In the middle of every month, Dao Jianmen would come to Danfeng to collect medicinal pills.
The person who came last month was another deacon from the Deacon Hall, not Jian Yuanjie. Qin Ran didn't know him and didn't pay much attention to him. He just thought that Jian Yuanjie had died and Daojianmen had arranged a new deacon for the elixir. He also prayed that this new deacon could hold on longer and not be bewitched by the "evil" forces outside the sect.
But at noon today, when Qin Ran was refining pills in the alchemy room, he suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from outside the research building: "Is your brother here? I'm here to count the pills."
Qin Ran was startled by the familiar voice. He walked out of the research building and looked outside at the person who had just walked across the bridge. It was... Jian Yuanjie!
"Brother Jian...Brother Jian?!" He could hardly speak clearly.
The immortal ruins, the fog, the devilish willow, the catkins, under such horror, even someone like Su Changqing died, so how come someone like Jian Yuanjie is still alive?
Is it true that good people don't live long, while evil people live for thousands of years?
“Junior Brother Qin!” Jian Yuanjie bowed to Qin Ran and said with a smile, “Long time no see!”
Qin Ran calmed down his excitement and said with a sigh, "I didn't expect that you are still alive, Brother!"
"Alas..." Jian Yuanjie shook his head and sighed, "But I am just trying to survive and am lucky enough not to die."
Looking at Jian Yuanjie, Qin Ran hesitated for a moment before asking, "How did Senior Brother Su Changqing and his sister, who were chasing us all over the Immortal Land, survive from their hands?"
Jian Yuanjie was stunned and asked, "Did Su Changqing and the others chase us? I really don't know about this!"
He asked back, "Junior brother, are you being chased by them?"
"They chased me from the Immortal Relics Land to the Hengduan Mountains, and then out of the Hengduan Mountains to the city of Beichu... Fortunately, the catkins of the Devouring Demon Willow exploded at that time, and Su Changqing was also busy escaping, otherwise I would have been dead." Qin Ran said half-truthfully.
"That Su Changqing is a so-called Daozi, who is said to be able to achieve enlightenment. Junior brother was able to escape from him, I admire you!" Jian Yuanjie exclaimed.
"I escaped from the valley, but lost my way in the fog. I wandered around in the fog until I saw white catkins falling to the ground, killing and injuring countless lives. I had an idea and buried myself underground, which was how I survived."
Qin Ran suddenly burst into tears, feeling that God was unfair, and said:
"When Su Changqing tried to kill me, he said he had already killed Senior Brother Jian. I was so grief-stricken at the time that I wanted to kill Su Changqing myself... Unfortunately, I was not strong enough to defeat the senior brother and sister, so I had to flee...
"Fortunately, Senior Brother is not dead!"
Jian Yuanjie didn't know that Qin Ran had such deep feelings for him. He couldn't help but be moved and said, "I didn't expect that I have such an important position in my junior brother's heart...
"It's a pity that Su Changqing did so many evil things and committed so many crimes... but he certainly didn't hunt me down."
Qin Ran shook his head and sighed.
He couldn't understand why Su Changqing didn't kill Jian Yuanjie? For Su Changqing, it was just a matter of convenience.
But the real situation at that time was that Su Changqing thought that someone like Jian Yuanjie would not be able to survive for too long in the fog. In addition, with the presence of willow catkins, he didn't think that Jian Yuanjie could survive at all.
He thought Jian Yuanjie was dead, so he stopped paying attention to Jian Yuanjie and focused on teasing Qin Ran.
If Qin Ran knew the truth, he would definitely resurrect Su Changqing, beat him up, and then ask him to kill Jian Yuanjie.
These two scheming people cried and complained hypocritically outside the research building for quite some time before Qin Ran led Jian Yuanjie into the building to count the monthly supply of pills for next month.
“Junior brother, now that you have formed a golden elixir, you should be able to refine some elixirs that can be used by Jindan-stage cultivators.” Jian Yuanjie said to Qin Ran while counting the elixirs.
“That’s right…” Qin Ran nodded, “Recently, Junior Brother has been researching Ju Yuan Dan and has begun trying to refine this kind of elixir.
"After I refine it and become proficient, I will talk to my senior brother and start refining large quantities."
He started trying to refine it because he was targeted by the Yuan Organization for selling high-quality Juyuan Pills and he dared not go to Linxian City again.
"Then Junior Brother, you have to concentrate more..." Jian Yuanjie said, "I have always trusted your alchemy skills. If I can use the pills made by Junior Brother, I will feel more at ease. I have always been using Zhishengu, and the pills of outsiders, so I feel uneasy."
Qin Ran glanced at Jian Yuanjie. He felt that Jian Yuanjie was not confident in Zhishen Valley's elixirs. He kept urging him to refine the elixir. He would rather use his elixir than Zhishen Valley's elixir.
Could it be that this guy is not a spy in Zhishen Valley?
The two men, who were very smart, chatted and laughed about some nonsense. They quickly counted the pills and walked out of the research building.
Jian Yuanjie looked at Xijian Lake and smiled, "This lake has finally been dug. It is indeed very beautiful and fits the Danfeng very well."
"Those floating in the lake that are not pretty were all dug by my evil disciple..." Qin Ran said, "I just wanted her to hone her foundation."
"Is this lake called Xijian Lake?" Jian Yuanjie saw the name when he came.
“Yes, the evil disciple practiced swordplay at the bottom of the lake and used sword energy to open the lake.” Qin Ran replied, “It is indeed the Sword Washing Lake.”
"Sword Qi? What a talent!" Jian Yuanjie exclaimed, "If Master Liu knew about this, he would be so angry that his face would turn green."
"I'm not a swordsman, so I delayed her after all..." Qin Ran said.
As they walked, Jian Yuanjie suddenly saw a willow branch by the lake and said in surprise, "That's Shiji..."
"Those are just ordinary willow branches!" Qin Ran said with a smile, "It would look better if we planted some willow branches and trees by the lake."
Jian Yuanjie looked at the willow branch for a few more seconds and nodded, saying, "It is indeed an ordinary willow branch. Brother, you are dazzled."
"I recently heard about the heinous crimes committed by the Devouring Demon Willow. I feel very upset and can't bear to see Willow branches..." He added, "I'm sorry to have made a fool of myself in front of you, Junior Brother."
"I was also very frightened..." Qin Ran said, "After that incident, I haven't had a good night's sleep until recently."
...Do monks, Jindan monks, really need to sleep?
Jian Yuanjie saw the old locust tree in front of the wooden house again and exclaimed: "Wow, this locust tree is not dead and escaped the disaster."
“That old tree has spirits, and perhaps it has gained intelligence, so it is a demon beast.” Qin Ran said, “It is fortunate that the seniors in the sect protected it, so it was lucky enough to survive.”
“Yes…” Jian Yuanjie nodded. Seeing the cat climbing frame and the cat scratching board, he pointed at the cat scratching board in the shape of Qin Ran and asked with a smile, “What is that?”
"It's a joke of the evil disciple..." Qin Ran and Jian Yuanjie explained in detail the bad taste of Li Shiyin and Zhuifeng.
"Where's your Xuanming Spirit Tiger?"
"Go out and play."
The two talked as they walked, and Qin Ran accompanied Jian Yuanjie to the stone road at the original forest exit - now it was just a stone road, there was no forest - as if they were just like before, still acting like brothers in a friendly and respectful manner.
"Goodbye, senior brother!" Qin Ran waved goodbye.
Jian Yuanjie waved his hand and quickly left Danfeng.
Seeing Jian Yuanjie's back disappear, the smile on Qin Ran's face also disappeared. He hurriedly turned around to check the condition of the Devouring Demon Willow...
He wanted to use the Devouring Demonic Willow as one of the bases to set up a mountain protection formation. Originally, he could slowly wait for the Devouring Demonic Willow to revive before setting up the formation, but now, it seems that he can't wait any longer.
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