"Stewed black-bone chicken with old ginseng and angelica, brother, come downstairs and eat quickly..."
A strong aroma wafted from the kitchen of the villa, and the aroma of the chicken soup was mixed with the fragrance of medicinal herbs.
Su Xiaofan even cooked when he lived here. There are so many good restaurants in Yanjing and you can taste delicious food from all over the world, so why bother to cook and eat by yourself?
So today's meal can be regarded as the first meal he took over and cooked in this villa.
"Huh? It tastes good."
Su Xiaofan came down from upstairs. After being "sick" in the room for a day, Su Xiaofan's complexion became much normal and he no longer needed help in moving.
"Of course it's good. Sister Zixuan went to several time-honored stores before buying two old ginseng roots. They said they were aged for seventy or eighty years."
Su Xiaoxiao brought a large bowl of chicken soup to her brother, with a few thin ginseng tendrils floating on it. The strong medicinal fragrance hit her nostrils, and Su Xiaofan felt that the true energy in his body seemed to be a little more active.
"This old ginseng is really useful for cultivation."
Su Xiaofan nodded secretly. He had heard his master say before that some old medicinal materials could improve his cultivation, but Su Xiaofan couldn't use them.
When Su Xiaofan said he wanted to take Laogenshen supplements before, it was just a casual remark. Unexpectedly, Mo Zixuan would be so sincere and actually buy it back.
"Su Xiaofan, how do you like it?"
Mo Zixuan looked at Su Xiaofan eagerly. Mo Zixuan had focused her energy on studying since she was a child. This was her first time cooking, so she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
But smart people are not too bad at anything they do. Mo Zixuan learned how to make it step by step based on online videos. She also tasted it just now and it seemed to taste okay.
"Yes, that's right. The medicinal aroma of old ginseng and the aroma of chicken are mixed together. It tastes great!"
Su Xiaofan took a sip of the ginseng soup and immediately felt warm all over his body. He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. This old ginseng was probably more than seventy or eighty years old.
"Zixuan, where did your old ginseng come from?"
Su Xiaofan looked at Mo Zixuan and said, "I feel that using this old ginseng to assist your cultivation will definitely greatly increase the speed of your cultivation."
It can be of some help to Su Xiaofan's current cultivation level, not to mention Mo Zixuan and others who are in the Qi training stage. If they can take it for many years, Mo Zixuan may be able to advance to the foundation building stage within ten years.
"This is not bought from outside."
Mo Zixuan hesitated for a moment and said: "I redeemed this from the relevant department. It is quite precious and there are not many in the department..."
For practitioners who serve the country, in addition to salaries and many public benefits, the relevant departments also provide some hidden benefits.
That is to give these practitioners corresponding merit points based on their contributions. Using these merit points, you can redeem some items from relevant departments that are difficult to see outside.
These items include magic weapons and techniques. For example, the old ginseng that Mo Zixuan redeemed cannot be seen outside because it grows in the restricted space of the space crack.
In order to exchange for this old ginseng, Mo Zixuan spent all his achievements in the past few years. If it wasn't enough, he asked Professor Lei to borrow some yesterday.
"So that's it."
Su Xiaofan's emotional intelligence was a bit lacking in front of women, but his IQ was definitely high enough. After drinking half of his bowl of soup, he suddenly covered his nose.
"Brother, your nose is bleeding!"
Su Xiaoxiao's voice rang out, and she saw blood seeping out from between her brother's fingers.
"Ahem, I'm too weak. I can't make up for it."
Su Xiaofan quickly raised his head, took the tissue handed to him by his sister, and wiped away all the blood stains.
"This soup is so filling. I just drank half a bowl and I couldn't stand it anymore."
Su Xiaofan smiled bitterly and shook his head, and said: "Xiaoxiao, Zixuan, please drink the remaining soup in the pot. It would be a waste if you pour it away."
Looking at the blood on Su Xiaofan's fingers, Mo Zixuan and Su Xiaoxiao didn't suspect anything. After all, even the blood was dripping out, so it couldn't be fake.
In fact, it was Su Xiaofan who was deceiving the two of them.
To be honest, this old ginseng soup has a little effect on him, but it is really very insignificant. If it is exhausted, it can only speed up the conversion of infuriating energy a little bit.
Instead of drinking it all by myself, it is better to take advantage of my sister. She has just broken through to the Qi training stage, which is the time to consolidate her cultivation. However, the effect of this ginseng soup on her is not small.
As for Mo Zixuan, he is just taking advantage of his sister.
No matter how straight-laced Su Xiaofan is, he would be embarrassed to say that he would only let his sister drink alone. That would be too shameless. After all, Mo Zixuan got the old ginseng.
"Zixuan, how do you need to exchange items from your relevant departments?"
Su Xiaofan is not interested in this old ginseng, which does not mean that he is not interested in other things. The power of the country is much stronger than that of hermit sects like them, so naturally all good things are in the country.
"Based on our contributions, relevant departments will give corresponding merit points."
Mo Zixuan was not on guard against Su Xiaofan. Su Xiaofan himself was a cultivator, and he was Su Xiaoxiao's brother, so he was half one of his own.
"Just like when I am a counselor in a special recruitment class, I get merit points, but not many."
Being a counselor in a special recruitment class and leading a group of rookies is a very heavy job, so there will be corresponding merit points.
Merit points are not easy to get, just like some clerical jobs in relevant departments, which only provide salary and benefits, but no merit points.
"Then how can we get a lot of merit points?" Su Xiaofan asked.
"Promote and go on missions!"
Mo Zixuan said: "If you can improve your cultivation, you will be rewarded with some merit points, but the number will be very small.
If you want to get a lot of merit points, you can only do missions.
Relevant departments will issue some tasks related to the space crack restricted area. If they can be completed, they can be exchanged for merit points."
"It's a pity that my cultivation level is still low and I haven't gone on a mission yet. Otherwise, I can exchange it for you for some warmer medicinal materials."
Mo Zixuan had an embarrassed look on her face. Among the redemption items from the relevant departments, there was also a Ganoderma lucidum that was said to be seven or eight hundred years old.
However, the redemption price of the Ganoderma lucidum was twice that of the old ginseng. Even if Mo Zixuan got the reward of promotion points, it would not be enough to redeem the Ganoderma lucidum.
"Can outsiders take over your mission?"
Su Xiaofan asked what he was thinking. He didn't want to join the relevant departments, but he was very interested in the rewards from the relevant departments.
Because it is obvious that many items that are helpful for cultivation are monopolized by relevant departments and cannot be purchased on the market at all.
Just like the old ginseng exchanged by Mo Zixuan, and the Ganoderma lucidum that she said were seven or eight hundred years old, they would not be circulated in the market at all, and they were probably intercepted by the relevant departments as soon as they appeared.
"I really don't know this."
Mo Zixuan said apologetically: "I was assigned to take Xiaoxiao and the others this time. I haven't taken over the task yet. I don't know the specific situation. I'll ask you about it when I get back."
"Well, if an outsider can take over the task, please give me a call."
Su Xiaofan nodded and asked again: "If the relevant departments don't have what I need, can I exchange merit points for other items?"
"It might work."
Mo Zixuan hesitated for a moment and said: "Merit points are very precious. You can't buy them for even 100,000 yuan. If the thing you want to exchange will not cause harm to the country, it should be okay."
"Okay, Zixuan, Xiaoxiao, drink the ginseng soup quickly."
Su Xiaofan got the answer he needed and had nothing more to ask.
Are meteorites harmful to the country?
Of course not. That thing is in the hands of relevant departments and is at best used for research on cosmic stars and extraterrestrial materials.
Meteorites cannot be said to be precious, but that’s just the thing. There are so many meteorites falling on the earth every year, and I believe many countries have picked up a lot of them.
If an outsider can take over the mission and get merit points, Su Xiaofan believes that the relevant departments will accept his offer of exchanging the meteorite.
Of course, this also requires Su Xiaofan to show corresponding abilities and try to form a more reciprocal relationship between them. Otherwise, the ant will make conditions to the elephant. Can the elephant accept it?
As for the spirit stone, that is, the energy stone, Su Xiaofan didn't ask at all. He estimated that Mo Zixuan didn't even know there was such a thing.
Spirit stones are of great use to cultivators. In the hands of relevant departments, they are definitely strategic materials, and outsiders may not even think of exchanging them.
Watching Mo Zixuan and Su Xiaoxiao drink the ginseng soup, Su Xiaofan asked them to stay at home to practice. The environment here was no worse than at school.
And with Su Xiaofan watching, if something goes wrong while the two are practicing, Su Xiaofan can come to the rescue in time.
It wasn't until the next day that Mo Zixuan and Su Xiaoxiao finished practicing.
Su Xiaoxiao's cultivation level has stabilized at the level of Qi training. After cultivating Qi, Su Xiaoxiao's body will excrete some dirt and impurities after practicing several times in the past, and it will gradually get better in the future.
As for Mo Zixuan, he has stabilized his cultivation in the later stages of Qi training, but there is still a long way to go before he reaches the state of the Three Flowers Gathering, which is the official foundation building period.
Su Xiaofan came to Yanjing this time. Firstly, he took over this villa and studied the cultivation notes of the sages and seniors of his sect. Secondly, he wanted to give guidance to his sister. Now it is all completed.
Compared with the obvious progress of Mo Zixuan and Su Xiaoxiao's cultivation, Su Xiaofan's cultivation at this time seems to be a bit stagnant.
According to Su Xiaofan's estimation, it would take at least several years to completely convert all the energy in the Dantian into true energy.
But he was naturally unwilling to repair the system and let Su Xiaofan do the work of grinding the rock with water again.
After thinking about it, Su Xiaofan felt that he still had to look for rare meteorites to recharge the repair system with repair points.
Forget it, the Ajin Mountains were covered in heavy snow and the meteorites were buried under the snow, making it impossible for him to detect them.
So Su Xiaofan plans to go to Death Valley in the near future to see if the repair value of his Yin Shen cultivation technique can be collected there.
After Mo Zixuan and Su Xiaoxiao returned to school, Su Xiaofan also drove Duobao back to Luochuan.
The money for the eight ancient spring treasures auctioned at the Xiangjiang Auction House has been transferred to the company's account.
The Zabzaya wooden bowl delivered to the auction house was auctioned the day after Su Xiaofan and Zheng Dagang left.
Since this wooden bowl is the only one left in the private sector besides the National Museum, and has extremely high collection value, it was auctioned for a high price of 24 million on the second day.
In other words, in this auction alone, the items provided by Su Xiaofan were sold for 90 million.
Even excluding the auction house's 4% commission and the exchange rate of Hong Kong paper to RMB, Su Xiaofan and Zheng Dagang's company still received 70 million.
So after Su Xiaofan gave all the jades he got from Ao Island to Zheng Dagang, he stopped taking care of the company's affairs.
This batch of ancient jade is enough to hold a special jade auction. It depends on how Brother Gang goes to negotiate with the auction house. If the negotiation is successful, it can be auctioned next spring.
Su Xiaofan also gave Brother Gang a task, which was to ask him to search for rare meteorites all over the world, and collect as many as possible, whether they were from auction houses or private individuals.
After this auction, Brother Gang also established a good relationship with the auction house, but he learned from the auction house that some private individuals had rare meteorites hidden in their hands.
Brother Gang's European visa has been processed, and the fresh female graduates specially invited from Yanjing International Studies University are also in place, and are preparing to go abroad in the next few days.
Su Xiaofan returned to Luochuan, specially brought Brother Gang to the master, and showed the spiritual stone to Brother Gang.
Su Xiaofan told Brother Gang that if you encounter similar stones abroad, you must find a way to take them down, and if you encounter anything you are unsure about, try to buy them back.
With Su Xiaofan's instructions, Brother Gang got on the plane to Europe with great satisfaction.
Of course, he was accompanied by a young female translator who could pinch water. At this moment, Brother Gang felt that he had reached the pinnacle of his life.
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"Master, I plan to go to Death Valley soon."
After sending Brother Gang away, Su Xiaofan decided to talk to his master.
After all, Death Valley has existed for a long time, and the recorded time spans hundreds of years. It is far from comparable to places like Shuangmen Village. Su Xiaofan still plans to find out first.
"What are you doing in the restricted area now?"
Jing Shizhen looked at Su Xiaofan with some confusion, "You don't need to practice inner elixir, and we may not be able to deal with the extraordinary creatures in Death Valley."
"Master knows Death Valley very well?"
Su Xiaofan was stunned for a moment when he heard this. He really rarely talked about the restricted area with his master before. Ahem... The main reason was that Su Xiaofan's cultivation was progressing too fast and Jing Shizhen didn't want to talk to him.
"Of course I understand. There are few restricted areas at home and abroad that I don't know about."
Jing Shizhen had an arrogant look on his face, as if he really thought that his reputation as the number one non-official cultivator was for nothing.
Yes, it is the casual cultivators. Except for the official cultivators, all other cultivators from any sect are classified into the ranks of hermit casual cultivators.
In a modern society with prosperous science and technology, the ancient sects and sects have long since declined and only two or three kittens are left. Even the Tianshi Dao is in pieces. There is no capital to negotiate terms with the government. Naturally, whatever the government says is the case.
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However, casual cultivation also has the advantages of casual cultivation, and there are fewer shackles on it.
Just like Jing Shizhen, in order to obtain the inner elixir of extraordinary creatures, he has visited almost all the forbidden areas of the space cracks on the entire planet in the past few decades.
When it comes to his familiarity with each restricted area, Jing Shizhen said that no one dared to say second. It was this spirit that allowed him to make a mistake in Shuangmen Village.
In fact, the relevant departments later learned about what happened in Shuangmen Village.
But in the first place, the officials themselves were negligent and failed to detect the existence of extraordinary creatures there. Naturally, Jing Shizhen cannot be blamed for this.
Secondly, Jing Shizhen also did some things that were beneficial to the country. During the border disputes in the 1970s and 1980s, Jing Shizhen led his people to resist the Southeast Asian surrender masters and Western cultivators, which can be regarded as a great contribution.
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Therefore, the officials turned a blind eye this time and did not pursue the matter of the extraordinary creature's inner elixir. Otherwise, how could it have been so easy for Jing Shizhen to bring the inner elixir to Xiangjiang?
"Master, please come and listen..."
Su Xiaofan poured the master a cup of tea and pretended to be listening. He knew that this was the best thing for the master.
"Don't ask about that yet, why did you tell Master you went to the restricted area?" Jing Shizhen waved her hand, not being fooled by Su Xiaofan.
"Master, I think my level is enough, but my strength and level don't match up very well!"
Su Xiaofan explained the reason he had thought up, "I have always practiced step by step. I have never fought with anyone. I have too little practical experience. And now I feel as if I have encountered a bottleneck and have never been able to break through?"
"It's only been a few days since you broke through to the Sanhua realm? Are you thinking about breaking through again?"
Why did Jing Shizhen dislike Su Xiaofan at this moment? He had just consolidated the first level of the Three Flowers Gathering Realm, and Su Xiaofan actually wanted to break through to the third level.
"Ahem, Master, I feel that my cultivation progress has stalled a bit."
Su Xiaofan coughed twice and said: "Also, I have little actual combat experience. If I fight with someone in the future, I might embarrass you, so I want to go to the restricted area to practice..."
"By the way, Master, if you are lucky, maybe you can help Aunt Mei get an inner elixir for extraordinary creatures."
Su Xiaofan knew what the master wanted most now. Now that Aunt Mei had the spiritual stone to practice, sooner or later she would use the inner elixir.
"With your current level of cultivation, it's still a bit difficult to resist an extraordinary creature head-on."
Jing Shizhen thought for a moment, shook her head, and said, "If we, master and apprentice, come together, there may be a small chance. Well, that tiger cat of yours must be included."
"Master also goes? That would be better."
Su Xiaofan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but it didn't matter. He absorbed the meteorite and there was no movement. Just be careful not to let the master find out.
"Master, please tell me about the restricted areas first, both at home and abroad."
"In China, there is a restricted area in the Ajin Mountains."
"Is it Death Valley?" Su Xiaofan interrupted the master.
"No, the restricted area in Death Valley is included in the Kunlun Mountains."
Jing Shizhen shook his head and said: "The forbidden area in the Ajin Mountains is located on a high mountain and is called the forbidden area in the sky!
The climate environment near the Sky Restricted Area is too harsh, with temperatures around minus 30 degrees all year round, so no one goes there unless it is closed off. I have only been to that place once."
Jing Shizhen said this to put gold on her face.
The low temperature of minus 30 degrees would pose a threat even to cultivators. Jing Shizhen, with his cultivation level of Great Zhoutian, could only barely reach outside the sky restricted area and did not dare to enter at all.
"anything else?"
Su Xiaofan continued to ask. Su Xiaofan was not interested in the forbidden area at an extremely high altitude. It was covered with snow all year round and even if a meteorite fell, it would not be found.
"Do you know the Wulong River in Jiupan Mountain?"
Jing Shizhen looked at Su Xiaofan and said: "In fact, it is better to go to Wulong River than Death Valley. Death Valley is far more dangerous than Wulong River."
"I have never heard of Wulong River. Master, please tell me." Su Xiaofan shook his head. He was not a geography major, so how could he know so many place names.
"The Wulong River restricted area is considered a place. It is located in Jiupan Mountain and is known as the Gate of Ghosts..."
The Jiupan Mountain that Jing Shizhen mentioned is a famous scenic spot in the northwest region. It covers a very large area, with many mountains and vast seas of clouds. The Wulong River is located in the core area of Jiupan Mountain.
But Wulong River has a saying in the local area: "Ghost gates, mountains within mountains, it's easy to get in but hard to get out", because many dangerous events have happened here, and people who go in will most likely not be able to get out.
"Master, forget about those legends, you should just tell some practical information."
Su Xiaofan interrupted the master. Shuangmen Village was still called a ghost village, and it was not because of the space crack.
The same is naturally true for the Wulong River. Those so-called legends are just to scare tourists and prevent them from going in depth.
Jing Shizhen glared at Su Xiaofan and said angrily: "You are the only one who talks a lot of nonsense, what I said is all practical information!"
"Xiao Fan, listen to your master, that place is not entirely caused by space cracks."
Aunt Mei next to her also said: "I have been to that place back then, but Brother Jing didn't let me in."
"Did you hear me? Listen to me carefully and don't interrupt me."
In terms of cultivation, he couldn't compare with his own disciple, but in terms of knowledge, Jing Shizhen still surpassed Su Xiaofan.
It’s nearly 12,000 today, please give me a monthly ticket!
