Chapter 33: The Penultimate One
The alchemy room is the same as the Warcraft Garden, the inner place is not allowed to enter and exit the idle people, and they will open separate offices to handle related affairs for the disciples in the sect.
An hour later, Du Fan came to the attic of the alchemy room office, and when he was about to enter, he saw a white slender figure flashing out of the attic, and under the gaze, it was the female disciple of the inner door who had come to his spiritual garden yesterday to buy spiritual herbs.
There was a faint smile on this woman's fair face, but after seeing Du Fan, she was stunned for a moment, and then her face instantly became a little cold.
"Hello senior sister!" Du Fan was also a little surprised, but under the rapid change of heart, he hurriedly walked over, bowed slightly and spoke respectfully.
"It's you!Why are you here?" Seeing the other party's respectful appearance, the woman couldn't reprimand her sharply, and at this time, her pretty face was stiff, and she opened her mouth a little coldly.
"I need to purchase a few Qi Refining Pills. Du Fan didn't hide it, and directly said the purpose of the trip.
Hearing this, the woman's face couldn't help but show a strange look, in her mind, it must have been after the secret transaction yesterday, this kid had a spirit stone, so he went to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion to buy exercises, and now he came to buy pills again, and began to prepare for cultivation. The woman's mind turned slightly, and she guessed Du Fan's thoughts.
"Do you know how many spirit stones there are in the Qi Refining Pill?" the woman's beautiful eyes flashed, her face was no longer cold, but she asked expressionlessly.
"Well, it should be ten spirit stones. Du Fan was surprised in his heart, he didn't know what this woman's intentions were, but he knew about the Qi Refining Pill when he was in the Yao family, and knew that in the cultivation realm market, the price of this Pill was about twelve spirit stones, and after entering the Empty Mulberry Gate, he also indirectly learned that the price of this Pill for sale in the door was ten spirit stones, which was more preferential than the outside, so Du Fan didn't think about it for long, so he honestly replied.
"Really, then you can go and buy it. The woman still has a pretty face, but under the crystal light of her beautiful eyes, there is a hint of playfulness and good play.
"Ahem...... Senior sister, then I'll take my leave first. This woman's performance gave him some bad premonitions, and after coughing lightly, he took his leave and walked into the alchemy room office.
"Your Excellency is very angry, but the new inner door handyman?" The young man dressed in the inner door handyman costume was fiddling with a pile of bottles and cans of things, and when he heard the sound of footsteps, he turned around and looked at it, and after a while, he asked at the exit.
"Miscellaneous servants in the Lower Spirit Garden, Du Fan, it hasn't been long since he was a newcomer. Du Fan nodded and gave a brief introduction.
"If that's the case, then it's no wonder, in Xia Xu Fu, who is also an inner door handyman, I am in charge of the affairs of the alchemy room office, but Brother Du wants to buy some pills?" The young man was a little stunned, and then he was a little uncertain and tentative.
"It turned out to be Brother Xu, I came here to buy a few Qi Refining Pills, do you have them here?"
"Qi Refining Pill, this is the most common pill, I naturally have it here. Xu Fu was stunned when he heard this, and said without hesitation.
"I don't know what the price is? I hope Brother Xu will inform me first. Du Fan did not immediately offer to buy, but asked cautiously.
"One Qi Refining Pill and twenty spirit stones, how much does Brother Du want?" Xu Fu was not surprised by Du Fan's inquiry, and after rolling his eyes, he smiled and spoke calmly.
"What? twenty spirit stones each!" Du Fan instantly opened his mouth wide and froze there.
"Giggle......" There was a burst of women's giggles at the door, as crisp and pleasant as a yellow bird out of the valley, Du Fan subconsciously glanced back, and saw the white-robed woman who was covering her mouth with one hand and holding back her smile, at this time she was smiling like a flower, and the flowers and branches trembled, as if she was extremely happy to see Du Fan eating deflated.
"Senior Sister Qin, why are you back?" After seeing this woman suddenly appear, Du Fan was nothing, while Xu Fu's face changed instantly, and a look of panic flashed in his eyes.
"Hmph, I know that you are not honest on weekdays, I thought you wouldn't go too far, but I didn't expect that you would double the price of the pill!" Senior Sister Qin held back a smile, deliberately put on a straight face, covered up the remaining smile, and spoke coldly, but she couldn't see any anger in her beautiful eyes, and her eyes were full of happiness.
"Senior Sister Qin...... For the disciples in the sect, I naturally don't dare to raise the price like this, but I ...... It's only for the miscellaneous servants that this is the case, and they all know it, besides, the other miscellaneous servants are also ......" Xu Fu didn't even look at Du Fan, so he blurted out without hesitation, for fear that Senior Sister Qin would blame, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the woman directly waving her hand.
"Okay, I don't want to hear your dirty things, you remember, when this person comes to buy the pill again in the future, he will bid according to the standard of the inner disciple, and he must not raise it, eh...... This is what Master meant!" After Senior Sister Qin gave a deep order, she glanced at Du Fan, who was standing aside in a daze, raised her chin, and turned to leave with an expressionless face.
Looking at the departing figure of this woman, Du Fan was stunned for a while, and forgot to thank him.
"I didn't expect Brother Du to have a relationship with Senior Sister Qin and Senior Uncle Huang, why didn't you say it earlier, you see, the water washed the Dragon King Temple, the younger brother was rude just now, I hope Brother Du doesn't mind, one of the ten spirit stones of the Qi Refining Pill, how much does Brother Du need to purchase?" Seeing Senior Sister Qin leaving, Xu Fu raised his hand and wiped the cold sweat flowing from his forehead, he still had palpitations at this time, and only after a long time did he smile awkwardly at Du Fan and reluctantly spoke.
"Who is this Senior Sister Qin and Senior Uncle Huang you mentioned?" Du Fan did not answer immediately, but opened his mouth to ask another question that he was quite interested in at this time.
"Don't you know Senior Sister Qin and Senior Uncle Huang?" Hearing this, Xu Fu couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
"Uncle Huang is naturally an uncle in the foundation building period of the Empty Sangmen, his name is Huang Tian, in addition to his status as a deacon, he is also an alchemist with extremely high alchemy attainments, even in the Empty Mulberry Gate, the number of alchemists is extremely rare, and the value of the pill to the cultivator is self-evident, so Uncle Huang has a high status in the door, far from being comparable to ordinary foundation building deacons.
Although there are several other alchemists in the alchemy room, his old man's alchemy attainments are far above others, and he is indeed the pillar of the alchemy room. And Senior Sister Qin, named Qin Xiaoran, is said to have extremely high qualifications, not as simple as an ordinary inner disciple, and is the proud apprentice of Uncle Huang. Xu Fu didn't wait for Du Fan to ask, he slowly told what he knew, and his eyes were full of admiration and yearning.
"I see, thank you Brother Xu for telling me, and I bother Brother Xu to take out ten Qi Refining Pills for me. When Du Fan heard this, a thoughtful look appeared on his face, and after a long time, he recovered and spoke politely to Xu Fu.
"Brother Du doesn't have to be so polite, wait a minute. After experiencing Senior Sister Qin, he didn't dare to slack off on Du Fan here, and the other party didn't even recognize Senior Sister Qin and Senior Uncle Huang, in this case, this person can still get special care, which makes the other party even more mysterious, Xu Fu thought about it for a while, and then made up his mind that he would definitely make friends with this person in the future.
After a short time, Xu Fu handed a vial containing ten Qi Refining Pills to Du Fan.
"No problem, these are a hundred spirit stones. Du Fan naturally took it, investigated it, and after there was no problem, he handed over the remaining hundred spirit stones in the bag to the other party.
After purchasing ten Qi Refining Pills, the spirit stones that Du Fan had brought had already been spent, and after bidding farewell to Xu Fu, he returned directly to the residence of the Spirit Garden.
He first checked the medicine garden, and after there was no problem, he returned to the hut, sat cross-legged on the bed, took out the volume of the "Little Five Elements Trick Water Chapter Introductory Volume", and began to meditate.
It only took half an hour for Du Fan to understand the contents of this bamboo slip thoroughly.
It turns out that this volume of exercises can only be cultivated to the first level of the Qi refining period, and most of the content is about how to sense the aura of heaven and earth, and then absorb it into the body to generate mana.
There are many attributes in the aura of heaven and earth, the most common is the aura of the five elements, only people with specific spiritual roots can sense the aura of heaven and earth with corresponding attributes, and then absorb it, generate mana, wander between the meridians, store it in the dantian, and when the mana accumulates to a certain extent, you can practice the spells of the corresponding attributes and cast the magic power of the immortals.
The so-called quasi-qi refining period is when a cultivator with a spiritual root can sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and absorb the spiritual energy of the corresponding attribute through the exhalation exercise. However, the cultivators at this stage do not have mana in their bodies, and they need to use the spiritual energy introduced into the body to open up the meridians everywhere, and after completing the large and small Zhoutian, they can precipitate and generate mana at the dantian.
That is to say, before sensing the aura of heaven and earth, before generating mana, it is the quasi-qi refining period. And the generation of mana in the body is a sign of the first layer of qi refining. And because only mana can activate spells, cultivators can only cultivate spells with corresponding attributes when they reach the first level of qi refining.
After comprehending it thoroughly, Du Fan began to close his eyes and breathe out according to the content of the exercises.
It wasn't until sunset and dusk that Du Fan slowly opened his eyes, his face showed exhaustion, and a touch of disappointment flashed in his eyes, he failed......
"Doesn't it mean that a cultivator with a spiritual root can sense the aura of heaven and earth in as little as one moment or as many as two hours, but I have meditated for four hours according to the exercises, and I don't feel it at all, could it be that my cultivation qualifications are really as unbearable as Chu Liantian said?"
Thinking of the words spoken by the blue-robed man on the day of the extermination of the Ten Thousand Eyes Gluttony, Du Fan couldn't help but feel a little frustrated, and listening to the person's tone, his own qualifications seemed to be not just as simple as being the first to last in one interface, but the first to last in many interfaces......