Qin Shu opened the door, and the clerk brought in the spiritual food that was exquisitely crafted and filled with a faint spiritual aura.

"This is our store's specialty spiritual rice, and spiritual beast meat. Fairy, please try it and see if you like it."

Qin Shu glanced at the food on the table and took out a top-grade spirit stone with skillful movements.

"Thank you, I am very satisfied——"

The clerk took the spirit stone respectfully with both hands, bowed and said, "As long as the fairy is satisfied, it's good. This is what our boss ordered. If the fairy likes it, we will prepare it according to today's quota."

Qin Shu nodded: "Okay."

After the waiter left, Qin Shu sat at the table and picked up the chopsticks.

The food is delicious, with a hint of spirituality in every bite.

downstairs.

When Su Yunqing saw the clerk take down another high-quality spirit stone, he smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into slits.

He took the spirit stone and gave the silver to the clerk: "Well done, I will personally deliver the meal to that fellow Taoist later."

The clerk asked in confusion: "Boss, that girl looks very young. No matter how powerful her cultivation is, can she be better than you?"

Su Yunqing said, "What do you know? That fellow Taoist is so generous at such a young age. He must be more powerful than me, or a lady from a powerful family, or the offspring of a Jindan ancestor. It's right to treat him with care."

Su Yunqing, who had obtained another top-grade spirit stone, was in high spirits and expressed his guesses.

After Qin Shu finished eating the spiritual food served by the inn, she felt a little drowsy and could hardly open her eyelids.

The vigilance in her heart emerged belatedly.

He immediately took out the ancestral silver needle and tested the leftovers on the table for poison.

There was no problem with the food, but Qin Shu's body still felt unprecedentedly tired.

Qin Shu locked the door, climbed onto the bed, and lay down next to Xie Lanzhi. Before going to sleep, because she was worried, she carried Xie Lanzhi into the Sumeru mustard seed.

As soon as Qin Shu entered the Sumeru mustard seed, she was dragged into a dream by a faint medicinal fragrance.

"Qin Shu, I finally waited for you."

The old and domineering voice entered Qin Shu's ears, making her tremble with fear.

She turned her head and saw an old man in a white robe sitting cross-legged in the air. Just by looking at each other, Qin Shu felt an inexplicable sense of closeness, which was less profound than when she first met Qin Baixuan.

Qin Shu's blood boiled, her eyes full of vigilance: "Who are you?"

The old man in white robe stroked his beard and smiled, "I am the first heir of the Qin family. The medical skills you learned were all created by me."

"Ancestor!"

Qin Shu exclaimed in surprise and finally understood why her blood was boiling. It was the blood induction.

The old man in white robe nodded and said: "I have been in the cultivation world for tens of thousands of years, and have been waiting for the most talented disciple of the Qin family to awaken. Today, I will pass on to you the experience of alchemy that I have learned throughout my life.

Qin Shu, you should know that alchemy practitioners have a special status in the cultivation continent. When you become a master, the entire cultivation world will prostrate itself at your feet..."

Qin Shu was confused by what she heard and didn't wait for her to process the old ancestor's words.

An overwhelming force enveloped her entire body from above, and a large number of alchemy techniques quickly poured into Qin Shu's mind.

“Hiss—Ahhhh!! It hurts, my head hurts so much!”

Qin Shu rolled over in pain, pulling her hair hard with both hands, her voice trembling.

"The real power of an alchemist does not lie in refining pills, but in making all cultivators need you forever. One day, not only in the world of cultivation, but even in the fairy world, you will be able to do whatever you want." An old voice sounded next to Qin Shu's ears.

“Hmm—”

Qin Shu bit her lips tightly and made a painful sound in her throat.

The old man in white robe gently stroked Qin Shu's sweaty hair and sighed, "Your Taoist partner is a passionate person. It's not difficult to wake him up. As long as..."

I don’t know how much time passed.

Qin Shu absorbed the mysterious and profound knowledge of alchemy and slowly opened her beautiful eyes.

What came into view were lush trees, green grass beneath him, and Xie Lanzhi lying beside him, seemingly asleep.

The Sumeru mustard seed has undergone obvious changes!

Qin Shu propped herself up and climbed up, touching Xie Lanzhi's pulseless wrist.

There was a bright light in her eyes, and she said in a trembling voice: "Brother Lan, I found a way to save you."

Qin Shu's cheeks flushed with something she didn't know what she was thinking about.

The words that the ancestor whispered in her ear were hard to bring up, but it had to be said that it was indeed the fastest way to wake up Xie Lanzhi.

——"You have the body of Taiyin, the leader of the ten great furnaces. Not only are you a good candidate for cultivation, but you can also use your furnace body to repair the soul of your Taoist partner."

Qin Shu pressed his violently beating chest and gave Xie Lanzhi a gentle kiss on his forehead.

"Wait a little longer. The ancestor said that in order to wake you up, you need to restore your body's basic conditions."

Qin Shu put Xie Lanzhi in the bushes, stood up, left the Sumeru mustard seed, and returned to the room in the inn.

As soon as she came out, she heard a hushed conversation outside the door.

"It's been half a month. Is the person in the room not coming back?"

"Who knows? If you ask me, there are a lot more immortals in the city recently, and conflicts happen every day. Maybe he got into a fight with someone and died outside."

"Puh, puh, puh! Shut up! The boss values ​​the fairy in the house very much. Be careful or he will destroy you if he hears you."

"If you don't tell me and I don't tell you, how will the boss know..."

Before he could finish his words, the door was opened from the inside.

Qin Shu glanced at the two stunned shop assistants with a half-smile in her eyes.

"Fairy, fairy!"

The shop assistant who had delivered spiritual food before was calling out to people in a stuttering manner.

“Bang!”

The clerk who guessed that Qin Shu had died outside was so frightened that his face turned pale and he fell to his knees with a bang.

"Fairy, please forgive me! I said something I shouldn't have said, please spare my life!"

Qin Shu said with a smile: "It's not a festival, why are you kneeling? I'm hungry, go and bring some food."

"I'll go right away!"

The smarter clerk picked up his companion who was kneeling on the ground and crawled away.

After Qin Shu had eaten and drunk her fill, the innkeeper came to her in person.

Su Yunqing handed Qin Shu a wooden token and said straight to the point: "Senior Qin, this is the token of the Qinglian Secret Realm. Tomorrow is the time when the secret realm will be opened. I will give it to you. How about you help me refine a foundation-building pill?"

"!!!" Qin Shu's expression was stunned for a moment, and vigilance was revealed in her eyes.

Su Yunqing's words revealed too much information, and she didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Qin Shu took out a golden needle from her fingertips and looked Su Yunqing up and down: "Foundation Building Pill? I don't know how to make pills, why did the boss come to me? How did he know my last name was Qin?"

Su Yunqing saw the vigilance in Qin Shu's eyes and said with a smile: "In the half month that Senior Qin disappeared, Elder Xue, the Golden Core Patriarch of Qingyun Sect, brought his only son to find an alchemist and offered a reward of one thousand high-grade spirit stones."

Qin Shu frowned and asked tentatively: "Xue Chen?"

Su Yunqing nodded, "Yes, I heard that Master Xue Chen was poisoned. On his way back to the sect, he met an alchemist and got a pill that could relieve the poison. When Elder Xue of Qingyun Sect found out, he immediately brought his son to meet the alchemist. The person Xue and his son were looking for was Senior Qin."

Qin Shu narrowed her eyes slightly and asked in a deep voice: "Boss, how can you be sure that I am the alchemist?"

Su Yunqing smiled calmly: "Of course it's because the Xue family's father and son also live in my inn."

As he spoke, Su Yunqing once again handed the token in his hand towards Qin Shu.

"Senior Qin, I would like to exchange the token of the Azure Lotus Secret Realm for a Foundation Establishment Pill. Is that possible?"

Qin Shu lowered her eyes and asked calmly, "How can you be sure that I don't have the token of the Qinglian Secret Realm?"

Su Yunqing was frank and said bluntly: "I learned from Master Xue that when Senior Qin came to our town, it was Master Xue's spur of the moment. I guess when Senior Qin came, he didn't know that the Qinglian Secret Realm was about to open."

Qin Shu was startled, but said calmly, "I'm sorry, I'm not an alchemist, nor a foundation-building cultivator. The token in your hand is of no use to me."

The smile on Su Yunqing's face faded, and he glanced at Qin Shu with a frown.

He couldn't see through Qin Shu's cultivation level, but he could sense a fear-inducing aura from her.

Su Yunqing's mind moved slightly, and a smile returned to his face.

He stuffed the secret realm token into Qin Shu's hand, and when he saw the token emit a white light, his smile became even brighter.

Su Yunqing said perfunctorily: "Yes, yes, Fellow Daoist Qin is neither a foundation-building cultivator nor an alchemist. Just think of this token as a little toy for Fellow Daoist Qin. If you don't like it, you can throw it away."

He thought Qin Shu didn't want to reveal her identity and deliberately concealed her status as an alchemist and her own cultivation level.

Qin Shu saw a flash of white light suddenly burst out from the token, "What happened just now?"

Su Yunqing wanted to interrupt by saying something nonsense, but seeing that the confusion in Qin Shu's eyes was not fake, he asked tentatively: "Fellow Daoist Qin, do you understand the formation?"

Qin Shu shook her head: "I don't understand."

Su Yunqing licked his lips, unsure for a moment whether Qin Shu was being modest or really didn't know.

He stared into Qin Shu's clear and charming eyes, and felt that his soul was almost being seduced away.

Su Yunqing quickly looked away and explained, "The Qinglian Secret Realm is no different from other secret realms. You need a teleportation token to enter. Each token has a formation to be teleported to the secret realm. Only cultivators above the foundation building stage can activate the token.

Just now, Fellow Daoist Qin has activated the token. You will be teleported into the Azure Lotus Secret Realm when it opens tomorrow."

“……” Qin Shu was dumbfounded.

Is this considered a forced sale?

Moreover, when did she become a foundation-building cultivator?

Su Yunqing saw Qin Shu's ugly face and was confused. He asked anxiously, "Fellow Daoist Qin, are you not interested in the Qinglian Secret Realm? There are many precious and rare spiritual herbs in the Qinglian Secret Realm, as well as magic tools, precious pill recipes, formations, and cultivation techniques. Fellow Daoist Qin might as well go and take a look. You will definitely gain something."

Qin Shu glanced at Su Yunqing coldly: "Since there are so many treasures, there must be many people fighting for them. Even if I am lucky enough to find the treasure, I may not be lucky enough to bring it out."

"..." Su Yunqing looked embarrassed, thinking to himself, since it is an adventure in a secret place and a treasure hunt, there will naturally be fighting, this is not normal.

He complimented, "With Fellow Daoist Qin's strength, protecting yourself will definitely not be a problem."

Qin Shu snorted, "You think highly of me!"

Having said that, she put away the secret realm teleportation token.