A small casual cultivator!

Chapter 423: Conversation with an Old Friend

As the two talked, Xu Feng waved his hand to remove the restrictions around him and brought him into the house.

After leaving the yard, we came to the inner courtyard. Although the courtyard looked very unique from the outside, the layout of the courtyard inside was very simple.

"Brother Lu, please sit here for a while. I'll go out and buy some good tea."

After a brief chat, Xu Feng left, perhaps because there was nothing worthwhile to offer in his storage ring.

"what happened?"

Looking at his back, Lu Luan was very confused. How come his strength has declined instead of improved compared to the past? And after careful observation at close range just now, he found that there was something strange about his body.

He estimated that Xu Feng's previously powerful physical strength had been reduced to less than six hundred horses. Now it looked like he had never practiced any essence-refining techniques at all, and was just like an ordinary cultivator in the early stages of foundation building.

"Xiao Can, did you see anything?"

He asked softly to the little fellow in Huangting.

"Brother, it's nothing. He looks normal and has no injuries. It's just that his body is a little strange." Xiao Can replied. He seemed to sense something strange.

"You feel it too?"

"It's just that there's an indescribable feeling. The flesh and blood of a cultivator at the foundation-building stage are cleansed by the true essence, and will become very pure and light, like leaves in the air. But now, he doesn't seem to have that feeling anymore."

Lu Luan nodded. Xu Feng seemed to have become an ordinary person now.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, he noticed a strange smell in the room, which seemed to be the smell of herbs cooked in boiling water.

However, he was somewhat familiar with this smell, and frowned, "Is he still using potions to refine his skills?"

Lu Luan remembered, wasn’t this the same smell as the medicine jar he saw in Pengling Sect?

It seems that he has been soaking his body all these years.

"I see."

Lu Luan understood that the reason for this was probably because of the medicinal liquid.

"Brother, how long are we going to stay here?"

Xiaocan asked him.

"A day or two."

Lu Luan said that he did not plan to stay for long, he just came to see his old friends while wandering in the wilderness. He hoped that his old friends were well, but everyone had their own paths to follow, so he did not want to disturb them too much.

Not a moment.

Xu Feng came back from outside.

As he sat down, he took out a pot of spiritual wine and some spiritual fruits from his storage ring and said apologetically, "Brother Lu, you have come from afar. I am really sorry that I don't have anything decent to entertain you."

"Brother Xu is too polite."

Seeing how enthusiastic he was, Lu Luan felt a little restrained.

"Brother Lu, when did you come to Bailuzhou?"

Xu Feng raised his hand to pour tea and asked him.

"I took the teleportation array to Mawang City a few days ago. I thought it was not far from Liushuang City, so I came to take a look. I didn't expect that you, Brother Xu, actually live here."

"Brother Lu, do you plan to develop in the wilderness in the future?"

The two began to talk.

Although we haven't seen each other for more than ten years, there is no gap between us and our feelings are still the same as before.

"Well, let's look for opportunities."

"I guess Brother Lu has already made a breakthrough in his cultivation?" Xu Feng asked. Although he couldn't see his cultivation level clearly, he could feel Lu Luan's aura. The auras between their brows were completely different, one in power, the other in desolation.

"No, I'm still missing that last bit. I tried everything but still can't break through. So I came to this wilderness to try my luck and see if there is any opportunity." Lu Luan said bitterly.

"You haven't made a breakthrough yet?"

Xu Feng looked at him in confusion.

He originally thought that Lu Luan was in the middle stage of foundation building.

Lu Luan shook his head and said with a wry smile: "With limited spiritual roots, it is not easy to break through. Over the years, I have only refined my physical body to be stronger."

"Ah, me too. My spiritual roots are damaged and it's hard to make progress."

Xu Feng looked at him and immediately felt a sense of sympathy.

"Brother Xu, I heard that you work for the Zhou family?"

Lu Luan asked casually.

Xu Feng nodded. "Yes, I presided over the activation of the spirit formation on Baidang Mountain during the day. The Zhou family is quite good and the rewards are quite generous. I now get six intermediate spirit stones a month, and there are also rewards from time to time."

There was surprise in Lu Luan's eyes. This reward was already very high for someone in the early stage of foundation building.

The monthly income of many cultivators in the early stage of foundation building who venture out in teams to hunt monsters is less than this figure.

“The treatment is not bad.”

After thinking for a while, Xu Feng said, "Brother Lu, the wilderness is dangerous. Why don't you stay here too? You can take care of the two of us. With your level of cultivation, it won't be difficult to find a job." He made the invitation and looked at him expectantly.

"No, I want to go around the wilderness next."

Lu Luan shook his head. Although Xu Feng had not made a breakthrough in his cultivation, he had now settled down here and seemed to be living a good life.

However, he was also very surprised in his heart. When they met in Pengling Sect before, the other party was very determined to become stronger, and even a firefly wanted to compete with the bright moon. But now, the once passionate fighting spirit seemed to have been smoothed out by reality, and like Song Ling, he chose to live the rest of his life in peace.

I just feel a little puzzled. Since he doesn't want to become stronger, why does he still want to work for the Zhou family? With his cultivation, he can live a very comfortable life even without relying on other forces. If it doesn't work out, he can just marry a wife and be at ease.

But he didn't ask any more questions.

"Really."

After hearing his words, Xu Feng looked disappointed.

But he soon laughed again, "Brother Lu, come on, let's drink this."

"Cheers," Lu Luan raised his glass.

"I didn't expect that Brother Lu would remember me after such a long distance and come here specially."

There was an inexplicable look in Xu Feng's eyes. Although he told him his address sincerely at that time, he actually didn't have much hope that Lu Luan would come.

"You are the only one who has a good relationship with me in the Wilderness. Since you are here, I have to pay you a visit and catch up with you."

Lu Luan chuckled and said that he came here to reminisce about the past.

"Brother Lu, where do you think he's going to go next?"

Xu Feng asked.

"I plan to go to the place where the war broke out in Bailuzhou and kill monsters and demons in exchange for spirit stones, or go to the secret realm to look for opportunities and find a way to break through my cultivation."

"Immortals kill demons and monsters, but demons also kill immortals. The secret realm is even more dangerous. Brother Lu, this is too risky." Xu Feng said earnestly.

"Let's just leave it to fate. What else can we do given our talent?" Lu Luan sighed.

"Brother Lu is still the same as before."

Xu Feng looked at him with a complicated expression. He could feel that Lu Luan's determination to become stronger was still as firm as when he was in Pengling Sect.

"Come, let's drink." Lu Luan raised his glass.

After a while, he couldn't help wondering, so he asked, "Brother Xu, how come your strength...did something go wrong during the tempering in Pengling Sect?"

He guessed that the decline in physical strength was not caused by injury. After thinking about it, he thought it was very likely that something unexpected happened during the last tempering in Pengling Sect.