Chapter 16: Cultivating Grace

Xiao Xiaogang returned to the Danming Hall from Rongcheng Palace, his face was ugly.

There is an exquisite alchemy furnace in the house, with a bronze bottom support, but the furnace body is made of a kind of white jade, which is the famous white jade dragon tripod.

Xiao Xiao gently stroked the white jade dragon tripod with one hand, and said to himself:

"Tian Tao, is your lie too outrageous!"

Next to Xiao Xiao stood an elder disciple who was silent, he was Yin Guan and Xiao Xiao's junior disciple. The two are like-minded, and both have a strong interest in alchemy, even a little crazy.

"Have you checked the situation of that person named Yan Han in the past few days?" Xiao Xiao asked.

Yin Guan said slowly: "I have checked." Yan Han went up the mountain with Xue Tong, Ma Huangjing and others five years ago, both for the fifteenth generation, the third batch of disciples. Before, he was a person from Huangyan Village near Guizi Mountain, and he had no background, and Yanjingsu in Houshan was an uncle-nephew relationship, he was Tian Tao's nominal disciple, but in fact, he had a master-apprentice relationship with Yanjingsu.

Due to the death of his father, he was extremely depressed during the nine years in Houshan, and most of the disciples of the Red Emperor Garden regarded him as a waste.

He worked as a cook and medicine boy in the back mountain, and worked as Ye Shi's assistant in the Sanqing Pavilion, but he never stayed in the alchemy room of the back mountain..."

Xiao Xiao frowned when he heard this: "From Yan Han's experience and the nonsense in the alchemy room in those days, I believe that he doesn't know alchemy at all, and Tian Tao is just using Yan Han as a cover."

The identification results of the Qingdan in the Red Emperor Garden have been released, and there is indeed no specific mark of any sect and alchemist on it, and it has just been refined, so where did this Qingdan come from?

Could it really be that Yan Han got it by chance?"

"You and I should know very well that the control of alchemy fire is complex, it is not something that ordinary people can imagine, taking a wrong step will be wasted, and there is no chance of refining Qingdan!

The people in the back mountain may have already been able to refine the Qingdan, but the Dan Review Conference was just Tian Tao deliberately making you lose ugly, so as to take away our White Jade Dragon Ding. ”

Xiao Xiao's expression was a little strange: "However, Tian Tao didn't mention the matter of asking for the White Jade Dragon Ding this time, and he didn't make it difficult for me in front of the Lord..."

Yin Guan didn't seem to believe it, and looked at Xiao Xiao in disbelief.

Xiao Xiao let out a long sigh: "Throughout the hundreds of years of the Shenxiao Sect, the first alchemy wizard is nothing more than refining the Qingdan at the age of thirty, and under the guidance of a famous teacher, and this Yan Han is only seventeen years old this year.

I still don't understand, even if Tian Tao has to do tricks, why don't he choose a reliable person, but choose this Yan Han?

Whether this Qingdan was refined by Yan Han by accident or not, we all have to be cautious.

This Tian Tao is sanctimonious, and the measurement is very small, and he can't figure out which day, in the name of helping Qianshan refine Qingdan, and then ask the viewer for the white jade dragon tripod.

The Nine Clouds Festival will be held in one year, and it will be at all costs for the audience to prepare for the competition!"

After hearing this, Yin Guan stayed there and didn't say anything more.

After Jing Su and Tian Tao returned from the front mountain, they began to get busy. The alchemy room became smoky, messy, and very noisy, which was in stark contrast to the quiet and peaceful alchemy method of the previous one.

This may be Tian Tao and Jing Su's restless alchemy method of realizing Yan Han.

However, this method of alchemy is quite unsightly, and it can be seen that the other disciples in Houshan originally thought that alchemy was a sacred profession, but now they are a little confused.

Du Guang was jealous of Yan Han's accidental Chengdan at first, but after seeing such a drastic change in the alchemy model, he ridiculed Yan Han instead, saying that after he hit the shit luck, he wanted to mislead people's children and encourage everyone in the back mountain to touch the shit luck.

Because the Red Emperor Garden has received too many alchemy tasks from Qianshan for a while, it has been scheduled for seven years! Yan Jingsu couldn't help but complain after hard work: It seems that Yan Han, this stinky boy, is right, and now he has completely become a slave of Qianshan!

Although the Guan Lord did not force Houshan to complete the task, no one could hear the tone, saying that the Nine Clouds Meeting in Baiyun City would be held in one year, and it was related to the future and fate of the entire Zixiao Mountain.

As soon as these words are released, who dares not to do a part for Zixiao Mountain.

The Nine Clouds Society is the most solemn spell competition of the Shenxiao Sect, hosted by the three main courts of the Shenxiao Sect and co-organized by the other six views, it is an excellent stage for the contemporary disciples of the Shenxiao Sect to show their abilities, and it is very important in the entire Fangxian Continent.

Yan Jingsu understood that the implication of the Lord of the Heavenly View was to let the Red Emperor Garden refine another Qingdan, which put a lot of pressure on him and Tian Tao. And the same Qingdan task was also assigned to Xiao Xiao.

After Yan Jingsu went back, he had to come to Yan Han for help again.

As soon as Yan Han heard that there was another Qingdan task in the back mountain, Yan Han was jealous, but he didn't agree.

Yan Han was overwhelmed by the last alchemy effort, but he didn't expect to be seriously ill, and his whole body seemed to be drained, almost killing him, and it took a few days to recover his qi and blood.

What distressed him the most was that the last Qingdan, he almost used up the precious herbs and rare stones he had accumulated over the years.

How could Yan Han go to this troubled water again?

Yan Han sighed to himself: Alchemy is achieved quickly, and there is a price, but no one understands, and it is impossible for Qianshan to care about his life or death.

Yan Jingsu knew that he couldn't move this nephew, so he personally got on the horse, he and Tian Tao learned from Yan Han's experience, and prepared to refine Qingdan in a hundred days.

The two of them take turns to work, and they have great ambitions.

Of course, Yan Han was also forced to become their assistant, collecting a large pile of herbs and rough stones every day, and also going to the alchemy room to give some advice.

The back mountain is now peaceful, as if the clouds in the sky are all smiling.

Suddenly more than a dozen white lights flashed in the sky above the Red Emperor Garden, Tian Tao thought he was dazzled, but after a closer look, he knew that it was the disciple of the flying sword of the front mountain, so Tian Tao rushed over.

The Red Emperor Garden was boiling at this time, and the Lord of Chu Guan led the disciples to visit the Red Emperor Garden in person, which was the first time in a hundred years that the Red Emperor Garden was greatly favored, of course, this was also related to the last time the Red Emperor Garden refined the Qingdan.

Chu Eyang, dressed solemnly, dressed in a blue robe, exuded a fairy aura. The five male disciples in the back, all in white robes, straddled the long sword diagonally, combed neatly in a sky-facing bun, and each of them was magnificent. Looking at the disciples of the Red Emperor Garden, they are simply a group of ugly ducks.

Each of these five disciples was holding two cute little animals in their hands, very much like a big holy grace, and the disciples of the Red Emperor Garden didn't know what these animals were for, and they talked about it.

As soon as Tian Tao saw Lord Chuguan, he was extremely excited and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Chu Eyang returned the salute and said solemnly to everyone:

"A year later, the Divine Night Sect's twentieth annual spell competition, the Nine Cloud Society, will begin!

This competition is related to the status of our Zixiao Temple in the Shenxiao Sect, and even fate. I have recalled Guo Ziliu and Bai Suitai and asked him to prepare carefully for the battle.

I learned from outside sources that Shenxiao Palace is secretly using a new method to help the disciple's Inner Dan cultivation, and it is said that the effect is very significant, and this new method is the recipe Inner Dan cultivation method. Therefore, the purpose of my trip is to hope that the Red Emperor Garden will develop better recipes to help the participants. ”

Chu Eyang took a holy favor from a disciple, held it up in front of everyone, and said, "I traveled thousands of miles a few days ago and borrowed ten holy graces with spirituality from my fellow Daoists. We can use it to make recipes, try recipes, and feed them well. If someone is able to amplify their inner pill spirituality within a month, they will be selected as the special chef of the disciples of the front mountain, and they will be able to obtain a spiritual weapon. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was excited, and one of the disciples mustered up his courage, but he still asked a little timidly, "How can we divide the ten holy favors?"

Chu Eyang said: "The number of holy favors is limited, and we can only choose disciples with better cooking skills to participate.

Pastoral Lord, this matter will be left to you to deal with. ”

Tian Tao coughed dryly after hearing this, which really made him feel embarrassed, so he begged: "Master, please give me some time, okay?"

"It's going to be decided today, and I can't trust it anymore. Chu Eyang's tone was very calm, but it made Tian Tao feel inexplicably pressured.

So Tian Tao had no choice but to rely on his long-term understanding of the disciples of the Red Emperor Garden, and selected ten disciples with good qualifications, and the unselected disciples were very unwilling, but they did not dare to speak up. To Tian Tao's regret, Yan Jingsu and Yan Han went to collect medicine and have not yet returned.

Not long after, Yan Jingsu and Yan Han happened to rush back, Yan Han saw that it was someone from the front mountain, and immediately became curious, he hurriedly put down the basket and walked forward.

Yan Han saw a disciple who was as beautiful as a crown of jade standing beside Chu Eyang, very familiar, Yan Han was a little excited in his heart, but the noble momentum on his body made Yan Han dare not admit it.

At this time, the disciple's eyes also fell on Yan Han's body, and as soon as the eyes of the two staggered, Yan Han suddenly had a grasp.

Yan Han was overjoyed and shouted:

"Tanya!"

After that, Yan Han stepped forward, grinned, and kneaded Tanya's small body with the hand that had just dug up the herbs, asking for warmth, as if he wanted to vent the kindness he had accumulated over the years.

At this time, Tan Ya was a little embarrassed, his white clothes were rubbed by Yan Han, and a few mud handprints suddenly appeared.

Tan Ya was embarrassed to break it, but this made him very uncomfortable, and he seemed to have developed an otherworldly cleanliness habit over the years.

Suddenly, with a "bang!", Tan Ya punched Yan Han again.

Yan Han hehe: "Let's go, I'll take you around!"

Jing Su next to him stopped Yan Han and said sharply: "Yan Han, let it go!"

Then he whispered to Yan Han: "The Lord is still here, don't be too presumptuous!"

Palace-level disciples are among the few in the Shenxiao Sect, and they have extremely high talent Mind Method cultivators, who are praised by various palaces and temples, and arranged to practice in the cultivation halls with the strongest spiritual energy in the major halls, and only one-tenth of the disciples can be selected.

There are only fifteen hall-level disciples in the three halls of Zixiao Temple.

In addition, during the holding of the Nine Clouds Society, the places in the cultivation halls of the major halls were generally given to the younger generation of disciples, because only contemporary disciples could participate in the Nine Clouds Society. Since the old disciples of the previous generation had already lost their qualifications for the Spell Conference, they would no longer occupy the very valuable seats in the cultivation hall.

Yan Han had no choice but to let go of Tanya's clothes, and Tanya was relieved. Yan Han asked suspiciously, "What do you mean by a hall-level disciple?"

Yan Jingsu hurriedly pulled this idiot nephew aside: "I'll tell you slowly when I go back!"

At this time, a disciple beside Chu Eyang glanced at Yan Han with disdain, Yan Han didn't care, he recognized that it was Xue Tong, the guy who had bullied him. However, the hatred of childhood has disappeared, and what fills Yan Han's heart is the joy of seeing Tanya.

Tian Tao walked up to Yanjingsu and said, "This time, Lord Chu Guan came to the Red Emperor Garden to select a cook who can feed the holy grace and reward him with a spiritual weapon.

I've already selected ten people, and since you weren't there at the time, I couldn't put the names of both of you on the list. However, I have been busy with alchemy recently, so I can give you this place. ”

After speaking, Tian Tao handed his holy favor to Yan Jingsu.

Yan Jingsu immediately shirked and said, "This is reluctant!" Now that the list is set, there is no need to change it. Besides, I also have the heavy responsibility of alchemy, and I don't have time!" Yan Jingsu smiled heartily after speaking, but secretly regretted in his heart.

After all, what a heavy reward a spiritual weapon is for the disciples of the Red Emperor Garden!

Yan Han seemed to see Yan Jingsu's thoughts, so he said to Chu Eyang: "Master, I want to register for Uncle Jingsu, can you wait a while, I will come immediately." ”

Seeing the viewer nodding, Yan Han immediately ran back to his residence.

Because of the last Dan Ping Conference, Chu Eyang had a good impression of Yan Han, so he waited there quietly.

After a while, Yan Han took out his two chubby holy favors.

Everyone was stunned for a while, and then they couldn't help laughing, Yan Han's holy favor was originally a young pet for children to play with, and it couldn't grow too big, but under Yan Han's feeding, these two holy pets became big and fat.

Yan Han said to Chu Eyang: "I will help Uncle Jingsu register for a name, and I will feed my two holy favors, if the spirit pill grows up, he will also pass the test." ”

Chu Eyang smiled and said, "These two holy favors have no spirituality, and feeding them is futile. ”

"We want to try!" Saying that, Yan Han pulled Yan Jingsu over and stood in front of Chu Eyang together, as if pleading.

Yan Jingsu was a little embarrassed, so he said to Chu Eyang: "My nephew is like a child every day, don't blame him." ”

"Since your nephew is so insistent, then I will leave you a vacant seat. In a month's time, I will come to check on the state of the Inner Dan of your eleven Graces. After speaking, Chu Eyang said goodbye to everyone and led his disciples away.

Six rays of light disappeared in an instant.

Yan Han looked at the sky in shock, and Du Guang next to him pushed him and said, "How about it, envy, right? Your little brother Tanya has already learned the sword technique! And you haven't even touched the edge of the Middle Heaven Realm!"

Yan Han teased: "No matter what, I still have such a decent brother, and you can only fall with me!"

Du Guang laughed heartily after hearing this.

Yan Han returned to the house, but felt a little lonely, and he wanted to stay in Tanya to sit in the Red Emperor Garden, but before he could talk a few words, he left in a hurry.

At this time, Yan Jingsu knocked on the door and came in, and he was quite dissatisfied with Yan Han's approach today.

"Yan Han, how can those two fat pets of yours feed out of Neidan? don't you want them to see my jokes!"

Yan Han patted his chest and took care of it, "Uncle, don't worry, I'm seventy percent sure that I can do it, don't forget that I'm a person who reads the classics in Sanqing Pavilion!" After speaking, Yan Han hehehe.

Yan Jingsu was helpless, poked his head and said, "You! ”

Yan Jingsu sat down, sighed lightly, and said, "To be honest, I'm really under a lot of pressure right now, since the last time you refined a Qingdan, you have kept a low profile, and we have been unlucky."

The owner and I have been entrusted by the front mountain to refine another Qingdan before the Jiuyun Conference, and I still have to go to the Meditation Hall every day to practice under the guidance of the hall master Li himself, in fact, if we don't take on this task of feeding the holy favor, it may also be a good thing. ”

Yan Han said: "Uncle, don't worry, the holy pet will be raised on me!"

Yan Jingsu could gradually feel that Yan Han had grown up, at least he didn't have to worry about him as much as he did in the past, so he nodded.

Yan Jing Su didn't know that the kid in front of him was still a recipe master.

The next day, Yan Han tossed the fat pets up and down and carefully examined their veins. The fat pet who originally enjoyed sleeping was quite painful to be fiddled with by Yan Han. After figuring out all the breath and body structure of the fat pet, Yan Han began to go down the mountain to collect the materials for the cultivation of the recipe.

Yan Han is very confident that he can force the pet's inner dan out, because he used this method to reveal the inner dan in his body from nothing.

Observing the pet's qi and blood every day, going down the mountain to collect medicine, and then making small steamed buns to feed the pet, has become a rhythm for Yan Han these days.

In his spare time at night, Yan Han continued to practice the mental method and mental power, and he still practiced the two most basic mental methods assiduously, "Thousand Thousand Divine Appearances" and "Xuanjia Technique", and he wanted to reduce the spiritual power required by these two mental methods to infinitesimal minimity.

The disciple who received the Holy Grace had been busy for a whole month in the blink of an eye.

The allure of the spiritual weapon was huge for them, and they did it very carefully, Tian Tao acquiesced to them in the Red Emperor Garden, except for feeding the Holy Grace, other things could be put aside.

This can be a pain for Du Guang and the others, who have to bear several times the amount of labor before: delivering meals, cooking, cleaning, assisting in alchemy, etc.

Du Guangke didn't care whether Yan Han was helping Yan Jingsu feed the holy grace or not, and divided half of the task to Yan Han first.

Yan Han saw this friend's coaxing appearance, so he had no choice but to accept the order.

At the end of the month, the disciple who cultivated the Holy Grace told Tian Tao the results early. Tian Tao learned that there were changes in Neidan, who only had four pets, and this result was not satisfactory.

Tian Tao didn't ask Yan Jingsu, it seemed that he had forgotten about Yan Han's two fat pets.

At the end of the month, Lord Chuguan came as promised, and he still led five disciples, but this time there was no Tanya, but there was one more female disciple.

When the six sword qi were displayed in the Red Emperor Garden again, Tian Tao and the disciples had already lined up to greet them with holy graces in their hands.

Everyone was impressed by the gorgeous figure of the disciple in Qianshan, but it was the beautiful woman who made them lose their normalcy the most. She is proud, full of spirituality, and full of delicateness.

The woman was uncomfortable when she was looked at by more than a dozen young men in the Red Emperor Garden, and she snorted unabashedly: "Why are the Red Emperor Gardens all perverts?"

Tian Tao immediately realized the demeanor of his disciples, and his face immediately fell.

The disciples of the Red Emperor Garden did not dare to make a sound, and lowered their heads one after another.

Tian Tao said: "Miss Zhang Fangfang is angry, the disciples are moved by your temperament, and there is no disrespect. ”

Zhang Fangfang glanced at Tian Tao and ignored it.

Chu Eyang smiled heartily, stepped forward and said, "My fair beauty, good gentleman." I've been tired of the farmer for the past month!"

Tian Tao returned the salute and said: "The Red Emperor Garden should be served. ”

Chu Eyang then carefully observed the state of the Inner Pill in the Holy Grace in the hands of the disciples of the Red Emperor Garden.

He frowned and said, "The two Neidan have become slightly larger, which is a little worse than I imagined. ”

Tian Tao said: "The disciples are not talented, please forgive the Lord of Chuguan!"

Chu Eyang smiled and said, "How can I blame you, you have done your best!"

Then the master said to the disciples around him, "Come, you take these holy favors away, and I still need to return them to my fellow Daoists." ”

So the five disciples took over the holy favor from the disciples of the Red Emperor Garden.

"The four of you can go to the Spirit Treasure Pavilion in the front mountain to get four spiritual weapons. ”

"Thank you, Lord Chuguan!" The four Houshan disciples who received the reward were extremely excited.

Chu Eyang and his disciples were about to leave, when suddenly, not far away, Yan Han rushed over, shouting as he ran: "Wait for me! There are two more Holy Graces here!"

Tian Tao frowned, thinking to himself what kind of chaos this Yan Han wanted to make.

Yan Han ran over, stopped in front of Chu Eyang, carried his two fat pets in his hands, and said breathlessly: "This is Uncle Jingsu's holy favor, bother to watch the Lord to see if he can pass the test!"

Chu Eyang was not in the mood, but when he saw the fat pet in Yan Han's hand, his eyes suddenly lit up.

He grabbed the back of a pet in one hand, held it in the palm of his hand, and looked closely.

The disciples of the Red Emperor Garden all tightened their moods and stared at Chu Eyang's expression.

Suddenly, a pleasant smile appeared on Chu Eyang's face, and he said, "From nothing, Yanjingsu once again let me see a miracle!"