Chapter 401: Risk Transfer, Gang Crime

Tianhe School.

Xie Qingxue's mind moved, and the Tongjian in her hand flew to her waist and turned into an exquisite and small sword pendant.

Just now, she had a chat with Zheng Fa in Tongjian and roughly understood what the Five Elements Orchid was.

"Nine-transformation golden elixir method..."

She looked out the door, her brows slightly furrowed, her slender fingers still playing with the miniature Tongjian, but she was secretly thinking in her heart:

Zheng Fa explained the matter very clearly.

The Five Elements Orchid may be related to the "Nine-Turn Golden Elixir Method", and it is probably a taboo in the Xuanwei Realm nowadays.

Asking Xie Qingxue for help was really a last resort: maybe the Five Sects deliberately erased certain records, and there were too few records about the Five Elements Orchid.

But, if there is a sect that has some residual information.

But it must be the Tianhe School.

According to rumors, there are definitely more than just Venerable Tianhe among the Tianhe Sect monks who have used the Five Elements Orchid.

That's why I came to ask her.

Zheng Fa didn't hide anything, so Xie Qingxue naturally understood the danger: The Nine-Turn Golden Pill Method was a taboo, and the existence of the Five Elements Orchid was deliberately erased...

However, Xie Qingxue still wanted to find out more - the "Nine Mountains Golden Elixir Method" was the long-cherished wish of her lineage.

not to mention……

Xie Qingxue glanced at the Qingping Sword.

She could feel that as she slowly practiced the "Nine Mountains Golden Elixir Method", the Qingping Sword became more and more in line with her wishes.

Maybe one day, she, the sword spirit, can really turn the tables and become the master!

There are no taboos or no taboos.

Is there anything more taboo than what they did? After thinking for a while, Xie Qingxue walked out of her yard and went to the Transmission Building.

The Tianhe Sect's skills transmission building is divided into three parts. The main building has five floors. Starting from the first floor, the skills manuals for the Foundation Establishment Period, Golden Core Period, Nascent Soul Period and God Transformation Period are stored respectively. As for the highest floor, there are the Tianhe Sect's true skills, which ordinary people cannot enter.

She did not enter the main building, but turned right at the entrance and walked to a two-story building.

Hidden in this small building are some records about the various arts of cultivating immortals.

Since the Five Elements Orchid is related to alchemy, if there is a record of it in the sect, it is most likely to be here.

Xie Qingxue walked into the small building, and a middle-aged male cultivator on the first floor quickly stood up and bowed, "Big Sister!"

She nodded calmly without saying a word. The male cultivator was not surprised at all. He just smiled and said, "Big sister, are you looking for any classics? Can I help you?"

"Thank you, I'll take a look myself."

Xie Qingxue also looked polite, but her expression was somewhat distant.

The middle-aged man paused, and didn't dare to say anything else. He just watched the senior sister walk into the small building, with a look of pity and expectation on his face - after all, this senior sister had a reputation in the sect as being difficult to please.

As soon as Xie Qingxue entered the small building and stood behind the bookshelf, she took out the Tongjian and eagerly asked Zheng Fa for credit:

"I'm searching in the Transmission Building to see if I can find anything."

After a while, Zheng Fa sent a message: "Xie Fairy, it is best for you to protect yourself."

"I see."

Zheng Fa said, "Be very careful. Perfecting the Nine Mountains Golden Elixir Method is not something that can be done overnight. Don't rush it."

Xie Qingxue read the message twice, and the corners of her mouth curled up. Her face, which was as cold as ice in the door, showed a slightly warm smile, and replied: "I will be careful. The Nine Mountains Golden Elixir Method is not just your business, it is extremely important to me."

After that, she stopped talking and walked to the bookshelf labeled Alchemy, picked up a jade tube and started reading.

This glance, is a month.

Because all the clues could be said to be just the three words "Wu Xing Lan", and she couldn't ask others, so she could only search one jade tube at a time.

What troubled her even more was that she could not let go of any jade tubes related to the alchemy path because she was afraid of missing any:

In other words, she had to read every recipe.

She couldn't even let go of some alchemy techniques.

In the end, she also read the travel notes and rumors of some alchemy predecessors.

Xie Qingxue stayed in the power transmission building, not eating, not drinking, and not going back. She just checked the records day by day, but her expression became increasingly cold.

She found no records about the Five Elements Orchid.

Not a single word.

This certainly frustrated her, but on the other hand, she became more interested in this spiritual plant.

Putting down the last jade tube on the bookshelf, Xie Qingxue buried her head in thought: Regardless of whether the Five Elements Orchid is related to the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir Method, this thing should have some connection with the ancestor...

Otherwise, it would not be enough to explain why all records about this spiritual plant disappeared.

Even this Five Elements Orchid should be extremely important to one of the ancestors' skills... Otherwise, the ancestors had taken many spiritual plants, why did the records of this spiritual plant disappear? But how can we find other clues? She looked up, a little confused.

At this time, the middle-aged man at the door asked cautiously: "Big Sister, are you looking for some secret recipe for elixir?"

Xie Qingxue pondered for a moment, then nodded slowly, but she didn't say what she was looking for. She just asked, "Are all the records about spiritual plants or alchemy in the sect here?"

“Most of them are.”

The middle-aged man said frankly.

"most?"

"There are some classic books on alchemy, which are placed in the secret chamber." The middle-aged man would never be on guard against Xie Qingxue, the senior sister of the sect, and he couldn't wait to explain, "It's just that other people can't enter that place. Senior sister, you are fine..."

"Secret Pavilion..."

Xie Qingxue looked outside.

This skills transmission building has three parts. The middle is the five-story main building. The right wing is where knowledge about all arts is stored, and the left wing is the secret chamber.

No one is allowed to enter unless they have a special identity.

Xie Qingxue thought in her heart, but still nodded slowly towards the middle-aged man guarding the pavilion, took out a sword talisman and said: "Thank you, Junior Brother, you can take this sword talisman."

After saying this, she left in a hurry without waiting for the man to thank her.

Behind him, the middle-aged man looked at Xie Qingxue's back, holding the sword talisman in his hand, with an almost stunned surprise on his face.

Isn't it said that this senior sister is hard to please?

He just said something very ordinary, how did he get a treasure?

…

Xie Qingxue did not go to the secret chamber first, but returned to her own yard first, thought for a long time, and then found Yan Wushuang.

"Senior sister?"

"Zheng Fa asked me to look up a spiritual plant called the Five Elements Orchid. I have been looking for it for a month, but have not found anything." Xie Qingxue said concisely and directly, "I want to go to the Secret Pavilion to take a look."

When Yan Wushuang heard this, his expression became serious.

"Five Elements Orchid... is it related to the ancestor?"

Xie Qingxue nodded.

"Then you have to be careful, Senior Sister. There are elders watching over the secret chamber..."

"Zheng Fa also said so."

"It seems he feels dangerous too!"

"So I decided to let you go."

"……ah?"

Yan Wushuang's eyes widened and his mouth opened wide as he looked at his senior sister, his face full of disbelief.

"It's you." Xie Qingxue said firmly, and then said, "Master may be suspicious of me."

“…”

Yan Wushuang also understood Xie Qingxue's concerns.

The secret chamber is a relatively important place in the sect. It is always guarded by elders who are above the level of God Transformation. Normally, it would be fine for Xie Qingxue to go there, but now she has to be cautious.

"Dad... has been acting a little strange lately." Yan Wushuang frowned, with a strange expression on his face. "After he was injured by Zheng Fa that day, he has been in seclusion from time to time, but it seems that there is no improvement..."

"But when I asked him, he said he was fine... and he also said he had found a breakthrough."

"breakthrough?"

Xie Qingxue raised her eyebrows, she didn't expect this to happen.

"Yes, this makes it difficult for me to scold Zheng Fa."

Yan Wushuang muttered.

"It's never a bad thing for Master to break through, but I'm afraid he really became suspicious of me last time..."

Xie Qingxue was also a little entangled. It was of course a good thing that her master's cultivation level had broken through, but now the situation was hard to say. Who knew what he would do to her, a traitor, after the breakthrough? Hearing this, Yan Wushuang also felt that the eldest sister's worry was justified.

The only problem is -

You can be cautious if you want, but why are you trying to trick me, your junior brother?

Seeing his angry expression, Xie Qingxue paused for a moment before speaking: "After all, you are Master's biological son. I will try to persuade you..."

“…”

"I shouldn't die."

Yan Wushuang's expression was blank for a moment. He wanted to refute very much, but he didn't know how.

Xie Qingxue looked for Yan Wushuang for more than just this reason, of course. She also explained:

"I asked you to go because, on the one hand, you are now in the Jindan stage, so it's a good opportunity for you to go to the main building to find some Jindan period classics and secrets, so as not to attract attention."

"On the other hand, you don't have a good reputation in the sect, and your cultivation is low."

"ah?"

"I'm afraid these minor things won't reach Master's ears."

Yan Wushuang frowned slowly, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Senior Sister, do you mean that you attract too much attention?"

"It's not me, it's Qing Ping Sword... I wanted to go to the secret pavilion before, but I found that someone seemed to be watching me."

Yan Wushuang's expression became even weirder:

The meaning of the eldest sister is very simple. His cultivation is low, no matter how high it is, others will not care much - after all, for cultivators above the level of transformation or even Dao fruit, who cares what a Jindan cultivator thinks and does? But Xie Qingxue is different.

As the master of Qingping Sword, her goals are too big, so she is not free to do some things.

"Of course, this matter is also quite dangerous for you..." Xie Qingxue said, "If you don't agree, I will find another way."

Yan Wushuang was silent for a moment before saying:

"Senior Sister, there is no turning back, right?"

"No." Xie Qingxue nodded calmly, touching the Qingping Sword that was getting closer and closer, and said, "I have never thought about turning back."

"And you..."

Xie Qingxue looked at this junior brother and said slowly:

"You are the first one in the sect to come into contact with Zheng Fa..."

"Um."

"You have also learned the Nine Mountains Golden Elixir Method, and are about to complete the Golden Elixir? It seems that you have also learned some good thunder methods in the Nine Mountains Forum?"

Yan Wushuang said embarrassedly: "Some of the posts in that forum are really good. I learned two tricks... The Nine Mountains Golden Elixir Method is of great help in cultivation."

"Zheng Fa is getting stronger and stronger. You may get more and more in the future. Maybe one day, you will surpass me and your father. This is your luck, but some luck comes at a price."

“Senior Sister…”

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"I have already paid the price for the Qing Ping Sword...what about you?"

“…”

"We, the sword-fighting practitioners, should... move forward courageously."

…

A few days later, Xie Qingxue went to the Transmission Tower again, but she did not go to the Secret Chamber. Instead, she went to the right wing where the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation were hidden.

"Big sister?"

The middle-aged man was surprised.

"I made some progress last time, let me take a look again."

The middle-aged man suddenly realized and watched Xie Qingxue walk to another bookshelf. He was curious but did not dare to ask more questions.

Xie Qingxue was holding a jade tube and felt the Qingping sword trembling slightly.

She knew that it was one of the Dao Fruit cultivators in the sect who was staring at her.

There was no expression on Xie Qingxue's face, but her mind was not in the jade tube. Instead, she was half staring at the door of the secret chamber and half looking at the Tongjian.

Now there is a new post in Jiushan Forum that is unknown to outsiders.

The access to the post is only open to a few people such as Zheng Fa, Yan Wushuang and Xie Qingxue.

Yan Wushuang posted first: "Senior Sister, I'm here."

Xie Qingxue immediately replied: "I have attracted the attention of the elders in the sect. If there is any problem, I will stop him."

Zheng Fa seemed to have been paying attention to them for a long time, and then said: "Brother Yan, thank you Fairy, I am ready here too."

A project team was established in the Tiangong Palace of Jiushan Sect.

There are very few team members.

Apart from Zheng Fa, there was only Xiao Yuying and a few disciples - these disciples were the ones sent by the Hundred Immortals Alliance at the beginning, and they all knew some alchemy techniques.

Although it is not profound, it is still considered impressive in the Nine Mountains Realm.

He glanced at a few people and said in the post: "Brother Yan, I have Fairy Xiao and some disciples who know the way of alchemy here."

When Xie Qingxue heard this, she felt both amused and confused, and had a sense of excitement as if they were part of a gang.

She is a lookout.

Zheng Fa brought a group of logistics and command personnel with him.

Yan Wushuang is the most dangerous...unlucky guy.

The unlucky guy soon appeared at the door of the secret pavilion. Although his cultivation level was only Golden Core, as the son of the sect leader and a true disciple, he was qualified to enter the secret pavilion.

After showing a token, Yan Wushuang walked into the hall smoothly.

“There aren’t many classics here.”

Yan Wushuang introduced.

"Brother Yan, remember not to look at the recipe!"

Zheng Fa replied immediately.

"But will this work?"

Yan Wushuang seemed a little hesitant. If he wanted to find the use of the Five Elements Orchid, how could he do it without the recipe? Zheng Fa glanced at Xiao Yuying and saw her nod, so he replied in the post: "Fairy Xiao said that in fact, some travel notes, observations, or unintentional records have more clues."

"And I think that the recipe for the Five Elements Orchid has probably been destroyed."

"On the other hand, I'm also worried that something might happen to you, Brother Yan."

Yan Wushuang did not reply, but silently put away the Tongjian in his hand and looked at the bookshelf in front of him.

The secret chamber is just one floor, and the number of jade tubes is not large. If it were limited to travel notes and other miscellaneous talks, it would be even rarer.

He picked up a jade tube, but did not look at it carefully, as if he was bored. He glanced at it twice and threw it back on the bookshelf, curling his lips and seeming a little impatient.

There were other disciples in the pavilion. Seeing this, they just thought that the son of the sect leader was extremely bored and was playing here.

Even the elders in the pavilion only paid attention to him for a moment. Seeing that he really just glanced at each jade tube, they thought he was fooling around and didn't take him seriously.

But in the posts on Tongjian, Yan Wushuang was posting like crazy.

"This is a travelogue of a Divine Elder..."

"This senior, um, the supreme elder..."

“I’ve never heard of this…”

This was a little trick that Zheng Fa and Xie Qingxue had discussed:

For a Jindan cultivator like Yan Wushuang, taking a few glances was not enough to fully understand the contents of the jade tube, but it was enough to remember it and transcribe it into the jade tube.

To others, Yan Wushuang seemed to be using no brains.

But here’s the thing…

Zheng Fa brought a large group of people to serve as his brain:

As an archaeologist, Xiao Yuying has not received extremely professional training, but she is good at text analysis.

In addition, there were several disciples who were good at alchemy and explained some unfamiliar terms.

These travel notes from different eras and even different grammars were soon thoroughly analyzed.

Through the Jiushan Forum, Yan Wushuang also enjoyed the same treatment as Zheng Fa—becoming a ruthless scanner.

Soon, Yan Wushuang finished scanning dozens of jade tubes, but he found no records about the Five Elements Orchid.

Another two hours later, Xiao Yuying suddenly shouted, "This!"

Zheng Fa looked at the new post by Yan Wushuang.

This was a very long note, but with Zheng Fa's spiritual awareness far superior to that of ordinary golden elixirs, he quickly found the place that Xiao Yuying was referring to.

"...I heard that the Qingling Pill has an ingredient called the Five Elements Orchid, but it is a pity that it no longer exists. However, the Qingling Pill is extremely important to cultivators, so there is a great alchemist who spent a hundred years to finally improve the Qingling Pill formula..."

Five Elements Orchid! Zheng Fa was excited, but he quickly posted: "Brother Yan, don't look back!"

Yan Wushuang in the secret chamber was also a little excited and wanted to take a look at the jade tube that recorded the Five Elements Orchid, but at this moment his body froze and he walked straight to the next bookshelf.

Fortunately, Zheng Fa reminded me.

Otherwise, he could really turn around and pick up the jade tube to take a closer look...

Xie Qingxue took a quick look with her spiritual sense, secretly cursing her junior brother for being stupid, and she also felt relieved.

…

Zheng Fa looked at Xiao Yuying, who hesitated for a moment and said:

"The wording and writing style of this travelogue should be the style of the beginning of this era."

Hearing this, Zheng Fa became excited. In this case, the statements in the travel notes were much more credible.

But Xiao Yuying's next sentence made him feel a little disappointed: "But Qingling Pill is not a very rare pill."

Zheng Fa didn't say anything, but just looked at the disciples who were good at alchemy.

"Fairy Xiao is right." Several disciples looked at each other. The Jindan disciple with the highest cultivation level in the middle stood up and explained nervously, "Qingling Pill is a pill that purifies spiritual energy. It is suitable for cultivators above the foundation building stage to practice."

"We don't know the recipe for the Qingling Pill, but we certainly haven't heard of any sect purchasing the Five Elements Orchid."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Fa understood the meaning: since Qingling Pills are not rare, there must be a reason why no one is buying the Five Elements Orchid - the reason should be what is said in the travelogue, that the recipe of Qingling Pills has changed.

The reason why Qingling Pills are not rare is probably as stated in the travel notes: there is a great demand for this kind of pill among cultivators, and this pill has always been very popular in the market.

At this time, Xie Qingxue in the post suddenly spoke: "I saw the recipe for Qingling Pill a few days ago!"

Zheng Fa perked up and waited for Xie Qingxue's next words.

Xie Qingxue walked a few steps among the bookshelves, picked up a jade tube, and confirmed it again before saying with certainty: "There is no Five Elements Orchid in the raw materials of the pill formula."

Looking at this sentence, Zheng Fa thought for a while, and then slowly analyzed it in the post:

"Thank you, Fairy. What you are seeing now should be the current recipe... In other words, it has been modified."

"What Brother Yan said in this travelogue is the Qingling Pill from the past, which used the Five Elements Orchid."

Yan Wushuang quickly replied: "So, the elixir that the ancestor used for cultivation at that time was the Qingling Pill?"

Zheng Fa thought for a moment before saying, "I don't think so. Even the Five Elements Orchid is not recorded. I'm afraid no one dared to refine that kind of elixir back then."

"This...isn't it a failure?"

There was deep disappointment in Yan Wushuang's words.

Not only him, but also Xiao Yuying and others in the hall had a look of loss on their faces.

Zheng Fa was not so depressed, and he comforted everyone, "At least we have figured out that the Qingling Pill is related to the Five Elements Orchid..."

"What's the use of this?"

"I don't know." Zheng Fa replied again, and then added, "I will know later."

Not only Xiao Yuying, but even Xie Qingxue and Yan Wushuang who were far away in Tianhe Sect had confused expressions.

But Zheng Fa sent another message to another traitor: "Seventh Young Master, do you know... the Qingling Pill?"

Xiao Yuying watched him take out the Jade Book of Fortune, and seemed to have guessed what he was doing, and her expression was also shocked - the eldest sister and the son of the head of the Tianhe Sect were bribed by you, which was outrageous enough, and you still came? Zheng Fa smiled slightly, as if a little shy: I rely on Sister Zhang at home and rely on the traitor when I go out, bah, good comrade.

Doing research always requires collecting information, but Jiushan Sect just happens to be short of some information and can only rely on... borrowing.

It just so happens that the Qingmu Sect where the Seventh Young Master Zhao Jingfan is located is extremely good at alchemy!

(End of this chapter)