Qinglan City is the largest city in the eastern part of the Cangyun Empire, and it can also be ranked among the top ten among the one hundred and eight large cities in the empire.

The city is full of pearls, Huying Luoqi, Qiangguan is clear, Lingge is full of night, and the prosperity of Qinglan makes countless people yearn for it.

As a port city, it connected the empire with other powers' trade and navigation routes, and goods and goods from all over the world were transferred here, which also brought an extremely active economy to Qinglan City.

Compared with the arid interior, the climate here is extremely livable, so for thousands of years, top families have taken root here, large chambers of commerce have developed here, and even powerful monks have sought out the blessed land nearby, established sects, and recruited disciples.

All of this comes together to create today's magnificent Qinglan City.

But like all big cities, if you are drunk with money, there must be a difficult life.

The northern part of Qinglan City is a huge slum area, most of the people who live in this area are commoners, and some are former aristocratic families, but the family has gradually declined and decayed over the years, and finally moved here.

The strength of the immortal realm is respected, if the cultivation is low, then it is bound to be only engaged in a lowly profession, there is no power and no money, and the next generation of these civilians will not be well trained, for example, Cangyun Academy needs a tuition fee of fifty Cangyun coins per semester, which is an astronomical amount for most families in the north of the city.

Over time, in a vicious circle, people here began to give up raising children, so one generation became even worse than the next, and it also changed from a simple civilian gathering area at the beginning of the city's establishment to a veritable slum.

At this time, one of the huts was filled with laughter that was not commensurate with this area, a young man in a fancy costume was rolling up his sleeves and raising a glass with the bare-chested man sitting opposite, and the woman in cloth who was sitting next to him was also full of smiles, and she was vigorously putting vegetables into the young man's bowl.

"Hahahaha, Li Mu, you kid, how long have you not come to see Uncle Nie and me, are your wings hard now, thinking that you can drink me over, don't say anything today, we have to divide the winner. ”

The bare-shouldered man raised his head, drank all the liquor in the cup, and said with a smile to Li Mu.

"Uncle Nie, didn't I have an accident some time ago, my body happened to be busy with cultivation again, so I didn't come to drink with you, but it's okay, I'll have a drink with you today, Uncle Nie. ”

At this time, Li Mu was also interested, and once again filled the glass of the bare-chested man, and the two of them held the glass one by one, and then drank it all with their heads up.

"Drink, drink, drink, you know to drink, you know that it's not good for the two of you to meet together. ”

The door of the room was pushed open from the outside, and it was Nie Xiaoyu who came back with Li Mu in her hands, holding two plates of steaming seasonal stir-fry in her hands, but muttering to the two men in front of her for a while.

"Haha, our Xiaoyu is angry, but Li Mu, it's not Uncle Nie who said you, if you don't come to see me, forget it, your Xiaoyu has to come and see it often, you don't know that during this time, this little girl is talking about your name every day, and my ears are almost annoyed by her. ”

After another glass of wine, the shirtless man let out a sigh of satisfaction, and said to Li Mu in his throat.

"Dad, what are you talking about, I'm going to cook, ignoring you. ”

Nie Xiaoyu felt that his face was hot, and hurriedly avoided Li Mu's gaze, turned around, and fled from the house, behind him was his father laughing.

Late at night, the hustle and bustle of the hut gradually became low, and finally Li Mu, who had risen sharply, was still invincible to the bold bare-chested man in the matter of drinking, and fell asleep directly in the house, and the beautiful girl tiptoed to his side, looking at Li Mu, who had no image on the ground, and couldn't help laughing, the girl's smile in the moonlight was thrillingly beautiful.

Gently covering Li Mu with a blanket, Nie Xiaoyu looked at the sleeping young man in front of him at the door, and then closed the door.

Entering my lovesick door, knowing that I am lovesick, long-term lovesickness, long-term lovesickness, short-term lovesickness is infinite, I knew that it was so stumbling, and it was as if I didn't know each other at the beginning.

The morning sun shone on Li Mu's face through the window, and when he opened his worried eyes, Li Mu stretched out for a long time, this was the most comfortable sleep he had since he crossed into this world.

"Brother Mu, you're awake, I just made breakfast, come and eat." ”

The door of the house was pushed open by Xiaoyu, and when she saw Li Mu, who had woken up, the girl also hurriedly beckoned him to have breakfast together.

"This white porridge is so delicious, Xiaoyu has another bowl, and this fritter is also delicious, Xiaoyu, why are you so good at cooking, who can marry you in the future is really blessed." ”

Li Mu held half a golden fritter in his mouth, and handed the bowl in his hand to the girl, shouting that he could drink a few more bowls.

After breakfast, Xiaoyu's parents rushed to Shuangfeng Building to start work, and only Li Mu and the two were left in the family.

"Brother Mu, let's start alchemy, I'll see if you have anything you can improve. ”

After that, the girl took Li Mu to the backyard, where a pitch-black alchemy furnace was sitting.

"This alchemy furnace is still the last time Brother Mu bought so many pills, and the Baicaotang rewarded me, the quality is very good, and I was able to break through to the mortal level three grades some time ago thanks to it. ”

Although alchemy was born recklessly, but since its development, it has also become a money-burning craft, and the cultivation of alchemists needs to constantly refine pills, in order to understand the process and skills, and these require a lot of money support, not only a large number of herbs, but also high-quality alchemy furnaces are also expensive.

Nie Xiaoyu was able to cultivate to the mortal level three grades, in addition to her own talent and hard work, the work of the Baicao Hall also gave her a lot of help, otherwise ordinary children from civilian families, just an alchemy furnace would be enough to consume them for a year.

Li Mu was not ambiguous, and immediately lit the Dan furnace and began the refining of the Qi Replenishing Pill.

The materials used in this elixir are very simple, Li Mu has also prepared a lot of them and put them in the warehouse system, and it is also extremely convenient to use them now, as for why he can take things from the void, Li Mu also naturally pushed it on his ethereal master, and pointed to the ordinary fine iron ring in his hand without blushing and saying that it was a magic weapon for space storage.

Xiaoyu also curiously played with the ring without energy fluctuations for a long time, which made Li Mu blush.

"Brother Mu, your entire process of refining the Qi Replenishing Pill is very smooth, it is completely at the peak level of a first-grade alchemist, I can't find anything that can be improved. ”

In the time of the two pillars of incense, Li Mu successfully refined a Qi Replenishing Pill, which also made Nie Xiaoyu breathtaking, because even if she was now at the level of a third-grade alchemist, refining this Qi Replenishing Pill was not necessarily faster than Li Mu.

"The difference between the second grade and the first grade is that you need to operate more medicinal materials to fuse in the alchemy furnace at the same time, and this also requires more powerful control, I think this should be your breakthrough Brother Mu. ”

The girl frowned and thought for a moment, then said to Li Mu, now her brother needs to break through in cultivation and alchemy, and control seems to be the key.

"That's right, I am now full of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi in my dantian, and the cyclone is also saturated, the difference is to strip off the essence of Yuan Qi, and this does require very strong control, and breaking through the second-grade alchemist also needs to improve in this aspect, Xiaoyu, you are really my lucky star, and I have found the key to the problem at once. ”

Li Mu, who was woken up by Xiaoyu, an outsider, jumped three feet high happily, and couldn't wait to pick up the girl in front of him and kiss her.

"Brother, don't be too happy, your current alchemy level is very high, I can hardly find a flaw, but this is only the most basic refining of the Qi Replenishing Pill, and only two medicinal materials are used in total, and the Signature Healing Pill of the second-grade alchemist requires the fusion of five herbs, and there is no shortcut in between, only the process of constantly repeating practice, failure, practice, and failure. ”

Xiaoyu still poured a basin of cold water on the excited Li Mu in time, the difficulty of the breakthrough of each grade of the alchemist is increasing geometrically, and the powerful immortal-level alchemist can take the essence from thousands of medicinal materials at the same time and melt it into a pill, which is breathtaking.

"Actually, I still have a way, I can let my brother you get twice the result with half the effort, I suggest that you don't go to Baicaotang to buy the medicinal materials for practicing alchemy, and go directly to the outside of the city to collect, as far as I know, there are a large number of low-level herbs growing on the periphery of the Black Dragon Mountain Range in the north of Qinglan City, and most importantly, it is also a gathering area for low-level demon beasts, so that you can find some demon beasts to practice while collecting medicine, so that martial arts and alchemy can be cultivated together, complement each other, and I believe there will be good results." ”

The girl's suggestion made Li Mu's eyes light up, since he was pursuing a double breakthrough in cultivation and alchemy, it would be impossible to find a way to cultivate at the same time, but he didn't expect that the problem that he couldn't figure out after racking his brains would be solved in Xiaoyu's three or two clicks.

"Thank you so much, Xiaoyu, for helping me find such a good way, I'll hurry up, go back and clean up first, set off this afternoon, I know this place in Heilong Mountain, it's not far from Qinglan City, and you can get there in two hours if you ride a fast horse." ”

After setting the goal, Li Mu couldn't sit still, and he couldn't wait to start cultivating immediately, but he knew that he didn't have to learn in the city to hone his training, and there were hidden risks everywhere, so he still had to go home and prepare.

"I'm not finished yet, Brother Mu, I'll go with you this time. ”

"Okay, no problem...... Wait, what are you talking about? You want to go with me? No, no, no, in the wilderness, in danger, Xiaoyu, you are a girl, no, no. ”

As soon as Li Mu heard that the girl was going to go out of the city with him to go to the Black Dragon Mountain to collect medicine and practice, his head suddenly shook like a rattle, although the periphery of the Black Dragon Mountain Range was only the lowest-level demon beast gathering area, but who dared to guarantee that no exception would occur, he had a lot of means to save his life, but it was too dangerous for Xiaoyu to go together.

"Hmph, Brother Mu, don't underestimate me, I'm also one of the top ten masters in Cangyun Academy now, and you go to the Black Dragon Mountain Range alone, are you sure you can find the right herbs?"

The girl saw that Li Mu obviously didn't agree to take her with her, and immediately crossed her hands on her hips, her eyes widened, and her small mouth was pursed, as if she would never give up until she reached her goal.

"Uh...... Okay, but Xiaoyu, you have to promise me that once you encounter any powerful demon beasts, you must protect yourself. ”

After struggling for a long time, Li Mu found that he really needed to be accompanied by someone who knew herbal medicine to complete this experience, so he could only reluctantly agree to Xiaoyu's request.

"Haha, that's great, Brother Mu is waiting for me, I'll go and bring some simple salutes first, and I'll be fine right away." ”

The smiling girl then jumped into the house and began to pack up her salute, leaving Li Mu alone in the yard with an embarrassed smile.