During this period of time, the old beggar followed Yu Lie, playing music every day and getting massages every night.
Among them, Yu Lie went out to play some tricks and hurried back to the Yamen. He still had to seize the time to exercise his body and control his pores.
When the old beggar came back, he fell asleep.
After a full sleep, the other party called Yu Lie, who had just closed his eyes, and slipped out of the Yamen again to have fun.
After being like this for a while, Yu Lie once again suspected that the other party was deliberately testing him, conducting some kind of expert test.
But after some time passed, he realized that the other party was simply poor and perverted, so he caught him, a fat sheep, and pulled out the wool as hard as he could!
However, with a sleepy bug on his head given by the other party, Yu Lie did not dare to be disrespectful to this person, and the value of this sleepy bug alone was estimated to be worth a powerful blood weapon.
The other party will still take advantage of the rest.
But later when the other party went out to have fun, Yu Lie no longer followed him every time. He hung the storage bag he got from Fang Wumu on the iron railing, allowing the other party to access the talisman money inside.
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This old beggar is quite disciplined. He takes as much as he uses from the storage bag every day, and no more.
After more than half a month passed, Yu Lie relied on the suppressive effect of the prison to complete the accumulation of energy and blood, and then he followed the other party to places like tea rooms again.
And he took the time to go to the Taoist Temple to upgrade his Taoist level.
It's a pity that Mr. Lao Yutou probably went down the mountain to do business, so he couldn't find him to catch up with him.
After obtaining the card from the high-ranking Taoist boy, Yu Lie was considered a famous figure in the entire Blackwater Town.
But he hasn't enjoyed much benefit yet. He just went to the Library Pavilion and obtained the third level of Poison Technique.
Because the battle at Da Dian was not over, the credit had not been settled, and he had temporarily suppressed the idea of exchanging the exercises. Yu Lie planned to see if he could get it together later and get a chance to go to the fourth floor of the Library Pavilion to take a look.
On the contrary, it was the old beggar who, as soon as Yu Lie was promoted to the rank of Dao Lu, he started to keep accounts in the town, and recorded them under Yu Lie's accounts. Now this man didn't even bother to carry money.
The old beggar limped around every day, happily going to and from the prison teahouse and other places, quietly and without saying hello.
Yu Lie often didn't know whether the other party had gone out or hadn't come back yet.
The fact that the other party did not disturb others made it convenient for Yu Lie to continue practicing in seclusion in the Yamen Prison.
It took a total of nearly three months. After Yu Lie had almost completely controlled the pores on his body, he began to refine elixirs in the cage according to the third level of poison skills, in an attempt to cultivate "qi poison" for himself.
Because the town is in the midst of a military crisis, the town has a rich variety and quantity of various poisons and medicinal materials, which is extremely suitable for Yu Lie to conduct alchemy trials.
He is now the confirmed master of the Medicine Hall, and he can use the prescriptions and other items in the hall at his will.
But more than half a month has passed.
On this day, Yu Lie sat cross-legged in front of a large cauldron.
The red gunpowder in the bronze cauldron and the high-quality animal charcoal illuminated the dark prison a lot.
Yu Lie closed his eyes slightly, and every thirty-six breaths, he reached out and patted the bronze cauldron in front of him, using his own energy and blood to feel the fire in the bronze cauldron.
It's just that the Taoist boy's Qi and blood are far less sensitive than the Taoist disciple's Qi. At most, he can vaguely feel the heat in the bronze cauldron, which is not very detailed, let alone mobilize the Qi and blood, release it, and actively adjust it.
When the fire in the alchemy furnace is heated, this effect can only be achieved by true energy.
Bang bang bang!
After Yu Lie slapped her for nearly an hour, her heart beat slightly and her movements suddenly stopped.
There was a depressed look on his face.
Yu Lie stood up and opened the lid of the copper cauldron. A burning and bitter smell emanated from the cauldron.
Another furnace of medicine has been completely exhausted.
Yu Lie just glanced at it, then withdrew his gaze and walked around barefoot on the cold metal altar.
He thought in his mind: "Why haven't I succeeded yet? I took out Fang Lao's altar, cut off a lot of Shi Yin Tai Sui, and threw it in to stabilize the medicinal properties... Is there something wrong with the prescription?"
Yu Lie was confused.
He looked at the copper tripod, which was about the same height as himself, slender and as tall as a drawer of steamer, and continued to stir up various thoughts:
“It’s been almost a year since I first started working on the alchemy path. After all, the time is too short. Although I know a few kinds of elixirs, they are all informal elixir prescriptions such as Qianxue Pills...
Should I use up the opportunity to practice my skills after being promoted to a higher position and go to the library to look for this kind of poison recipe again? Or should I give up refining it on my own?"
Compared with the previous two levels, the third level of Poison Skill, once mastered, will have a body that is invulnerable to hundreds of poisons, and the physical body can resist hundreds of poisons.
But to achieve this step, the poisons required are not just a hundred kinds, but there are also considerable requirements for the quality of the poisons.
Now, the most powerful natural toxin Yu Lie could find, the poison of the Black Snake Fish King, had been adapted to him while he was practicing "Bone Poison".
In recent days, he swallowed and wiped out all the poisons he could find.
As a result, not to mention reaching the full progress in one go, he hadn't even collected half of the poisons needed to cultivate "qi poison".
There are still many suitable poison prescriptions recorded in the Medicine Prescription Hall, but these prescriptions contain a mixture of gold, stone, vegetation, and flesh and blood, and the refining methods are no longer like blood-strengthening pills that do not even require "fire".
These poisons are all the best among the ninth-grade medicines. They must be refined using formal methods such as the fire method, water method, and sand method. The medicinal materials themselves are already very expensive, and the finished products are even more expensive. Basically
out of stock.
Although Yu Lie had just come back from the mountains and was well off, he couldn't bear to ask people in the alchemy room to make elixirs again and again. Not to mention, he was still supporting an old man and spent a lot of money in the town all day long.
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Therefore, Yu Lie had no choice but to make an elixir on his own, and without anyone's guidance, he tried to refine the ninth-grade top-grade medicine.
As a result, the heat alone tortured him to death.
Every poison recipe was used, one pot every day for seven days, and all were discarded.
If it weren't for the bronze wine cup in hand, the dregs of the medicine could still be used as waste. Yu Lie's face turned pale with distress just because he felt sorry for the medicinal materials.
Thoughts are confused.
Yu Lie walked on the metal altar, doubting more and more that he was a loser and feeling discouraged.
Especially when he estimated that time was almost up, he stepped on the altar, sighing, sometimes touching the bronze cauldron, and sometimes banging his head against the cauldron very hard.
Clang!
It's almost like crazy.
He kept muttering in his mouth: "Fire method, Huo Hou... they are useless!"
Such an "attack" took half a cup of tea. Yu Lie suddenly froze, looked around quietly, and found that there was still no one in the prison.
He wondered: "Why hasn't that old villain come back yet?"
That's right, Yu Lie's "sickness" this time was just to take the opportunity to show off to the old beggar in the prison, win his sympathy, and let him give him some advice.
Two months have passed since the other party gave him a sleepy bug, and this person has not expressed any other words. It is time for Yu Lie to take the initiative.
However, Yu Lie himself was not very sure.
Because if the old beggar is not good at alchemy at all, but is good at other skills, then even if the other party wants to give advice, he will probably be powerless.
Yu Lie looked at the fire that was not extinguished at the end of the bronze tripod and murmured in his heart: "If you don't know how to make elixirs, you can point me to a way, give me a book, or make connections so that I can ask other people for advice."
"Keep pretending!" He decided in his heart, and suddenly took out another earthen pot from his sleeve, and then poured it on the charcoal.
Zhila!
A smelly and dazzling smoke surged from the bottom of the bronze tripod. Because Yu Lie was too close, he suffered instantly.
Even though his eyes had reached the point of "whiteness in the empty room" and his lungs were astonishing, this thick smoke still made his eyes burst into tears and his lungs were choked.
"Cough cough cough!"
Yu Lie stood on the metal altar, coughing and coughing with tears streaming down his face: "Why is this smoke hitting people like this!"
He hesitated in his heart, whether he should put away the charcoal quickly to avoid further suffering. But when he thought that he had chosen to play pitiful, he had to play it thoroughly, so that even if the other party didn't believe it, he could still amuse the other party.
Yu Lie also thought to himself: "With this thick smoke, I don't believe you can still sleep."
He closed his eyes tightly, with tears streaming down his face, and coughed on the metal altar while sighing in disgrace.
Just when he really couldn't stand it anymore, someone finally appeared outside his cage. The other person limped closer, and it turned out to be the old beggar.
The old beggar had a refreshed look on his face. He was obviously feeling comfortable before he came back.
He stopped at the door of Yu Lie's cage and saw the thick smoke billowing from the cage, making the entire prison smoky. However, he was only slightly startled and was not affected at all.
The old beggar was still sniffing like an old smoker, with a look of enjoyment on his face:
"Bat urine? Tiger urine? Flesh-winged tiger urine! The smell is so strong!"
As he spoke, the other party continued to move forward and wanted to go back to his pile of straw to sleep.
But Yu Lie was waiting for this person. Even though his eyes were red, he kept looking at the entrance and exit of the prison. How could he just let him go to sleep?
Among them, when he saw the old beggar looking like he was enjoying himself even though it had nothing to do with him, he suddenly felt complicated emotions in his heart.
Firstly, Yu Lie felt resentful that he had shot himself in the foot. Secondly, he also felt a sense of surprise.
Because the old beggar just sniffed and recognized that the smoke was poured out by Yu Lie on his own initiative, and that it was the urine of a meat-winged tiger.
Even if the opponent is not good at alchemy, he will still be a powerful person who is good at raising animals and insects!
If it's the latter, although the old beggar can't help Yu Lie in refining elixirs, he can't guarantee that he has a poison more powerful than the black snake fish king toxin in his hand!
In this way, Yu Lie didn't even need to make pills anymore.
Yu Lie coughed violently, opened his mouth and shouted: "Senior, help!"
The old beggar stopped for a moment, turned his head again, looked at Yu Lie, and said in surprise:
"Help? Brother Yu, last time you bragged to the old man that you could slay ten women in one night. We haven't seen you for a few days, and you are about to save your life. Did you go to a powerful place without telling me?"
The other party pinched his beard that had been carefully taken care of by the teahouse hostess, and shook his head: "Take it easy, you don't know how to be precious when you are young, and you will cry in vain when you are old."
Yu Lie had long been used to it when he heard the other party's teasing.
Seeing that he had attracted the other party's attention, he no longer shouted, but walked down from the altar, bowed his waist and said directly:
"The boy is stupid. He failed to make alchemy many times. He almost died from taking medicine. I hope the Taoist Master can give me some advice."
The old beggar heard Yu Lie's words and looked at Yu Lie with a strange look on his face: "I'm not very educated, don't lie to me! What you're refining is poison. It's easy to die when it's done. If it's broken, I'll spare you."
A small life."
Yu Lie showed a look of resentment and shouted: "Master Taoist, listen to my sophistry!"
But the old beggar was too lazy to listen to him continue to pretend, yawned, and continued walking towards the straw pile.
Just as Yu Lie's face showed disappointment, the old beggar reached into his armpit again, rubbed it, and popped out another clay pill without looking back.
But this time, the mud ball is no longer black, but red, and the whole body looks like a red bean.
And a voice came from the next door: "You kid can't handle the heat, so when you're refining the medicine, just put it in the alchemy furnace and listen to its changes."
Yu Lie held up the red bean-like "mud ball" and found that the red bean ball also squirmed and turned into a small bug. But this one was different from the sleepy bug, it had no wings and was very hot.
"Can you watch the fire, the fire bug?"
Yu Lie was pleasantly surprised and quickly moved towards the cage next door and shouted, "Thank you, Taoist Priest."
After the fire bug popped out, the old beggar had already laid his body in the haystack, motionless, obviously not wanting to talk to anyone else.
Yu Lie quickly extinguished the coals under the bronze cauldron, took out a piece of talisman that could purify the miasma, and stuck it on the railing between him and the old beggar to clean up the smoke in the prison.
With bright eyes, he pounded and ground the medicine again, and said to the red insect squirming in his palm: "It's up to you, little guy!"
Then the fire insects were put into the copper cauldron together with the first batch of medicinal materials.
Yu Lie did not rush to open fire, but watched the fire bug slowly crawl to a place inside the bronze cauldron. After it stopped moving, he started to refine the elixir again.
Next.
Yu Lie leaned against the fire bug and continued to observe the fire.
Although he failed again and again, he found that whenever the heat in the bronze cauldron was different, the fire bugs would make a buzzing sound, from small to loud. If the heat in the bronze cauldron was uneven, the buzzing sound of the fire bugs would
, will also rise and fall one after another, making it unstable.
With the fire-temperature insect, Yu Lie undoubtedly had a concrete and intuitive reminder of the fire-temperature when refining elixirs.
After several more tests, although he stumbled, he successfully refined the first ninth-grade poison.
In the days that followed, Yu Lie sat in prison and continued to refine the medicine.
While he was accumulating medicines for his own practice of poisonous skills, he also used the fire insects to officially start refining fire elixirs and study them intensively.
It's been another half month, and Yu Lie's poison skills have made considerable progress, and he will soon be able to master "qi poison".
He is also becoming more and more proficient in the matter of heat in alchemy. Sometimes he can "see" what stage the heat in the copper tripod is at without the prompting of the fire bug.
The only thing that disappointed Yu Lie was that ever since the old beggar threw him the second worm bean, the beggar had been lying next door, unable to sleep for a long time, and no longer went out to have fun.
Even though Yu Lie would sneak out from time to time, get tempting wine and meat, and place them in front of the other party, the old beggar would not move at all, as if he was dead.
finally.
When the wine and meat on the ground were replaced and withdrawn, Yu Lie only needed two or three poisons for his "qi poison" practice.
Suddenly a Taoist boy opened the door in the Yamen and called Yu Lie:
"Fellow Daoist, the big army is over!"
Yu Lie was stunned for a moment, and raised his head in a daze from the cage, realizing that it was time for him to get out of the prison.
He also understood that the two good ties between him and the old beggar had ended, and it was time to leave. There was no reason to disturb the other party anymore.
Yu Lie ordered the Taoist boy from the Yamen to go out first, while he slowly packed up the bronze tripod and other items, and then walked to the old beggar's cage.
He once again laid out a portion of wine and meat, covered it with straw, and bowed deeply:
"Thank you, Taoist Master. See you soon."
After the salute was completed, Yu Lie hung up the cell door, no longer lingering, disappeared into the light, and completely left this prison.
When the darkness returned to the prison, there was silence.
Suddenly there was the sound of wolfing down food, squeaking and squeaking.
And there was laughter: "I finally left, but I'm so jealous!"
In the cage, I saw a slovenly figure leaning on the railing, grabbing meat with one hand and a wine jar with the other, feasting happily.