The Earth Fire Mountain Range is divided into four areas: east, south, north, and middle.
On the west side of the mountain range, there is a continuous forest sea that is rarely visited by people.
This continuous forest sea covers an area of large, covering a radius of two to three thousand miles. It is full of vitality. Towering ancient trees of various types rise from the ground, blocking out the sky and the sun. The vegetation is dense, and streams and streams meander through it. , a large area of wetland is steaming with miasma, making the forest always shrouded in a layer of mist.
There are no high-level monsters in this forest sea, but there are a lot of low-level monsters, so it has become a training ground for the many Qi-refining monks who live in this Earth Fire Mountain Range.
Passing through this forest sea on the west side of the Earth Volcanic Mountains is a lake of medium size.
This lake seems to be surrounded by a sea of forest. If a monk looks down from mid-air, he can see that the water of the lake is blue and clear. On a clear day, it is the same color as the blue sky, which is extremely beautiful.
In most of the earth fire caves located in the south, north, and center of the Earth Fire Mountain Range, the quality of the earth fire is pretty good. Therefore, although the number of monks varies, they are generally quite prosperous, whether it is There is an endless stream of alchemists, or people seeking alchemy, and monks coming and going.
As for the east side of the Earth Volcanic Mountains, it is much deserted.
In the underground fire caves in the east area, the quality of the underground fire is generally extremely low, which greatly increases the risk of explosion of the furnace when refining alchemy. Therefore, except for Gu Qing, this area has a radius of two to three thousand miles. In the east area, there are almost no other monks renting the underground fire cave.
Although the quality of the earth fire in the earth fire cave in the east area is generally inferior, the aura of heaven and earth in this area is, for some reason, the best in the thousands of miles of earth fire mountain range.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is invisible and qualityless. Unless it gathers to a certain level and initially forms a thin spiritual mist, it will otherwise be invisible to the naked eye.
In the mid-air in the east area, bursts of spiritual energy from heaven and earth converged very quickly towards a certain underground fire cave below.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth, clustered around the Earth Fire Cave, could only slowly penetrate into the Earth Fire Cave through the formations arranged here and the gaps between the rocks. Five or six days passed in a hurry. It was already blocked, forming a dark mist outside the Earth Fire Cave.
Inside the Earth Fire Cave.
Gu Qing, who was dressed in black robe, sat cross-legged in front of the stone wall in the deepest part of the cave, on a stone pier that was slightly higher than the ground.
Two white air dragons were twisting and changing at the end of Gu Qing's nose.
His whole body seemed to be covered with a hazy white gauze.
Apart from this, there are no other strange phenomena around his figure that he had when he was immersed in cultivation.
The wisps of spiritual mist that penetrated into the cave continued to sink into Gu Qing's body, and were refined by him into pure magic power.
"call……"
Gu Qing exhaled a breath of white air, the two air dragons that changed his nose disappeared, and the hazy white gauze around him shattered.
His eyes slowly opened, and his black and white eyes were clear, without any ripples or any trace of energy leaking out.
"All the spiritual power in the body has been restored, and half of the blood essence and blood that was previously lost has been restored..." Gu Qing looked at himself, lowered his head slightly, and glanced at the slightly shriveled body.
Restoring blood essence is not that simple.
A person with essence and blood is originally the essence of his body's energy and blood. It is natural that his figure becomes thinner after recovery.
Gu Qing put the top-quality spiritual stone in his hand into the storage ring.
Immediately, he stood up and stood with his hands behind his back. After his eyes wandered around the interior of the earth fire cave for a few times, he landed on the lotus platform where the earth fire emerged at the bottom of the stone wall at the end of the cave.
With a thought in his mind, his spiritual consciousness came out, swept through the inside of the cave, and probed towards the stone walls on all sides. However, after penetrating half a foot into the stone wall, he was blocked by a special force.
Gu Qing withdrew his consciousness, came to the entrance of the cave, and took out a black stone talisman.
"Here, why don't we make formation tokens..." Gu Qing played with the stone talisman for a while, held it in his hand, passed through the formation that sealed the Earth Fire Cave, and came to the outside world.
It took Gu Qing six days to recover his mana.
It was raining outside, with layers of dark clouds covering the sky, and a curtain of rain covering the entire Earth Fire Mountains.
Gu Qing walked on the slightly muddy dirt road without covering up, letting his robe get wet. He looked at the surrounding scenery as if he were just watching flowers, and walked towards the central area of the Earth Fire Mountain Range.
'Qiandan Pavilion is located in the middle area of this mountain range...a place where alchemists gather and communicate with each other...its existence is reasonable. After all, Chilingfang does not have the real function of Xiuzhenfang City... …" Gu Qing walked faster and faster, his body like the wind, walking through the rain curtain.
Previously in the stone monument space, Gu Qing had already counted the benefits gained by the Fu Sect disciples on the day they picked up the leak.
Gu Qing was a little disappointed.
He didn't get anything worthy of attention from the corpses of the monsters and generals of the demon race, as well as the corpses of the human Qi refining and foundation-building monks.
Perhaps, his expectations were too high.
After all, the legacy of more than a dozen monks he received from the previous group in the Zichen Secret Realm was so rich.
Comparing the two, it is inevitable to feel disappointed.
But Gu Qing also knew that according to the Zichen Secret Realm, what he got was the legacy of more than a dozen of the most valuable people of heaven, while what he picked up from the Fu Sect disciples that day were just some ordinary Qi Refining monks and Foundation Builders. The monks, and the remnants of the clanking demon generals and demons from the demon clan.
There is a huge gap, which is as it should be.
'On the day of sorting out the leaks, the disciples of the Fu Sect obtained a total of twenty-two spiritual weapons, fifty-two magical weapons, and thirty-one magic weapons. There were no magic weapons... first- and second-class elixirs and several talismans. , there are also miscellaneous items such as jade slips, messenger talismans, and ancient books. "
'In addition, including the demon generals who were killed under the intimidation of his great monk, since the demon tide, some gains have been gained from the demon generals killed... In addition, these demons The hard bodies of the clan's demon generals and monsters...the demon clan's monsters, demon generals and monster beasts are not much different. Compared with the skin, minions, muscles, bones, flesh and blood, they all have a certain value for sale..."
'Although the value of these things shouldn't be too high, the quantity is really quite large. If you want to sell them, you'd better find a larger market..."
While Gu Qing was thinking, his figure was like the wind, and he had already crossed the east side of the Earth Fire Mountain Range and arrived at the central area.
The life around my ears gradually became denser, and occasionally I could see monks holding umbrellas and setting up stalls by the roadside.
Most of these monks were in the early to mid-stage of Qi refining, and the monks in the late stage of Qi refining were all young. As for the items for sale, they were also some elixirs and medicinal materials for refining low-level elixirs. Gu Qing quietly slowed down and walked along the way. Looking over, I didn't see any monks selling alchemy furnaces.
Gu Qing is becoming more and more comfortable in controlling the power of his current state.
By this time, he had been able to gather all the magic power throughout his body into his meridians. Although he did not seal the pores around his body, he also made it difficult for it to leak out at all, making his body look no different from an ordinary person without any cultivation. .
If you look at the monks in this Earth Fire Mountain Range from a distance, there are actually quite a lot of them. Pieces of escaping light come in like rain, and fly away like a flock of birds in the sky.
But when I was here, I realized the vastness of this place, which is simply not enough for a monk to see.
Gu Qing walked for dozens of miles, passing a few people sparsely, before he met a group of monks walking together.
"...Have you heard that there is a second-level monster over there in Biling that has been secretly transforming into a third-level monster for many years?"
"Oh? Brother District, are you serious about this? The spiritual energy of heaven and earth in Biling is so thin, not as good as ours. How can a third-level monster be born?"
"I take it seriously! I have a cousin who was a boy under Master Chu. I heard from him that Master Chu had mentioned this matter before... He also said that Master Xiao He had come to hunt down the Several senior casual cultivators who were building the foundation of the second-level demon beast suffered heavy losses during this trip..."
"Alchemy Master Xiao He? Alchemist Xiao He... is the second-level alchemy master who successfully refined a second-level mid-level elixir last year, but is not yet thirty years old? He is looking for someone to hunt down the second-level monster that has been accumulated for many years. What... rumors, he
Didn't you join one of the three sects, four sects, and twelve families? If you want to hunt the second-level monsters, wouldn't it be more convenient to find people directly from those big forces? Why are you looking for casual cultivators..."
"You don't know this. Those foundation-building seniors from big forces are powerful, but their prices are also high..."
There are fifteen or sixteen monks in this group, all of whom are in the middle stage of Qi refining. They are talking to each other as if there is no one else around.
Gu Qing also listened secretly.
'Three sects, four sects and twelve families...' Gu Qing thought thoughtfully.
At this moment, this group of monks in the middle stage of Qi refining were all like ducks with their necks stuck, and they collectively lost their voices.
The silence only lasted for a moment. The group of monks in the middle stage of Qi refining all saluted a young man walking in the distance.
"Alchemist He..."
"Alchemist He, I haven't seen you for a long time, but your style remains the same..."
The young man glanced at the group of mid-stage Qi Refining monks with a darkened face, narrowed his eyes, paused in his steps, and snorted coldly.
"snort!"
"You guys are so uneducated and have no ambition to make progress. They only know how to talk about people behind their backs. It would be better for you to go to the secular world as soon as possible and become a rich man. You will only pollute the atmosphere of the cultivation world!"
The young man's tone was extremely harsh, with no concealed contempt for this group of monks.
However, no one in this group of monks refuted, and a few of them even nodded and bowed to the young man with flattering smiles on their faces.
The young man ignored the group of monks and continued to move forward. He walked straight past the group of monks, but before he had gone far, he suddenly turned his head and stared in surprise at the young man in black robe not far from the group of monks. , with a hint of surprise in his expression.
'This person is so similar to one of the many portraits drawn by Master... Could it be..."
The young man's name is He Xu, he is a second-grade alchemist, and he is somewhat famous in this Earth Fire Mountain Range.
However.
Just a few years ago, He Xu was just a low-level monk who struggled to refine first-grade middle-grade elixirs and could only refine first-grade low-grade pills.
It wasn't until he met his master by chance that he received advice and changed his methods. Then he made rapid progress in alchemy. In just a few years, he became a rare person in this Earth Fire Mountain Range who could refine the second-grade alchemy. An alchemist of intermediate elixirs.
"Why, does this fellow Taoist recognize someone?" Gu Qing asked, still walking slowly.
He Xu's expression moved slightly.
His qualifications cannot really be said to be good, just average, but with the accumulation of pills, he has pushed his cultivation to the twelfth level of Qi Refining. He is only one step away from the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, but At this time, there was no way that this young man in black robes could detect the slightest difference in his cultivation aura!
This can only mean that either the black-robed monk is a mortal.
Or... his cultivation far exceeded his imagination!
Of course, it is also possible that this black-robed monk has practiced some special method of condensing aura.
But no matter what, his cultivation level must be above his own! At least, he is also a monk in the early and middle stages of foundation building!
For this kind of monks, regardless of whether they are the people in the master's scroll, He Xu does not dare to neglect them. Although he can refine second-grade intermediate elixirs, he can compete with some early-stage foundation-building monks who come to seek elixirs. However, this does not mean that he is really on the same level as the Foundation Establishment monk.
"I just look familiar to you, senior. Please don't be surprised, senior." He Xu came to Gu Qing's side in two steps, clasped his fists and said respectfully, "I, He Xu, am the alchemist who lives here."
"It turns out to be Fellow Daoist He Xu." Gu Qing nodded, clasped his fists in return, and said with a smile, "Qingmu, a wandering cultivator here."
"I don't dare to call you 'fellow Taoist', Senior Mu. I can just call you Xiao He." He Xu said with a bitter smile.
"That's what Daoist Xiao He is friendly to... Fellow Daoist Xiao He, you said that Mu looks familiar, but I don't know where you have seen someone who looks similar to Mu?" Gu Qing kept walking and asked.
He Xu followed closely.
The group of middle-stage Qi-refining monks who had not yet gone far saw this ordinary person.
Alchemist Xiao He, who was dragged to the sky by Su Li, was so respectful to this guy who looked like a mortal and had no aura of cultivation. He looked at each other, communicated through messages, and guessed what kind of cultivation Gu Qing had.
"Replying to senior..." A trace of hesitation flashed across He Xu's face, looking at Gu Qing's back strolling in the rain.
"I once saw a painting from another senior that looks very similar to Senior Mu." He Xu responded with a 30% true and 70% false response.
Gu Qing raised his eyebrows and nodded slightly.
"I see! This is quite a coincidence..." His tone was calm, as if he didn't care much about the matter. Instead, he changed the topic, "Listening to the discussions of the few Qi Refining cultivators who passed by before, this fellow Daoist Xiao He, I seem to have run into some trouble recently."
He Xu nodded honestly.
"Yes, I did encounter some trouble." As he said that, he was silent for a while and thought about it for a while.
'This senior seems to be interested in helping me..."
'I just don't know whether he and Master are enemies or friends? "
"Master has been preparing to break through to the later stage of foundation building recently. Regardless of whether this person is an enemy or a friend of Master, it is best not to expose my relationship with Master..." He Xu's mind was spinning.
After a moment of silence, He Xu said, "I went out to collect medicinal materials before. On the west side of the Dihuo Mountains, in the ancient forest of the Biling Mountains, I encountered a nest of cubs of four-winged golden-eyed beasts. The four-winged golden-eyed beast can possess the combat power of the second to sixth level of Foundation Establishment as long as it reaches adulthood, and the eyes of its cubs are a third-level spiritual material, which can improve the refining of some elixirs. The success rate is miraculous.”
"Junior wanted to take the opportunity to directly take away the cubs of the four-winged golden-eyed beast, but a female beast that had condensed demon elixir and was comparable to the combat power of my human race's early-stage foundation-building monks came out from the side...Junior He escaped in embarrassment, but was still greedy, so he invited many foundation-building seniors in casual cultivation to tell them the news about the four-winged golden-eyed beast. As soon as the seniors heard the news, they naturally said nothing. Entering Biling."
"Who would have thought..."
At this point, He Xu stopped talking.
"So, are those young monks in the middle stage of Qi Refining spreading lies?" Gu Qing's eyes flashed slightly.
"Indeed, this is also the reason why this junior is so angry." He Xu nodded and said rather bachelorly.
"Right now, the senior foundation builders and disciples of the casual cultivators often block the door of the juniors asking for explanations... As for the seniors, they don't have much to say," He Xu said.
The central area of the volcanic mountain range is not large.
Compared to the other three areas which are too vast, this central area can even be described as "narrow".
While Gu Qing and He Xu were talking, several buildings appeared in front of them, and more and more monks were coming and going.
These buildings are all built on the underground fire cave. Among them, the five-story building is the tallest. There are bursts of aroma of spiritual food and spiritual wine, and a special taste similar to the incense of elixir. From this five-story building, Floating out of it, it seems that this building should be the Qiandan Pavilion.
"Senior, I don't know why I came to Qiandan Pavilion here? I've been here for a few years, I guess I can save my senior some trouble." He Xu glanced at Qiandan Pavilion in front of him, and looked at the people gathered around him. The different looks on his body seemed to be unnoticed.
Many of these different gazes fell on Gu Qing.
Gu Qing looked back and took a deep look at He Xu.
He sent a message to He Xu: "Qing Mou here has some things to sell, and he also needs to buy an alchemy furnace for practice. It would be even better if he could get a few alchemy recipes and some alchemist's notes."
Gu Qing's message made He Xu's expression freeze slightly.
"...Senior, I'm sorry to say that the alchemy furnace is easy to buy. If the items you want to sell are medicinal materials or elixirs, there is no problem, but if they are some magic weapons, spiritual weapons and the like, it will be very difficult. Take action, in addition, the alchemy recipe and the alchemist's notes, this..." He Xu said, already secretly cursing in his heart.
He is meeting him
Before becoming my master, the main reason why I stayed in the realm of a first-level alchemist for so many years was actually because I couldn’t get other alchemist’s notes and prescriptions... For such things, I could only join those big forces, or Only a small force composed of alchemists can obtain true inheritance.
If you don't join the big forces that can independently train alchemists, and the small forces that are mainly composed of alchemists, and explore the way of alchemy on your own, your only hope is to find a reliable alchemist master one day. Get the inheritance of his mantle.
As for those in the market, just scraping things together and trying to refine elixirs on your own, which can cost countless efforts to refine a low-grade elixir, is already considered a stroke of luck!
"Things like these are things that can be met but cannot be sought. Seniors should not have too high expectations... If seniors are really interested in alchemy, I would be bold and suggest that seniors find an entry into a force that can train alchemists. He Xu said with sincerity.
"That's it." Gu Qing was not surprised.
'It seems that the alchemists in Dali Cultivation World have stricter control over this aspect than the alchemists outside Dali... Among the four major cultivation skills of the Alchemy Talisman Array, alchemy is the most difficult. Learn it. "He walked towards Qiandan Pavilion ahead.
The interior decoration of Qiandan Pavilion is not much different from the restaurants in various Xiuzhenfang cities that Gu Qing has seen before.
However, in the Qiandan Pavilion, on the tables, in addition to spiritual meals, there were also some pills placed in basins and bowls.
These pills are similar to Bigu Pills. There are many Qi Refining monks lining up in front of each basin with pill pills.
The subtle discussion was not missed by Gu Qing's ears.
Not far away on the left, several familiar early Qi refining monks gathered together and whispered.
"It's the Jingqi pill here, it's more comfortable to take."
"Yes!"
"The Jingqi Pills in other places are no different from Bigu Pills. Only the Jingqi Pills here have the same effect as Bigu Pills. Taking one pill can help you go without food for three months. It can also improve your cultivation... although it is expensive. It’s a bit expensive, but it’s really wonderful to be able to save a batch of spiritual stones for the elixirs for improving cultivation..."
"Who says it's not the case! Alas, my fourth child recently gave birth to a baby, and he actually has spiritual root qualifications. Although he is only inferior, we should save some spiritual stones for him at least. We can't let him be a mortal for the rest of his life..."
"Ah? Lao Xu, your little four has had several babies in a row..."
In the corner on the right, a mother and daughter were also whispering.
"Little ancestor, that man is definitely not good at all. He is also the legitimate son of a declining family. He might be hiding something good. You can use the techniques I taught you before... When he dies... we... "
"Mom, that old thing is all rotten. If you think it's okay, go and try it yourself. Don't hold me back..."
Two similar-looking men in front of you...
A pair of grandfather and grandson walked into Qiandan Pavilion from behind...
Gu Qing's five senses seemed to have turned into mist, lingering around all the monks on the first floor of Qiandan Pavilion.
All kinds of things in the world of cultivation at the bottom are vividly displayed in front of Gu Qing's eyes, forming a vivid picture.
A long-lost sense of relaxation filled Gu Qing's heart.
Recently, he has indeed become a little impatient.
What is there to be anxious about breaking through the core formation?
Accumulate slowly and things will fall into place, which is the right way.
If you act too hastily, the probability of problems will greatly increase.
'Since you are determined to learn the art of alchemy, you might as well give it a try..." Gu Qing's mind suddenly became lively, and even the golden mana around him became more vigorous.
He smiled casually and walked towards the second floor of Qiandan Pavilion.
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