"Thank you for your kindness, my fellow Taoists, but I have already made up my mind on this matter." Liu Ming replied slowly.
"Since you really want to learn alchemy from me, it's not impossible. But I have to give you three chapters of advice!" Seeing that he could not persuade Liu Ming, Fan Baizi frowned and said in a cold tone.
"Fellow Taoist, just come and listen." Liu Ming said calmly.
"First, even though I, the Hundred Sons, are not the best in alchemy in the Daxuan Kingdom, I am not inferior to those alchemy masters specially trained by the five sects. So you have to learn alchemy from me. This piece of gold essence breath soil will still be the best."
It's not enough." Fan Baizi stared at Liu Ming and said slowly.
"Since one piece is not enough, how about adding this piece? This is the only thing left in my hand, and it's all here." Liu Ming raised his eyebrows, shook his sleeves, and suddenly threw another piece of golden clay that was smaller than the previous one.
And out.
"As expected, you still have some gold essence breath soil left! If you add these two pieces together, they are worth five taels, which is barely enough to pay for learning alchemy. Secondly, the method of alchemy is extremely profound, and your status is also special.
Although I am learning the art of alchemy, I am still an equal, and I will only teach you for three years. How much you can learn depends on your talent. Once this period is exceeded, I will never teach you any more."
Fan Baizi said seriously.
"I originally only planned to study for a few years, and three years is enough. But I also have a request. All fellow Taoists must swear by their inner demons that they will never have any secrets about the alchemy skills I teach." Liu Ming looked at him.
After a flash, he replied equally seriously.
"Okay, no problem. I think I still have some reputation, and I will never do anything that degrading my status in this regard. Thirdly, learning alchemy is a matter that consumes elixirs and spiritual materials. When you practice alchemy with me,
, everything needed can be provided, but the spirit stones must be paid according to the market price. I would like to remind you that if you want to become a real alchemist, a lot of practice is essential, even more than the talent of alchemy in some respects.
It's much more important. After all, having excellent alchemy talent will only save you from wasting some alchemy times.
Therefore, this amount of spiritual stone must be a sky-high price, so it is best to be mentally prepared. If you are okay with the above three points, you can come to me five days a month from now on, and I will dedicate half a day to guide you in alchemy.
It's magic." Fan Baizi said with a straight face.
"There are only five days in a month. Isn't that too few?" Liu Ming hesitated for the first time when he heard this.
"I usually have to study alchemy and refine elixirs. The five days I can spare are my limit. If you don't agree, there is nothing I can do." Fan Baizi shook his head and said.
"Okay, five days will be five days. That's what I have decided with fellow Taoist mortals." Liu Ming's face changed gloomy for a while, then he agreed with a long breath.
"Very good. As long as you really have the talent for alchemy, and the financial resources can support you to continue practicing, I believe that these three years will be enough to introduce you to the door of alchemy." Seeing this, Fan Baizi finally showed a trace of his face.
He said with a smile, and collected the golden essence breath soil in his hand.
In the following time, the old man in white robe naturally had no intention of staying with Liu Ming any longer. After a few words of warning not to reveal the fact that he had obtained the Golden Essence Breathing Earth, he let him leave.
After a meal, Liu Ming and Qian Chao walked out of the gate of Fan Baizi's cave and went down the mountain ignoring the gazes of everyone in the wooden pavilion.
Of course, before that, the owner of Bailingju was naturally stunned for a while after hearing the news that Fan Baizi had promised to teach Liu Ming how to refine alchemy, and his eyes on Liu Ming became even more strange.
In this way, after the two returned to Qian's Mansion, Qian Chao immediately began to summon the alchemists from Bailingju and began to examine the blood-burning pill he had brought back.
After Liu Ming returned to his residence, he began to practice behind closed doors.
He also did not leave his residence for the next two days, and seemed to really intend to continue practicing like this until the auction officially started.
But on the third day, Mr. Mian and Qian Chao arrived at his residence at the same time with solemn faces.
"What, the vehicle escorting the auction items was trapped a hundred miles away from Xuanjing?" Liu Ming asked in surprise.
"This time, the team escorting the auction items included not only a team of the Third Prince's shadow guards, but also the two guests from the starting point of the branch, plus the other two guests I sent to meet them, there were four spiritual disciples.
I originally thought it was foolproof. But I didn't expect that the other party had summoned more powerful people. The entire team was now trapped in one place. They were struggling to support themselves by forming a magic circle based on a certain set of formation flags that was one of the auction items. If it weren't for one of them
The guest raised a bee and secretly flew out of the siege to report the news. I'm afraid we are still in the dark now. Needless to say, the only one who can do such a thing is Fatty Mu from Jubao Tower." Mian Lao looked gloomy.
Kong said.
"What does the proprietor mean..." Liu Ming's eyes flashed slightly and he asked Qian Chao.
"In order to be afraid of the Jubao Tower making a fuss, Mian Lao still has to stay in the mansion to guard the warehouse. But I have already sent people to the Third Prince's Palace and plan to borrow two more personal guards and a team of guards from the Third Prince, but I am afraid of these
I'm afraid my strength is not enough, so Mr. Lao Fanqian also went there. No matter what method you use, you can only save these auction items, which will be regarded as a great contribution to our home." Qian Chao had already thought about it and said.
"No problem. As a guest of Bai Lingju, I will not stand by and watch this happen. When will I set off?" Liu Ming thought for a moment and then agreed.
"I'm afraid it will take some time until the Third Prince's guards and shadow guards leave, but I'm afraid they can't support it anymore, so I'll ask Mr. Qian to take the first step. The palace guards and shadow guards will also rush over to support them later.
"Yes." Qian Chao said with some anxiety.
"Okay, then I'll set off now." Liu Ming nodded and agreed upon hearing this.
Qian Chao and Qian Chao were naturally overjoyed, and when they were about to say something, suddenly the figure next to them moved, and a smaller figure jumped on Liu Ming, and hugged his thighs with two arms.
"Uncle Ming"
But it was the little girl Qian Ruping, who raised her little face with a look of worry.
"Don't worry, it's just a small matter. I'll be back soon. Be obedient and stay here." Seeing this, Liu Ming rubbed the little girl's hair with his palms and said with a smile.
Perhaps out of his consistent trust in Liu Ming, Gan Rubing bit his lip and then let go of his arm with some reluctance.
"As for my niece, I can rest assured that Mr. Qian has great powers and there will be other people helping me this time. There will definitely be no problem." Seeing this, Qian Chao also said with a smile on his face.
But after Gan Ruping heard these words with similar meaning, he curled his lips and ignored them.
Qian Chao could only laugh twice and said nothing more.
Seeing this, Liu Wu smiled casually, gave the little girl a few more instructions, and after asking for the exact location where the convoy was trapped, he left the house calmly.
A quarter of an hour later, Liu Ming sat cross-legged on a black cloud and flew along a certain official road in a certain direction outside Xuanjing.
Although he has pushed his magic power to the limit, the speed of the black cloud is still slow in his eyes.
Liu Ming sighed secretly in his heart. It seemed that he should find a suitable flying spiritual weapon or practice some kind of faster flying escape technique.
With this thought in his mind, he took out a talisman from his arms, waved it in the wind, and immediately turned into dots of green light and disappeared into the black clouds below.
There was a "pop" sound.
The originally slow-moving black cloud suddenly increased its speed by more than twice, and shot straight ahead.
But Liu Ming felt a little heartbroken, and he secretly thought about buying this magical talisman spirit stone. After returning home, he must find Qianchao, the owner of Bailingju, to ask for it.
Less than half an hour later, he finally saw from a distance several carriages laden with goods lying on the ground on the official road ahead. Scattered around were some seemingly ordinary goods such as cloth, porcelain, and several tall horses pulling the carriages. They were all cut into two pieces and lay in a pool of blood.
When Liu Ming saw this, he raised his eyes and immediately made a seal with one hand. Suddenly, the black cloud beneath him moved and shot towards the side of the pipe.
But when he flew out but a few miles away, there was a sudden sound in the sky from a certain pile of rocks below, and two feet-long startling rainbows, one red and one yellow, flew out and headed straight for it.
Liu Ming snorted coldly, shook his sleeves, and the green short sword appeared in a flash, and each of them slashed downwards quickly.
With two sounds of "Puff" and "Puff", two green sword energy rolled out and hit the two frightening rainbows head-on.
After a burst of explosions, two green sword energy flashed out.
The two frightening rainbows then rolled to the side and revealed their original shapes, which were a red flying fork and a yellow short blade.
"No, this person is a high-level spiritual disciple, and he has a spiritual weapon."
There was an exclamation from the pile of rocks below, and then a figure flickered, and two kinds of clouds, one gray and one white, rose into the sky and fled in different directions, not even caring about the two talismans. .
"Humph, now that you're here, don't leave."
Seeing this, Liu Wu said with a layer of evil spirit suddenly appearing on his face. He shook the Qingyue Sword in his hand and slashed three green sword energy towards one of them. At the same time, he made a secret with his other hand. After raising it again, there was Five green wind blades shot out in a flash.
The two people were horrified when they saw this. One hurriedly took out a small shield and threw it behind him, while the other instantly crushed a talisman, and dots of white light emerged.
The small shield swayed in the wind and turned into a size of about ten feet, blocking the back, while the little bits of white light turned into a layer of light to protect the person who cast the spell.
But in the next moment, the green wind blade struck the shield in a flash.
Only a crisp sound was heard, and the shield was instantly chopped into more than ten pieces. The owner of the shield in front screamed and was divided into seven or eight pieces by the green wind blade.
At this time, three green sword energy slashed wildly at the light shield on the other side, blasting it away, and the cold light drowned the person who cast the spell.