Chapter 151
Choosing to come to Sunset City was not Lin Qinghen’s choice.
The Shen family is the most prominent family in Xizhou. Most of the dozens of cities in Xizhou, large and small, are connected to the Shen family. He didn't know much about it and didn't make a decision right away.
This place was actually chosen by Yin Jiuxiao.
He didn't say much about why he chose this place.
It was a good choice, a good place, and Lin Qinghen didn’t ask any more questions.
He hadn't been out of Tear City for a long time. After resting for a while, he couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart. He left the others behind, took Yin Jiuxiao out, and headed straight to the big market.
This trip was not only for the major events between the forces, but also for his elixir mission.
The types of spiritual plants in the North State are limited. If you want to find more spiritual plants, you have to come to the West State.
Lin Qinghen's task of improving the pill formula has made some progress in the past two months.
What inspired him was the new influencing factor of the system update this time - extra output. Lin Qinghen had already selected two pill recipes. The production time of Xuan-level pills was longer, about two hours, and each furnace could only produce six pills, but according to the 1.6% probability, Lin Qinghen quickly got the extra pills.
The mechanized system produces extra pills, and each one is the same. From Lin Qinghen's perspective, this extra output is more like a "critical hit" of the system's pill production. Compared with the normal output of pills, the spiritual power is more concentrated and the effect is better, and after testing, it has additional abilities.
The Sword Soul Pill was specially made for the Yin family. In addition to the explosive bonus, the extra product also gave the sword a temporary paralysis effect, making the person injured by the sword tip move slower; as for the Calming Mind Powder, it not only improved concentration, but also added additional enhancement capabilities to the product.
The improvement is obvious, but the quantity is small.
Lin Qinghen analyzed the elixir again by comparing it with the ordinary ones, and felt that the extra elixir seemed to have some difference besides having a tighter and more condensed structure. And it was the kind of difference that was different from the raw materials, as if there was something extra.
Inspired by this, Lin Qinghen purchased a large number of extra elixirs that some alchemists accidentally obtained, and then made comparisons.
This type of elixir is even more varied, and the concepts and systems of the extra elixirs produced by alchemists are two different things. The formation of these elixirs is mostly due to the uncertainty of the materials or the imbalance of the proportions, which leads to temporary distortion. Most of them are similar to defective products.
Lin Qinghen pondered for a while, then did some probability statistics and found several types of Xuan-grade elixirs with extra output. Now that he is the president of the Alchemist Association, he has every basis to do this.
After repeated research, Lin Qinghen finally had a goal.
He felt that the path to substantial improvement of the elixir recipes should not be the refinement of the steps or the ratio of the original materials, but that the raw materials of some elixir recipes were not the most suitable for each other, resulting in the inability to achieve the best fusion and performance.
The system task says "materials of equal quality" not "the same materials".
These pills with high extra output that he screened out were the breakthrough, and they were like finding the bull's eye among the vast number of Xuan-level pill recipes. After repeated comparisons, he found out which type of raw materials were most likely to have problems, and Lin Qinghen had to find suitable substitutes.
However, there are so many spiritual plants, and this research direction is destined to be a job that requires both mental and physical effort.
Book knowledge alone is no longer enough. Although Lin Qinghen's perception is subtle, he still has to find and try them one by one, and that's it now.
The big market in Sunset City is really rich, especially the medicine market. Lin Qinghen just felt that the atmosphere here was pleasing to him, but after walking a few steps with Yin Jiuxiao and looking at a few kinds of materials that are not available in Beizhou, they encountered a bustling scene.
It seems like there is a quarrel ahead.
"...Get out of here! What kind of rubbish are you selling? How dare you trick me?"
It sounded like a little girl's voice, and it sounded menacing.
There were people gathered in circles over there. Lin Qinghen tiptoed and could only see the back of a figure. He listened to the discussion of the people next to him and finally understood what was going on.
"This little girl is going to be in trouble," the people around Lin Qinghen who came to watch the fun muttered, "How can an outsider here reason with others?"
This place is not as big as the medicine market in Tear City. Lin Qinghen is strict and no one dares to act rashly after several severe punishments.
It is common to sell inferior materials as good ones outside, especially since there are so many people in the city recently, so it is natural to cheat newcomers. This girl is a young alchemist, and it seems that she has been cheated.
Lin Qinghen looked back at Yin Jiuxiao and said with a smile, "What if an outsider wants to open a pharmacy here?"
“Oh,” the onlooker turned around and glanced at him, but he couldn’t see Lin Qinghen’s face clearly because of the hooded cloak because of the distance between them. “I’m afraid he’s going to lose a lot!”
As they spoke, the situation at the center became even uglier.
"What? Don't you know that you have to buy it and then you can't buy it?" The vendor was indeed quite arrogant. "You still want to quit? Go out and find out who is in charge of this place. Little girl, I advise you to be honest and get out of here quickly, otherwise..."
He was very impatient and reached out to push the little girl, but he didn't know if the girl had some spiritual weapon on her body, but he was stabbed by a force instead, and blood immediately flowed from his arm.
The vendor cried out in pain, then his expression changed, and he cursed and called out a few big men, who were obviously high-level Xuan-level stars with considerable spiritual power.
"You dare to hurt me? Don't even think about leaving today!"
The crowd just watched the fun and no one offered to help.
Lin Qinghen frowned, thinking that she was a deceived girl after all, and if she was really bullied while seeking justice, she couldn't just stand by and watch.
With Yin Jiuxiao's ability, he could help without being discovered. He tugged at Yin Jiuxiao's sleeve, but saw that he didn't seem to be in a hurry.
"Qinghen, don't be anxious," he said, "the world outside is more complicated than you think."
The situation really changed just as Yin Jiuxiao said.
Just when the group of ferocious people were about to drag the little girl away, they saw that she didn't look panicked at all. There was a flash of spiritual light on her body, as if it was the effect of a spiritual weapon, and she put up a barrier.
Then he flicked his sleeves, a black light emerged, and a large black dog suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the air. It looked like a spiritual beast, with sharp teeth and a sharp mouth. It was at least above the earth level and extremely ferocious. It rushed towards those people and started biting them.
The crowd of onlookers took a few steps back. The vendor's men were bitten and retreated step by step. In the end, they could only swear: "Just wait!"
"Just wait and see who will be the unlucky one! If I see you again next time, I will peel your skin off and see if you dare to pass off inferior goods as good ones again!"
The little girl snorted, looked at the backs of those people fleeing in panic, and then called to the big dog: "Xiaobao, come back."
But the big dog, abnormally, did not listen to him at this time. It moved its nose and sniffed the surrounding air, as if it sensed something.
Then it looked in the direction of Lin Qinghen, and under the order of its owner did not move too far away, but Lin Qinghen could feel the look of its puppy eyes looking at him.
The crowd dispersed out of fear, so Lin Qinghen finally saw the little girl clearly under the hood.
Wow, familiar face!
As for this big black dog...it's also a familiar dog.
This is Yuan Rongrong.
There were two people who bought his pills at that time. Lin Qinghen, who caused himself to be exposed, still doesn't know who the other person is. The other one is her.
Now Lin Qinghen knew that the dog that he had fed with dried meat was her Dan-serving spirit beast, which was different from ordinary spirit beasts.
The Dan spirit beast is some kind of inheritance. It has been transformed since the spirit embryo, and then formed a blood contract with a young alchemist. After being raised for a long time, its spiritual power level changes with the level of the alchemist. It can help with cultivation, and its greater role is to protect the alchemist. It is much more useful than some protective spiritual tools with a limited number of uses, but it is also very rare.
Yuan Rongrong discovered that her dog seemed to be staring at the man in gray robe. There were two people standing on the corner of the street, both trying to cover their faces. It was easy to overlook them at a glance, and it looked a little strange.
This time she deliberately did not bring any guards with her, insisting on seeking justice on her own. She just felt that Sunset City made her feel suffocated and was not a good place at all. However, Xiaobao's abnormal behavior immediately attracted her attention.
"Hey, those two guys over there—"
Yuan Rongrong pushed through the crowd and walked over there, but she was so close to them, and when she dodged, the two people disappeared.
...What an amazing body movement! Heavenly rank?
This medicine market is mainly filled with Xuan-grade materials, how could we actually come across Tian-grade materials?
It was Yin Jiuxiao who took Lin Qinghen away.
Lin Qinghen felt that it was such a coincidence that he met Yuan Rongrong again and was noticed by him for the second time. Fortunately, Yin Jiuxiao reacted quickly and took him away, otherwise it would not be a good thing to run into him at this time.
In fact, it is not a coincidence that the external affairs of Fuxin Miaofa have always been handled by Yuan Jiang, the red-robed elder. He has a good relationship with the Shen family. Once the blood transfusion of the alliance happened, he has been staying in Xizhou for the past few months to discuss matters.
The way the seats were divided created room for alliance between Sanshan and the aristocratic families, with the goal of holding more seats in their hands. He came here with the Shen family, wanting to test the Wu family's power.
What Yin Jiuxiao felt emotional about was that coming to the big market at this point in time seemed to be seeing the past repeating itself.
Coincidentally, it was around this time that he came out from under the Blowing Wind Cliff. After the strange force under the cliff spit him out, it randomly chose a landing place, which happened to be near Xizhou Sunset City.
Yuan Rongrong is nothing. He also knows that this place will soon face a major disaster.
The recent beast tides and demonic cracks that have appeared here are quite common. For example, when Lin Qinghen first arrived in Tear City, the city experienced a rat disaster, and there were similar situations outside.
Xizhou has many forests and rich spiritual plant resources, which is why the alchemist Shen family has taken root here all year round. Outside Sunset City is the Sunset Forest that stretches for thousands of miles, so there will be a beast tide every few years. This is a phenomenon that is bound to occur when some spiritual beasts reproduce too quickly and have no strong natural enemies, resulting in an overabundance of disasters.
Every year at this time, Sunset City would send out bounty missions in advance to attract adventurers from all over the spirit world to come and handle them. In addition, there have been more and more small demonic cracks outside the city recently, which has attracted many teams who want to make a fortune.
But what the Wu family, who ruled Sunset City, did not expect was that this matter was not as simple as they imagined.
The small demonic cracks that had suddenly become more frequent recently were just a sign. About ten days later, a huge demonic crack would appear not far outside the city. The most powerful one chosen by the demonic energy this time was a nine-star silver emperor fox wolf at the earth level.
This kind of spiritual beast is naturally highly intelligent, and that one happens to be the leader of the tribe. After going berserk, it becomes even smarter, and its strength suddenly expands to the high-level heavenly star.
It used the special ability of the Silver Emperor Fox Wolf to activate its powerful bewitching ability, guiding the spirit beasts in the beast tide, listening to its words, gathering together and starting to attack the city. Mixed with increasingly violent magic power, it almost destroyed Sunset City.
Fortunately, there were people from the Shen family and Fuxin Miaofa here at that time, who rescued him at the critical moment. Yin Jiuxiao, who landed here, also showed his talents and attracted the attention of the Shen family and Fuxin Miaofa.
Although he failed to kill the most powerful Silver Emperor Fox Wolf, he was able to hold off the nearly collapsed defense line on the west side of the city when the beast tide attacked the city, preventing the city center from being breached. By chance, he also saved his only daughter Yuan Rongrong, who came here with Elder Yuan Jiang of Fu Xin Miao Fa.
It seems that Yuan Rongrong was the root of the trouble at this moment. She was left alone when the city was in chaos and was stopped by the people led by the backer of this vendor. The other side had more people and the spirit beast beside her was injured and she almost lost her life.
Yin Jiuxiao pulled out his hand to save her, and then got in touch with the Fuxin Miaofa, and made friends with Wu Wei, the young master of the Wu family in the city.
He had no sincerity at that time, he was just using her to climb the ladder. Now he had some emotions because of Lin Qinghen, but he didn't intend to show his kindness to outsiders.
He was also lucky at that time. He was ambushed in the chaotic city and then successfully counterattacked, snatching an earth-level spiritual weapon from the other party. It was similar to the silver mask that Yin Jiuxiao was wearing on his face now. It could slightly change his appearance and the style of his spiritual essence. It was a rare concealing spiritual weapon.
There are many spiritual essences in the sword system of the spiritual world. Yin Jiuxiao's sword was originally plain, and there were some changes compared to the Jiuxiao Jueyun Sword in everyone's previous impression. After a slight change, it became even plainer, so that they could not see his identity.
Now that the disaster is unavoidable, the best we can do is deploy in advance to save more people from being affected. This is also an opportunity for them who came here from the northern states.
Yin Jiuxiao was not going to give the Silver Emperor Fox Wolf to anyone else. Yin Jiuxiao, who had just crawled out from the Blowing Wind Cliff, was at the level of about five stars on the Earth Rank at that time, which was a world apart from his current level. With the addition of people, he had the ability to snatch the prey.
This time it’s not for myself, but for Lin Qinghen.
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