Chapter 481 Undercover
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Nangong Xin, a disciple of Zhisheng Valley, learned alchemy in Zhisheng Valley and made alchemy in Wuyin Sword Sect.
He is a very special person.
He doesn't know any of the necessary life skills, such as washing clothes, cooking, bathing, cleaning, and tidying himself up. Or rather, he doesn't want to learn them, as he thinks they are not important.
In addition, he was autistic and introverted, with almost no social skills. So he basically kept to himself in Zhishen Valley and had few friends.
Some people may ask, ah, a person like this must be a genius, right? !
Yes and no.
To say that he is a genius is because he is indeed a genius in alchemy, and some of his unique understandings can even attract Qin Ran's attention; to say that he is not a genius is because this kid's talent for cultivation is very poor. After so many years of cultivation, he is only in the middle stage of foundation building.
If it weren't for the abundant resources in Zhishen Valley, which used all kinds of elixirs to help him build his foundation, he might not even be able to enter the door of cultivation.
Zhishengu seriously suspected that the boy's cultivation had not improved because he was not interested in cultivation, just like he was not interested in dressing up. Because his spiritual root level was actually top-grade, and top-grade spiritual roots would not fail to build a foundation no matter what.
For a person like this, it was really useless for Zhishengu to keep him and a pity to abandon him. Even after Zhishengu was completed, they still didn't know what to do with him.
Since they didn't know how to use Nangong Xin, they just dragged it out. It dragged on until Qin Ran used the Death Pill to bombard Zhisheng Valley, and Zhisheng Valley and Daojianmen went into an all-out war.
Nangong Xin's cultivation level was so low that Zhisheng Valley naturally couldn't take him to the front line to fight. On the contrary, his rich knowledge of alchemy made him suitable to stay in Zhisheng Valley in case Zhisheng Valley was defeated and restarted.
...Who knew that Zhishen Valley would never have a chance to restart.
There were so many alchemists staying in Zhishen Valley, and Nangong Xin was not outstanding. No one paid attention to him until...
He began to study the spiritual fields that had been bombed by the Death Pill. It would have been fine if it was just research, but the key point was that his research was carried out in a proper manner, as if he had a good understanding of the Death Pill.
Now, he was originally a crazy weirdo, and he was very knowledgeable about the death pill left by the Thousand Faces Poison King. The hat of "accomplice of the Thousand Faces Poison King" was put on his head, and he couldn't take it off.
He protested, saying that he was trying to remove dead matter and purify the spiritual field, but no one listened to him and locked him up anyway.
However, this lock brought him back to life.
Because within a few days, the "Yuan" organization arrived at Zhisheng Valley, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of evil.
If a crazy alchemist in the foundation-building stage like him were seen by the "Yuan" organization, they would definitely kill him without a second thought.
So fortunately he was locked up, and the "Yuan" organization failed to find him. Instead, it was the Wuyin Sword Sect who took advantage of the opportunity and found him later.
The "Yuan" organization made a huge profit this time and gained countless alchemists. They would definitely look down on an alchemist with only foundation-building skills.
But the Infinite Sword Sect is different. The Infinite Sword Sect is poor and afraid of being poor. They have no experience and have never seen an alchemist. They want an alchemist if he is one.
So in the end, he was taken away by the Infinite Sword Sect.
Now he is making pills for the Wuyin Sword Sect.
He learned the art of making pills from Zhishen Valley, but Zhishen Valley didn't use it, but used it for Wuyin Sword Sect, and Wuyin Sword Sect destroyed Zhishen Valley. It's really sad.
Although Nangong Xin's cultivation was low, he had a good understanding of the Dao of Alchemy. As long as it was a pill that could be refined in the Foundation Establishment Stage, he could refine it, and his refinement was several times better than that of ordinary alchemists.
Thanks to this, he, the crazy weirdo in Zhishen Valley, is now doing very well in the Wuyin Sword Sect and is very much liked by Jian Wuming.
In a blink of an eye, he had spent half a year in the Wuyin Sword Sect and refined pills for half a year.
Come when the sun is at its highest, now is the time when the ice is at its coldest.
He squatted in front of the high cliff of the Infinite Sword Sect, looking at the wind blowing as sharp as a blade below the mountain, his mind full of messy thoughts.
If you were to ask whether he was an accomplice of the Thousand-Faced Poison Lord.
The answer can only be:
Yes and no.
The reason why it was yes was that he did know about the Death Pill, as it was given to him by the Thousand Faced Poison Lord himself. The reason why it was no was that he did not know at that time that it was the Death Pill, nor did he know that it was the Thousand Faced Poison Lord.
...He didn't even know who the Thousand-Faced Poison King was.
The person who gave him the recipe for the Death Pill was a strange man who was dying. The Death Pill was not a recipe, but more like a pharmacology. It did not tell people what medicine to use, how to make it, and how to make a pill. It explained a principle that when some medicines collide with each other, they will produce the thing called "death".
He thought it was amazing and had studied it many times, but unfortunately he had never tried it himself.
When the Thousand-Faced Poison Lord came to Nangong Xin again, he really didn't recognize him. He looked at him and, with his understanding of the Dao of Alchemy, kindly reminded him, "Your soul is incomplete and your body is weak. I'm afraid you won't live long."
In fact, he has a good memory, but he is too lazy to remember an insignificant person.
Qin Ran looked at Nangong Xin in front of him and saw that he was still thin, sloppy and unkempt. He smiled and sighed that the world is unpredictable.
He gave the Death-Reporting Pill to Nangong Xin with the original intention of hoping that this academic fanatic would study the Death-Reporting Pill without any scruples in Zhisheng Valley and create some minor troubles for Zhisheng Valley.
But he didn't expect that Nangong Xin couldn't get the materials for alchemy. He had never refined the Death Pill once. The first time he saw the Death Pill was when he lost it in Zhisheng Valley.
"Why did they beat you this time?" he asked Nangong Xin.
Nangong Xin was often bullied, either by the disciples of the Wuyin Sword Sect or the alchemists of Zhisheng Valley. In short, he had a bad reputation.
He squatted on the edge of the cliff, which had already frozen into ice. The cold wind outside the cliff was blowing. If he wasn't careful, he would be blown off the cliff, which looked a bit scary.
He looked back at Qin Ran, but still didn't answer.
Because those people didn't need a reason to beat him. Or rather, the reason was just because they saw him.
“I am Li Changshou, also a disciple of Zhishen Valley.” Qin Ran walked to Nangong Xin and greeted him, “May I ask your name, brother?”
"My name is Nangong Xin." Nangong Xin replied weakly.
However, he looked at Qin Ran with his bruised face tilted, and said, "You are definitely not a disciple of Zhishen Valley, otherwise you would know me. I am very famous in Zhishen Valley."
"I am the alchemist of Zhishen Valley." Qin Ran replied with a smile, "My alchemy skills are very high."
"Don't be nervous, rest assured, I won't expose you... Zhishen Valley is gone." Nangong Xin said, "But your high level of alchemy does not mean that your level of alchemy is high. To make an alchemy, anyone can make it by looking at the recipe and mixing the herbs.
"Alas, whether your alchemy skills are high or not is not important in the Infinite Sword Sect."
Nangong Xin's words were jumbled, but Qin Ran understood what he said. He meant that many alchemists knew the results but not the reasons.
So he asked, "Are you very good at Dan Dao?"
"Of course it's very high. In the entire Zhishen Valley, there are not many people who understand the Dao of Alchemy more than me." Nangong Xin was quite confident.
"But you are only at the middle stage of foundation building?"
"Understanding the Dao of Alchemy has nothing to do with one's cultivation level." Nangong Xin said, "There are many elders with high cultivation levels in the valley who teach people how to make alchemy every day, but in fact they themselves do not know how to make alchemy."
Qin Ran thought about his own situation. After inheriting the legacy from the old demon Shui Hua, his alchemy level...his understanding of alchemy far exceeded his cultivation strength.
"Indeed." He nodded, acknowledging Nangong Xin's words, and then asked, "Which do you think is better, Zhishen Valley or Wuyin Sword Sect?"
"Needless to say? It's Zhishen Valley, of course."
Qin Ran was puzzled: "But when you were in Zhishen Valley, the people in Zhishen Valley also bullied you?"
"There are books to read in Zhishen Valley, and sometimes there are herbs to make pills by myself, but there are none in Wuyin Sword Sect." Nangong Xin replied, "When I arrived in Wuyin Sword Sect, I was like an alchemy puppet, without a soul and without my own thoughts. I made pills day and night and had no time to learn the way of alchemy."
"If I ask you to go back to Zhishen Valley, will you go?" Qin Ran asked.
Nangong Xin shook his head: "I can't go back. Zhishen Valley is gone."
"Zhi Shen Valley is gone. You have to create a Zhi Shen Valley of your own." Qin Ran and Nangong Xin said, "A Zhi Shen Valley that is better than Zhi Shen Valley, a Zhi Shen Valley that is purely for studying the Dao of Alchemy without other things."
Nangong Xin raised his head, looked at Qin Ran, and asked, "How to create it?"
“First…” Qin Ran pointed outside the cliff, “You have to find a way to leave here.”
Nangong Xin looked back at Qin Ran's hand and asked again, "How do we leave here?"
"You need someone to help you... You need to use enough strength..." Qin Ran said, "You need to be able to escape from the Wuyin Sword Sect. The Wuyin Sword Sect is only a sword cultivation sect. They don't know how to make pills."
“But…” Nangong Xin clenched his fists and said, “I’m only in the middle stage of foundation building. I don’t have the strength.”
Qin Ran stood up, looked at Nangong Xin, pointed at his head, and said with a smile: "The power of an alchemist is the elixir. The elixir can strengthen teammates; the elixir can kill enemies.
"You have such a high level of understanding of Dan Dao, why don't you transform Dan Dao into power?"
As Nangong Xin listened, his eyes brightened and he stood up with Qin Ran.
At this moment, his thin and shabby body stood on the edge of the cliff where the cold wind was howling, but he had a different look. There was a little fire glowing inside him.
"Elixir, poison..." He thought of the blackened spiritual fields in Zhishen Valley and muttered, "Use elixirs to unite teammates, and use poison to kill enemies. Poison..."
Halfway up the mountain in the Wuyin Sword Sect, two people were flying towards the outside of the sect.
“I don’t know what the sect is thinking. They want me to buy spiritual herbs again. They want me, a dignified sword cultivator, to buy spiritual herbs for those alchemists and obey their orders… Am I their medicine slave?” Kongxuan Sword Immortal said coldly, “I don’t know if this Wuyin Sword Sect is a sword sect for sword cultivators or a sword sect for alchemists.”
"Uncle Master! Keep your voice down..." A young-looking disciple beside him hurriedly tried to dissuade him, "It would be bad if the Sect Master heard it."
"Sect Master?" Kongxuan Sword Immortal snorted coldly, "I don't know if he is the Sect Master of Wuyin Sword Sect or the Valley Master of Zhisheng Valley. Is he Qiu Huahua's reincarnation or Qiu Huahua's lover? How can he take care of the people of Zhisheng Valley like this!"
"Is this some kind of strategy, Master?" The young disciple said thoughtfully, "I guess the alchemists are more important. For the sake of the sect's development, it is reasonable for the Master to be more partial to the alchemists."
"We are a sword sect. No matter how important alchemists are, they are more important than sword cultivators." Kongxuan Sword Immortal said, "I think the sect leader has lost his mind."
"Is the sect master confused?" The young disciple suddenly thought of something and said hesitantly, "The sect master has always been wise and powerful, and he never makes mistakes in what he says or does... Now that the alchemist has arrived, the sect master is biased and makes mistakes one after another..."
"Hmph! Do you still need to think about it?!" said Kongxuan Sword Immortal, "All the alchemists are insidious and cunning, and they have bad intentions. They must have spread lies and deceived the sect master."
"I thought so too, but the sect master is a top swordsman after all, and his will is strong, and he cannot be bewitched." The young disciple speculated, "So I think that the alchemist can refine the kind of elixir that can make people lose their minds and make people obedient. Will the sect master be affected by this elixir?"
"Needless to say, it must be poisoned!" Kongxuan Sword Immortal clenched his fist, "Those black-hearted alchemists are the best at making poisons. I told you long ago that alchemists are not trustworthy!"
He stopped and turned around, ready to go back and reason with the sect leader.
But just as he was about to stand up, he was stopped by the young disciple.
"Uncle Master, don't be reckless!" the disciple said, "If the master has been bewitched, wouldn't you be courting death if you go looking for him like this?"
Kongxuan Sword Immortal came to his senses and hurriedly stopped: "If I go like this, the headmaster will definitely ignore me and blame me for destroying the friendship with the alchemist. Who knows, he might even blame me."
He looked at the young disciple and asked, "What do you think we should do now?"
"In the mortal world, when the emperor is bewitched by villains and disrupts the government, causing the domestic government to be confused, then the knowledgeable people in the court can save the country under the banner of clearing the emperor's side."
The young disciple said, "Now that the sect master has been bewitched by a villain, causing chaos within the Infinite Sword Sect, it is time for a wise and clear-minded person like Uncle Master to remove the tyrants!"
"Clear the imperial court?" Kongxuan Sword Immortal's eyes lit up. "Yes! That's right! The sect master has been bewitched by those alchemists in Zhishen Valley. We really need to find a way to clear them out! Let Wuyin Sword Sect have a bright and clear sky again!"
The young disciple nodded, smiled, and continued: "This kind of thing is not easy to do alone, it is best for Uncle Master to find some people with the same insight to fight against the evil alchemist of Zhishen Valley together.
"Since the sect master has been deceived, we must rise up to save the Infinite Sword Sect. We must not let the Infinite Sword Sect be usurped by those sinister and cunning alchemists. The Infinite Sword Sect is our Infinite Sword Sect."
"The Infinite Sword Sect is our Infinite Sword Sect!" Sword Immortal Kongxuan nodded vigorously.
"Uncle Master, you must be careful when doing these things." The young disciple advised, "Be careful not to be seen by the sect master and blame you."
"Humph! Of course I know." Kongxuan Sword Immortal snorted coldly, "Many of my fellow disciples have long been dissatisfied with those alchemists. They are so arrogant, with noses growing over their eyes. People who don't know them would think they are the masters of the Infinite Sword Sect. Now we must let them know who the Infinite Sword Sect belongs to."
After the two of them finished talking, they did not immediately go to look for allies, but continued to go out of the sect to purchase spiritual herbs for those noble alchemists.
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