Chapter 226 The first three years
Time flies, two or three years have passed.
Lu Changan, who first came to the world of cultivating immortals in Jingguo, practiced in a low-key and peaceful way in the "Qingshawan Xia Clan" of the Wufu Chamber of Commerce. Apart from his job of alchemy, he rarely negotiated with outsiders.
He stays in Qiufeng Island Dojo all year round, and hardly goes out.
Unknowingly, the monks of the Xia family got used to him, a middle-aged alchemist from a neighboring country during the Foundation Establishment period.
Compared to the first one or two years after coming here, the vigilance and supervision of Lu Changan by the top Xia clan members has dropped a lot.
A few months ago, the senior officials of the Xia clan invited Lu Changan to participate in important discussions within the clan.
Lu Changan resolutely refused, on the grounds that this had nothing to do with the alchemy duty of signing the spiritual contract.
Lu Changan came to Jing Country to seek a stable cultivation dojo, to transition safely to the peak of the late foundation establishment period, and to seek alchemy.
Lu Changan lacks interest in Wufu Chamber of Commerce and internal affairs of the Xia Clan.
Besides, the invitation from the Xia clan's high-ranking officials was probably just a temptation.
"rise!"
On this day, in the alchemy room of the Qiufeng Island mansion, Lu Chang'an made a formula with his fingers and performed the method of opening the furnace.
Hum!
In front of the two-eared copper alchemy furnace, Zhang Xu high, with spirit patterns flickering, emitting a fiery aura, the cauldron cover suddenly trembled, and was smoothly washed away by a ray of light.
Accompanied by a strong medicinal fragrance, three crystal clear purple pills flew out of the heat wave and landed in Lu Changan's palm.
Lu Changan inspected the three pills in his hand, two of them had four stripes on the surface, which represented the lower grade of the second grade pill.
The remaining one has three and a half lines, which is an inferior medicine pill.
Of course, it is not impossible to use inferior elixirs, but they are less effective, have more impurities, and may contain certain erysipelas.
"Xiao Ming, take these three heart-relief pills to the warehouse."
Lu Changan handed the medicine bottle filled with elixir to the square-faced boy with fair complexion dressed as a medicine boy beside him.
Xia Mingcheng was one of the two drug boys who assisted Lu Changan in alchemy.
Alchemy is not only technical work, but also continuous physical work.
Many high-quality pills cannot be prepared in three to five days.
Therefore, a drug boy who assists in alchemy is indispensable for every professional alchemist.
Only in this way can the alchemist have time to practice without being obviously delayed.
Lu Changan refines some elixirs that are not too difficult or of high value, and will leave the stable steps in the middle, those boring time, to the medicine boy to watch over.
In this way, he can save energy, and the drug boy can also get advice and exercise.
"Yes, Master Wu Dan."
The drug boy Xia Mingcheng took the elixir and retreated respectfully.
Although Xia Mingcheng has the status of a medicine boy, he is actually a mid-level first-rank alchemist, and he can be regarded as half of Lu Changan's disciple.
In terms of alchemy talent, Xia Mingcheng also surpassed Lu Changan.
"In the past two or three years, the opportunities and experience in alchemy accumulated have surpassed the past twenty years of working behind closed doors."
Lu Changan's alchemy skill at this time has improved a lot compared to before coming to Jing country.
Many years ago, he became a Tier 2 alchemist.
Due to limited talent, the opportunity to practice is far less than that of a full-time alchemist. Since then, the alchemy skills have almost stagnated for many years.
After arriving in the Xia family, Lu Changan had too many opportunities to practice, and the materials were all provided by the Xia family or the Wufu Chamber of Commerce.
The types of pills refined are also more than before.
Under this environment, Lu Changan's alchemy skills have finally improved.
It is still difficult to advance to the second-tier mid-tier, but at least you can feel the progress of your skills.
Lu Changan is mainly helping the Xia Clan to make alchemy, and secondly, he is part of the task of alchemy for the Wufu Chamber of Commerce.
In name, Lu Changan is a member of the Wufu Chamber of Commerce, and so is the contract signed.
In essence, he is an external monk of the Xia clan.
After all, the dojo, spiritual rice resources, and alchemy rewards needed for Lu Changan's cultivation are all provided by the Xia Clan.
Moreover, on the spirit ship of the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce three years ago, the Xia clan signed a spiritual contract with Lu Changan and paid the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce a sum of spirit stones.
Including the purchase of a second-order spirit deed, which is also an expense.
"However, most of the alchemy materials provided by the Xia Clan and the Wufu Chamber of Commerce are ordinary items that are not too precious."
Like the foundation building pill, the second-order breaking pill, Lu Changan has never refined it.
Lacking corresponding opportunities to practice mobile phones, it is difficult for Lu Changan to guarantee the success rate and quality of this kind of elixir.
Wufu Chamber of Commerce has a second-rank top-rank alchemist with a higher rank. Due to old age and lack of energy, he is mainly responsible for refining important elixirs.
It is like an ordinary second-order elixir, handed over to Lu Changan, or alchemists from other families.
…
Lu Changan walked out of the alchemy room and stepped into the quiet garden courtyard.
"Master Wu Dan, this is the information that the young master recently collected from the business alliance."
A soft girlish voice came.
Xia Wenyue, who was wearing a plain skirt, flew back to Qiufeng Island not long ago, bowed her knees, and handed a jade tube to Lu Changan.
To settle in Qiufeng Island, Lu Changan only needs two quotas for drug boys.
Xia Wenyue is another drug boy.
And also serves as a maid, taking care of the common affairs on the island, including receiving people and things.
She was a sick child since she was a child, and she has a wealth of pharmacological knowledge. She is a pharmacist, similar to Ye Fei from Wu Qishan.
Together with the pharmacists, they focus on pharmacology, including medical and poison techniques, but basic alchemy skills are also indispensable, but they are not as specialized as alchemists.
"Well, you go down and rest first."
Lu Changan took the jade tube, and glanced at the pale, panting Xia girl.
Just flying a certain distance in the clan, it seems difficult.
After Lu Changan settled in Qiufeng Island for two or three years, Xia Wenyue has always had a sickly pale delicate face, with light smoke hanging between her brows, giving people a sense of melancholy.
Even though she is weak, Xia Wenyue's appearance and temperament are considered unique in the Xia family.
In order to stay on Qiufeng Island, Xia Wenyue is willing to be a maid.
In addition to assisting in alchemy, he also has to take care of many things on the island, including serving tea and pouring water, and doing errands.
However, this woman is weak and weak, and she is a bit overwhelmed.
One time, Xia Wenyue fainted directly while working on the island.
Looking at this woman, Lu Changan has a good impression of her, she is hard-working, and her temperament is not a monster.
During a chat in a good mood, Lu Changan kindly raised his mouth:
"Xiaoyue, you have a weak constitution, and it seems that there is something wrong with it. Wu has a little background in medicine, so I can help you take a look."
Lu Changan's proposal was not only partly out of good intentions, but also out of curiosity.
After searching with his spiritual sense, he couldn't find the root cause of Xia Wenyue's illness.
He couldn't help wondering if this woman had a special physique.
That requires mana touch, an in-depth examination into the body.
Unexpectedly, Lu Changan's good intentions were actually rejected by the girl.
"Thank you, Master Wu Dan, for your kindness. The little girl's sickness was brought out from her mother's womb. My mother asked a third-rank pharmacist to see her before she was alive, but she couldn't get a cure. She could only use medicine to stabilize the yin and cold air, and barely maintained her practice."
"Over the years, Wen Yue has been content, and has no extravagant hopes for it."
At that time, Xia Wenyue glanced at the middle-aged man with a round face, yellow beard and slightly oily face, and politely declined the offer.
Lu Changan naturally wouldn't put a hot face on a cold butt.
Even though I was a little curious and a little strange, I never mentioned this topic again.
He reckoned that if Lu Changan was replaced with his original appearance, the result might be different.
Lu Changan, disguised as a mask of illusion, inherits the appearance and temperament of others. The image is not ugly or wretched, but it has the greasy feeling of a middle-aged man.
…
"A quarter of the spiritual meridian dojo in Liang Guoxiu's world was conquered by the Jinyangzong camp? Now, there are more Liang Guo monks fleeing to the neutral Jing State..."
Back in the room, Lu Changan checked the information in the jade tube.
During the two or three years after he settled in Qiufeng Island, although he didn't go out much, he kept paying attention to Liang Guo's practice war.
The news channels of the Jingguo Chamber of Commerce are very wide. The monks of the Wufu Chamber of Commerce go to Liangguo once or twice a year.
Lu Changan asked Xia Mingqu, the young lord of the Xia tribe, to bring back the war information of Liang Guoxiu's world.
At the same time, he really wanted to know if the news about the ancient ruins had leaked out.
"There is still no news about the ancient ruins. You can be sure that at least the news about the ruins has not been leaked on a large scale."
"Fairy Shi has been a third-tier formation master for a few years, and she is still safe and sound. Before she left the ruins, she should have dealt with the beginning and end, without revealing the core secret..."
Lu Changan came to a basic conclusion.
The Xuanmu Gourd Vine on his body involves a major opportunity above Nascent Soul level.
If such core secrets are really leaked, the identity of the third-order formation mage will not be able to keep the fairy teacher.
If it is an ordinary cave, ruins.
Fairy Master was promoted to a fake alchemy and became a third-tier formation master. His status is comparable to that of a real alchemy, and he can completely cover it.
Nowadays, Shi Xianzi is the number one figure in Liang Guoxiu's world.
A year ago, in the information brought back by the Wufu Chamber of Commerce, there was a brief mention of this new third-tier formation master around Huanglong Xiancheng.
It is worth mentioning that.
Wufu Chamber of Commerce has some business dealings with the Beastmaster Zhou family of Liang State.
Part of the information was provided by the monks of the Beast Familiar Zhou Family.
"There has been no news of a bounty for the 'Turtle Talisman Master' from Jinyangzong in Fengguo. Could it be that Mu Jiu'an and his gang concealed this matter and did not attract Jinyangzong to pursue it? "
Lu Changan also paid attention to another hidden danger.
He can only be sure that a small tortoise talisman master has not entered the vision of the senior management of Jinyangzong.
If it is an important person offering a reward, it will be rewarded by Yuanying-level sects across the country.
"At present, it seems that these two hidden dangers are not a big problem."
Lu Changan thought about it:
"In the future, if I or one of the ground rock rats succeed in forming alchemy, there is no need to worry about it. You don't even need to hide your identity, and you can practice normally in the Jing country as Lu Changan."
After reading the information, Lu Changan became more and more at ease.
In the three information provided by the Wufu Chamber of Commerce, "Turtle Talisman Master" was never mentioned.
The name of the turtle talisman master is only slightly well-known in the immortal cultivation world of Liang country. Once he crosses the immortal cultivation country, basically no one knows this person.
Unless it is a person like Huanglong Zhenren, who has a certain degree of "legendary", even in neighboring countries, he will be known by some monks.
Or third-tier formation mages like Shi Xianzi will be noticed by the intelligence of the high-level officials of the Feng Kingdom and the Jingguo Business Alliance.
Lu Changan guessed that the monks of the Xia family must have checked the identity of "Wu Fan" two years ago.
According to the results of the investigation, it may be suspected that Lu Changan used an alias.
But it doesn't matter anymore.
As long as Lu Changan has no bad intentions towards the Xia Clan, he can practice alchemy honestly. How big a wave can a smuggling refuge in the mid-foundation stage cause?
In the short term, Lu Changan is not worried about his true identity being exposed.
First, the influence of Wufu Chamber of Commerce is very limited in cross-border investigations.
There are not a few monks who fled to Jing country. Under the chaotic war background, it is not too normal for a foundation building period to disappear.
Secondly, no one in the outside world knew that Lu Changan had the attainment of a second-tier alchemist.
Even if someone thinks of a tortoise talisman master, a second-level alchemist and a mid-stage foundation establishment can rule out Lu Changan.
Normally speaking, it is difficult to hide the cultivation base during the foundation building period from the fake ancestors of the Xia clan.
…
The night is ten.
Lu Changan sent Xia Wenyue away, and went to the basement below Qiufeng Island mansion alone.
In Qiufeng Island, two drug boys live in a house built on the outskirts.
Lu Changan's mansion and the deep pool behind it are within the envelope of the quasi-third-order formation.
Below the basement, there is a secret tunnel, which is connected to the deep pool behind the mansion.
This tunnel was dug secretly by rock rats just a few months after arriving on Qiufeng Island.
The mysterious water turtle usually lives in the deep pool at the other end of the tunnel. When no one is around, it will come out to bubble, and when monks come, it will dive below.
Due to the cover of light and darkness, the secret tunnel and the mysterious water turtle have not been discovered by the monks of the Xia clan so far.
Moreover, Lu Changan made it disguise as an ordinary spirit turtle.
Squeak!
A mouse demon with yellow hair pushed open the secret door of the tunnel and led the way for Lu Changan.
The spotted chinchilla, judging from its appearance, is a common species called "yellow rock rat", and it is a close relative of the ground rock rat.
This is the result of the rock rat's practice of changing shape.
Because of the similar blood, it is not easy for the beast master to see through.
On weekdays, as a yellow rock rat, with a mid-second level of cultivation, it stays in the mansion on Qiufeng Island and is responsible for labor and guarding.
Covered by formations, as long as the rock rats don't go out and bump into the Xia clan leader "Xia Hongyu", there will be no problem.
After a while.
Following the tunnel, Lu Changan came to the deep pool at the other end.
In the deep pool, there is a stone house that is covered by formations and cuts off the flow of water.
Wow!
The Xuanshui Turtle carried Lu Chang'an and the Rat Demon, shielded the water flow, and entered the hidden stone house at the bottom of the pool.
In the stone house, there is moderately dry and wet soil under your feet.
A huge porcelain jar stands on the surface of the soil.
The porcelain vat is filled with five-color soil, and a withered gourd vine is planted.
It was the Xuanmu gourd vine that Lu Changan brought out from the ancient ruins.
There is a hole in the bottom of the porcelain vat; the five-element soil at the bottom of the vat is in contact with the soil at the bottom of the lake, connected with the "earth air", and is no longer a rootless weed.
Although it is not really rooted, it also has an approximate effect.
Lu Changan naturally had some considerations when he put the mysterious wood gourd vine to grow here.
First, this deep pool is connected to the veins of the earth, the aura is active, and the earth's energy is strong.
Second, with the help of the natural geography of the deep pool, combined with the dark formation of the quasi-third-order formation, and the isolation material made of shadow stone, the concealment is good.
Third, the black water turtle lives in the deep pool and can be taken care of all year round.
When Lu Changan was busy, the Xuanshuigui used the cloud and rain technique to help water the Xuanmu gourd and vines to maintain their vitality.
The water turtle is very happy to do this job.
"Put the mysterious wood gourd vine here to grow, it is more hidden and hard to find than if I take it out."
Based on the experience of his previous life, Lu Changan had repeatedly deliberated on the Xuanmu gourd and vine, and even made some calculations.
As a result, he came to a conclusion.
Xuanmu Gourd Vine, has the ability to shield heavenly secrets and calculations.
Of course, Lu Changan was not proficient in reckoning in his previous life, but only scratched the surface. The reckoning based on his late foundation cultivation was very ineffective.
Lu Changan approached the withered gourd vine, observed it for a moment, and couldn't help shaking his head.
The gourd vine showed no obvious signs of growth after it was connected to the earth at the bottom of the pool.
Since the Xuanmu gourd vine was brought out of the ruins, all Lu Changan could do was to maintain its vitality.
If you pay your life essence and perform the Evergreen Secret Technique, you can feel the vitality of the Xuanmu Gourd Vine has a slight increase.
Probably, if you invest a lot of life energy, there is a possibility of reverse growth.
However, how could Lu Changan be willing to use a large amount of life yuan to gamble on an unknown result?
Even if you have to try a little bit, at least you have to be promoted to Zhendan, and your lifespan will increase significantly.
…
"Let's go."
With a wave of his hand, Lu Changan put the large porcelain vat planted with gourd vines and filled with five elements of soil into the storage bag, temporarily cutting off the connection with the earth's qi.
Next, he is going to go out for a trip to plan alchemy for the rock rat.
Although the Xuanmu Gourd Vine is hidden here, subjectively it is more at ease to carry it with you.
As long as it is nourished by the five elements soil and evergreen mana, it can keep the gourd vine from dying.
"In three years, I have obtained the initial trust of the Xia family. It is not appropriate to delay any longer..."
Lu Changan patted the rock rat on the head.
Afterwards, he returned to the ground of Qiufeng Island's mansion through the secret tunnel.
The next morning.
Lu Changan took the initiative to pay a visit to Xia Mingqu, the young master of the Xia Clan, and told his reason for coming.
(end of this chapter)