The last time he traveled to Longwan Island, Zhang Daoling chose to go south by island boat. This time, according to the letter he left behind, Zhang Yuanyi was asked to go north by island boat to the Tang Dynasty in China and then to Chaohu Academy in Beiyan.

Zhang Yuanyi had heard of that famous academy during his last trip. He loved reading very much. This was evident when he was able to stand on Brother Dayong's shoulders and listen to Zhang Shi's lectures when he was a child.

You can see it.

Therefore, in his heart, he has always been looking forward to and even yearning to study in an academy.

There are three famous academies in the world: Chaohu Academy, Yuelu Academy and Bailudong Academy. Among them, Chaohu Academy is in Beiyan, while Yuelu Academy and Bailudong Academy are both in the Tang Dynasty in the Middle Kingdom, and Xuanling has none.

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This is also one of the reasons why Xuanling people are ridiculed as barbarians. You see, Xuanling is said to be a big country, but no academy is willing to stay in Xuanling. The whole court is full of men with swords and armor, that's it.

The Confucian scholar in green shirt may not even have the character of a scholar. He shouts, fights, kills and kills all day long. He is very barbaric!

The master's guidance ends here. It seems that as long as you go to the academy, all the problems will be solved and many of Zhang Yuanyi's doubts will be clear.

Zhang Yuan has always believed in his master, so in addition to liking the academy, he also has a new thought in his heart. Perhaps that thought is what the master wants to say to him.

The Qiankun bag that Zhang Daoling left for Zhang Yuanyi contained layers of restrictions and blockades. At this stage, he could only take out a few items. They were a map, a purple pill furnace, a golden whisk, and a long sword.

, a golden writing brush and a pile of countless books, all kinds of books.

The map is very magical. There is a small red dot on the map that moves as Zhang Yuanyi moves, and the content on it will always change with the red dot as the center.

Zhang Yuanyi studied it and found out that the red dot above should be him without a doubt, and the map content showed his position at this moment.

He was no stranger to the purple alchemy whisk and the golden whisk. They were the two things that Yuan Xi first tried to seduce him into gambling on Longwan Island last time. The golden whisk and the Ziyang Dan Furnace were the two things that he thought the master had specially brought from Yuan Xi.

In fact, he thought wrongly. This was a gift given to him by Yuan Xi and was not part of Zhang Daoling's plan.

Zhang Yuanyi hasn't understood the function of the whisk yet, but he just remembers that Yuan Xi said that the whisk has the function of manned flight, and that it has a function similar to the fairy rope that can restrain people. As for the other things, he basically doesn't know anything about it.

As for the Ziyang Alchemy Furnace, there is a book "Seven Star Alchemy Book" specially placed next to the Ziyang Alchemy Furnace. It must be about alchemy.

After flipping through it for a while, it was as expected. The master wanted him to pursue alchemy, because after he finished flipping through the alchemy book, he had a feeling that it was specially prepared for him.

Just like ordinary people need fire to cook, so does the art of alchemy. However, the fire here is not a real fire, but the spiritual power of the practitioner.

Only the spiritual energy naturally generated from the body that has been refined by practitioners can be called spiritual power.

Because different practitioners have different spiritual powers, for example, this book records the four levels of spiritual power of heaven, earth, black and yellow. Among them, the most common spiritual power of a practitioner is the yellow level, and the slightly better one is the xuan level.

Going up is the earth level, and the most cherished and rare thing is the heaven level spiritual power.

The heaven-level spiritual power recorded on it includes seven-color spiritual power, ghost spiritual power, star spiritual power...

There are really only a handful of heaven-level spiritual powers, but there are many and densely packed ones on the earth-level and below.

Zhang Yuanyi searched for a long time and finally couldn't find what grade his Azure Dragon Power belonged to, but he still felt that the grade was not bad.

Because Zhang Daoling wrote in his own hand on the elixir spectrum that the Ziyang elixir furnace must be catalyzed by the power of the holy beasts from all directions, so it must be extremely impressive.

When Zhang Yuan reaches a certain level of cultivation, he will know that the holy beasts of the four directions are the refined objects of the origin of heaven and earth, and the power of the holy beasts is also the power of heaven and earth.

The first page of the elixir spectrum was an elixir called "Nine-turn Xuanyuan Pill". After reading it, Zhang Yuan finally understood why his master took him to pick those Xuanyuan fruits. It turned out to be for the purpose of refining elixirs.

In the past, he never understood the use of this fruit. It just glowed and looked good, but it didn't seem to have any use. Now it seems that he was wrong. Every step the master made for him had his own arrangements.

That long sword made Zhang Yuan cry when he saw it for the first time. It was the Qingmeng sword that Zhang Daoling always carried with him.

The sword body is the color of stars and has golden seal characters on it. The sword body is extremely light and does not make people feel weak when wielding the sword. It is really a rare fairy sword.

As for the golden brush, the two characters Chaohu were engraved on the pen barrel. It looked very pleasant. Zhang Yuanyi quickly understood that this should be a keepsake of Chaohu Academy or something like that.

Zhang Yuanyi and Su Su have already left Jewelry Town for a while, and are about to arrive at the grassy ferry crossing along with Huawukou in the south, also known as the "City of Flowers and Plants".

Compared with the current Caoshu Ferry at Huawukou, it is obviously much more prosperous. On the one hand, there are constant wars in the south. Even if the north has occasional conflicts with the Tang Dynasty in China, it is relatively peaceful.

On the other hand, Huawukou was out of service for a period of time, and it has not recovered so quickly.

Zhang Yuanyi and Su Su were really tired after traveling for a long time, so they found an inn to rest, and planned to find a continental boat to set off to the Tang Dynasty in China tomorrow.

Taking advantage of Su Su's opportunity to rest, Zhang Yuanyi studied the elixir manual by himself.

"Nine-turn Xuanyuan Pill is made from the ancient thousand-year-old Xuanyuan Fruit as the main material, and combined with the hundred-year-old snake blood grass, the hundred-year-old Yang Ming grass, the thousand-year fire spirit grass and the ten-year heavenly soul grass to refine it for three days and three nights with continuous spiritual power.

The final color will be bright red.”

He had Xuan Yuan Guo, but he had never even heard of these other fairy grass elixirs. Although there were diagrams at the back, where could he find them?

Just when Zhang Yuanyi was distressed, he patted his head and said happily: "Zhang Yuanyi, are you stupid? You are now at the Caomu Ferry, the largest herbal ferry in Xuanling, and you are actually thinking about where to find herbal medicine?"

After saying that, he got up, saw Su Su sleeping soundly, and sneaked out.

The ferry is very lively at night, with red lanterns hanging between the buildings, and the entire ferry is brightly lit.

He strolled around the ferry and finally found a herbal medicine shop.

As soon as Zhang Yuanyi entered the store, he smelled a refreshing fragrance that made him linger.

There were very few customers in the store, with only a few people selecting medicinal materials, and a short, stooped old man sitting on a high stool, adjusting something on the counter.

Zhang Yuan took a look around the medicinal materials placed outside, but couldn't find the ones he wanted. He walked to the old man's side, took out a list he had made and asked: "Is there any such medicinal materials here?"

Grow herbs?”

The old man took the list and squinted his eyes to check it carefully. Suddenly, a light flashed in his eyes. He raised his head and glanced at Zhang Yuanyi. He lowered his head and continued to play with his herbs. He said slowly: "Is this your first time traveling down the mountain? Why don't you...

Know that fairy herbal medicine and ordinary herbal medicine are completely different concepts."

How could Zhang Yuanyi know this? He went out with his master once, and the two of them were in a hurry and had no time to learn more about it.

He is really a novice in the world and doesn't understand these rules at all.

In order to save some trouble, he scratched the back of his head and said, "Ah, this is indeed my first time going down the mountain. Could you please explain the rules to me? I would be very grateful."

The old man said without raising his head, "Mortals have a mortal life, and practitioners have a practitioner's world. Mortal herbs and practitioners' elixirs are completely incomparable. So there will be a special place to sell immortal herbs.

, that place is generally called the fairy market, and it is a serious place for trading fairy grass."

Zhang Yuan suddenly realized that this was just like on Longwan Island, divided into the territory of mortals and the territory of practitioners. He clasped his fists and thanked: "That's it, thank you for your guidance, senior!"

As soon as Zhang Yuan knew this, he left to find the so-called fairy market.

"Wait a minute!" The old man suddenly stopped him and said, "Young man, why are you in such a hurry? Although I run an ordinary herbal medicine shop, who told you that I don't sell the herbal medicines from the fairy family? I have the herbal medicines for you here.

It just happens to be the same.”

Zhang Yuan

I was overjoyed and asked, "Mr., do you really mean what you said?"

The old man rolled his eyes at him, "Is there any truth in what I said?"

That's really great, and it saves Zhang Yuanyi a lot of effort. I didn't expect to encounter such a good thing for the first time here. I really didn't expect it.

The old man shouted upstairs: "Afu, take down the medicine box from my attic!"

Someone above responded: "Okay!"

Before the man came down, the old man looked at Zhang Yuanyi and asked, "Which school do you follow?"

Zhang Yuanyi couldn't answer, "Old sir, this..."

The old man glanced at Zhang Yuanyi and said, "Forget it, I know there are many rules on your mountain, so it's okay if you don't follow them."

He continued: "I know all those herbs of yours, including snake blood grass and Yang Ming grass. They are rare and precious herbs in the world, and they are very expensive. The snake blood grass grows all year round on the islands in the endless sea.

Places occupied by sea beasts, especially red jade flame snakes, are not allowed to be fought by those who are not at a high level. The Yang Ming Grass grows in the ghosts of the middle earth. It absorbs the essence of the sun and the moon, and with the unique underworld energy of the ghosts, it is possible to fight with a very small amount.

The probability of one plant being born is so rare that you can imagine. As for the Fire Spirit Grass and the Heavenly Soul Grass, I have never even heard of them. What kind of elixir requires these herbs?"

Zhang Yuanyi himself was shocked by what he said, "I didn't expect these things to be so precious."

He replied: "The sect needs it, I'm just ordered to purchase it."

At this time, a strong man came down with a small box in his hand.

The old man carefully took the box and said: "Although I am not a cultivator, I also fantasized about cultivating when I was young. I risked my life and luckily got such a Yang Ming grass, but a mortal body can resist these ghosts and ghosts.

After all, it was the tip of the knife that licked blood, so now that I am old, my body feels like it has been broken and cannot stand upright."

Zhang Yuan understood immediately that there was nothing he could do about these things. After all, the so-called wealth and honor are obtained in danger, and blessings and misfortunes depend on each other. There was no need to feel sorry for him. After all, it was his own choice.

The old man opened the box slowly, for fear of damaging the herbs inside, "I have hidden this thing for many years, but I am only a mortal, and it is of no use keeping it. Now that I am a dying person, I might as well sell it.

Offer a good price and bring wealth to my descendants."

While saying this, the old man kept looking at the strong man with a kind face.

The man seemed to be born mentally retarded and smiled innocently.

Zhang Yuanyi didn't pay attention to this. He looked carefully at the Yang Ming grass. It was indeed what it looked like in the illustration, but it was more real.

There is a thumb-sized white pearl on the top of the Yang Ming Grass. It is not accurate to say it is a pearl. It is more like a small light ball. The light ball flashes white light and black light sometimes, just like the alternation of day and night.

Zhang Yuan opened his mouth and asked, "Mr., please give me a price."

The old man held out three fingers.

Zhang Yuanyi took out the money from his pocket and said, "Three Qingxiao coins? Good deal."

The old man shook his head and said, "No, no, no, it's thirty Bixiao coins."

Zhang Yuan's hand holding the money clacked and he almost spilled the money. He blinked and said, "This... is so expensive?!"

The old man smiled and said, "This is just a few Bixiao coins added to the market price. You have to know that this thing has a price but no market. If you really want to sell it, it won't be a matter of such a few dollars."

The master left him one Zixiao coin and forty Bixiao coins in total. Adding in his savings from his last trip, the total amount was only two Zixiao coins and forty-six Bixiao coins.

Can you not feel bad spending thirty Bixiao coins all at once?

The old man looked at Zhang Yuanyi's expression and said, "Don't worry, when the time comes you can go to the Fairy Market and inquire about the price yourself. If I deceive you in the slightest, you can come back and settle the account with me."

Zhang Yuanyi hesitated for a while and thought: "That's right. The monk can't escape from the temple anyway, and the medicine shop can't escape anyway."

He handed over the money, put the medicine box into the Qiankun bag and left.
Chapter completed!