The man with the mung bean eyes, after taking the Holy Luo Dan, vomited a large amount of foul-smelling green fluid on the spot, and then his injuries visibly healed, and his spirit gradually recovered.
"Many thanks, young friend, for saving my life!"
The man with the mung bean eyes could now stand up and cupped his hands to thank Xiao Fei.
He knew the severity of his injuries. The previous tier three high-grade pills were merely prolonging his agony.
Only by taking this healing pill did his condition truly turn around. Afterward, he would take a few more tier three high-grade healing pills to consolidate the effect.
He had practically come back from the brink of death!
"Senior, there's no need for politeness. I received many favors from Senior in the past, and this is merely repaying one or two-tenths of those favors."
The two exchanged more meaningless pleasantries.
At this point, Xiao Fei bid farewell to the man with the mung bean eyes. However, the man with the mung bean eyes said:
"Young friend, if one day you can cultivate to the late Nascent Soul stage, come find me. I have a secret to tell you."
As for the specifics, the man with the mung bean eyes was not willing to elaborate for the time being, only stating that the time was not yet right. As he left, he gave Xiao Fei a communication talisman.
Having completed the transaction, Xiao Fei left Black Flood Dragon City with the Azure Marrow Jade.
Now, he had gathered all the materials needed to refine the jade altar and could finally begin the process.
However, the jade altar could trigger celestial phenomena, and if the Immortal Realm bestowed some treasures, it would attract powerful enemies from all sides. Not only would his efforts be in vain, but he might even lose his life.
Once news of such a treasure as the jade altar leaked, even a powerful force like the Great Qin Kingdom could not protect it.
As for a place to house the jade altar, he felt that the safest location would be his personal space.
His space was equivalent to another world and could isolate perception. But since the jade altar could communicate between two realms, it should also be able to communicate with the Immortal Realm from his space.
Xiao Fei returned to his secluded island with the Azure Marrow Jade and began to go into seclusion for refining.
He already had the main body of the jade altar. Now he needed to refine 9,999 jade floor tiles.
Each jade floor tile contained a complex formation. By arranging these 9,999 jade floor tiles according to a specific pattern, these formations would connect end-to-end, forming a super grand formation.
During the refining process, the formation on each jade floor tile was different, and he had to carefully study each one before starting to refine it.
During this process, there were bound to be mistakes, leading to the loss of some materials. Fortunately, he had purchased some extra raw materials in advance, anticipating this.
The time required to refine one jade floor tile was about ten days. Following this, completing all 9,999 jade floor tiles, even if he worked tirelessly, would take over 270 years.
Furthermore, he occasionally wanted to eat a meal to improve his quality of life, and sometimes have a few words with Huang Feifei to enrich his emotional life. This would further extend the time required.
However, his space had a time dilation of 34 times. He could completely refine the jade floor tiles within his space, thus saving a considerable amount of time.
Just as Xiao Fei was in seclusion refining artifacts, Zhu Yu had completed his recuperation and was preparing to depart.
Huang Feifei, on behalf of Xiao Fei, escorted Zhu Yu to the shore of the island.
"Zhu Yu, are you sure you want to go back?"
"Of course. Although the mountain gate of the Danxin Sect is gone, the people are still here, and the lineage of inheritance is still here. I am still a disciple of the Danxin Sect!"
Zhu Yu's expression was firm at this moment, displaying a rare sense of righteousness.
"Are you not planning to return?"
Huang Feifei shook her head, then nodded.
"I will do whatever the Young Master decides. If the Young Master returns, I will naturally return with him. If the Young Master does not return, neither will I!"
Zhu Yu looked back at Huang Feifei, somewhat angered by her lack of ambition.
"Huang Feifei, you are now a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, a powerful being who could be a revered ancestor anywhere.
If you were elsewhere, Xiao Fei and I would have to respectfully salute you, considering ourselves juniors.
Have you never thought of acting according to your own judgment?"
Zhu Yu, Xiao Fei, and Huang Feifei often acted together, so he was well aware of Huang Feifei's state.
When Xiao Fei was not around, her decisive and ruthless demeanor made him sigh in admiration.
But Huang Feifei had a fatal weakness: the moment she saw Xiao Fei, she became foolish and completely lacked her own opinions.
One moment she was a peerless, heroic woman standing tall, and the next, upon meeting Xiao Fei, she became so fragile that she couldn't even pull out a bottle stopper.
In the past, when her cultivation was only at the Foundation Establishment or Golden Core stage, such behavior was somewhat understandable. But now, as a Nascent Soul cultivator, Huang Feifei still showed no self-awareness of being a powerful expert.
This made Zhu Yu feel both envious and jealous.
"My own judgment?"
Huang Feifei chuckled softly.
"Listening to the Young Master's opinions in everything, that is my own judgment!"
Others could not understand her choices, and she had no intention of explaining them to Zhu Yu.
"Alright, to each their own. Actually, with your current cultivation, you would have considerable influence within the sect upon your return. The entire sect would be overjoyed to welcome you back."
Zhu Yu expressed some regret. The surviving cultivators in the Lu Kingdom's immortal cultivation world were banding together for mutual support, and they were currently most in need of resources and powerful individuals.
Even a starved camel is larger than a horse. Even if the sect had declined, gathering together was still better than being a rogue cultivator.
At the very least, they could support each other, and with the sect's heritage, they could unite against external threats, which was far better than scattered rogue cultivators.
If managed well, there was even a chance to reclaim the territory of Lu Kingdom.
"I believe that after the Young Master finishes his seclusion, there is a high probability that the two of us will return to the sect."
Huang Feifei added at this moment.
"As you know, the Young Master has always been clear about his debts of gratitude. The Danxin Sect owed him kindness, and he still has fellow disciples there. He should return."
"Alright! I shall take my leave then. I look forward to your return!"
Zhu Yu turned and transformed into a white rainbow, soaring towards the sky.
After Zhu Yu's departure, another two years passed. Fei Xin personally sought out the island where Xiao Fei was in seclusion. He waited on the island for half a year and finally caught Xiao Fei during a break from his cultivation.
"Senior Brother Fei! I hope you are well!"
"Junior Brother Xiao! It's good that you're alive! Your disappearance for decades led the Lu Kingdom's immortal cultivation world to believe you had been assassinated by demons."
The two fellow disciples, upon meeting, could not help but pour out their longing after their separation. At the height of their emotions, tears even flowed.
"Junior Brother, Treasure Pavilion was founded by you personally. Senior Brother dared not fail your trust. Treasure Pavilion did not perish amidst the war; on the contrary, it has developed and now has five branches..."
Fei Xin's primary purpose for this visit was to report the operational status of Treasure Pavilion to Xiao Fei.
Although Treasure Pavilion had grown and prospered under his management, he had no intention of claiming it as his own.
Without this Junior Brother Xiao, he, Fei Xin, would have long since turned to bone, and there would be no today.
It had to be said that True Master Guangling had a discerning eye when accepting disciples back then.
The character of his disciples was not too bad, and among them were individuals with outstanding talent, such as Xiao Fei, who was also honest and upright.