"You?" Seeing the two appear together, Lu Leiyun seemed very surprised. Compared to that, Lu Xin's revealed realm didn't surprise her much.
"Manager Lu, congratulations, your trading house has gained another Earth Immortal realm expert," Mo Yunting said deliberately, seemingly afraid that Lu Leiyun wouldn't notice.
Lu Xin felt that the other party was being a bit disingenuous.
Lu Leiyun had already discerned that Lu Xin's aura fluctuations far exceeded the early Human Immortal stage, and she also understood the reminder in Mo Yunting's words.
After a slight surprise, she said, "Elder Zhu went out of the city this time to break through his realm, right?"
Lu Xin nodded, "Indeed."
She looked at Lu Xin and asked again, "Then, are you still willing to be a guest elder of our Dongji Trading House?"
Lu Xin spread his hands and said, "I have nowhere else to go. You wouldn't want to chase me away, would you?"
"That won't happen."
Lu Leiyun smiled and took out a token, saying, "With your current realm, you can become an intermediate guest elder of our trading house. This is your identity token."
Lu Xin took it. The contribution points he had accumulated previously were recorded on it. "What discount does this token give?"
"Thirty percent off," Lu Leiyun said. "Your original token needs to be returned."
Hearing that he could get a thirty percent discount, Lu Xin regretted not breaking through before buying the materials. However, what's done is done, and there's no point in saying more. He took out his primary identity token.
"Judging from Elder Zhu's expression, it seems like you bought the materials too early?" Lu Leiyun took the token and couldn't help but smile when she saw his expression.
"Indeed," Lu Xin admitted frankly, then tentatively asked, "Can I return them?"
Lu Leiyun shook her head with a smile, "The rules can't always be broken."
"Alright." Lu Xin wasn't disappointed. Then, he glanced at Mo Yunting, who hadn't said a word the entire time. "Is there anything else?"
He turned his head again.
Lu Leiyun shook her head, "Elder Zhu can go consolidate your realm first."
"Then I'll leave first." Lu Xin cupped his hands at the two of them and then left.
"Leiyun, he hid his cultivation and joined from the start. I'm afraid he has ulterior motives, and I..." As soon as Lu Xin left, Mo Yunting began to speak.
However, he was interrupted by Lu Leiyun before he could finish, "It's normal to hide one's cultivation when arriving in an unfamiliar place."
Speaking of which, she looked at Mo Yunting, "Moreover, our Dongji Trading House is different from your Tiexuan Hall. Guest elders have more of a cooperative relationship with us. We hire them to do things by paying them, so they generally won't do anything to harm us."
"Besides, I believe he's not that kind of person."
"But you can know a person's face but not their heart. The human heart is difficult to fathom, and his realm is higher than yours. What if he has malicious intentions..."
Mo Yunting wanted to persuade her further, but ultimately couldn't continue because a force that didn't belong to the Human Immortal realm suddenly emerged from her body.
"Early Earth Immortal stage, so you broke through long ago!" He was shocked.
"I said, it's normal to hide one's cultivation when arriving in an unfamiliar place."
Mo Yunting looked at her, "Is my Duoyuan City also an unfamiliar place?"
Lu Leiyun was expressionless, "I came before you."
Mo Yunting was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "That's true."
"Alright, I have things to do. If you have nothing to do, go back to your City Lord's Mansion," Lu Leiyun issued an order to leave.
Mo Yunting sighed and expressed some lingering doubts about Lu Xin before leaving.
After Lu Leiyun saw him off, she returned to her original realm and glanced in the direction of Lu Xin's residence.
Her doubts were no less than Mo Yunting's because she knew even more information. Lu Xin, as a late-stage Human Immortal, was only now starting to upgrade his spiritual treasure.
"Could it be that he really lacked spirit crystals before? Judging from his appearance, it seems so." She shook her head and then stopped paying attention.
In the residence, Lu Xin didn't care what the two of them would discuss after he left. Besides being more cautious, he checked his data panel:
[Host: Lu Xin]
[Lifespan: 244 / 259200]
[Body Refinement Realm: Human Immortal Body]
[Qi Refinement Realm: Early Earth Immortal (Zero / 300 million)]
[Cultivation Method: True Yang Subduing Evil and Slaying Demons Art, Eleventh Layer]
[Convertible Immortal Spiritual Power: 2160 (Continuously Increasing)]
[View Affiliated Mana Generation V]
[Passive Skills: Breathing, Stealth, Focus, Sword Heart, Self Heart, Affiliation, Poison Devouring Body, Lord of Myriad Treasures, Restriction Breaking Body, Alert Heart, Karma Chaos, Convergence of All Daos, etc.]
Now his lifespan has doubled again, equivalent to more than one yuan.
Next is the realm. After becoming an early-stage Earth Immortal, the mana required for breakthrough directly increased to 300 million.
This also means that the time required will double.
There were no other changes for the time being. After a brief glance, he began preparing to upgrade his True Yang Divine Sword.
After completing this, he planned to develop a secondary profession.
In this way, nearly a year passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, the sky above the residence was suddenly covered with tribulation clouds, and bursts of muffled thunder sounded.
"What happened?"
This movement immediately attracted the attention of many people. In just a breath, three more figures appeared outside Lu Xin's residence.
They were all guest elders living nearby.
"Manager Lu." Seeing Lu Leiyun appear, the three bowed in succession.
"You two have also come out of seclusion?" Lu Leiyun turned her gaze to the other two.
The two smiled wryly and said, "Under the tribulation clouds, the immortal spiritual energy is restless. We have to come out of seclusion even if we don't want to."
Then they asked, "Elder Cheng said that a newly joined elder lives here. He's not in the Heavenly Immortal realm, so how could he attract tribulation clouds?"
"I was negligent." Lu Leiyun looked at the low-hanging tribulation clouds and said, "I forgot to tell him that the formation of acquired spiritual treasures also requires tribulation."
"I see."
The two were enlightened.
"I was just about to tell you," Cheng Nan stroked his beard from the side.
"Alright, let's work together to seal this place and prevent the lightning tribulation from causing damage."
"Okay." Then the four took action.
Inside the residence, Lu Xin was also very surprised at first. After receiving Lu Leiyun's voice transmission, he understood what was happening.
However, the surprise didn't diminish. He didn't expect that he didn't have a lightning tribulation when he became an Earth Immortal, but refining an acquired spiritual treasure could actually attract one.
"You must hold on," he muttered to himself, looking at a snow-white True Yang Divine Sword stuck in the copper furnace.
"Zheng!" The True Yang Divine Sword immediately let out a series of ringing sounds in response.
The corners of Lu Xin's mouth turned up. Their minds were connected, so they naturally understood each other's meaning.
After another moment, the second-order immortal materials had completely merged into the True Yang Divine Sword, which also meant that the sword was completely formed.
"Go!" Lu Xin removed the Nanming Li Fire and suddenly pointed. The True Yang Divine Sword immediately turned into a white light and soared into the sky.
"Crack!" Almost at the instant the divine sword appeared, a bright bolt of lightning struck down, hitting the divine sword directly.
Then there was a sound of "crack, crack, crack," and nine bolts struck down in a row.
The surrounding area was filled with the escaping violent thunder power. Under the nine bolts of lightning, the True Yang Divine Sword was not only unharmed, but the white light became even brighter.
"Elder Zhu's sword is extraordinary. It actually withstood nine lightning tribulations so easily," one elder said enviously.
"Yes, one lightning tribulation represents the formation of one Dao rune. Elder Zhu's sword is already a top-grade acquired low-grade spiritual treasure. It seems like it's about to end soon," another elder followed.
Lu Leiyun didn't speak because she knew it wasn't over yet.
Sure enough, after the ninth lightning tribulation, the tribulation clouds didn't dissipate. Instead, they showed a tendency to grow.
"Why hasn't it ended yet? Could it be that Elder Zhu isn't refining an acquired low-grade spiritual treasure?" One elder asked in confusion, looking at Cheng Nan.
Cheng Nan was also very puzzled, but he didn't have much time to think because the tenth lightning bolt struck down in the blink of an eye.
Visibly to the naked eye, this lightning bolt was even thicker, and when it struck the True Yang Divine Sword, it immediately submerged it.
"Did it block it?" Everyone held their breath.
Lu Xin also did. Although he didn't feel any mental damage, he was still nervous, following what Lu Leiyun had told him.
The specific number of Dao runes that an acquired spiritual treasure can produce depends not only on the material limitations but also on how many lightning bolts it can withstand within the material's limits.
Lu Leiyun had also told him that the upper limit of the materials he bought was fifteen Dao runes.
Now he just hoped that it could withstand five more.
Soon, the lightning dissipated, and the True Yang Divine Sword was intact. Lu Xin didn't take it back but waited for the next few bolts.
"Crack!" In the blink of an eye, the eleventh bolt struck down, and it was caught. Then came the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth bolts, all without any major risks.
"The last one!" Lu Xin was extremely nervous. If he didn't withstand this one, the True Yang Divine Sword would not only stop at fourteen Dao runes but also suffer damage to its power.
Soon, the fifteenth lightning tribulation struck down.
Lu Xin immediately felt a tightness in his chest. This was the feeling transmitted from the True Yang Divine Sword, but this feeling came quickly and went quickly.
"Did it block it?" He looked at the sky. Sure enough, the lightning dissipated, and the True Yang Divine Sword was still intact. He didn't want to be greedy anymore. There would be opportunities to upgrade it later, so he planned to directly summon it back into his body.
However, at this moment, an accident suddenly occurred.
