Chapter Seventy-Three: Bao Danju! Alchemy!
"Let's get out of here first." Su Changkong was alert in his heart, and he would inevitably cause trouble, Su Changkong did not stay long, got up and left quickly, speeding up his pace, and passing through this barren mountain.
"It's already close to Merlin Mansion City, and this kind of thing is happening? Seemingly...... The city of Merlin is not as peaceful as imagined! ”
It wasn't until he left the barren mountain that Su Changkong recalled the miserable and strange corpse with a miserable death, and his face became even more solemn.
I'm afraid that the area around this Merlin Mansion City is not calm, and he still needs to be cautious in his actions!
Hurrying until dusk, Su Changkong found that there were more pedestrians around, there were caravans, dart teams, and groups of three or five, dressed ordinary passers-by, and from time to time there were soldiers wearing armor and stomachs, and soldiers on horseback patrolled back and forth nearby, Su Changkong understood that he was almost to the city of Merlin Mansion!
"It's finally here!"
Sure enough, as you move forward, the outline of a city appears in front of you, with tall city walls, standing tall and exuding a heavy sense of time.
This is the most prosperous city in Merlin Mansion!
The city wall is nearly ten zhang high, made of black rock, and the gate of the city is guarded by heavily armed silver-armored soldiers, and the pedestrians come and go, and it is very lively.
According to Su Changkong's knowledge, the resident population of this Merlin Mansion City is more than one million people, not including those merchants and travelers, which has surpassed the largest city in the ancient Blue Star Dynasty!
Su Changkong followed the crowd towards the city, and the soldiers at the city gate only looked away from his face slightly.
All the way into the city, there are horse-drawn carriages speeding on the wide streets, Su Changkong saw a large number of towering buildings, a patch of residential areas, at this time it is already evening, many high-rise buildings are hung with a large number of lanterns, lanterns, exuding bright light, eye-catching.
In Qingshui City and even Black Iron Villa, as soon as it gets dark, people basically have to rest early and wait for the next day to get up early to work.
In the city of Merlin, the lights are lit up at night, and the night market is bustling, which is the time when many people have fun and get drunk, and it will gradually fall into darkness until late at night!
From Qingshui City to Merlin Mansion City, Su Changkong felt like he had gone from the countryside to the big city, two completely different worlds!
"First find an inn to live in, inquire about the situation in Merlin Mansion City, and then rent a house to live, and start the matter of Qi and Blood Pill."
Su Changkong was not in a hurry, he wandered around the street for a while, and finally stopped at the door of a house called "Songyue Inn" and walked towards the inn.
Inn, this place has a huge flow of people, mixed fish and dragons, and fast news circulation, this is a good place to listen to the news.
Su Changkong opened a room in the Songyue Inn and stayed there, he washed away some of the fatigue of these days, and sat down in the corner of the hall on the first floor of the inn, ordered a few plates of side dishes, and quietly listened to the conversations of the other guests in the hall.
"Hahaha! Three days ago, there were pirates who plundered, and the young gang leader of the Giant Whale Gang, Si Kongzhan, personally led people out to sea, and sank the pirates of more than 100 people and several ships into the blue rain sea! ”
"Did you hear that...... Yesterday, near the outside of the city of Merlin Mansion, a miserable rotting corpse was found, and it was rumored that it was not man-made...... It's a demon......"
In the hall of the inn, many guests are at a table in groups of three or five, drinking wine, eating meat, chatting, and many of them are some major events that have happened in the city of Merlin Mansion recently.
Su Changkong listened quietly, there was indeed a lot of gains, at night, the inn junior called hot water, Su Changkong also took out some silver money to reward him, and asked him about some basic information in the city of Merlin Mansion, and gained a lot.
In the blink of an eye, Su Changkong spent five days at the Songyue Inn, and after these five days, he also had the most basic understanding of Merlin Mansion City!
In the city of Merlin, the last thing to provoke is the prefect of the city of Merlin.
Gong Yulong, the prefect of Molin Mansion City, can not only mobilize tens of thousands of Molin elite soldiers in Molin Mansion City, but he himself is from a wealthy family, and he has the support of the Gong family, a big family that has been rooted in Molin Mansion City for hundreds of years!
In addition, the Giant Whale Gang, one of the largest gangs in the area of Merlin Mansion City, is also a behemoth that cannot be provoked, this Giant Whale Gang is strong and strong, and its disciples are all over the martial arts of Merlin Mansion, occupying the nearby Blue Rain Sea, controlling the business of the sea route, and making money every day.
And Sikong Yong, the leader of the Giant Whale Gang, is the top master of the martial arts in Molin Mansion, he is a martial arts genius, and he inherited the position of the leader of the Giant Whale Gang when he was a teenager.
Although it has not been seen in public for several years now, it is still prestigious.
"Let's go to Wanlin Pavilion first and see if I can buy the medicinal materials needed by the Qi and Blood Pill, and then go and find a suitable place for me."
Su Changkong said secretly.
Wanlin Pavilion, this is the industry of ten thousand families in the city of Molin Mansion, these ten thousand families have taken root in the city of Merlin Mansion for many years, mainly doing business, Wanlin Pavilion is similar to a shopping mall, whether it is weapons, bows and arrows, or some clothing, medicinal materials can be bought!
In a small place like Qingshui City, most of the medicinal materials needed for the Qi and Blood Pill Pill cannot be purchased at all, and Su Changkong's main purpose in coming to this Merlin Mansion City is to purchase medicinal materials, entrust someone to refine the Qi and Blood Pill, and use it to enter the Qi and Blood Realm!
Su Changkong cleaned up, asked passers-by about the location of Wanlin Pavilion, and came all the way to the outside of Wanlin Pavilion.
Wanlin Pavilion is located in the prosperous area of the commercial street in the city, the whole Wanlin Pavilion loft, covers a huge area, very conspicuous, overwhelming some nearby buildings, quite a sense of shopping mall.
On the first floor of Wanlin Pavilion, there are also people coming and going, and there are some luxury goods such as jewelry on the counters, as well as weapons such as swords.
"Do you need anything, guest?"
Not long after Su Changkong entered Wanlin Pavilion, a young man wearing the uniform of Wanlin Pavilion greeted him and received him very warmly.
This young man is very eye-catching, Su Changkong is shrunken at the moment, his face is cold, he is a young man, but he has an extraordinary bearing, so that the young man of Wanlinlou does not dare to slack off.
Su Changkong didn't talk nonsense, took out a list from his arms, handed it to the young man, and said with a very calm face: "I want to buy the medicinal materials on the list." ”
The young man took it with both hands, and his expression was even more respectful and solemn: "Blood Cordyceps, Blood Lotus, Twenty Years of Blood Ginseng......
The medicinal materials on this list are the medicinal materials needed to refine the Qi and Blood Pill, and almost all of them are extremely valuable, and they are very valuable, and they cannot be purchased in small places.
In order to confuse the public, Su Changkong still added several kinds of medicinal materials that he didn't need.
Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't do this, to refine the Qi and Blood Pill, not only do you need these medicinal materials, but also the proportions and refining techniques are all recorded in detail, and it is impossible to infer the Dan prescription based on several medicinal materials.
It's like building a house and giving him enough materials, but building a house is not simply stacking bricks and stones.
"This distinguished guest, please come with me to the second floor, and I will inform Director Wanxun."
The young man said more and more respectfully, the medicinal materials on this are all very valuable, and Su Changkong in front of him is a distinguished guest, and he needs more advanced personnel to discuss business with him!
"Okay." Su Changkong looked concise and to the point.
In an elegant box on the second floor, the young man poured Su Changkong a cup of tea brewed from precious tea leaves, and then bowed and retreated.
Su Changkong didn't move the tea on the table, and waited quietly.
It didn't take long for a middle-aged man with an elegant temperament to enter the box, this person was obviously the director of Wan Xun, listening to his surname, he must be a member of the disciples of the Wan family.
"In Xia Wanxun, dare to ask what Mr. is called?" Wan Xun arched his hand to Su Changkong and asked politely.
"My surname is Li." Su Changkong casually made up a fake surname.
"Mr. Li, what herbs do you need to buy? Although some of them are not available in Wanlin Pavilion, we can buy them from other places, and we can transfer them within two days! ”
Wan Xun said to Su Changkong.
"What about the price?" Su Changkong asked the price.
"The medicinal materials that Mr. Li needs are quite precious, most of them are things that nourish qi and replenish blood, and a piece is about 3,000 taels of silver!"
Wan Xun said truthfully.
"3,000 taels?" Su Changkong was secretly shocked in his heart, although he had been mentally prepared, but this price still surprised him.
You must know that Su Changkong used to take double the amount of Yiqi Powder every day, and it would cost six or seven hundred taels a month, but this medicinal material for refining Qi and Blood Pill would cost 3,000 taels!
Although Su Changkong was surprised in his heart, he still had a calm look on his face, and he said, "Then I will book one first." ”
Don't buy too much first, buy a copy and see the effect!
"Now, in two days, it's in place."
Wan Xun was overjoyed when he heard this, knowing that this business was half successful, and immediately assured.
"Then I'll come back in two days." Su Changkong nodded, and under the send-off of Wan Xun, he left Wanlin Tower.
After leaving Wanlin Tower, Su Changkong spent more than a day looking for a place to live in the city.
The place where Su Changkong needs to live must be big enough and quiet enough, because he has to practice martial arts, and the movement is not small, in addition, he is also going to arrange some tools for forging, which also needs enough space!
In the end, Su Changkong chose his favorite residence, which was a small idle manor located in the XC area, with flowers and trees, the scenery was quite good, and the courtyard wall was tall and quiet enough.
And the rent is also quite expensive, 30 taels of silver a month, a year is 360 taels of silver!
In Qingshui City, this is enough to buy a good house!
But the quietness and environment of this manor are quite in line with Su Changkong's wishes, and in the end, he still didn't save the money, rented this small manor, and paid a one-time rent for 1 year.
After tidying up the rooms in the manor, two days passed quickly.
"Mr. Li, are you here? You may be seated! ”
Two days later, Su Changkong went to Wanlin Building early in the morning, and in the box on the second floor, Wanxun warmly invited Su Changkong to sit down.
"This is the medicinal material that Mr. Li needs, please take an inventory." Wan Xun then ordered someone to fetch the medicinal materials that Su Changkong wanted.
They are all packaged very gorgeously, among which the twenty years of blood ginseng needed by the Qi and Blood Pill are even more packed in a delicate sandalwood box, Su Changkong counted them one by one, and found nothing wrong, in fact, with the reputation of Wanjia, it is impossible to deceive and self-destruct the signboard.
Su Changkong took out three thousand taels of silver tickets and paid the money.
The deal was completed and both parties were in a good mood.
Su Changkong took the opportunity to ask, "Director Wan, do you know where there are alchemists?" ”
It's not enough to just buy these medicinal materials, Su Changkong also needs an alchemist to make a move to refine these medicinal materials into a pill!
"Alchemist?"
Hearing this, Wan Xun did not have too many accidents, Su Changkong bought so many precious medicinal materials, Wan Xun could also guess that Su Changkong was most likely going to refine some kind of qi and blood nourishing elixir.
Wan Xun sighed slightly and said: "Alchemists, the number is very rare, especially the highly skilled alchemists, it takes a huge amount of money unimaginable to ordinary people to cultivate, I recommend you to go to Baodanju, the alchemist Sun of Baodanju has forty or fifty years of alchemy experience, and his skills are good, and he also undertakes the business of helping people with alchemy." ”
Alchemist is indeed a profession that burns money, and it requires a lot of practice to sharpen alchemy, and in the early stage, it is completely money-burning and loss-making, and ordinary families are not capable of cultivating an alchemist.
There are alchemists in the Wanjia family, but he only serves the disciples of the Wanjia family, and outsiders want to ask him to make alchemy, and the price is not affordable for ordinary people, and it depends on whether he is willing or not.
Therefore, Wan Xuncai recommended Sun Yinian, the alchemist of Baodanju.
"Thank you for letting me know." After inquiring in detail about the location of this Baodanju, Su Changkong said goodbye to Wan Xun and left, preparing to go to this Baodanju to see if he could ask the alchemist Sun Yinian to help refine the Qi and Blood Pill.
Baodanju is located in a quiet manor, the manor is full of various medicinal herbs, and you can smell the fragrance of medicine through the wall.
At the entrance of Bao Dan Ju, two men dressed in white stood tall.
When Su Changkong arrived, a man in white on the left greeted him, and he said politely: "Do you want to entrust Master Sun to alchemy?" ”
"Well, that's good."
Su Changkong nodded in acknowledgment.
"Please, I'll take you to meet Young Master Sun Fu, he is Master Sun's grandchild."
The man in white did not slack off on Su Changkong, and those who could afford to invite Sun Yinian to alchemy were basically not ordinary people.
Under the leadership of the man in white, Su Changkong entered Baodanju and met Sun Fu in a living room, a handsome young man in his twenties, he was Sun Yinian's grandson Sun Fu.
"My surname is Li, and I want to ask Master Sun to help me refine the pill." Su Changkong was the first to introduce himself.
After Sun Fu invited Su Changkong to sit down, he spoke: "Mr. Li, you should be here for the first time, right?" It's okay to entrust my grandfather with alchemy, but there are a few points that need to be explained to you. ”
Su Changkong listened quietly.
"First, the materials are self-prepared, and according to the difficulty and value of the elixir being refined, a certain percentage of remuneration needs to be extracted. Second, if the alchemy fails, there is no charge, but the loss caused by the scrapped medicinal materials will not be borne by our Baodanju! ”
Sun Fu explained to Su Changkong with a straight face the requirements for entrusting Sun Yinian with alchemy.
If the alchemy is successful, you need to pay for it! And if the alchemy fails, all the medicinal materials will be scrapped, and Baodanju will not compensate!
This condition seems harsh, but in fact it is reasonable, after all, there will be success and failure in alchemy, even if it is an alchemy master who is proficient in alchemy, he does not dare to guarantee that he will succeed again and again.
But Su Changkong couldn't help but have some doubts, his Qi and Blood Pill medicinal materials, one copy was 3,000 taels of silver, once he failed, all of them would have to be lost!
And even if the alchemy is successful, a furnace of pills, this Bao Danju may be greedy for one or two inks, Su Changkong can't see it at all, don't blame him for spending the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, he doesn't know much about Bao Danju.
Of course, what worries Su Changkong the most is the success rate of refining Qi and Blood Pills by Sun Yinian, if the success rate is high, it will be forgotten if he is greedy for a few Qi and Blood Pills, in case the success rate is low, then Su Changkong will lose all his money.
Su Changkong then asked tentatively, "Dare to ask Master Sun what is the success rate of alchemy?" ”
In the face of Su Changkong's straightforward inquiry, Sun Fu was not angry, he said truthfully: "It depends on what kind of pill it is, if it is what my grandfather is good at, then the success rate will be high, if it is a pill that my grandfather has not refined, I need to take out the prescription, let my grandfather check it, and give a judgment, generally prepare a few medicinal materials, and do not rule out all failures." ”
Sun Fu said very clearly, and he didn't shy away from anything, just because he was afraid that the guests who came to alchemy would fail in alchemy and suffer serious losses, and it would be very troublesome to rely on Bao Danju, so Bao Danju would make things clear, alchemy failed, and Bao Danju was not responsible for the losses caused, and he would sign and draw a pledge if he was willing! If you don't want to, leave!
Sun Yinian, as an alchemist, has a high status, and there are many dignitaries and dignitaries who have begged him, and he doesn't care about a few businesses.
Su Changkong frowned when he heard this, he had to take out his Qi and Blood Pill for free and give it to Sun Yinian, prepare his own medicinal materials, and bear the loss of alchemy failure.
"The Exotic Reclamation of Vegetable Skeletons"
If Sun Yinian failed one after another, or failed seven or eight times, before he succeeded in refining one or two furnaces and three or five Qi and Blood Pills, then he would undoubtedly lose all his money!
The forty or fifty thousand taels of silver on his body seems to be a lot, but he can't withstand such a toss at all.
"Instead of letting outsiders use my money and my medicinal materials to practice alchemy, why don't I come myself?"
Su Changkong's heart moved at this moment, thinking of this, compared to others, Su Changkong trusted himself more!
If you can learn alchemy, it will be once and for all, eliminating middlemen, self-sufficient, and having many skills!
Thinking of this, Su Changkong's words changed sharply, and he coughed dryly: "Young Master Sun, take the liberty of it, I am actually quite interested in alchemy, and I want to learn alchemy in Baodanju Middle School...... I can pay for apprenticeship! ”
Hearing this, Sun Fu was a little surprised that Su Changkong's topic changed too quickly, but he smiled and shook his head: "Mr. Li, with all due respect, every alchemist is an alchemy that has been accumulated and summarized through experience, and he has always been a disciple who has only passed on the gift of master and apprentice, or his own descendants, and this alchemy is very profound, not everyone can learn it, and it is not something that can be achieved overnight, my grandfather has already accepted three or four disciples, inheriting the mantle, and will not accept any more disciples." ”
In this era, the relationship between master and apprentice is very close, like father and son, apprentices need to be filial to the master before and after the saddle.
And Sun Yinian, an alchemist, has countless people who want to worship him as a teacher, but Sun Yinian has only accepted three or four disciples in the past few decades, and most of them are related to him.
It is undoubtedly impossible for Su Changkong, an outsider who doesn't know his roots, to learn alchemy in Baodanju.
"That's right...... Let me think about it again. Su Changkong just asked casually, not expecting the other party to agree, he spoke.
Su Changkong was not prepared to immediately entrust Sun Yinian to help him refine the pill, in case the investment was not proportional to the gain, or even the blood was lost, then he would have to vomit blood! Think about it first!
"Don't worry, my grandfather's alchemy schedule is also scheduled for next month, and Mr. Li can come back at any time if he needs to." Sun Fu smiled, seemingly humble and polite, but in fact, there was arrogance in his tone.
Su Changkong didn't trust Sun Yinian, but there were still people begging Sun Yinian to help with alchemy!
Su Changkong got up and walked towards the outside of Baodanju.
"Sure enough...... It's not so easy, an elixir of the level of Qi and Blood Pill is not so easy to obtain, not only does it require enough precious medicinal materials, but it also needs a skilled alchemist to refine it into a Dan! It's really not good, I can only eat these medicinal materials that nourish qi and blood directly, and I don't know if the forty or fifty thousand taels of silver on my body are enough to complete the transformation of qi and blood! ”
As Su Changkong walked, he couldn't help but be a little speechless in his heart.
The medicinal materials for refining Qi and Blood Pill are all able to nourish Qi and replenish blood, and the effect of eating it directly is definitely far inferior to refining it into Dan, but it is better to be safe, and there is no need to hand over hope to others!
But Su Changkong has nearly 50,000 taels of silver on his body, all of which are bought into medicinal materials similar to blood ginseng, and he eats them every day, whether he can help his qi and blood reach the peak and complete the transformation of qi and blood, Su Changkong himself has no bottom in his heart!
Su Changkong walked as he walked, glancing back slightly from the corner of his eye, and he walked into an alley unhurriedly.
After a while, a man followed into the alley, the man was a little out of breath and his face was full of doubts: "What about people?" Why are people gone? ”
"Your Excellency has followed Li all the way, do you have any advice?" The sudden sound behind him made the man tremble.
Su Changkong stared at the man expressionlessly.
The man looked to be twenty-five or sixteen, still young, thin, haggard, with heavy dark circles, and looked like he was over-rewarded and hollowed out by wine.
From the moment he left Baodanju, Su Changkong noticed that someone was following him behind him, so Su Changkong introduced it into this alley, wanting to see why this person was following him!
"I ...... I have no ill will. The man waved his hand again and again, looking at his panting appearance after running a few steps, it was impossible for him to pose any threat to Su Changkong!
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