Urban Romantic Divine Doctor

Chapter 753: Chapter 751, are you sure you’re not interested?

Xu Wendong gave him a look as if he was looking at an idiot, ”Can you cook?”

”Cough cough, besides cooking, I can do a bit of everything else.” Qian Duoduo gave a sheepish smile. He was skilled in many things, but cooking wasn’t one of them.

”So, if given a pot and some ingredients, can you prepare a delicious meal?” Xu Wendong continued, ”Although I have a pill furnace, and we picked many herbs on this trip, we still don’t have a pill prescription.”

Alchemy required herbs, a pill furnace, and a pill prescription, all of which were indispensable.

Even though Xu Wendong now had the Golden Crow Furnace and many rare herbs, he still couldn’t refine the Foundation Establishment Pill.

”Alright, it’s getting late, let’s head back.”

Just like that, the three of them left the Medicine King Valley Ruins.

As for Tiezhu, the guardian of Moonwatch Village, he had long disappeared without a trace.

Xu Wendong still felt grateful to him, because without his guidance, they wouldn’t have been able to enter the Medicine King Valley Ruins, let alone obtain the Golden Crow Furnace and so many herbs.

By the next morning, they had arrived in Shaanxi Province.

Qian Duoduo took Xu Wendong and Ye Qingxin to a seven-star hotel run by the Qian Family, booked the presidential suite on the top floor, and had some local specialty breakfast brought to the room.

Meanwhile, he returned home and fell asleep immediately. Although he was a Great Grandmaster-level expert, he wasn’t exhausted from the long journey through the Qinling Mountains, but he had been on edge the whole time and needed to relax with a good sleep.

After taking a bath, Xu Wendong had breakfast with Ye Qingxin. Then, after Ye Qingxin had exhausted him a bit more, he started studying the Golden Crow Furnace after she fell into a deep sleep.

Unlike the Ge Furnace, the Golden Crow Furnace was of noticeably higher quality. This was a good thing, but it also had some drawbacks, as using the Ge Furnace to refine elixirs could be operated with just mental power.

However, the Golden Crow Furnace couldn’t be driven by mental power. It required actual flames, and not just ordinary flames; it had to be at least earthfire.

”Ordinary people can’t activate earthfire unless they set up an Earthfire Array, but I don’t know the first thing about the Path of Formation!” Xu Wendong deeply felt his capabilities were too limited.

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By evening.

Xu Wendong received a call from Qian Duoduo, ”No other plans for tonight, right? If not, I’ll take you to a gathering.”

”Go by yourself, I’m not interested.” Xu Wendong didn’t like dealing with unfamiliar people.

Qian Duoduo smiled and asked, ”It’s a gathering of cultivators, all from the Kunlun Mountains Minor World. Are you sure you’re not interested?”

Xu Wendong’s eyes lit up, ”Come pick me up then!”

If it were a gathering of ordinary people, he certainly wouldn’t be interested, but a gathering among cultivators was different. They had much broader experiences and knew many things he didn’t.

If he could get on good terms with these people, he might be able to gain insight into formation techniques and pill prescriptions, which would be nothing but beneficial to him.

Moreover, he needed an opportunity to learn about the Kunlun Mountains Minor World.

An hour later.

A stretch Rolls-Royce Phantom arrived below.

The hostess at the hotel entrance respectfully opened the car door, and then Xu Wendong and Ye Qingxin took their seats in the back. Qian Duoduo was driving, and in the front passenger seat sat Qian Wantian, the richest man in Shaanxi Province, an old acquaintance.

Qian Wantian said, ”Today’s gathering is organized by the Qin Family. Financially, the Qin Family is just barely in the top ten in Shaanxi Province, but their heritage is unusually ancient. There’s a rumor that the Qin Family is descended from Ying Zheng, though it’s unknown if it’s true.”

Qian Duoduo interjected, ”I feel this rumor is probably true. If the Qin Family didn’t have a long history, how could they invite so many cultivators from the Kunlun Mountains Minor World?”

Qian Wantian wore a bitter smile. Although he was Shaanxi Province’s richest man and a famed presence in the martial world, those people didn’t show him any respect at all.

Fortunately, he had a good relationship with the Qin Family and secured four spots to attend tonight’s gathering.

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Maple Leaf Villa.

The location for the banquet, situated in the western part of Shaanxi Province, was a private estate reportedly hundreds of years old and a designated cultural relic preservation site.

Usually quiet, Maple Leaf Villa was brightly lit tonight, adorned with numerous red lanterns.

The parking lot at the entrance was filled with luxury cars, and one could see many people entering one after another. Although there were modernly dressed figures, most wore ancient attire with tied hair.

”Mr. Qian, please come inside.”

Upon reaching the entrance and handing the invitation to the security personnel, the latter immediately made an inviting gesture.

Xu Wendong and his party of four entered the villa. As soon as they stepped inside, Xu Wendong sensed several powerful auras.

There were many attendees at the banquet; besides a few at the Qi Refinement Realm, most were Foundation Establishment Stage experts, with many possessing a higher cultivation level than Xu Wendong.

”You guys look around; I’m going to greet Old Qin.” Qian Wantian said before separating from Xu Wendong and the other two, a custom as guests arriving at the host’s home should pay their respects.

This was a basic courtesy.

Xu Wendong and the other two wandered aimlessly, arriving at the backyard, which already had over a hundred cultivators setting up stalls.

Yes, you read that right. There were over a hundred cultivators displaying their items as if it were a marketplace, creating quite a bustling atmosphere.

Among cultivators, exchanging goods for goods was emphasized. Where there was a cultivator presence, such scenarios were common.

Xu Wendong quite liked this.

Because he currently lacked many cultivation resources.

”Senior, may I ask how much is this Complete Basics of Formation Techniques?” Xu Wendong crouched down at a stall, holding a bamboo-tube book with ”Complete Basics of Formation Techniques” written on it.

Unfortunately, the bamboo-tube book was protected by a restriction, making it impossible to see what was inside.

This was normal.

After all, most cultivators had photographic memories; if this Complete Basics of Formation Techniques were readily viewable, who would buy it?

The stall owner was an elder dressed in a blue robe, with white hair and beard, sitting cross-legged on a mat, exuding an ethereal and otherworldly aura.

He spoke calmly with his eyes closed, ”Two trillion Great Xia Coins, or one stalk of 500-year-old Tongxin Grass!”

Xu Wendong’s heart leaped.

Two trillion Great Xia Coins right off the bat? This old guy sure had a big appetite!

In fact, Xu Wendong could afford two trillion Great Xia Coins.

After all, just from his recent ventures in Wa Country, he earned more than two trillion Great Xia Coins.

But taking out that much money could potentially disrupt today’s financial system, impacting countless lives.

As for the 500-year-old Tongxin Grass...

He had several stalks of it.

”Senior, might I ask how many types of formations are recorded in this bamboo-tube book?” Though he could offer the Tongxin Grass, one should always be cautious; who knew how many formations were actually recorded in there?

If he bought it at a high price only to find nothing, wouldn’t he have been swindled?