Early in the morning of the second day, Zuo Tianyou got up early, changed into a decent long shirt, picked up the red sandalwood suitcase, and went to Yao's house.

It was the spring season of Meng, the grass grew all the way and the warbler flew, Zuo Tianyou walked east along Wuli Street, passed a pharmacy, turned into a small road, and walked forward for a while to find Yannan Street, where Yao's house is located.

Yannan Street is less than Wuli Road from east to west, and there are a few shops that can be counted, and the feeling of the whole street is far less lively and prosperous than Wuli Street and Yunxian Street in the west of the city.

But Zuo Tianyou walked around this street and found that the shops here are all pill shops, although the door of the store looks very magnificent, but when you look inside the store, it doesn't seem to be too big, the counter, the medicine shelf and the account table look very small and exquisite.

Zuo Tianyou thought to himself that there were so many pill shops here, if he didn't go in and inquire about Qiqiao Dan, wouldn't he come to Yannan Street in vain.

It turned out that the first two generations of the Yao family did not live in Qinghuan City, but there was a huge mansion at the foot of Luoyang Mountain, more than ten miles outside the city. Later, when the third generation of the Yao family, Yao Tiancheng, came to the generation, several talents in the clan discussed and decided to move the mansion to the current Yannan Street.

Yao Tiancheng chose Yannan Street at that time mainly because of the sparse population in the west of the city, which was conducive to alchemy cultivation. But after the Yao Mansion was completed, some small families on the street took advantage of the reputation of the Yao family's pills and also opened some small pill shops. Earn some spiritual stones from the monks who came in the name of the Mu Yao family, but were not allowed to enter. Therefore, these pill shops are usually not big, and most of them are open for business after opening their own halls and decorating them.

Zuo Tianyou walked through several shops in a row, and finally stopped at the door of a store that looked slightly larger, and stepped in, and a smell of pills greeted him, rich and mellow. I wondered if there would be any Qiqiao Dan I wanted in this store, so I came all the way to count the larger stores and try my luck.

A shopkeeper with a goatee came up and asked, "What kind of pills do you want to buy?" Take a look here. ”

Zuo Tianyou didn't immediately say the Qiqiao Pill, but took a closer look at the pill shelves in the store, and saw that the rows on it were full of various brocade boxes, and each brocade box had a thin wooden sign hanging on it, and the names of some pills were written on the brand.

Dragon Tiger Pill, Bone Pill, Anti-Soul Pill, Qi Nourishing Pill......

Looking at the past row by row, there are some very famous Dan names, and the more Zuo Tianyou looks at it, the more he feels that it is useless.

Most of the pills sold by such small pill shops are not refined by themselves, they just look around for the finished products of some scattered alchemists and sell them, these scattered cultivators can refine good pills and keep them for themselves, so they are reluctant to sell them to these shops, but they don't have any spirit stones in their hands, so they are willing to take out some ordinary pills to exchange for something.

Pills like this are not particularly useful, and in order to sell better, these shops have some big names, such as dragon and tiger, raw bones, etc., just to attract the attention of customers and sell them at a high price.

What kind of IQ is Zuo Tianyou, how could he be deceived by these treacherous tricks? As soon as he looked at the name that was so big that he couldn't score it, he knew that he might not be able to find the pill he was looking for in such a store.

The goatee shopkeeper saw that Zuo Tianyou couldn't look down on the pills on the shelf, so he strongly recommended: "We have a lot of other pills here, the variety is very complete, if you want to find any pills, tell me, we can help you find them." ”

Zuo Tianyou didn't have much hope, he wanted to be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and after saying that he would see his reaction, he reported his name: "Qiqiao Dan." Have you heard of it?"

When the goatee heard this, he was stunned for a moment and said, "I really haven't heard of this name." Does it have any other name? Think again. ”

Zuo Tianyou didn't bother to say more, so he shook his head and clenched his fists lightly, and left this small shop.

I visited a few stores in a row, and the things in the store were almost the same, but none of them were the Qiqiao Dan that Zuo Tianyou was looking for.

The Gu Eagle smacked his lips in the space and said, "Look, I was right last night, this Tangram Pill is not easy to find." I don't think you'd better waste your time on this street. ”

Zuo Tianyou looked up at Tiandao: "It's really not early, it's not too early to go around here, it's important to hurry up and go to Yao's house to do something." ”

After passing through a few shops, walking through a wide road with no shops and no homes, Zuo Tianyou finally saw the gate of Yao's house, and there was a black golden silk nanmu plaque hanging on the top of the red vermilion lacquer gate, on which the dragon flew and the phoenix danced with two big characters 'Yao Mansion'.

There were two heavy copper knockers on the door, Zuo Tianyou picked up the knocker and knocked on it two or three times, and someone inside responded: "It's here." ”

The door opened with a "bang", and out of it came out a little doorman in a green coat and a green hat, dressed as a Taoist chief, with an excellent complexion, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and seeing that Zuo Tianyou didn't know, he bowed slightly and asked: "I don't know who Your Excellency is, what is the matter with coming to my Yao Mansion?"

Zuo Tianyou gave a slight salute and replied: "I am a handyman at Linxian Inn, and the shopkeeper Zhou sent me to deliver something, please return it." ”

The little disciple glanced at the box in Zuo Tianyou's hand and replied, "Wait a minute." After saying that, he gently closed the door and went into the house to say goodbye.

After waiting for about a cup of tea, two people came out, one was still the little doorman, and the other was an older old man, one with a white beard hanging down his chest, his face was extremely ruddy, his eyes were burning, and he did not look as friendly as the doorman.

Zuo Tianyou saw the momentum of this old man, and knew that this person's status in this mansion was not low.

The man also looked Zuo Tianyou up and down carefully, and then said, "Come with me." ”

Following this old man, Zuo Tianyou admired the strange flowers and plants in the courtyard of the Yao family all the way, the carved beams and paintings of the house, and also saw three or four rows of small white houses with domes built at the foot of a rockery from a distance, the shape was peculiar, I don't know what to do, and then turned around a few pavilions and pavilions, only to stop before coming to a pavilion, Zuo Tianyou looked up, and the plaque under the eaves was written with three big characters: Huibao Pavilion.

The white-bearded old man turned to Zuo Tianyou and said, "Please wait outside the door for a while, and let me go in and say goodbye." ”

Zuo Tianyou naturally nodded yes, and saw that there was an octagonal pavilion on the side of the attic, so he went to pick up a stone pier and sat down and waited.

Anyway, there is nothing to do in the store during the day, Zuo Tianyou doesn't mind sitting here for a while longer, not only can enjoy the flourishing grass and trees in the early spring of Yaofu, but also can look at the scenery of Luoyang Mountain outside the city, so comfortable!

When he was wandering, he suddenly heard someone talking under the tree over there.

"Master has explained, this "Ancient Chapter of the Dan Sutra" will be checked after lunch today. You can't write it down yet, but what's the matter?" said a voice anxiously.

"The Death Pill, also known as the Hydroponic Pill, uses white ramie as the pill to refine the ninth-level true fire, and there is ...... Yes...... "A timid voice stumbled as she carried the pill book.

Zuo Tianyou was attracted by the conversation between the two people, thinking that this should be the Yao family's alchemy apprentice, and they were probably worried about the endorsement. What kind of elixir is this, it sounds like this name is very ancient, is it also an ancient elixir?

Just when Zuo Tianyou was full of doubts, the anxious voice sounded again: "Wrong! Wrong! The Death Pill is also known as the Four Elephant Pill, not the Hydro Pill! The Hydro Pill is also an ancient pill, why is your memory so bad?"

"Alas, my cultivation has not been smooth these days, and I can't even memorize the "Dan Sutra". You said that these ancient pills were difficult to achieve and still can't be achieved now, why does Master have to remember these, in my opinion, it is enough to remember the current elixir refining method. The apprentice's voice was timid.

"Didn't you listen to Master, the ancient pills can be found now, but many of them have changed their names, but the recipes and refining methods are the same as in the past. Therefore, the master wants us to memorize the ancient Dan Sutra and be familiar with it. ”

"One pill, two names before and after, and thousands of pills in one book. I was given three days, where do I remember!" the apprentice grumbled even louder.

"Don't complain! I've heard that whoever endorses the bottom this time will be punished to go to the garden to clean the cage of the monster. The other apprentice quieted his voice, as if he was afraid that someone would hear him.

Zuo Tianyou listened to what these two apprentices said, and suddenly understood a problem, he was originally a little worried that the Qiqiao Pill was an ancient elixir, but now he was afraid that it would be difficult to find it. But listening to the meaning of these two junior disciples, the ancient elixir can still be refined now, but the name has been changed.

In fact, the number of ancient pills is very large, and it is also highly respected by future generations, but the ancient times are a long time away from the present, although generations of alchemists have tried their best to pursue the ancient formulas, but the pills are an important material in the world of cultivating immortals, and it is very easy to cause fights between cultivators, so even if many alchemists have studied some refining methods of ancient pills, they have also refined the same pills, but they still dare not use the original name, and for the sake of safety, they often change the name of the pill to keep it safe.

The Yao family has been alchemy for generations, constantly collecting and sorting out the formulas and refining methods of various pills, which of course must not be missing an important part of the ancient pills, so this has also become the top priority of the Yao family's alchemy apprentices' written learning.

Zuo Tianyou thought to himself that it was a coincidence today, and it was really beneficial to find out such a secret pill knowledge that was not known to many people in the gap between waiting at the door of the attic. It seems that the Yao family's alchemy knowledge is indeed rich, and they should listen to it again, what else do these two have to say.

Thinking of this, Zuo Tianyou wanted to continue listening to the conversation between the two, but he didn't want to just hear a heavy roar in the distance, and then a panicked voice pierced the silence, "Oh no!

Zuo Tianyou was stunned for a moment, and then hurried over in the direction of the sound.