Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Strange Old Man

Baiyang Sect, on a winding mountain path, at this time, there were two people walking on it one after the other, the first one was a little older, looking about sixty or so, but the spirit was strong, and the steps were light and seemed to be effortless.

The one in the back was a young man, and because he had been gone for a long time, some fine beads of sweat appeared on his face.

This old man and young man are naturally Du Rong, who has just been assigned to the Alchemy Hall, and Sima Jing, who brought him here. As the person who recruited him to get started, Sima Jing also had the obligation to help him guide the way, but it was more because he had to go to the Alchemy Hall to receive the Qi Condensation Pill.

At this moment, seeing that the bottleneck he had been shackled for many years was about to be broken, he couldn't hide the excitement on his face.

"Durong, I'm really sorry this time, I didn't expect to bring you in, and I didn't even send a teacher to you, and I was reduced to entering the alchemy hall to be a medicine refining boy. Sima Jing said apologetically.

"Senior Brother Sima doesn't have to take it to heart, this is also limited by Durong's qualifications, and other things can't be forced. Moreover, the Grandmaster Uncle also said that even if I am here, I can still receive the exercises in the sect for cultivation, which is nothing more than that this place is less crowded. ”

Du Rong shook his head and said, since he officially entered the Baiyang Sect, Sima Jing tried his best to ask him to change his senior's name to Senior Brother, but he was forced to do so a few times, so he called him over.

In fact, it was in line with the original intention of being in this kind of place, and he also thought that in such a place where there were few people, he could cultivate his magic with peace of mind and not be seen by others.

He also felt that his arrogance needed to be reined in, and now he was just looking for a place to cultivate his mind, not only to meditate and practice as if no one was around, but also to polish his temper by the way.

"You're right, but you're telling you privately that it's actually good to be here. Sima Jing looked at Du Rong with a mysterious look.

This aroused Du Rong's curiosity, and he bowed down with his fists in his fists: "Oh? ”

Sima Jing stopped, leaned into his ear and whispered: "This alchemy hall is no better than other senior uncles, although there are fewer people here, there are also fewer people, that is, you can be allocated a lot more resources." Especially since this is the place where the sect's alchemy is extracted, that is to say, you may be rewarded with pills that can improve your cultivation, and other people's names are nothing more than some worthless spirit weapons and some scattered spirit stones. ”

He paused as he spoke, looked around, and cautiously continued: "Moreover, the head of this Medicine Refining Hall, Uncle Feng Zizhen, is the person who has the highest cultivation in the sect except for the two Jindan Taishang Elders, and it is said that he has already cultivated to the realm of False Pill, and he is only one step away from condensing Jindan, and even the Elder Zongjiao you see today is inferior to him." If you win his favor, it is not impossible to reward you with one or two good exercises, or to give you some guidance, and if you get his guidance, you will benefit immensely on the way to cultivation. ”

It seems that this Uncle Feng's name is very loud, so that Sima Jing is afraid that he will not dare to comment loudly around him, and he will listen to him.

Du Rong listened to Sima Jing's words and wondered: "Then Senior Brother, since the treatment of staying in this Medicine Refining Hall sounds so generous, why did all the disciples in this place leave one by one?"

"That's a long story, one is that Uncle Feng of this alchemy hall behaves strangely, and many of the people who come here are actually coming for his name, but every time he takes the initiative to ask questions about cultivation, he is furious, and he reprimands the person who asks the question fiercely. Also, I heard from the people in the sect that he was refining a new medicine, but for some reason, the process of refining this medicine would have a great impact on the foundation of the cultivators, and the monks in the hall were seriously lost. As a result, people left here, and no one dared to come in after hearing these rumors outside, which caused the Alchemy Hall to be so depressed now. ”

The two of them talked, and slowly arrived at their destination.

"Here it is, it's here. Sima Jing turned left at a fork, and Du Rong followed closely.

The staircase gradually widened at this point, and in the hollow of a valley there was a quaint building half outward, the other half looking half embedded in the belly of the mountain. Its blue-tiled roof rises high, and the whole building looks a little like an alchemy furnace.

And the big plaque at the door also looks like it has been some years, covered with a lot of cracks, and the three big green characters of "Alchemy Hall" that have almost faded are impressively on it, but they need to be carefully identified to see it.

"This alchemy hall is built in such a remote area, don't all the disciples in the sect need to come from time to time to receive their daily elixirs, isn't it very inconvenient to travel back and forth on such a crowded mountain road?" Seeing that this place was still very different from what he expected, he couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Actually, otherwise, the ordinary disciples of this alchemy hall don't need to come over, the daily pills of ordinary disciples in the Qi training period are all fixed rations, and the sect's own outer sect officials will regularly receive all the basic pills at the door every month, and then go down the mountain to the disciple's courtyard to distribute them to everyone.

However, the officers of this outer disciple are all mortals, and mortals are not allowed to enter this alchemy land, so they are waiting here every time. It is also so that the disciples in the sect have more time to cultivate without being distracted, except for some valuable pills rewarded for the task that need to be collected by themselves, they generally do not need to come up. Sima Jing explained.

The two stood on the steps under the door, and Sima Jing stood at the door, picking up the rusty lion's mouth ring handle and preparing to knock on the door.

But this copper ring has not been replaced for many years, and the feeling of shaking it is obscure, and only the crunching sound is heard, which is more direct than knocking on the door.

I didn't expect this facility to be dilapidated like this, Sima Jing looked back at Du Rong's face and was a little surprised, but he still defended slightly: "Don't look at the dilapidated buildings here, the foundation is more important to our cultivators." ”

Du Rong did not refute this, and it was not Sima Jing's problem that he was arranged to come here, on the contrary, the kindness he was brought out by the Yan Mansion has always been in his heart.

Shaking his head, he said: "Senior brother, don't care, with my qualifications, I won't be treated too well anywhere, it's better to come to this secluded place, maybe I can learn something else." ”

In fact, in the games of the previous life, the only life skill that has been practiced to the full level except for spells is potions, and now it is firmly remembered in his mind, but so far, he has not seen any herbs or animal insects recorded in previous games in this world, and this skill is equivalent to a waste.

But some of the basic operations are universal.,I didn't expect to be here by chance.,I'm a little curious.。

The two waited and shook their hands, and after a while, there was still no reaction, the two looked at each other, so Sima Jing shook a few more times, this time with a little more force, the wooden door had given him a crumbling feeling, so scared that he quickly let go, in case the door fell today, he would be unlucky.

After a while, there was a rush of footsteps from inside the door, and there were scolding words: "Who is bothering me with alchemy, didn't this month's share just be claimed a few days ago, if my furnace of blood pills is destroyed, I can't spare you little cub at the door!"

The door was violently opened, and they all looked over, only to see an old man with gray hair, wearing this white cloth robe, but the white clothes were all black and gray, if it were not for the armpit position to see the original color, I would really think that this was originally a gray robe.

His face and hands were also covered with black stains, and if he hadn't walked out of this immortal family, he would have thought that this was a beggar caught everywhere on the street. However, judging from its menacing appearance, there is no doubt that it should be the rumored Uncle Fengzi.

Fengzi really came out, and when he saw that the person who came was an old man and a young man, he was obviously stunned, and after thinking for a long time, he said to Sima Jing: "I remember that your little cub is called Sima Jing, when did you last see you? He burst out laughing.

Du Rong looked at this scene and kept laughing, and no matter how sloppy the old man was, just the scene of an old man asking another old man to be a cub made people cry and laugh.

"But if you don't have anything else, I can't spare you if you just come to me to talk about the old days, do you know that I have refined a new furnace of elixir at a critical time, if it destroys you, it will not be enough to compensate you for all your belongings. Feng Zi really said menacingly, and he immediately saw Du Rong on the side.

He was surprised and asked, "What's the matter with this handsome little baby?"

Sima Jing hurriedly took out two things from his cuffs, handed them over, and said with a smile: "Uncle Feng, your old man has a really good memory, you still remember how old I have been after so long." I'm not going to bother you with nothing to bother you, but I'm here for two main reasons. The first is this kid next to him, who just finished the test not long ago, and Uncle Grandmaster named him to arrange it in the Medicine Refining Hall, and well, it's the reward that I came to receive for going out to do the task. ”

The gray-bearded old man took the two documents handed over, opened them one after another and looked at them, and said in surprise: "I didn't expect your little cub to be lucky, you were the first to go out to recruit people this year, but I really didn't see it." ”

Then he seemed to remember something, and complained viciously: "Zong Cao, this bastard, I have told him many times to ask for people, but he didn't pay attention to it, but now it's good to send such a child who has no cultivation foundation over." ”

The old man was talking to himself, and Sima Jing and Du Rong stood awkwardly awkwardly, afraid that this strange old man would have some nerves to sprinkle this anger on them.

The gray-bearded old man frowned and cursed for a while, and suddenly saw that his face became very good: "Hahaha, it's really pleasant to scold, Lao Tzu has been alone in this place for several months, it's rare for someone to listen to me scolding people next to me, it's really refreshing, refreshing hahaha......" Then he raised his feet and turned around and walked into the alchemy hall.

Du Rong and Sima Jing glanced at each other, and they both saw helplessness in each other's eyes, following the immature female cultivator Yang Tong Ying, it seems that the Medicine Refining Hall is not a normal person, this Baiyang Sect is really a "talent", and Du Rong can't help but be a little more worried about his future life here.