Not yet.
Narrow Rain Alley.
The sky that was quiet just now suddenly started to rain heavily.
Winter, late at night, cold rain.
At this time, people were huddled in their warm quilts and sleeping soundly, but there were three men in black robes carrying a heavy bronze furnace on the street, gritting their teeth in the cold heavy rain.
All three of them had injuries on their bodies, and two of them even had wounds on their thighs that burst open and oozed blood.
But they did not dare to delay at all, gritted their teeth, carried the bronze furnace and ran forward as hard as they could.
The cold icy rain slapped randomly on their faces. The three of them felt miserable, but had nowhere to vent their feelings. They could only run and cry.
"I really want to write a miserable word!"
"How can one word be enough? It should be miserable!"
"Stop talking nonsense! Senior said a stick of incense, don't delay!"
The three of them screamed and sprinted forward.
Finally, just before the time for a stick of incense arrived, we arrived at Liuyan Alley.
I saw the slender red figure standing under the rain-shielding eaves, and the eyes above the red gauze were cold and scary:
"too slow."
The three of them knelt down together: "Senior, please calm down! We have tried our best, but the rain is really too heavy. Please forgive us this time, senior!"
Sun San raised his face covered with rain, took out an umbrella from his arms, and held it up with both hands:
"Senior, I brought you an umbrella specially."
Zhao Yi and Qian Er looked at each other, this guy is so shameless!
Next time something like this happens, I will be the first to do it!
The red-haired female cultivator snorted coldly and did not take the umbrella:
"You can go."
"yes."
The three of them responded, quickly got up, and staggered out of Liuyan Alley.
After Zhao Qian and Sun left, the red-haired female cultivator took out a storage bag embroidered with a green lotus. She raised her hand slightly and the bronze furnace was put into the bag.
Then, the red-haired female cultivator had another red umbrella in her hand.
The umbrella was opened, and there was a green lotus pattern on the bright red umbrella.
The red-haired female cultivator walked into the rain. The green lotus on the umbrella seemed to be swaying slightly, blocking all the rain.
After a while, the red-haired female nun disappeared into the cold night and rain, and Liuyan Lane returned to silence.
...
The second day.
Qin Gengyun opened his eyes, and his eyes were cloudy.
Even the illusory words floating in front of him couldn't warm up his heart.
[Name: Qin Gengyun]
【Lifespan: 35/40】
[Cultivation: third level of Qi training, 11/500]
[Skill: First-level Alchemist, 14/200]
[Spiritual roots: low-grade fire-type spiritual roots (31/100), low-grade ice-type spiritual roots (37/100)]
[Available practice points: 6]
Qiu Zhihe forcibly took it three times last night. The fire spiritual root increased by 3 points and the ice spiritual root increased by 4 points.
I also got 6 practice points.
There is also something gained.
But Qin Gengyun’s biggest difficulty right now is not the speed of growth in his cultivation points and spiritual roots, but the alchemy furnace!
After buying the second-hand bronze furnace, all he had left was the Eight Spiritual Stones.
Now that the bronze furnace I just bought is scrapped, if I want to buy another second-hand bronze furnace, I will need at least eleven spiritual stones.
This was the price that Mo Daoyou negotiated for him because he owed the second-hand vendor some kind of favor.
If I were to buy it again, not to mention whether it would be easy to find a suitable second-hand alchemy furnace, even if I found it, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to get the eleven spirit stones.
Moreover, he has to live every day and has a wife to support at home.
How do you collect so many spiritual stones to buy an alchemy furnace?
Qin Gengyun sighed and stood up slowly. Qiu Zhihe was on the bed with her back to him, as if she was sleeping soundly. He got out of bed, washed himself and went out.
The abandoned bronze furnace at the door has disappeared. It must have been taken away by the cleaner hired by the landlord.
The dream of succeeding in refining alchemy for the second time and embarking on the path of genius, like a broken alchemy furnace that was collected as garbage, became a worthless delusion in the end.
Just like 99.99% of ordinary people in this world, they can only live mediocrely in this world.
No, maybe I can't even survive.
Qin Gengyun suppressed the negative emotions in his heart and managed to cheer up.
He arrived at the Lingdan Workshop early and saw that there was no one around him. He walked towards the old alchemy room.
Is the bronze furnace still in there?
"Qin Gengyun, what are you doing?"
Yang Fengshan's voice came from behind him. Qin Gengyun turned around, cupped his hands and said:
"Manager Yang, I want to clean the old alchemy room."
Yang Fengshan said: "Didn't I tell you? This alchemy room is going to be renovated, and no one is allowed to enter it these days!"
Qin Gengyun was also willing to give up and asked: "Manager Yang, but I don't think there have been any craftsmen coming to repair it in the past two days."
The triangular eyes on Yang Fengshan's fat face narrowed slightly, and his voice became colder:
"Qin Gengyun, you, a small alchemy furnace servant, actually dare to question me?"
At this time, the shop owner walked in. Yang Fengshan immediately changed his face and bowed to the shop owner:
"Master, you are here. I have cleaned the alchemy room and prepared the alchemy furnace, alchemy stones, and medicinal materials."
Pei Daoyu hummed and walked straight towards the alchemy room. Apparently he would continue to refine the Bingqing Pill today.
Qin Gengyun gritted his teeth and stepped forward to hold his hand: "Master, I want to rent the unused bronze furnace in the workshop. Can I..."
Before he finished speaking, the owner of the workshop had already walked into the alchemy room, seemingly not hearing him at all.
Yang Fengshan glanced at Qin Gengyun with disdain, followed the owner into the alchemy room, and slammed the door.
It seemed that it also closed the door on Qin Gengyun's last glimmer of hope.
Youshi.
Qin Gengyun left Lingdanfang at the end of the day and came to the night market.
From a distance, he saw Mo Xiaolan in a plain robe setting up a stall, but Qin Gengyun did not go over.
Again, second-hand bronze furnaces are not that easy to find. Even if you find another one, you won't be able to afford it with the few spiritual stones you have.
Mo Xiaolan was indeed willing to lend her the spirit stone, but her situation was not much better than Qin Gengyun.
Otherwise, Noila Mo would not work so hard from getting up early and working late at night.
People have already helped you enough.
Do you want someone to help you when your furnace explodes?
They are all low-level monks, what else can she help?
Qin Gengyun shook his head and finally did not go to Mo Xiaolan. He searched around other places in the night market and found no one selling second-hand alchemy furnaces.
He left the night market and returned to Zhaiyu Alley.
Standing in front of the door of his rented house, Qin Gengyun's expression suddenly turned ferocious.
Oh shit!
This world doesn't allow people to live, so I am not as good as you want!
Qin Gengyun made a decision in his heart. He would sneak back to the Lingdan Workshop tonight and steal the alchemy furnace!
Anyway, we are going to die, so why not fight for a way out!
After making up his mind, Qin Gengyun felt relieved. He opened the door and smelled the familiar fragrance.
Qiu Zhihe was wearing the lotus-embroidered smoked shirt from last night, wrapped in black gauze, and the mountains and rivers were undulating.
There was an iron pot on the table in front of her, and porridge was already filled in two porcelain bowls.
Seeing Qin Gengyun come in, Qiu Zhihe said calmly: "Let's eat."
"good."
Qin Gengyun nodded, sat down opposite Qiu Zhihe, looked at the bowl of porridge in front of her, Qiu Zhihe said:
"Today's porridge has no medicinal ingredients."
Qin Gengyun touched his nose and said with a smile, "Okay, let's eat."
The two of them drank porridge in silence.
After finishing dinner soon, Qin Gengyun suddenly said:
"Fellow Daoist Qiu, I'm going out tonight. If I... don't come back, you should leave Zhaiyu Alley and find another lover to marry."
He and Qiu Zhihe were a couple after all, and if he really failed tonight, he still didn't want to implicate her.
Qiu Zhihe said expressionlessly: "Wash the dishes first."
Qin Gengyun was stunned for a moment and then agreed.
This may be the last meal I have with her, there will be an end to it.
Qin Gengyun put away the dishes, walked into the kitchen, and was stunned for a moment.
In the kitchen, an almost brand-new bronze stove was installed at some point!
