After three more people, the next journey was also a lot more lively. Leaving the great city of Kurgan, the old man of the post station prepared food and medicinal materials for Shi Yan, and did not receive a penny. In order to express his gratitude, Shi Yan gave him 10 'Blood Pills', and the old man's eyes were straight.

In the desert, the three girls followed Shi Yan slowly, with the girls here, life and daily life have changed a lot, to say that the most enjoyable is Arus, because Jobelle takes care of him very carefully. Along the way, Shi Yan found that Qiao Xin'er is a money controller, a very frugal girl, she is the eldest of the three girls, she takes care of her two younger sisters on weekdays, saves money, and everything has to be planned in advance. Qiao Linger is different, she is very timid, but her mouth is very sweet, and she likes to ask questions along the way. As for Belle, she is a very quiet girl, she doesn't talk much, she is very simple, and she is also the most helpful one.

"Belle, why are you so nice to him?" Qiao Linger asked.

"Hehe, is there one?" Jobelle laughed.

The group talked and laughed, and it took about a month for the group to drag their tired bodies out of the Kurgan Desert, and they were greeted by a new town "Critical Town". The Critical Town is located at the westernmost point of the Stone Country, and is the last town before stepping into the border. The five of them ran towards the town like crazy, found the biggest restaurant in the town, and ate and drank wildly. The innkeeper smiled, the boss had seen too much in this situation, in his eyes, those who could survive here were heroes, and many people died before they got here.

"Critical town? Aunt Jing, can you get out of the country of stones after this town? Shi Yan asked.

"Yes, the critical town is located in the Chongling Pass among the top ten fortresses, and after passing this level, it will be considered out of the Stone Country," said Zhu Jing with a smile.

"Chongling Pass, it's not very far, much earlier than expected," Shi Yan said.

"We followed the map given by Hua Lao, which is naturally a shortcut, otherwise we would have to walk for three or five months in this desert alone," Zhu Jing said in the ring.

"Oh," Shi Yan nodded.

After a full meal, the five of them wandered around the town, Arus basically regained his language ability, Shi Yan took out some of the pills, let Arus sell them, and he and the three sisters of the Qiao family found an inn to live in.

Compared to the big city of Kurgan, this critical town is much more lively, not only is there a lot of people but also very chaotic, and a small-scale battle will break out on the street from time to time, and Shi Yan found that in addition to soldiers shuttling back and forth, this town also hides a lot of extremely powerful cultivators, even the owner of the inn is a third-level fighter.

"The people here are very strong," Shi Yan asked.

"This place is very close to the border, and it is also the latest place to be affected after the outbreak of the war, and to do business here is no less than licking blood from the edge of a knife, and it is impossible to stand without some strength," said Zhu Jing.

"Knock knock~" There was a series of knocks on the door, and Arus ran back from outside panting.

"Is the medicine sold?" Shi Yan asked.

"Sold, sold," Arus said.

"What's the matter, deputy leader, being chased?" Qiao Xin'er said with a smile.

"Huhu~~ Oops, terrible, I'm really being chased," Arus said.

"Don't worry, speak slowly," Shi Yan said.

It turned out that Arus took the pill to the pharmacy to sell, and no one paid attention to him at first, but after the bottles of 2 pills were placed on the table, the pharmacy suddenly quieted down. Arus didn't know that in a place like the 'Critical Town', where wars were frequent, elixir was a very rare luxury. Arus sold so many bottles at once, the price tripled, but trouble followed.

"Is the medicine bad?" Shi Yan asked.

"No, it's the quality is too good, if it's average, the boss of the medicine you sell seems to be very interested, and people have been following me all the way since I left the pharmacy," Arus said.

"Huh?" Shi Yan was stunned.

"It's too careless, there are casualties every day in this kind of place, and the pharmacist's is easy to be noticed" Zhu Jing appeared in front of everyone.

Zhu Jing suddenly appeared, and the three girls were stunned. On weekdays, the three girls felt that Shi Yan was chattering, and they had nothing to say to the ring, although it was strange, but they didn't dare to ask more.

"Do~" Qiao Ling'er fainted directly because she was too timid.

Arus was eating, watching Qiao Ling'er fall to the ground with a bang, and said "Alas~ Look at the girl who scares her."

"What is this?" Qiao Xin'er was surprised.

"Soul body?" Jobelle said.

"Since I'm Xiao Yan's subordinate, I don't need to hide all the time, I'm Zhu Jing, Shi Yan's aunt, you can call me Aunt Jing" Zhu Jing said.

Seeing the two girls standing there in a daze, Arus admonished, "Shout, this is Aunt Jing."

"Aunt Jing" Qiao Bei'er and Qiao Xin'er immediately shouted, they never thought that there was such a soul body around Shi Yan.

"Puff~" Pucci also jumped out and walked around the house. I don't know when it started, Pucci is very good at sleeping, this time because he doesn't let it come out casually, this little guy sleeps in the ring for a month. Xin'er frowned, looked at Belle, came to Pucci with a happy face, and picked up the little guy.

"Poof~" Pucci exclaimed as she looked at Belle.

"It's so cute," Belle and Xin'er shouted.

Shi Yan came to the window and looked at the crowd of people coming and going on the street, there were indeed many unidentified passers-by below at this moment. Arus looked under the window, and just a few strangers looked up at this side, and the frightened Arus immediately retracted his head.

"What's wrong?" Shi Yan asked.

"That's them, they're all here, what now?" Arus asked.

"It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided," Qiao Xin'er said.

"Is it troublesome?" Shi Yan asked.

"I don't know if it's troublesome or not, but I know it must not be a good thing," Arus said.

"How?" Shi Yan asked.

Arus said, throwing a big bag of spars in front of Shi Yan, Shi Yan didn't understand, but Qiao Xin'er's eyes widened, seriously, it's the first time they've seen so much money after they have been out for so long? Shi Yan didn't think so, and just looked at Arus with a frown.

"The hedron is fine, but the safety factor has dropped significantly," Arus asked.

"Yes, there are so many spars, we can't use them," Shi Yan said suddenly.

"Senior brother, this is what I bought for my life, do you know how dangerous I was just now," Arus said.

"In my opinion, divide the spars, and Xiao Yan will keep a little for backup," Zhu Jing commanded.

As soon as he heard that he was going to divide the spars, Qiao Xin'er's ears moved, and he involuntarily leaned towards Shi Yan. Arus watched Qiao Xin'er's changes and raised his eyebrows.

"What about me?" Arus asked.

"You've just been out, it's easy for them to recognize you, so change them," Zhu Jing said.

"Yes, Aunt Jing," Qiao Xin'er and Qiao Belle said.

Shi Yan divided the copper spar into three parts and handed it to Qiao Xin'er. woke up Qiao Ling'er, and after explaining, it can be regarded as a relief. The three sisters went out as instructed, and after the three of them left, Arus frowned and looked at Zhu Jing in puzzlement.

"If you have something to say, say it," said Zhu Jing.

"Aunt Jing, isn't it good that you gave them a lot of spars," Arus asked.

"That money just now is enough for the three of them to leave, if we leave, we won't be able to keep it," said Zhu Jing with a smile.

"No, they're our partners," Shi Yan said.

"It's okay, there is no doubt about employing people, but for now we have to learn to be obedient and not show too much show," said Zhu Jing.

"That makes sense, senior brother, you're too inexperienced, be careful," Arus admonished.

"How do I feel, you're more dangerous," Shi Yan said.

"I've always been a tight-lipped man," Arus said.

"Puff~Puff~Puff~" Pucci was overjoyed when he heard it.

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In the evening, Qiao Xin and the three of them rushed back with a bag full of things, Arus's worries were indeed superfluous, for them, the spar was more or less secondary, and it was more important than anything else to find a stable place, although Shi Yan was young, but for them, he was a person worthy of trust.

"That's a lot, you've bought so many things, haven't you been discovered?" asked Arus.

"It's okay, the most basic thing we used to do was to learn to hide ourselves, don't worry, no one will follow," Qiao Xin'er said, handing over the rest of the money to Shi Yan as he spoke.

"Okay, I have something to announce" Shi Yan said, hearing Shi Yan's words, the three girls sat down obediently, and under the influence of the girls, Arus also hurriedly sat down.

"Since you are all members of my Sun Mercenaries, then I need to be responsible for each and every one of you, some of the medicinal materials here are for us to spare in the future, and some of them are needed for our cultivation, I will refine some pills for you to take from tonight, in addition to strengthening your body, there is also the ability to improve your cultivation," Shi Yan said.

"Thank you, Chief," the three girls said happily.

"Brother, I'm not happy," Arus said.

Shi Yan looked at Arus's constipated look, and smiled helplessly, "What's wrong with you, what's upset?"

"Look, it used to be you and me," Arus explained, "and now it's you, Xin'er, Belle, Ling'er, and me."

Shi Yan looked at Arus's appearance, and probably knew what he was going to say, originally the two of them took care of each other, and Shi Yan's benefits were almost all given to Arus, and now there are three more girls, so the benefits of Arus are naturally less.

"I'm unbalanced," Arus said.

When the three girls saw Arus, because they were starting to be careful, and then looked at Shi Yan's appearance, they all smiled, and they all smiled, and they immediately ran to Arus's side and grabbed Arus's arm, and said in a crisp and numb tone, "Brother Arus, you are our deputy leader, can you bear to watch our three little women fall into the dust?" ”。

"Oops~ Look" Zhujing exclaimed, not because Ling'er's tone was lingering, but because Arus was shaken, and the whole person was softer than that tone, and finally stood there in a daze and smirked.

Shi Yan looked at Arus's sloppy face, nodded with satisfaction and said, "The problem of the deputy leader has been solved, let's talk about your attributes."

"I'm a fire and earth attribute," Qiao Xin'er said.

"I am a water and earth attribute," Qiao Ling'er said.

"I'm fire, wood," Jobelle said.

"Firewood? It's all two attributes? Shi Yan was surprised.

"Yes, the Dark Moon mercenaries don't catch all children, they do a strict test when they train us, and those who can stay are dual-attribute children," Qiao Xin'er said.

"I didn't expect Sister Belle to be a firewood attribute," Shi Yan said.

"Chief, you can just call me Belle," Jobelle laughed.

"Okay, what level are you all at now, you know?" Shi Yan asked.

"We are all 6th Rank Spirit Masters," Qiao Xin'er said.

"It's pretty coordinated," said Zhu Jing.

"Well, because we eat, live and cultivate together, our progress is about the same, and now our level is still low, as for what we can become in the future, it's hard to say," Qiao Xin'er said.

"Don't get in the way, Arus originally has no attributes, and he can reach the 8th stage fighter, you guys are good, there must be no problem," Shi Yan said.

"Ahem~" Arus coughed dryly.

"What rank is the leader?" Qiao Xin'er asked.

"He? The dual cultivation of the Fighter and the Spirit Warrior has reached level 1," Arus said.

"Huh?" All three exclaimed.

"Expected," Arus said, holding his lips.

"Alright, you go down first, Belle stays," Shi Yan said.

"Why? Why her? What are you doing? Arus asked.

"I kept her to let her learn alchemy with me, why are you so nervous?" Shi Yan asked.

"Oh," Arus nodded, and exited the door amid the curious gazes of the crowd.

After everyone left, Shi Yan took out the Dan furnace, condensed a flame in his right hand and threw it into the furnace, and his left hand began to continuously urge the fighting qi to control the flames.

When refining medicine, Shi Yan couldn't speak, and focused on the fire in the Dan furnace wholeheartedly. Qiao Belle was arranged to watch on the side, and in addition to handing over the herbs, she quietly watched the calcination and refining of Shiyan on the side.

Every time Shi Yan refines medicine, Zhu Jing also likes to watch him from the side, and every time he sees his focused, Zhu Jing is extremely relieved in his heart.

"Aunt Jing? The leader practiced a few pills," Qiao Belle asked.

"4 grades are low-level," said Zhu Jing.

Qiao Belle stared at Shi Yan in disbelief, looked at Zhu Jing, and saw Zhu Jing smiling all the time looking at Shi Yan's back. 4 low-grade? Just kidding, she had never seen 4 pins of pills herself, and in her impression, she had never heard of any pharmacist who could refine 4 pins of pills.

"By the way, Belle, I saw that you were very good to Arus along the way, did you know each other before?" Zhu Jing asked.

"Yes, yes, but he probably forgot about me," Jobelle laughed.

"Oh? Aunt Jing is from the past, you take care of him more than ordinary friends, tell me, what do you like about him? Zhu Jing asked with a smile.

"Aunt Jing, don't laugh, I'm just grateful to him," Jobelle smiled.

"Poof?" Pucci jumped out and got into Jobelle's arms.

Jobelle picked up Pucci and thought about something as she touched it gently.

"He was just an ordinary kid before, could it be that you knew each other before," Zhu Jing said curiously.

"Aunt Jing, if it weren't for you asking, I wouldn't want to recall that time" Qiao Belle said, her eyes were a little sad, "We didn't know each other before, I was kidnapped before, and I was locked up in a warehouse with the leader and the deputy leader, the leader of the Dark Moon was mad, let us kill each other, and exchange other people's lives for our own chance of survival, I was so scared that I couldn't even speak, but fortunately, the leader at that time desperately protected us." It was at that time that a boy wanted to kill me in exchange for a chance to survive, and we were very hungry and weak, and we had no strength to resist, so I was almost strangled to death, but fortunately, Arus knocked the boy down with a punch, otherwise I would have died."

"Huh?" Chase Jing was stunned.

"yes, it's cruel, I'm scared when I think about it now, I'm watching everything, but my body is no longer conscious," Jobelle said.

"It turns out that you have been through so much before," Zhu Jing looked at Shi Yan's back and whispered.

"Yes, then Shi Yan left, and the leader of the Dark Moon also left after getting some news, but when he came back, he lost most of his subordinates, we were all scared at the time, no one thought that a 10-year-old child could make such a mess of the Dark Moon mercenaries, and it was because of that loss that we were able to survive," Jobelle said.

"You ran into us later?" Zhu Jing asked.

"Well, yes, although there were a lot of encounters in this, of course, including the killing of the three masters, we suffered a lot, in fact, when I met the chief and the deputy leader, I was really excited, and I also wanted to follow them and get out of that hellish cage, hehe, but fortunately, we are really together now" Belle smiled.

Zhu Jing suddenly understood that the three of them would not leave, to be honest, Zhu Jing also doubted it, but now that she knew their story, she was sure that they would not go again.

"Amber beads, seven beads of grass stalks, give me," Shi Yan said suddenly.

"Oh, okay," Jobelle hurriedly handed over the herbs.

"Aunt Jing, what is this refining the leader?" Jobelle asked.

"Clear spring water, rejuvenating grass powder, reed flower juice, ground gentian juice, konjac, spirit stone, amber beads, seven beads of grass stalks, he is refining the pure lotus immortal water liquid" Zhu Jing said with a smile.

"What's that?" Jobelle wondered.

"It is a kind of medicine that nourishes the muscles and bones, and when you practice at night, with it, you can absorb more and better spiritual energy between heaven and earth," said Zhujing.

"Looks like we're in the right place," Jobelle said.

"Pure Lotus Immortal Water Liquid, a 4-grade low-grade medicine, for you junior cultivators, it can increase your cultivation speed by nearly 1 times," said Zhu Jing with a smile.

Qiao Belle's eyes were wide, and her cultivation speed could be increased by 1 times, what kind of concept is that, my God, if this medicinal liquid is sold, it may cost a few silver crystals. I didn't expect Shi Yan to use this kind of liquid medicine for them, it was a luxury to think about it, let alone use it.

"Hehe" Zhu Jing looked at Qiao Bei'er's appearance and smiled slightly.

After the final refining was over, Shi Yan gently pulled out the refined liquid from the mouth of the pill, and Qiao Beier laid out the prepared medicine bottles one by one.

"Pure Lotus Immortal Water Liquid, done!" Shi Yan smiled after filling the last bottle.

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