Today's Zhongnan Mountain is full of vitality and bustling. It is incomparable to the time when Liang Qiufeng worshiped at the mountain gate. You must know that at that time, there were only more than a hundred new generation disciples of Jian Mansion. Now the number has increased several times.
, officially exceeded the 1,000-person mark the day before yesterday.
And every day, there is still an endless stream of young and handsome people who want to join the Jian Mansion from all over Huangzhou to Zhongnan Mountain.
There are more people, the atmosphere is boiling, it seems bustling, and it is no longer the quiet and peaceful place before.
"I wonder what's going on with little brother and Liu'er over there in Gushan City..."
In the courtyard, Yaoyao is reading a book.
The book is called "Nine Methods of Smelting" and belongs to the Alchemy Book.
The so-called "alchemy book" is a secret book on how to refine elixirs. Among the alchemy books, "Nine Smelting Methods" is considered a very basic thing, entry-level. It mainly introduces some common sense of alchemy, simple concepts and nouns, and displays
Some of the simplest elixir recipes, such as Yiqiao "Ju Yuan Dan" and so on.
Learning to make alchemy is a new attempt for Yaoyao.
The girl failed to practice martial arts and failed repeatedly in planting. She was very frustrated. After Liang Qiufeng went to Taicheng to participate in the sect competition, he felt bored and started a new attempt, refining alchemy.
The books were borrowed from the Waifu library. Although Yaoyao was not a disciple of Jianfu, she enjoyed some special rights because of Liang Qiufeng. For example, she only had to pay a certain amount of spiritual rice to borrow books.
In addition to "Nine Methods of Smelting", there is also a thick "Essentials of Acupuncture" placed next to her, which is a medical book.
It has been said since ancient times that elixirs and doctors do not separate families, so Yaoyao borrowed both books at home to read.
Somehow, she enjoyed reading these books.
However, this matter was not told to Liang Qiufeng. Firstly, he had just studied and had not achieved any results yet, so there was no need to rush to tell his little brother. Secondly, when Liang Qiufeng came back from Taicheng, Jianfu soon encountered a war, and a disaster was imminent...
...Then it became even more chaotic, with countless matters needing to be dealt with. Once the situation stabilized, Liang Qiufeng had to rush to Gushan City again, and there was no time to talk about these things.
"Thirty kilograms of spiritual rice to refine the rice marrow, five qian of second-grade aster grass, two taels of first-grade Heyuan dried leaves..."
What she is looking at now is the recipe for Yi Qiao Yuan Ju Dan. She has an inexplicable and practical impulse and is eager to try it. However, in addition to the raw materials, fire and the alchemy furnace are indispensable for alchemy.
For fire, you cannot use ordinary open flames. For example, it is impossible to successfully refine elixirs using fire from burning wood. You must use unique earth fire, or "human fire" that is cultivated by individuals.
Human fire is out of reach for Yaoyao, and earth fire. She does know that there is a stone chamber in the back mountain of Jian Mansion, which communicates with the underground, and has fire. But if she wants to enter alchemy, she must pay a large amount of spiritual rice;
In addition, the necessary tool for alchemy is the alchemy furnace. Ordinary alchemy furnaces are available in the market and are not too difficult to obtain.
Liang Qiufeng went down the mountain that day and left five hundred kilograms of spiritual rice for Yaoyao. She rarely ate it and kept it with her. If she used it to buy an alchemy furnace and rent a firestone room, she could still pay for it in a short time.
Started.
So, do you want to give it a try?
"Just give it a try. The worst you can do is lose five hundred kilograms of spiritual rice..."
The girl was decisive.
Because in her subconscious mind, she never wanted to be a burden to Liang Qiufeng. She really wanted to share some of the burden for Liang Qiufeng. Even if it was just a little bit.
After making the decision, I immediately went down the mountain to Zhongnan Town and purchased a small alchemy furnace in a utensil shop. Then I went back to the mountain and rented a secret room connected to the underground fire in the back mountain.
"What, you want to make an elixir?"
The disciple of Jianfu who was responsible for guarding the stone chamber was very surprised. He looked Yaoyao up and down and said, "You are not a disciple of Jianfu."
Yaoyao shook her head: "No... Excuse me, brother, do you have to be a disciple to enter?"
The disciple said: "The principle is this, well, when you live in the inner palace, who do you follow?"
"Liang Qiufeng, I am his sword servant."
Yaoyao said, handing over an identity token.
The disciple verified that the token was authentic and had a smile on his face: "I see, then there is no problem. However, renting a stone room is expensive, one hundred kilograms of spiritual rice per hour."
"So expensive?"
Yaoyao stuck out her tongue after hearing this.
Although I was mentally prepared, the price still exceeded expectations.
The disciple chuckled and said, "Have you ever made elixirs before?"
"No, it's my first time. I want to come and practice my skills."
The disciple scratched his head and said, "Girl, please forgive me for being honest. Alchemy is not an easy task. It is very difficult to learn it without strong financial support."
In addition to martial arts, there are weapon refining, alchemy, planting, etc., which are also extremely popular professions. After you have learned a lot, your achievements are also extraordinary.
However, these professions are many times more difficult than martial arts. The guidance of famous teachers, the support of resources, and numerous attempts...all these are indispensable.
Many people who choose these professions have to study for more than ten years, or even decades, before they can barely achieve some results before they can graduate and start their own business.
However, the disciple of Jianfu in front of her looked at Yaoyao, who was only a teenage girl, and her identity was just a sword servant. Wanting to make alchemy was definitely a fantasy, and there was absolutely no reason to succeed. Out of good intentions, he reminded her.
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Yaoyao thought for a while: "I'll rent it for an hour first."
"Okay, since you decide to go in and give it a try, I won't stop you. After you pay the spiritual rice there, you can come to me to receive the stone chamber token."
Soon, Yaoyao paid the spirit rice, received the stone chamber token, and walked in.
The Jianfu disciple watched him go in and couldn't help but shake his head and murmured: "I'm really willing to spend a hundred catties of spiritual rice to buy a lesson..."
The fire stone chamber built in the back mountain of Zhongnan Mountain, the earth fire pulled from the ground is not good in quality and can only be ranked inferior. At most, it can only refine elixirs below three orifices, and higher-grade elixirs.
It's not enough to cope with it.
Earth fire is well-known in terms of resource types and plays a very important strategic role. It is difficult to obtain good quality earth fire. However, in Huangzhou, due to the lack of various resources, industries such as alchemy and weapon refining have shrunk greatly and are declining.
Zhongnan Mountain can draw fire from the ground, which is considered quite good.
Following the instructions on the token, Yaoyao found the corresponding stone chamber and opened it.
In fact, there were more than ten stone chambers arranged in two rows at this time, and Yaoyao was the only one there.
An hour passed quickly, and Yaoyao walked out with a look of disappointment on her face.
The guarding Jianfu disciple asked: "Girl, how is your alchemy practice going?"
Yaoyao shook her head, indicating failure.
"oh."
The Jianfu disciple said calmly, obviously not surprised at all by this result.
"I'll come back tomorrow."
"ah!"
He was quite surprised by Yaoyao's persistence.
One hundred kilograms of spiritual rice per hour is not a small amount. If the other party comes from a big family, it doesn't matter if he has a lot of spiritual rice to squander. The key is that he is just a sword servant. How can someone who practices swordsmanship have any savings? But Yaoyao
Although she is young and young, she is naturally beautiful and has a beautiful body. Maybe in addition to being a sparring partner, she will also do other things with her, and the reward will be much higher.
This situation is actually very common in Jianfu.
The most representative one is Long Xiangtian. Senior Brother Long will change sword servants every once in a while, and the requirements are always young and beautiful women. It is obvious that the drunkard does not care about drinking.
But people don't waste their youth in being romantic. If they have the capital to be romantic, they are willing to be with each other, and outsiders have nothing to blame, but are envious of them.
The next day, around the same time, Yaoyao showed up, paid one hundred kilograms of spiritual rice, and went into the stone chamber to refine elixirs for an hour.
When the time ran out, the girl came out and the guardian disciple asked: "How was today?"
"It didn't work out."
The disciple advised: "Girl, I told you earlier that alchemy is not so easy to succeed."
"I know, but because success is not easy, we have to try more. As long as we make progress with each new attempt, there will be hope of success. Therefore, I will come again tomorrow."
"Come again?"
The guardian disciple was speechless.
There's nothing wrong with being persistent, but it's unwise to be stubborn.
On the third day, Yaoyao arrived earlier than the previous two days. He went through the formalities as usual, and the guardian disciple didn't even bother to persuade him.
An hour later, the girl came out with a dark face stained with charcoal ash.
The guardian disciple asked casually: "Will you come again tomorrow?"
Yaoyao replied briskly: "I'm not coming."
“Don’t you say you have to try more to succeed?”
When he said this, the guardian disciple was subconsciously sarcastic. In his opinion, his previous two well-intentioned reminders and well-intentioned persuasion were not taken seriously by the other party.
"Yes."
The girl replied crisply: "It's just that I have succeeded, so there is no need to come again."
"Uh...what, successful?"
The guardian disciple jumped up suddenly, with a stunned look on his face.
…
The horse is as fast as the wind, and the sound of the horse's hooves on the ground is a bit chaotic.
"Yu!"
Nearing the bamboo forest at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, the horse suddenly let out a mournful cry, its hooves fell softly, and fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth and unable to stand.
Fortunately, the knight on the horse saw the opportunity quickly and jumped up lightly in advance, so that he did not fall.
The knight didn't pause much, and immediately spread out his body skills and rushed up the stone steps.
The sound of horse hooves came from behind, and a man shouted breathlessly: "Qiu Feng, Qiu Feng, wait for me!"
"Yu!"
His horse stumbled and fell down. It could no longer struggle and died of exhaustion.
Zhang Jiangshan said with a wry smile on his face that was dusty from all the travel: "This trip took place day and night, but I am so exhausted that I, the fat man, have lost at least ten kilograms. What a big loss."
He complained and set off quickly, following Liang Qiufeng.
On the mountain road at the foot of the mountain, there were many Jianfu disciples who were responsible for patrolling and guarding. When they saw something going on, they hurriedly came out to see what was going on. However, after they recognized Liang Qiufeng and Zhang Jiangshan, they did not step forward to stop the interrogation. They were worried. Surprise: Aren’t the two senior brothers in Gushan City, why did they come back to the mountain in such a hurry? (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)