Lu Changan, who first came to the world of immortal cultivation in Jing Kingdom, practiced in the "Qingshawan Xia Clan" of the Wufu Chamber of Commerce in a low-key and peaceful manner. Apart from his duties of alchemy, he rarely interacted with outsiders.
He stays at the Qiufeng Island Dojo all year round and rarely goes out.
Unknowingly, the monks of the Xia family became accustomed to him, a middle-aged alchemist from a neighboring country who was in the foundation building stage.
Compared with the first one or two years after arriving, the Xia clan's senior officials' vigilance and supervision of Lu Changan have been reduced 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 decisively refused, on the grounds that it had nothing to do with the alchemy duty of signing the spiritual contract.
Lu Changan came to Jing Kingdom to seek a stable training ground, to safely transition to the peak of the later stage of foundation building, and to seek elixir formation.
Lu Changan lacked interest in the internal affairs of the Wufu Chamber of Commerce and the Xia clan.
Moreover, the invitation from the Xia clan's top brass was probably just a test.
"rise!"
On this day, in the alchemy room of Qiufeng Island Mansion, Lu Changan made a secret with his fingers and used the furnace method.
Buzz!
The double-eared copper alchemy furnace in front of him, which was about ten feet tall, had spiritual patterns flashing and exuded a fiery aura. The lid of the cauldron suddenly trembled and was smoothly pushed away by a ray of spiritual cloud.
Accompanied by the strong medicinal fragrance, three crystal-clear purple pills flew out of the heat wave and landed in the palm of Lu Changan's hand.
Lu Changan examined the three elixirs in his hand. Two of them had four lines on the surface, representing the second-level lower-grade elixirs.
The remaining one has three and a half lines and is a poor quality elixir.
Of course, inferior elixirs are not unusable, but they are less effective, have more impurities, and may also contain a certain amount of erysipelas.
"Xiao Ming, please take these three calming pills to the warehouse."
Lu Changan handed the medicine bottle containing the elixir to the square-faced boy with fair complexion dressed as a medicine boy next to him.
Xia Mingcheng was one of the two medicine boys who assisted Lu Changan in refining alchemy.
Alchemy is not only a technical job, but also a continuous physical job.
Many high-quality elixirs cannot be produced in three to five days.
Therefore, the medicine boy who assists in alchemy is indispensable to every professional alchemist.
Only in this way can the alchemist have time to practice without being significantly delayed.
When Lu Changan refines some elixirs that are not too difficult or valuable, he will leave the stable steps and boring time to the medicine boy to take care of them.
In this way, he can save energy, and the medicine boy can also get guidance and training.
"Yes, Master Wu."
Medicine boy Xia Mingcheng took the elixir and left respectfully.
Although Xia Mingcheng is known as a medicine boy, he is actually a first-level middle-grade alchemist and can be regarded as half of Lu Changan's disciples.
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 those of the past twenty years of working behind closed doors."
Lu Changan's alchemy skills at this time were much better than before he came to Jing Kingdom.
Many years ago, he became a second-level alchemist.
Due to limited talent, the opportunity to practice was far less than that of a full-time alchemist. After that, his alchemy skills almost stagnated for many years.
When he arrived at 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 refined elixirs are also greater than before.
Under this environment, Lu Changan's alchemy skills finally improved.
It is still difficult to advance to the second-level mid-level, but at least you can feel the progress of your skills.
Lu Changan mainly helps the Xia tribe to make alchemy, and secondly, he does some of the alchemy tasks of Wufu Chamber of Commerce.
In name, Lu Changan is a member of the Wufu Chamber of Commerce, and so is the spiritual contract he signed.
In essence, he is an external monk of the Xia clan.
After all, the dojo, spiritual rice supplies, and remuneration for alchemy required for Lu Changan's cultivation were all provided by the Xia clan.
Moreover, three years ago on the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce's spirit ship, the Xia clan signed a spiritual contract with Lu Changan and paid the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce a sum of spirit stones.
Including purchasing the second-level spiritual contract is also an expense.
"However, most of the alchemy materials provided by the Xia Clan and Wufu Chamber of Commerce are of ordinary types that are not too precious."
For example, the Foundation-Building Pill, a second-level level-breaking elixir, Lu Changan had never refined.
Without corresponding opportunities to practice his skills, it is difficult for Lu Changan to guarantee the success rate and quality of refining such elixirs.
Wufu Merchant has a second-level high-level alchemist with a higher rank. Due to old age and lack of energy, he is mainly responsible for refining important elixirs.
For example, ordinary second-level elixirs can be handed over to Lu Changan or alchemists from other families.
…
Lu Changan walked out of the alchemy room and walked into the quiet garden courtyard.
"Master Wu Dan, this is the information that the young master recently collected from the merchant alliance."
A soft girl's voice came.
Xia Wenyue, who was wearing a plain skirt, had just flown back to Qiu Feng Island. She bowed and handed a jade tube to Lu Changan.
After settling in Qiufeng Island, Lu Changan only had two spots for medicine boys.
Xia Wenyue is another drug boy.
She also serves as a maid, taking care of the mundane affairs on the island, including receiving people and treating guests.
She has been sick since she was a child, has rich pharmacological knowledge, and works as a pharmacist, similar to Ye Fei from Wu Qishan.
Pharmacists focus on pharmacology, including medical and poison skills, 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 within the clan seemed difficult.
Two or three years after Lu Changan settled in Qiufeng Island, Xia Wenyue has always had a sickly pale face, with light smoke hanging between her brows, giving people a sense of melancholy.
Even though she is physically weak, Xia Wenyue's appearance and temperament are unparalleled in the Xia family.
In order to stay on Qiufeng Island, Xia Wenyue was willing to become a maid.
In addition to assisting in alchemy, he also has to take care of many things on the island, including serving tea and water, doing odd jobs and running errands.
Unfortunately, this woman is physically weak and has weak magical power, so she can't bear it.
One time, Xia Wenyue fainted while working on the island.
Lu Changan saw that this woman was a hard-working woman with a non-deviant temperament, so he had a good impression of her.
During a chat in a good mood, Lu Changan kindly mentioned:
"Xiaoyue, you are cold and weak, and you seem to have some root cause of the disease. Wu has some experience in medicine, so I can help you take a look."
Lu Changan's suggestion was not only partly out of good intentions, but also out of curiosity.
After searching with his spiritual consciousness, he could not find the root cause of Xia Wenyue's illness.
He couldn't help but wonder if this woman had a special physique.
That requires magic contact and in-depth examination inside the body.
Unexpectedly, Lu Changan's kindness was rejected by the girl.
"Thank you Master Wu for your kindness. The little girl's illness was brought from her mother's womb. My mother had a third-level pharmacist see her before her death, but she couldn't get a radical cure. She could only use medicine to stabilize the cold air and barely maintain her practice."
"Wen Yue has been satisfied with these years and has no more extravagant expectations."
At that time, Xia Wenyue took a look at the middle-aged man with a round face, yellow beard and a slightly oily face, and politely declined the offer.
Naturally, Lu Changan would not put his hot face on his cold butt.
Even though I was a little curious and felt a little strange, I never mentioned this topic again.
He estimated that if it were Lu Changan's original appearance, the result might be different.
Lu Changan disguises himself as a Baihuan mask and inherits the appearance and temperament of others. His image is not ugly or vulgar, but has a bit of the greasiness of a middle-aged man.
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"In the Liang Kingdom's Immortal Cultivation World, a quarter of the spiritual vein dojos were captured by the Jinyang Sect camp? Now, more Liang Kingdom monks have fled to the neutral Jing Kingdom..."
Back in the room, Lu Changan checked the intelligence information in the jade tube.
In the two or three years since he settled on Qiu Feng Island, although he didn't go out much, he still paid attention to the Liang Kingdom's cultivation war.
The Jingguo Commercial Alliance has a wide range of information channels. The monks of the Wufu Chamber of Commerce go to Liangguo once or twice every year.
Lu Changan asked Xia Mingqu, the young master of the Xia tribe, to bring him war information about the immortal world of Liang Kingdom.
At the same time, he wanted to know if the news about the ancient ruins had been leaked.
Lu Changan couldn't ask directly, so he made an excuse, saying that he was concerned about the situation around Huanglong Fairy City and asked Wufu Chamber of Commerce to help pay attention to it.
"There is still no news about the ancient ruins. We can be sure that at least the news about the ruins has not been leaked on a large scale."
"Shi Xianzi has become a third-level formation master for several years, and she is still safe and sound. Before she left the ruins, she should have dealt with everything and not exposed the core secret..."
Lu Changan came to a basic conclusion.
The mysterious gourd and vine on his body involves major opportunities above the Nascent Soul level.
If such core secrets are really leaked, Shi Xianzi's identity as a third-level formation mage will not be preserved.
If it is an ordinary cave and ruins.
Master Shixianzi was promoted to False Pill and became a third-level formation master. His status was comparable to that of True Pill and he could completely cover it.
Nowadays, Master Shixianzi is considered the number one figure in the world of immortality cultivation in Liang Kingdom.
A year ago, in the information brought back by the Wufu Chamber of Commerce, there was a brief mention of this newly promoted third-level formation master around Huanglong Immortal City.
It is worth mentioning that.
Wufu Chamber of Commerce has some business dealings with the Zhou family of Liang Kingdom.
Some of the information was provided by monks from the Beast Control Zhou family.
"There has been no news of a reward for the 'Turtle Talisman Master' from the Jinyang Sect in the Feng Kingdom. Could it be that Mu Jiuan and his group concealed the matter back then and did not lead to the Jinyang Sect's investigation?
"
Lu Changan also paid attention to another hidden danger.
He could only be sure that the little turtle talisman master had not entered the sight of the Jinyang Sect's senior officials.
If you are an important bounty figure, you will be offered a cross-border bounty by Nascent Soul-level sects.
"At present, it seems that these two hidden dangers are not a big problem."
Lu Changan thought:
"In the future, if one of me or the Earth Rock Rat succeeds in forming the elixir, there will be nothing to worry about. We don't even have to hide our identity. We can practice normally in the Jing Kingdom as Lu Changan."
After reading the information, Lu Changan became more and more stable.
In the three reports provided by the Wufu Chamber of Commerce, the "Turtle Talisman Master" was never mentioned.
The name of Wugui Talisman Master is only slightly famous in the Immortal Cultivation Circle of Liang Kingdom. Once he crosses the Immortal Cultivation Kingdom, basically no one knows this person.
Unless it is a figure like Zhenren Huang Long, who has a certain degree of "legend", he will be known to some monks even in neighboring countries.
Or a third-level formation mage like Shi Xianzi will be paid attention to by the high-level officials of the Feng Kingdom and the intelligence of the Jing Kingdom Business Alliance.
Lu Changan guessed that the monks of the Xia family must have checked the identity of "Wu Fan" in the past two years.
The results of the investigation may lead to suspicion that Lu Changan used a pseudonym.
But it's no longer important.
As long as Lu Changan has no bad intentions towards the Xia clan and just keeps making elixirs honestly. How much trouble can a person sneak into and take refuge in the middle stage of foundation building create?
In the short term, Lu Changan is not worried about his true identity being exposed.
First, in cross-border investigations, the influence of the Wufu Chamber of Commerce is very limited.
There are many monks who fled to Jing Kingdom. In the chaotic war background, it is not normal to disappear for a foundation building period.
Secondly, no one outside the world knew that Lu Changan had the qualifications of a second-level alchemist.
Even if someone is interested in thinking of the Turtle Talisman Master, Lu Changan can be ruled out as a second-level alchemy master with a cultivation level in the middle stage of foundation building.
Normally, it would be difficult to hide one's cultivation from the Xia clan's fake elixir ancestors during the foundation building period.
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The night is very dark.
Lu Changan dismissed Xia Wenyue and went to the basement under Qiufeng Island Mansion alone.
On 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 coverage of the quasi-third-level formation.
Underneath the basement, there is a secret tunnel that is connected to the deep pool behind the mansion.
This tunnel was secretly dug by the rock rats in the first few months after arriving on Qiufeng Island.
The Black Water Turtle usually lives in the deep pool at the other end of the tunnel. It comes out to bubble when no one is around, and dives underneath when monks come over.
Due to the cover-up of the light and dark formations, the secret tunnel and the Xuan Water Turtle have not been discovered by the Xia Clan monks so far.
Moreover, Lu Changan asked him to disguise himself as an ordinary spirit turtle.
Squeak!
A rat demon with yellow hair opened the secret door of the tunnel and led Lu Changan from the front.
The spotted yellow rat demon, judging from its physical appearance, is a common species called "yellow rock rat" and is a close relative of the earth rock rat.
This is the result of the Earth Rock Rat practicing the art of shape-shifting.
Due to their similar bloodline, it is not easy for even a beast master to see through.
On weekdays, as a yellow rock rat with a mid-level second-level cultivation, it stays in the mansion on Qiufeng Island and is responsible for working and guarding.
With the formation covering it, as long as the Earth Rock Rat doesn't go out and bump into "Xia Hongyu", the leader of the Xia clan, 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 covered by a formation and isolated from the water flow.
Wow!
The black water turtle carried Lu Changan and the rat demon, blocked the water flow, and entered the hidden stone house at the bottom of the pool.
Inside the stone house, there is moderately dry and wet soil underfoot.
A huge porcelain jar stood on the surface of the soil.
The porcelain jar is filled with soil of five colors, and a withered gourd vine is planted there.
It was the Xuanmu Gourd Vine that Lu Changan brought out from ancient ruins.
A hole was opened at the bottom of the porcelain jar; the five elements soil at the bottom of the jar was in contact with the soil at the bottom of the lake, connected to the "earth energy", and was no longer a rootless duckweed.
Although it is not really taking root, it has a similar effect.
Lu Changan naturally had some considerations when he placed the Xuanmu Gourd Vine here to grow.
First, this deep pool is connected to the earth's veins, with active spiritual energy and strong earth energy.
Secondly, by taking advantage of the natural geography of the deep pool, combined with the dark formation of the quasi-third-order formation, and the isolation materials made of shadow stones, the concealment is good.
Third, the black water turtle lives in a deep pool and can be taken care of all year round.
When Lu Changan was busy, Xuan Shui Turtle used the cloud and rain technique to help water the Xuanmu Gourd and maintain its vitality.
The Black Water Turtle is very happy to do this job.
"Putting the Xuanmu Gourd Vine here to grow will make it more hidden and harder to find than if I took it out with me."
Based on his previous life experience, Lu Changan had repeatedly considered Xuanmu Gourd 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 make calculations.
Of course, Lu Changan was not proficient in calculations in his previous life. He only had a superficial knowledge of calculations. The calculations initiated with late-stage foundation building cultivation were very useless.
Lu Changan approached the withered gourd vine, observed it for a moment, and couldn't help but shake his head.
After the gourd vine connected with the earth's energy at the bottom of the pool, there was no obvious sign of growth.
Ever since the Xuanmu Gourd Vine was taken out of the ruins, all Lu Changan could do was to keep it alive.
If you spend your longevity and use the Secret Technique of Evergreen, you can feel the vitality of Xuanmu Gourd Vine increase to a very small extent.
Perhaps, if you invest a lot of longevity yuan, it is possible to reverse growth.
However, how could Lu Changan be willing to use a large amount of longevity to gamble on an unknown outcome?
Even if you have to give it a little try, you have to at least be promoted to the true elixir and your lifespan will be greatly increased.
…
"Let's go."
Lu Changan waved his hand and put the large porcelain jar filled with gourd vines and five elements soil into a storage bag, temporarily cutting off the connection with the earth's energy.
Next, he was going to go out to plan an elixir for the Earth Rock Rat.
Although the Xuanmu Gourd Vine is placed here for concealment, subjectively it feels more secure to carry it with you.
As long as it is nourished by the five elements of soil and the power of evergreen, the gourd vine can be kept from dying.
"It took three years to gain Xia's initial trust. It's not appropriate to delay it any longer..."
Lu Changan patted the rock rat on the head.
Afterwards, he returned to the ground of Qiufeng Island 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 him the reason for his visit.