16. Is the Road to the West 5 dangerous?

In the afternoon, Xiao Yan refined seven more Qi Pills. After discussing with Chen Jiuge, the two of them decided to find a trading house to sell.

There has long been an elixir on the market that is similar to the Qi Pill, called the Qi Replenishing Pill, which is worth more than two hundred taels of silver each, and is specially used by the martial artists of the Acquired Realm to replenish the true qi during the battle.

Xiao Yan had studied it before and took it. The medicinal effect is pitifully weak, and it is also mixed and impure, and it cannot be compared with the Yiqi Pill at all, and eating too much will also block the meridians. He did have a prescription, but he felt that there was no need to refine this garbage elixir, so he was too lazy to spend time and energy to improve the prescription or something.

I heard that there is also a Qi Condensing Pill, more than 2,000 taels of silver, which is exclusive to innate realm martial artists. It is not available on the market at all, and it is unknown how effective the drug is.

This time, for the sake of safety, the two made some disguises. Then he came to the largest trading house in Xiangzhou City: Xu's Commercial Bank.

The Xu family firm specializes in the business of weapons, pills, furs, jade, antiques and other valuables, and it is said that their head office is in Wan'an City, and there are branches in all major states and counties, which shows that its background is extraordinary.

There were all kinds of strange goods inside, which made people dazzled, and the two of them searched for a while before they found a place to buy and sell pills.

I saw a wrinkled old man sitting at the counter, and two guys were sorting out the medicine shelves behind him. When he saw someone coming, he didn't take the initiative to come forward to greet him.

"Are you buying Qi Replenishing Pills here?" Xiao Yan asked.

When the old man heard this, he didn't seem to be very interested.

"It's the ultimate Qi Replenishing Pill!" Chen Jiu Ge continued, then took out the medicine bottle and poured out a pill.

"The best qi tonifying pill...?" the old man was suspicious, took the pill, put it to his nose and sniffed it for a long time. Then he bowed his head slightly and said, "This superb, how do you say it?"

"An ordinary Qi Replenishing Pill can only replenish True Qi. And this superb Qi Replenishing Pill can assist in cultivation...!" Chen Jiuge said very vaguely.

The old man glanced at him, took out the pocket knife casually, scraped a little powder on the pill and licked it with his tongue, and then his spirit was lifted. Then he made a plea with a smile on his face:

"Two distinguished guests, please...!"

The old man ushered them into a separate VIP room, brewed good tea, and then hurried away with the pill. After less than half a cup of tea, he returned, and then couldn't wait to ask:

"I don't know how many of these Qi Replenishing Pills the two guest officers have, what kind of price do you want to sell them for?"

"Not much, counting the one just now, there are only seven. I don't know how much you think it's worth?" Chen Jiuge asked rhetorically.

"The price is negotiable. I wonder if the two guest officers still have old goods, or can they continue to refine some?" the old man continued to ask.

"Uh... There are only so many! This elixir was obtained by accident...!" Chen Jiuge couldn't help but become a little nervous.

"That's it...!" the old man looked a little disappointed, but he generously gave the price: "Seven top-grade Qi Replenishing Pills, how about a price of 12,000 taels?"

"So valuable?" Chen Jiuge originally thought that he would be content if he sold it for three or five thousand taels, but he still replied calmly:

"It seems a little low, why don't you add a little more?"

"Well, how about two thousand taels each, a total of fourteen thousand taels? This is the highest price that the old man can give!"

"Deal!" Chen Jiuge didn't want to waste time, anyway, as long as he had money, he didn't have as much elixir as he wanted.

Luckily, everything seems to be going well. After the two of them left Xu's firm, they turned this huge amount of money into a big bag of medicinal materials.

As soon as she returned to the Tianxing Inn, Qingyun stepped forward. There seemed to be some complaints about why they didn't take her with them when they went out.

She seemed to have forgotten that she had only known them for a day or two.

"Hey... Unlucky devil, big liar! What did you two do when you two were sneaky?"

Xiao Yan didn't speak, just smiled and patted the big bag on his shoulder.

"It's just buying medicinal herbs, how can you act like a thief..."

Qing Yun glanced at him, and asked after him:

"Why did you buy so much this time? What kind of medicine did you refine?"

Xiao Yan approached and replied in a low voice: "Secret!"

Then he smiled evilly and walked to the backyard.

"Cut..."Qing Yun saw that Xiao Yan ignored him, and entangled Chen Jiuge again:

"By the way, big liar... I heard that the official road will be opened tomorrow, when do you plan to leave?"

"Uh... Is it, so fast?" Chen Jiuge came back to his senses.

"It seems that we can hurry up and refine more pills..."

So he quickened his pace and headed for the backyard as well.

"Hey... You haven't answered me yet..."

... ...

In the firewood room, Xiao Yan stared intently at the medicinal materials in the medicine furnace, reminding Chen Jiuge from time to time when he should increase or decrease the firepower.

This is the second time that Chen Jiuge has observed his alchemy, and with the help of the exploration of spiritual power, he has already learned this set of techniques for refining the Qi Pill, and he is almost ready to practice.

The heat resistance of each herb is different, so the time and heat of the furnace are also different, and there is no sloppiness. Especially at the moment before the final sealing furnace is about to become a pill, if the fire is stronger, the previous efforts will be wasted, and if the fire is weaker, it will reduce the rate and quality of the pill.

"This kid is clearly an alchemy genius without a teacher, it seems that I have picked up a treasure!"

Chen Jiuge couldn't help but admire.

Actually, Xiao Yan still has a ability to defy the sky, so he didn't tell him...

The two of them stayed awake all night, and finally finished the refining of the third furnace of elixir at the beginning of the hour. Then he meditated and rested for a while, and then went out to get a carriage and came back, took the medicine stove and the rest of the herbs, and prepared to continue his journey west.

As for Qingyun, she had already prepared a fast horse and had been waiting at the door of the inn for a long time!

It's just that when he was sorting out his clothes, Chen Jiuge noticed something strange in his room. The window opened at some point, and the baggage was turned over, but the more than 200 taels of silver tickets inside were not lost.

After asking Xiao Yan, he didn't find anything missing. Those two scriptures, as well as the jade pendant, he always carried with him.

The mouse said that he was only interested in good food and did not rummage through things.

"It seems that we have been watched all the time!" Chen Jiuge was worried.

"Don't worry, the unlucky ghost is in danger today!"

Qing Yun looked relaxed, full of confidence in her physiognomy.

"Miss Qingyun, what about me?" Chen Jiuge asked eagerly, he still trusted Qingyun's physiognomy.

"As for the big liar, you... I won't tell you unless you can convince the snack to follow me...!"

In fact, it's not that she doesn't want to tell him, but she can't see it at all, and she just doesn't want to admit it.

"Huh... Ha, Brother Jiu don't worry. If there is really any danger, use the little brother as a shield, anyway, the little brother is in danger and can't die!"

Xiao Yan is broad-hearted, and he looks heartless.

... ...

Sure enough, only five miles out of Xiangzhou City, they were surrounded by a team of men and horses. The person who came was Chai Youdao from Sanjiang Gambling House, and there were seven or eight little minions around him.

"Brother Chen, you're going to leave so soon! Don't say hello to Brother Chai and me..."Chai Youdao greeted with a smile.

Xiao Yan had suffered their losses, although he had said before that he would be a shield, but when he really faced it, he hid in the carriage and didn't dare to move.

Qingyun hung behind on horseback, watching quietly, looking like she didn't care about herself.

Chen Jiuge was very helpless, so he could only get out of the carriage, and then arched his hand:

"The younger brother has offended a lot before, and the more than 2,000 taels of silver should be borrowed by the younger brother?

Chai Youdao didn't buy it, pulled out his saber and said hatefully:

"The money naturally has to be repaid, but according to the rules, Brother Chen, you smashed our Sanjiang field, and if you don't leave a hand, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave!"

"What the hell? I have to cut off my hands and feet for such a small amount of money? This river and lake is really dangerous and inexplicable..."

Chen Jiuge didn't know what to say for a while, and Zhang Quan hadn't taught him how to deal with this situation. Just as he hesitated, Chai Youdao's knife slashed head-on. Looking at his frame, it is also very possible to kill people.

"If you want to cut off the master's hand, just a few of you?"

Chen Jiu Ge suddenly became angry, and he clenched his fists without even bothering to pull the knife, and quickly greeted him.

Although this Chai Youdao is a mid-day cultivation in the Acquired Realm, the kung fu in his hands is not weak. However, when I met Chen Jiuge, it was not enough to see it at all.

It only took a dozen moves, and Chen Jiuge didn't use his electric fire ability, so he beat him to a blue nose and swollen face, and he threw away his armor and lay on the ground softly.

However, he was amused, and knew that he had kicked the iron plate and knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and then without picking up the knife, he beckoned his brother to retreat in a gloomy manner.

Xiao Yan poked his little head out of the carriage and praised Chen Jiuge:

From today on, Brother Nine will be the role model of the younger brother, the idol of the younger brother..."

"Stop... Sycophant!" Chen Jiu Ge gave him a blank look, and then sat back in the front room of the carriage.

"Hey, big liar, I didn't expect you to hide your body, your martial arts are so good!" Qing Yun finally saw part of his strength, and became more and more curious about him.

"Brother Jiu has also beheaded the powerhouses at the peak of the Houtian Realm before, if you say it, I'm afraid it will scare you to death, this Chai Youdao is still far away..."

Xiao Yan sat in the carriage, muttered for a while, and then sighed lightly:

"This should be considered a thrill...!"

Perhaps thinking that the next time would be a little boring, he took out a pill of Qi Pills and put it in his mouth.

Chen Jiuge didn't think so, he was always a little unsteady in his heart.

When he was really afraid of anything, he didn't have a hot buttocks, and another group of people rode up on fast horses, blocking the way of the carriage...