Chapter 32: The Elixir
Duan Yi pushed open the door, and before he could enter, he only smelled a pungent smell coming from him.
A smell of herbs, but mixed with some rotten notes.
Duan Yi endured the churning in his stomach, took a few steps forward, and came to this room.
The room was very dark, there were no candles lit inside, while it was not dark outside, Duan Yi looked at the situation inside the room, the room was very ordinary, beds, stone tables and benches were all available, but there were back baskets hanging everywhere on the walls around here, which contained unknown things, and the things were very heavy, and the back baskets were about to fall.
In front of this stone table, a man sits at the table, holding something in his hand, putting it into his nose from time to time and smelling it, shaking his head for a while and throwing away the thing in his hand, and then gently placing the thing in his hand on the table.
For Duan Yi's arrival, this person didn't seem to notice, and was still concentrating on fiddling with the things in his hand.
Duan Yi took a few steps forward and made a few noises before this person raised his eyes.
"The disciples of Yunfeng Sect are here!" his voice was still hoarse, and his eyes were still looking at the things in his hands when he spoke.
After Duan Yi heard this voice, he was also a little nervous in his heart, but he still replied, "Yes, I am a disciple of Yunfeng Sect. ”
There was a "stab" sound, and a candle had been lit.
There was no wind in the room, but the candle flame flickered, reflecting a shriveled and wrinkled face.
"It's been decades, and Yunfengmen must have forgotten about us. The man slowly stood up.
picked up a bamboo cane from the table and walked towards Duan Yi tremblingly.
Under the candlelight, an old man with a thin body, a somewhat hunchbacked, and wrinkled body appeared in front of Duan Yi.
How do you look at it, this person looks like he is a hundred years old, his hair has fallen out, and the few remaining ones are also crumbling, and his whole body is gray, and at this time, a pair of eyes also seem to be looking at Duan Yi in front of him.
Duan Yi looked at the old man staring at him, he was also a little frightened in his heart, swallowed his saliva, and mustered up the courage to say, "Old man, what are you looking for me?"
The old man wanted to laugh, but because his skin was close to shriveling, his smile was a little stiff.
The old man said, "It's been a long time since I've seen you cultivators here, well, it's been about a few decades. ”
"Did many cultivators come here before?" Duan Yi asked, this small village is not well-known, how could there be cultivators here?
"In the past, those cultivation sects had a unstable foundation, and they all came to our village to exchange some food for the elixir herbs and other things we picked, but now they have all become stronger, and naturally no one is rare for us. The old man sighed.
"Look at this room full of pills, if I had put them in the past, I don't know how many people lined up outside to exchange them, alas, now I can only put them here, and when the medicine is over, I can only throw it away. The old man pointed to the bamboo basket and said.
"What do you want these things for?" Duan Yi asked.
"For you cultivators, of course, it is to enhance your cultivation, and for us ordinary people, it is to strengthen your body, get rid of illness and avoid disasters. The old man said.
"Then our Yunfeng Sect?" Duan Yi asked.
"That's the same, you Yunfeng Gate is also a nest, and there are spiritual herbs and strange medicines all over the ground, but no one understands these things, it's really a waste of Yunfeng Gate's piece of dragon vein blessed land. The old man said with some regret.
Duan Yi nodded, he could obtain a lot of spirit grass at the foot of that mountain every time, but he fed these mountain animals every time.
Duan Yi was also a pity in his heart, but he didn't know how to use it.
"Old man, what do you mean by how Yunfeng Sect could forget you?" Duan Yi asked.
"How long have you been in the Cloud Peak Sect?" the old man asked.
"Two years. Duan Yi asked.
"Then you don't know. The old man said.
"About eighty years ago, at that time, it was really turbulent, the demons danced wildly, and the immortals appeared, I don't know how many cultivators appeared at that time, especially your Yunfeng Sect, that was really powerful!" the old man said.
Duan Yi nodded, he had also heard Xia Xin say how Yunfeng Gate was before.
"It's just that now, Yunfeng Gate doesn't need us anymore. There was still a hint of emotion in the old man's tone.
"Why?" Duan Yi asked.
"In the past, those who practiced practiced the Dharma, in addition to operating the true qi of the body, supplemented by a panacea....." The words were not finished.
When Duan Yi on the side heard the words elixir, he was suddenly shocked in his heart, and he was still a little excited when he thought of the pill he ate.
"Elixir to enhance cultivation?" Duan Yi said to himself.
"The so-called panacea is different, there are those that enhance cultivation, there are those that regulate the mind and nourish the rest, and there are those that wash the marrow and remove the shell, and poison people.... There are too many to count. When the old man mentioned the words of the elixir, his face also showed a little joy.
"Then my master, has my master eaten?" Duan Yi asked.
"Your master loves this elixir very much, but your two masters are very disgusted with this elixir, it may be the backbone of the so-called cultivators, so that they don't want to borrow the elixir to break through the realm, hehe, those two old men also deserve it, they still look like that after practicing for so long. There was some mockery in the old man's words.
Duan Yi secretly said in his heart that it was dangerous, fortunately he didn't tell the two masters that he had eaten the elixir, if he did, he was afraid that the master would be angry again.
But Duan Yi also had a hint of joy in his heart, it turned out that he was not so unbearable to take that pill.
After saying this, the old man turned his head to look at Duan Yi, with some surprise and a hint of unrevealed fanaticism in his eyes.
"Your cultivation is not weak!" a smile tugged at the corner of the old man's mouth.
After Duan Yi heard this, his face also turned red, and he stammered a little and said, "Old man, you don't know, I, I have only cultivated to the second volume, and I am the weakest disciple of this Yunfeng Sect..."
"It's not like, if your cultivation is so weak, how can you have such a strong qi in your body. The old man frowned, his face showing a hint of puzzlement.
"Don't hide it from the old man, if it weren't for that Soul Grass Pill, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to practice the second volume now. Duan Yi said.
Thinking about the relationship between this old man and Yunfengmen, Duan Yi didn't have anything to hide.
"Soul Grass Pill?!You kid is really blessed, and you are blessed to eat this kind of thing. The old man looked at Duan Yi with a look of surprise on his face.
"It's just that I didn't practice according to Master's intentions and took that pill.." Duan Yi said.
"Alas, how can you think the same as your master, cultivators are important to improve their cultivation, and when you become the strongest in cultivation, who else will care about you so much, besides, this elixir and something like this are not evil things of this demon cult, how can you not use them. The old man said in a voice a little too high.
"Resting on your laurels, not seeking external strength, only relying on some things left by your predecessors, how can you progress, you Yunfengmen, the reason why it has not prospered over the years, and the seedlings have not been accepted, is also such a reason. The old man shook his head and said.
Duan Yi didn't understand what the old man said, but he only saw that the two masters let him practice his own tricks, but he didn't say a word about these elixir aids, and every time Duan Yi took the spirit grass back to the master's residence, the master also looked disgusted.
"Look at the cangtou, Futian.... The reason why these big sects are so powerful is that they have the courage to accept all rivers and rivers, and they can collect the world's treasures, and these elixirs are even more numerous, and you Yunfeng Gate can't compare with these alone. The old man said.
Duan Yi was speechless, and he didn't know what to say.
"You—" There was a bang, and the door of the house had been slammed open.
Seeing this, the old man's voice was low, and he said with some anger, "Ishida, what are you doing!"
"Village chief, it's not me, it's him. The person who came was the man who had brought him just now, but he was lying on the ground at this time, and his voice was a little weak.