The Weasleys' tomato farm seems to be on its way to becoming the last secret of the 20th century on the island of England, but aside from that, Neil has been generous with Ron's hesitant and embarrassed request - note that we've added the word "but" in the middle to emphasize that there is no causal relationship between the two things, and that there is nothing wrong with the compatibility of fertilizers, even if something unexpected happens. It is also the fault of housewives who are accustomed to false claims about the effectiveness of products in advertisements and increase the dosage without authorization during sowing.

But...... Hey, who's always right about customers.

Regardless, Ron leaves with his promise of friendship discount, three points of gratitude, three parts of shame, and four points of bewilderment - he forgot to ask Neil what he was doing by sitting alone on the lake in a daze, but as a result, he escaped a lengthy lecture about merfolk, fishmen, Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, and some rogue wizard who was so mad as to cast a transfiguration spell on a catfish to turn it into a beautiful woman and then watch the Muggles fall for themselves and laugh.

The story was told by a drunken gray-bearded old man as he passed through Burgundy, at the cost of two bottles of Petit Chablis—two bottles of little Chablis, to be exact, and when Neil walked into the inn-like tavern for the night, he was almost delirious.

To be honest, when Neil agreed to pay the bill for the other party, he didn't expect to hear a really interesting story, and the reason why he was willing to be the wronged boss was just a simple whim - the old man with a childish face and a face that could inexplicably make people feel obscene reminded him of his master in Kunlun Mountain.

So the wine money should naturally be counted on the master's head.

Thinking of his mentor who should still be in the gossip furnace at this moment, the corners of Neil's mouth rose slightly, his hands were put behind his head, and he lay on the grass, muttering to himself as if he were talking to himself.

"Master, master...... Bear with me, old man, and when I earn enough money, I'll go back and pick you up......"

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"-Oh yes, the account I took credit from the six elders in order to buy the pill is also counted on your head, anyway, if there are many lice, you don't bite, you were greedy for so much public property back then, do you still care about this fraction, don't you say? It's a big deal that no matter how hard you work, just put it in the furnace for a few more years, anyway, you are a dignified land sword immortal, and the Liuding Divine Fire can't burn to death...... Well, I'm going to say hello to you, huh? Didn't you say you disagreed? Don't you pretend you don't know when the time comes? ”

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In the far east, deep in the Kunlun Mountains, under the cover of snow and countless Qimen Dunjia, stands an ancient mountain gate. After passing through the barrier in front of the door, you can enter the last immortal cultivation sect in this ancient eastern country.

People's reverence for mysterious things is decreasing with the passage of time, and the once infinitely brilliant Imperial Immortal Gate can only rely on these blind methods to quietly hide its body under the noses of the world, and survive for a long time. However, even in such a situation, they have never forgotten their mission.

Guarding the entrance to the secret realm, fending off the tide of monsters, and keeping the unseen in the dark forever - even if they are themselves.

With the decline of the sect, many places were abandoned due to lack of manpower, and the old Danfang was one of them. There used to be hundreds of furnaces of pills produced here every day for the disciples of the entire sect to use, but as the number of medicinal herbs, pill masters, and people using pills became fewer and fewer, only the small pill room of the six elders was enough to meet the expenses, and it was, like many other facilities that marked the glory of the past, only an empty shell that no one cared about.

The gold-lettered plaque with the word Danfang has been removed, and the vermilion lacquer wall skin has also fallen off, revealing the gray-black stone bricks underneath, like a seriously ill skin patient, the arched doorway mouth is wide open as if waiting for someone to feed the medicine, but unfortunately, the others have already taken care of themselves at this moment.

However, compared with other abandoned places, Danfang is still showing the last trace of residual heat.

The other furnaces have been removed, leaving only the empty four walls, except for the large copper gossip furnace in the center, which has not been extinguished to this day. Now he's gone...... Or rather, it was reclaimed for its original purpose, as a cage imprisoning an important figure in the sect.

The sky in the east was slightly pale, and the two disciples of the C-Sect were holding forks and sticks, drowsy one after another, listlessly guarding the door. They had not yet reached home, and after a night of watchmanship, they were already very sleepy.

This errand is called a guard, but in fact it is just an errand, how capable is the one in it? It doesn't matter if someone wants to go in and harm him, or if he is tired of it and wants to come out, it is not something that the two of them can stop the little Taoist priest who has not completed his cultivation. Not to mention standing by and watching, it's good not to turn into fly ash with a flick of your fingers, how can people be motivated?

What's more, from the moment two disciples of the C-Sect were sent to guard it, they should know that the elders themselves had not expected anything.

At the end of the fifth watch, the two yawning people suddenly vaguely saw a figure coming from a distance, which made the two of them a little strange. You must know that this Danfang has been abandoned for a long time, and there are no outsiders inside the mountain gate, so no one usually approaches here at all. When the little thing from Ding Yimen was there, he occasionally came back to visit the prison, but I heard that the kid was sent to a foreign country by the order of the second elder, and he couldn't come back after three or five years......

Thinking of this, the two subconsciously glanced at each other and quietly clenched the fork stick in their hands.

At this time, the figure came closer, and the two of them saw clearly that it was an old man wearing a golden crown and a white robe, with a face like yellow wax and thin eyes and long eyebrows.

"I've seen the Second Elder!" "I've seen the Second Elder!"

"Hmm." Lao Dao nodded absentmindedly and waved his hand at the two of them, "You guys should step back first, I have something to say to the third junior brother." ”

The two disciples did not have the slightest suspicion, and retreated after agreeing.

The second elder stood under the doorway, watching the two of them walk away, and then dusted off his sleeves and walked into the dilapidated Dan room. The things in the house have long been emptied, only the middle of the big house remains, and the fire is still lit under the octagonal copper furnace, and the blue light shines on the four walls, blue and faint like a ghost domain.

The second elder looked up and down and shook his head slightly.

Liuding Shenhuo, all the gods and ghosts are burning, he asked himself, not to mention the disciples outside, even if he throws himself into this furnace, it probably won't last more than a year and a half, but the one inside, the gossip furnace has been in the furnace for three years, and now he hasn't even begged for a word, if he doesn't know why he went in the first place, people can't help but want to praise a good man.

The second elder cleared his throat and shouted into the furnace.

"Senior brother, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing lately?"

There was a gurgling sound in the gossip furnace, as if water was boiling, and after a while, I heard a sound coming from inside.

"Second Senior Brother, why do you have time to come to me today? I heard that since the senior brother left it alone, you are in charge of the affairs of this sect, and it is when you are too busy to get to the ground, why don't you work in the study and come to this place? What's the matter, want to be lazy? Pay attention to the little sister's demon hammer! ”

Although the voice sounded old, the tone was full of banter, and it didn't feel like it came from an old man, but like a naughty child.

Hearing the words of the Demon Hammer, the second elder instinctively shrunk his neck. He settled down, forced a smile and said, "What's the matter, it's just a little miscellaneous matter, is it important to have the affection of our senior brothers?" I haven't seen you for three years, and as soon as I came up today, I greeted me sarcastically, presumably complaining in my heart about my indifference as a senior brother. ”

The voice in the brass furnace fell silent for a long time before he heard a long sigh.

"So, you're still going to do it?"

The second elder's beard trembled slightly, but his face remained unchanged, and he asked rhetorically, "What did you say?" ”

"The fourth child is upright, the fifth child is serious, and the little junior sister is that cold temperament...... I thought that as long as I hid in this gossip furnace, no one in Kunlun would conspire with you, and without the same party, you would not have the intention of usurping the throne and plotting rebellion...... Now it seems that I was naïve. ”

Seeing that he had torn his face, the second elder no longer pretended to be ignorant, and sneered with his hands behind his back, and said: "I know that the dignified land sword immortal, a genius of my Kunlun lineage once in two thousand years, how could he be greedy for the assets of the Mo Sect because he has no money to drink flower wine, it turns out that you have already had this plan?" ”

"No, I really stole it because I didn't have any money, and after stealing it, I remembered that I thought it seemed that I could calculate it, so I just ...... it."

“……”

"Second Senior Brother, why do you bother? How many people are there in total now, and they are all fighting for power and profit at this time, what's the point? Besides, the senior brother has agreed to delegate power, and now the affairs within the sect are also up to you, what are you trying to do if you rebel against him now? ”

The second elder, who was almost choked to death by the sentence "I really have no money", finally came to his senses at this time, and when he heard the third elder talk about the senior brother, he couldn't help but snort coldly.

"Decentralization? Hmph, that's a nice thing to say. Although the senior brother has left these affairs big and small, but the position of head is still firmly in his hands, no matter what I do, I still have to be restrained by him, and if I don't take the seal in his hand, how can I display my ambitions? Third child, are you really willing to guard the secret realm for generations instead of those mortals? ”

The blue fire under the gossip furnace is a little uncertain.

"The way of heaven in this life will eventually fall on the heads of mortals. Whether we are struggling to survive or disappear is due to the will of God...... Second brother, you're in love. ”

A fierce color flashed in the eyes of the second elder, and his expression became very hideous: "Providence? Oh, God is not providential, I'm afraid I can't help you.

"Third child, do you know where your little apprentice went?"