Chapter 9 Alchemy Valley
Alchemy Valley is a huge valley surrounded by Xuanwu Peak, Vermilion Bird Peak, and Qilin Peak.
A small stream, which runs through the valley and flows into the basalt pool at the mouth of the valley. On both sides of the stream, there are all kinds of medicinal herbs, and among the medicine fields, hundreds of people are busy, carefully taking care of the medicine fields under their jurisdiction.
The arrival of Yuan Qingfeng had no effect on them, and the people who were working in the fields would send a kind smile when they saw him.
The people who manage the medicine field are ordinary people, and since they tested their talent for no fate, they have already recognized the reality, and then gradually liked this peaceful life without strife.
At the end of the valley, under the Vermilion Bird Peak, there is a row of attics built against the mountain, which is the place where the entire Alchemy Valley is managed, and it is also the warehouse where the medicinal herbs are stored, and it is also the entrance to the alchemy room.
"Pindan Pavilion" is the largest of these attics, and it is also the place where the entire Alchemy Valley is managed, Yuan Qingfeng is on the second floor of the Pindan Pavilion, and he sees Yuan Zhentian, the steward who manages the entire Alchemy Valley, and next to him, there is also a beautiful girl standing.
Yuan Zhentian was not very old, only in his thirties, he looked at Yuan Qingfeng with interest, and looked down at the materials in his hand from time to time.
"You are Yuan Qingfeng?"
"I am Yuan Qingfeng."
"Your fate is a Ding Furnace?"
"Yes, my fate is a Ding Furnace!"
"Haven't you heard of the great name of the Alchemy Valley? Not afraid that there is no hope of awakening? ”
"I've heard of the 'Cursed Land', but I'm a first-level edge weapon, even if the edge weapon awakens at most, it will follow the cultivation of the edge realm, which is a little more powerful than the tempering period, but this is the most profitable place for the entire Yuan family."
Yuan Qingfeng flickered at will, so that he would not tell his true purpose of coming to the Alchemy Valley.
Yuan Zhentian glanced at Yuan Qingfeng unexpectedly, he thought that Yuan Qingfeng was sent in because he had offended, but judging from these few words, he himself didn't seem to mind being sent to this infamous "cursed land", which made him a little strange.
After a pause, Yuan Zhentian said solemnly: "I don't care if what you say is true or not, and it doesn't matter if you offend anyone, I don't want to ask about the privileges you have, let alone embarrass you, but since you have come to the Alchemy Valley, you must abide by the rules here." ”
"Don't worry, steward, I won't get into trouble!" Yuan Qingfeng assured loudly, but what he thought in his heart was that if trouble provoked me, it would be none of my business.
"Very good, there are not many rules in the Alchemy Valley, first, you must refine the Forging Body Pill within a month and become an alchemy apprentice, if you can't do it, it means that you don't have the talent for alchemy, then go back and forth from there, the Alchemy Valley does not raise waste. Second, starting from the second month, you must complete the alchemy task of thirty forging pills every month. There are only two rules, as long as you can do it, the rest is easy to say. ”
"I'll definitely try to do it well."
"It's useless to just talk, what I want is practical action, I hope I can see you in Alchemy Valley in a month. Qingyue, this little junior brother is in charge of you. Yuan Zhentian finally said to the girl beside him.
"Yes, master, I will teach the little brother well. Come with me, junior brother. After Yuan Qingyue finished speaking, she turned around and walked out of the room, the ponytail behind her head swaying mischievously in front of Yuan Qingfeng's eyes.
"Trouble Senior Sister Qingyue!" Yuan Qingfeng followed and walked out.
"What's the trouble with this, help each other, you are a person with a talent for fate, and in the future, Senior Sister, an ordinary person, will have to rely on you to cover it." Yuan Qingyue said with a smile, there was no loss in her face as an ordinary person, this is a girl who knows how to be content.
"My fate weapon is the most rubbish, even if I awaken, I'm afraid I don't have much future, but where my senior sister can be useful in the future, I can't give up the definition."
"That's what you said, it's developed in the future, but don't pretend you don't know me." Yuan Qingyue teased Yuan Qingfeng, she is still a sunny and smiling girl.
The place of Alchemy Valley is very large, but there are really not many things, and the "Pindan Pavilion" is the center of the entire Alchemy Valley, receiving the herbs you need, handing in the pills stipulated by the monthly tasks, and resting and exchanging or something, all here. The nearby attic was a warehouse for storing medicinal herbs, and the medicinal herbs of the entire Alchemy Valley were stored in these attics.
Behind Pindan Pavilion is a huge cave, and the entrance of the cave is engraved with three big characters "Danxian Secret Land".
"I didn't expect a cave to have such a domineering name." Yuan Qingfeng smiled and said to Yuan Qingyue on the side.
Yuan Qingyue rolled her eyes, and said in an extremely pious tone: "The Danxian Secret Realm is the fairyland of all alchemists, and there are a total of a thousand alchemy rooms in it, and each alchemy room is equipped with an alchemy furnace and is connected to the earth fire. Countless alchemy masters want to have such an alchemy room but can't get it, do you think such a place is not worthy of such a name? ”
"There are a thousand alchemy rooms in here? And each of them is also connected to the ground fire? Yuan Qingfeng was frightened, he couldn't imagine what a huge project this was, even if it was the Great Wall of China and the Egyptian pyramids in his previous life, it was nothing more than that.
Yuan Qingyue's reaction to Yuan Qingfeng was not surprised at all, she was no better when she first came, and she didn't care about Yuan Qingfeng, who was shocked, and walked into the "Danxian Secret Realm" first.
Yuan Qingfeng quickly came back to his senses and followed.
Walking into the "Danxian Secret Realm", there was no imaginary darkness inside, just a little dim, a bit like the feeling of dusk, and Yuan Qingfeng didn't see where the light source came from.
The Danxian Secret Realm was far more remarkable than he had imagined.
Not far into the cave, the first alchemy room appeared in front of me, the number 1 on the door was particularly conspicuous, and next to the number, there was a jade sign, and there was also a number 1 on the sign.
"This is the alchemy room, the jade plate hanging on the door is the key to the alchemy room, if you fancy the alchemy room, take the jade card to the 'Pindan Pavilion' to register, it will be your special alchemy room in the future." Yuan Qingyue introduced.
"Any one is fine?"
"As long as the jade plate is still on the door, it is the ownerless alchemy room, and that one is fine."
"This No. 1 alchemy room is also okay?"
"Of course, if you can open the door!" Yuan Qingyue said with a smile but not a smile, completely looking like she was watching a good show.
"Listen to what you mean, this alchemy room is not open by anyone!" Yuan Qingfeng is not stupid, and a stupid person can't be a super thief, as soon as he looks at Yuan Qingyue's expression, he knows that there is something greasy in it.
"It's not that no one can open it, but no one can open it, at least at present, no one can open the No. 1 alchemy room, and the No. 1 alchemy room has also become the most mysterious alchemy room in the 'Danxian Secret Realm'."
"It's so magical, then I want to try it, tell me how to use this jade brand?" Yuan Qingfeng stepped forward and took down the jade plaque on the door.
"Just insert the jade plaque into the groove below the number."
Yuan Qingfeng had already noticed the same small slot on the door as the ATM, and after hearing Yuan Qingyue's words, he inserted the jade card in his hand!
The jade plaque flashed a red light, and then disappeared, but the door did not open!
"Don't waste your efforts, this alchemy room hasn't been opened for hundreds of years, let's go, take you to my alchemy room to have a look." Yuan Qingyue was not surprised by this result at all, if Yuan Qingfeng opened the door, it would be an accident.
"Interesting!" Yuan Qingfeng suddenly became interested in this No. 1 room, when he was on Earth, any door, as long as he was given ten minutes, there was nothing he couldn't open, but the No. 1 alchemy room in front of him, he didn't have the slightest clue after standing for so long, let alone opening it.
When the two came to the alchemy room marked 26 on the door, Yuan Qingyue took out a jade card from his body and inserted it into the small slot on the door, the jade card flashed a red light, and the door slowly moved to the side, making a dull sound.
The door of this alchemy room is actually a heavy boulder.
As the door opened, the scene inside the alchemy room appeared in front of him.
Compared with the exaggerated stone door, the alchemy room is a little simple, there is a small alchemy furnace in the center of the alchemy room, under the furnace is a red fire, there are two shelves on the wall, the shelves on the left are full of bottles and cans, and the shelves on the right are some medicinal herbs, except for these, there is only one futon placed in front of the alchemy furnace.
"Senior Sister Qingyue, are all the alchemy rooms similar to yours?"
"It's pretty much the same, I've seen dozens of alchemy rooms, and they're all about the same."
"Senior Sister Qingyue, I have a question?"
"You say!"
"How many alchemists are there in Alchemy Valley?" Along the way, Yuan Qingfeng didn't see other alchemists at all, most of the jade plates on the door of the alchemy room were also hung on the door, and the entire "Danxian Secret Realm" seemed to be only him and Yuan Qingyue.
Yuan Qingyue suddenly laughed, and stopped for a while before saying: "I know what you want to ask, there are only two real alchemists in the Alchemy Valley, even if you add us alchemy apprentices who can only refine the Body Forging Pill, there are only ten, which is one percent of the number of alchemy rooms in this cave, do you think that so many alchemy rooms are a waste?" ”
Yuan Qingfeng nodded, this is no longer a simple waste, it is simply a lot of money to burn.
Yuan Qingyue's face was suddenly full of longing, and she said with fascination: "It is said that when the Yuan family was at its peak, there were not many alchemy rooms here, but very few. ”
"Then how did the Yuan family decline to the way it is now?" Seeing the deserted "Danxian Secret Realm" now, Yuan Qingfeng couldn't imagine what the scene in Yuan Qingyue's mouth would look like, just from the number of alchemists, it can be seen that the current Yuan family is like the gap between a beggar and a billionaire compared to that time.
"I don't know about this, but I heard that the decline of the Yuan family is related to the Liu family, the first family in Qianshan County?"
"The Liu family?" Yuan Qingfeng muttered, keeping this family in his heart, and had a new question in his heart, "Alchemists need to cultivate, and the number is understandable, but alchemy apprentices have no restrictions on cultivation, shouldn't there be only these few?" ”
"The fierce name of the cursed land of Alchemy Valley, you must also know it." Yuan Qingyue's tone was full of helplessness.
"You know, isn't this curse ineffective for people who don't have the talent of the fate weapon, or who have awakened the edge weapon? Among these people, it is not difficult to find one or two hundred alchemy apprentices like you. ”
"It's really not difficult, but there is another rumor that the curse of Alchemy Valley will be passed on to the next generation, so ...... You know. Yuan Qingyue felt helpless about these rumors, she naturally didn't believe it, but she couldn't stop others from believing it.
After listening to Yuan Qingyue's words, Yuan Qingfeng once again felt a strong smell of conspiracy.
The so-called cursed land, he can guess what is going on, and this rumor is definitely a rumor spread by someone with a heart, although it is not very clear what their purpose is, but for the Yuan family, it is definitely not a good thing.
"Don't overthink it." Yuan Qingyue was afraid that this little junior brother who had finally come here would be scared away, so she patted him on the shoulder and said, "If there is really any curse, it was there thousands of years ago, then it will wait until now, let's go, remember to come over early tomorrow." ”
Yuan Qingfeng smiled, but he didn't expect Yuan Qingyue, an ordinary person with no talent for fate, to see it more thoroughly than most people.
The two walked out of the alchemy room, and the door of the No. 25 alchemy room opposite happened to open at this time, and a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old walked out of the alchemy room, the man was very handsome, but there was a gloom in his eyes that could not be dissolved, which was somewhat similar to Yuan Qingyu's expression.
The young man saw Yuan Qingyue for the first time, and said with a bright smile on his face: "Senior Sister Qingyue, such a coincidence, let's have dinner together." ”
"Hello Senior Brother Qinghuo, I'm really embarrassed that I have to take this new junior brother around." Yuan Qingyue lied, and it can be seen that she doesn't like this senior brother.
"Since that's the case, then I won't bother my junior sister, next time my junior sister must appreciate her face." Yuan Qinghuo was not frustrated by being rejected at all, he still smiled, and turned to leave after speaking, but his face was so gloomy that he could wring out water the moment he turned around.
Looking at the back of Yuan Qinghuo leaving, Yuan Qingyue's expression was complicated!
"Senior Sister Qingyue, this Senior Brother Qinghuo is your suitor, but his smile is fake!" Yuan Qingfeng walked to Yuan Qingyue's side and looked at Yuan Qinghuo's back.
"It's really fake! But don't offend him. He has awakened the fate weapon, has the cultivation of the fate realm, and will soon become the third alchemist in the Alchemy Valley. Offending him won't do you any good. Yuan Qingyue's face was a little solemn.
Yuan Qingfeng was noncommittal, he could see that there must be an unknown past between the two, and subtle observation was a necessary ability for a super thief.