Chapter Ninety-Five: The Immortal Cave Mansion
After the moss fell off, a flawless white jade statue was completely revealed, Xu Fan was stunned, this statue was simply beautiful, it was really beautiful. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Hey, it's really moving, is it really a living statue?"
After the statue returned to its original color, it did not stop changing, only to see the original beautiful facial expression, slowly becoming sad, and the statue also began to turn, only to see the jade beauty slowly turn around, pointing towards the stone wall behind, a blue light shot towards the stone wall.
The moment the blue light touched the stone wall, a stone door suddenly appeared on the stone wall, and the stone door was slowly opening at this moment.
"This is the Immortal Cave Mansion that the little beast said, and it really didn't lie to me," Xu Fan did not approach recklessly, but observed for a while to make sure that there was no danger before walking towards the stone gate.
The stone gate did not have any protective formation to prevent people from entering, Xu Fan easily entered it, came to the cave, and found that the furnishings were very simple, only stone tables and chairs, and a painting on the wall, and nothing else, there were no imaginary treasures at all.
Xu Fan looked around and finally stopped his eyes on the painting, only to see a woman painted on the painting, at a glance, Xu Fan felt very familiar, and then thought about it, isn't this the statue outside, this is really strange carved a statue outside, and painted a picture inside, how much this should be liked by the person in the painting.
Xu Fan was looking at the painting, and suddenly a figure appeared beside him, startling Xu Fan, after the person appeared, he stood there like Xu Fan and stared at the painting on the wall.
"Who are you? I found out about this cave first, there has to be one who comes first and then comes, and you don't say a word when you come in, you don't know that people are scared and scared to death." Xu Fan complained to the benevolent brother next to him dissatisfied, and after a closer look, the person who came was wearing a very elegant robe, with a very handsome face, a beautiful man, holding a sword in his hand, just looking at the appearance, he knew that the sword was good.
There is nothing else in this cave except for paintings, so Xu Fan is not afraid of people snatching them, if he really likes the paintings on the wall, just take them, anyway, isn't it just a painting, it's not a big deal.
"Is she beautiful?"
After being silent for a long time, the man finally spoke, but his voice was very low, as if he was from a distant place, and Xu Fan's heart trembled when he listened.
"Do you mean the person in the painting? It's really beautiful, it's the most beautiful woman I've ever seen," Xu Fan replied very honestly.
The man said, "Thank you, it seems that it is fate that Daoyou can enter this cave, can you please do me a favor?"
Xu Fan felt that the person in front of him was weird, but he never felt the slightest hostility from the person, so he casually agreed: "You talk about it first, if I can do it, I will definitely help." β
The man said: "Since Daoyou is destined to meet me, then you will definitely be able to help me, please take this painting to the people who watch the sea on the cliff of forgetfulness on the shore of the Nine Heavenly Hatred Sea, and this sword will be regarded as a reward for Daoyou." β
"Nine Heavens, away from the Sea of Hatred, Forgetfulness Cliff, what kind of place is that? This is a heavy heaven, I don't know if I can reach the Nine Heavens, how can I promise to help you with this?" Xu Fan hurriedly said, since he really wants to help people, of course he can't agree casually.
"I'm sure you'll be able to do it, it's only a matter of time," the man said, placing the sword in his hand on the stone table next to him, and vanished as soon as he turned around.
"I'll go, what the hell am I?" Xu Fan felt that this hole was too evil, it was better to leave early, he didn't want to provoke this wrong, so he quickly walked towards the entrance of the cave, but he didn't take two steps, and the sword on the table automatically flew into Xu Fan's hand with a whoosh, startled Xu Fan, and hurriedly threw it out, but the sword seemed to have eyes, and after throwing it out, it flew back into Xu Fan's hand after turning in the air.
"Damn, you really rely on me, right", Xu Fanxin said I don't believe that I can't get rid of you, but I have experimented many times and it is still the same.
Holding the sword in his hand, and then looking at the painting on the wall, Xu Fan said ruthlessly: "Okay, I'm afraid of you, don't come to me if you can't fulfill your wish in the future", these words, Xu Fan said to the cave, he felt that the ghostly figure just now must be looking at himself in the annex, and he would definitely be able to hear these words.
Not to mention, as soon as he finished speaking, the words on the wall automatically retracted, rolled into a painting scroll, and flew into Xu Fan's storage bag with a whoosh.
"Damn, don't wait like this, you go in without my permission, it's too bad for me to save face," Xu Fan was very angry about this kind of forced buying and selling, probably to make Xu Fan even more speechless, and the sword in his hand also swooped into Xu Fan's storage.
"Count you ruthless...."Xu Fan was completely speechless at this time.
"Don't look at indecent things, don't listen to indecent people, eavesdropping on other people's conversations really doesn't end well, now it's okay, it's a big deal, it seems that there is a big deal. β
Xu Fan walked out of the cave very depressed, the moment he walked out, the cave behind disappeared in an instant, and the statue in front of him, with a "boom", turned into powder, everything around seemed to have never happened, only Xu Fan stood there stupidly with a confused face, and his heart was really galloping.
Although he was very depressed, Xu Fan continued to wander around the outer area of this no-man's land for two days before moving towards the exit, at the exit, the disciple who saw the exit was still happy for Xu Fan's return, because he also saw the beast tide two days ago, for fear that something would happen to Xu Fan, Xu Fan was really flattered, his heart was warm, and his heart said how could he enter such a humane sect, it was really blessed.
Xu Fan quickly returned home and came to the place where Dantang handed over the task.
"Senior Brother Xu, it's obvious that you've come back so soon, it's something you've gained", the task administrator, greeted Xu Fan with a smile.
"I'm lucky, I found a twenty-year-old mangrove, senior brother gave me a palm, I'm afraid I'm wrong", Xu Fan took out the mangrove flower that had been prepared a long time ago from the storage bag and brought it to the administrator's eyes.
"Well, yes, yes, the condition is very positive, it's going to be twenty-one years soon, I'll count you as twenty-one years", the administrator looked at it carefully.
"Then thank you, senior brother," Xu Fan thanked.
"Twenty-one years, I can give you five hundred and fifty points, and now there are not many such elixirs dug up in the periphery of no man's land, but the rules of the sect are here, I can only help you get here, you have to work hard to improve your cultivation, and when you wait until the later stage of foundation building, you can go to the danger zone in the middle to take risks, there are hundreds or even thousands of years of elixir, but it is still too dangerous to collect medicine in no man's land, you might as well learn the knowledge of pills and become an alchemist early, so that you can exchange a lot of points for alchemy alone." γ The administrator encouraged Xu Fandao.
Xu Fan replied sincerely: "I will work hard, senior brother." β
Twenty years of elixir only changed for five hundred points, which is much less than Xu Fan expected, but this is not a matter for Xu Fan, one plant is less, you can get a few more plants next time, or get a big one back every once in a while, it's okay, as long as it's not too frequent, it shouldn't be discovered.
After Xu Fan came back, the first thing he looked for was Xiaobao, if nothing else, just for that strange painting.
"Away from the sea of hatred, the cliff of forgetfulness, I have heard of these two places, but that place is a very extreme existence, and it is also a legendary place, my mother body has traveled around many places in the Nine Heavens, but I have never been to this place, but I heard a master mention it, saying that there is an immortal on the cliff of forgetfulness, and the cultivation is very amazing, and it is also a powerful existence, but the immortal does not leave the cliff of forgetfulness for half a step all year round, and outsiders have not seen its true face, and even after a long time, many people have forgotten this place" , After listening to what Xu Fan said, Xiaobao recalled it well, and remembered so much.
"But your sword, I can be sure that it is indeed an artifact, and it is a medium-grade artifact, not inferior to your vase at all, and it seems to have a tool spirit itself, but the tool spirit seems to refuse to communicate with the outside world, although this sword is loose for you, but it is not really lost to you, it can only be regarded as temporarily stored in you, maybe only when you get to the cliff of forgetfulness will it really belong to you. Xiaobao carefully checked the sword in his hand and solemnly told Xu Fan the truth.
"I'll go, according to what you say, I was deceived by that guy, obviously said it was given to me, and he actually came to this hand, which means that I don't want to help him fulfill his wish for the rest of my life, and I don't want to possess this sword," Xu Fan was very angry, as if he had been tricked.
"That's basically the case", Xiaobao shrugged, saying that he was helpless that Xu Fan was deceived.
"Doodoo"
Suddenly, there was a series of rattles from the sword.
"What's going on?" Xu Fan looked at the sword in confusion.
Xiao Bao blinked his eyes and said: "Master, let me tell you that the spirit of this sword will help you when you are most dangerous, but if you want him to recognize you as the master, you must wait until you have completed the things that you promised him to the original master." β
Xu Fan said frantically: "He can understand the conversation between the two of us, why don't you come out and say it yourself, but ask you to help convey it?"
"Doodoo Doo"
There was another series of sounds, Xiaobao looked at Xu Fan and said, "This sword said, if you don't complete his master's instructions, he won't communicate directly with you." β
Xu Fan's face suddenly darkened, and with a direct sweep of his eyes, he put the sword into the corner of the storage bag, and covered it with the sundries in the storage bag.
After confirming the place where the sword and the man's instructions went, Xu Fan turned around and came to find Wu Xuemei, who had not seen him for a few days, Wu Xuemei was very happy about Xu Fan's arrival, and as soon as the two met, they hurriedly asked Xu Fan about his situation to see if he was injured, which made Xu Fan feel a great sense of happiness.
Xu Fan didn't tell Wu Xuemei about the painting and the sword, not because he didn't want to tell him, but he just felt that it was better to bear this kind of thing by himself, and when it came to the Nine Heavens, it was still a very distant thing, I don't know what year and month, let's talk about it later.
In the experience of no man's land, Xu Fan made a slight change, that is, he heard the news of the twenty-year-old mangrove from the mouth of the elf mouse, and therefore successfully picked the elixir in exchange for five hundred and five points.
After listening to Xu Fan's story, Wu Xuemei was also interested, saying that she would go into the no-man's land with Xu Fan next time, Xu Fan couldn't help but he had to agree to go with him next time, but what he thought in his heart was that if the two of them went together, they would definitely go back empty-handed.
The matter of the vase is Xu Fan's most important secret, and Xu Fan will not tell others easily, even Wu Xuemei Xu Fan feels that when the two of them develop again, it will not be too late to talk about it when they really become airtight Taoist couples.
Half a month has passed, and Xu Fan and Wu Xuemei's points are about to run out, but fortunately, it will be time to pick the elixir, the growth of the two of them is not bad, and they are barely able to pass, and they can get enough guaranteed points, so it is not bad, more than two hundred medicine fields, just harvest them, and everyone has hundreds of points in the account.
However, at this time, Wu Xuemei suddenly had the interest to go to the no-man's land to bang the luck, the reason was that she couldn't sit back and wait for the harvest, that would be a waste of time, it was better to go to the bang luck, if she could pick the elixir for about twenty years, it would be considered an income, Xu Fan had no choice but to accompany her to the place where she received the task to receive the herbal medicine task, and went to the no-man's land together.
But the final result was as Xu Fan expected, the two of them turned around for several days and found nothing, and they were bored to death, neither encountered the beast tide last time, nor overheard the speech of any elf mouse, the only thing that surprised Wu Xuemei was the night scene of this no-man's land, after all, it was a girl who liked such a romantic scene, and the two of them came to the no-man's land for a date.
The two of them are not in a hurry about forming a Taoist couple, not only them, but also ordinary monks are not in a hurry about this matter, because once the foundation is successfully built, there will be a life span far beyond ordinary people to squander, so they don't pay much attention to this matter, and often two people who have been dating for decades can really become Taoist couples.
In the end, the depressed two people left the no-man's land in a gloomy way, and after coming back, just in time for the elixir picking, Xu Fan found that the number of medicine children was obviously more than that of the medicine servants, there were more than 1,000 people, and the time to collect the elixir was only three days, and the medicine boy would collect the elixir without sleep during these three days.
Different elixirs, the time point of flowering and fruiting is different, and when the time of picking down the highest medicinal value, it is also exquisite, it is to these three days, the medicine children are racing against time to pinch the point of the medicine collection operation, this work is also the main way for them to obtain sect points, the number of drugs collected each time, the quality of the quality, directly related to their number of points, and the medicine boy who can not complete the task will also be deducted test points, can be promoted from the medicine servant to the medicine boy, are still with an enterprising heart, not a foolish day, the medicine boys in addition to the end of the month of the vegetable medicineThe rest of the time will be spent on improving cultivation and memorizing pharmacopoeia.
The basic article of the pharmacopoeia, don't look at the record of only 30,000 elixirs, but there are also distinctions, among these 30,000, 10,000 are very simple and easy to remember, 10,000 are slightly difficult, and 10,000 are very difficult to remember.
After asking about the living conditions of the medicine boys, Xu Fan suddenly felt that he was a little too lazy, and he only cared about picking up girls recently, forgetting all the business, and his pharmacopoeia didn't look at a few leaves, after telling Wu Xuemei about this, Wu Xuemei also found that she seemed to be a little indulgent recently, and hurriedly reached an agreement with Xu Fan that she would meet less and study more for a period of time in the future, so the two of them returned to their residence in a hurry and began to watch and recite carefully with the pharmacopoeia.
"Master, in fact, you don't have to recite so hard, don't you have me, when you go to the test tower, just bring me with you, and I'll show you the hints in the storage bag, which is so hard," Xiaobao saw that Xu Fan was so hardworking, and kindly reminded him of the method of cheating, the reason why he said this is that he ran to the test tower two days ago to play, and found that the formation structure of the tower was very simple, as long as he could get in and out very easily.
"Yes, why did I forget you", Xu Fan heard Xiaobao say this, and suddenly felt a sense of sudden realization, but suddenly thought about it and felt that something was wrong, so he immediately refused sternly: "I know that you are tempting me, I will not be fooled, I will rely on my own ability to remember all these elixirs, and never cheat." β
"You really don't want to try it?"
"Never"
"Really?"
"Let's talk about it when I really can't pass the test on my own, while playing, don't let me see you"
β......β
For Xiaobao's proposal, Xu Fan was very tempted, but then he thought about it, he couldn't do this, these things are valuable elixir knowledge, learn it in his own hands, it will benefit for a lifetime, Xiaobao alone is not enough, he is also the master, and he can't rely on his own magic weapon spirit to complete everything.
Memorizing things is very boring, but once you are interested in it, it is different, because of the relationship between the vase, Xu Fan thought very early on that it would be good to be able to learn the knowledge of elixir, and now he finally got what he wanted, of course, he was very serious about learning, and the more he looked, the more he dared to be interested, and he usually ran to his own medicine field to memorize the elixir he managed in combination with his own management, which had a very good effect and a deep memory.
In the process of learning, Xu Fan finally understood why the Xuanling Sect was allowed to bring a servant when accepting apprentices, because with the servants taking care of the elixir, these things can be completely handed over to the servants to do, and they can concentrate on the elixir study, Xu Fan has no servants, but there is Xiaobao, Xiaobao is a guy who can't be idle, and now he has this errand to work harder, especially his cuteness, deeply loved by those female cultivators, every afternoon when grabbing dung, those female monks will give Xiaobao a little bit, although it is a little bit, but it adds up to a lot, which also causes Xiaobao to never come back empty-handed, which made Xu Fan more relieved to hand over the matter of Yaotian to him.
Now after all, there is one more person in Xu Fan's heart, and after fully and sincerely soliciting Xiaobao's meaning, Xiaobao readily agreed to help take care of Wu Xuemei's medicine field, when Xu Fan told Wu Xuemei about it, Wu Xuemei was a little opposed, the main reason was that he felt that Xiaobao was too small, how could he let him do so much work, and seriously criticized Xu Fan as an elder brother, which made Xu Fan so embarrassed, and finally Xiaobao stood up and said that all this was asked by himself to do it, because he was too bored alone, and taking care of the medicine field was also a kind of fun, so it was easy to say that Wu Xuemei was convincedγ
In order to pretend to be more like, Xu Fan also specially gave him the flying sword he first obtained, otherwise the monk with the normal cultivation of the fifth layer of condensation relied on the wind control technique to take care of more than 400 medicinal fields back and forth, and that opportunity would not be possible, even if it was too late to water, let alone go to grab dung in the afternoon.
Knowing that Xu Fan began to study the pharmacopoeia hard, Song Xuan was also very happy, what he was most afraid of was that those disciples who came in broke the jar at the stage of the medicine servant and started the state of their own pension, which was the most pity, and it was also the last thing the sect wanted to see, especially a young disciple like Xu Fan, and he didn't want it to be wasted.
In order to help Xu Fan make faster progress, Song Xuan deliberately called Xu Fan to his side and gave Xu Fan a map, which recorded the specific planting locations of all the elixirs in the Elixir Hall, which really helped Xu Fan a lot, in the past few days, he has already observed the medicines in the more than two hundred medicinal fields he took care of, and Wu Xuemei's medicinal fields have also been examined, but these elixirs are randomly assigned to them, and the order of the record is not the same, and this pharmacopoeia basic article does not have a particularly convenient way to find a certain elixir, so he can only rely on blind rummaging until he touches itγ
Now with this map, it's different, as long as you compare the map, you can quickly find out which elixir is in which place, and you don't have to kill a blind cat anymore.
This map Xu Fan also shared with Wu Xuemei, so other medicine servants will often see this little couple, flying around together to find the elixir to check, the learning momentum is really very full, but the memory ability of the two is different, Xu Fan is obviously stronger than Wu Xuemei, often Xu Fan has memorized ten kinds, but Wu Xuemei has only remembered three, this strong gap makes Wu Xuemei very unbalanced, so that after being together for a month, the two of them will check the medicine field separately, which is Wu Xuemei's strong request, because she really doesn't want to drag Xu Fan's hind legs, like a person, of course, you always have to think more about each other, isn't itγ
Xu Fan was both moved and helpless about this, because Wu Xuemei let out her words, if Xu Fan secretly followed her to the elixir field that she had memorized, she would never meet him again.