Chapter 23: Alchemist: Look at me using biogas to make elixir...ah, it's heavenly
The system's ambitions were vast and promising, but for now, they were just speculation. Even if all the luck in the Qin Empire were invested in exchanging for a large spiritual vein that could cover the entire territory, it wouldn't be enough.
It recorded the incident in its system log and memo, and glanced at it from time to time.
"Tong'er, what's been up your sleeve lately? You've been a bit too active."
After actively providing information again, even someone as slow-witted as Wei Shengxue noticed something was wrong.
It wasn't that she was uncooperative before, but the system would give her the information she wanted. If she didn't tell it, the system wouldn't find work to do on its own.
【For points! 】
[This place is great, lots of merits and points]
The system glanced at the countless points in the "Assist the World to Upgrade" task on the score list and secretly drooled.
Take one look, and then take another look.
Wei Shengxue didn't really want to get to the bottom of the matter, he just asked casually, and let it go after getting a passable excuse.
What is more important at the moment is that they are finally about to set off.
Things happened one after another, and the return trip originally planned for three days was delayed day after day, and now it is finally time to officially leave.
For this purpose, Wei Shengxue stayed indoors for a whole day and carved a small array plate and talismans for a small box.
——The person may be gone, but the merits cannot be lost.
"Petrification Talisman, Purification Array, to the Salt Farm."
After handing the things over to Ying Zheng, she no longer had to worry about anything else and could only wait for the merits to be credited to her account every day.
In one word, awesome!
Before leaving the palace, there was a small episode.
…
When the attendant reported that Meng Yi was coming to visit, Weishengxue thought something had gone wrong at the salt field.
"Yi pays homage to the immortal." The man, who was gentle yet heroic, saluted respectfully.
Wei Shengxue didn't have a deep impression of him. He was there almost every time Ying Zheng appeared, like a following shadow.
Meng Yi also knew his identity as a close minister to the emperor, and immediately explained, "I came here for a private matter."
Private matter?
Wei Shengxue thought about it and realized that the two of them really had nothing in common.
Meng Yi lifted his robe and knelt on the ground, holding a red sandalwood box in his hands. "My father has been vomiting blood since last year. He has been away for a long time this time. I am worried about him. I would like to ask the immortal master if he is doing well."
Just this matter, he knelt down right away, and I thought he was making some difficult request.
Wei Shengxue brushed her sleeves.
Meng Yi only felt an irresistible force pulling him up from the ground. Before he could react, he was standing upright.
"Don't move."
Just two words made him freeze in place, not daring to move his eyes.
Wei Shengxue tapped on him and drew a line of kinship...
This skill is somewhat similar to DNA testing, but it is a metaphysical version. The most obvious one is the blood relationship between immediate relatives, such as parents and children.
Meng Yi doesn't look very old, but he has a lot of relatives.
The thickest one has six stripes, and there are many others representing brothers and spouses.
But three of the thickest ones were broken.
There was sympathy in Wei Shengxue's eyes. She was not good at hiding her emotions, and in front of Meng Yi, who had been serving the king for many years and was very good at observing people's words and expressions, she could see through it at a glance.
Catching the immortal's emotional change at that moment, Meng Yi's usually healthy body shook and he almost fell to the ground.
He pinched himself hard and managed to remain calm: "Immortal, Immortal, my father..."
Wei Shengxue: "Three of your closest blood relatives have died."
It’s up to you to figure out whether your father is in there or not.
Meng Yi quickly searched his memory: Mother, the youngest son, are there any more? It seems that there are none.
!!!!!!
Dad!!!
Meng Yi's face changed drastically, as if struck by a bolt of lightning from the blue. From his scalp to the soles of his feet, even the meridians throughout his body felt the pain in his flesh.
Wei Shengxue sensed the changing aura around him and the pervasive pain, and her brows furrowed slightly.
"Would you be willing to let me observe your fortune and confirm it once more?"
Meng Yi was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses and immediately agreed.
With her master's consent, the fortunes of the emperor's close ministers were opened to her.
The main color is yellow, representing power and wealth; mixed with strands of purple, this should be the protection given to him by Ying Zheng.
There is no gray that represents bad luck and ominousness.
Wei Shengxue told him the result.
Meng Yi felt relieved at first, then became confused.
His mother had passed away many years ago. He had one brother and three children, one of whom died at the age of five.
"Does my brother's children count?"
"The closest blood relatives only count as your parents and children." Wei Shengxue seemed to have thought of something and added, "Fetuses that haven't been born successfully before six months also count."
Meng Yi suddenly understood and bowed again: "Thank you for your guidance, Immortal. I am very grateful. If you have any mission, I will not refuse even if it means death." Of course, it cannot be detrimental to Your Majesty and the Qin Dynasty.
In his heart, His Majesty and his Great Qin are more important than himself and the entire Meng family.
Meng Yi left the gift box and left.
Weishengxue curled up in the rocking chair, rubbed his eyes with his fingers, and hummed uncomfortably.
"System, my eyes are hurting. They're so sore."
The summoned system took a look and said, "Serves you right."
"I'm already feeling so bad, and you're still scolding me."
I've told you many times not to observe fate. Those who engage in metaphysics and dare to predict it will not end well.
'I don't! '
So you just have eye discomfort.
"I won't watch it next time." She hummed, channeling her spiritual energy to dispel the bitterness in her eyes.
This little episode was quickly put behind her mind as the discomfort disappeared.
As he boarded the carriage to Xianyang, Weishengxue learned that the journey was over 2,000 miles and would take the caravan three months.
ah?
Weishengxue was dumbfounded. What kind of road is this? It would take three months to travel more than 2,000 miles. It shouldn't take that long to travel all the way there.
Three months, according to the seasonal changes here, by the time we arrived in Xianyang, it was snowing.
He has rich system experience and a deep understanding of the efficiency of ancient transportation.
Wei Shengxue clenched his fist and said, we must build the road first!
The carriage was shaking so much that if it hadn't been equipped with a shock-absorbing formation, I'm afraid the overnight meal would have been shaken out.
With nothing to do, she finally thought of the alchemists who had been forgotten.
"How is the alchemist's research progressing?"
At the immortal's words, the alchemist representative came over happily.
They excitedly told the immortal: "We have collected a kind of 'Qi' from the compost. It contains all five elements. It cannot be seen or touched. It smells like rotten eggs and burns when it comes into contact with fire. We put it into the alchemy furnace..."
The more Wei Shengxue listened, the more something seemed to be wrong. How could this description be so similar...
Biogas
The system opened the nearby records and pulled out the information about them: [They fed biogas into the alchemy furnace...?]
【???】
Wei Shengxue:???
What what what?
Is this possible with current technology?
They had such a bold idea, and they actually did it.
If the biogas gets heated, it will...explode.
"This thing will explode. Go back and tell them to stop it."
The alchemist representative was unconcerned: "It's common for alchemy furnaces to explode. We are very experienced and have seen such scenes many times."
Just as he finished speaking, a loud noise was heard from the end of the team.
The carriage shattered into pieces, accompanied by flames rising into the sky, like a large mushroom growing in the air.
The alchemist representative was stunned.
——We have never seen such a scene before.
Wei Shengxue held his forehead with his hand, and the surge of spiritual power blocked the raging fire.
Is this fertilizer or a bomb?
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