Chapter 263 [(*^▽^*)]

Chapter 263 [(*^▽^*)]

Qin Jiuzhou and Ming Yufeng paused for a moment, then realized that the Senior Brother Zhang they were talking about must be the Taoist Master Zhang. Taoist Master

Zhang is also a second-level, third-grade alchemist. As to what kind of elixir he can refine, that's a matter of opinion.

If he could really refine a third-grade foundation-building elixir, then he would never have been thrown to Shenwu Island, so he must not be able to refine it.

Ming Fanxing saw the waiter in the distance, "The food is served, let's eat."

The three of them did not continue to talk about these bad things. They would definitely not meet many times in the future, so they must cherish every minute and every second now.

When they left the restaurant, Ming Fanxing said goodbye to them with a smile, and returned to the Alchemist Association's shop alone.

He walked through the shop in front to the backyard, and unexpectedly saw Taoist Zhang.

"Brother Zhang."

Taoist Zhang turned around, "It's Fanxing, are you out?"

Ming Fanxing approached and nodded lightly, "Two friends came to see me just now, so I went out for a while."

Taoist Zhang didn't think much of it, "Well, it will definitely be better for us to meet more often in the future than on Shenwu Island."

Ming Fanxing thought for a while, "Brother Zhang, I have something to ask you."

Taoist Zhang looked at him, "You say."

Ming Fanxing, "I wonder if with my level of alchemy, can I guard a shop alone outside?"

Taoist Zhang was stunned for a moment, and then said, "You mean... not staying in the Alchemist Association Headquarters?"

Ming Fanxing nodded, "Not bad."

Zhang Laodao was very puzzled, "Why is that? The Alchemist Association headquarters is the best place, there is a rich spiritual energy there, countless spiritual plants, and no need to worry about spiritual herbs. Maybe you can even get guidance."

Ming Fanxing glanced at Zhang Laodao, "Brother Zhang, haven't you heard of it yet?"

Zhang Laodao was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly realized, "So Junior Brother already knows."

Ming Fanxing, "Not bad."

Zhang Laodao sighed and stopped persuading him, "It stands to reason that it is possible, but you still have to go to the headquarters first and then apply."

"A second-level, third-grade alchemist who can refine Foundation Establishment Pills can indeed apply to be stationed in a good city store, and will be fought over by store managers."

Ming Fanxing didn't care about this. With his ability, he would be popular wherever he went, so he asked, "I wonder if Longxiao Valley and Linfeng Pavilion are far away from each other."

Taoist Zhang thought for a while and said, "Longxiao Valley is located in the north of Han Gu Continent, probably due west of Xingguang Town, and

Linfeng Pavilion is located southwest of Xingguang Town." "The locations of the two sects are about the same distance from Xingguang Town, so they are not too far away, but there is a relatively prosperous city between Longxiao Valley and Linfeng Pavilion."

"That's Hongye City. If you want, you can apply to go there."

How could Taoist Zhang not know Ming Fanxing's thoughts? But he didn't think there was a problem, and was even willing to help.

After he finished speaking, he took out a jade slip from his storage bag.

"This is a map of the Han Gu Continent and some of the main islands around it. It marks the distribution of many sects, families, and towns, as well as many terrains and monster gathering points, etc."

Ming Fanxing took the jade slip, "Thank you, senior brother!"

Zhang Laodao waved his hand, "It's okay, you go back first, I'll help you contact the Red Leaf City, even if it doesn't work, there are other options."

Ming Fanxing readily agreed, took the jade slip and went back to the house.

He carefully read the map in the jade slip, and the location of Longxiao Valley was indeed in the north of the Han Gu Continent, and it was still near the sea.

This place, Xingguang Town, is located in the northeast of Hangu Continent, near the sea.

As for Linfeng Pavilion, it is inland in the northwest of Xingguang Town.

Longxiao Valley, Linfeng Pavilion and Xingguang Town are connected together to form an equilateral triangle, and the Hongye City mentioned by Senior Brother Zhang is in the middle of Linfeng Pavilion and Longxiao Valley.

Ming Fanxing pondered for a while. He absolutely did not want to get involved in the factional disputes of the Alchemist Association.

His best choice... is to stay away from the headquarters of the Alchemist Association. As long as he is outside, there will be no problems.

The headquarters of the Alchemist Association is located in the middle of Hangu Continent.

In addition, he also saw the Hua family and the Fang family. These two families are located in the southwest of the headquarters of the Alchemist Association. The distance is relatively close, no wonder they have a good relationship.

After a careful look, he roughly confirmed the situation of the entire Han Gu Continent. Leaving aside those unknown ones, the entire continent is basically a structure of one city, four families and six sects.

One city represents the Central City.

The four families are the Hua Family, Fang Family, Liu Family and Wen Family. The

six sects are Long Xiao Valley, Lin Feng Pavilion, Gu Ling Temple, Shen Shan Ju, Gu Hun Sect and Dan Shi Association.

After Ming Fanxing discovered this, he suddenly realized that this Han Gu Continent seemed a little different from what he thought. What's going on with the Central City?

Fortunately, there are some simple explanations in the jade slip. The Central City controls at least 70% of the main cities where cultivators gather in the Han Gu Continent. Among them, various land and houses, auctions, chambers of commerce organizations, and the operation of teleportation arrays, etc., all have the shadow of the Central City behind them.

Even in the cities that are not controlled by Central City, 30% to 50% of the businesses are Central City's industries. Even the teleportation array that he took from Shenwu Island to Xingguang Town has shares from Central City.

But he didn't seem to see anyone from Central City in the square outside the teleportation array hall, which means that Central City disdains the foundation-building monks from small places like them.

Hiss... How magnanimous and big-name!

The remaining four families and the six sects are equally powerful, but in his opinion, these four families and the six sects may not be the opponent of Central City even if they join forces.

There is no way, just look at the distribution of resources in Han Gu Continent. Central City definitely accounts for 40% to 50% of the total, and it is the only one that dominates.

But now it seems that this is still too far for him, so let's put it aside for now.

No matter what Ming Fanxing thought, he was destined to go to the Alchemist Association headquarters. This could not be changed. After all, even

if there were many second-level third-grade alchemists in the Alchemist Association, it would be useless because there were not many who could refine third-grade foundation-building pills.

The general situation of the Alchemist Association was also here.

Two Yuanying ancestors.

One is Yuanshan, a fourth-level third-grade alchemist, who passed the test by refining the fourth-level Xisui Dan more than two hundred years

ago. It must be said that being able to refine the fourth-level third-grade pill in the Yuanying period does require talent, and this was the test passed two hundred years ago. Now that so much time has passed, the achievement must be more than this.

One is Qianhua, a third-level third-grade alchemist. This is the unlucky one who was persecuted by Yuanshan’s concubine when he was in the Jindan period.

That’s right, Qianhua, who has only been promoted to Yuanying not long ago, has no time to delve into the fourth-level elixir, and is still a third-level third-grade alchemist, so it is understandable.

As an alchemist, being able to advance to the Yuanying stage means that his own alchemy talent is very strong. The Condensation stage refines the first-level elixir, the Foundation Building stage refines the second-level elixir, the Golden Dan is the third-level, and the Yuanying is the fourth-level elixir.

Of course, the most basic Xisui Dan is definitely possible, these are all basic operations, and the others are to be determined. For example, a second-level third-grade alchemist may not be able to refine the Foundation Building Dan.

Of course, in addition to the Yuanying Patriarch, the Alchemist Association also has 220 Golden Dan elders, including 160 alchemists, and the rest are combat elders who protect the Alchemist Association.

Among these 160 Golden Dan stage alchemists, there are only 30 third-level third-grade alchemists, and the rest are all second-level third-grade alchemists.

Excluding the combat system of the foundation-building period, if we only count the alchemists, there are 3,620 of them, but only 320 of them can become second-level third-grade alchemists, and the rest are all first-level third-grade alchemists.

As for the alchemists of the Qi Condensation period, they are all first-level third-grade, with a number of 19,600 people, which is a relatively large number.

Of course, in addition to this, there are some talents that the alchemist association is cultivating, who have not yet passed the assessment to become alchemists, but have potential, about 50,000.

Ming Fanxing came to his senses, so... among the 320 second-level third-grade alchemists in the foundation-building period, how many can refine third-grade foundation-building pills like himself?

He was not very clear about his ability to refine pills before this, and only after reading this did he roughly understand the situation.

No wonder Zhang Laodao thought so highly of him. It turned out that there were not many people who could continuously refine the third-grade foundation-building pill for a long time. How many of the two Yuanying ancestors and all the Jindan Dan cultivators combined?

How many cultivators in the entire Han Ancient Continent need foundation-building pills? Although other sects and forces definitely have their own alchemists, the effect is definitely not great.

The only place that could possibly get rid of the influence of the alchemists is probably the Central City.

Seeing these gaps, Ming Fanxing wanted to escape right now and go to the Central City to recommend himself. There was no way, it was really too attractive.

Even if the resources of Central City were not reflected in the jade slip, he could probably guess it, and what was even more terrible was that the Alchemist Association was now experiencing internal disputes.

The two Yuanying ancestors had started a factional dispute, which was simply outrageous.

Of course, run away? This was impossible.

He sighed and planned to stay away from the factional disputes, quickly apply for an external assignment, and station in Hongye City, which would be considered relatively free.

On this day, Ming Fanxing was called out, and they were ready to leave.

Zhang Laodao said, "Fanxing, come with me to the Alchemist Association headquarters later."

"Don't worry, I have also inquired about what happened in the past few years in detail. It's not as serious as you think."

"No matter how much the two ancestors fight, they can't take it out on the alchemists below. At most, they will..."

Ming Fanxing nodded. He knew that at most they would just be offended. To really kill them or drive them out of the Alchemist Association, it was definitely not possible.

It was just that he was very annoyed by such things. It was a waste of time and delayed his practice.

"Hongye City is quite prosperous, right?"

Zhang Laodao nodded, "It is indeed prosperous."

"After all, it is the closest city to the two major sects, Longxiao Valley and Linfeng Pavilion, and the Alchemist Association's shops there are always customers."

Ming Fanxing asked, "Does every shop in the city have an alchemist on duty?"