Chapter 7: Alchemy
The two followed the little girl to an alley that was dark and damp and the walls were covered with moss. Lonely Li couldn't help frowning when he saw it, living in this kind of place, the humidity is so heavy, it's no wonder if he doesn't get sick.
The little Taoist priest grabbed Lonely and said softly: "Brother Lonely, there is a problem here! As soon as the little Taoist priest entered the alley, he felt the resentment rushing to his face. There is a lot of resentment here, and the living live here, ranging from illness and madness to violent death. This pair of sisters and brothers is really fateful.
When he heard the words of the little Taoist, he also felt it, and then nodded as well, the resentment here was beyond his imagination. couldn't help but raise his right hand, grabbed it in the air, and a cloud of black gas appeared in Silence's hand, Silence didn't look at it, and swallowed it in one gulp. By the way, smash it, smash it. The little Taoist priest who watched was shocked.
Lonely Li looked at the stunned little Taoist priest on the side, and said with a smile: "Don't say it, it's quite compensatory." ”
"It's a grievance. The little Taoist priest looked at the loneliness with a confused face, and couldn't help muttering in his heart. Ordinary people practice to irrigate themselves with the rich aura of heaven and earth, so as to reach a new realm. But resentment, generally Taoist priests like them grasp and destroy the living Buddhism, but I have never heard anyone say that resentment can be absorbed and cultivated.
Lonely Li smiled and said, "It should be the ability of the Nine Shadows Mandala, after all, it grows in the land of the Nine Shadows where resentment is heavy, and this resentment is nothing." "It's not entirely because it's hot, it's partly because the most important thing is that the body and soul of loneliness are reshaped by heaven and earth, not mortals. Ordinary people can't afford to come to him is just nourishment, of course, he didn't tell the little Taoist priest not because he didn't believe him, but because he didn't understand it himself.
While the two of them were talking, the little girl ran to the stable on the side, and removed the haystack on it, revealing the little boy hiding inside.
The little Taoist stepped out first, put his hand on the little boy's pulse, and after a moment, the little Taoist withdrew his hand with a solemn face. He gave Lonely a look and walked to the side.
"What's wrong, is it serious?"
"The pulse is extremely disordered, unorganized, and... There was a hint of death between his eyebrows. I'm afraid I won't live long. The little Taoist priest said with an ugly face. The thought of such a small life being passed makes my heart ache.
"Dead air?" was stunned, and hurriedly ran to the little boy's side to check, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became. With such a thick death breath, I'm afraid that the death period is coming. Lonely Li hurriedly took the little boy's hand and gave his aura to the little boy, in fact, Lonely Li was not sure if his aura could be cured, but now there was nothing he could do but be a dead horse and a live horse doctor.
The aura poured into the little boy's body like a spring, and the little boy's body was like a dry desert greeting the rain, greedily absorbing the aura conveyed by loneliness.
"This. When the little Taoist priest saw this scene, he sighed lightly. Looking at the little boy's eyes, he couldn't help but change. The appearance of this absorption is a bit familiar.
At this time, the little girl saw the scene in front of her, came to the little Taoist, pulled the little Taoist's robe, and asked: "Brother Taoist, how is my brother, is the eldest brother treating him?" The little girl's big smart eyes were already full of tears, and her heart was even more anxious.
The little Taoist priest looked down at the little girl, bent down to wipe away the tears for the little girl, and said softly: "Don't worry, the big brother is treating him, and it will be fine." The little Taoist priest didn't know the bottom of his heart when he said this. But when I thought about the specialness of this aura, my heart settled down a little.
At this time, the sweat on his face was like rain, soaking through his clothes. Panting heavily, but the aura in his hand did not stop, instilling it into the little boy's body little by little.
"Hmm. The little boy snorted, apparently awake. Silence saw that he finally woke up.,And stopped the aura in his hand.。。 The two people who were anxiously watching on the side heard the sound and hurriedly ran over.
"Brother, brother, how's it going!" the little girl called out to the little boy.
"Sister... Sister?" The little boy heard the sound and slowly opened his eyes.
"My sister is here, my sister is here. You're finally awake. When the little girl saw that the little boy woke up, her long-suppressed feelings finally broke out, and she hugged the little boy and cried bitterly. The little Taoist priest on the side helped the weak loneliness up, and the two looked at each other and smiled, also quite pleased.
"Sister, who are they?" the little boy looked at the two little Taoist priests suspiciously, and couldn't help asking.
"Oh, brother come here, thank you two big brothers, without them, you might have died. The little girl was also stunned, patronizing and happy, forgetting that the life-saving benefactor was still here. Hurriedly pulled the little boy to get up and thank Lonely and the little Taoist.
Lonely waved his hand to signal that they didn't need to do this, but he couldn't resist the two of them, so he had to accept their worship and quickly helped them get up and wiped the water droplets from their hair. smiled: "Although I woke up, my body still needs to be conditioned, and this place is not suitable for living, let's go, I'll take you to eat something delicious." He paid" pointed to the little Taoist priest on the side and pulled the two children to walk outside, ignoring the little Taoist priest's face that was about to cry, and telling jokes to the two as he walked. For thousands of years, he has been entertaining himself like this, and the level of all jokes is still very high, and the two children are amused to giggle along the way.
When they arrived at the inn, the four of them found a clean place and sat down, greeted Xiao Er, ordered a few hard dishes, and originally wanted to order it, but when they saw the little Taoist's face that was about to cry, they were a little embarrassed to order it again, so they asked Xiao Er for a pot of hot tea, and let him go.
"Brother Lonely, why are you so skilled in slaughtering acquaintances, you haven't done much before, right?" The little Taoist squinted his eyes and smiled at Lonely, he was bitter in his heart, although he brought a lot of entanglements down the mountain, but he was almost eaten and drunk all the way, this Brother Lonely, he didn't spend money at all. He also spent his own money, and the purse, which was not flat at all, was completely completed this time. After a meal, the little Taoist priest can be regarded as a breeze on his sleeves. original
"Don't be upset, come on, eat a chicken leg. Lonely glanced at the little Taoist's crotch-pulling face and comforted.
"Helping others is also a merit. It's okay, you can still make money when the money is gone. Wait for a while to finish eating, and I'll take you to make money. Silence raised an eyebrow at the little Taoist.
"Well, how do you earn it?" the little Taoist priest asked, eating chicken legs and his mouth full of oil.
"Secret. Lonely smiled mysteriously, not talking. His eyes fell on the pharmacy outside, revealing a meaningful smile.
After eating and drinking, Lonely said to the little Taoist: "You take care of them here, I'll go out." With that, he took what little money he had and walked out the door. I went out the door and walked straight to the pharmacy diagonally opposite.
The pharmacy is small, but clean, with a variety of medicinal herbs on display on both sides.
"Tianxin Lotus, Xuanbing Grass, Eh, Xuanyang Vine, there is actually this here. "Lonely as he walked, he smacked his tongue secretly, don't look at this store is not big, but the things are still quite complete, even the most yang things like Xuanyang vine. It's a good thing for forging bodies.
"Yo, there are still people who know the goods!" Just as Lonely was watching and admiring, a voice came from inside. Following the prestige, an old man came out of the house, and the old man's gray beard was particularly out of step with her bare head. The old man slowly walked out and gave a lewd smile at Silence.
"Yo, this little brother, what do you want, take a look?" The old man showed a few jagged teeth, and showed a smile that he thought was very gentle, but in his lonely eyes, it looked extremely obscene.
Lonely didn't say anything, looked around, and muttered, "Boss, do you have pills for sale here?"
"What! Elixir! How can there be such a treasure in a place like mine, little brother, you really know how to laugh. The old man was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing, feeling that the young man in front of him was joking.
"Then where can I buy pills here?" asked silently.
"That kind of thing, only there. The old man pointed to a splendid building in the distance. "There are not only elixirs there, but also spiritual treasures. ”
"Lingbao?" I was shocked, I didn't expect that there was still a spiritual treasure, it was really an accident. However, he doesn't want to do this now, now he wants to make money, and if he doesn't make money, even if he doesn't starve to death, he will have to be beaten to death by the little Taoist. When he thought of the little Taoist's face full of atmosphere, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
"Then do you have a heart refining root, glazed fruit, and ghost crying vine here?" Silence thought about it and said the names of a few medicinal materials, these are all seen in the book, and I don't know if there is one here, and I didn't see it just now.
"Some of them are small outside and can only be partially placed, and some are in the back room, come with me. The old man smiled and invited him into the back room. When I entered the inner room, a strong smell of medicine came to my face. When I looked at it, I was surprised.
The old man walked aside, took out the three-flavor medicinal herbs from the counter and handed them to Lonely Li, and said with a smile: "Here, a total of ten gold coins." Thank you, little brother. ”
"Ten, ten gold coins!" Although Lonely Li had only just woken up, he also knew the value of coins, which were divided into copper coins, silver coins, gold coins, and Tian Yuan coins. 1000 copper coins are equal to 1 silver coin, which can basically be used by ordinary people, 1000 silver coins are equal to 1 gold coin, as for the Tianyuan coin, it is a national currency, and only people with prominent status and officials can have it. Therefore, the highest value of Huitong on the market today is gold coins.
"Well, what's wrong? The price is already very fair, after all, this medicine is not easy to come by. Labor costs are also required. The old man saw that his face was ugly, and he secretly said that it was not good, and the list was yellow, so he hurriedly played the emotional card.
Lonely pouted, others don't know the value of this medicine, don't you know, obviously stealing customers. At this moment, it was also funny to see the old man crying, took out the purse in his arms and opened it, and a golden coin fell out of it, and he took it in his hand, shook it in front of the boss and said: "Others don't know the price of this medicine, do I know that these medicines I reported are common medicinal materials, and you actually charge me ten gold coins, boss, you are easy to do in this business?"
When the boss heard it, he secretly said that it was not good, and he met someone who understood. Immediately showed a smile, and said flatteringly to the silence: "Ten gold coins, Tong Su is not bullied, don't bully the old man." ”
"Yes, I'll just give you a gold coin, and if you sell it, I'll give it to you, and if you don't sell it, I'll tell others about selling expired medicinal herbs." Lonely raised his eyebrows, and he was not in a hurry, playing with the gold coins in his hand.
"Whew... What?" the old man was shocked and angry, surprised that he had done it so secretly, how did he know, angry that he knew that he could only admit it.
"Okay, the old man has planted it, a gold coin, you can take it. The old man shrugged his head and waved his hand helplessly at the silence, his face full of reluctance.
Silence smiled slightly, picked up the wrapped medicinal herbs, and immediately said with a smile: "Thank you, boss." With that, he quickly disappeared into the crowd.
In the inn, the three little Taoist priests were staying in the house waiting for silence.
Squeak, after a long time, there was the sound of the door opening, and the lonely man with the package in his hand walked back with a smile. Seeing the three of them waiting in the room, he couldn't help but smile.
"Haven't slept yet, it's late?" said Lonely and squatted down and touched the little boy's head.
"Aren't they all yelling for you? The little Taoist priest said helplessly. "By the way, you said to make money, what is in your package?" The little Taoist priest noticed as soon as he entered the door, didn't this guy say that he went out to make money, how did he take a package and come back.
Silence took off the package and opened it in front of everyone, revealing the medicinal herbs inside, and suddenly a burst of medicinal fragrance filled the entire room. The little Taoist priest sniffed the taste: "Refining Heart Root, Glazed Fruit and Ghost Crying Vine, how did you get it?" The little Taoist priest couldn't help but look puzzled. Didn't he have no money? These medicinal materials are quite expensive.
"Oh, don't you still have a gold coin?" Pick up the herbs and look carefully.
"What! My money! That's my money for eating!" When the little Taoist priest heard this, he suddenly became anxious, and hurriedly pulled at the placket of his lonely clothes and shouted.
Lonely knew that he was wrong, smiled awkwardly, and still shook himself by him. After a while, the little Taoist priest was probably tired, let go of the silence, and gasped for breath. It's called a regret in my heart.,I knew you were so pit.,Why should I save you.。。 Oops, I'm going to be hungry.
"Don't worry, it's not about making money. Seeing that the little Taoist priest let go of himself, he hurriedly sorted out the medicinal materials.
"I inquired just now, and I don't know why, now in this place, the elixir is very rare and precious. So, I plan to refine the pill myself. Silence explained.
When the little Taoist priest heard this, he also pondered: "Now that the pill is scarce, then we will buy the medicinal materials at a low price, refine them into pills, and then sell them at a high price, this transaction is worth it!" The little Taoist priest pondered, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became.
Lonely looked at the little Taoist priest who was dancing, and couldn't help but wonder: "You... Are you really a Taoist priest? Are you sure it wasn't your master who lied to you? I think you should go back and ask your master if there's a mistake. Silence said to the little Taoist priest with a serious face. The Taoist priest is not taboo, and he is so obsessed with money, although he can't do it without money.
When the little Taoist priest heard this, his face darkened. Ignoring the ridicule of loneliness, he took a lot of time and asked a key question: "If you are alchemy, have you bought the Dan furnace?" The little Taoist priest looked around, but he didn't find the Dan furnace, and couldn't help but wonder. Generally speaking, alchemy must be done with the help of an alchemy furnace, which needs to be relied on to control the temperature during alchemy. Without the help of the alchemy furnace, the temperature and heat control are not known, and either the pill cannot be formed, or it directly becomes cinder.
Silence raised his eyebrows, "Who said that without an alchemy furnace, you can't practice pills." Silence smiled when he heard this, and then with a wave of his right hand, a firelight appeared in Silence's hand, and the purple-red flame swayed in Silence's hand, as mysterious as a ghost. This sudden flame really startled the two children on the side, and they hurriedly hid on the bed, carefully showing half of their heads to watch.
The little Taoist priest couldn't help but exclaim when he saw this purple flame: "This flame has the breath of nine shades. ”
"Hmm. Silence didn't say much, threw the medicinal herbs on the side into the purple flame, the medicinal herbs were instantly engulfed as soon as they touched the purple flame, the flames suddenly flickered, Silence's eyes flashed, the spiritual power was activated, and the flames were increased, and suddenly, the flames that were originally the size of a palm in his hand suddenly became larger, like a pillar of fire, and as the misconduct of the flames increased, the medicinal materials turned into scum at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"That's not right, it's all scum. The little Taoist priest was immediately anxious when he saw this scene, this is a failure, this is his own money.
Silence glanced at the little Taoist, and knew what he was worried about. Ignoring him, but the flame in his hand did not decrease but increased, and the hot heat wave swept in, this momentum insisted on a cup of tea, and then a fragrance spread, which was extremely comfortable, and the two people hiding on the bed on the side smelled this smell and looked happy. The little Taoist priest was eye-catching.
"It's a success!" the little Taoist priest was surprised and delighted. But he didn't dare to disturb Silence, the whole person stared nervously at the fire in Silence's hand motionless, and even his breathing became slow, for fear that his breathing would be too big and blow out the fire.
The flames gradually extinguished, and what stood out were the three pills hanging in his hand. Silence left his hand and took the pill. The other three didn't know when they came to Silence, Silence put his hand in front of the three of them, slowly opened, and the three round and golden pills stayed quietly in Silence's hands.
"This is ... The little Taoist priest picked up an elixir and looked at it.
"Very ordinary quenching pill. And the quality is also very average. Silence's face remained unchanged and said slowly.
"Then you plan to sell all three pills?" the little Taoist priest asked.
"Of course not. Silence decisively vetoed, and then called Xiaoyu and her younger brother. One of them was given to take it. The experience of the two of them in the early years caused their physimility to weaken, and it happened that refining the Quenching Pill just helped them improve their physique. Especially the boy, there seemed to be something very strange about his body.