"There is no need to mention this matter again... This matter is related to Shuang'er's life, so we have to use these methods. But as long as he can save Shuang'er, how much do we care about him?"
Tu Su Renxiong sighed, turned around and said:
"Get ready and send the things he wants as soon as possible. I want to see what he wants to do with so many herbs."
"Yes, owner."
Beside him, the strong-looking elder responded respectfully and said no more.
Streams of thick smoke rise from the inner villa of the Dishan Mountain Villa. Fireworks are generally not easily exposed to the inner villa, so it looks very strange in the Dishan Mountain Villa.
From evening to sunset, the smoke never stopped.
"What's going on? Why didn't this kid come out after entering the Dishan Villa?"
Outside the high black iron wall of the Dishan Mountain Courtyard, a young man in black shirt looked at the village with a look of impatience on his face. He kicked his foot and kicked a stone away.
I had lost Yang Ji once a few days ago, but I didn't expect that it looked like he was going to be lost again.
The Dishan Mountain Villa does not admit guests at night. Anyone who visits the Dishan Mountain Villa must leave before evening. But this kid has been in for several hours, and it is already dark. There is no sign of coming out at all.
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"Senior Brother Zhao, what are you going to say to me? This kid from Changqinglou has caused Brother Zhao a big loss."
The young man in black shirt said with an annoyed look on his face.
Zhao Lenggong is the leader of Tianshui County today, and he is quite prestigious among the children in the county. However, he suffered a huge fall in Changqing Tower and was defeated by Yang Ji, who was number one in Langya County.
No one from Tianshui County knows what this means.
Zhao Lenggong can lose to anyone, even to being killed. But he can only lose to people from other counties. The first person in Tianshui County was defeated by the first person in Langya County. Doesn’t this mean that the people in Tianshui County are not as good as Langya County?
county?
No matter what Zhao Lenggong thought, from the moment he won the martial arts examination, he was firmly tied to the number one spot in Tianshui County.
If he loses his life in the hands of outsiders, not only himself, but everyone in Tianshui County will be humiliated. In addition to the Changqing Tower incident, this year's martial leader of Langya County has become the target of almost all Tianshui County warriors.
Not only the Wu Xiucai of this year, but also the Wu Xiucai of the previous year, and even those of a higher level, have already regarded him as a thorn in their side.
You have to find a place.
The reputation of Tianshui County cannot be insulted lightly. It does not belong to any one person, but to everyone else in Tianshui County.
"Tell me, did this kid notice it?"
The young man in black shirt suddenly turned around and looked at another person squatting on the ground not far away, thinking.
"It's hard to say. He must know that Zhao Lenggong wants to deal with him. But he may not know that the senior brothers want to teach him a lesson."
The young man squatting on the ground and thinking said that his eyes were wise and he looked different from his companions beside him.
"Zhao Lenggong was really confused this time. He didn't even investigate clearly, so he went to provoke others. He lost in Changqing Tower this time, which made the senior brothers who had already left lose face."
The wise young man squatting on the ground also looked unhappy.
He was also a martial arts scholar from Tianshui County, but this time he was kicked out to do the job of spying and following, which was quite humiliating. But when he thought about the people behind him, it was different.
Who said they were the previous seniors from Tianshui County?
The martial arts examination is held every three years, and the rankings in the martial arts examination are all determined by playing. These seniors are all martial arts scholars in the previous session, and some are even martial arts examiners.
What Zhao Lenggong wants now is to move to the county's last Wu Xiucai No. 1, who is the favorite to win this year. Everyone in the county respects him. In terms of reputation, he is much better than Zhao Lenggong.
But I'm afraid even Zhao Lenggong didn't know that he didn't do well this time. Even the senior brothers above were alarmed. You know, those are all already qualified martial arts practitioners!
The Changqing Tower incident made them lose face in the same examination. If it weren't for their status, it would be disgraceful for the Wuju people to tell Wu Xiucai, and they would have intervened long ago.
Now I am just waiting for Zhao Lenggong to regain his face, so I have not intervened. But even so, he has already intervened. If Zhao Lenggong does not handle this matter well and forces the senior brothers to take action, I am afraid that Zhao Lenggong will
There's no benefit to be gained from it.
Senior Brother is never a soft-hearted person!
Even these current martial arts scholars may be implicated.
"Hey, it's all because of Senior Brother Zhao!"
The young man in black shirt complained with a look on his face.
Taiyuanzhou Mansion is a place of right and wrong, a place of power. There are too many masters from Tianshui County concentrated there. These current martial arts scholars are actually only doing errands.
"Okay. I can't blame Senior Brother Zhao for this."
After the young man in black shirt had finished venting, the young man squatting on the ground with wise eyes slowly spoke:
"Langya County is really evil this year. How many counties are there in Taiyuan Continent? How long will they have a place in the rankings? This year, a martial arts sect actually emerged and defeated the disciples of Mount Baitou. Who could have imagined this."
"Senior Brother Zhao is also unconvinced and wants to take a look. Try to steal their limelight and suppress them. Who would have expected that he would miss and kick the iron plate."
The young man with wise eyes shook his head as he spoke.
Zhao Lenggong was a well-known figure in Tianshui County. But this defeat alarmed the senior brothers above, and his prestige was immediately frustrated, and he was in an extremely unfavorable situation.
If we can't handle this matter well, Zhao Lenggong may be the first military leader in Tianshui County to be isolated in the future!
"Let's go!"
He drew a circle on the ground with a grass stem and threw it away. The young man with wise eyes immediately stood up:
"If you haven't come out so late, then you can't come out. That person is not a simple master. All the disciples of the Ouyang family have been seduced by him. And I don't think he cares about us at all these days. It shouldn't be
You deliberately avoided us. Go back!"
"Here, what should I do with Senior Brother?"
The young man in black shirt hesitated.
"What should I do? Report it truthfully, otherwise what else can I do?"
The young man with wise eyes said, flicking his sleeves, and the two of them disappeared into the night one after the other.
…
In the darkness, the two people from Tianshui County were not the only ones lurking outside the high black iron wall of Dihuoshuo Manor.
In a carriage parked somewhere, several pairs of eyes were secretly looking at the gate of the Dishan Manor through the windows. These eyes were extremely sharp. They were very eye-catching even in the dark.
"This kid...why doesn't he come out yet?"
A thin man who looked a bit clever said, lying at the window, his eyes uncertain. If Luo Shanghao were here, he would recognize them at a glance. All of these people are from General Tiele's mansion.
He would give them a sword without any hesitation.
"This is so weird!"
Another family general of General Tiele said, "Isn't this Yang Ji planning something?"
"No matter what you are planning, you must watch it carefully. Third Young Master has already mobilized the strongest iron guards in the mansion from Luoyang Mountain. Before the iron guards come back, we must not let this kid escape our sight."
After watching the smart thin man ponder for a moment, he immediately paid attention:
"You are here to guard. No matter whether he spends the night in the Dihuo Manor or not, I will keep an eye on him. I must not let him go. I will go back to the house now and report the situation here to the Third Young Master immediately."
The thin man said and opened the door with a hiss, rolled out of the carriage, flew close to the ground, made a few ups and downs, and quickly disappeared into the night.
There are far more people who went back to report. Many figures disappeared in the dark night. Perhaps these people saw it and exchanged glances with each other. No one said anything, just like two parallel lines, each going its own way, each other doing their own thing.
not intersect.
…
"call!"
Thick smoke billowed together with sparks, turning into smoke and curling up from the straight chimney above the alchemy room. It disappeared without a trace.
In the alchemy room, Yang Ji was so tired that he was sweating profusely.
After a long time, looking at the almost empty alchemy furnace, Yang Ji smiled bitterly and failed again.
Easier said than done. Although we already know the general steps, the actual alchemy process is very difficult and involves many factors. It is far from as simple as on paper.
And this is the practical part.
The process of extracting jing is actually to put various materials into the alchemy furnace and burn them. What is burned away is the dross, and what is left is the essence. This is written clearly and simply. You can understand it at a glance.
But the process of extracting essence also involves temperature. If the temperature is too high, the essence will be burned. Along with the high temperature, the smoke will billow and float outside the furnace, leaving nothing behind, just like Yang Ji.
The temperature is too low, leaving a large amount of impurities and even a large amount of unburned raw materials. Such things cannot be used.
Think about what it would be like to eat a lot of grass from the elixir?
This is the difference between theory and practice.
Extracting Jing must master the heat. Different materials have different extracting temperatures. This cannot be written in alchemy books. You can only rely on your own practice to understand it.
Yang Ji discovered that the way of alchemy was actually far from being as simple as he imagined.
"No wonder there are so few alchemists. The failure rate of alchemy is high, not to mention that it is easy to explode. Moreover, the actual operation also involves many small skills. You have to learn it by yourself. In terms of difficulty, I am afraid it is not inferior to martial arts.
."
Yang Ji secretly thought in his heart.
Alchemy is not easy, at least not as easy as I imagined at the beginning. Fortunately, the "Purifying Demon-Subduing Pill" is only an ordinary-level pill, not a very advanced pill.
Otherwise, Yang Ji really wouldn't dare to rashly agree to Tu Su Renxiong's deal.
"There is no other way but to start over."
Yang Ji murmured to himself, although he failed, he still had high morale.
The simplest first step of Cuijing failed, which Yang Ji had not expected before. Moreover, the most critical step in this step is not to put the herbs, but the temperature of the flame. These are all things Yang Ji read in "The Book of Alchemy"
》Unexpected.
But fortunately, there is no shortage of anything in the alchemy room, except for the abundance of medicinal materials. Backed by the big tree of Dihuoshan Manor, and with the support of their huge resources, Yang Ji can still afford to fail.
It's not a big deal to consume some materials. Yang Ji picked up a handful of medicinal materials and put them in the alchemy furnace again.
"Perhaps I should find another alchemy furnace."
Yang Ji looked wise and his eyes flashed with light. (To be continued...)