Le Qi looked up at the position of the sun above his head, although the huge golden ball was not close to the center, and the time was only about five o'clock, but the dazzling light emitted at this moment shone violently on his body, and it also brought a noticeable burning sensation. Shaking his head, since the competition is over for the time being, there is no need for me to stand here stupidly and wait, it is better to find a restaurant to sit comfortably, chew and eat a meal slowly, and take a nap, wouldn't it be wonderful!

Gently hugged the little pine cone that was already a little warm on his shoulder, and smoothed its somewhat messy hair, so that the latter squinted his eyes and put on a very favorite little look. Then, Le Qi glanced at the young man beside him, and after a simple farewell, he left with the little one, and in the end, the cautious two did not ask each other's names, perhaps thinking that there would be no chance to meet in the future.

The crowd gradually dispersed, Le Qi quickly came to a large restaurant named Jufuzhuang far away, looked inward and found that there were still a lot of vacant seats inside, that is, he walked through the threshold and walked into it, and did not go up to the second and third floors to ask for a quiet private room, but found a good place to sit down on a bench in the lively lobby on the first floor.

Picked up the recipe on the table and glanced at it a few times, nodded, I didn't expect that there were a lot of dishes in this restaurant, and the price was also cost-effective, mostly dishes of tens of hundred gold coins, I think it was also to take care of the adventurers whose income was not too rich.

After a while, after the busy man greeted the guests at the table, he hurried over, and after eagerly pouring tea and water, he smiled and asked Le Qi what he wanted to eat. The latter ordered two or three good-looking new dishes and a pot of wine, and the former wrote them down clearly and left with a smile.

Subsequently, during the leisure time of drinking tea and waiting, the number of adventurers who stepped into the door to eat gradually increased, and the lobby on the first floor, which was not deserted, became even more lively. Most of them are sitting at a table in pairs of threes and twos, and they can't help but chat while eating and waiting, which is used as entertainment and pastime.

There was a table of guests not far from the seat of Le Qi and discussed: "Hey, brothers, today's competition to recruit relatives is very exciting, the battle between Miss Jin and Yang Kai is very mysterious, and in the end, the former is even better, she really deserves to be the proud daughter of the sky!"

Someone put down the chopsticks in his hand and said with some excitement: "Who said no, I heard that Yang Kai is a genius from Linlang Sect, and his grandfather is a strong man at the level of King Xuan, with a prominent family background, and his own strength is among the best in places where strong people gather in Linlang Sect, and he was even defeated by Miss Jin." ”

"Hey, Brother Li, didn't you also sign up for the competition before! Now that you have watched this competition, how do you feel?" asked with a smile.

The man surnamed Li shook his head with a smile and said, "Hey, I thought I was too unlucky, and I was ousted in the first stage, otherwise if I can enter the second stage, there may be a chance." But now it seems that I really think too much! With this bit of strength, I'm afraid that I will have to be thrown down by Miss Jin in two clicks!"

After watching this competition, he clearly knew that the strength of the two was not at the same level at all, a genius was a genius, and it was really not something that an ordinary martial artist like himself could compare.

"But you say, in the afternoon game, can Situ Lin win?"

Hearing this, one person touched the beard on his chin, and analyzed reasonably: "I think it's a little hanging, in the previous competition, I looked at his Xuan Qi attribute, which is fire, but Miss Jin's Xuan Qi attribute is water, water against fire, but there is a lot of restraint ability, Situ Lin wants to win, I'm afraid it is not easy." ”

"I think so. ”

"That's the best, this competition ended in vain, Miss Jin is at least single, you and I still have a chance! Brother Li, do you say it!" someone joked with a smile.

"Don't! I don't have any illusions anymore! Ordinary people like us should honestly find a similar woman and be done!" the man surnamed Li shook his head and smiled.

"Hahaha!"

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Listening to the other party's conversation, Le Qi also felt that there was some truth, Situ Lin's fire attribute Xuan Qi was easy to be overcome by Jin Mengxin's water attribute Xuan Qi, and it was indeed not an easy task to win. However, there are no absolutes, and no one can know the wisdom of the former, who loses or who wins.

Then, the fragrant and hot meal was served, Le Qi picked up a small porcelain cup on the table, poured mellow white wine, put the cup to his lips and took a sip, and ate two mouthfuls of food without hurry or slow through the aroma of wine, and instantly felt that the days were very moist. In my ears, the sound of others talking was heard from the detective site again.

"This year, the production of money hangers in the Ronan Mountains is very good, and yesterday, I found two strings of money hangers that have reached the fifth order, and sold nearly three hundred amethyst!" said to the people at the table with a happy face after taking a big sip of the spirits in the bowl.

"Yes, brother, I found two priceless fifth-order money hangers in one day. Unlike my little brother, I have been wandering around the mountains and forests for several days in the past few days, and I barely found a string of goods that are only barely considered fourth-order. Someone praised enviously that it was really good luck to be able to discover two strings of priceless fifth-order elixirs in one day.

"Where did you find it, let's hear it, and let us try our luck!" asked the other, diligently refilling the man's wine.

Nodding with satisfaction, the man who was called the elder brother by the two stuffed two mouthfuls of food into his mouth, chewed it, and replied generously: "Not far from the Lion's Pass, I've been eating there recently, and the harvest is not bad, within one or two months, this is already the fourth string of fifth-order money strings!"

"No wonder there are few people going to that place. But I heard that there are often fierce demon beasts over there, and some people even saw the figure of a fifth-order demon beast, which seems to be a little dangerous!" Hearing the words of the lion's pass, one person said with relief, the lion's pass, compared with the ordinary medicine collection point, is deeper into the Ronan Mountains, and the danger factor is higher, so the person who goes to collect medicine is not

There are too many, and it would not be surprising to say that there are more money strings in that place.

In this regard, the elder brother disagreed: "Brother, the so-called wealth and wealth are sought in danger, and if you don't take some risks, where will you get rich rewards! Besides, in fact, there is nothing there, I have been there for a month or two, and I have nothing to do, so I sit here peacefully and eat and chat with you! It's okay, with your and my strength, even if you can't beat it, can you still run! If you are also interested, go with me in a few days, and our three brothers will make a lot of money together!"

"Okay, I'll listen to my brother!

"Yes, listen to my brother!"

"Good brother, come, drink!"

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The conversation of several people reminded Dele Qi of what the hotel children said about the money hanger that day, not long ago, the money hanger picking festival was officially opened, and the price of freshly picked money hangers was sold in this month, and the price was three percent higher than usual. In addition, ten days later, a three-day money hanging picking competition will be held, and the price will be directly doubled.

In this regard, Le Qi is also very interested. At that time, with his own ability to find and collect medicine, he should also be able to have a lot of gains.

In the past few days, he has consulted information related to Qian Jiaozi. As for the books consulted, it was natural that the two books that were still in the Void Ring were the first and second volumes of the two "Elixir Encyclopedia - Basic Chapters" that they had borrowed from the Linlang Sect at the beginning, which they called the medicine collection guide. When I left Linlang Sect, the borrowing time limit had not yet arrived, and I didn't return it, but I never thought that now when I go out, it can come in handy.

According to the book, Qian Jiaozi's original name was Huang Jieling, a soul elixir, with growth attributes, the grade can span three to seven levels, the span is large, relatively rare, speaking of which, this is somewhat similar to the "big radish" magnolia ginseng dug up in the ruins.

The fruit is flat and golden, a bit like a string of gold coins hanging together with ropes, so it is also called a money hanger. Moreover, from the number of its bell sections, you can easily judge the grade. The lowest-grade third-order money hangers have seven bells, and the bells at this time are only the size of a finger, and they are golden and yellow, in fact, as long as they grow for one year, they belong to the third-order elixir.

The fourth-order money hangers, the volume is as small as the thickness of two fingers, and the golden color will be slightly darker than that of the third-order period, at this time, they have six bells, and they need to grow for two to five years.

According to this, we can find a peculiar detail, the number of knots of the money hanger, with the rise of the grade is decreasing, if you reach the final seventh order, there are only three bells left, and the size of each bell is the size of a fist, three fingers thick, the color is extremely golden, from a distance, it looks like three large gold cakes hanging on the vine.

In addition, Qian Jiaozi also has some more peculiar attributes. First of all, there are many questions that outsiders don't understand, including the joy of reading books carefully. That is: Since Qian Jiaozi is an advanced elixir that can accumulate years, how can there be a maturity period? According to the original inn guy, this month,

It will be the time period with the largest number of mature money hangers, what is the meaning of the word mature?

You must know that the elixir that can generally accumulate years basically does not have the so-called maturity period, just like magnolia ginseng, no matter when the herb picker picks it, it can be said to be a mature body. But this money that can accumulate years of money hangers, but there is a maturity period, why is this? Is it just a fabrication?

Actually, it's not, and that's because it does have a short maturity period. It is true that Qian Jiaozi can accumulate years, but there is a special period in its life course - the budding period.

The budding stage refers to the process of re-coating the exposed fruit into a bract, and nearly 95% of the time in a year is in this period, even if it is only half a month in the maturity period. And if it is in the critical period of promotion, it may even be in the budding period for three or five years, or even thirty or fifty years. Or should I say that the budding period is its normal state.

During the budding period, the golden fruit of the golden fruit is hidden and hidden in the lush branches and leaves of the vine, which is generally difficult to find. At the same time, because the fruit is in a closed growth state during the budding period, its active ingredients will be distributed throughout the bract, if someone forcibly peels it off at this time, it will seriously damage its medicinal properties, and the sixth-order elixir may degenerate into a fifth-order or even fourth-order elixir, and the gains outweigh the losses.

But even so, a long time ago, there were still people who were greedy for profits, thinking that they could sell some money anyway, and wantonly picked the money hangers that were still in the budding period and sold them for money, which led to a sharp decline in the production of money hangers in the next few years or even decades.

At the same time, the maturity period of the money hanger is not a fixed season, in fact, all year round, there are money hangers ripe, but there are fewer winters and more summers. As for the specific reason, I think that summer is more sunny than winter, and the temperature and various conditions are more suitable for growth and development, which can also be seen in the growth of plants that do not retreat from winter, such as evergreens.

After eating a hearty lunch without hurrying, Le Qi wiped his mouth, burped, and did not rush to leave, but poured a glass of wine, and suddenly a naughty idea appeared in his heart, and tried to put the wine glass in front of the little pine cone and shook it, wanting to see if it had the potential to become a little drunkard.

The strong aroma of wine wafting from the wine glass immediately entered the small nose of the little pine cone, and I saw it sniff it gently, but it turned its head away with great disgust, and at the same time pushed the wine glass away with its little paws, and clearly told itself with its actions that it did not like the smell of wine.

Seeing this, Le Qi felt interesting, touched the little pine cone's little head, and laughed in a low voice: "What a good boy, you don't get a drop of wine!" Immediately, his fingers pinched the wine glass, brought it to his mouth and drank it all, quietly waiting for the arrival of the afternoon.

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(End of chapter)