Wei time.

Narrow rainy alley.

The sky, which was quiet just now, suddenly began to rain heavily.

Cold winter, late night, cold rain.

At this time, when people were all huddled in their warm beds and sleeping soundly, there were three men in black robes on the street carrying a heavy bronze furnace, gritting their teeth and moving forward in the cold rain.

All three of them were injured, and two of them even had wounds on their thighs that burst and bled.

But they did not dare to delay for even a moment. They gritted their teeth, carried the bronze furnace and ran forward desperately.

The cold icy rain hit their faces randomly. The three of them felt sad, but had no way to vent, so they could only run and cry.

“I really want to write the word ‘miserable’!”

"How can one word 'miserable' be enough? It should be 'sad, miserable, sad and miserable!'"

"Stop talking nonsense! Senior said one stick of incense, we can't delay!"

The three of them screamed and rushed forward.

Finally, before the incense stick was about to expire, they arrived at Liuyan Lane.

I saw the slender red figure standing under the eaves that sheltered from the rain, and the eyes above the red veil were cold and creepy:

“Too slow.”

The three of them knelt down together and said, "Senior, please calm down! We have tried our best. It is really because of the heavy rain. Please forgive us this time!"

Sun San raised his rain-soaked face, pulled out an umbrella from his arms, and presented it with both hands:

"Senior, I brought you an umbrella."

Zhao Yi and Qian Er looked at each other, this kid is too shameless!

Next time I must be the first to do something like this!

The red-haired female cultivator snorted coldly and did not take the umbrella:

"You can go now."

"yes."

The three of them responded, quickly got up, and staggered out of Liuyan Lane.

After Zhao, Qian and Sun left, the red-haired female cultivator took out a storage bag embroidered with a green lotus, raised her hand slightly, and the bronze furnace was put into the bag.

Then, the red-haired nun had a red umbrella in her hand.

The umbrella was opened, and there was a blue lotus pattern on the bright red umbrella.

The red-haired female cultivator walked into the rain, and the green lotus on the umbrella seemed to sway slightly, blocking all the rain out.

A moment later, the red-haired female cultivator disappeared in the cold night rain, and Liuyan Lane returned to silence.

…

The second day.

Qin Gengyun opened his eyes, and there was a cloud in his eyes.

Even the illusory words floating before his eyes could not warm his heart.

【Name: Qin Gengyun】

【Lifespan: 35/40】

[Cultivation: Qi training level 3, 11/500]

[Skills: First-level Alchemist, 14/200]

[Spiritual roots: Fire-type lower-grade spiritual roots (31/100), Ice-type lower-grade spiritual roots (37/100)]

[Available training points: 6]

Qiu Zhihe forced me to do it three times last night, and my fire spiritual roots increased by 3 points, and my ice spiritual roots increased by 4 points.

Also got 6 practice points.

There are also gains.

But Qin Gengyun’s biggest difficulty right now is not the speed of growth of his practice points and spiritual root values, but the alchemy furnace!

After buying the second-hand bronze furnace, only eight spirit stones were left of his entire fortune.

Now the newly purchased bronze furnace is scrapped. If I want to buy another second-hand bronze furnace, I will need at least eleven spirit stones.

This was the price that Daoyou Mo had negotiated for him because he didn't know what favor he owed to the second-hand vendor.

If I go to buy it again, not to mention whether it would be easy to find a suitable second-hand alchemy furnace, even if I do find one, I'm afraid I won't be able to afford it for eleven spirit stones.

Besides, he has to make a living every day and has a wife to support at home.

How can I gather so many spirit stones to buy an alchemy furnace?

Qin Gengyun sighed and slowly got up. The naked Qiu Zhihe had her back to him and seemed to be sleeping soundly. He got out of bed, washed up casually and went out.

The abandoned bronze stove at the door has disappeared, probably taken away by the cleaners hired by the landlord.

The dream of succeeding in refining the elixir the second time and becoming a genius was like a broken elixir furnace that was taken away as garbage, and eventually became a worthless delusion.

Just like 99.99% of ordinary people in this world, they can only live in mediocrity.

No, maybe I can't even survive.

Qin Gengyun suppressed the negative emotions in his heart and forced himself to cheer up.

He arrived at Lingdanfang early, and seeing that there was no one around, he walked towards the old alchemy room.

Is that bronze furnace still in there?

"Qin Gengyun, what are you doing?"

Yang Fengshan's voice came from behind him. Qin Gengyun turned around and bowed:

"Manager Yang, I want to clean up the old alchemy room."

Yang Fengshan said, "Didn't I tell you? This alchemy room needs to be renovated. No one is allowed to enter in the next few days!"

Qin Gengyun was also determined in his heart, and asked, "Manager Yang, but I see that no craftsmen have come to repair it in the past two days."

The triangular eyes on Yang Fengshan's fat face narrowed slightly, and his voice turned cold:

"Qin Gengyun, you are just a small alchemy furnace attendant, how dare you come to question me?"

At this time, the abbot walked in. Yang Fengshan's expression changed immediately and he bowed to the abbot:

"Master, you are here. I have cleaned the alchemy room and prepared the alchemy furnace, alchemy stones, and medicinal materials."

Pei Daoyu nodded and walked straight towards the alchemy room. It was obvious that he had to continue refining the Bingqing Pill today.

Qin Gengyun gritted his teeth and stepped forward, saying, "Master, I would like to rent the unused bronze furnace in the workshop. May I ask if it is possible..."

Before he could finish his words, the abbot had already walked into the alchemy room, as if he hadn't heard him at all.

Yang Fengshan glanced at Qin Gengyun with disdain, followed the master into the alchemy room, and slammed the door shut.

It seemed to have closed off Qin Gengyun's last glimmer of hope.

You hour.

Qin Gengyun left Lingdanfang and went to the night market.

From afar, he saw Mo Xiaolan, who was wearing a plain robe, setting up a stall, but Qin Gengyun did not go over.

As I said, a second-hand bronze furnace is not that easy to find. Even if I found another one, I couldn't afford it with the spirit stones I had.

Mo Xiaolan was indeed willing to lend him spirit stones, but her situation was not much better than Qin Gengyun's.

Otherwise, Mo Xiaolan wouldn't have worked so hard, getting up early and going to bed late.

People have helped you enough.

Do you need someone to help you if your furnace explodes?

They are all low-level monks, how can she help you?

Qin Gengyun shook his head and finally did not look for Mo Xiaolan. He looked around other places in the night market, but indeed did not find anyone selling a second-hand alchemy furnace.

He left the night market and returned to the narrow rain alley.

Standing in front of the door of the house he rented, Qin Gengyun's face suddenly became ferocious.

Oh shit!

This world is a place where people cannot survive, and I just don’t want to do what you want!

Qin Gengyun made a decision in his heart to sneak back to Lingdanfang tonight and steal the alchemy furnace!

Since I'm going to die anyway, I might as well fight for a chance to survive!

Having made up his mind, Qin Gengyun felt relieved. He opened the door and smelled a familiar fragrance.

Qiu Zhihe was wearing the lotus-embroidered silk shirt she wore last night, wrapped in black gauze, with the undulating mountains and rivers in the background.

There was an iron pot on the table in front of her, and two porcelain bowls were filled with porridge.

Seeing Qin Gengyun coming in, Qiu Zhihe said calmly, "Let's eat."

"good."

Qin Gengyun nodded, sat down opposite Qiu Zhihe, looked at the bowl of porridge in front of her, and Qiu Zhihe said:

"Today's porridge has no medicinal ingredients added."

Qin Gengyun touched his nose and said with a smile: "Okay, let's eat."

The two of them drank their porridge in silence.

After finishing dinner quickly, Qin Gengyun suddenly spoke:

"Fellow Daoist Qiu, I have to go out tonight. If I... don't come back, you should leave Narrow Rain Alley and find another good man to marry."

After all, he and Qiu Zhihe are husband and wife. If he really fails tonight, he still doesn't want to implicate her.

Qiu Zhihe said expressionlessly: "Wash the dishes first."

Qin Gengyun was stunned for a moment, then agreed.

This may be the last meal I have with her, so let’s have it all.

Qin Gengyun cleaned up the dishes and walked into the kitchen, but suddenly he was stunned.

In the kitchen, an almost brand new bronze stove was placed there without anyone noticing!