Chapter 28 Chapter 28 Someone has +2 experience points, someone is sleeping...
Everyone moved to the reception hall in the Medicine Valley.
The first thing Jin Ming, Ning He and the senior brother noticed when they entered the room was Lu Wu with waist-length hair.
If for no other reason, his eyebrows, eyes and facial features are too soft and his long hair is too eye-catching, but the strange thing is that although he has a gentle temperament, he does not look feminine at all.
A person like the spring breeze.
Bai Xing beside Lu Wu was also eye-catching. Compared with the long-haired beauty, this one seemed less easygoing, with a hint of indifference between his brows. Only when Lu Wu looked over could he see a little more gentleness in his eyes.
The remaining senior Yuan Qingshan looked very familiar. He was the great-uncle of Yaoshan Valley, and his portrait was still hanging in the library.
The elders and the valley master of their own family stood upright on one side, waiting for orders.
"Disciples greet the ancestor." The three said in unison.
"Two seniors, these are the three disciples who got into trouble." The elder bowed, "Please take a look at them."
Jin Ming was originally the disciple with the most talent for alchemy in Medicine Valley. Both he and the Valley Master intended to focus on his training. However, he had a perverse personality. This setback had severely tempered the boy's pride, and his brows looked a lot more depressed.
Ning He was also proficient in the art of Qian Ji. If he had not been reluctant to keep Ning He for a few more years, he would have sent Ning He to Tianxing Sect long ago.
These two good seedlings were not easy to deal with and offended the powerful, causing them to suffer a lot.
"Shirahoshi, go and take a look."
"Okay." Bai Xing said without hesitation. A ray of light shot out from his fingertips. Before the disciples could react, the light directly flowed into their foreheads. In a short moment, it went from head to toe.
"No..." Bai Xing was about to give an answer, but suddenly, the spiritual light seemed to give him some feedback. He frowned slightly, "There is indeed a problem."
Memories are stored in the brain, and the heads of several people seemed to have been tampered with.
"If you want to erase someone's memory, all you have to do is hit their head hard, or...search their soul and seal it." The former can easily lead to death, while the latter can easily lead to the destruction of one's soul.
But now, several people said in unison that they had no memory of that hour. Their brains were not damaged, but as for their souls... he couldn't find the reason.
But it seems that there is no problem with either of them, but this is actually the biggest problem.
"That person must have fed us something. We have no memory of what happened before and after taking it. We only remember the excruciating pain that lasted for three days. It was only when we were almost dying that the pain eased." Ning He said softly, still feeling a lingering fear from the pain.
Jin Ming also said: "It's like the heart was dug out first. We didn't feel the pain while it was being dug out. Only when we woke up after the heart was dug out did we feel the pain."
"Eliminating any memory will cause pain," Bai Xing said. This is normal. "The pain only appears after the memory disappears. It may be that the pill is mixed with analgesic and psychedelic ingredients. It will make you lose the sense of pain for a short time."
The elders and several disciples nodded repeatedly.
"Most importantly, your memories of that period at the soul level are also blank." Bai Xing frowned, "The person who made the pill that worked on the soul... is an expert."
A very powerful master.
As far as he knew, anything that could affect the soul's memory could cause one to lose one's soul at best, or even lose one's soul at worst. And for alchemists, this kind of elixir could be called a forbidden drug.
"He knows that this forbidden drug can make you lose your memory, and he also knows that the effect of the drug will not kill you." Bai Xing said, "Or, he doesn't know whether the effect of the drug can kill you. In the end, he doesn't care whether you live or die."
"I prefer the former." Lu Wu continued Bai Xing's words, "I can take their memories, but I don't want them to die. The power in between is the most difficult to control."
Shirahoshi: "Are you sure?"
Lu Wu groaned, "Half."
The forbidden drug that doesn't cost human life is the most difficult to obtain. But the part that Lu Wu is not sure about is whether there are such masters in the lower world.
No, wait.
There are such people in the underworld.
Lu Wu's eyes darkened. "The alchemist you offended, what is he like? How old is he?"
Bai Xing's heart sank when he heard the change in Master's tone. Could it be...
Jin Mingning and the other three looked at each other, then lowered their heads.
"He was in his twenties, his name was Qin Zhou, and he was the son of a pill merchant. He looked...quite handsome." Jin Ming recalled Qin Zhou.
Lu Wu looked surprised, "In his twenties, he's not a cultivator?"
"He's not. I was just angry at the time and wanted to... seize his business. He accepted my invitation to compete, and I lost." Jin Ming said embarrassedly, "Later I asked someone and found out that Qin Zhou was not a cultivator. He was even laughed at for failing the talent test."
Not a cultivator, no talent. Lu Wu immediately dismissed the idea that Qin Zhou might be the village chief.
"Senior, I think that Qin Zhou is most likely to have a master behind him." The elder also said at this time, "According to them, Qin Zhou was not a cultivator not long ago. But recently I went to the provincial capital and found out a piece of news. Qin Zhou passed the talent test, not only that, but also got in touch with the provincial capital's big pill merchant, Xuehua Pavilion, and started selling rare-grade pills."
"So, if this Qin Zhou didn't have a fortuitous encounter, he must have a master guiding him behind the scenes. No wonder he was able to take out a rare-grade elixir to compete with my junior brother. It's a pity that my memory is not clear, but combining the before and after, plus the ancestor's inference, I think the person who refined the rare-grade elixir for the Qin family might not be Qin Zhou at all, but the master who has been hiding behind him from the beginning." Ning He's senior brother also guessed.
Several people were talking to themselves, but they didn't notice that Bai Xing and Lu Wu's faces both darkened.
"Wait, what did you just say?" Bai Xing spoke first.
Ning He's senior brother stammered, "...Is there an expert behind Qin Zhou who is giving him advice...?"
"It's not you." Bai Xing looked at the elder, "He was not originally a cultivator and failed the talent test, but the information you found out said that he passed the talent test, right?"
The elder's heart tightened, "Yes. It was only a month."
Here, what's wrong?
Lu Wu and Bai Xing looked at each other.
"It seems that we have to go meet this Qin Zhou." Lu Wu's voice was very soft, but it had a strength that others dared not comment on.
First, it involves banned drugs at the soul level.
The last one is the marrow cleansing pill that changes talents.
The former could be considered the alchemist's evil taste, and it could be left alone as long as no one's life was harmed. But the latter... was an absolutely forbidden drug.
The 'expert' behind Qin Zhou is only making some banned drugs.
Regardless of whether the master behind Qin Zhou has any connection with the village chief...
In today's underworld, elixirs used for marrow cleansing must never appear in the world.
As he was speaking, someone came to report from outside.
"Valley Master, there's a letter from the Snow Flower Pavilion saying that Master Qin has come to the provincial capital and wants us to deliver the elixir materials."
This report even shocked the Valley Master.
Just now the seniors said they wanted to meet this Young Master Qin, and the next moment this Young Master Qin arrived in the provincial capital?
"Seniors, in order to make friends with Qin Zhou, Yaoshan Valley placed an order for 200 rare-grade elixirs with him. He came to the provincial capital probably for these 200 rare-grade elixirs." The Valley Master explained, "If the seniors want to see him, I will arrange it right away."
"No need. Let's deliver the elixir to him together. Whether it's a mule or a horse, we have to see it with our own eyes to know." Bai Xing said.
Lu Wu nodded.
The appearance of the marrow cleansing pill is of great importance.
“Then please follow me, seniors.” The Valley Master made a gesture of invitation.
Several people followed his footsteps and walked out.
The elder also wanted to follow, but Jin Ming behind him grabbed his clothes.
"master."
The elder was stunned, "What's wrong?"
Jin Ming pursed his lips and said, "I didn't dare to say it before, but the piece of Ningxin Wood you gave me... was lost."
The elder's eyes suddenly widened, "What did you say?!"
Jin Ming lowered his head and dared not speak.
"Ningxin Wood. That piece of Ningxin Wood can be used to refine at least three Guyuan Pills. The refined Guyuan Pills are at least third-level pills. Do you know what that is? That is what your master left for you. It is the stepping stone for you to enter the sect when you enter the upper realm in the future! You... can lose it?!" The elder's heart was broken when he saw Jin Ming's appearance.
That's the Ningxin wood!
Just a small section!
Jin Ming lowered his head and told the whole story: "Master, I can't remember anything about that hour. I only remember that I searched through the Qiankun bag and couldn't find the Ningxin Wood. Now I think about it, maybe it was Qin Zhou..."
The elder paused, feeling a pain in his heart as if his flesh was being cut.
But he didn't dare to say anything. Whether Qin Zhou or the master behind him was good or bad, they obviously couldn't afford to offend him.
“Jin Ming, just think of it as lost and don’t mention anything else.” The elder warned him with a heartache.
Jin Ming raised his head suddenly, his eyes full of confusion, "Master, why... the seniors are here, if he is not a good person, you can get it back for me..."
"You can't get it back." It was Lu Wu's voice at the door. "That's the price you pay for losing the pill and coming to my house to cause trouble. To put it bluntly, that's the money to buy your life. Or, you can also think of it as the price of the amnesia pill."
The sound was still slow, like a stream flowing through the mountains, but in early spring, even the stream still carried some of the chill of the first melting frost and snow.
Jin Ming was stunned, "I..."
He clearly did not tell this senior that he went to cause trouble for Qin Zhou after losing the pill.
Lu Wu smiled gently, "Everything has its cause and effect. If you sow the seeds, you will reap the fruits."
In fact, Jin Ming doesn't need to say much.
Lu Wu had already guessed the whole story.
The unruly young man had never suffered a loss in alchemy, and he was naturally angry when he lost to an unknown person. He wanted to find out the truth, but unfortunately he was defeated in the end. Now that he saw that he had a backer, he naturally wanted to get back at him.
The so-called geniuses are just those who have sat in the well for too long and think that there is no higher than the world.
In Lu Wu's opinion, the other party had the means to refine forbidden drugs, but only fed them amnesia pills, probably because they saw something that they couldn't see. In the end, they didn't kill them, so it was considered kind.
The Valley Master, who had already stepped out of the door, heard these words, looked regretfully at the helpless Jin Ming standing inside the door, and silently shook his head in his heart.
The threshold in front of him was like the boundary between Chu and Han, separating Yuan Qingshan's predecessors from Jin Ming.
Jin Ming stood there, perhaps very close, but he would probably never be able to step into Yuanqing Mountain.
…
The elixir materials were sent directly to Longfengdan, which was the Qin family’s shop in the provincial capital.
Qin Zhou sat in the shop waiting.
From his appearance, it was hard to tell that he had not rested for several days. Dark circles were faintly visible under his eyes, but his eyes were bright as a lamp that could illuminate the night.
"Is Master Qin here?" someone called from outside.
Qin Zhou got up and went out. Sure enough, the people from the Snow Flower Pavilion came with the people from the Medicine Valley. Qin Zhou still remembered the green clothes from the Medicine Valley.
only……
Among those men in green, there seemed to be two whose clothes were slightly different.
Qin Zhou raised his eyes slightly and found that the two green-robed cultivators, who were dressed differently, were wearing masks.
The two masks were of two New Year pictures of dolls, with their red little faces full of smiles. They looked like two dolls picked up at random from a trinkets stall on the street corner. Anyway, they looked festive.
But combined with their exquisite blue clothes, it makes it a bit more funny.
"Mr. Qin, we have brought the ingredients for the elixir, look..." the Valley Master said.
Well, except for the two masked men, these two middle-aged men from Yaoshan Valley did not look like ordinary disciples. Qin Zhou's eyes swept over the four people and he came to a conclusion.
"Come in and talk." Qin Zhou retracted his gaze and invited everyone in.
…
The Long Feng Dan store is very small. In the provincial capital where every inch of land is valuable, Long Feng Dan looks too shabby.
But it has everything, including chairs.
"Please take a seat, everyone."
After sitting down, Qin Zhou didn't want to waste time. He didn't care who the people from Medicine Valley brought with him. He only had his two hundred pill materials in mind.
"I've read the order and accepted it. The order does not specify the delivery date, but Longfengdan promised that someone can be sent to Xuehua Pavilion to pick up the pills in just three days."
"Three days..." The Valley Master and the elders looked at each other. They didn't expect Qin Zhou to say that. Not writing down the delivery time was just to make friends with Qin Zhou, but they didn't expect him to promise to deliver the pills in three days...
Let's not talk about the other party not appreciating their kindness, let's just talk about these two hundred pills, three days? Are you serious?
Thinking of this, the Valley Master couldn't help but say, "Mr. Qin, we want two hundred pills."
Qin Zhou nodded: "I know. Besides that, do you have any other questions?"
The elder coughed lightly and said, "Mr. Qin, what we want is not the finished pills that have been refined in advance, but the rare-grade pills refined with our own ingredients."
Qin Zhou nodded, "Of course." After that, he looked at the two of them, his eyes seemed to be asking, what else?
The Valley Master and the Elders: "..."
Good, good, you are indeed an expert.
"Young Master Qin said that the elixir can be made within three days. When does he plan to start refining it? If possible, can we watch for a while?" The man wearing a New Year picture doll mask spoke first.
Qin Zhou: "There is no need to watch. This is not some high-level elixir, so it is not academic. If you don't believe it, you can wait for me outside the alchemy room. It must be the elixir made from your own materials. Business requires credibility. I will never fool you with finished elixir or pass it off as good quality."
That’s not what the people in Medicine Valley mean!
They recognized the strength of Qin Zhou or the master behind him, otherwise they would not have rushed to give him money just to make friends with him.
But the one who spoke now was Senior Yuan Qingshan, so even if they wanted to explain again, they could only keep it to themselves for now.
"Sure." said the man with the New Year picture doll mask.
Qin Zhou nodded, "Then let's go to the alchemy room now."
Qin Zhou rolled up his wide sleeves. He was in a hurry. After refining these two hundred pieces, he wanted to go home and farm.
He seemed very anxious. Everyone could see Qin Zhou's urgency, but they didn't understand his urgency.
Obviously no one urged him to produce the elixir.
Well, this is fine.
It’s just right to explore Qinzhou’s bottom line.
…
In order to prove that he would not pass off inferior goods as good ones, Qin Zhou moved all the tools used for pounding medicine and making pills in the alchemy room outside.
Two hundred pill materials, no more, no less, two large baskets.
Qin Zhou started peeling the Lingxin Fruit without saying a word.
He was very skilled. He gently stroked the surface of the fruit with the spiritual energy in his palm, pinched the flesh with his hand and gently broke it apart, and then he could take out the complete core.
Everyone present noticed that he did not throw the core away directly, but left it in an empty basket. It seemed that he had some other use for it.
But no one asked what Qin Zhou did with the fruit core, and no one cared.
Only the long-haired cultivator wearing a mask kept his gaze on the fruit core basket, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.
"Everyone, if you have nothing to do, why not come and help?" Qin Zhou didn't care that they were all staring at him. It was just that with his speed, no matter how fast he was, it would probably be dark by the time he finished peeling the two hundred Lingxin Fruits.
They came to peel it? Although the Valley Master and the elders could contribute, they thought about it and decided not to move, waiting for the instructions from the two seniors.
Bai Xing looked at his master who was in a trance, and then said, "Okay."
After saying that, Bai Xing walked over, took the Lingxin Fruit, and started to help.
Seeing this, the Valley Master and the elders hurried forward, "Let's help too."
Qin Zhou stood up and brought a small stool to each of them.
The bench was passed to the long-haired masked man.
"Do you want help?" Qin Zhou asked.
The long-haired masked man seemed afraid to meet his eyes, and just silently took it over, "...Help."
Qin Zhou looked at him again but didn't say anything.
The Valley Master and the elders saw this scene and thought that Qin Zhou was very capable. He took their orders and wanted to make money from them, so he was very clear about ordering people around. Even the two seniors Yuan Qingshan were forced to peel the Lingxin Fruit.
But there's nothing we can do about it. Who asked them to be so eager to watch others make the elixir?
Several people were busy working.
The old saying is still true, there is strength in numbers. Soon, the two hundred Lingxin fruits were all fleshy and cores were intact.
Qin Zhou collected the fruit core in the Qiankun bag, then carried the Lingxin fruit pulp to the alchemy room.
Seeing his back, the Valley Master and the Elder couldn't help but whisper, "Qin Zhou is very fast at peeling the Spiritual Heart Fruit. He doesn't look like a rookie alchemist."
"But he doesn't look like a seasoned expert either."
After all, his cultivation level can be seen through at a glance.
The foundation-building stage has not even been reached.
At this time, Bai Xing kindly reminded, "But a month ago, he couldn't pass the talent test. Now he has reached the seventh level of Qi Refining."
Valley Master, Elder: "..."
Too.
Bai Xing turned around and saw his master looking eagerly in the direction of the alchemy room. He immediately felt a little bitter in his heart.
He had never seen his master like this.
Just because he looks a little bit like an old friend, is that enough to make him behave like this?
After thinking about it, Bai Xing stood up and shouted towards the alchemy room -
"Master Qin, can you let us watch you refine one furnace? Just one furnace."
Lu Wu looked at the disciple who was speaking in surprise.
Bai Xing remained calm.
After all, he still couldn't bear to see him like this. If that person was the master's great master, he would know it by asking.
After a while, the alchemy room opened.
"If you only want to look at one furnace, then it's okay." Qin Zhou's voice came.
Lu Wu's heart skipped a beat and he looked at Bai Xing.
Bai Xing smiled and said, "Go, Master."
…
Qin Zhou was watching the burning stove and heard footsteps approaching.
A long-haired young man wearing a New Year doll mask walked in, still holding the small stool in his hand.
Qin Zhou noticed that the other party just sat quietly beside him. Even his movements were very light. Just like what he said just now, he just came to watch him make the elixir and had no intention of disturbing him.
"Your hair is on the floor." Qin Zhou suddenly reminded.
Lu Wu: "…Excuse me."
Lu Wu quickly picked up his overly long hair.
Qin Zhou knew that these two masked men were probably not mortals, at least not from the underworld.
The feeling these two gave him was very similar to the first time he met Wen Jue. Wen Jue was more aggressive, while these two were slightly gentler. If he got closer, he could even smell the smell of medicine on them.
It was a refreshing fragrance, like the smell of being immersed in various medicinal materials and spiritual objects for many years. It was probably from a powerful figure from some elixir sect in the upper world.
The fire in the furnace burned gradually more vigorously. Qin Zhou was no longer absent-minded, but stared at his furnace intently.
Lu Wu did not disturb them, but just sat aside and watched.
…
The sounds of fellow disciples laughing and playing could be heard outside the window of the alchemy room.
The young Lu Wu turned around quietly and saw several fellow disciples leaning against the half-open window of the alchemy room, talking to him.
"Look, Lu Wu is helping the village chief to make elixirs again!" Lu Qi laughed.
"How can Fifth Brother sit still? He sits for several hours at a time. Aren't you tired?" Little Fourteen said.
"That's how Dan thinks." Lu nodded in agreement.
"Hi! Fifth brother!" Little Fourteen noticed that he was looking at him, and called out softly and waved his hands vigorously.
Lu Wu smiled and replied, as if asking, what are you doing?
"Tsk, you've ruined your brain from refining the elixir, you're laughing like a fool." Lu Yi made a sharp comment and grabbed Little Fourteen, "Let's go, let's go down the mountain and play."
Lu Qi waved his hand and said, "I'm not going. I'm going to find Lu Er. He said he would teach me how to practice sword."
"Sword training is so boring."
"What do you know." Lu Qi raised his chin, his raised eyebrows seemed to say, you are a widower and you don't understand.
Lu Yi: "...Then I have to go and see it."
"What are you looking at?"
Lu Yi put his arm on Lu Qi's shoulder, squinted his eyes and said happily, "Just look at your love."
Lu Qi shook it off unhappily, but he couldn't stand the teasing and his cheeks felt slightly hot.
The noise of fighting gradually faded away.
It seems I can still hear it.
…
This furnace took an hour to make.
Qin Zhou practiced for an hour, and Lu Wu sat beside him for an hour.
When the fire in the furnace went out and Qin Zhou opened the furnace to take out the elixir, Lu Wu suddenly came back to his senses.
It turns out that he has been watching for so long.
The medicine Qin Zhou took out was also extraordinary, with golden light lingering on the medicine. It was undoubtedly a treasure grade.
Therefore, there is no "expert" behind Qin Zhou, and he made the precious-grade elixir himself.
"Why did you two come to see me?" Qin Zhou asked.
He sensed no hostility from either of them.
He came all the way from the upper realm, it is impossible that he came here just to help the disciples of Medicine Valley.
"For the forbidden medicine that Your Excellency has made."
"Banned drugs?" This was obviously the first time Qin Zhou heard this term.
Lu Wu patiently explained: "Nowadays... in the heavens and the lower worlds, elixirs that act on the soul level are called forbidden drugs."
Qin Zhou suddenly realized, "If you are talking about the amnesia pill, I have already spared the lives of those Medicine Valley disciples."
"It's not that one." Lu Wu said, "In addition to this banned drug, there is another banned drug in the underworld nowadays."
Qin Zhou paused and wanted to hear the details.
"Marrow Cleansing Pill." Lu Wu uttered these three words, but his eyes were always fixed on Qin Zhou's face, trying to find some evidence to prove that he was his old friend.
Unfortunately, Qin Zhou did not give him that opportunity.
Qin Zhou did not feel guilty at all, but asked: "What is the marrow cleansing pill?"
Lu Wu frowned slightly, feeling a little uncertain. If Qin Zhou was the village chief, then he should know about the marrow cleansing pill.
"A month ago, Young Master Qin couldn't even pass the talent test. Now it seems that he can be called a genius just based on his talent." Lu Wu exposed.
It was an obvious fact that he had taken the marrow cleansing pill.
Qin Zhou was silent for a while, and did not answer directly. Instead, he asked him: "Why is the Marrow Cleansing Pill a forbidden drug? The spiritual energy in the upper and lower worlds is so depleted that even the cultivators in the world can no longer supply it?"
Obviously, Qin Zhou was not asking him, he already knew the reason and was just expressing his own judgment.
Practitioners need the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to practice. Without spiritual energy, even the strongest practitioners cannot make further progress.
If the Marrow Cleansing Pill appeared in the world, all mortals in the lower world would have the possibility of becoming immortals. As more cultivators appeared, the speed at which the spiritual energy in the world was divided would also increase.
If one day, the spiritual energy of this world of immortal cultivation is really exhausted, what will happen?
Will it become a normal world? Or...will it collapse?
Looking at Lu Wu's expression, Qin Zhou guessed it should be the latter.
If this is true, then the Marrow Cleansing Pill can indeed be considered a banned drug.
"Since you understand, please don't let such things appear in the world."
"I understand." Qin Zhou nodded.
Originally, he had no intention of selling the marrow cleansing pill.
The problem with the marrow cleansing pill is not that it is difficult to make. But taking it will always be accompanied by severe pain, and if you are not careful, it will kill people. If someone can't make it, it will ruin his pill business.
The conversation came to an abrupt end, but Lu Wu felt stuck.
He came for the marrow cleansing pill, but he came for more than just the marrow cleansing pill.
After hesitating for a moment, Lu Wu finally asked the question he wanted to ask, "Who are you, sir?"
A gust of wind suddenly blew by.
The wind blew open the window of the alchemy room that was not locked with a wooden bolt, making a creaking sound.
The wind could not enter the inner room, and the alchemy room was still warm.
Qin Zhou put the pills into the bottle, raised his head slowly, and looked into the eyes under the mask, "Have you decided to ask me?"
Lu Wu was shocked. In his ears, this sentence sounded more like——
Are you ready to recognize me?
The title of those two words is about to come out.
"Village chief..." Lu Wu lowered his head, reached out to take off the mask, revealing his true face.
"Yeah." Qin Zhou nodded lightly, which was considered as agreement.
In fact, Lu Wu’s identity is not difficult to guess.
Among the hundreds of people in the Lu family, there is only one person who can sit beside him and watch him making pills for several hours, and still be quiet and not annoying.
To this day, the sentence that appears most frequently in his alchemy interface during the game still leaves a deep impression on Qin Zhou:
[Alchemy has been completed. Villager Lu Wu will accompany you to make the elixir for two hours, and your experience in elixir knowledge will be increased by 2.]
This sentence appears most frequently in his alchemy interface.
Although, sometimes they will turn into different villagers, such as -
[The elixir has been refined. Villager Lu Yi accompanied you in refining the elixir for two hours and slept soundly. ]
Well, not everyone gets +2 experience points.
But then again, he once thought that if there was one villager who would become an alchemist in the future, it would definitely be Lu Wu.
"The Soul-Replenishing Herb that Fourteen brought to make the Soul-Fixing Pill was given to him by you." Qin Zhou thought about it for a moment, and then everything became clear. "When he sees me, he will definitely go back and tell you. The Soul-Fixing Pill that he brought with him on this trip to the lower world was also given by you."
"Village chief, I..." Xinglin Danxian, who was famous in the world of immortal cultivation, blushed at this moment, as if he had done something terribly wrong.
He didn't mean to deny it.
Originally, after Fourteen told him that the village chief had returned, he should have gone down to the mortal world to visit him in person.
only……
He doesn't dare.
"You don't have to say it if you don't want to." Qin Zhou seemed to understand that he had his own difficulties.
He had long thought that some people would be unwilling to admit their past and unwilling to remember him as the village chief for various reasons.
After all, times have changed.
He had indeed devoted a lot of effort to the villagers in the beginning, but in the final analysis, his existence was just a short chapter in their long life.
It is impossible for people to always live in the past and be forever grateful to a person who lived almost ten thousand years ago.
Of course, he would accept those who were willing to call him village chief, after all, they were all his children.
Unwilling...
Thinking of someone... Qin Zhou paused and thought, even if someone is unwilling, he can turn a blind eye.
"It's not that I don't want to admit it, but I'm afraid of losing face for the village chief." Lu Wu said dejectedly. He couldn't refine the sixth-level Soul-Fixing Pill, so he couldn't save Fourteen, nor could he save the other brothers who had fallen.
He was too embarrassed to see the village chief.
"There's nothing to be ashamed of." Qin Zhou stood up and raised his hand to Lu Wu's head. "As long as you kids are still alive, I'm happy."
Lu Wu is the only alchemist among the top ten people in the Lu family, and he is also the one with the mildest temper among the Lu brothers.
But this gentleness also made him think more and worry more than others since he was a child.
Qin Zhou sometimes suspected that Lu Wu’s long black hair might be the strands of trouble in his head.
As soon as these words came out, Lu Wu's eyes suddenly turned red.
There is only one person in the world who will always regard them as children.
At that moment, Lu Wu wanted to tell the village chief everything that had happened in the past ten thousand years, his powerlessness, his discomfort. But in the end, Lu Wu stopped talking.
Lian Shisi has grown up, so how can he still be a child?
…
This was the scene Bai Xing saw when he came in.
He had never seen his master like this. His always gentle master sat in front of Qin Zhou, his eyes red, his lips tightly pursed, trying his best to control his emotions.
It seems...
Bai Xing understood something, took off his mask, walked closer, and bowed, "Disciple Bai Xing, I pay my respects to the master."
As he spoke, his eyes fell on Qin Zhou's hand that was placed on his master's head.
Qin Zhou noticed the deep meaning in his eyes and immediately put down his hand.
Lu Wu wiped his eyes, stood up and said, "Village Chief, this is my apprentice, Bai Xing."
Qin Zhou nodded, acknowledging the words of his master.
"Master, Grandmaster, the people of Medicine Valley have been waiting for a long time." Bai Xing said.
Qin Zhou: "Well, go out."
It was still light outside when he walked out of the alchemy room. Qin Zhou caught a glimpse of Bai Xing and Lu Wu behind him, and saw something, but said nothing.
…
After receiving the rare-grade elixir and seeing that the two seniors had no reaction, the people in Medicine Valley were convinced that this rare-grade elixir was indeed made by the young-looking Qin Zhou.
At this point, he had made up his mind to make friends with Qin Zhou. As for the matter with Jin Ming's disciples, he simply let it go.
After the matter was settled, the Valley Master and the elders bowed and left.
And Lu Wu and Bai Xing... naturally stayed to help.
Qin Zhou was worried about the lack of manpower, and now with Lu Wu and Bai Xing, the speed of refining pills will definitely be much faster.
After refining the two hundred pills in the Medicine Valley, he can return to Pingcheng, and he can also go back in time to plant the Lingxin Fruit Cores.
Qin Zhou was not polite and divided the remaining ingredients into three parts.
Each one practices it himself.
Lu Wu and Bai Xing had no objection to this.
Lu Wu was naturally happy to be able to help the village chief. As for Bai Xing, he was happy as long as his master was happy.
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At the same time, a guest also came to the Immortal Prison in the upper realm.
The guest stood in front of Wen Jue's cell door and looked at him several times, "You are living a comfortable life."
Wen Jue sat cross-legged in the cell and raised his hands that were bound by iron chains. The chains made a series of noises, as if asking, "You call this nourishment?"
"What are you doing here?" Wen Jue asked the person in front of him calmly.
"You beat my son into that state, should I come to see you?"
The person who came was none other than Lu Xiao's father, the Demon Sect's supreme leader, Lu Qi.
Lu Qi leaned against the prison door, frowning slightly, "If you ask me, Lu Yi, didn't you use too much force to hit your own nephew?"
"Are you here to cause trouble for me today?" Wen Jue glanced over and said, "Go ask your good son what good things he has done first."
Lu Qi rolled his eyes, grabbed a handful of melon seeds from his Qiankun bag, and started cracking them in front of Wen Jue. "He asked me to ask you, and you asked me to ask him. Are you kidding me? Tell me now."
"It's nothing. He almost sold me out for a little spy." Wen Jue said.
Lu Qi paused, "He really deserves a beating."
“那小细作还是你旧情人的小徒弟。”温珏继续补刀，“你儿子护着那小细作，我就揍了他。”
Lu Qi felt that the melon seeds in his hand were no longer fragrant.
"Seventh Brother, the love-hate relationship between the Demon Sect's leader and the Sword Sect's disciples is probably hereditary in your family, right?" Wen Jue laughed.
Lu Qi raised his eyes and glared: "...Shut up."
Wen Jue sneered.
"Lu Xiao stayed in the Sword Sect for a while when he was young. Jiang Huan was still a child when he was young, and he always followed Lu Xiao around." Lu Qi recalled, "Lu Xiao was afraid that you would do something ruthless, so he took the blame."
"What a childhood sweetheart." Wen Jue nodded in agreement, "This is also hereditary."
"Get lost." The words "childhood sweetheart" are what Lu Qi hates to hear the most. Speaking of bad friends, Wen Jue should be the first one. He is the only one in the world who dares to use his past to poke him in the face.
"I didn't come here to listen to your teasing me." Lu Qi coughed lightly and asked why he brought melon seeds today -
"I heard from Lu Xiao that you found a lover in the lower world?"
This time, it was Wen Jue's turn to shut up.
"An alchemist? A mortal at the second stage of Qi Refining?" Lu Qi's eyes were burning. You know, he had been waiting for gossip about Lu Yi for who knows how many years.
"...Do you think it's possible? I'll find a mortal as my lover?" Wen Jue snorted, "What kind of mortal is worthy of me? Are you writing a story?"
Speaking of which, is Qin Zhou dead?
He did say that he wanted to come back to recuperate his soul, but it has been nearly half a month... The barrier did move a few times, but the frequency did not sound like the sound of jumping grids.
Could it be that the guy had never thought about him at all?
Lu Qi glanced at the hairpin on Wen Jue's head, and remembered something. He immediately gave up the idea of eating melon seeds. "It doesn't matter if it's a mortal or a cultivator, it's better than thinking about an illusory person."
Wen Jue did not answer.
Lu Qi frowned, “Lu Yi!”
Wen Jue curled his lips and smiled, "Don't worry about it."
He would go all the way down a road until the end. He would not turn back even if he hit a wall. Maybe he would break the wall down after hitting it again and again.
"You can't be here today just for your son's matter and these groundless gossips, right?" Wen Jue asked.
“That’s not the case. Isn’t the thousand years almost over? The secret realm is about to open again, and our Demon Sect has to make preparations. Let’s see how many people are ready to die for their greed.” At the end, Lu Qi squinted his eyes and ate melon seeds, looking like he didn’t take human life seriously, and he looked a bit evil.
No matter how many years have passed, Wen Jue is still not used to the behavior of Lu Qi, the leader of the Demon Sect.
So he interrupted quietly: "The thousand-year battle is not interesting. I think the scene where you and Lu Er meet is the most interesting."
Lu Qi almost threw a melon seed at his face and said unhappily: "...Then you just wait!"
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