Chapter 376 The thing he was most worried about finally happened
The following return journey was extremely peaceful.
It took about half a month for the flying boat to stop steadily outside Shanyangfang, and the group of people flew down the deck one after another.
Looking at the gate of the market and the city wall close at hand, Xu Feng was distracted for a moment.
After staying in Canglan Market, the largest market in Song State for a long time, it always felt strange to suddenly see the low Shanyangfang.
"Okay, those who want to go to the market can go now, and those who want to return to the sect, come with me."
Master Lu, who put away the flying boat, said to the group of people.
Soon, the group that was originally standing together quickly split into two parts. Only Xu Feng and an elderly cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building wanted to go to the market, and the others chose to return to Jiugong Sect.
"Feng'er, don't forget what I told you before.
Go back to the market first, pretend nothing happened, and then go to Taimang Mountain to investigate. No matter what you find, don't make it public, just quietly inform me, and then we will discuss countermeasures together."
Just as Xu Feng walked towards the entrance of the market, Master Lu's voice transmission appeared in his sea of consciousness.
If he had followed his previous plan, he would have gone directly to Taimang Mountain, but this idea was opposed by his master, who believed that such abnormal behavior would alert the snake and let the mastermind notice the abnormality.
"Yes, Master."
Xu Feng finally agreed to his master's proposal. It happened that Luo Xinran and his daughter Xu Lifeng were still in the market, so he could reunite with them first and then go to Taimang Mountain.
What he didn't expect was that he encountered something that surprised him as soon as he entered the gate of Tongxin Pavilion.
When he saw Lingdie standing behind the counter, who was at least 20 years younger than when he left, and whose cultivation had broken through to the foundation-building stage, he was completely stunned.
"Ling, Lingdie, when did you break through to the foundation?"
You should know that when he left, Lingdie was almost sixty years old, and was about to miss the best age for foundation building. That means that she should have successfully broken through not long after he left.
Hearing the familiar voice, Lingdie, who was originally busy and happy, suddenly paused, and then raised her head abruptly. When she saw that the person coming was him, she immediately showed a surprised smile and said loudly:
"Boss, when did you come back?"
Before Xu Feng could answer, a figure suddenly rushed out from the back hall and rushed into his arms like a young swallow.
"Dad, you are finally back, I missed you so much."
"Lin'er? Shouldn't you be on Taimang Mountain with your mother, your eldest brother, and Aunt Wan?"
The sudden appearance of his second son surprised him again. He didn't understand what was going on?
"It's like this, shopkeeper. After I successfully broke through the foundation building, sister Wan'er and the others became idle, so they decided to take turns to take the children to Taimang Mountain to take care of the spiritual fields.
In the past six months, sister Wan'er and Li Qi stayed in the store, and Li Lin and sister Tinglan just came back a few days ago."
After this explanation, Xu Feng understood instantly, and he was a little happy in his heart. The three women took turns to live in Taimang Mountain with their children, which was much better than Liang Wan'er and Xu Tinglan staying in Taimang Mountain with their two sons. In this way, the degree of their infection by monsters would be reduced.
"Husband, you are back!"
The conversation between them alarmed Xu Tinglan, who was processing medicinal materials in the back hall. She lifted the curtain and also appeared in the front hall. When she saw Xu Feng's face clearly, she greeted him with a smile in her eyes.
"Yeah, I just came back."
When Xu Feng saw his Taoist partner, the smile on his face was extremely bright, but when he felt the movement from the demon compass in the storage bag, his face darkened instantly.
The situation he least wanted to see still happened.
"Dad, what's wrong with you? Are you unhappy?"
The son in his arms asked timidly, looking at his father's drastically changed face.
He didn't answer, but told Lingdie to take good care of the business, and then took his wife and children to the second floor.
As early as when Xu Feng first appeared in the store, many old customers recognized him, but he left before they greeted him.
"Hey, brother, this is Master Xu Dan just now, right? How come he has reached the seventh level of foundation building in two years? He has improved a lot compared to before."
A purple-faced, short-statured cultivator of the third level of foundation building asked the cultivator next to him curiously.
"Yes, I thought I recognized the wrong person at first, but when I saw him greet Manager Xu and Fellow Daoist Lingdie, I knew I was right."
The cultivator standing next to him answered with a shocked face, and was obviously also frightened by Xu Feng's sudden surge in cultivation.
"Hey, what's so strange about this? Fellow Daoist Xu is an alchemist himself. Would he lack elixirs to improve his cultivation?
He must have taken a lot of high-quality elixirs he made in the past two years, which made his cultivation soar."
Another elegant foundation-building cultivator wearing a royal blue robe and waving a folding fan talked freely.
"No, in the past two years, Master Xu was not in seclusion to break through his cultivation.
I heard from an elder of the inner sect of the Jiugong Sect that Master Xu and a group of outstanding second-level alchemists in the sect went to Song State to participate in an alchemy competition. I guess they just came back now."
A middle-aged female cultivator who knew the inside story said in a delicate voice.
"It turns out that the powerful alchemists have not been here for the past two years. I was wondering why the elixirs I bought in the past two years were all of poor quality. It turns out that this is the reason."
"Now that Master Xu and the others are back, we can buy cheap and easy-to-use pills again."
"That's right, especially since Master Xu has made a breakthrough in his cultivation, and his alchemy skills must have improved as well."
The seven or eight foundation-building cultivators in the store were discussing enthusiastically, and finally they generously donated money, reserved a lot of spirit stones for Lingdie, and pre-ordered a lot of second-level pills.
Looking at the three storage bags on the counter that were specially used to collect spirit stones, which were filled to the brim, Lingdie was so happy that her mouth was crooked.
After her cultivation broke through the foundation-building stage, her income changed from the original fixed monthly salary to the current basic salary plus commission. The more spirit objects she sold, the higher her income.
After putting all the spirit stones in the drawer under the counter, Lingdie frowned slightly. She recalled the solemn expression on Xu Feng's face when he saw Xu Tinglan just now, and guessed that something bad might have happened.
Thinking of this, she raised her head and looked towards the second floor. Just as she was trying to guess what happened, she was startled by a loud noise.
"Bang!"
Hearing the sound like a heavy object hitting the ground, Psylocke, who was afraid of something happening, ignored the customer standing in front of the counter and quickly went up to the second floor.
