Qin Gengyun left the narrow rain alley and arrived at Lingdanfang before noon.

When I entered the room, I met Wang Ping and Xu Li. They both looked tired and had swollen bags under their eyes. It was obvious that they had gone to Yihonglou to listen to music again last night.

"Fellow Daoist Qin, let's go to sleep for a while. When Manager Yang comes, just tell him we are cleaning the backyard."

The two men bowed weakly to Qin Gengyun, said something and walked towards a room on the left side of the courtyard.

That was the master's former alchemy room, where the old bronze furnace and the low-grade spirit fan were placed.

When Lingdanfang was first opened, the owner used this bronze furnace to make elixirs. Later, when he made some money from spirit stones, he bought a lower-grade spirit gathering furnace and built a larger alchemy room next to it.

This old alchemy room and bronze furnace became idle, and now it has become a good place for Wang Ping and Xu Li to slack off and sleep.

The abbot was out today, and only his apprentice was in the abbot, so the two dared to act so unrestrained last night.

"Don't worry, my two Taoist friends. I'll call you if anything happens."

"Thank you, Brother Qin. I'll invite you to Yihong Tower to listen to music some other day!"

"Well, that's not necessary."

The slacking duo entered the old alchemy room, and Qin Gengyun cleaned the yard alone while thinking about the alchemy equipment.

He remembered that a low-grade fire-controlling spirit fan used by the master was also placed in the old alchemy room.

Just as he was thinking about it, a male cultivator wearing a fine brocade white robe walked in from outside. He was short and fat, but he walked with the wind, and his pair of short legs showed the momentum of moving at a rapid pace.

Seeing Qin Gengyun, the short and fat monk asked dignifiedly:

"Why are you alone? Where are Wang Ping and Xu Li?"

Qin Gengyun said, "Manager Yang, Wang Ping and Xu Li are cleaning the backyard."

This short and fat male cultivator is called Yang Fengshan. He is the master's apprentice and the manager of the Lingdan Shop. He also serves as the master's spiritual fan medicine official.

Medicine officials are also divided into different levels of status, from high to low they are spirit fan medicine official, elixir medicine official and elixir furnace medicine official.

The Spirit Fan Medicine Official is responsible for fanning the fire-controlling spirit fan when the alchemist is refining the elixir to control the size of the fire. This requires subtle control over cultivation and spiritual energy, so it is quite important and therefore has the highest status.

Dandu medicine officials are in contact with toxic drug residues all year round, which means they are risking their lives. Their remuneration is even not less than that of Lingshan medicine officials, and their status is second only to them.

The alchemy furnace official is the most insignificant. He usually just cleans the alchemy furnace, stands outside and shouts "cheer up" while refining the alchemy. He has the lowest status.

Yang Fengshan is the master's apprentice. He has followed him for many years and is second only to him in Lingdanfang.

If this were Qin Gengyun's previous life, this would be the department head.

Yang Fengshan usually acts with the authority of a manager. Except for the abbot, he orders everyone else around in a very imposing manner.

Hearing Qin Gengyun's answer, he hummed and asked again:

"Where's Old Man Fang?"

Old Man Fang is the only poison medicine attendant in the Lingdan Shop. It is said that his daughter is in Zhenyang City and has a hope of entering the outer sect of Zhenyang Sect. For the sake of his daughter's future, he is willing to risk his life to earn spirit stones.

Qin Gengyun replied: "Manager Yang, Fellow Daoist Fang had a severe cough yesterday and has asked for leave today."

Yang Fengshan snorted, "Fortunately, Master is not refining the elixir today, otherwise it would have delayed things. This kind of tuberculosis will make him go sooner or later!"

After he finished speaking, he walked inside. Qin Gengyun called him, "Manager Yang."

Yang Fengshan turned around and asked impatiently, "What's the matter?"

Qin Gengyun said, "Can you please ask the master if I can use the unused alchemy room in my spare time?"

Yang Fengshan looked at him in surprise: "What do you want to do with the alchemy room?"

Qin Gengyun cupped his hands and said, "I have recently gained some insights into alchemy and would like to put it into practice. Manager Yang, if the master allows, I can also pay for it."

He had originally planned to buy a second-hand bronze furnace and spiritual fan from the Spiritual Alchemy Workshop, but after calculating the cost, he realized it would be quite expensive. What's more, the house he rented was too small, and it would be difficult to move around if he put the alchemy furnace in the house.

It would be better to directly borrow the venue and equipment from Lingdanfang.

Of course, it would be even better if you could get it for free.

"Alchemy? You? Hehe."

Hearing Qin Gengyun's words, Yang Fengshan sneered twice, turned around and was about to leave.

Qin Gengyun stepped forward quickly and said, "Manager Yang, can you help me? If it really doesn't work, I can also buy the bronze furnace and the spiritual fan."

Yang Fengshan glared at Qin Gengyun: "Have you swept the yard clean? Have you changed the elixir stone in the elixir furnace? You haven't done any of that? Why are you still daydreaming here?"

"Finish everything before noon, or I'll report to the abbot and deduct your spirit stones!"

Looking at Yang Fengshan's short and fat back, Qin Gengyun shook his head helplessly.

It seems that I can only try my luck at the night market.

At the hour of You, Qin Gengyun came out of Lingdanfang after work, ate something outside, and when it got dark, he came to the East Street of Caifeng Street.

This is the night market in Yunling Town. Every night there are many vendors selling goods here.

Everything from small items like Eighteen Touch Stories to large items like second-grade elixirs are sold in the night market.

Of course, whether the things you buy are real or fake depends on your vision and luck.

Qin Gengyun walked into the night market. There were densely packed small stalls on both sides of the spacious bluestone road, and the vendors' cries filled his ears:

"After taking the Hehuan Pill, my Taoist partner will be very happy. One pill only costs one spirit stone!"

"A second-hand low-grade flying sword that can fly and cut people. A great weapon for showing off. Only 20 spirit stones!"

"The best spiritual beast, the Yellow Jade Dragon, can be big or small, long or short, a must-have for single female cultivators!"

Qin Gengyun walked up to the vendor who was selling "Huang Yulong" and asked him:

"Friend Huang, is Friend Mo not here tonight?"

This fellow Daoist Huang was greeting a female cultivator who came to see the Yellow Jade Dragon. The so-called "Yellow Jade Dragon" was a first-level spiritual beast, golden in color and shaped like an eel. If fed properly, there is a very small chance that it will transform into a spiritual dragon.

Originally it was a fighting spirit beast that needed to be slowly cultivated, but later some female cultivators discovered other uses for it, and it became one of the most popular commodities in the night market.

After greeting the female cultivator who came to ask for the price, Huang Daoyou said to Qin Gengyun:

"Brother Daoist Qin is here? Brother Daoist Mo has gone to deliver something and will be back soon."

He pointed to an empty stall next to him, and Qin Gengyun smiled: "Then I'll help her guard it for a while."

Qin Gengyun sat down and saw dozens of low-level talisman papers on the stall, including several of the "God-traveling Talismans" he used last night.

The owner of this stall is a female talisman master who also lives in Zhaiyu Lane, and her house is just across the lane from Qin Gengyun.

Speaking of this female neighbor, Qin Gengyun also admires her very much.

She was only at the second level of Qi training, a first-class talisman master, without any roots or support. She worked as a postman during the day and set up shop at the night market at night. She went back home in the early morning to practice and draw talisman paper, and went out again the next morning.

If hard work can lead to success, then Qin Gengyun believes that she would have already reached the Nascent Soul stage.

It’s just a pity that in this world, talent and background are both indispensable, and hard work does not count at all.

But this female neighbor just worked hard.

Qin Gengyun was quite familiar with her and had heard her say that she wanted to realize her dream with her own abilities and not rely on anyone else.

Therefore, even though Qin Gengyun was familiar with her, he had never considered her as a dual cultivation partner.

Because he knew that Fellow Daoist Mo would not take the narrow path.

After waiting for a while, a thin figure in a plain Taoist robe hurried over. Qin Gengyun stood up and said with a smile:

"Friend Mo Dao, I have been waiting for you for a long time."