"Whoa!" An old man in a black robe carefully held a jar and poured the faintly purple coins from the jar into a pitch-black cauldron with a red flame burning underneath. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

While a few seven or eight-year-old children in shabby clothes were watching, their eyes were intent, and some of them even drooled unconsciously.

That's a purple gold coin!

These children are well aware of the value of this purple glowing coin.

The most valuable coin in the entire Khiva continent, any one of them can make these poor families struggle for generations.

In just a few moments, hundreds of coins fell from the old man.

"So much...... It's not a problem to buy the whole town......" The strongest of the children swallowed and couldn't help but say.

"It's not your own again." The skinniest child said softly, "Master Lin has asked us to come here to help, and it is already a great favor for us to have something to eat." ”

"We'll see." The stout boy even said.

"Hehe......" The old man "Master Lin" noticed that the eyes of the children also laughed softly, and covered the jar well and sealed it.

At this time, more than half of the purple gold coins had been piled up in the pitch-black cauldron, and there were more than a thousand pieces.

"It's probably not a good thing for you to give you this purple gold coin."

Master Lin's voice was deep and deep.

The kids all nodded.

These poor orphans who have been bullied since childhood know that for them, having money is not necessarily a good thing.

If Master Lin really gave them the purple gold coins, most likely they would have turned into a corpse and soaked in the stinky ditch the next day.

The life of an orphaned child is nothing compared to a purple gold coin.

But even so, they still couldn't resist the temptation of the purple light.

"Naturally, it is impossible for the purple gold coins to be given to you," Master Lin looked at the group of children and smiled, "If you do well today, I can give you some of these." ”

The children's eyes were straightened.

I saw Master Lin holding a few silver coins in his hands.

Silver coins, although far less valuable than purple gold coins, are very attractive to these orphaned children.

The cheapest bread can be bought for three copper coins, and if you are lucky enough to find a little moldy bread, you may be able to buy four or five for a bargain.

One silver coin is worth a hundred copper coins!

You can feed these children for a month or two.

"Okay, go ahead, do what you have to do." Master Lin touched his beard and said with a smile.

The children immediately dispersed and went about their work.

Looking at the full enthusiasm of these children, Master Lin couldn't help but smile.

Originally, with his strength, he didn't need the help of these children at all, and the places that needed help were all things that these children couldn't help.

Recruiting these children is more about helping them.

Each of these children is an orphan, and their families are very poor, and they don't know how long they will live.

He recruited these children in the name of recruiting helpers, paid them some wages, and gave them the ability to live.

As for helping?

He Lin Mo is a well-known alchemy master, and there is really nothing that needs the help of these children. Some chores can be easily completed by taking out an alchemy puppet at will.

In fact, there are not many things that need to be done by these children in the entire alchemy workshop, tidying up sundries, cleaning up garbage or something, these things have basically been done, but these children are still all kinds of nitpicking, carefully doing all kinds of things that are already inconsequential.

Master Lin looked at these children, couldn't help but smile, and then went back to his own business.

Time flies, and soon, the day passes, and dusk comes.

The children each happily received a silver coin from Master Lin's hand, happily closed their mouths, and left Master Lin's alchemy workshop one by one.

"Master." The skinny of the children did not leave, but stood there quietly, as if waiting for something.

"Oh?" Master Lin looked at the child with a smile, "What's wrong?" ”

For this skinniest child "Xia Yun", Master Lin still likes it very much, this child's personality is very appetizing for him, and his talent is also good, occasionally when he has time, Master Lin will teach him something that he has or not.

Although he has not taught it very systematically, Xia Yun still learns very well.

"Master, I've finished reading the book you showed me last time." Xia Yun said softly, his body was thin and small, and his voice was not very loud, and he sounded a little weak.

"Oh? Finished reading? Master Lin was a little surprised, "Do you remember everything?" ”

The book he gave Xia Yun was not thin, and it wasn't anything interesting.

It was a book that recorded all kinds of low-level alchemy materials, briefly describing the names and characteristics of the materials, etc., but if I really wanted to say it, it was very boring.

Even a book that many alchemy apprentices don't read carefully, after all, it's very boring and useless.

"Well, I remember everything." Xia Yun nodded and said, "I have already put the book back in the master's bookshelf today. ”

"Tsk." Master Lin showed a hint of a smile, "Since you have memorized everything, then I will test you." ”

"Okay." Xia Yun showed a look of excitement on his face, as if he was expecting something.

"The first."

Master Lin flipped his hand, and a purple flower appeared in his hand.

Master Lin's assessment is not simple.

You must know that Xia Yun was originally just reading books, although there were pictures and descriptions on the books, etc., but he had never seen the real thing, and at this time, Master Lin directly took out the real thing to assess Xia Yun, which was not so easy.

"Purple sparks, fire attributes, low-grade alchemy materials, grow in hotter places, have a large area in the south of the Khiva continent, and the general usage is to crush and squeeze the juice to use as alchemy solvent......"

Xia Yun just looked at it slightly, and opened his mouth to come.

Master Lin suddenly showed a look of surprise, and with a flip of his hand, he took out something that looked like black wood.

"Moyunmu ......"

Xia Yun still easily reported the details of the piece of wood.

Master Lin suddenly became interested, and took out a lot of materials in a row, Xia Yun answered them one by one, occasionally there were a few difficult ones, Xia Yun just took it in his hand and looked at it a little to see all kinds of information about this material.

"Good, the last one." A smile hung on the corner of Master Lin's mouth, and he took out an ice-blue stone and placed it in front of Xia Yun.

"Hmm...... Miracite? It's not like that. Xia Yun looked at the stone, frowned, and his mind was racing rapidly.

"Take your time and don't rush." Master Lin was smiling on the side, looking at Xia Yun with great interest.

Xia Yun put the ice-blue stone in his hand and rubbed it repeatedly.

"Name...... I can't remember, but it should be a fire-attribute material, and the purpose is probably to be used as a carrier for the alchemy circle, right? Xia Yun thought for a long time and said uncertainly.

Master Lin's face changed suddenly.

"Xiaoyun!" Master Lin's voice was low, and there seemed to be a little anger in his voice, "Remember what I told you!" ”

"Yes......" Xia Yun's voice was a little weaker, his voice was not loud originally, and it was even weaker if it was weaker, "When you encounter a material that is not sure of it, you would rather give it up and not use it, or put the uncertain material into use." If you can't confirm the nature of the material, you don't know, but you can't guess. ”

Master Lin nodded slightly, although this is quite different from his original words, but the meaning is almost like this.

"But what about you? Why speculate in the face of unrecognizable material? Can't you just say you don't know? There was a hint of anger in Master Lin's voice, "Alchemy is a rigorous academic, until you are not sure enough, if you don't know, you don't know, don't guess!" ”

Xia Yun was suddenly taken aback by Master Lin, in his impression, the amiable Master Lin never seemed to be angry like this. Even if a child accidentally knocked over a bottle of valuable alchemy preparation from Master Lin, he had never seen Master Lin so angry.

What Xia Yun didn't know was that Master Lin had unconsciously regarded him as his own disciple, from teaching Xia Yun something intentionally or unintentionally a long time ago, to later throwing Xia Yun's book to read and assess Xia Yun.

Master Lin had already treated Xia Yun as one of his disciples, intentionally or unintentionally, so he suddenly became strict with Xia Yun who made a mistake, and there was a taste of love and deep responsibility.

"But...... I'm sure of it......" Xia Yun gritted his teeth and said softly.

"Oh?" Master Lin's eyebrows curled, and there was still dissatisfaction in his voice, "How can you be sure?" Don't tell me, just look at it. ”

"Master, tell me first if what I just said is correct." Xia Yun looked up at Master Lin with a burning gaze.

"That's pretty much right," Master Lin snorted, "but you've never seen anything like this before, and there's no such thing as 'Blue Flame Stone' in the book I gave you!" This time the blind can be right, what about the future? ”

"I'm not blind!" Xia Yun said, his voice trembling a little, "I can feel the energy in this material!" I felt the energy of the fire attribute, and this energy was relatively stable, plus this material existed in the form of a 'stone', so I said that this material was a fire attribute, and it should be used as a carrier for the alchemy circle. ”

"Can you sense the energy inside the material?!" Master Lin's eyes widened, and his beard shook in shock.

"Yes......" Xia Yun was taken aback by Master Lin's attitude, and hurriedly said, "The previous primary materials were relatively clear, but this 'Blue Flame Stone' was a little blurry, and it took a long time to sense it." ”

"This is a mid-level alchemy material, you can actually feel it!" Master Lin's face showed joy, and he waved his hand and took out several strange materials, arranging them in front of Xia Yun, "You try them one by one." ”

"Hmm...... This one...... It seems to be a wind attribute, and the energy is relatively violent, so you need a neutralizer to use it. ”

"Water attributes, energy is relatively mild, you can directly make it into alchemy reagent and use it."

……

Xia Yun felt the past one by one, and Master Lin listened quietly, and the smile on his face became more and more prosperous.

Found a treasure.

You must know that these alchemy materials are different from magic crystals, and the energy of magic crystals is so pure that even ordinary people can sense it slightly.

The alchemy materials are different, most of the energy of the alchemy materials is combined with the materials themselves, and the difficulty is naturally much higher.

And Xia Yun can sense the energy of the mid-level alchemy material, although the induction is vague, but this perception and spiritual power is already similar to those low-level magicians.

You must know that Xia Yun is just a seven-year-old child, not a magician who has been trained by meditation.

Moreover, although Xia Yun's analysis of those materials is simple, it is also very clear, and there are few alchemy apprentices who have generally studied systematically to have such a clear analysis as Xia Yun.

"Genius." Master Lin's eyes lit up.

Although he had a lot of expectations for Xia Yun before, he never thought that Xia Yun could be like this, and suddenly had the idea of officially taking Xia Yun under his door.

"Xiaoyun." Master Lin's expression narrowed slightly, and he said, "Do you want to learn alchemy?" ”

Even though Xia Yun was a little mentally prepared, he still felt a tremor in his heart, and hurriedly responded: "I want to!" ”

A smile appeared on Master Lin's face, and with a flip of his hand, he took out a light blue pendant like a trick.

"Take it," Master Lin put the pendant on Xia Yun's hand, and his voice became solemn, "This is the proof of being my disciple of Lin Mo." ”

Xia Yun looked down at this seemingly simple light blue pendant and trembled slightly.

Perhaps, this is the key point that changed his fate.

"Don't you want to bring it with you?" Master Lin's gentle voice sounded, "I regret it......"

"Huh?" Xia Yun woke up like a dream, and hurriedly put on the pendant.

"Disciple Xia Yun, I've seen the master."

Xia Yun immediately knelt on the ground and performed a non-standard apprenticeship.

"Get up." Master Lin's eyebrows were bent, and there was a smile in his voice, "From today onwards, you will be my Lin Mo's disciple." ”

Xia Yun straightened up and respectfully said, "Yes, master." ”

Master Lin touched his beard, he was in a good mood, and then said, "From tomorrow, you can come to live with me, it's not convenient for your house." Go back and tidy up your things today, and move here tomorrow. ”

Xia Yun hesitated for a moment and nodded.

Anyway, the place where he lives is very shabby, and there are not many things, and there is nothing to be nostalgic for.

"Let's go back." Master Lin said with a smile.

……

Suzumizu City, this is where Xia Yun lives, an ordinary small town in the Khiva Empire.

Xia Yun walked through the streets of the city and walked out of Lingshui City.

Xia Yun naturally couldn't afford to live in the city, and the worst houses in the city weren't for orphans like him to live in.

His home was in a small village under the jurisdiction of Suzusui Castle in a very marginal area outside Suzumizu Castle.

It was left to him by his deceased parents, otherwise he would have had to live in the garbage heap in the corners of various places, just like other children.

A small dilapidated house in a small village.

This is Xia Yun's residence, although it is dilapidated, it can still live in people, and the other orphans are very envious of Xia Yun.

"Squeak."

Xia Yun pushed open the dilapidated wooden door, and the moonlight flowed into the small room, although it was dim, the small room was unobstructed.

Worn tables and chairs, creaking beds and cupboards that smell of decay, windows that are whirring and leaking in the night breeze, and a few broken crockpots are randomly placed on the floor.

That's all.

Very dilapidated room, looks like a dilapidated room that even thieves don't want to visit.

"Huh......" Xia Yun took a deep breath and walked into the room.

In the dim moonlight, Xia Yun opened the cupboard.

"Huh? Shall I have all bread? Xia Yun was surprised.

In the cupboard was a large empty bowl, and a piece of black bread that had been in the bowl this morning was missing.

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