The lid of the furnace was opened, and more than a dozen white rays of light were scattered on the roof of the room, and when the light was hidden, Qin Wen waved his hand to put the medicinal vitality in the furnace into the haode jade bottle that Shuang'er had prepared for a long time.

Looking at the elixir faintly glowing with white luster in the jade bottle, Qin Wen let out a sigh of relief, then stood up, and used his divine sense to probe his storage silk sac, there were a total of eight bottles of Xuan-level high-grade elixir in it, counting the bottle in his hand, there were exactly nine bottles, this was the result of Qin Wen's fifty days of refining.

Except for sitting and pranayama for a few hours to recover his vitality after each furnace is released, Qin Wen basically spent this time in refining pills.

When he walked out of the Dan room, the sun had already set, and Zuo Yi in the Dan room next to him was still alchemizing, Qin Wen didn't bother him, and after explaining some of the problems encountered in cultivating Yanmu Jue to Qin Xiao, he took Shuang'er and Han Duan out of the Medicine Valley.

A Qin family steward who was standing outside the Medicine Valley saw Qin Wen walking out, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Young Master Wen, you came out, and the Great Elder instructed me to invite you to the council hall." ”

Qin Wen looked at the look on his face and knew that he should have been waiting outside the valley for a day, so he asked, "Is the Great Elder still in the council hall now?"

The steward replied: "The elders will send people to wait for the young master here every day, saying that as long as the young master comes out, please go to the council hall. ”

Qin Wen nodded, turned to Shuang'er behind him and said, "You take Han Duan back to my courtyard first, and let Qin Lu arrange a place for him to live, and I will go back after I go to the council hall." ”

Shuang'er agreed, and then walked towards Qin Wen's courtyard with Han Duan.

Qin Wen followed the steward to the outside of the chamber, the chamber that was damaged by the invasion of the Hu people has now been repaired, the steward took Qin Wen to the gate of the courtyard, and stood in front of the door by himself, Qin Wen walked in.

There were already three elders sitting in the council hall, and the eldest elder sat in the middle and looked at Qin Wen with a smile on his face, and casually pointed to a position at the bottom and said, "Ah Wen, sit down first, I have arranged for the kitchen to prepare a table of banquets, the third elder and the fifth elder will be here soon, let's celebrate here." ”

After seeing Qin Wen sit down, the second elder next to him opened his mouth and asked: "Ah Wen, some time ago we went to Luming City, Xiang Gongzi and the city lord both mentioned you, originally Xiang Gongzi still wanted our manor, but I heard that you are still alchemy, plus he and the city lord are also discussing Jihua these days, just give up, if you have leisure, also visit them." ”

Qin Wen agreed and said, "Tomorrow I want to go to Luming City, and by the way, I will give the refining haode pill to Gao Zhang's seniors, but I don't know where he usually cultivates." ”

The Great Elder thought for a moment and said, "I just haven't had anything to do in the past few days, so let's go to Luming City with you, and I'll also visit the City Lord by the way to see when I will leave?"

At this time, the third elder and the fifth elder walked in outside the gate of the courtyard, and as soon as the third elder saw Qin Wen, he said: "Ah Wen, our Qin family has really been blessed by you these days, the eldest brother has been in retreat for more than ten days when he came back from the Du family, and finally broke through to the Xuanshi period, and our Qin family finally has a monk in the Xuanshi period." ”

Qin Wen looked at the Great Elder in surprise at this time and said, "Great Elder, you have broken through now?"

The Great Elder smiled slightly and said, "I told them a few days ago that this breakthrough is thanks to the Xuan-level high-grade pill you gave me, if I hadn't taken a pill, maybe the breakthrough would have been delayed for a few years." ”

Qin Wen saw that the five elders had already arrived, so he took out five bottles of refining haode pills from his storage silk bag, got up and put a bottle next to the elders, and said, "Elders, these elixirs have been refined by me in the past few days, and there are eight Xuan-level high-grade elixirs in each bottle, which are kept for the elders to take when they are cultivating in the future." ”

Although the five elders knew that Qin Wen was refining Xuan-level high-grade elixirs during this time, Qin Wen also said in Yinxia Mountain that day that as long as the Du family's elixir was enough, he would each refine a furnace of elixir. But now that the real elixir was placed in front of his eyes, he couldn't believe his eyes.

Xuan-level high-grade pills, took out forty pieces at one time, although the five elders have all cultivated for hundreds of years, this kind of scene is the first time to see, just after Qin Wen left, the Du family told the great elder a secret warehouse, which stored the pills refined by the Du family, and in that warehouse, only five Xuan-level high-grade pills were found.

The fifth elder came to his senses first at this time, holding the elixir refined by Qin Wen in his hand, and asked with a little caution: "Ah Wen, it doesn't matter if the five of us have finished refining the elixir of the senior seniors?"

Qin Wen nodded and said, "During this time, I have refined a total of nine furnace pills, in addition to the five elders, senior Gao Zhang, the other two Xuanshi seniors, and the road steward have prepared eight pills, so you can accept them with confidence." ”

The fourth elder hesitated slightly and said: "Ah Wen, these eight pills are a bit too much, we can't use so much for a temporary breakthrough, it's better for you to keep some, and you can also exchange it for some elixirs or magic weapons and the like, our Qin family's Dan Dao has too few skills, and the help for your cultivation is also limited." ”

Qin Wen saw that the other elders also showed this meaning, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Elders, I have my own methods for the magic tricks and magic weapons, I may have to go to the capital after a while, and I don't know how many years I will have to travel before I can return to the manor, you can accept these pills, it can be regarded as a little heart of the juniors." ”

Hearing Qin Wen say this, the five elders glanced at each other, and each had to put the jade bottle in front of him into his storage bag, and then a steward came in from outside and asked, "Elder, the banquet is ready, is it ready to serve now?"

The Great Elder nodded with a smile on his face and said, "Okay, serve." ”

From the discussion at the wine table, Qin Wen learned that now the Shangguan family has moved into the original Du family manor, and the Dan room in the Du family has been divided into a separate courtyard in the past, which is taken care of by the clansmen of the Qin family.

After eating, Qin Wen returned to his courtyard, and when Qin Lu saw him, he hurriedly stood up from under the eaves of the porch and said, "Young Master, are you back?" The kitchen is still warm with the Linglian white fungus soup stewed for you, I'll bring it to you." ”

Qin Wen waved his hand and said, "I've already drunk soup in the council hall, you can go back and rest quickly, by the way, I'm going to Luming City tomorrow, you tell Han Duan and let him follow me." ”

Qin Lu agreed, and walked towards the side courtyard.

Early the next morning, Qin Wen and the Great Elder took a carriage to Luming City, Han Duan rode a horse and followed the carriage, and the road was relatively calm, although the land was still barren, but there were obviously a lot more pedestrians than in previous days.

After the carriage was examined, he walked into the city gate, and the Great Elder looked at the extra team of brightly clad patrol city guards outside, and frowned slightly: "Is there something going on in this city today? ”

Walking into Xicheng, Qin Wen looked out of the car window, and saw that there was no trace of a refugee on the street, the streets were all clean, and the streets were sprinkled with clean water outside the store, which was very different from the first few times he entered the city.

The further east you go, the more obvious this difference becomes, and some of the shops have red lanterns hanging in front of them, and the Great Elder thought for a moment and said, "I only saw this kind of scene when Emperor Xuan came to Luming City a hundred years ago, could it be that there are princes and nobles coming to Luming City this time?"

Speaking of this, he saw that there were almost no carriages moving on the street, and then he said to the steward who was driving outside: "You first find an inn nearby and put the carriage in it, so as not to collide with the guard of honor and cause trouble." Ah Wen, let's walk to the City Lord's Mansion in a moment. ”

Qin Wen nodded, and the steward who drove obeyed the order, and drove the carriage into a clean inn, and after the Great Elder got out of the carriage, he took Qin Wen and Han Duan towards the City Lord's Mansion,

Not only was the front of the City Lord's Mansion clean, but even the guards in front of the door had changed into bright clothes and armor, and the outside of the gate was also renovated.

The Great Elder was stunned for a moment, he had often come to the City Lord's Mansion during this time, but he had never seen this steward in front of him, and he didn't look like a Biansai person when he heard the voice, so he replied: "We are from the Qin Clan's Manor in the north of the city, and we are here to ask to see the City Lord." ”

At this time, a steward hurriedly walked out of the gatehouse of the side door, whispered a few words to the steward who asked the question, and after receiving an answer, he came to the front of the great elder, and said with a smile: "Elder Qin, the city lord has another distinguished guest today, and it is inconvenient to meet guests now." ”

The Great Elder knew the steward of the City Lord's Mansion, and knew in his heart that the steward he spoke just now should be from the capital, so he nodded and said, "I'm tired of Steward Xiao Xue, I'm here to visit the road steward and Gao Zhang's seniors, can you be accommodating and let us go in." ”

Steward Xiao Xue hesitantly glanced at the capital steward behind him, and said with some embarrassment: "Elder Qin, today is indeed not very convenient, the entire City Lord's Mansion is not allowed to meet guests, otherwise you should go to the nearby Humble House first and wait for a while, and you should be able to enter the mansion in the evening." ”

The Great Elder smiled and said to Xiao Xue: "I have already booked a room in the nearby inn just now, so I won't bother, I don't have any urgency, I'll come back in the evening." ”

After speaking, the two bowed to each other, and the Great Elder returned to the inn with Qin Wen and Han Duan.