As time went by, everyone said goodbye one after another.

Shi Liuli was very satisfied with the meal, so she came to Luo Yan and pulled his sleeve:

"Junior brother, when will the rewards be distributed?"

"How do you know there is a reward?" Luo Yan was surprised.

Because of Ling Yunpo's experience, I guessed that after the list of the top twelve in Baiyujing was announced, each faction would secretly give their contestants the secret medicine of Zifu for reinforcement... How did Miss Shi know about it?

"Ah?" Shi Liuli was stunned for a long time before answering, "I heard my father talking to the headmaster when I overheard him talking. It seems that they will send the old gatekeeper to give us the reward this time."

"The old gatekeeper?" Luo Yan asked suspiciously.

As everyone knows, the gatekeeper of Yuqing Temple is a special kind of white jade puppet called "Nian Nu", which is specifically used to handle some mundane matters that no one wants to deal with, such as receiving foreign guests, helping the elders to get things, issuing tasks and rewards to outer disciples, etc.

And it was often smashed by Shi Liuli who escaped, because Elder Shi Ding often asked Nian Nu to stop her from going out.

Is there anyone else guarding the door besides Nian Nu?

Luo Yan thought about it carefully for a long time, and suddenly thought of someone.

Although this person doesn't guard the gate, he lives near the gatehouse every day. He looks like an old man. Every time Nian Nu was broken by Shi Liuli, he was the one who repaired it.

"That old gatekeeper?" Luo Yan asked in surprise.

If that old man comes to give out the rewards... then his identity is definitely not ordinary!

"Yes, it's me." An old voice came from behind the two of them.

Luo Yan and Shi Liuli turned around and saw a short old man standing behind them with a smiling face.

"You guys fought very well this time." The old man raised his eyebrows at him and took out a pill bottle from his sleeve, "Here, take it."

"Thank you, senior. May I ask what this is?" Luo Yan took the pill bottle but did not open it rashly. He just asked respectfully.

"Have you heard of Zhu Sui Dan?" asked the old man.

"Zhu Sui Dan..." Luo Yan weighed the options in his mind for a moment before nodding slowly, "Yes."

"I heard that Shushan Changmei is bleeding a lot this time." The old man chuckled proudly, "Our Penglai is different. Even in previous competitions, few could make it to the finals, so we are not short of these Zhusui Pills."

"Once you rank among the top 12, there will be even better rewards for you."

Luo Yan was silent for a moment, and immediately understood what the old man meant.

The key ingredient of Zhu Sui Dan is the blood essence of immortals, which will damage the essence of immortals. Therefore, even the immortals of the Three Pure Ones of the Orthodox Sect cannot provide it unscrupulously.

However, similar to the Golden Mercury Pill, the Vermillion Pill was also one of the few Purple Mansion secret medicines that could be produced stably.

Considering that the Vermillion Marrow Pill can be reused to improve one's cultivation, its value is even higher than the Gold Mercury Pill Huaye... Of course, the prerequisite is that you have the ability to obtain it repeatedly.

As for other Purple Mansion secret medicines in the world, although many of them can increase cultivation much more than the Vermillion Marrow Pill, the key is that they are extremely difficult to find and even if they are found, they are often taken immediately, so there are few stocks within the sect, and it is not possible to obtain them.

Thinking of this, Luo Yan bowed sincerely and said:

"Thank you, Senior. May I know your Taoist name?"

"Wanxiang." The old man said casually, "You can just call me old man from now on."

He waved his hand kindly, then turned and walked away leisurely.

"What is the Zhusui Pill that the old man gave me?" After the Wanxiang Immortal left, Shi Liuli immediately came over and asked.

"Some kind of secret medicine from the Purple Palace." Luo Yan almost broke out in a sweat after hearing this. You really call him an old man. "It is said that taking it can increase your cultivation by thirty years."

"Only thirty years of cultivation?" Shi Liuli was a little disappointed.

"The sect directly gave it to you as a reward. You don't need to risk your life to explore the ruins. What else is there to complain about?" Luo Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "And the Zhu Sui Dan can be taken repeatedly. Every pill you get is a good deal."

He unscrewed the pill bottle, quickly poured a pill for Shi Liuli, and quickly took the other pill himself.

It is of course reasonable to take the Purple Mansion Secret Medicine immediately after getting it... After all, this matter cannot be kept secret. If you don't take it, elders from various families will soon come to you for their children and bring all kinds of precious treasures to exchange for the Purple Mansion Secret Medicine.

In terms of value alone, those treasures are definitely higher than the Purple Mansion Secret Medicine. The problem is that the Purple Mansion Secret Medicine can directly affect the grade of the Core Formation, which is related to whether the foundation of cultivation is stable!

In short, if I don't change it, I feel I'm at a big loss, and if I change it, I feel I'm at a big loss. Anyway, it's a loss, so I might as well just take it and save myself the trouble.

When Luo Yan took the Zhu Sui Dan, Shi Liuli was stunned for a moment, but then he followed suit and stuffed the Zhu Sui Dan into his mouth and chewed it like candy beans.

"It's not delicious." She frowned and said, "It tastes a bit bitter."

Luo Yan just pretended not to hear.

As the two of them left the banquet hall, they saw Elder Shi Ding approaching them and asked:

"Have you taken them all?"

Luo Yan nodded.

So Elder Shi Ding gave Linghu Chu a look.

Luo Yan understood: Soon, the news that both people in Tiangongfang had taken the Zhusui Pill would spread like wildfire, thus discouraging the elders who wanted to come and ask questions, saving each other's time and face.

Including this third Zhu Sui Dan, Luo Yan did a brief calculation and found that he had been cultivating his Huafu for 745 years, and only had 55 years left to reach the first-grade golden elixir.

If other cultivators knew about this, they would definitely be dumbfounded: With more than 700 years of cultivation, how many Purple Palace secret medicines would be needed to produce this?

However, for Luo Yan, it was not impossible, because he had many personas, and each persona was a very outstanding elite in their own sect. Through the sect's resource reserves and information channels, they could at least get two hundred years of Huafu cultivation.

Just imagine, two hundred years for Qiu Changtian, two hundred years for Ling Yunpo, two hundred years for Luo Yan, and two hundred years for Wei Dongliu, wouldn't they just reach the threshold of the first-grade golden elixir?

Although in reality, we also have to consider the problem of repeated overlap (most of the Purple Palace secret medicines can only be taken once), it is actually very, very difficult to obtain the cultivation of the Purple Palace for more than 700 years... We have to give a reason, which is that great wisdom, great perseverance, and great fortune are all indispensable. This has been said many times.

Next, it is estimated that Kunlun will also give Qiu Changtian a Zhusui Pill, which will make it 775 years.

Twenty-five years to go!

As for the remaining life span, Luo Yan calculated carefully for a moment and realized that almost twenty years had passed since he became a disciple of Kunlun, Shushan and Penglai.

There is a saying that goes, "Practicing in the mountains, you don't know the years of cold and heat." Since immortals usually don't celebrate New Year festivals, they are not sensitive to the alternation of cold and heat between spring, summer, autumn and winter. In addition, most of the time they are practicing daily, breathing and refining energy. There is nothing worth describing, so there won't be a deep enough impression.

If I think about it carefully, Qiu Changtian has now become the senior brother in the Foundation Establishment Realm, Ling Yunpo has become the Cloud Breaking Sword Immortal, one of the four strongest men in Shushan, and Luo Yan has become the heir of Tiangong Workshop... It can be seen that it has been a long time since I first entered the sect, and I have experienced a lot of things without realizing it.

Unfortunately, due to the parallel development of five characters, the passage of time also needs to be multiplied by five. While twenty years have passed for others, his body has actually aged for more than a hundred years (plus the cloud sea and empty cocoon), and now he only has about seventy years left to live.

It doesn't matter. Once I have accumulated 800 years of practice, I can find a safe and remote place to survive the first-grade golden elixir tribulation!