Chapter 74： Baodan Residence! Alchemy!

Chapter 74 Baodan Residence! Alchemy!

"Leave first." Su Changkong was alert, and he would cause trouble. Su Changkong didn't stay for a long time, got up and left quickly, speeding up his pace to cross this barren mountain.

"It's already very close to Molin's Mansion, and this kind of thing still happens? It seems... Molin's Mansion is not as peaceful as I imagined!"

Until he left the barren mountain, Su Changkong recalled the tragic and strange corpses, his expression became even more solemn.

This area of ​​Molin Mansion City, I am afraid it is not calm, he still needs to be cautious!

On the road until dusk, Su Changkong found that there were more pedestrians around, including caravans, dart teams, and groups of three or five, dressed in ordinary passers-by, and from time to time there were soldiers in armor and riding horses. Patroling back and forth, Su Changkong understood that he was almost at Molin Mansion!

"finally reached!"

Sure enough, as we moved forward, the outline of a city appeared in front of us. The tall city wall stood still, exuding a heavy sense of time.

This is the most prosperous city of Molin Mansion!

The nearly ten-foot-high city wall stands, made of black rock, and the gate of the city is guarded by fully armed silver armored soldiers.

According to Su Changkong's knowledge, the permanent population of this Molin Mansion City is more than one million people, excluding those merchants and travelers. This was already one of the largest cities in the ancient times of Blue Star!

Su Changkong followed the crowd towards the city, and the soldiers at the gate of the city just lingered on his face before moving away.

All the way into the city, there were horses and carriages speeding on the wide streets. Su Changkong saw a large number of towering buildings and a large number of residential areas. It was already evening, and many high-rise buildings were hung with a large number of lanterns and lanterns, emitting a bright light. Eye-catching.

In Qingshui City and even the Black Iron Villa, as soon as it gets dark, people basically have to rest early and get up early to work the next day.

In Molinfu City, the night time is full of lanterns and the night market is bustling, which is when many people are having fun and getting drunk, and it will gradually fall into darkness until late at night!

From Qingshui City to Molinfu City, Su Changkong felt like coming from the countryside to a big city, completely two different worlds!

"First find an inn to live in, inquire about the situation in Molin Mansion City, then rent a house and start the matter of Qi and Blood Pill."

Su Changkong was not in a hurry, he strolled around the street for a while, and finally stopped at the entrance of a hotel called "Songyue Inn" and walked towards the inn.

Inn, this place has a lot of people, mixed fish and dragons, and fast news flow. This is a good place to listen to news.

Su Changkong opened a room in the Songyue Inn. He washed away some of the exhaustion from traveling these days. He sat down in the corner of the lobby on the first floor of the inn, ordered a few dishes, and quietly listened to the rest of the hall. Conversation with eating guests.

"Hahaha! Three days ago, there were pirates looting, and the young leader of the Giant Whale Gang, Si Kong Zhan, personally took people out to sea, and sank the group of more than 100 pirates and several ships into the blue rain sea!"

"Have you heard...Yesterday, near the city of Molin Mansion, a carrion was found in a miserable state of death. The rumor is not man-made...but a demon..."

In the lobby of the inn, many guests were sitting at a table in groups of three or five, drinking wine, eating meat, and chatting about the world. Many of them were some major events that happened in Molin City recently.

Su Changkong listened quietly, and there was indeed a lot of gains. At night, the second inn called hot water, and Su Changkong also gave him some silver coins to inquire about some basic conditions in Molin Mansion City. many.

In the blink of an eye, Su Changkong spent five days at the Songyue Inn. After these five days, he also had a basic understanding of Molin Mansion!

In Molin's Mansion, the most not to provoke is the prefect of Molin's Mansion.

Gong Yulong, the prefect of Molin Mansion, can not only mobilize the tens of thousands of Molin elite soldiers in Molin Mansion, but also he is from a wealthy family, and he is supported by the Gong family, a big family that has been rooted in Molin Mansion for hundreds of years!

In addition, the Giant Whale Gang, one of the largest gangs in Molin Mansion City, is also a behemoth that cannot be provoked. This Giant Whale Gang is strong and strong, with disciples all over the Molin Mansion Martial Forest, occupying the nearby Blue Rain Sea, and controlling the business of the sea route. Daily gold.

The leader of the Giant Whale Gang, Sikong Yong, is also a top martial arts expert in the Molin Mansion. He is a martial arts genius. He inherited the position of the leader of the Giant Whale Gang when he was young. Obedient to post, no one dares to stand up!

Although he has not been seen in public for several years now, his reputation remains undiminished.

"First go to Wanlin Pavilion to see if you can buy the medicinal materials needed for Qixue Dan, and then go to find a suitable residence for me."

Su Changkong secretly said.

Wanlin Pavilion, this is the industry of 10,000 families in Molin Mansion. These 10,000 families have been rooted in Molin Mansion for many years, mainly doing business. Wanlin Pavilion is similar to a shopping mall, whether it is weapons, bows and arrows, or some clothing and medicinal materials. can buy it!

In a small place like Qingshui City, most of the medicinal materials needed for the Qi and Blood Pills could not be purchased. Use it to step into the realm of blood!

Su Changkong packed up, asked passers-by about the location of Wanlin Pavilion, and came all the way to the outside of Wanlin Pavilion.

Wanlin Pavilion is located in the prosperous area of ​​the commercial street in the city. The entire Wanlin Pavilion attic covers a large area and is very conspicuous. It overwhelms some nearby buildings and has a feeling of a shopping mall.

The first floor of Wanlin Pavilion is also full of people coming and going. There are some luxury goods such as jewelry on the counters, as well as weapons such as swords.

"This guest, do you need anything?"

Not long after Su Changkong entered the Wanlin Pavilion, a young man in the uniform of the Wanlin Pavilion greeted him and gave him a very warm reception.

This young man is very discerning. At this moment, Su Changkong's breath is shrinking, his face is cold, and he looks like a young man, but he has an extraordinary bearing, which makes the young man in Wanlin Tower not dare to neglect.

Su Changkong didn't talk nonsense, took out a list from his arms, handed it to the young man, and said calmly, "I want to buy the herbs on the list."

The young man took it with both hands, and his expression was even more respectful and solemn: "Blood Cordyceps, Blood Lotus, Twenty Years of Blood Ginseng..."

The medicinal materials on this list are the medicinal materials needed for refining Qi and Blood Pills.

In order to confuse the public, Su Changkong still added several kinds of medicinal materials that he did not need to the purchased medicinal materials.

Of course, it doesn’t matter if you don’t do this. To refine Qi and Blood Pills, you need not only these medicinal materials, but also the proportions and refining methods are well documented.

is like building a house, giving him enough materials, building a house is not simply stacking bricks and stones.

"This distinguished guest, please come to the second floor with me, and I will inform Director Wan Xun."

The young man said more and more respectfully, the medicinal materials on it are all valuable, the Su Changkong in front of him is a distinguished guest, and more senior personnel are needed to discuss business with him!

"Okay." Su Changkong looked concise.

In an elegant box on the second floor, the young man poured Su Changkong a cup of tea made from precious tea leaves and bowed back.

Su Changkong didn't move the tea on the table and waited quietly.

Not long after, a middle-aged man with a refined temperament entered the box. This person was obviously the director of Wan Xun, and by his surname, he must be a member of the Wan family.

"Wan Xun, what do you dare to ask Mr. sir?" Wan Xun bowed his hands to Su Changkong and asked politely.

"My surname is Li." Su Changkong casually made up a fake surname.

"Mr. Li, do you need to buy those medicinal herbs? Some of them are not available in Wanlin Pavilion, but we can buy them from other places, and they will be available within two days!"

Wan Xun said to Su Changkong.

"What about the price?" Su Changkong asked the price.

"The medicinal materials that Mr. Li needs are quite precious, most of them are things that nourish qi and nourish blood, and a portion is about 3,000 taels of silver!"

Seek the truth.

"3,000 taels?" Su Changkong was secretly shocked. Although he was mentally prepared, the price still surprised him.

You must know that Su Changkong used to take twice the amount of Yiqi Powder extravagantly every day, which cost 600 to 700 taels a month, but this medicinal material for refining Qi and Blood Pills cost 3,000 taels!

Su Changkong was amazed, but his face was still calm, he said, "Then make a reservation first."

Don’t buy too much, just buy one and see the effect!

"Now in two days, it will be in place."

Wan Xun was overjoyed when he heard the words, knowing that the business was half-successful, and immediately assured him.

"Then I'll come back in two days." Su Changkong nodded and left Wanlin Building with Wan Xun's message.

After leaving Wanlin Building, Su Changkong spent more than a day looking for a place to live in the city.

Su Changkong needs to live in a place that is big enough and quiet enough, because he wants to practice martial arts, and his movements are not small. In addition, he also plans to arrange some forging tools, which also requires enough space!

In the end, Su Changkong chose his favorite residence. It was a small and idle manor located in the western district of the city. There were flowers, plants, trees, and the scenery was quite good. The courtyard walls were tall and quiet enough.

And the rent is quite expensive, 30 taels of silver a month, 360 taels of silver a year!

This is enough to buy a nice house in Qingshui City!

The quietness and environment of this manor were quite in line with Su Changkong's wishes. In the end, he still didn't save the money and rented this small manor, paying the rent for one year at one time.

tidy up the room in the manor, two days passed quickly.

"Mr. Li, are you here? Please take a seat!"

Two days later, Su Changkong went to Wanlin Building early in the morning. In the box on the second floor, Wan Xun warmly invited Su Changkong to sit down.

"These are the medicinal materials that Mr. Li needs, please count them." Wan Xun then ordered someone to fetch the medicinal materials that Su Changkong wanted.

They were all beautifully packaged. Among them, the 20-year-old blood ginseng needed for Qixue Pill was packed in a delicate sandalwood box. Su Changkong checked them one by one and found nothing wrong. It is impossible to deceive and self-destruct the brand.

Su Changkong took out three thousand taels of silver notes and paid the money.

Complete the transaction, both parties are in a good mood.

Su Changkong took the opportunity to ask: "Director Wan, do you know where there are alchemists?"

Just buying these medicinal materials is not enough, Su Changkong also needs an alchemist to make these medicinal materials into pills!

"Alchemist?"

Hearing that, Wan Xun didn't have too many surprises. Su Changkong bought so many precious medicinal materials, and Wan Xun could also guess that Su Changkong was mostly trying to refine some kind of medicinal pill that nourishes Qi and nourishes blood.

Wan Xun pondered a little and said: "Alchemy masters are very few in number, especially the highly skilled alchemists, which require a huge sum of money unimaginable for ordinary people to cultivate. I recommend you to go to Baodan Residence, Baodan Residence. The alchemy master Sun Yinian has forty or fifty years of experience in alchemy, and his skills are good, and he also undertakes the business of helping people alchemy."

Alchemy is indeed a money-burning profession. It requires a lot of practice to sharpen the alchemy technique. In the early stage, it is completely burning money and losing money. Ordinary families are unable to train an alchemist.

There is an alchemist in the Wan family, but they only serve the disciples of the Wan family. If outsiders want to ask him to make alchemy, the price is not affordable for ordinary people, and it depends on whether he is willing or not.

Therefore, Wan Xuncai recommended Sun Yinian, an alchemist at Baodanju.

"Thank you for letting me know." After inquiring in detail about the location of this treasured pill residence, Su Changkong said goodbye to Wanxun and left, preparing to go to this treasured pill residence to see if he could ask the alchemist Sun Yinian to help refine the Qi and Blood Pill.

Baodanju is located in a quiet manor. The manor is full of various medicinal herbs, and the aroma of medicinal herbs can be smelled through the wall.

Baodanju entrance, there are two men in white standing.

Su Changkong arrived, and a man in white on the left greeted him. He politely said, "Do you want to entrust Master Sun to make alchemy?"

"Yes, Not Bad."

Su Changkong nodded in acknowledgement.

"Please, I will take you to see Master Sun Fu, he is the grandson of Master Sun."

This man in white did not neglect Su Changkong, and those who could have the money to ask Sun Yinian to make alchemy were basically not ordinary people.

Under the leadership of the man in white, Su Changkong entered Baodan Residence and met Sun Fu in a parlour. This was a handsome young man in his twenties. He was Sun Yinian's grandson, Sun Fu.

"My surname is Li, and I want to ask Master Sun to help me make alchemy." Su Changkong first introduced himself.

Sun Fu invited Su Changkong to sit down before he said, "Mr. Li, this is your first time here, right? It's fine to entrust my grandfather to make alchemy, but there are a few points I need to explain to you."

Su Changkong listened quietly.

"First, you need to prepare your own materials. According to the difficulty and value of the medicinal pills, you need to extract a certain percentage of the reward. Second, if the pills fail to be made, no fee will be charged, but the discarded medicinal materials will cause losses. I can't take it!"

Sun Fu explained to Su Changkong the request of entrusting Sun Yinian to make alchemy.

Successful alchemy, you need to pay a reward! And if the alchemy fails, all the medicinal materials will be scrapped, and Baodanju will not compensate!

This condition may seem harsh, but it is actually reasonable. After all, if there is success in alchemy, there will be failures. Even a master alchemist with a good alchemy technique cannot guarantee his success again and again.

But Su Changkong had some doubts. One portion of his Qi and Blood Pill was 3,000 taels of silver. If he failed, it would all be lost!

And even if the alchemy is successful, a pot of medicinal pills, this Baodanju may be greedy for one or two, and Su Changkong can't see it at all. It's no wonder that he treats the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. He knows Baodanju well. not much.

Of course, what worries Su Changkong the most is the success rate of Sun Yinian's refining of Qi and Blood Pills. If the success rate is high, it will be worth it if he is greedy for a few Qi and Blood Pills. If the success rate is low, then Su Changkong will lose nothing. return.

Su Changkong asked tentatively, "How dare you ask Master Sun's success rate in alchemy?"

In the face of Su Changkong's straightforward question, Sun Fu was not angry, he said truthfully: "It depends on what kind of elixir it is, if it is my grandfather's skill, the success rate will be high, if it is an elixir that my grandfather has never made before. , I need to take out the prescription, let my grandfather check it, and give a judgment, usually prepare a few more medicinal materials, and it is not ruled out that all failures."

Sun Fu explained it very clearly and did not avoid anything, just because he was afraid that the guests who came to alchemy would fail in alchemy and suffer serious losses. If you fail, Baodanju will not be responsible for the loss caused, you can sign and sign it if you are willing! Leave if you don't want to!

Sun Yinian is an alchemist with a high status. There are many dignitaries who flatter him, and he doesn't care about a few transactions.

Su Changkong frowned upon hearing this. He had to give Sun Yinian his own qi and blood pill for free, prepare his own medicinal materials, and bear the loss of the failed pill alchemy.

If Sun Yinian failed in succession, or failed seven or eight times, and succeeded in refining one or two pots, three or five Qi and Blood Pills, then he would undoubtedly lose all his money!

The 40,000-50,000 taels of silver on his body seemed a lot, but he couldn't stand such a toss at all.

"Instead of letting outsiders use my money and my medicinal materials to practice alchemy, why not do it myself?"

Su Changkong's heart moved at this moment, thinking of this, Su Changkong trusts himself more than others!

If you can learn alchemy by yourself, it will be done once and for all, eliminating the need for middlemen, being self-sufficient, and not overwhelmed by many skills!

Thinking of this, Su Changkong changed his words and said with a dry cough: "Young Master Sun, take the liberty of me, I'm actually quite interested in alchemy, and I want to learn alchemy at Baodanju Middle School... I can pay for the apprenticeship!"

Hearing this, Sun Fu was a little surprised that the topic of Su Changkong turned too quickly, but he smiled and shook his head: "Mr. Li, with all due respect, every alchemist is an alchemy technique accumulated and summed up through experience. Disciples who have passed on the ritual of master and apprentice, or their descendants, and this alchemy technique is very profound, not everyone can learn it, and it is not something that can be achieved overnight. My grandfather has accepted three or four disciples. , inherit the mantle and mantle, and will not accept any more disciples."

In this era, the relationship between master and apprentice is very close. Like father and son, apprentices need to show filial piety to the master.

For an alchemist like Sun Yinian, there are countless people who want to worship him as a teacher, but Sun Yinian has only accepted three or four disciples in the past few decades, and most of them are related to him.

Su Changkong, an outsider who doesn't know anything, wants to learn alchemy in Baodanju, which is undoubtedly impossible.

"That's it... Then let me think about it." Su Changkong just asked casually, not expecting the other party to agree, he said.

Su Changkong was not ready to immediately entrust Sun Yinian to help him make alchemy. If the investment and the harvest are not proportional, or even lose all the money, then he will have to vomit blood! Need to think about it first!

"Don't worry, my grandfather's alchemy schedule is also scheduled for next month. Mr. Li can come back anytime if he needs it." Sun Fu smiled, seemingly humble and polite, but there was a hint of arrogance in his tone.

Su Changkong doesn't trust Sun Yinian, but there are still people who beg Sun Yinian to help with alchemy!

Su Changkong got up and walked towards Baodanju.

"Sure enough... It's not that easy, Qi and Blood Pills are not so easy to obtain. Not only do you need enough precious medicinal materials, but you also need a skilled alchemist to refine them into pills! If it doesn't work, I will I can only directly eat these medicinal materials that nourish qi and nourish blood, and I don’t know if the 40,000 to 50,000 taels of silver on me is enough to complete the transformation of qi and blood!”

Su Changkong was speechless as he walked.

The medicinal materials for refining Qi and Blood Pills are themselves capable of nourishing Qi and nourishing blood. The effect of directly eating them is definitely not as good as refining them into pills, but it is better to be safe, and you don’t have to put your hope in the hands of others!

But Su Changkong had nearly 50,000 taels of silver on his body, all of which were bought into medicinal materials similar to blood ginseng. If he ate it every day, whether it could help his qi and blood reach the peak and complete the transformation of qi and blood, Su Changkong himself had no idea!

Su Changkong walked back, glanced back slightly from the corner of his eyes, and walked into an alley without hesitation.

After a while, a man followed him into the alley. The man was out of breath and puzzled at the same time: "Where is the person? Why is the person missing?"

"Your Excellency is following Li all the way, do you have any advice?" A voice suddenly sounded behind him, making the man tremble.

Su Changkong stared blankly at the man.

The man looks like twenty-five or six, he is still young, with a thin body, haggard complexion, heavy dark circles under his eyes, an appearance of being over-rewarded and hollowed out by the color of wine.

When he left Baodan Residence, Su Changkong noticed that someone was following him, so Su Changkong led him into this alley, wanting to see why this person was following him!

"I...I have no ill intentions." The man waved his hands repeatedly, seeing how he was panting after running a few steps, it was impossible for him to pose any threat to Su Changkong!

(end of this chapter)