Chapter 321: 190. Customs may vary; in our hometown, we don’t need to be shorter when meeting others_2.

Tan Shuchang withdrew his gaze and then stepped into one of the cities of the Qi’e Kingdom.

Shortly thereafter, the son of the Qi’e Kingdom’s King hurried over, “For Senior to come here is indeed a joy that Junior cannot contain. May I know what Senior requires? Junior is willing to run errands for Senior!”

It was Bai Cha’s belief that Tan Shuchang had most likely come to search for Spiritual Medicine, as after all, this was something that an expert in alchemy, a Cultivator like him, often did. Thus, Bai Cha wanted to use this opportunity to have Tan Shuchang owe him a favor.

Although the Qi’e Kingdom was but a small mortal nation, it was a nation of Cultivators from top to bottom; hence, the collection of heavenly and earth treasures as well as precious Spiritual Medicines every year was quite abundant.

Moreover, some precious medicines could be planted and cultivated.

“I am simply looking to find some Dao friends to exchange some alchemy experiences,” Tan Shuchang said, his intention was to find a more advanced alchemy circle as he found the number of Alchemy Path Puppets he had dispatched to be too few.

The alchemy circle he had joined before had indeed spread the reputation of his Alchemy Path Puppet, but judging from the number of visitors, he knew that not many were truly interested in his Alchemy Path Puppets.

Therefore, he planned to further elevate the reputation of his Alchemy Path Puppets.

“I can introduce you,” suggested Bai Cha. “However, that alchemy exchange and friend meet, although it has a great reputation within the spiritual realm, is not mainstream…” Bai Cha deliberately hesitated as he spoke.

What he implied was that the alchemy circle was considered “unorthodox.”

Upon hearing this, Tan Shuchang knew that he had not come to the wrong place. This ambitious Bai Cha indeed had quite the network, much like when Mu Rongfu mingled with numerous figures from the jianghu.

After all, the more friends one has, the more one stands to lose; who would go about making friends everywhere for no reason?

Making acquaintances without any benefit is pointless.

When two people meet, they often first inquire about the other’s occupation because that determines the level of respect they will grant. Friends have always been considered such only when they are of equal status.

“Then I shall trouble Daoist Bai,” Tan Shuchang acknowledged the favor.

Hearing this, Bai Cha couldn’t be more elated. To have an Immortal acknowledge a favor was something extremely rare, especially since this Immortal was known for his generosity!

To owe such a person a favor was definitely a gain not to be missed!

Thus, Bai Cha immediately set about running errands for Tan Shuchang.

However, the son of the King of the Qi’e Kingdom, although quick to act, took a full three days to acquire an initial entry Token for the alchemy circle for Tan Shuchang.

The son of the King felt quite ashamed: “Junior is incompetent. I thought the connections I’ve accumulated over time would allow Senior to enter directly, never expecting that Senior would still need to undergo some trials.”

An initial entry Token meant one could only enter once.

The people inside that alchemy circle intended to collectively test Tan Shuchang before, if more than half agreed on his accession, he would be considered part of their circle.

This was significantly harder than joining an “inferior” alchemy circle.

And this was just the “unorthodox” alchemy circle. Above these kinds of circles, there were the even higher “orthodox” alchemy circles, places that except for someone like Tan Someone else, all other Cultivators following the Alchemy Dao aspired to.

“No matter, no matter,”

Tan Shuchang said with a smile, he wasn’t truly interested in joining; as long as he could establish the reputation of his Alchemy Path Puppets, that would suffice.

The “unorthodox” alchemy circle in question was the Bai Zhi Mountain Alchemy Exchange and Friend Meet, named like Green Cloud Mountain, after the locality most of the alchemy monks resided in.

The main persons in charge of this alchemy circle were also several Cultivators from Bai Zhi Mountain.

Although all their cultivation levels were only at the first certification, their identities were not simple, which meant that even Cultivators of the second certification who had merged paths had to lower their heads before them.

When Tan Shuchang arrived at Bai Zhi Mountain, he noticed several first certification Cultivators at the base of the mountain with expressions of nervousness.

At that moment, these individuals also saw Tan Shuchang. Seeing his calm and naturally composed demeanor, they mistook him for one of Bai Zhi Mountain’s own and hurriedly paid their respects.

“We’ve seen Daoist Brother!” If it wasn’t improper to bow deeply, these first certification Cultivators would have kowtowed to Tan Shuchang right then.

“Fellow Daoists needn’t be so polite,”

Tan Shuchang quickly intervened, since in his hometown, there was no custom of acting so subservient upon meeting someone.

“It’s only right, only right,” the first certification Cultivators responded with genuine trepidation: “Seeing Daoist Brother’s imposing appearance, we couldn’t help but be filled with admiration at first sight!”

“What Daoist Xu says is very true!”

“Yes! Yes!”

And these few one-realization Cultivators were praising Tan Shuchang when they suddenly heard a crane’s call, followed by the appearance of a young Cultivator riding on a white crane.

The Cultivator wasn’t very old, and his cultivation level wasn’t very high, but since his appearance, he wore a face full of arrogance.

“Stop praising him, he’s just like you, here for the trial,”

said the young Cultivator with a cold snort.

He had actually been there for a while because the white crane he rode was a one-realization level Mountain-Sea Beast, endowed with supernatural abilities, capable of concealing its form.

His purpose in doing so was just to see the unsettled expressions of these one-realization Immortals.

During his time on Bai Zhi Mountain, the young Cultivator had often witnessed this scene, and every time, he found it particularly amusing, after all, these people’s cultivation was far superior to his.

Originally, the young Cultivator was enjoying the view until Tan Shuchang came over, which instantly made it less enjoyable for him.

Upon hearing the young Cultivator say this, the few Cultivators who had been praising Tan Shuchang relentlessly were immediately dumbstruck.

Then, they all glared at Tan Shuchang in annoyance.

After seeing this scene, the young Cultivator immediately felt happy again, looking at Tan Shuchang with a look of someone who enjoyed watching a good drama unfold.

After all, this was offending several one-realization Immortal Cultivators at once!

But upon looking over, what he saw was an utterly calm demeanor, which hadn’t changed in the slightest since the beginning.

“You do seem very calm, so what if I tell you that your trial has already failed and that you can go back?” The young Cultivator’s gaze turned icy as he spoke immediately.

He actually didn’t have the authority to make such claims, but who knew that?

Once Tan Shuchang had left on his own, he would go up and change the story, saying that the man didn’t want to wait and didn’t take Bai Zhi Mountain seriously, so he left of his own accord.

As for the others, they would be too busy trying to ingratiate themselves with him to even consider offending him over such a matter.

He had done this kind of thing many times before, but so far, it had never backfired.

The King loves a fierce battle, while his subjects are tough to handle.

Those with a little power always want to exercise it at every opportunity.

That’s exactly the principle being demonstrated here.

However, the young Cultivator had undoubtedly picked the wrong target.

Because as soon as he finished speaking, Tan Shuchang flicked his sleeves, drawing both him and the white crane into them. Then Tan Shuchang proceeded up the mountain on his own.

After all, his goal was never to pass the trial and join the alchemy circle.

So, even if the trial was a failure, it didn’t matter.

Even if he had failed, he wanted these people to see his Alchemy Path Puppets, and they must do so!

These few one-realization Immortal Cultivators were undoubtedly stunned at the moment, but they also realized that for a trial matter, a young Cultivator who wasn’t even a one-realization Immortal certainly couldn’t be in charge.

Therefore, they followed behind Tan Shuchang at a distance, making their way up the mountain after him.

On Bai Zhi Mountain, there lay an area of incredibly luxurious buildings, with pavilions, towers, terraces, waterside pavilions, and mountain views everywhere. There were even special areas for cultivating precious medicines and housing Mountain-Sea Beasts.

At the entrance, a pair of young boys were responsible for receiving guests, and they were much more polite than the young Cultivator.

It seemed this was because their status on Bai Zhi Mountain was very low.

Because such boys were in abundance on Bai Zhi Mountain, taking care of precious medicines and changing water and feeding the Mountain-Sea Beasts, among many other menial tasks.

This pair of boys led Tan Shuchang and the others, arranging accommodations for them, and explained that the trial would take place tomorrow, as some alchemy masters had yet to arrive.

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Alchemy masters was a term of great respect for those who practiced the Alchemy Dao.

“All right, none of you wander off! If you do, we’ll have to report it! And you’ll offend people too!” The two boys said very “politely” to the others, excluding Tan Shuchang.

Because by that time, Tan Shuchang was already wandering off, not in front of those two boys.

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