Yuanlong returned to Qi Lingyun Cave and reported to her:
"Senior Sister, we have found out that Zhang Bao did not deliberately avoid Senior Sister, nor did he switch to anyone else. Instead, he disappeared more than half a month ago. No one has been seen alive, and no body has been found dead."
Sitting on the white jade throne, the woman in purple, with skin as smooth as jade, exuding nobility and elegance, narrowed her eyes slightly:
"You can't see people when you're alive, but you can't see corpses after death? As a disciple of the outer courtyard, even if Zhang Bao has my pass, the places he can go in the sect are very limited, and he can't run around everywhere. Since he disappeared without a trace, I'm afraid it's the bones. There is no more left…”
After a pause, he looked at Yuan Long coldly:
"Can we find out who did it?"
Yuan Long said in a deep voice:
"The specific person who did it has not yet been found out. However, according to our investigation, Zhang Bao inquired about an outer courtyard disciple named Ni Kun in the Lingzhi Garden half a month ago."
"Outer Court Disciple Ni Kun? Why is Zhang Bao asking about this person?"
"This... I don't know the specific reason, but it is said that before Ni Kun, two disciples from the outer courtyard who also worked in Lingzhi Garden were robbed. The two disciples who were robbed were both senior deacons of Lingzhi Garden, and they usually had Some favors from the deacon sister..."
Hearing these words, Qi Lingyun's face showed a hint of disgust:
"So, because Zhang Bao was cut off from my rewards and his cultivation stagnated, he became so poor that he went to attack other poor people? Where is that disciple from the outer courtyard named Ni Kun? Since he was targeted by Zhang Bao, he always had a lot of trouble with him. There should be some benefits. Whose favor did he get?"
Yuan Long said:
"Back to Senior Sister, Ni Kun was originally a gardener in the Lingzhi Garden. More than three months ago, he was spotted by the new Senior Sister Zhao Xiulin who was walking in the Lingzhi Garden. Since then, he has been exclusively favored by Senior Sister Zhao.
"It is said that Senior Sister Zhao even killed two old attendants who had been with her for many years because of him. Not long ago, Ni Kun even moved into Senior Sister Zhao's Qingzhu Garden and stopped doing errands in Lingzhi Garden... "
Qi Lingyun chuckled:
"How could he be the only one to be favored? He even fought two old men who were blocking his way to death? Oh, that little guy named Ni Kun is really capable of competing for favors. How is his cultivation?"
Yuan Long said:
"Five months ago, when the disciples in the outer courtyard were testing their cultivation, Ni Kun was only at the third level of Qi Refining."
Qi Lingyun tapped the armrest of the jade seat with her slender fingers and said slowly:
"Five months ago, it was the third level of Qi refining... Five months later, it was only the fourth level of Qi refining at most? With such a low level of cultivation, he was able to win a special favor and even fight to death against the old man... Then Ni Kun, what's the matter with Ni Kun? There's a secret here.
"But no matter how secret it is, it's just that he has a different body, extraordinary abilities, and is good at flattering and serving. If you want to rely on this cultivation to kill Zhang Bao, it is not enough. It seems that it was Zhao Xiulin who broke Zhang Bao's bones. Ashes?"
Yuan Long did not dare to criticize the inner disciples, so he only said:
"This...it all depends on senior sister's decision."
Qi Lingyun snorted coldly:
"Although Zhang Bao no longer pleases me, it still depends on the owner to beat a dog. How can I allow others to kill a lackey under my sect at will? Go and summon Zhao Xiulin to see me."
Yuanlong hesitated and advised:
"Senior Sister, are you going to punish Senior Sister Zhao? Senior Sister, think twice, that Senior Sister Zhao Xiulin is the royal princess of Qianye Kingdom..."
Qi Lingyun glanced coldly and said calmly:
"Are you teaching me how to do something?"
Although his tone was calm, his eyes were domineering and full of majesty, and there was even an invisible coercion that suddenly descended on Yuan Long, making him pale and sweating profusely, and he quickly kowtowed in apology:
"Yuanlong didn't dare. Yuanlong made a mistake. Senior sister, please forgive me!"
Qi Lingyun was condescending, looking down at Yuan Long. The powerful pressure of the foundation-building monks continued to exert on Yuan Long, until he was already shaky and unable to kneel. Then he slowly restrained his dignity, snorted coldly, and said contemptuously:
"Princess of Qianye Kingdom? Isn't that amazing? Does the Qianye royal family have a lot of face?
"Those ordinary royals have been well-fed and well-dressed since childhood, pampered, arrogant and licentious, and greedy for pleasure. Even though they have a good foundation, their minds are weak. They take shortcuts in practice and are unwilling to do any hard work.
"In the past five hundred years, generations of the Qianye royal family have worshiped the Xianyin sect. However, only one low-grade golden elixir has been produced, and the rest are useless... Such a useless cultivating family is worthy of me, Qi Lingyun.
fear?"
Yuanlong trembled and hissed:
"Senior Sister taught me that Yuan Long is short-sighted. I beg Senior Sister to forgive me..."
Qi Lingyun waved his hand impatiently:
"Let's record this crime for now! Now, go and summon Zhao Xiulin to see me!"
…
Gudong!
Ni Kun swallowed an emerald elixir in one gulp. When the medicinal power was released, the "Hundred Flowers elixir" in the Dantian began to trickle and bloom, and the erysipelas was eliminated, leaving only the purest spirituality, which was refined by Ni Kun's exercise skills.
After refining the power of the elixir and feeling the increase in cultivation, Ni Kun nodded with satisfaction:
"That's right! According to this progress, within four months at most, your cultivation level should be able to reach the sixth level of Qi Refining!"
His cultivation has improved by leaps and bounds, which is certainly something to be happy about, but one thing still makes Ni Kun feel a little worried.
To advance from the fifth level of Qi refining to the sixth level, it takes about 120 jade pills. What about advancing from the sixth level to the seventh level, the seventh level to the eighth level, the eighth level to the ninth level, and the ninth level of Qi refining to perfection?
Although Ni Kun has the ability to use elixirs to achieve enlightenment, as long as he has the elixir, his cultivation can advance by leaps and bounds. His cultivation speed is no slower than some so-called geniuses, or even faster, but the cost is undoubtedly too great.
Zhao Yaonv is already mortgaging magical weapons to support his practice. If she continues for a long time, Ni Kun will not feel sorry for those magical magical weapons that have been renamed Ni, but if she goes too far, she may cause trouble.
to doubt.
"Two times before and after, I have purchased a total of 200 jade elixirs, and also used magic weapons to mortgage foreign debts... Of course, it can be explained by smuggling elixirs and earning the price difference, but smuggling cannot only involve investment and no profit, right? What if in the future?
If you continue to use magic weapons as collateral for loans, and continue to purchase elixirs, but never repay the debt, you will definitely attract suspicion..."
People without thought, he must worry about.
If Zhao Yaonv is suspected, Ni Kun's good days may come to an end.
"No, we have to prepare for a rainy day."
As soon as he thought about this, Ni Kun summoned Zhao Xiulin and asked her:
"I want to learn alchemy. Can you get the alchemy technique and recipe?"
Sitting and living in vain is not the answer.
But if you learn to make alchemy by yourself, the problem will be easily solved - there are many spiritual plant treasures in the spiritual plant garden. With Zhao Xiulin's job, with a little manipulation of her hands, she can meet Ni Kun's need for alchemy.
If you can use the materials in the Spiritual Planting Garden to refine the Jadeite Pill yourself, you can not only save money and solve hidden dangers, but if you have a surplus besides practicing, you might even be able to start a business of smuggling the Spiritual Pill.
Make a small fortune.
As for whether you can learn alchemy...
Ni Kun is not worried at all.
His Green Emperor Sutra has an unimaginable affinity for spiritual plants, and most of the elixirs use spiritual plants as the main medicine or important auxiliary medicine.
In addition, the Qingdi Sutra is not only excellently compatible with the aura of the wood element, but also has the magical power of the dry body of the body, which is also a bonus to the fire element technique, which is of great benefit in refining elixirs and controlling fire.
Finally, Ni Kun still has potential.
If you really can't master alchemy, you can invest the little potential points you just saved into it.
In short, Ni Kun is determined to succeed in alchemy. Now it depends on whether Zhao Xiulin can do it.
If she can't do it, then she can wait until the next full moon night and ask Senior Sister Ling for advice.
"Your Majesty, you want to learn alchemy? No problem. Although I don't know how to make alchemy and I don't have any alchemy skills, you can go to the Scripture Collection Pavilion and buy an alchemy skill and some pill recipes for your master! By the way, there are also
For the alchemy furnace, this slave will go to Tiangong Pavilion to find a high-quality alchemy for the master..."
Zhao Xiulin said without hesitation.
Hearing this, Ni Kun hesitated:
"Do you need to spend the spirit stones to buy them... Forget it, I'd better keep the spirit stones and buy the jade elixir. You don't have to buy the alchemy and elixir recipes. As for the elixir furnace, use the least amount of spirit stones to buy an entry-level elixir furnace for practice.
That’s it.”
Regarding alchemy and elixir prescriptions, it is better to seek advice from Senior Sister Ling.
There's nothing you can do about the alchemy furnace, but there's no need to buy a high-quality one at the moment, just the basic one.
Zhao Xiulin responded to the order and was about to go out to do things vigorously and resolutely when she heard a clear male voice coming into the hall:
"My dear Yuanlong, on the orders of Senior Sister Qi Lingyun from the Inner Sect's Upper Court, please ask Senior Sister Zhao to visit Senior Sister Qi's cave!"