"Do you really want a pound?"

At this moment, the guy was surprised and suspicious: "Big brother, what are you going to do with so much cinnabar?" ”

It's not that the guy is going to be nosy, and he loves to inquire about the guests. The main thing is cinnabar, no more than other medicinal materials. If Qi Xiang said that he wanted to buy ordinary medicinal materials, not a catty, even if it was a hundred catties, he would not ask more.

The problem is that cinnabar is poisonous and, like arsenic, is a sensitive drug. The state also has strict regulations on the sale and purchase of such things.

If Qi Xiang plans to buy a few dollars, or a tael, the guy will go and pick up the goods quickly. But he said that he wanted to buy a catty, which naturally made the guy embarrassed, and he couldn't help but ask for an understanding.

Qi Xiang sighed in his heart, he also knew that this matter was more troublesome. Otherwise, you will definitely open your mouth to buy ten catties and eight catties. I didn't expect that if I only bought a catty, I would have to be interrogated.

"I have a ......" Qi Xiang made an excuse: "The village celebrates the festival, and I want some cinnabar to ward off evil spirits." ”

"Oh." The guy nodded, but he didn't doubt it. After all, there are indeed these traditions in some villages. During the New Year's holiday, put a little cinnabar on the child's forehead, or draw some talismans on the mirror to ward off evil spirits and drive away ghosts.

Such customs are not uncommon in almost every place.

"A pound is a bit too much." The guy hesitated: "If the amount is large, you have to report to the relevant departments." ”

"That's a hassle." Qi Xiang frowned and said, "How about that half a catty?" ”

"It's okay to ......" The guy nodded hurriedly, and his movements were very fast, and he immediately went to fetch the cinnabar.

Cinnabar is actually a mineral, small red crystals. The cinnabar that the guy brought looks good, with a dark red color and a faint flash of crystal.

But when Qi Xiang saw it, he was a little dissatisfied: "This doesn't seem to be cinnabar." ”

The reason why cinnabar has the nickname of cinnabar is because of the cinnabar produced in Chenzhou, Hunan Province, which is of superior quality and the first in the world. The ancients liked to use Chenzhou's cinnabar as medicine, alchemy, and as a pigment, and over time, cinnabar had such a nickname.

But the cinnabar that the guy took out should not be the level of cinnabar.

"Big brother, cinnabar is cinnabar, as long as the quality is good, you don't care where it comes from." The guy patted his chest and said, "I dare to say that the cinnabar in our store should be the best on the whole street." Even if you go to other stores, you won't be able to buy better cinnabar than this. ”

Qi Xiang was noncommittal, and said critically: "The crystals are a little small, are there any bigger ones?" ”

"Huh?" The guy was puzzled: "Big brother, cinnabar is like this, how big can it be?" ”

Qi Xiang shook his head slightly, and knew that the quality of modern ordinary pharmacies could not be measured according to the requirements of the ancient palace tribute cinnabar, so he immediately said: "Okay, I want this, come to half a catty!" ”

"Wait a minute, I'll weigh it!" The guy wanted to leave, but was stopped by Qi Xiang.

"I also need some medicinal herbs......

Qi Xiang took out a page of paper in his arms and gestured: "All right, wrap it together!" ”

"Huh?"

The guy took a look at it, and was immediately overjoyed, big customer.

"Big brother, you sit down first and have a cup of tea."

After settling Qi Xiang, the guy immediately went to work. It took nearly half an hour to weigh all kinds of things and put them in a big bag.

Qi Xiang went to check out, and as soon as he swiped his card, even if he was mentally prepared, it made him feel a little painful. At this moment, he clearly realized that Chen Beixue's words were very correct, don't play any cultivation if you don't have money, and change your career as soon as possible.

It is no wonder that in ancient times, those famous Dao scholars liked to attach themselves to the emperor and the powerful to practice. It's not that they are keen on fame and fortune, but mainly with the help of the emperor and magnates, it is very convenient to collect all kinds of materials.

The water and moon scattered people back then were also like this. When I was practicing in the palace, my strength was growing by leaps and bounds. But as soon as he left the palace and returned to Taihu Lake, his cultivation slowed down and there was a bottleneck.

If Shuiyue Sanren had been practicing in the palace back then, he might have the opportunity to break through the bottleneck and transcend heaven and earth.

Of course, this is just an assumption, after all, judging from the situation back then, there are only a handful of people who have really reached that realm, and there are very few.

And to be honest, among the emperors and magnates of the past dynasties, not all of them believed in cultivating the truth and seeking the Tao.

After all, cultivating the truth and seeking the Tao is a very selfish act. Even if they are great scholars with real skills, they use the power of imperial power to do so for themselves. For the emperor and magnates, it has always been mainly fooling.

It may be that they have been cheated too much, and some emperors and magnates have naturally learned a lesson, and they have a skeptical attitude towards these "masters" and do not pay attention to them at all.

The real history is that there are few masters with real skills, and there are not many wronged people who are dedicated to supporting the masters, which naturally creates the situation of swaggering and deception of gods in all dynasties, but being exposed and cutting off their heads.

There are many false cases, which naturally cover up the truth of the facts. Especially in modern times, as long as the rumors related to the fairy Buddha spirits have become feudal superstitions.

Actually...... It's pretty good, too!

For such a situation, Qi Xiang didn't understand much before. But after receiving the inheritance of the Shui Yue Sanren, he was surprised to know that this situation was the result of the cultivation world's deliberate connivance and even promotion.

After all, after the great changes in the pattern of heaven and earth, the resources of cultivation are increasingly endangered and extinct.

Cultivation itself is not easy, and resources are getting fewer and fewer. It's like a piece of bread, you take a bite, I take a bite, and it's gone soon. The amount of bread is limited, and if possible, who wouldn't want to eat it for themselves?

In such a situation, who is willing to sacrifice himself for others and give away his few rations?

There are rations, it's too late to cover up, how can it be hyped up? The smartest thing to do is to hide it and tell others that you don't have any rations, so you don't have to worry about it.

Therefore, the ancient cultivators did not need to be connected in tandem at all, so they had a tacit understanding to create all kinds of true and false phenomena, so that the emperors and generals and ordinary people would be suspicious.

If you believe, you will provide for them. doubt, they can reap the benefits, eat and wipe clean, and get out safely. It would be even more perfect if he could use an eye-catching method or something before leaving, so that the emperor and magnates would feel that they were liars.

If a cultivator is a liar, then cultivating to become an immortal must be fake, so there is no need to bother thinking about it.

Not only are ancient cultivators so treacherous, but modern cultivators are probably just as cunning and selfish......

Chen Beixue is like this, and the same is true for Hai Gongzi and Tian Shi.

Chen Beixue refused to be his guide, and Hai Gongzi and Tian Shizhi were divided, and they didn't want him to participate in their planning, just because they were afraid that one more person would snatch resources.

Qi Xiang slandered in his heart, which may be a little biased, but it may also be the truth. In any case, he bought what he needed, even if the quality was inferior, and he was going to do it.

After buying all the things, Qi Xiang returned directly to the manor. After that, he began to get busy, mixing dansha.

The dansha he bought back cannot be used directly, or that such dansha does not meet his requirements.

Qi Xiang feels fortunate that the transportation is now developed and the materials are abundant, especially the distribution center of Chinese medicinal materials, and no matter how scarce and precious the medicinal materials are, there are also reserves, which can be purchased at one time.

Unlike during the Northern Song Dynasty, some precious medicinal materials, even in big cities and pharmacies like Suzhou, did not dare to say that they were in stock, and they also needed to go to the deep mountains and old forests to pick them by themselves, which was very time-consuming and laborious.

In this respect, modern society can also be called a paradise for spiritual practice.

However, there are advantages and disadvantages, the industry is too developed, but the pollution is very serious, resulting in a bad environment, making the medicinal properties of the herbs much worse than before, and affecting the progress of cultivation.

Anyway, when Qi Xiang was dealing with the medicinal materials he bought, it was not difficult to draw conclusions by comparing the inheritance of the Shui Yue San people. These medicinal materials at present, compared with the medicinal materials in the Northern Song Dynasty thousands of years ago, are indeed lacking a little spirituality.

"Let's make peace."

Qi Xiang was helpless, and there was no good way, so he had to chop these medicinal materials step by step and pestle them into powder.

After more than an hour, each piece of herb turned into a pile of powder.

Not only the powder of medicinal herbs, Qi Xiang also took a few complete Taihu Xuanzhu, as well as a small piece of Eight Treasures Merit Mud. These two precious treasures are directly mashed and ground into powder, mixed with different amounts of medicinal powder, and then stirred evenly.

In the process of stirring, dansa is added continuously.

Not long after, Qi Xiang mixed the dansha, and then put it into the jar obtained in the cave at the bottom of Taihu Lake, and then poured most of the bottles of spirits, and when the spirits penetrated the dansha, he directly sealed it.

The jar was sealed in a cool, dark environment for seven days.

Qi Xiang calculated the time, and as soon as the seven days passed, he immediately brought the jar and opened it carefully.

In an instant, a faint red mist immediately floated out of the can, like a red cloud, gently swaying in the air, and the half-sound could be regarded as completely dispersed.

"Became ......"

Qi Xiang was also a little surprised, and couldn't wait to look down, only to see that the dansha mixture in the jar had turned into a ball of bright red mud oil at this moment.

"The quality is not bad."

After looking at it for a moment, Qi Xiang nodded slightly, then picked up a small spoon, and scooped up a little mud oil in the jar and put it in a small dish. He added a few drops of water to the small saucer and slowly grinded it evenly.

Qi Xiang used soft force to grind slowly. In the blink of an eye, the mud oil gradually melted away, becoming a thick, dense, grease-like pigment juice.

At the same time, Qi Xiang put down the small spoon, immediately lifted a new brush, and infiltrated the small dish with a soft brush, and the white milli blade immediately turned bright red, looking extraordinarily full and moist.

The red pigment juice was like ink, and after Qi Xiang dipped his pen, he carefully sketched it on a yellow note on the table. Between the strokes of the pen tip, red lines gradually appear, either straight or curved......

There is no doubt that Qi Xiang is drawing symbols.

Because of the water and moon scattering people, he is a cultivator who cultivates and enters the Tao with a talisman.