Capítulo 132: Lonely Night, Empty Year
Chen Xia didn't go to collect protection fees from the preparatory disciples and minor elders right away.
The reason was quite simple.
He was too lazy.
So he decided to do it later.
There was no rush for this matter anyway. After all, the preparatory disciples and minor elders couldn't run away. He could just take his time.
He leaned against the wall in his cave, tilting his head. There was an untouched chess set in front of him. No one knew what he was thinking. He just looked a bit lonely.
And somewhat desolate.
Apart from Pan Da Dao and Zhang Dao Ming, no one had really come to see him.
Chen Xia was too lazy to go out, so he just stayed in the cave, completely taking it easy. Occasionally, when he got tired of lying around, he would go out for a walk.
But it was really boring. It was always the same people and the same things coming and going, and he couldn't get involved in them.
As a result, Chen Xia couldn't help but think of a question.
Would it be like this in the end of cultivation?
It was far less interesting than when he first arrived at Wei Xi Town. The years when he was a patrolman were really the most interesting time in Chen Xia's opinion.
Especially when he followed other patrolmen to collect protection fees on the street. He really enjoyed it.
It was a pity that he couldn't go back.
Neither Wei Xi Town nor the patrolmen existed anymore.
He himself was no longer the same either.
Now, the small world had taken on a different look. Perhaps because Chen Xia had broken through to the Sea-Reversing Realm, the opportunities and spiritual energy in the small world had become even more abundant.
There were even cultivators at the Great Vehicle Realm appearing.
However, Chen Xia didn't bother to take a closer look. He didn't want to see the stories in the small world anymore.
A story could indeed bring people quite a lot of insights, just like tasting all the flavors of sweet, sour, bitter, and spicy.
But Chen Xia didn't want to taste sour, bitter, or spicy now. He only wanted sweet.
He let the development of the small world take its own course. If there could be cultivators at the Mountain-Moving or Sea-Reversing Realm in the future, it would also be his opportunity.
Chen Xia didn't want to bother with these things. When he occasionally glanced at it, it was just to make sure that nothing had gone wrong in the small world.
Now, in the small world, there was still an idol of Chen Xia being enshrined. However, the title had been changed and wasn't as long as before.
It was directly called the Immortal Cultivation Ancestral Great Emperor!
It meant that Chen Xia was the founder of all the cultivators in the small world.
And the "Great Emperor" at the end was more to describe his high status.
In addition, Chen Xia also discovered a very interesting situation. Now, the connection between the small world and him was getting deeper and deeper, while the connection with the Immortal World was getting weaker and weaker.
As a result, the cultivators from the Immortal World couldn't descend into the small world anymore.
This was equivalent to the small world becoming Chen Xia's inner elixir, and the two had a mutually supportive relationship.
When Chen Xia became stronger, the spiritual energy in the small world would become even more abundant, and it would in turn nourish Chen Xia.
Now, the spiritual energy in Chen Xia's body showed signs of being inexhaustible. There was simply no end to it, and the nourishing spiritual energy had never stopped.
It was like a high-intensity output twenty-four hours a day.
When Chen Xia really reached the Great Sage Realm, perhaps he would be able to directly use a world to suppress others!
For now, of course, he couldn't do it yet. He still had to develop slowly.
Apart from the small world, Chen Xia also studied supernatural powers and spells. The first one he focused on was the "Blood-Burning Soul-Destroying Method". Since he learned this spell, he had never improved it.
After researching and fiddling with it for a long time, he finally came to a conclusion.
There was no way.
No matter which direction he tried to optimize it from, it was very difficult. There was always the suppression of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, as if it didn't allow Chen Xia to attack the old man.
Chen Xia had expected this result, so he didn't care too much. Instead, he optimized the "Reincarnation Desperate Situation" in the "Mysterious Chaos Dao Chapter".
He made the casting movements more diverse. For example, he could snap his fingers, gently stamp his toes, or clap his hands to release it.
Don't ask what the use was.
Just tell me if it was cool or not.
This was his research on spells during these days. Chen Xia summed it up in one sentence.
Having nothing better to do.
Fortunately, he had plenty of time and was qualified to be so idle. For other cultivators, this kind of thing was a luxury, but for Chen Xia, it was a bit like being thrifty.
In the past, he used to spend this kind of time just spacing out. Now, he actually had to study some spells and supernatural powers.
Fortunately, Chen Xia only did this occasionally.
Otherwise, if he was immortal, had high combat power, and was still so hardworking, what were the other cultivators supposed to do?
He had to leave them some way to survive.
In the third month.
Zhang Dao Ming came to see him. He knocked on the door of the cave, and there was a rare hint of joy in his tone.
"Chen Xia, open the door quickly. Money is coming."
The door of the cave slowly opened, and Chen Xia in a blue shirt walked out. He glanced at Zhang Dao Ming and then saw an old and tall man following behind Zhang Dao Ming.
"This is Elder Gao Zong Ming from the Inter-Realm Auction House. He wants to meet you and has come here specially." Zhang Dao Ming introduced.
"Hello." Chen Xia nodded and replied politely.
He had always been very polite. He would even say hello before killing someone.
"Hello. Were you really the one who refined the Supreme Profound Ice Soul Pill?"
Gao Zong Ming's tone was a bit doubtful. In his opinion, judging from Chen Xia's appearance and age, he was at most just a beginner in the Dao of Alchemy. How could he have refined a Dao Pill like the Supreme Profound Ice Soul Pill?
"Just refined it casually." Chen Xia said in a calm tone, with a faint smile on his lips, as if he was just talking about an ordinary thing.
Gao Zong Ming frowned and looked at Zhang Dao Ming, trying to find out something.
But Zhang Dao Ming had the same calm expression as Chen Xia.
Because he knew that Chen Xia really had refined it casually. In fact, it wasn't even a proper refinement. It was more like casually frying something.
Zhang Dao Ming still remembered the words Chen Xia had said.
"Is the Dao of Alchemy really such an inconvenient thing?"
This sentence had even become a psychological shadow for Zhang Dao Ming and couldn't be erased until now.
Seeing that the two of them didn't say anything, Gao Zong Ming's frown deepened. His tall body bent slightly, and he said slowly.
"If you really refined it, then I have a Dao Pill here that I would like you to refine. I don't know if it's convenient for you. As a reward, we will give you twenty thousand spirit stones and thirty percent of the spirit stones from the auction of the Dao Pill."
Zhang Dao Ming raised his eyebrows.
Twenty thousand spirit stones plus a thirty percent commission. That would be at least thirty thousand spirit stones. It could be seen that Gao Zong Ming was really sincere.
Chen Xia shook his head, "I can refine it, but I can't guarantee that I'll refine the specific Dao Pill you want."
"What do you mean?" Gao Zong Ming was puzzled.
If he couldn't refine the specified one, could he still be called a Dao of Alchemy Master?
"It means that what's refined might be even better." Zhang Dao Ming chimed in from the side.
He had witnessed with his own eyes that Chen Xia had used the materials for refining the Great Mist Ice Pill to refine the Supreme Profound Ice Soul Pill.
"But... but these are the materials. How could it be better?"
Gao Zong Ming was at a loss for a moment.
"Just tell me if you can accept it or not." Chen Xia crossed his arms and asked back.
Of course he could!
Gao Zong Ming immediately nodded, "Of course I can. But is it really possible?"
Chen Xia stretched out his hand, "Come to me in ten years. I need to prepare well."
He wanted to let his luck reach the best level. He had refined the Supreme Profound Ice Soul Pill before, so he really needed to take a break now.
Gao Zong Ming understood very well. He even thought that ten years of preparation for Chen Xia was a bit short. Generally, a Dao of Alchemy Master needed thirty years or more to prepare for refining a Dao Pill.
After that, Gao Zong Ming left. Zhang Dao Ming gave Chen Xia ten thousand spirit stones, saying that the debt was paid off and this was extra.
In addition, the Fire Attribute Dao Sword that Chen Xia had lent to Zhang Dao Ming was also returned by Zhang Dao Ming.
Zhang Dao Ming said that he was going to buy a flying sword himself.
Chen Xia asked why.
Zhang Dao Ming's answer was simple.
"Because there are no swords left in the Sword Forest."
"Haha."
The culprit let out two dry laughs.
Later, Zhang Dao Ming also left. Chen Xia turned around and walked into the empty cave. His back stopped at the entrance.
Lonely.
In the deep winter of this year.
Chen Xia counted the days until the New Year and hung big red lanterns all over the cave. He pasted the character "Fu" upside down on the door.
He carried a bench and sat alone at the door, half-leaning against the wall, looking at the lonely night.
Just after midnight, it was the first day of the New Year.
Chen Xia took the bench back, extinguished all the big red lanterns, sat in the cave, and closed his eyes.
In the darkness.
He said to himself.
"Happy New Year."
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