tenth level of Qi Refining can come here to build their own residence.

At this moment, Li Yunfan and the other ten winners of the Ascension Tournament had already arrived here with the disciple from the Ascension Tournament.

Looking at the lush, verdant, and spiritually vibrant thousand-foot peak before them, and the giant mountain range extending from it, everyone except Li Yunfan and another disciple from a noble family felt a surge of joy.

As independent cultivators, they had never had a fixed place to cultivate. Now that they had joined the Yellow Maple Valley, they would finally have a cave dwelling that was entirely their own. How could they not be happy?

After the disciple's explanation, everyone learned that Xuankun Mountain actually refers to the main mountain in the center.

However, the mountain range that extends from it is actually within the scope of Xuankun Mountain. After all, there are more than 10,000 low-level disciples in the entire Huangfeng Valley, and a single mountain peak simply cannot accommodate so many people.

"Fellow disciples, your cultivation has all reached the tenth level of Qi Refining or above. According to the rules of the valley, you are free to build houses and caves on Xuankun Mountain."

After pausing for a moment, he continued, "My duty is complete. You may proceed with the construction on your own."

"Thank you, senior brother!"

All ten people bowed to him in thanks, and then each rode their own magical artifacts to choose a spot.

Just as Li Yunfan was about to set off, the disciple suddenly stopped him. Li Yunfan frowned and looked at the other person with some doubt.

"Senior Brother Li, your cultivation has already reached the peak of Qi Refining. If you want to build a cave dwelling, I suggest you go directly to the main mountain. After all, the spiritual energy on the main mountain is the most abundant in the entire Xuankun Mountain area!" The disciple said with a kind smile.

Upon hearing this, Li Yunfan was taken aback for a moment, his thoughts racing through his mind, before he nodded in realization.

He was not a fool. Coming from a family of cultivators, he naturally knew the meaning behind the other party's words. They simply wanted to leave a good impression on him.

So he smiled and said, "Thank you for your guidance, senior brother, but I am just a beginner disciple, and I dare not accept the title of senior brother."

The disciple waved his hand and shook his head, saying, "Although Senior Brother Li has only just entered the sect, his cultivation far surpasses mine. We cultivators naturally take those who have attained enlightenment as our teachers. Moreover, given Senior Brother's aptitude, it may not be long before I have to address him as 'Uncle-Master'!"

Li Yunfan smiled slightly. Since the other party had said so, he would no longer dwell on it.

"In that case, I'm ashamed to accept your offer!"

The disciple was secretly pleased to see Li Yunfan accept the offer. It was a good thing for him to be able to establish a good relationship with the person in front of him in advance.

After all, he was waiting on the side when the cultivator surnamed Wang tested everyone's aptitude. Although he didn't know the other party's specific aptitude, judging from the cultivator surnamed Wang's performance, he was definitely not an ordinary person.

"Senior brother, please don't think I'm trying to curry favor. There are tens of thousands of Qi Refining disciples in Yellow Maple Valley, and quite a few of them have reached your level. Most of your cave dwellings are built on the main mountain, but the main mountain is only so big. Do you really think they would let a bunch of low-level disciples live with them?"

Li Yunfan nodded. This was just like the Green Wood Mountain where his Li family lived. Only those with potential and those with high cultivation could build cave dwellings above the mountainside.

After all, the higher the location of a sacred mountain, the richer its spiritual energy becomes.

If everyone were to live on the mountaintop, wouldn't there be no place left to settle down?

"I have taken your words to heart, junior brother. May I ask how I should address you, junior brother?"

A look of joy flashed across the disciple's face, and he cupped his hands and said, "Huang Wendao."

Li Yunfan returned the greeting with a cupped hand, saying, "So it's Junior Brother Huang. Although I've only just entered the valley, if you ever need any help in the future, and it's within my power, please feel free to come to me. I will certainly do my best to assist you."

Huang Wendao had been waiting for Li Yunfan to say this, and it was worth it for him to stop the other party to remind him.

"Senior brother, you're too kind! In that case, I won't disturb you any longer as you build your cave dwelling."

After speaking, he bowed to Li Yunfan again, and then took out a long sword from his storage bag and flew away.

Watching Huang Wendao's departing figure, Li Yunfan chuckled, then took out his flying artifact and flew towards the top of the main mountain.

When he was still some distance from the summit, Li Yunfan stopped and circled the mountain. Finally, he chose a rather inconspicuous spot and began to dig his own cave dwelling.

With his profound cultivation at the thirteenth level of Qi Refining, controlling the Blazing Sun Blade to cut through rocks was as easy as cutting tofu.

After a short while, a simple cave dwelling, not too large, was completed.

Li Yunfan didn't put much effort into decorating, after all, Han Li would be refining the Foundation Establishment Pill in just a few years.

By then, he could ask for a few to help him break through to the Foundation Establishment realm. Once he succeeds, he will become a member of the Yellow Maple Valley's upper echelons and will naturally have his own territory and cave dwelling, so he won't have to live here anymore.

"Alright, it's time to go check on that 'silly' Han Li. He probably doesn't know his Foundation Establishment Pill is about to be stolen!"

After thinking it over, Li Yunfan changed into the robes of a Yellow Maple Valley disciple and flew towards the Welcome Building on his magical artifact.

Inside the welcoming building, Han Li looked at Li Yunfan, who was standing in front of him, dressed in disciple's robes and smiling, and his expression was somewhat unnatural.

"What? Brother Han, don't you recognize me?" Li Yunfan said with a smile.

Han Li forced a smile onto his dark face: "What are you saying, Brother Li? I just think that Brother Li looks extremely well in these clothes."

Li Yunfan chuckled, then naturally sat down in the chair, poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, and finally spoke.

"Brother Han, you've kept this from me for so long! You clearly possessed the Ascension Token, yet you didn't tell me... But, Brother Han, how did you obtain the Ascension Token?"

Han Li sighed inwardly, finally asking about this matter.

So he sat down in the chair, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Brother Li, please don't be offended. It's just that I really didn't know that the token in my hand was the Ascension Token. If it weren't for Brother Li's reminder, I would never have imagined that this small token would have such a great use."

"As for its origin, if I said I stole it from someone else, would Brother Li report me?"

After Han Li finished speaking, he stared straight at Li Yunfan without any expression.

Li Yunfan frowned, somewhat angrily saying, "Brother Han underestimates me. While I may not be a perfect gentleman, I would never betray a friend!"

Hearing Li Yunfan's words, Han Li immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He wasn't sure if Li Yunfan would actually report him, since there was no connection between them. But he was confident he wouldn't misjudge the other person, so he decided to tell him the truth.