Chapter 19 I heard that Cijian Peak was going to give away spirit stones. "How dare she...
Zhou Lixing shook his head and said, "I did buy a new furnace, but I don't know why Junior Sister didn't use it."
When we bought the alchemy furnace, my junior sister said it was okay. I guess she is not very satisfied with the new furnace.
Zhou Lixing turned his gaze to the Yuntian gold furnace beside Chen Tangyuan, feeling that the furnace was indeed more worthy of his junior sister.
Just when the sisters and brothers were worried about Nan Si Ning, Hua Shengqing suddenly started arguing with someone nearby: "What makes you say that my junior sister will definitely lose?! My junior sister will definitely win! Don't look down on me!"
The disciple from Medicine King City said, "Just because our Fifth Senior Brother is a second-level alchemist! Tsk tsk, you guys from Cijian Peak are so poor you can't even afford an alchemy furnace! You still want to defeat our Fifth Senior Brother? Maybe in your next life!"
Liang Xiao hurriedly tried to pull Hua Shengqing away, but Hua Shengqing angrily shook his hand off and pointed at his nose, saying, "Alright! If my junior sister wins, will you kneel down and kowtow to her three times?"
Liang Xiao felt even more headache. The biggest problem of this Seventh Junior Sister was that she was too competitive and could not stand provocation. She had suffered a lot because of this, but she still hadn't learned her lesson.
"Seventh Junior Sister, you..."
The other disciple said with disdain, "Sword cultivators are indeed poor! If they lose, they can only kowtow to others." As he spoke, he took out his storage ring and said, "I have a hundred high-grade spirit stones here. If you can also take out a hundred high-grade spirit stones, I will bet with you. If your little sister wins, the hundred high-grade spirit stones will be yours. But if my fifth brother wins, your spirit stones will also belong to me. How about it?"
He clenched his teeth on the word "high-grade" spirit stone, drawing a hint of disdain and contempt from those around him. Who didn't know that sword cultivators were incredibly poor? And Cijian Peak was the poorest of the poor!
Just when everyone thought Hua Shengqing was about to give in, Hua Shengqing quickly pulled out a mustard seed bag and said, "Who said I don't have spirit stones? I have seven or eight hundred high-grade spirit stones here!"
This was what Nan Sining gave them after selling the spiritual plants. Hua Shengqing didn't have time to spend money these days, so he kept it.
The other party didn't believe it at first, but Hua Shengqing deliberately opened the mustard seed bag, and the sparkling spirit stone inside was emitting an attractive light.
"Since you are so kind as to give me the spirit stones, I won't refuse it! Let's make a bet!" As if afraid that Hua Shengqing would go back on her word, the other party immediately took out a square stone slab, drew a line in the middle, and after injecting a stream of spiritual power, Xiao Jingwen's name was on one side and Nan Si Ning's name was on the other.
Then the two people's spirit stones were placed on Xiao Jingwen and Nan Si Ning's names respectively. After a burst of light, the gambling game was formed. Before the result came out, no one could regret and take back their spirit stones.
Seeing that there was such a fool giving away money, the disciples of Medicine King City around immediately got wind of it and came forward one after another, throwing their spirit stones onto the gambling plate: "I want to bet too, I want to bet too! I bet on Brother Five to win!"
"I'm betting one hundred mid-grade spirit stones! I'm betting on Fifth Brother to win!"
"I bet fifty high-grade spirit stones!"
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Soon, the side where Xiao Jingwen was betting on winning was piled with spirit stones like a small mountain, while the side where Nan Si Ning was betting on winning had only Hua Shengqing's lonely storage bag.
If there weren't seven or eight hundred high-grade spirit stones in it, which could be exchanged for seven or eighty thousand medium-grade spirit stones and millions of low-grade spirit stones, the disciples of Yaowang City would not be interested in gambling.
Seeing that only the Seventh Junior Sister was betting on the Little Junior Sister's side, Zhou Lixing couldn't stand it anymore and threw his storage bag up: "I bet on the Little Junior Sister to win!"
The disciples of Medicine King City laughed even louder, "That's great! I was worried that I didn't bet enough and wouldn't even get a single mid-grade spirit stone even if I won!"
"Alright, alright. Although Cijian Peak is poor, the friendship between fellow disciples is precious. We admire that!"
"Is there anyone else willing to bet on Junior Sister Nan to win?"
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More and more people are participating in the gambling, and this place seems particularly lively.
Seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse, Liang Xiao asked Qin Sangyue worriedly, "Senior Sister, we are guests after all. It seems inappropriate to behave like this on someone else's territory."
Qin Sangyue glanced at Chen Tangyuan and sent him a message, asking him what he thought about the gambling. Chen Tangyuan said in a slightly cold tone, "Since they want to gamble, let them do it!"
Qin Sangyue was slightly surprised. As the eldest senior brother of Yaowang City, Chen Tangyuan always attached great importance to the style of Yaowang City and often restrained the behavior of his disciples. Why did he suddenly change his nature today?
"Senior Brother Shen said to let them go. As guests, it is not convenient for us to meddle in the affairs of the disciples of Yaowang City." Qin Sangyue turned around and said calmly.
Liang Xiao was choked by the excuse he had used before.
Yuan Qing'an, who was standing by, said little, only smiled slightly. After looking around, he gently threw his storage bag to the side that bet on Nan Si Ning to win, and said in a relaxed tone, "This was given to her by my junior sister. It's just right to give her a little more help."
Liang Xiao was speechless, wishing he could grab Yuan Qing'an and wake him up: "Second Brother, you're the one who's wasting the most spirit stones! Why aren't you being frugal?! What the hell are you doing here?"
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In the arena, Nan Si Ning took out the alchemy furnace that looked like it was about to crack. Xiao Jingwen was even more proud and said, "Nan Si Ning, if you give up the first-class guest room now, we can cancel this fight and save you the embarrassment of losing later."
Nan Si Ning said slowly: "I can't help it, I just like to embarrass myself."
Xiao Jingwen: ...
I've seen people who don't know what they mean, but I've never seen anyone as clueless as this.
After everything was ready, Nan Sining did not start refining the elixir immediately, but watched Xiao Jingwen opposite him summon the flames, warm the furnace and put the herbs in.
Noticing that Nan Si Ning had been looking at him, Xiao Jingwen asked, "Why don't you start yet?"
Nan Si Ning waved his hand: "You go first, you go first. Let me take a look first."
Although Nan Si Ning had refined some elixirs in the secret realm, she had never seen anyone else make them in person. The system taught her a lot of knowledge about alchemy, but it still needed to be perfected through observation and imitation.
Although Xiao Jingwen is a fool who is blinded by lust, he does have some skills in alchemy. For Nan Sining, he is an excellent person to learn and imitate.
Xiao Jingwen felt uncomfortable being looked at by Nan Si Ning. He thought that Nan Si Ning would look at him with a critical, scrutinizing, and disdainful look, so as to find faults in his alchemy process and mock him. Unexpectedly, when he met Nan Si Ning's round eyes, he found that her eyes were full of curiosity and thirst for knowledge, which surprised Xiao Jingwen.
Shen Tangyuan, who was sitting above, also noticed that Nan Si Ning was looking at Xiao Jingwen and was actually learning his method of adding medicinal materials and controlling fire. He couldn't help but wonder, was he wrong?
Nan Sining didn't start until Xiao Jingwen finished extracting the essence of the medicinal materials and began to condense the pill.
Now she didn't need Zhou Lixing's help to control the fire, but the moment the fire she used appeared, it attracted boos again.
Because Xiao Jingwen used strange fire to refine the elixir, while Nan Si Ning used ordinary fire, the power of the fire was much less.
The quality of the alchemy furnaces is already very different, and with the difference in fire, Xiao Jingwen's chances of winning are even greater.
So, someone added a lot of money to Xiao Jingwen's side.
Nan Sining also noticed that Xiao Jingwen was using strange fire, but he was not surprised.
Because Medicine King City has a small secret realm that houses various exotic fires acquired through various channels and methods. Once Medicine King City disciples pass the exam to become first-grade alchemists, they have the opportunity to enter the secret realm and subdue a unique fire for their own use.
Seeing the strange fire, Nan Sining slowly remembered the reason why Luo Qingyao went to Yaowang City.
Although on the surface, Luo Qingyao went to Yaowang City as a guest at the invitation of Xiao Jingwen, her actual purpose was the Ziwei Heavenly Fire in the secret realm of Yaowang City.
Legend has it that Ziwei Heavenly Fire is the original fire of the stars, which gathers the star power of the Big Dipper and is mainly used for killing. For sword cultivators who mainly rely on combat, it is a dream treasure.
In the book, after Luo Qingyao snatched the Ziwei Skyfire originally obtained by Nan Si Ning, she returned to Canglan Sect to participate in the sect competition. Not only did she shine in the competition in the Qi Refining Period, she also defeated her second senior brother Yuan Qing'an, who had reached the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment.
Being defeated by Luo Qingyao, who was in the Qi Refining Stage, was humiliating but a minor matter. The important thing was that Yuan Qing'an realized Luo Qingyao's murderous intention towards the Cijian Peak sect.
In order to take on the responsibility passed down by his senior sister and protect his fellow junior brothers and sisters, Yuan Qing'an felt a sense of urgency and decided to strive for the Golden Core stage. However, because he lacked the aura of a protagonist, he failed to achieve the Golden Core stage, his Dantian was destroyed, his tendons and veins were shattered, and he became a cripple.
However, after spending the past few days together, Nan Si Ning felt that his second senior brother wasn't the impulsive type. He was very intelligent and knew how to assess the situation. If he really wanted to form a pill, he would do his best to prepare, rather than blindly challenge it.
All I can say is that the author deliberately lowered the intelligence of the second brother in order to clear obstacles for his own daughter Luo Qingyao.
Now that he was here, it was hard to say who would own the Ziwei Heavenly Fire, but it certainly couldn't belong to Luo Qingyao. Nan Si Ning slowly put the herbs in, his purpose becoming clearer and more resolute.
Without the Ziwei Heavenly Fire, it would be interesting to see how Luo Qingyao would perform in the sect competition.
Nan Si Ning's mood was a little unstable, and he lost control of it. A burning smell came from the furnace, and the first batch of pills failed.
Although the onlookers also made some discussions, it seemed to be expected, so they were not too surprised.
Luo Qingyao showed a relieved expression. Seeing how Nan Sining seemed to be doing well just now, she almost thought that she could really make pills.
Her eyes cast towards the pile of spirit stones on the gambling board, and she felt a little tempted.
After being robbed in the secret realm, she could be described as penniless. All the things she had on her were given by others. Now, it was quite frightening for her to be traveling outside without any financial support.
Everyone present only saw that Nan Si Ning's first batch of pills failed and thought it was normal. Only Shen Tangyuan, a fifth-grade alchemist, noticed something amiss.
There was nothing wrong with Nan Si Ning's previous techniques and methods. He could even feel that the essence of the medicinal materials in Nan Si Ning's furnace was very pure and extracted very cleanly. He just didn't know what affected her. Once her mood fluctuated, the essence of the medicinal materials turned into dregs.
Qin Sangyue saw Nan Si Ning calmly pour out the slag in the furnace, took off the storage bag from her waist, and placed it next to Nan Si Ning on the gambling table.
Someone asked in surprise, "Are these sword cultivators not very smart?"
"Stop talking, he's in the Jindan stage, he can hear me!"
"Although it may seem a bit stubborn to increase the stakes on Junior Sister Nan at this time, I have to say that the people of Cijian Peak truly love this little Junior Sister."
"Yes, they have lost their master at Cijian Peak, so it's not easy for them to rely on each other to take care of each other and keep warm."
"You made me feel embarrassed to take the spirit stones I won."
"Fifth Senior Brother's Soul-Replenishing Pill has been completed. Junior Sister Nan is still able to start over so calmly. Her character is quite good."
"Huh? She actually took out a book to read?"
"It's the most basic alchemy method sold in our medicine shop!"
"I'm really impressed. She actually tried to learn alchemy during the competition? How dare she do that?"
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After the disciples of Medicine King City were surprised, they started another wave of betting. After all, Senior Sister Cijian Peak had just increased her bet by over a thousand high-grade spirit stones!
Influenced by the warm atmosphere around her, even Luo Qingyao couldn't help it. She took out all the hundreds of high-grade spirit stones on her body and invested them on Xiao Jingwen's side.
Seeing Luo Qingyao's actions, Xiao Jingwen was immediately encouraged: Junior Sister Luo also thought he could do it! He felt that he could refine ten more furnaces of pills!
In fact, Luo Qingyao was a little dissatisfied. With so many people betting on Xiao Jingwen to win, there would be fewer spirit stones to be distributed.
But forget it, no matter how small a mosquito leg is, it is still meat, and she is poor now!
Hua Shengqing saw that everyone was betting on Xiao Jingwen, while Nan Sining only had the storage bags of her own senior brothers and sisters. She felt very indignant that everyone looked down on her junior sister.
So she angrily said, "If you want to place a bet, do it quickly! After the first round is over, you can't place any more bets!"
"Yes, yes, hehe..." A disciple from Medicine King City said happily, "Junior Sister Hua, I've never seen such a kind person as you, actually rushing to give spirit stones to others!"
The angrier Hua Shengqing gets, the happier everyone is, which means that Hua Shengqing is more worried that Nan Si Ning will lose!
Even senior sister Hua Shengqing doesn't have much confidence, which shows how low Nan Si Ning's probability of winning is.
Many people were still hesitant, but when they saw Hua Shengqing so impatient, they were worried that Nan Si Ning would lose too quickly and miss this good opportunity to earn spirit stones, so they quickly placed another bet.
Seeing that everyone was betting on Xiao Jingwen, Hua Shengqing's face became darker and darker.
Some people were so bold as to say to the group from Cijian Peak, "Fourth Senior Brother from Cijian Peak, aren't you going to place a bet for your little Junior Sister? Everyone in your sect has placed a bet."
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