"Hmm. ”

Qin Shi spoke: "I mentioned to you earlier that to heal your injuries, you need to use a medicinal bath as a means to protect your heart and veins in the early stage. The power of the fire in your body is too great, if you don't reinforce it, I'm afraid that when your internal strength is running, you will break your heart and die, and at the same time, carry out the medicinal bath, in order to prolong your life, if the five-fold medicinal bath is carried over, if you are lucky, you can survive for another year without changing your heart. ”

"And the medicinal bath, the medicinal materials in my hands now, old man, can only make you worthy of the first round of medicinal baths, and the next four rounds of medicinal baths, the main medicinal materials required for each round, you have to find them yourself. ”

Gu An frowned silently, Master Qin could help him like this, although it was an exchange of conditions, but it was not an exaggeration to repay the grace of saving his life, and he would not ask Master Qin why he didn't help him prepare all the medicines, first, the medicines that even the holder of the Medicine Pavilion was not qualified to touch must be precious and abnormal, and second, if he was ready, Gu An would think that he had ulterior motives.

"What four medicines?" asked Gu An.

Qin Shi said slowly: "Peach Blossom Gu Leaf, Jade Blood Jade Lotus, Green Feather Spirit Ginseng, Water Moon Sea Milk." ”

Gu An frowned, he was not good at medicine, in addition to rubbing bruises and raw herbs on weekdays, he rarely heard of these strange flowers and plants, among which the jade spirit ginseng, he heard someone mention it when he was a child, although this medicine does not belong to the category of spirit grass, but its rarity is not comparable to ordinary herbs, it is often priceless, and the degree of cost is staggering.

Qin Shi looked at Gu An and said in a deep voice: "Among them, Cuiyu Lingshen, among the four, is considered a relatively low-level medicinal material, but although it is not an elixir, its effect of warming and nourishing the heart is not much worse than that of ordinary elixirs, even if the rarity is not as good as the elixir, but the value cannot be measured by pure money." But ......"

Qin Shi paused. chuckled: "Cuiyu Ling Ginseng is the best one of the four herbs to obtain, because in the Jingfu Academy, there is such a plant. ”

Gu An glanced up at him suddenly.

"But it's not as easy to get as you think. ”

Gu An frowned, his eyes flickered, and after he pondered for a while, he stared at Master Qin's indifferent expression, and asked in a deep voice:

"House test?"

"Not bad. ”

Qin Shi catalogued the color of approval, and continued: "The government examination is the annual grand event of my Jingfu Academy, on the day of the palace examination, in the Jingfu Academy, whether it is the disciples of the outer courtyard or the inner door, the amazing and glamorous people will come to the stage to show their style, show their own cultivation and martial arts techniques, after the competition, the winner, will be able to get the reward that belongs to the leader." ”

"And this year. ”

Master Qin glanced at Gu An with a smile: "This Emerald Feather Spirit Ginseng is the ultimate reward for the leader of this government examination......

Gu An's face was strange, and he looked at Master Qin hesitantly: "How do I feel that I really seem to have fallen into a trap that has been laid a long time ago." ”

He smiled bitterly and said, "Isn't this forcing me to be the leader of this government exam?"

"Gu boy, I'm too worried. How can we avoid it?"

Qin Shi leaned on the back of the chair calmly, and said lightly: "As for the Peach Blossom Gu Leaf, the Jade Lotus with Blue Blood, and the Water Moon Sea Milk, they are spiritual flowers and exotic plants that are a step higher than the Cuiyu Spirit Ginseng, and they are priceless, even in the huge Jingfu Academy, there is no such three-flavor elixir, and in the entire Nanyu, it is also a rare and strange thing." ”

"So what?"

Gu An asked calmly, he pulled back the wooden chair and sat down in front of Master Qin again. He was not afraid that there would be a lack of access to these three elixirs, since Master Qin had chosen these three main herbs for the last three rounds of medicinal baths, he would definitely consider them.

"The first mountain range in Nanyu is called Wangwu Mountain, and the first mountain in the Wangwu mountain system is called Taoshan, which is bordered by Lanze County in the north, Nanyuan County in the east, and the upper end of the South China Sea. Most of the trees growing on the mountain are peach wood, and there are a lot of jade minerals. ”

Qin Shi muttered: "In the peach mountain, in addition to the peach tree, there is also a kind of alien insect, its shape is like a peach blossom, but the color is far more gorgeous than the peach blossom, it relies on the stamen of the peach blossom and the resin of the peach tree to survive, and it is hidden between the peach forests all the year round, and it is difficult to find. ”

"And this alien insect, its name is Peach Blossom Gu. ”

"The peach blossom Gu has a docile temperament, is non-toxic and harmless, just like a summer cicada, ignoring the world and only selling the years. But its life span is extremely long, after years of rain and dew are wet, absorb peach pulp and swallow tree sap, more than 300 years old, before landing and returning to the soil. ”

And this kind of return to the soil is just the beginning of the Peach Blossom Gu's real value. ”

"When the insect body rots, the aura of heaven and earth that the Peach Blossom Gu has sucked for hundreds of years, the peach pulp and jade liquid, will use the body of the Peach Blossom Gu as a flower seed, becoming a nutrient fertilizer, and in the soil, a strange vegetation with only peach roots and leaves but no flowers will grow, its leaves are peach-colored, and there seems to be blood flowing between the leaf veins. ”

Qin Shi looked at Gu An and said: "And this kind of alien plant is what you want—the Peach Blossom Gu Leaf." ”

Gu An's eyes showed a strange color, and his expression was clear.

"The growth cycle of peach blossom Gu leaves is slow, and once a leaf comes out, it is a hundred years, and it is very beneficial to the human body to prolong life, consolidate the foundation and cultivate the yuan, and countless ordinary people, even cultivators, are eager to admire it. ”

Speaking of which, I have to say a rumor. It is said that many years ago, there was a common woodcutter in Lanze County, who accidentally took one of its leaves to eat, but Huafa was like ink overnight, and the depleted blood was also rejuvenated, and the old twilight faded, which was very different, and then returned to Peach Mountain, collected peach blossom Gu leaves, and when he was hungry and did not choose to eat, he swallowed them all, and he broke the barrier of mortal fetus and heavenly people, and stepped into the cultivation avenue from the mundane, this person has been cultivating in Peach Mountain for many years, and on the day of breaking through, he opened a sect at the foot of Peach Mountain, and a new sect was newly born- Minami no Yuan. ”

"Nan Wu Yuan?" Gu An thought for a while, and said, "Isn't this a second-rate sect in Lanze County?" Legend has it that the Liang Sect Master of Yue Jian Sect is famous in Nan Kite County by beating through this sect with one person and one sword, could it be that this Nan Wu Yuan has a great relationship with this Peach Blossom Gu Ye now?"

"Exactly. ”

Master Qin bowed slightly: "Since the ancestor of the Founding Sect in Nanyuan County was reborn because of the effect of the Peach Blossom Gu Leaf, in the countless years that followed, countless ordinary people and cultivators have all thought of being able to reproduce this great opportunity. Therefore, in the early spring of each year, a large number of foot merchants will enter Taoshan, among which there are many ordinary martial artists and cultivators, in order to seek a peach blossom Gu leaf in order to improve their cultivation into the realm. ”

"And Nan Wuyuan is the only sect in charge of the entrance of the Taoshan Mountain Road. ”

Qin Shi stroked his beard and said, "Although the master of Yue Jianmen split the mountain gate of Nanwuyuan with a heavy sword, it can only be said that Liang Zheng was fierce at that time, and it cannot be said that Nanwuyuan was weak. Even though its high-end combat power is barren, but the underlying strength in it, the cultivators at the peak of the second realm and the early stage of the third realm are by no means less than Yue Jianmen, although it is only a second-rate sect, but it is still more than enough to take charge of a Taoshan Mountain Dao. ”

"Every year when the peach blossoms are all over the field, Nanwuyuan will hold a 'peach banquet', saying that it is a banquet, but in fact it is just a martial arts competition, which is equivalent to the government examination of Jingfu Academy, but there is no identity requirement for the participants, as long as the participants are under the age of the weak crown, they can participate. ”

Correspondingly, there is a government list for the government test, and there is also a peach list for the peach banquet, and those who are in the top ten of the peach list can be released to the Taoshan Mountain Road, enter the peach mountain, and look for peach blossom Gu leaves. ”

"Seeking?"

"Although Nan Wuyuan is the sect in charge of Taoshan, because the peach blossom Gu leaves are really rare, it is extremely testing a person's chance, and it is not something that can be found by large-scale manual searching, of course Nan Wuyuan will not do some loss-making transactions to contribute his own manpower to prepare the peach blossom Gu leaves in advance for you to pick, this kind of search is also a kind of cheating and tricky rules. ”

"Hmm......" Gu An lowered his eyes slightly, and asked softly, "What does Master Qin mean?"

"You should be clear. ”

Qin Shi said lightly: "If you want to survive the second and third rounds of medicinal baths safely, these two main medicines are indispensable. The two things you must do in the next six months are to capture the leader of the government examination, and the other is to enter Peach Mountain in early spring to obtain a three-hundred-year-old peach blossom Gu leaf for the third round of medicinal baths. In addition to the government test, this peach banquet is also a must-go journey for you. ”

"I told you so much that I wanted you to think about the trip to the peach banquet in advance. And now the most important thing is the big competition of the government test. Although I am in charge of the Medicine Pavilion, on the surface, I am just a gatekeeper in the Medicine Pavilion, and it is impossible for me to abuse my private power to help you obtain the Cuiyu Spirit Ginseng, which is bound to be taken by yourself, and there is no other way to do it. ”

"......"

Gu An rubbed his temples with his hand, and said astringently: "I am dissatisfied with Master Qin, although I said that I have entered the second realm, but I still can't feel the opportunity to allow the refining of the natal weapon, how can I compete with the top ten people on the government list?"

"Not only do you not have the qualifications to refine the natal weapon, but you can't even do the matter of transforming the element......

Gu An trembled suddenly, the Medicine Sutra almost fell out of his hand, he couldn't help but look at Qin Shi, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"Don't look at the old man like that. ”

Master Qin waved his hand casually, and said slowly: "As a cultivator, although the old man has no talent, and half of his feet have stepped into the coffin, he is only a worthy second-realm cultivator, which is not enough, but as a doctor, age determines knowledge and experience, over the years, the old man has seen not a thousand but hundreds of strange and miscellaneous diseases, not to mention that you are so 'unconventional' stubborn disease, how can you not see it." ”

Gu Anxin relaxed slightly, and seemed to think of something, and couldn't help asking, "Does Master Qin know why this is?"

"The reason is simple. ”

Qin Shi stretched out his index finger and pointed at the location of his heart, "Because of your heart." ”

Gu An lowered his head slightly, his gaze fell on his left chest, and he was silent.

"Under the five realms, if they are integrated, the first four realms are a big realm, known in ancient times, refining qi and transforming spirits. ”

Master Qin left his seat and crossed: "And the second realm is the first big threshold for transcendent entry. ”

"The five elements are divided, yin and yang should be like, in heaven and earth, there is a faint general trend to maintain the balance of all things, if any one side is unbalanced, there is a deficiency in heaven and earth in the body, and the suppression of the external heavenly way is bound to make it difficult to cultivate an inch. ”

"And the human heart, both men and women, has always been a gathering place of fire. And on the fire of the heart, the scorching sun can be held in order to hold the masculine just, and it should be like a rotation. ”

"You are now lacking in fire, cold is wrapped in the body, the vitality in the body is weak, the yin and yang have long been out of balance, and there is no spring in the heaven and earth in the body, that is, the ice sea in the north and the fields of snow are as pure and dark as the yin, in this way, the momentum of heaven and earth has been chaotic, and it is subject to the law, how can you condense the spirit element? How can you refine the natal weapon?"

"I see...... Gu An exhaled a breath of turbidity, but when he saw that it was overflowing the surface of the tea soup, it was warm, and a thin layer of frost instantly condensed.

He finally understood why there was a vision in this body, not that he couldn't cultivate, but that his body no longer allowed him to refine again, and now he was more in line with the dilemma, there was a moat in front and back, there was no way to go to the sky, and there was no door to enter the earth.

"Then why do you think I can come out on top?"

Gu An looked at Master Qin and said lightly.

"Feeling. Master Qin took a sip of tea.

"Feeling?" Gu An raised his eyebrows, and the old man's answer surprised him a little.

"It's just curiosity. Qin Shi glanced at him and said with a light smile: "I want to know, you can fight with Lin Qubai with just a little cold, your real strength...... How far can it go. ”

Gu An's eyes were deep, and his gaze was lowered, like a deep pool.

"Okay, Gu boy, it's useless to think too much. ”

Master Qin said calmly: "Today, your body's essence is very depleted, and it is not suitable for a medicinal bath. As for the remaining two spirit flowers and herbs, in a short period of time, there is no need to use them, you still put your immediate goal on the Fu Exam and the Peach Banquet in early spring, and first get the Cuiyu Spirit to participate in the Peach Blossom Gu Leaf for medicinal bathing, it is important. ”

"Master Qin, juniors still have questions. Gu An said suddenly.

"Huh?"

"If the juniors survive the five rounds of medicinal baths......"

He looked at Master Qin: "Master Qin, how can you help the juniors change their hearts?"

Qin Shi paused for a moment, and the tea surface rippled slightly, but soon calmed down.

He didn't catch Gu An's gaze, but said slowly to himself:

"Naturally, the best for you, heart. ”

Gu An's expression was normal, he withdrew his gaze, then got up from his seat, bowed to Master Qin, and said in a deep voice:

"Then I'll leave it to Master Qin. ”

"It doesn't matter. Qin Shi suddenly chuckled and said, "Gu boy, don't forget, I have a second condition. ”

"Speak. ”

"Put it first. Ignoring Gu An's slightly stunned expression, Master Qin sat down and walked to the window, looking out of the window.

Although it was late autumn, the sky was still shining.

He gradually closed his eyes, and said softly:

"When the time comes...... You'll know. ”