District mayor candidate

Everything has come to an end. The Liu sisters were rescued, the mine was burned, the Tianshang Pavilion was razed to the ground, the Sow Cave was destroyed, Yan Bufan was killed, and now the fish that escaped the net were taught a lesson, a memorial hall was built, a sect was founded, and the foundation was successfully laid.

More importantly, now that Sun Rushuang is safe, he can focus on his cultivation and work hard on refining pills, striving to save her before she turns 30!

Before the age of 30, he was in the late stage of foundation building and dealt with Chen Ziqiu, the district chief of District 7!

"...There are so many things to do." Qian Luo rubbed her temples, sighed, and found that there was not enough time!

Qian Luo arrived at the cave and took out the small black cauldron. It looked ordinary. She carefully read the instructions in the book: light the fire for preheating, refine the spiritual plants, harmonize the spiritual energy, and condense it into a pill shape.

"Then start with the simplest rejuvenation pill."

Required materials: one portion of blood-clotting grass, one portion of purple treasure flower, one portion of lark fruit...

First, slowly burn the small black cauldron over a low fire, pour the ingredients into the cauldron, then slowly mix the spiritual energy, allowing the spiritual plant to fully merge with the spiritual energy and condense together, and then burn the pill into shape...

Seeing the pills taking shape, each one plump and round, with a clear medicinal fragrance, she was excited. She could successfully refine the pill in just a quarter of an hour! Thinking that she was a genius in alchemy, her hands trembled, and her heart trembled with it.

"Bang——" sound.

She blew up the furnace.

Under the smoky ashes, her eyebrows and hair were burned off!

Looking at the mess on the walls of the cave, all colorful and messy, it felt like the kitchen had exploded!

Qianluo performed the cleansing technique, covered her head, and decided to refine the elixir again: "No hurry, no hurry, I'm not in a hurry!"

She continued to work hard, but all she heard was a constant "bang!" "bang!" Even outside, there were constant "bang," "bang," and "bang" sounds.

It's over. The founder of the school is in chaos, and his disciples are following suit. Like master, like disciple! A lineage of chaos!

In the past ten days, parents who brought meals to their children were so used to hearing the noise that they were deafened by the occasional explosions.

"You haven't succeeded in all these days?"

"I heard from your Uncle Wang yesterday that you've already blown up nearly 100 furnaces. A few days ago, you also heard Xiaoqing complaining that there weren't enough spiritual plants and that you wasted a lot of materials."

The girl frowned and said, "Sister Xiaoqing wouldn't say that. She supports us very much! We refine pills for a better future. For us to reach the Dao Mountain, I will definitely work hard and continue to strive for excellence! Even if I have to blow up 100 furnaces, 1,000 furnaces, 1,000 furnaces, I will become a true alchemist and benefit the people."

The girl pouted. "Failure is the mother of success! Mom, don't underestimate us! Miss Qianluo is still working hard! I won't give up!"

"Here you go!" The girl was holding a lunch box, and her mother grabbed her collar. She fell down without paying attention. She got up quickly and ran away, fearing that she would be caught and beaten by her mother.

She swore loudly: "We will definitely become alchemists!"

This is also the dream of all the cultivators in Mount Wendao, to successfully refine a pill of their own.

Liu Xiaoqing took inventory of her storage bag, a look of worry on her face: "There aren't enough spiritual plants left. The spiritual plant masters don't have enough time to plant them! These prodigals are too good at making things!"

Jiang Shuyu glanced at the crumbling alchemy room and said, "This is already a dangerous building. We should move it to the ground. I'm afraid I'll be killed by explosions or rocks if I pass by in the middle of the night."

Shi Xiaoxiao touched his face and smiled: "Trust my intuition! I feel that within a month, someone will definitely succeed!"

Han Tong said in a flattering tone, "I believe in you, Xiaoxiao! Your intuition is always right!"

Yang Ruxuan counted the low-grade spirit stones and smiled, "Let's wait and see!"

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Inside the cave

Under the scorching flames, Qianluo's forehead was covered in sweat, and her clothes were soaked. She used the blood flame to ignite and preheat the fire, then added the necessary ingredients. She pinched her fingers and tried to neutralize the spiritual energy of the spiritual plant, baking the essence into a liquid, and then condensing it into a round shape.

You must concentrate fully in the middle and not be distracted!

The temperature must be controlled perfectly. You cannot destroy the original elixir just because you are excited about the great success of the elixir ten days ago.

After 10 days of practice, facing these pills that are about to take shape, I no longer have any emotions. I just want to slowly and carefully complete the last step of the pill refining process.

Smoke curled up in the cauldron, and three round pills emerged, along with a pleasant medicinal fragrance. The rejuvenation pill was successful!

Qian Luo took it with a look of surprise, feeling a hollow sense of accomplishment. "So this is what alchemy is like? Simple seems simple, complex doesn't seem complicated either. It just requires patience and carefulness."

He looked at the three round pills in his hand and found them extremely cute. They were obviously no different from other rejuvenation pills, but he just thought the pills in his hand were very cute.

According to the "Basic Pill Handbook", pills are divided into nine grades, with the first grade being the lowest and the ninth grade being the highest. It takes enormous energy and financial resources to go from the first grade to the ninth grade!

Yan Bufan is only a second-grade alchemist, but he can command the situation in District 9 and make things change. It is not only because of his identity as the district chief, but also because he has elixirs in his hands.

Otherwise, he, a person who fell from the foundation-building stage to the great perfection of Qi training, would have been overthrown by the people of the Elders' Pavilion long ago.

In an era of spiritual energy scarcity, spiritual energy is already scarce, and cultivators can only improve their cultivation by taking elixirs. For example, there are basic elixirs such as Qi-nourishing elixirs, Qi-gathering elixirs, and Yuan-solidifying elixirs used in cultivation, as well as rejuvenation elixirs used when injured to help recover from injuries. They can also take spiritual-tonifying elixirs to restore spiritual energy.

It was said that only a few eighth-grade alchemists existed in the upper three districts of Tianyan Continent, and a legendary ninth-grade alchemist had yet to appear. Ninth-grade elixirs could bring about heavenly tribulations, were smooth and transparent, overflowing with spiritual energy, and possessed no toxicity! This was the elixir that countless cultivators had longed for!

Even if a ninth-grade alchemist refined an ordinary pill, it would cause the monks to fight!

The quality of elixirs is the easiest to identify. First-grade elixirs generally have one pattern, second-grade elixirs have two patterns, and so on. Ninth-grade elixirs have nine patterns!

"Although the elixir I just refined was a first-grade elixir, it still looks good no matter how I look at it!"

This pill is really like her daughter. She found a medicine bottle and put it away carefully to preserve its efficacy. She kept it as a souvenir and did not eat it!

Whenever she encounters a bottleneck in alchemy in the future, she will look at the first elixir she made. Maybe at that time, she would think that her technique was extremely crude, but it means a lot to her now.

"Qi-gathering pills, soul-replenishing pills, and qi-nourishing pills!"

Qianluo put away the medicine bottle, waved her right hand, and started to refine the medicine again!

Make a fortune by refining the elixir! Make a fortune by refining the elixir!

Alchemy is good! Alchemy is good! Don't be a slave, be a boss!

She had already planned to go to other districts and disguise herself as an alchemist after she had made some progress in alchemy, so as to make money from others. After all, no one would go against an alchemist!

Qianluo continued to refine pills with full confidence, embarking on the road to rapid wealth. No alchemist had ever been poor! She had read a lot of immortality novels!

At the same time as Qianluo's success, a few months later, some people also found the secret of alchemy and successfully refined elixirs. Liu Xiaoqing and Jiang Shuyu opened the warehouse and account books, overjoyed: "The spiritual plants have grown recently, and the elixirs have also increased recently. The data is very good!"

Han Tong came over to take a look, her eyes sparkling. "The free pills distributed every month aren't enough for the cultivators to consume. We can build a Hundred Pills Pavilion to buy and sell pills."

Yang Ruxuan suggested: "In the future, we can change the name to Treasure Pavilion and sell various magical instruments, elixirs, formations and other items."

Shi Xiaoxiao covered her head and made a funny gesture. "Based on my intuition, I think what you said makes a lot of sense. In the future, our Ninth District will definitely become a well-known chamber of commerce in Tianyan Continent, but it will take a long time."

Liu Xiaoqing closed the account book and watched the people coming and going outside. "Yes, in addition to the cultivators and mortals in District Nine, we also want to sell to other places. Unfortunately, the district and county barriers block our trade."

Jiang Shuyu looked at the end of the sky, where there was a layer of blue fluorescence, surrounding the ninth area like a cover, forming an arc.

Many people want to try their luck and want to cross the barrier, but if you put your hand on it, you will be bounced one meter away, which is used to warn everyone not to cross.

There are only two legitimate ways for ordinary people to leave District Nine: First, by achieving a breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, which allows them to present a token and pass through identity verification. Second, by being diagnosed with dual spiritual roots, a single spiritual root, or a mutated spiritual root at the age of five. Only such special people can leave District Nine.

The only other option is to sneak across the border. As long as you stuff enough low-grade spirit stones into your pocket, you can get through, but the controls have been tightening. District 9 closed the smuggling port and official passage several months ago.

Yan Bufan must have been desperate, wanting to use all the people in District 9 as his alchemy materials and ordering all entrances to be closed. Without his permission, no one was allowed to enter or leave District 9.

But he never expected that in addition to the above channels, there was a teleportation array in the mountains. Many people accidentally fell into District 9. Those who were luckier might find the teleportation array again and be teleported to other areas, while those who were unlucky could only stay in District 9.

Liu Xiaoqing saw further: "If we send these pills to Districts 8 and 7, there should be more people there who need them. We can earn more low-grade spirit stones and not have to live off our savings. We can also trade with each other and exchange various items."

The District 9 in Jiang Shuyu's imagination was no longer the deserted green hills like the one in front of him, nor was it a poor and backward mountain village, but a bustling and prosperous metropolis.

"It's a pity that we can't get out in this lifetime."

Liu Xiaoqing lowered her head in disappointment. "Yan Bufan has closed all the channels. We searched his storage bag but found nothing. I heard that Yan Bufan applied to the higher-ups for the barrier control. Without their permission, we can't open it at all."

Han Tong: "What should we do? Are we going to spend our entire lives in District 9, never seeing further and wider places? Isn't the purpose of cultivating immortality to travel further and longer?"

"Xiaoxiao, what do you think? Does your intuition tell you anything?"

Shi Xiaoxiao covered her head and frowned. "My intuition isn't perfect. I don't seem to have sensed anything relevant right now. As long as we stay safely in District 9, we shouldn't be in too much danger."

Qian Luo, who had just emerged from her retreat, overheard them discussing the barrier and debated whether to tell them they could leave. However, she was only at the initial stage of foundation building and had no ability to protect so many Qi training cultivators. Furthermore, she had to go find Sun Rushuang and had no energy to control them. The dangers outside also existed.

"You're all here. I just wanted to discuss the selection of district chief with you."

Liu Xiaoqing was very excited. She was the person who had stayed with Qianluo the longest and was even more dependent on her. "Miss Qianluo, you are finally out of seclusion. I missed you so much!"

She grabbed Miss Qianluo's arm and smiled brightly, "I don't think there's any need to discuss the selection of District Chief. Shouldn't it be Miss Qianluo? No one objects to that!"

Qianluo smiled softly, a trace of sadness between her brows. But she would leave one day. She wouldn't stay in District 9 forever, nor would she deal with the complicated affairs of District 9.

The attentive Jiang Shuyu noticed it and considerately pulled Liu Xiaoqing away: "Xiaoqing, have you forgotten that Miss Qianluo still has to save Rushuang!"

Liu Xiaoqing bit her lip, a look of disappointment on her face. She knew, of course, that Miss Qianluo was still going to look for Sun Rushuang. She had wanted to tell her when she was at her house before, but she was interrupted by the voices of Liu Jizong and Liu Yao's grandparents. She really couldn't bear to let Miss Qianluo go; she knew she would eventually leave.

These few short months have given her endless possibilities and dreams in life. She feels most at ease staying with Miss Qianluo.

Xiaoqing's eyes were red as she grabbed Qianluo's sleeve: "...I know, but I can't bear to..."

Qian Luo naturally couldn't bear to leave her sisters in front of her. She took out ten bottles of pills and handed them to everyone: "These are the second-grade pills I refined. I give them to you."

Her alchemy was indeed going much more smoothly. Perhaps due to the added bonus of the strange fire, the quality of her pills improved rapidly, with an 80% success rate for each furnace. If a furnace produced ten pills, six would be first-grade pills and four would be second-grade pills.

Shi Xiaoxiao took them out and looked at them, and was surprised: "Spirit-replenishing pill, Qi-nourishing pill, Rejuvenating pill, Yuan-strengthening pill, Breath-retaining pill, Disguise pill..."

They praised her without hesitation: "Ms. Qianluo, you are amazing!"

Qian Luo smiled and continued, "District Nine has just stabilized and needs a district chief to oversee everything. I've seen how well you've managed Wendao Mountain these past few days."

Liu Xiaoqing accepted the pills and wiped away her tears: "This is what we should do. Besides, Sister Baozhu and the others in the city center have also done a lot, helping the children open their hearts and helping mortals rebuild their homes."

Han Tong nodded. "I've been visiting them these days, and the city center has changed."

Yang Ruxuan glanced at Han Tong and said, "Then we have to compare ourselves with the city center. When we arrived at Daoshan, it was still a deserted green mountain. Apart from parents bringing us meals every day and monks practicing, there were no commercial shops."

Han Tong glared at her and pretended to hit her: "Are you picking on me again? Aren't we discussing the opening of Baidan Pavilion?"

Jiang Shuyu pulled them both and smiled, "You two are really a pair of natural enemies. You should stop arguing with each other, talk less, and focus more on your cultivation. You two are only at the first level of Qi training now, while Xiaoqing is already at the fifth level. You two should work hard!"

Qianluo was pleasantly surprised, her lips curled up: "It's been a few months since we last met! Xiaoqing, you've improved again!"

Liu Xiaoqing covered her face, her ears reddening. "The mines are rich in spiritual energy, which is very useful for my cultivation. Even though I'm making rapid progress now, I feel like the higher I go, the harder it gets. So I'm working hard to learn spells and adapt to the spirit sword."

Qianluo nodded and patted her shoulder: "It's good to win without being arrogant and to be discouraged without being discouraged."

"By the way, do you have any suggestions for the district chief candidate?" Qian Luo smiled, "Except me, of course."

Jiang Shuyu glanced at everyone and said, "I think Xiaoqing, although young, is doing a very good job in coordinating affairs. Moreover, her cultivation is very high, so I'm sure no one will object."

Han Tong smiled with her eyebrows curved: "Yes, yes! I also feel that it is really easy to follow Xiaoqing these days. I just need to follow the tasks she assigns and do them. I will just be a follower."

The others also agreed, but Liu Xiaoqing immediately waved her hand: "Please don't flatter me. I am also dispatching tasks according to the orders given by Miss Qianluo. Besides, I am so young and don't understand many things. I need your help."

Liu Xiaoqing looked embarrassed. "Ms. Qianluo, I'm actually quite familiar with the affairs of Mount Wendao, but if you ask me to manage the entire Ninth District, I don't think I can do it. The affairs of the mortal world are handled by Sister Baozhu and the others. Although they are mortals and cannot live long, we cannot underestimate anyone. Their efforts are obvious to all."

Shi Xiaoxiao nodded: "Yes, I think Sister Baozhu and the others are just mortals, and they feel inferior. They can't do more for District 9, so they work harder."

Yang Ruxuan empathized with the situation. "I think the District Chief doesn't have to be a cultivator; a mortal can be just as well. If it's a cultivator, there's no guarantee that their faith won't be shaken by power, but if it's a mortal, it will surely create a better balance between cultivators and mortals."

Qian Luo thought it made sense, but she was worried that Baozhu would be the candidate for district chief. The monks from Mount Wendao were very dissatisfied, after all, they had never come into contact with Baozhu.

"this……"

After Shi Xiaoxiao became a cultivator, her intuition became more accurate, not just for dangerous situations. "If there's a problem, then we can split into two factions: the mortal world and the Dao Mountain. The city center and towns are where mortals live, and the Dao Mountain is where cultivators live. So, we can split it into two, with mortals in charge of the mortal world and cultivators in charge of the Dao Mountain."

Liu Xiaoqing pursed her lips. "It seems balanced, but it could easily become unbalanced. If Wendao Mountain becomes the only dominant force, mortal leaders won't be able to control it. If District Nine is split into two, it will cause unpredictable effects."

Qian Luo raised an eyebrow: "Then divide it into three parts. Mortals will be responsible for the mortal world, and cultivators will be responsible for the Dao Mountain. Above the two, there will be cultivators. We must balance mortals and cultivators."

"Baozhu, Wenxin, and others are responsible for the mortal world. Other towns, counties, and cities will re-elect village heads, town heads, county heads, and mayors."

"Jiang Shuyu, Han Tong, Shi Xiaoxiao, and Yang Ruxuan, you will be in charge of the affairs of Mount Wendao as the four elders."

Qian Luo looked at the grown-up girl with a gentle gaze: "Xiao Qing, as the head of Wendao Mountain, you will be responsible for coordinating matters with them and taking care of everything."

Everyone thought it was a great idea and picked up the communicators to contact Baozhu and others. Soon, a new round of busy work began.

Qianluo stood aside, watching the five busy people. The sunset was colorful, and the orange-red flames burned the sky with brilliant light. Time passed slowly and quickly, until the last ray of light engulfed it, leaving behind a patch of cold moonlight.

She suddenly said hello in a low voice: "Xiaoqing, I'm leaving."

Liu Xiaoqing and the others were busy and didn't notice her leaving. Qian Luo smiled nonchalantly and returned to the cave to pack up her things. She put the pills and spiritual plants into the storage bag and left a note: "Don't worry."

She didn't want to leave in front of everyone. If she did, she would not be able to help but feel sad about her departure. Leaving silently might be the best ending for everyone.

Xiaoqing and the others have started to get busy. For the new tomorrow of District 9, they are all working hard for their own future.

That's enough.

Qian Luo picked up Chi Zhao from the alchemy room and said goodbye to the unsuspecting alchemists. They thought she had just come out to check their work, so they handed over their finished products.

Someone couldn't wait: "Miss Qianluo, look! I've been practicing for several months, but I haven't made a single pill. But look! I recently made the Qi Gathering Powder! Although it's not a pill yet, the medicinal effect is pretty good!"

The girl holding the irregularly shaped pill curled her lips and said, "Go away, go away! I've already succeeded in refining the pill, Miss Qianluo, look! This is the Qi-nourishing Pill I just refined yesterday!"

Someone was unconvinced and held up his chubby pill: "Hey, you're showing off your pill, it's not round at all. Look at mine, it's big and round, much better than yours!"

"This pill took hormones, and that's why I'm so fat!"

"How dare you talk like that? My pill is clearly made of its essence. This one pill is worth three pills from others!"

Everyone was arguing and quarreling over their own pills. Now that the alchemy room had been placed on the ground, it could attract some low-level earth fire and no longer needed Chi Zhao's flame.

Qian Luo held Chi Zhao in her arms and looked at the cultivators in front of her who were competing for the mastery of alchemy. They all shook their heads, as if they could see themselves in the debate competition.

Chi Zhao seemed to understand her heart, stopped making noise, and snuggled up in her arms obediently. "My darling master, why is your body so warm? I love it!"

The little fat cat was very heavy and had eaten a lot recently. Qianluo hadn't seen him for a long time, so she didn't put him in the spirit beast bag and let him squat on the sword.

A streak of cyan light streaked across Wendao Mountain, as brilliant as a shooting star, then vanished in a flash, streaking across the vast starry sky and the heavy snow, without alarming anyone. They were all working hard for their futures, striving for strength, and no one paid any attention to the movement in the sky.

I haven't gone out for three months, and now it's snowing heavily and the frost is freezing. Although I missed the best winter, I can still catch up with the tail end of winter and see such a beautiful snow scene.

The long winter is the quietest season. The animals hibernate and people don’t want to go out and suffer the cold. At night, we drink steaming hot soup, eat a full meal, and sleep in bed, looking forward to a better tomorrow.

The bright lights are like a starry sky in the long night. It is winter and the wind brings the coldness of snowflakes. There are green mountains covered with snow under your feet and green willows with icicles hanging on them. Looking up, you can see the moonlight shining on the snow-capped mountains and all you can see is white.

After a night of wind and frost, she had reached the end of the world.