Hearing this, the villagers were stunned. Feng Fa in the crowd reacted quickly. He was the first to kneel on the ground and shouted: "Miss Zhuang, what a kindness!"
With him taking the lead, the other villagers couldn't help crying with joy and followed suit, but she stopped them midway.
Tsurumi Chuyun didn't know if it was worth it, but the villagers were reluctant to eat or wear anything on weekdays. The big fish and meat these days were just to entertain her, and she didn't want to embarrass them.
"Miss Zhuang, that monster..."
"It has been seriously injured and has now escaped. It should not come back again."
"Oh oh oh."
"village head."
"The old man is here."
"You should have this mass grave cleaned up as soon as possible. The yin energy is too strong and can easily attract evil spirits. The evil spirit was hiding here before."
"I know."
"..."
After that, Tsurumi Chuyun gave Feng Tie some simple instructions and then returned to the village.
Early the next morning, all the villagers in Caizi Village came to the door in a hurry and handed over the promised rewards. But what made Tsurumi Chuyun dumbfounded was that except for a few pieces of broken silver, what was left was a lot of money. The pile of copper coins adds up to a little more than twenty-one taels.
After receiving her reward, she did not stay in the village longer. She said goodbye to Feng Fa and others, and then left the village. With Shen Yi's help, she flew to the vicinity of Longchun Town in five minutes.
After landing, she quickly found the previous treasure shop and bought the alchemy furnace that she valued.
Then, she ate a bowl of wontons in front of a stall, but she didn't leave immediately. Instead, she looked into the distance and didn't know what she was thinking.
"What are you doing standing there in a daze? I bought the alchemy furnace and you're not going to make alchemy yet."
"It hasn't been practiced yet."
"What do you mean?"
"I don't have any materials."
"..." Shen Yi floated around in the space of consciousness.
"What should we do?"
"I will leave Weizhou first and go to the town in Changzhou to see if there is a town secretary. If there is, I will pick up some bounty tasks."
He Jian Chuyun said, but Shen Yi became anxious after hearing this.
"I'm going. If it weren't for me in Caizi Village, your life would have been lost. Why are you still here?"
"But……"
"Come on, come on, don't go there, I still have some money."
"Ah?" Tsurumi Chuyun was stunned, "How many are there?"
"...Uh...a hundred taels, maybe..." Shen Yi was helpless. He was really afraid that the old witch would lose her life for money and could only shed some blood.
"One hundred taels!" When she heard this number, her eyes lit up. "Then give it to me quickly."
"What the hell!"
"you……"
"What are you doing? If I can't make the elixir after giving it to you, I will really starve to death!"
"Let me borrow it from you and pay it back to you later, okay?"
"If you can't practice the elixir, how can you return it?"
"...Then if you don't want to lend it to me, you'll have to go to the Town Affairs Department."
"Okay, I'll lend it to you, remember to pay it back later, do you understand?"
"I understand."
"And interest."
"...Okay, okay, how much interest?"
"Nine departures and thirteen returns, do you understand?"
"Too high!"
"Just tell me whether you want to borrow it or not."
"I..." Tsurumi Chuyun hesitated for a moment, then finally bit his teeth and said, "I'll borrow it."
"Then let's go."
When the master and the servant said this, Hejian Chuyun stood up and entered an uninhabited alley. After Shen Yi came out, he threw four silver ingots out of the storage space, which was exactly one hundred taels.
Reentering the consciousness space, he watched Tsurumi Hatsuyun pick up the silver and walk out of the alleyway.
But what he didn't know was that after lending out the one hundred taels of silver, Hejian Chuyun had never paid back even a cent in his life.
…
In the Longchun Town Medicine House, the girl hurriedly ran in. The two braids at the back swayed, and the fragrant wind stirred up made the shopkeeper who was making calculations couldn't help but sniff.
"Girl, do you have something urgent to do? If you want to see a doctor, just go to that door."
"I don't treat patients."
"Then it's time to find medicine. If you have a prescription, give it to me."
"Wait a minute." The girl took out a piece of paper and read according to the content on it: "Hunzhuyu, ten liang of snake flower stems."
"Three liters of black juice."
"The top shows a liter."
"Then there's Luo Fen..."
As Tsurumi Chuyun said the names of medicinal materials one by one, the shopkeeper in front of him couldn't help but widen his eyes and his pupils trembled.
"Are you sure you want these?"
"Um."
"It's going to cost a lot of money. Girl, why don't you think about it?"
"Don't think about it, I have money."
Four silver ingots appeared in his hand, and Tsurumi Chuyun placed them on the counter. The shopkeeper couldn't help but be startled when he saw it, and then looked at her deeply, then called the waiter and asked him to give her the necessary ingredients for refining the Yun Beast Pill. Find all the materials.
Ten minutes later, Shen Yi looked at the large stack of medicine packets from He Jian Chuyun's perspective and couldn't help but ask, "Why did you buy so many?"
"How can alchemy be achieved overnight? I still need to practice."
"You lent me money just to use these materials to try and make mistakes?"
"Oh, don't worry about this, I will definitely pay you back."
"Holy shit, I'm convinced YOU!"
"..."
Shen Yi didn't know what to say. With the amount of medicinal materials the old witch bought, it should be enough to refine it a dozen times, right?
I remembered that when I was in the Qingyuan Sect, I had accumulated so many medicinal materials and tried and failed six times, all of which ended in failure. If the old witch was like me, she might as well just sit and wait for death.
He felt a little desperate, but Tsurumi Chuyun didn't think so much and left with the packed medicinal materials.
But what she didn't notice was that as soon as she left, the shopkeeper behind the counter nodded to the waiter. The waiter understood what he meant and trotted into a room.
…
On the way out of Longchun Town, Shen Yi couldn't help but ask: "Old witch, how many furnaces can you make with these medicinal materials?"
"Twelve furnaces." Tsurumi Chuyun had already calculated it, so he answered quickly.
"How much does it cost to make a furnace of medicinal materials?"
"Eight taels of silver is less than that."
"So little? The cost of alchemy is too low, right?"
"Uh..." She was speechless. Eighty taels of silver was nothing to her before, but now that she has become poor, she realizes that eighty taels of silver can buy a lot of things.
"How much money do you have left now?"
"It's more than sixty-two, what's wrong?"
"It's okay...are you sure you can make the elixir?"
"uncertain……"
"Damn! The money has already been spent. I don't care what method you use. This elixir must be refined, otherwise..."
"What else?"
"Look how I ravage you..."
"what ever."
"You think it's all just ravaged?"
"Then what else do you want to do?"
"No matter what happens, you have to pay me back."
"If I succeed, you will eat all the rocks."
"What's so hard about this?"
"..."
While chatting, Tsurumi Chuyun walked to the exit gate of Longchun Town, but at this moment, two people suddenly stopped in front of him, one tall and one short, the combination was even weird.
"Who are you?" Seeing the two of them, she frowned and asked.
The two looked at each other, then cupped their hands and said, "Girl, my name is Zhong Wu, and this is my second brother, named Lu Hai. We are from the Zheng family in Longchun Town, and we are both disciples of the Zheng family."
"What do you want from me?"
"Please, girl, please come with us." Zhong Wu and Wu said in unison. Hearing this, Tsurumi Chuyun became wary. She didn't know that someone noticed this when she was buying medicinal materials, so she refused on the spot. .
"Let's wait for another day. I have important things to attend to today."
"Girl, please rest assured. Our Zheng family has no ill intentions towards you." The two of them bowed and cupped their hands again. In that posture, if Tsurumi Chuyun didn't follow, they would probably continue to be entangled.
"Old witch..." Shen Yi shouted. Seeing that Chu Yun's mind was spinning quickly, He had a flash of inspiration and said immediately: "I really have something important going on today. I have to go see my master. I'm afraid I'll be late." Blame it on me.”
As soon as these words came out, the two of them were stunned for a moment.
"Your master...may I ask where the girl is from?"
"Qin family."
"Which Qin family?"
"Wuchuan Qin family." These four people made the two of them shrink their pupils, and they asked in disbelief, "Who is the master behind the girl?"
"Qin Xiwu, Mr. Qin, I am his personal maid." He Jian Chuyun quickly replied, and the two looked at each other. They had never heard of this name, but there were many young ladies in those big families. Which young man was called Everyone knows what is impossible.
Tsurumi Chuyun also knew that they might not believe it just by talking about it. An ivory sign immediately appeared in his hand and he handed it over, and intentionally or unintentionally exposed the space bracelet on his wrist, showing them that this thing was not something that ordinary people could own.
"This is my young master's identity jade plate. You two can identify it. If you don't believe it, then come with me and I will take you two to see my young master."
Zhong and Lu took one look at it and did not dare to reach out to touch the ivory card. Instead, they smiled bitterly. Those young masters from big families have weird tempers. If they follow them and are killed with a knife, there will be nothing to say. How can they do it? Want to go?
It was precisely because of this certainty that Tsurumi Chuyun spoke so confidently.
Seeing the two people's hesitation, she quickly added: "If nothing happens, I'll leave first."
"Girl, wait a moment."
"Um?"
"Can I ask the girl if she is an alchemist?"
"No." Tsurumi Chuyun quickly shook her head and denied it. Before the two of them could speak, she continued: "Recently, my young master has become somewhat interested in the art of alchemy, so he asked me to buy some medicinal materials and go back to try them. try."
"That's right. The two of us were also here under orders. We've caused too much trouble, so we're going back now. Please don't blame me, girl."
"No problem."
"Goodbye."
The two finally left without any further entanglement. Tsurumi Chuyun looked at their leaving figures for a while, then turned back and walked out of Longchun Town with gentle steps.
"Have those two followed?"
"Don't worry, I'm not coming."
She asked Shen Yi, and after waiting for the exact answer, she quickened her pace and left Longchun Town.
Arriving at the place where she used to camp, she breathed a sigh of relief. This bravado finally solved the trouble.
After gathering some firewood, she rested for a while and soon began to work on the alchemy.
After releasing Shen Yi, she went to the river and took out the alchemy furnace she just bought from the storage space, picked up the brush and cleaned it over and over again.
I don’t know if she has mysophobia or something, but one brushing was not enough, so she brushed it seven or eight times in a row. According to her, this alchemy furnace has been left in the shop for a long time, and there is a lot of dust deposited in the furnace. Cleaning it is beneficial. Chengdan quality.
After confirming that it was clean, she returned to the camp, but she did not start refining the elixir immediately. Instead, she piled firewood first and asked Shen Yi to make a fire.
When the firewood was lit, she divided the fire into two parts. When the flames became strong, she put the alchemy stove up.
"You have elixir fire, why do you still need to use ordinary fire?"
"I told you, I have just realized the elixir fire. I cannot release it on my own. I can only use fire to ignite the fire." Tsurumi Chuyun explained, and then Shen Yi watched her sit next to the elixir furnace and close her eyes. Wisps of energy were released from her body. The energy was transparent and Shen Yi couldn't see it, but he could see the distorted air as the energy passed by.
Just like when a car is refueled at a gas station, the oil gun injects the oil vapor emitted by the gasoline.
The beating flame gradually became calmer, wrapping the base of the alchemy furnace like silk. Except for the color, this kind of flame was no different from the flame used by Bian Daoqing when refining alchemy.
"Alchemy fire? Did the old witch really master it?" Shen Yi muttered in his heart and couldn't help but glance at the granite next to him.
He heard Bian Daoqing say that there are high and low levels among alchemists, mainly based on the color of the elixir fire. There are six types in total. The first and lowest level is like the old witch. The color of the elixir fire is different from the ordinary ones. The colors of flames are generally the same, followed by red, purple, green, cyan, and white.
The color of Bian Daoqing's elixir fire is the second level, red.
In fact, the color of the highest-level alchemist's elixir fire is cyan. As for white... no one has ever seen white elixir fire. It has only been recorded in ancient books, and people only treat it as a legend.
Therefore, the highest level of alchemy is cyan, and there are only five levels for alchemists. After the alchemist joins the Jiyuan Division of the dynasty, the court will issue corresponding identity cards. The five levels correspond to: rabbit, deer, wolf, and leopard. Tiger.
Take Bian Daoqing as an example. The Jiyuansi brand on his waist is engraved with the image of a deer.
Called the Deer Alchemist.
It seems that the elixir fire of the Wolf Pai Alchemist is no longer limited to being used to make elixirs. It can also be used to deal with enemies, and it is so powerful that it can be said to be half of the alchemist's magical power.
This is why, on the signs distributed by Ji Yuansi to the alchemists, the first two are herbivores, while the last three are carnivores.
The time was almost up. Tsurumi Chuyun opened her eyes and urged the spiritual power in her body to be injected into the alchemy furnace, allowing the spiritual power to circulate in the special internal structure of the alchemy furnace. After a while, she stood up and followed the instructions in the Little Alchemy Sutra. Step by step, put the materials required for refining Yun Beast Pill into it one by one.
After doing this, she sat back again, closed her eyes and controlled something seriously.
Shen Yi watched attentively as time passed by, waiting for an hour to pass.
But what disappointed him was that three quarters of an hour had passed and there was no movement from the old witch. Above the alchemy furnace, light white smoke slowly floated out. It seemed that it would take a long time to complete the elixir.
After watching for another twenty minutes, Shen Yi felt a little sleepy, but the old witch still didn't open his eyes. He simply relaxed his body and looked drowsy, but he managed to hold on and did not fall asleep.
Half asleep and half awake, another hour passed. Shen Yi thought of something and suddenly opened his eyes. He found that the white smoke floating above the alchemy furnace was getting thicker and thicker.
"Is it going to be done?" Shen Yi became nervous, with some expectation in his eyes, but not long after, the white smoke from the alchemy furnace turned into black smoke... (End of this chapter)
