Cheng Shanhe, who had been away for several days, finally returned with Wei Sijian.
Wei Sijian couldn't wait to find Shen Qian. Cheng Shanhe, who was sitting alone in the office waiting, finally slowly cooled down from the extremely excited state.
With his experience and cultivation, it is simply unbelievable to be in such a state of excitement for several days in a row.
But Cheng Shanhe felt it was normal, because not only him, but also Qiu Zhijian, the dean of the School of Pharmacy and the dean of the Chinese Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, had been as excited as him for several days.
At this moment, the other party was still in the laboratory, waiting for him to take Shen to see him.
"Such a genius should join the Chinese Academy of Sciences." Qiu Zhijian, who always acted in accordance with the regulations, sighed and directly issued a letter of appointment specially approved by the dean.
As long as Shen Qian signs it, he will immediately become the youngest academician in the history of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The "good fortune" prescription has become a reality, which is a tremendous achievement.
I don’t know how many dying mountains and seas will be saved from complete destruction in the future.
If the medicine can be used properly, it will truly have immeasurable merit and countless blessings.
But what shocked a group of academicians even more was that the theory proposed by Shen Qian would completely subvert the third theorem of medicine refining.
Although this point is still being demonstrated and there are many disputes within the Academy of Sciences, Cheng Shanhe has a vague feeling that Shen Qian is right.
The seven theorems of alchemy were proposed by masters of alchemy and have been demonstrated in various ways. They can be called the general outline of the alchemy discipline.
Now, it was overthrown by a seventeen-year-old boy.
This is a major event that can really shake up the pharmaceutical industry.
Once it is discovered that Shen Qian is right after careful argumentation, all alchemists will remember Shen Qian's name.
While Cheng Shanhe's thoughts were racing, the panting Wei Sijian finally turned back.
Seeing that there was no one behind him, Cheng Shanhe couldn't help but be startled, "Where are the people?"
"I couldn't find it." Wei Sijian said helplessly, "I've looked everywhere, but there is no trace of Brother Shen, and I can't get through his phone..."
"Has he already left Beidu?" Cheng Shanhe frowned and guessed.
"But he didn't tell me either." Wei Sijian scratched his head, "Did Brother Shen do it on purpose?"
Cheng Shanhe's heart moved, and then he sighed suddenly: "I guess he guessed that his action of taking out the 'good fortune' prescription would inevitably cause a disturbance, so he was deliberately evading it!"
"Brother Shen is indeed a role model for our generation. He just brushes off his clothes and doesn't care about these false reputations at all!"
Wei Sijian couldn't help showing an expression of admiration.
"I'm just being superficial. I originally wanted to directly seek the position of associate professor for him, so I'll postpone it."
Cheng Shanhe thought about it for a while, and felt more and more that Shen Qian was indeed a wizard in refining medicine. He was low-key and restrained. Probably only a person with such a character could have such achievements in medicine refining.
Boom!
At this moment, a thunderous sound resounded throughout the world, and then the earth shook. The door and window glass in the house shattered one after another, and the tables and chairs tilted. Wei Sijian was caught off guard and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Cheng Shanhe He was supported in time.
"Fa...what happened?"
Wei Sijian was stunned when he came back to his senses, "There was an earthquake?"
"Beijing's underground is reinforced with thunderstones, so it won't be an earthquake."
Cheng Shanhe looked solemn, shook his head and said, "And the sound seemed to come from the ground."
Cheng Shanhe let go of Wei Sijian and walked out of the room quickly. Wei Sijian quickly followed, and the two of them entered the corridor.
Looking around, from south to north, everything is in a mess.
There are even some old buildings with walls showing signs of cracking.
Many people were frightened and ran outside one after another, their faces confused.
"Mr. Yanshang, what do you mean?"
At this moment, there was a sudden change in the sky, and then it condensed into a big face covering a thousand meters, with vivid facial features, and he asked angrily.
"It's Minister Wu!"
Many people recognized this big face that often appeared on TV and exclaimed.
And what he said shocked everyone even more.
Was the commotion just now caused by Duke Yanshang?
At this time, a figure appeared in the sky south of Beidu. He was dressed in black and stood with his hands behind his back, with an extremely cold look on his face.
"I... lost my temper, I'm sorry."
Duke Yanshang seemed to be restraining some emotions. He took a deep breath and said slowly: "Meiyuan will shoulder the full responsibility for today's losses. If there are any injuries, we will also compensate."
The big face in the sky frowned at first, but soon, he seemed to have seen something, and his expression quickly turned to surprise.
"You...hey, what happened in Meiyuan?"
"...Nothing."
Duke Yanshang's face turned gloomy again and he didn't want to say any more. The next moment, his figure had disappeared into the sky.
And Wu Wei's big face also slowly disappeared in deep thought.
Cheng Shanhe and Wei Sijian looked at each other and saw the confusion in each other's eyes.
They are not stupid either, and they still heard something from the brief conversation between the two.
Obviously, something happened in Meiyuan, and it was an extremely serious matter, which made Duke Yanshang lose his temper so much that he failed to control the severity and caused a storm like venting.
Not only the two of them, but countless people's curiosity was aroused, and they couldn't wait to run to Meiyuan to explore it immediately.
It's a pity that no one dared to do this, for fear of being slapped to death by the furious Lord Yanshan.
……
At this moment, there was deathly silence in the Plum Garden.
The ten mountain and sea warriors responsible for guarding the courtyard wall were lying on the ground. Although they were silent, their slightly trembling figures still revealed their fear.
The cold spring gurgled, and a hint of cold air suddenly emerged and floated in the garden.
Duke Yanshang stood next to Hanquan, his face indifferent, but deep in his eyes, there was a faint and beating anger.
On the other side, stood several of his disciples.
Duke Yanshang has taken in eight people in his life. Except for Tantaiqin who is recuperating in seclusion and three people who have not returned home, the remaining four people are all here.
At this moment, they all lowered their heads slightly, unwilling to face the master's most intense anger.
With the teacher's character, he failed to control the power within his body. If Yanshangong hadn't poured most of his power into the void at the last moment, I'm afraid that the area within a kilometer radius of Meiyuan would have been reduced to ruins.
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They can understand the teacher's anger.
In order to arrange the Heaven-Seizing Formation this time, the teacher did not hesitate to come forward in person and visited the princes everywhere. However, he did not know how much price and promises he paid to get all the materials.
But all of this came to naught half an hour ago, when the teacher finally returned after traveling thousands of miles, only to find that the Taoist stone that was supposed to be in the cold spring was missing.
Even a prince cannot remain indifferent to such a blow.
"Another half hour has passed, so who can tell me how the Dao stone...was lost?"
Duke Yanshang's deep voice slowly sounded in the garden.
After hesitating for a moment, the leader of the mountain and sea powerhouse stood up and said respectfully but firmly: "Meiyuan has been stolen, and I will be punished with death, but... please give Yanshan Gong a clear warning!"
"Whether it is these days and nights, or the countless days and nights before, thanks to the grace of Duke Yanshan, we shoulder the responsibility of guarding Meiyuan, and we have never dared to slack off!"
"I dare to swear with my Taoist heart that from last night to today, no outsiders have entered or left Meiyuan. Even just now, I have thoroughly checked all corners of Meiyuan and found no trace of invasion!"
After the mountain and sea powerhouse finished speaking, he lowered his head and waited.
Duke Yanshang was silent for a while, and then looked at his disciples.
The third disciple, Guo Zhouyuan, could understand the thoughts of Duke Yanshan best, and immediately said: "Teacher, from last night to today, I have been quietly reading in my residence, and I haven't found anything abnormal."
With Guo Zhouyuan taking the lead, Nie Han and Wang Shuo all took the initiative to report their whereabouts.
Duke Yanshan was silent and silent.
"Teacher, could it be someone inside Meiyuan..."
Sixth disciple Ren Zihan couldn't help but say.
However, Duke Yanshang shook his head and said firmly: "Meiyuan is no different."
Four simple words directly eliminated this possibility.
And Guo Zhouyuan and others did not question it.
Duke Yanshan is the most powerful person among the princes, and he has the ability to see through everything. At least if anyone in Meiyuan has evil intentions or has done anything, they will never be able to hide it from his eyes.
If he says no, that means no.
Including the ten mountain and sea powerhouses guarding the perimeter, if he really told a lie, Lord Yanshang would definitely notice it.
No one can lie in front of a prince.
Duke Yanshang took a deep breath, and was about to use deduction techniques to find the only truth, when suddenly, a graceful figure appeared in the garden.
Instead of wearing a long black skirt, she changed into a plain-colored training uniform, which made her look even taller and plumper.
"Teacher."
Tantaiqin's voice was cold, and even though he was facing Duke Yanshang, he didn't have much expression.
"Why not continue to recuperate?"
Duke Yanshang frowned. He was the only one who knew how serious Tantaiqin's injury was, which almost touched the foundation.
She and Jiang Huan were not simply having a "brief encounter".
Even if a genius of this level has no intention of deciding between life and death, he cannot really hold back.
The smaller the difference, the more dangerous the confrontation will be.
Jiang Huan was injured in that battle, but Tantai Qin almost died.
Therefore, even if it was such a big deal as the theft of Dao Stone, Duke Yanshang did not think about forcing Tantai Qin to come forward.
Tantai Qin's expression was a little strange, and she rarely showed a look of hesitation, but she finally said calmly: "Come to share the teacher's worries."
"Huh?" Duke Yanshang was startled.
"Since Hanquan is living water, teacher, have you ever checked the bottom of the water?" Tantaiqin expressed his thoughts.
Underwater?
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the garden was stunned.
"Impossible!" Guo Zhouyuan shook his head directly, "I also thought about this possibility at first. After all, the cold spring is connected to the water veins of Beidu, but I have just entered the cold spring to check, and there is no trace of the underground formation being destroyed.
."
Others, including those powerful men from mountains and seas, also nodded slightly.
Hanquan is inside Meiyuan, and they are not responsible for patrolling, but it does not mean that the inner courtyard is really weak in defense.
Not to mention that under normal circumstances, Duke Yanshang will be in charge of the inner courtyard, and it is impossible for anyone to sneak in. Even if Duke Yanshang is not there, the interior of Meiyuan is surrounded by various formations. Entering it without leaving a mark is equivalent to falling into a trap. And underneath Hanquan, Duke Yanshan personally set up a guard formation.
Even if Duke Yanshan is not a prince who specializes in formations, a prince is still a prince, and even the formations he randomly lays out are no small matter, not to mention the guard formations under the cold spring water must have been carefully arranged by Duke Yanshan.
Mountains and seas cannot be broken.
"Is brute force destruction the only way to pass a formation?"
Tantai Qin said calmly.
The words woke up the dreamer. Yanshangong raised his eyebrows and suddenly flicked his sleeves, "Get out of the way."
Everyone immediately retreated into the distance.
Wow!
Duke Yanshan stretched out his hand to take a picture, and in the shocked eyes of everyone, the entire cold spring started to float.
It was as if there was an invisible big hand firmly holding the cold lake water.
The cold spring water contains more than 10,000 tons. It is spectacular when the whole picture is revealed in mid-air, especially when you can clearly see the fish swimming in it.
The spring water was lifted up, revealing the ground covered with all kinds of beautiful stones.
Duke Yanshang flicked his sleeves again, and the lines lit up, and traces of a hidden formation emerged from the bottom of the lake.
The rays of light combined vertically and horizontally to vaguely form a Bagua figure.
Bagua is the basis of formations, and most of the formations currently used by the human race are in the shape of Bagua.
Duke Yanshang's gaze continued to follow the lines that concealed the principles of heaven and earth. Suddenly, his gaze paused.
"Teacher?" Tantaiqin asked, understanding that Duke Yanshang might have discovered something.
"There are traces of movement on the formation stones here. Although it is not obvious, it does not match the subtleties in my memory."
Duke Yanshang stared at that place and said softly.
Everyone in the courtyard was shocked.
"Teacher, has anyone really passed this formation without destroying it or alerting your senses?"
Guo Zhouyuan's face was full of bewilderment, and it was obviously difficult to understand how this kind of thing happened.
Yanshangong's expression remained unchanged, but he grabbed it easily, and the round stone, which was light blue in color, the size of a millstone and shaped like a chess piece, flew up and fell straight to the shore.
"After careful investigation, I found that this formation stone has lost its charm due to the erosion of the spring water day and night, but I just didn't notice it before."
Duke Yanshan shook his head and said indifferently.
Everyone stepped forward to take a closer look, and sure enough, many of the formation patterns carved on the formation stone had become blurred.
"Teacher, are you saying that someone discovered the loophole in this formation stone and passed the formation from here?"
Nie Han asked.
Seeing Duke Yanshang nodding, Nie Han couldn't let go. He couldn't help but walk to the edge of the cold spring and look down.
At the bottom of the temporarily dried-up spring, where the rays of light criss-crossed, there were more than a thousand formation stones like this!
"Is there something wrong with only this formation stone?" Nie Han couldn't help but ask again.
"Nonsense, if that wasn't the case, how could the teacher not notice it in advance?"
Guo Zhouyuan was afraid that Nie Han's continuous questioning would upset the teacher, so he scolded him first.
In fact, why doesn’t Nie Han understand this truth?
Just like you have a thousand hairs, and one of them is white, it will be difficult to notice, or even if you notice it, you won't care.
Because it does not affect the whole.
"This person must be a master of formations." Tantai Qin said softly.
"No."
Duke Yanshang shook his head, as if he had just broken out of a certain state at this moment, and his tone was complicated and difficult to understand.
"He is the master of formations."
Hearing that Duke Yanshang gave the other party such a high evaluation, Guo Zhouyuan and others were shocked, but then remained silent.
Because what Duke Yanshan said is true.
Although no one present is proficient in formations, they understand the basic principles.
The protective formation under the spring will change at any time as the spring water surges, and the position of the formation stones will also change. In such a complicated situation, you have to find the only tiny, almost invisible loophole, and then pass the formation instantly.<
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The difficulty is comparable to climbing to the sky.
And obviously, this thief only has one chance.
"Teacher, it's our fault. We shouldn't be so lax. If someone were always guarding the spring and using their mental energy to guard the Taoist stone, such a thing would definitely not happen."
Guo Zhouyuan said with shame.
Duke Yanshan shook his head.
Even mountains and seas cannot release their mental energy all the time, otherwise they will be exhausted.
"This matter ends here."
Duke Yanshang concluded.
"Teacher, are you going to let that little thief go like this?"
Wang Shuo, who had been silent the whole time, finally couldn't help but speak. He pointed at the spring exposed from the bottom of the lake after the formation stones were peeled off, with strong reluctance in his eyes.
Anyone who has waited for more than ten days with great expectations for a good fortune to come, only to have it come to nothing at the last moment, would probably be extremely unwilling.
The same is true for Nie Han and others, but they hide it very well.
"Of course not."
The coldness spread in Duke Yanshan's eyes, "The King of Zhou Yi has not returned yet, so wait for a while and I will personally go and ask for your favor."
As soon as he finished speaking, Duke Yanshang disappeared.
Boom!
The cold spring returned to its original position, splashing countless waves.
"King of Zhouyi?"
Wang Shuo stood there a little confused.
King Zhou Yi is one of the nine kings of the first generation, and is also one of the two or three people who are still active outside. Wang Shuo vaguely knows that the teacher and King Zhou Yi have a special relationship.
But he didn't understand, what's the use of asking King Zhou Yi for this kind of thing?
"Junior brother, you may not understand...the first nine kings were all extremely terrifying beings, with real power to reach the heavens."
Ren Zihan explained, "The King of Zhou Yi had a great magical power that was unparalleled in the world."
"What magical power?"
"Reverse cause and effect, look back in time and space."
Ren Zihan spit out eight words.
These eight simple words shocked Wang Shuo.
Whether it is cause and effect or time and space, it is obviously not a level that mortals can touch.
"Looking back in time and space?" Wang Shuo said in shock, "Sixth Brother, do you mean...that King Zhou Yi can reproduce everything that happened here?"
"That's right." Ren Zihan nodded, "As long as King Zhou Yi is willing to help, the mysterious thief will naturally have no way to hide. However, the teacher may have to pay a certain price."
Wang Shuo felt relieved upon hearing this, but his inner reluctance remained unabated.
After all, unless King Zhou Yi takes action now, those Dao stones will probably never come back.
This unprecedented opportunity is ultimately a straw basket.
Tantaiqin didn't say a word and left soon.
"Third Senior Brother, have you noticed that Senior Sister's expression seems a little strange?"
Nie Han, who had been quietly paying attention to Tantai Qin, approached Guo Zhouyuan and muttered.
"Yeah." Guo Zhouyuan nodded lightly, indicating that he had noticed it, "Especially after the teacher said that he wanted to ask King Zhou Yi to help him travel back in time, the senior sister's expression became unnatural. I have never seen her look like this.
..."
The two couldn't come up with a solution after discussing it, so they stopped exploring.
Everyone dispersed one after another, and when the silence fell on the edge of the cold spring, a tall figure returned to the edge of the cold spring, staring at the clear water of the cold spring without moving for a long time.
The water light vaguely reflected the flawless face, but at this time, the pretty face was occupied by a chill and a trace of extremely obscure shame.
"I, Tantai Qin...will kill you for three lifetimes."