Surrounded by mountains, Shirao is an isolated town nestled in the mountains. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 It is said to be a small town, but in fact there are only twenty or thirty houses of various sizes built in a messy manner along the mountain, and there are small roads in between.

In and out of Baiwei Town, you can only go over the mountain along the sheep intestine trail in the mountains, but because of the many strange goods in the mountains, from time to time it attracts some profit-seeking small traders, and there are some people who go into the mountains to collect medicine, hunt for treasures, and explore the wonders of lingering here all the year round.

Although the mountain road is rugged, but the descent is relatively easy, Du Qi, Yuan Haiqing and Xiao Ding and their party only took more than half an hour to arrive outside Baiwei Town, Xiao Ding confessed to Yuan Haiqing, and took the lead in running back to the town to report the news.

Because of Du Qi's request first, coupled with Xiao Ding by his side, Yuan Haiqing was the main one all the way, Du Qi and Xiao Ding followed, and now that Xiao Ding was gone, Yuan Haiqing hurriedly let Du Qi go first to show respect, and at the same time said: "Please go first!" ”

Du Qi said: "Seniors don't need to care, just be like before, so as not to be seen by others." ”

Yuan Haiqing seemed to be a little uneasy and said: "Then, then I will transgress for the time being, please forgive the master." ”

Du Qi knows that the Danding faction is afraid of civil strife, only one person per generation, and each person can only receive up to four Dan servants, the so-called Dan servants, which are the attendants during alchemy, and the servants in life, do not necessarily pass on all the alchemy techniques, but just teach some of the essence of alchemy at will, so the alchemy skills they get are not comprehensive, as for personal skills, it all depends on their own understanding and chance, strictly speaking, they are not completely regarded as people of the Danding faction, but they are worried that the older generation of Dan servants will behave nonsense, so they will be controlled by the head of the next generation, Therefore, although Yuan Haiqing is respectful to Du Qi, he does not regard himself as a subordinate, and Du Qi naturally does not care about this.

Seeing that Yuan Haiqing was actually a little restrained, he changed the topic and said, "May I ask your seniors, how many people do you still have now, do you often contact them?" ”

Yuan Haiqing said: "Back to the master, we still have seven people alive, although we have a way to contact each other, but we have never been in touch in private, but I want to exchange the collected herbs for some daily things, so I have some dealings with Gu Siren, and he only knows where I live, and he begged me for help, this is also the first time." I don't know if the others have dealings with each other, but I believe that they would never dare to use the method of contact in private! ”

Du Qi said, "Do you exchange cultivation and alchemy experiences with each other? ”

Yuan Haiqing said: "Without the permission of the head and master, we will never dare to say more, let alone spread the word!" ”

Du Qi smiled: "It's not a good thing to cherish such a secret skill.

Yuan Haiqing hurriedly said: "What I said is the truth, please be aware of it!" ”

Seeing that Yuan Haiqing obviously misunderstood what he meant, Du Qi was about to explain, but changed his words: "They are here." ”

As they spoke, they had already entered Baiwei Town, and at this time, Yuan Haiqing had also seen four people in their forties and sixties coming out of the corner of the house in front of them. Seeing those four people, Yuan Haiqing's face couldn't help but change, and he hurriedly whispered: "The old man at the front is Gu Siren, and the three people in the back from left to right are Pan Siyi, Zhi Sitong and Xiong Sidao, they are all the fifteenth generation Dan servants. ”

As soon as Yuan Haiqing's words fell, Gu Siren had already hurried to the front and respectfully saluted: "The predecessors are coming, Siren has missed the distance, and he is guilty of sin!" This time, I had to ask the three brothers to come to help in violation of the law, all of which was Siren's fault, and I asked my seniors to punish him. ”

As soon as Gu Siren's words fell, Pan Siyi, Zhi Sitong and Xiong Sidao stepped forward to ask Yuan Haiqing for their guilt.

With Du Qi on his side, Yuan Haiqing was inconvenient to blame them for his own actions, and it was inconvenient to tell Du Qi's identity on the occasional pedestrian street, so he had to say: "Go back first!" ”

Gu Siren hurriedly said: "In order to welcome the arrival of the seniors, Siren has prepared a little wine and food, seniors, please!" As he spoke, Gu Siren, Pan Siyi, Zhi Sitong and Xiong Sidao hugged Yuan Haiqing and walked towards Siren Pharmacy, but they ignored Du Qi who was following Yuan Haiqing.

Gu Siren's Siren Pharmacy is located in the back of Baiwei Town, which is the only two-story building in the town, with five flat rooms, but only two on the left are used as medicine shops, the two on the right are restaurants, and there is no doubt that the main hall is in the middle. The street in front of Siren Pharmacy is not only the widest, but also has a small dam, which is unique and extremely rare in this Baiwei town.

Seeing that Gu Siren was about to lead the way to the restaurant, Yuan Haiqing hurriedly said: "Go to the secret room!" ”

Although Gu Siren was puzzled by Yuan Haiqing's request, he didn't dare to disobey, nor did he dare to ask more questions at this time, so he had to turn to the main hall and enter the secret room behind the main hall. ”

Gu Siren, Pan Siyi, Zhi Sitong and Xiong Sidao couldn't help but be shocked when they heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet Du Qi and ask for blame, Du Qi replied one by one, and chuckled: "Because of Xiao Ke, I couldn't get together with my seniors last time, and I felt uneasy in my heart, and it was really good to be able to meet you seniors here today." ”

Seeing that Gu Siren, Pan Siyi, Zhi Sitong and Xiong Sidao seemed to be worried and afraid, they couldn't help but smile and said: "Seniors, don't be stubborn, just feel free!" ”

Gu Siren hesitated and said: "It's past noon now, may I ask the head and seniors to eat first?" ”

Du Qi said: "It's okay to eat, but Xiao Ke has enemies everywhere, in order not to cause trouble to your seniors, please also keep the secret of Xiao Ke's identity!" ”

Gu Siren hurriedly said: "Everything depends on the orders of the master, the master, the seniors, and the three brothers, please!" ”

The meal finally ended in Du Qi's relaxed and casual, Yuan Haiqing's taciturnity, and the restraint and anxiety of Gu Siren, Pan Siyi, Zhi Sitong and Xiong Sidao.

Everyone returned to the secret room and sat down, and after Xiao Ding sent tea and withdrew, seeing that Yuan Haiqing was still silent, Gu Siren, Pan Siyi, Zhi Sitong and Xiong Sidao did not dare to speak easily, Du Qi had to break the silence and said: "What do you seniors do for a living? ”

Yuan Haiqing said: "Almost all of us live in seclusion in the deep mountains and old forests, except for practicing to pick some herbs in the mountains nearby, in addition to alchemy for personal use, the rest are exchanged for some silver taels, but we don't worry about life." Wei Si 2 opened a medicine shop here, buying herbs collected by the mountain people, and often went to the mountains to collect medicines, except for his own use and for the nearby mountain people to catch medicines, most of the rest were sold to drug dealers. ”

Du Qi said again: "Senior Gu, who sent the prescription?" ”

Gu Siren hurriedly leaned forward slightly to show respect for Du Qi, and then said: "It was sent by Bai Songjiang, the white master of the town, and his grandson, as well as the medicinal materials listed on the prescription, I have checked, there are a lot of them, and the amount is not bad, they are all in the Dan room next door, it has been five days now, and tomorrow the white master will come to take the Dan, and now we don't even have a little way, how can this be good?" ”

After a slight pause, without waiting for Du Qi to ask, Gu Siren continued: "That Bai Songjiang is a landlord, and he is also easy-going, almost all the fields planted by the people in Baiwei Town are his family, it is said that one of his close relatives is a member of the three grades of the dynasty, and what kind of squire he holds in Beijing, these are not to worry, but his grandson Bai Lin has to be accepted as a disciple by a hidden master, although he is only thirteen or fourteen years old, but he has extraordinary ability, I don't know where they learned that I am a person from the Danding faction, and they sent the prescription medicinal materials, If he couldn't hand over the pill on time, he would tear down the signboard of Siren Pharmacy and send me to the government for questioning.

Taking a slight breath, Gu Siren continued: "I'm in a hurry and can't hand over the pill on time, it's not that I'm worried that the pharmacy signboard will be demolished, I'm not afraid of going to the government to be punished, and I'm not afraid that the reputation of our Danding faction will be damaged, I'm just worried that the person who needs this pill will have no medicine available at that time." ”

Yuan Haiqing said: "With the head here, what are you worried about?" ”

Du Qi said: "If you follow the method described in this recipe, it is really difficult to refine this pill, let's go and see the medicinal materials." ”

Gu Siren hurriedly said: "Please, boss!" ”

When he came to the Danfang next door and saw Bai Songjiang sending those medicinal materials, Du Qi couldn't help but scream, and only said after a long time: "According to the requirements of the pill he wants, the medicinal materials must be at least more than two hundred years, but the best of his medicinal materials is not more than one hundred and fifty years, there are only three flavors for more than one hundred years, and there are no more than twenty flavors for more than fifty years, and the rest are ordinary medicines, which do not work at all. ”

Gu Siren said anxiously: "How can that be?" ”

Duci pondered and decided, "Come with me!" ”

Returning to the secret room to sit down again, Du Qi asked unceremoniously: "Seniors, which of you has a more profound cultivation and whose alchemy skills are higher?" ”

Yuan Haiqing and the other five people didn't know what Du Qi meant, and couldn't help but look at each other when they heard the words. Without waiting for them to answer, Du Qi said again: "Seniors, are the cultivation methods and alchemy techniques you know exactly the same?" ”

Yuan Haiqing said: "We know that each has its own strengths, and each of them has its own method of cultivation, so we can't use the years to discuss the depth of cultivation, let alone the level of Danshu. ”

Du Qi said: "If you often communicate and explore the method of cultivation and the path of alchemy, will there be any improvement?" ”

Yuan Haiqing hurriedly said: "I don't dare to wait!" ”

Du Qi said: "Don't say whether you dare or not, I just want to know if you are willing and the answer to the question!" ”

Yuan Haiqing hesitated for a moment before saying, "Although we are not talented, if we can exchange experiences with each other, whether it is cultivation or alchemy, we will definitely improve." ”

Du Qi said again: "Senior Yuan, when will the other two seniors be able to arrive here?" ”

Yuan Haiqing said: "If you contact immediately, it will be five days as soon as possible, and no more than half a month at the latest." ”

As if he felt that the time was a bit long, Du Qi couldn't help but say to himself: "It will take half a month?" In the end, he turned his heart and asked as he originally intended: "Okay, this matter will be handled by Gu seniors!" I would like to ask you seniors, do you have any ideas for recruiting successors? ”

Yuan Haiqing hurriedly said: "I don't dare to wait, besides, how dare I mislead people when I wait for this half-hung level?" ”

Du Qi smiled: "What if all the seniors learn the skills of my Danding faction? ”

Du Qi's words twisted and turned, like a strange peak protruding, and like a lightning strike, which had already blasted Yuan Haiqing and the other five people into dizziness and turned to something difficult to argue, as if they were in a dream, and they couldn't help themselves at all. Du Qicai didn't care what they thought, and without waiting for them to respond, he continued: "If I say that even if you learn the alchemy technique of my Danding Sect, you still can't refine the elixir on that prescription, do you believe it?" ”

After looking at Gu Siren and the others, Yuan Haiqing said cautiously: "We are ignorant, please advise the master!" ”

Du Qi said: "It's not a secret, although I have been with Shizun for more than two months, I only got the mantle of the Danding faction on the last day, and I didn't get a word of oral transmission from Shizun!" ”

Yuan Haiqing and the other five couldn't help but look at each other when they heard this, Du Qi put his hands into his sleeves, took out the "Jindan Formula" from the storage ring and handed it to Yuan Haiqing, and said cautiously: "This is the treasure of our Danding faction, the Jindan Formula, you can take it for details, it may be helpful to you." ”

Yuan Haiqing hesitated for a moment before taking over "Jindan Formula", but he didn't know what to say for a while.

Du Qi smiled with satisfaction: "Okay, I want to be quiet here, you go to discuss the "Jindan Formula", Senior Gu, call that Bai Songjiang two hours later, I have something to ask him, but I am inconvenient to see him, so let him talk back outside the door." ”

Seeing that Du Qi had no other instructions, Yuan Haiqing and the other five hurriedly confessed, and went happily with the "Jindan Formula", and when he left, Gu Siren closed the door of the secret room.

Du Qi stared and thought about what he wanted to do next, before he probed his divine sense into the storage ring, and saw that the space in the storage ring was very huge, and it was estimated that the entire capital could also fit it, and the things he earned were scattered everywhere messily, but the original things were neatly placed in partitions:

Tens of thousands of weapons of all kinds and thousands of pieces of armor are neatly placed in the equipment area. Every weapon and every piece of armor is a treasure that is hard to find in the world, and I think it was made by that person when he was practicing;

There are hundreds of jade bottles and some medicinal herbs on the shelves of the pill area. The jade bottle is labeled with the names of all kinds of pills, not looking at their quality, just looking at their names, you can know that these pills are also extraordinary, far from the pills refined by the Danding faction, I think it is made by that person's hands; However, there are not many medicinal materials, and it is estimated that refining a pill is not enough.

In the classics section, there are only sixty or seventy books, plus hundreds of jade stones of almost the same shape and size. Du Qi knew that these jade stones were jade slips, and the contents contained in them were much richer than books. Only six of those books record the cultivation exercises, more than ten records the identification, collection and refining of medicines and minerals, and most of the rest are the man's manuscripts, recording his alchemy and refining tools.

Although there are only three small stones of the same color and size, the hedron area occupies a small half of the storage ring. Although Duge didn't know what the use of these small stones were, he thought that since the man had kept them in the storage ring, there must be something precious about them.