Chapter 41: The Gambling
Dong Bu also felt the qi surging in the small courtyard. He asked in surprise, "Senior Brother, could it be that the Second Senior Brother has divined today's events?"
Sang Muzi bowed his head slightly, looked at him left and right, and said: "Senior brother, in the future, you can make friends with the registered disciples of the Kucang faction." β
Although Dong Bu felt a little inexplicable, he still nodded obediently. He and Sang Muzi and Zhang Xuanji are three brothers: he only has a little attainment in Fu Gong, and his cultivation at the beginning of the out-of-body period can be regarded as having a certain status in the human cultivation realm; Sang Muzi is obsessed with Dan Dao, not to mention his cultivation at the beginning of the out-of-body stage, and his identity as a seventh-order alchemist is still the most respected alchemist of the human race; Zhang Xuanji is a generation of grandmasters, and his cultivation is a master, the art of divination, and the way of talismans are all superb, and he is also quite accomplished in Dan Dao, and he is close to cultivating a figure who has become an earth immortal. He has always admired the two senior brothers and listened to them.
Sang Muzi smiled again: "Our senior brother will protect Yao'er for one night, and wait for the birth of a genius alchemist taught by Master Jing. β
A white figure flashed from the side of the stream. But it was Zhang Qingchen who flew over in civilian clothes, and said loudly: "Uncle Master, Uncle Master, tonight, I, as an elder brother, will work with you two elders to protect Yao'er's alchemy and protect the Dharma." Tomorrow I will ring the hearth for her myself. β
"Okay. Sang Muzi smiled, "I'm looking forward to what kind of surprises Yao'er will bring us." β
After a thunderstorm in the early morning, the air in the Flying Dragon Valley was fresher, and the water in the stream was even more rushing. When the sunlight shines on the grass with water droplets by the stream, the small courtyard next to the Dandao Courtyard has wafted out bursts of refreshing fragrance, and the fragrance is filled with a rich aura.
Yao'er took a deep breath of the breath wafting from Laojun's furnace, and said to Ying Shuangshuang with an intoxicated face: "Shuang'er, do you know? This is my happiest moment. I have dreamed of refining a furnace of high-level elixirs, and I will refine many, many higher-level elixirs in the future, so that I can help more people with them. β
Shuang'er hugged her tired body and said, "Sister Yao'er, you're so good." β
Qiu Wushuang rubbed his hands and said, "Are you going to ring the furnace bell?"
Long Feiqiong said excitedly on his shoulder: "I have seen the ninth-order spirit pill, but I am afraid that the aura of our furnace spirit pill can only be surpassed, but it is not inferior." β
"Oh my God, the ninth-order elixir. Wan Dahai shouted, "Immortal sister said so, then we must have refined a super ninth-order spirit pill." Ninth Order Spirit Pill!Miss Yao'er, you have rewritten the history of human alchemy. β
Qiu Wushuang pulled Qiao Songnian and shouted as he ran out, "I'll ring the furnace bell." Oh my God, nine rings on the furnace clock, although it will be hard for me, but it will be enough to surprise those who laughed at us yesterday. β
Under the big locust tree at the gate of Dandao Courtyard, Zhang Qingchen looked at Qiu Wushuang, who was the first to run out of the small courtyard, and when he saw his handsome appearance, he suddenly remembered the "Scarface Yulang" in the verse, what is Brother Qiu not Yulang now?
Qiu Wushuang and Qiao Songnian hurriedly stepped forward and bowed. Then Qiu Wushuang replied: "Yes, after the opening bell rings this time, it will definitely be able to achieve success." β
Zhang Qingchen patted Qiu Wushuang's shoulder and said with a smile: "Since Brother Qiu said that he has achieved Ma Cheng, then he must be Ma Cheng." But Brother Qiu, let's have a discussion, you have already struck the furnace bell yesterday, although there was no Ma Cheng in the end, but today it has already been done immediately? So Brother Qiu has already struck the furnace bell for Yao'er. I wonder if Brother Qiu will give me the opportunity to ring the furnace bell today?"
Dong Bu, who was standing behind Zhang Qingchen, saw that his eyes were about to bulge. The leader of the Heavenly Master Sect, known as the "No. 1 Sect in the World", actually discussed with a registered disciple of the Kuocang Sect of the second-rate Xiuzhen Sect and asked the other party to give up the opportunity to ring the furnace bell for their Heavenly Master Sect. What kind of thing is this? Is the world upside down?
He secretly mused: "It seems that this Qiu brother is indeed not ordinary. It's still the senior brother who is right, I want to have a good relationship with this Qiu brother. β
Qiu Wushuang is not confident in his bell ringing skills, and he is happy to be a favor. He said generously: "The sect leader, big brother, wants to ring the furnace bell, what else is there to say." Ask the master, big brother, just knock it on nine times. β
"Big Brother Sect Masterβ"
"Knock on itβnine timesβ"
The Heavenly Master Sect beside Zhang Qingchen had just been thundered by Qiu Wushuang's call for Zhang Qingchen, and they were almost stunned by the number of bells he reported. In the eyes of many of them, this Brother Qiu, who is a brother and sister to the sect leader, is afraid that there is something wrong with his brain.
"Nine-"
Zhang Qingchen repeated this number once. He glanced at Sang Muzi beside him very unexpectedly, and when he saw Sang Muzi bowing slightly to him, he couldn't help but be ecstatic in his heart, but his face said quietly: "Okay, nine times - I will strike the furnace bell nine times." β
Under the puzzled gaze of many subordinates, he solemnly popped out nine true qi in front of the furnace bell. Nine long, thick bells lingered in the Flying Dragon Valley, and the long sound could not be dispersed for a long time.
The sound of the nine bells that opened the furnace bell made the Heavenly Master Sect in the Flying Dragon Valley completely boil. Except for the dark sentinels around the valley, everyone gathered in the direction of Dan Dao Temple.
The furnace bell rang nine times, thinking about the ninth-order elixir, how could this not make the cultivators go crazy? Refining a high-level elixir in a sect has a relatively equal opportunity for the sect members to be rewarded, and that is to make great contributions to the sect. For Xiuzhen, for a ninth-order elixir, it is worth it to save your life and keep a thought. If the Heavenly Master Sect refines the ninth-order spirit pill, I am afraid that the cultivators who come to vote will squeeze through the mountain gate, and the strength of the sect will grow wildly.
The secret hall advocated that Xuanben take his subordinates and rush to the Dan Dao Academy as quickly as possible. He was thinking all the way, although he was ridiculed by Sang Muzi yesterday, if the Dan Dao Academy really refined the ninth-order spirit pill, he didn't mind pulling down his face and stammering Sang Muzi. The ninth-order elixir, it is said that the elixir above the eighth-order has the effect of reshaping the inner pill and the aura of the body, and taking it will benefit you for life!
However, outside the gate of the Dandao Academy, he saw Sang Muzi standing leisurely beside Zhang Qingchen, the head of the sect, not like the Dandao Academy was about to open.
The two iron galls in his right palm collided with each other with a screeching sound. Then he stepped forward to bow to Zhang Qingchen and said, "It turns out that the sect leader is also here." I was about to ask Dean Sang of the Dan Dao Academy, but I don't know what is going on with the nine opening bells of the Dan Dao Academy?"
Zhang Qingchen returned the salute and said with a smile: "This has nothing to do with Dean Sang. It's Yao'er's elixir that is about to open the furnace, and I came to ring the furnace bell for her. β
"Yao'er?" Zhang Xuanben's face was pale, but he was secretly happy in his heart, and his voice suddenly increased by eighty, as if he was afraid that the people standing on both sides of the stream in front of the Dandao Courtyard would not be able to hear it, "Yao'er has been so nonsense all these years, she is so natural, so forget it." Qingchen, you are the head of a sect, how can you accompany her to mess around? Do you know how many sect members came with joy when the nine furnace bells rang? In the end, what you waited for was the result of your brother and sister's nonsense. Hehe, the lesson of King Zhou You's death due to the princes of the Beacon Fire Opera, the sect leader must understand it with his heart, if he continues to mess around like this, my Heavenly Master Sect will be defeated sooner or later. Today's matter, as the master of the Heavenly Master Sect Secret Hall and your own uncle, I have to report to your father both in public and private, hoping that he will strictly control your brothers and sisters, and at the same time, I will also ask the elders of the Zhang clan to inquire about this matter. β
There was a discussion on both sides of the stream, as if in response to Zhang Xuanben's statement.
Zhang Qingchen smiled indifferently and said, "Since Hall Master Zhang is a public spirit, why don't you wait for Yao'er to open the furnace and then determine whether it is official?" His voice was clear, as if he was speaking in the ears of everyone around him
Zhang Xuanben said loudly: "Yao'er has been tossing alchemy for the past few years, but she has been messing around, and she has not even refined a spirit pill above the third grade, but has wasted many valuable alchemy materials taught by the Heavenly Master. Now that he wants to open a furnace of ninth-order elixir all of a sudden, this alchemy is too easy, right? If it's like this, Dean Sang, a seventh-order alchemist, is too worthless, right?"
Sang Muzi saw that Zhang Xuanben led the fire to him, obviously intending to lure him into the bait, and wanted to roast him on the fire. He pretended to be fierce and said inwardly: "Hall Master Zhang, how do you know that Yao'er can't refine the ninth-order spirit pill? An alchemist doesn't have to gradually improve the level of alchemy, and it is not without a genius alchemist who can refine the best spirit pill in one day. β
"In this way, Dean Sang also thinks that Yao'er can refine the ninth-order spirit pill. Zhang Xuanben smiled and said, "Why don't I make a bet with Dean Sang, if Yao'er can't refine the ninth-order spirit pill, Dean Sang will surround the old locust tree at the gate of your Dan Dao Academy, and walk upside down three times; I wonder if Dean Sang is willing to gamble with me?"
Sang Muzi changed his frank personality and muttered for a long time before saying, "It's not fun, it's not fun." We're all a lot old, how can we play such a child's trick. Otherwise, let's bet a little bigger, if Yao'er really refines the ninth-order spirit pill, of course I, the dean of the Dan Dao, will abdicate and let her do it, and then it is better for you to resign from your secret hall master, let me be the master of the secret hall, and get over the addiction of the secret probe; How?"
Zhang Qingchen hurriedly dissuaded: "Master, don't be so rash. β
His panicked look made Zhang Xuanben more and more sure in his heart.
Zhang Xuanben originally just wanted to make Sang Muzi make a fool of himself in order to repay the humiliation of being ridiculed yesterday. Now that he had the opportunity to control the greatest cultivation resource of the Dan Dao Academy, how could he miss it. In his opinion, Yao'er, who had never even refined a third-order spirit pill, refining a ninth-order spirit pill could only be a fool's dream. The two iron galls in his hand slammed into each other, and said loudly, "Okay, I'll make a bet with Dean Sang." Elder Dong and the two masters of the Battle Hall and the Great Hall are invited to testify. β
The two swore by high-fives in the presence of three witnesses and solemnly made a bet.