Qinglan City is the largest city in the eastern part of the Cangyun Empire and ranks among the top ten among the 108 large city gates in the empire.
The city is lined with pearls, the houses are full of silk, the Qiang pipes are clearing the sky, the windsong is singing in the night, and the prosperity of Qinglan makes countless people yearn for it.
As a port city, it connected the trade and navigation routes between the empire and other powers. Commodities and goods from all over the world were transferred here, which brought an extremely active economy to Qinglan City.
Compared with the drought in the interior, the climate here is extremely livable. Therefore, for thousands of years, top aristocratic families have taken root here, large-scale chambers of commerce have developed here, and even powerful monks have sought out the paradise of caves nearby, established sects, and harvested crops.
disciple.
All these things come together to form the magnificent Qinglan City today.
But like all large cities, if there is a life of luxury and luxury, life must be difficult.
The northern area of Qinglan City is a huge slum area. Most of the people living in this area were born as commoners, and some were from noble families. However, after years of baptism, the families gradually declined and declined, and finally moved here.
In the fairy world, strength is respected. If your cultivation level is low, you will inevitably be able to engage in a humble profession. Without power and money, the next generation of these civilians will not be well trained. For example, Cangyun College requires fifty cangs per semester.
Yunbi’s tuition is an astronomical figure for most families in the north of the city.
Over time, in a vicious cycle, people here began to give up on raising their children, and each generation became worse than the previous one. This place also changed from a simple civilian gathering area at the beginning of the city's founding to a veritable slum.
At this time, one of the huts was filled with joy and laughter that was out of proportion to this area. A young man in rich clothes was rolling up his sleeves and toasting a drink with the shirtless man sitting opposite him, while the commoner sitting next to him
The woman also had a smile on her face and kept putting vegetables into the boy's bowl. The somewhat shabby house was filled with happiness at this time.
"Hahahaha, Li Mu, you kid, how long have you been since you came to see Uncle Nie? Are you thinking that you can beat me now that your wings are hardened? Don't say anything today. We must decide the winner."
The shirtless man raised his head, drank all the strong wine in the cup, and said with a smile to Li Mu.
"Uncle Nie, didn't I have an accident some time ago? I was busy practicing again, so I didn't come to drink with you. But it's okay. I will have a good drink with you today, Uncle Nie."
At this time, Li Mu also became interested and filled up the shirtless man's wine glass again. The two of them held the glass together and drank it all again.
"Drink, drink, drink. Just drink. Just drink. Just know that nothing good will happen when you two meet together."
The door of the room was pushed open from the outside, and it was Nie Xiaoyu who came back with Li Mu. She was holding two steaming plates of seasonal stir-fries in her hands, but she was muttering something to the two men in front of her.
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"Haha, our Xiaoyu is angry, but Li Mu, it's not that Uncle Nie is talking about you. It's okay if you don't come to see me. You have to come and visit our Xiaoyu often. You don't know that during this period, this little girl
She keeps saying your name every day, and my ears are almost tired of hearing her say it."
After another glass of wine, the shirtless man let out a sigh of satisfaction and said to Li Mu in a loud voice.
"Dad! What are you talking about? I'm going to cook and I won't pay attention to you."
Nie Xiaoyu felt that her face was burning. She quickly avoided Li Mu's sight, twisted around, and escaped from the house. Behind her was her father laughing loudly.
As the night went on, the noise in the hut gradually became quieter. In the end, Li Mu, who had greatly improved his cultivation, still lost to the bold and shirtless man when it came to drinking. He fell directly into the room and fell asleep, while the beautiful girl tiptoed.
He walked to his side, looked at the imageless Li Mu on the ground, and couldn't help but laugh. The girl's smile under the moonlight was so beautiful that it was breathtaking.
Gently covering Li Mu with a blanket, Nie Xiaoyu looked at the sleeping young man in front of him, lost in thought, and then closed the door.
Entering the door of my lovesickness, you know that my lovesickness is painful, long lovesickness makes you remember each other, and short lovesickness makes you infinite. If I had known that it would be such a troubling thing, it would be as if we didn't know each other at the beginning.
The early morning sunlight shone on Li Mu's face through the window. He opened his groggy eyes and Li Mu took a long stretch. This was the most comfortable sleep he had ever had since he came to this world through time travel.
"Brother Mu, you're awake. I just made breakfast. Come and eat it."
The door of the room was pushed open by Xiao Yu. Seeing Li Mu who had woken up, the girl quickly invited him to have breakfast with her.
"This white porridge is so delicious. Xiaoyu will have another bowl. The fried dough sticks are also delicious. Xiaoyu, why are you so good at cooking? Whoever marries you in the future will be really lucky."
Li Mu held half a golden fried dough stick in his mouth, and held out the bowl in his hand towards the girl, shouting that he could drink a few more bowls.
After breakfast, Xiaoyu's parents rushed to Shuangfeng Building to start work, leaving only Li Mu at home.
"Brother Mu, let's start making alchemy. I'll see if there's anything you can improve on."
After saying that, the girl took Li Mu to the backyard, where a completely black alchemy furnace was sitting.
"This alchemy furnace was given to me by Baicaotang last time when Brother Mu bought so many elixirs. The quality is very good. It is also thanks to it that I was able to break through to the third level of the mortal level some time ago."
Although alchemy was born in a rough way, it has developed to this day and has become a money-consuming craft. The practice of alchemists requires continuous refining of elixirs in order to understand the process and skills involved, and these require a large amount of money to support
, not only are there a huge amount of herbal medicines, but a high-quality alchemy furnace is also very expensive.
Nie Xiaoyu was able to cultivate to the third level of mortal level. In addition to her own talent and hard work, the work of Baicaotang also gave her a lot of help. Otherwise, for ordinary children of ordinary people, just an alchemy furnace would be enough to consume them for a year.
expense.
Li Mu was unequivocal and immediately lit the pill furnace and started refining the Qi-Building Pill.
The materials used for this elixir are very simple. Li Mu also prepared a lot of them and put them in the warehouse system. Now it is extremely convenient to access them. As for why he can retrieve things from the void, Li Mu naturally blamed his illusory master.
, without blushing, he pointed at the ordinary fine iron ring on his hand and said it was a magic weapon for space storage.
Xiao Yu even played with the ring with no energy fluctuations for a long time curiously, which made Li Mu's face turn red.
"Brother Mu, your entire process of refining Qi-Building Pills was very smooth. You are at the peak level of a first-grade alchemist. I can't find anything that can be improved."
In the time of two sticks of incense, Li Mu successfully refined a Qi-Building Pill, which also amazed Nie Xiaoyu, because even with her current level of a third-grade alchemist, refining this Qi-Building Pill may not be as good as
Li Mu Kuai.
"The difference between the second grade and the first grade is that more medicinal materials need to be operated and fused in the alchemy furnace at the same time, which also requires stronger control. I think this should be your breakthrough, Brother Mu."
The girl frowned and thought for a moment, then said to Li Mu, now her brother needs a breakthrough in both cultivation and alchemy, and control seems to be the key.
"Yes, my Dantian is filled with the vitality of heaven and earth, and the cyclone is also saturated. The only problem is to strip away the essence of the vitality. This does require very strong control, and a second-grade alchemist who breaks through also needs to improve in this aspect.
Xiaoyu, you are really my lucky star, you immediately helped me find the key to the problem."
Li Mu, who was awakened by Xiaoyu, an outsider's words, jumped three feet high with joy, wishing he could pick up the girl in front of him and kiss her.
"Brother, don't be too happy. Your current level of alchemy is very high. I can hardly find any flaws. However, this is just the most basic refining of the Qi-Building Pill. Only two medicinal materials are used in total. And the second-grade alchemy
The master's signature healing elixir requires the fusion of five herbal medicines. There are no shortcuts, only the process of repeated practice, failure, practice, and failure again."
Xiao Yu still poured cold water on the excited Li Mu in time. The difficulty of each alchemist's breakthrough level increases exponentially. A powerful fairy-level alchemist can absorb the essence from thousands of medicinal materials at the same time and melt it.
Refining the elixir is astonishing.
"Actually, I have another way to make you get twice the result with half the effort, brother. I suggest that you don't go to Baicao Hall to buy the medicinal materials for alchemy, but go directly to collect them outside the city. As far as I know, there are a lot of them outside the Black Dragon Mountains north of Qinglan City.
Low-level herbs grow there, and most importantly, there is also a gathering area for low-level monsters, so you can find some monsters to practice fighting while collecting herbs. In this way, martial arts and alchemy can be practiced together and complement each other. I believe there will be good results.
Effect."
The girl's suggestion made Li Mu's eyes light up. Since he was pursuing a double breakthrough in cultivation and alchemy, he could just find a way to practice at the same time. He didn't expect that the problem that he couldn't figure out after racking his brains would be solved by Xiao Yu.
It was solved in a few clicks.
"Thank you so much, Xiaoyu, for helping me find such a good method. I'll leave as soon as possible. I'll go back and pack up first. I'll set off this afternoon. I know this place is Black Dragon Mountain. It's not far from Qinglan City. I'll ride on my horse.
If so, you can get there in two hours.”
After setting his goal, Li Mu couldn't sit still and wanted to start training right away. However, he knew that there was no need to compete in the city when going out to practice. There were risks hidden everywhere, so he still had to go home and prepare.
"I haven't finished speaking yet, Brother Mu, I will go with you this time."
"Okay, no problem...wait, what did you say? You want to go with me? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, you are a girl, Xiaoyu."
When Li Mu heard that the girl was going out of the city with him to the Black Dragon Mountain to collect medicine and practice, his head shook like a rattle. Although the outer reaches of the Black Dragon Mountain were only the lowest level monster gathering areas, who could guarantee that no exception would happen?
There are many ways to save one's life, but it is too dangerous for Xiaoyu to go together.
"Hmph, brother Mu, don't underestimate me. I am also one of the top ten masters in Cangyun Academy. And if you go to the Black Dragon Mountains alone, are you sure you can find the right herbs?"
Seeing that Li Mu obviously didn't agree to take her with him, the girl immediately put her hands on her hips, stared, and pursed her lips, as if she would never give up until she achieved her goal.
"Uh... Okay, but Xiaoyu, you have to promise me that once you encounter any powerful monster, you must protect yourself."
After struggling for a long time, Li Mu found that he really needed someone who knew herbal medicine to accompany him to complete this experience, so he could only reluctantly agree to Xiao Yu's request.
"Haha, that's great. Brother Mu, wait for me. I'll go bring some simple greetings first. I'll be there soon."
The beaming girl then jumped into the house and began to pack up her gifts, leaving Li Mu alone in the yard with an awkward smile.