At night, in Qian Chao's new residence.
Cai Jian was already a little afraid when he faced this junior brother Qian this time. There are still rumors about Qian Chao in Jiuxuan. Cai Jian is a well-informed person, so he considered Qian Chao that night. He is the one who knows most clearly what Yan Shuang did when he was attacked. Naturally, he knows that Junior Brother Qian, who does not seem to have a high level of cultivation, seems to have a good temper, and is always generous with his actions, actually killed dozens of people with his own hands. , dozens of lives were lost in his hands. There are many disciples in the sect who are brave and ruthless, and there are also many who are ruthless, but who has ever killed such a heavy person! Although Qian Chao still looked smiling, behaved well, and was still "Senior Brother Cai, Senior Brother Cai" in front of him, Cai Jian couldn't help but feel a sudden shock in his heart.
Fortunately, Cai Jian also had a lot of readers. Although he was a little wary of the money trend in his heart, he couldn't see anything on his face.
"Senior Brother Cai, please help me check the people on this list."
As he said that, Qian Chao handed over a piece of paper.
Cai Jian took it and found that there were more than a dozen names on the paper. He couldn't help but look at Qian Chao curiously, and saw Qian Chao smiling and handing over a small bag again.
Cai Jian didn't care about anything. He opened the small bag in front of Qian Chao. After briefly checking the number of spiritual stones inside, the thin flesh on his face couldn't help but tremble.
"Senior Brother Cai, I know there are more people to investigate this time, but there is no need to rush, Senior Brother Cai, just ask slowly. Whatever can be found out within a month will be anything. After one month, please ask Senior Brother Cai to investigate Those who arrived told me that what I paid to Senior Brother Cai just now was only half, and after a month, I will pay the same number of spiritual stones to Senior Brother Cai."
Cai Jian immediately gave up the curiosity in his heart. Originally, he wanted to inquire about the purpose of Qian Chao's investigation of these people, but after looking at the spiritual stones in the small bag, he heard that there would be the same thing a month later. After receiving several spiritual stones, he immediately knew that doing so was not a good thing for him. In any case, this junior brother Qian was at least a reasonable person. He knew that if you want a horse to run, you need to add night feed to the horse. Look at it. For the sake of Lingshi, he also had to do this well.
"Well, Junior Brother Qian, don't worry. One month later, at this time, I will come back to Junior Brother Qian to ensure that Junior Brother Qian is satisfied."
"Thank you very much. Oh, Senior Brother Cai, I would like to ask one more question. Well, there have been a lot of rumors about me recently. Has anyone asked Senior Brother Cai about me during this time?"
"Well, to be honest, some people talked about it during the chat, but those people didn't give me spiritual stones, so I naturally wouldn't say anything. Besides, Junior Brother Qian's background is very innocent. He only practices cultivation on weekdays, so there is nothing to talk about. Don’t worry, Junior Brother Qian, I understand what you mean. If someone asks me or others about you, hey, Junior Brother Qian, don’t worry, I will definitely tell you.”
"Thank you very much!"
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After sending Cai Jian away, Qian Chao tidied up briefly and walked into the underground cave of his residence.
The house Cheng Qantang gave him was really great. Originally, his small courtyard was too small and there was no place to do many things he wanted to do. Now, not only is the place much more spacious, he can live comfortably, but it is also relatively private. It is a place to conduct your own research. Even if someone comes to visit, there is no need to tidy up in a hurry, and the visitors will not think about what is in the cave below.
In this way, Qian Chao almost kept himself trapped in the underground cave for several days without coming out.
In the past few days, Tang Ping had come to Jiuxuan to look for Qian Chao. She didn't know that Qian Chao had changed his residence and still went to his original small courtyard, but it was empty. Tang Ping was stunned for a while. , I didn’t understand what Mr. Qian was doing, so I asked a few Jiuxuan disciples who were passing by, but they didn’t know where Qian Chao had moved now. In the end, Tang Ping returned in frustration.
Later, Qian Chao came out of his residence and went straight to the market in Jiuxuan. He didn't know what he bought at the market. After returning, he hid himself in the underground cave again.
A few days later, when Qian Chao appeared in his spacious and beautiful yard again, he looked excited for some reason.
Then he walked around the sect and found four companions.
"You moved? Where did you move to? I went to look for you a few days ago. Your small courtyard has been empty for a long time. I don't know if I ask anyone else." Tang Ping asked impatiently when she saw Qian Chao.
"Of course it's much better than that small courtyard. You'll know when you go there tomorrow."
"Can't you go today?"
"Uh... let's just say tomorrow, we can all gather together to celebrate my housewarming."
"Then...can you find your new residence by pressing this?"
Tang Ping held up a piece of paper given by Qian Chao. On it was a simple road map drawn by Qian Chao, marking his current residence.
"certainly."
"It's mysterious. Hey, Mr. Qian, you don't want us to give you a gift just because you're moving, do you?"
"Haha, that's not necessary, but after all, my current residence is not bad. Please come over and have fun together."
"Well, okay, I'll go there with Sister Yan tomorrow."
Then Qian Chao went to Yanxuan and Li Jian, and finally to Lu Pingchuan. Lu Pingchuan didn't want to wait until tomorrow, so he went directly with Qian Chao to his new residence. After arriving, he praised him even more than before. It's much more spacious, and it will be considered a place for him to sleep in the future.
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"Brother Li!"
Li Jian, who was attending Qian Chao's invitation, heard someone calling him from behind. He turned around and saw two girls, Tang Ping and Yan Xuan, walking towards him with lively smiles. Although they had been together for several years, they were already familiar with each other. Li Jian Jian comes from a family of military commanders, so he should have the roughest temperament, but he is the most reserved and polite among them. He cannot imitate Qian Chao's leisurely, free and easy attitude, nor can he imitate Lu Qian Chao's. When Pingchuan met, he would carelessly call her "Tang sister, Yan sister" here and there, so he smiled softly and said:
"Miss Tang and Miss Yan, you are also here."
"Yeah, I don't know what this guy can show off by moving to another house. If you insist, we must come over and take a look and celebrate his move!" Tang Ping said.
Yanxuan's spirits have gotten better recently. He and Tang Ping held each other's arms along the way. Hearing what Tang Ping said, he shook her arm and said:
"You've been saying this several times along the way. We're almost here. You'll know when you get in."
"Well, we're here. Brother Li, let's go in and take a look."
Not far ahead is the gate of Qian Chao's new residence. Several people followed the map given by Qian Chao to find it. Tang Ping and Yan Xuan walked into the door of Qian Chao's new residence, and Li Jian followed behind.
It is indeed completely different from the small courtyard Qian Chao had before!
Surrounding the courtyard are courtyard walls made of bluestone. The stone walls are covered with pothos, and fine jade-like stones cover almost the entire wide courtyard. There are flowerbeds on both sides of the bluestone walls, like a brocade. A blanket of exotic flowers and plants attracts bees and butterflies. In the center of the courtyard is a carved wooden pavilion. Under the wooden pavilion is a round white jade case, and several futons made of Shouxin grass are arranged on both sides of the case. , past the white jade case, directly opposite the gate is Qian Chao's residence, a two-story house with double eaves and flying corners. If you look closely, this house is not made of bricks and stones. The smooth walls and carved windows are like The pillars under the eaves faintly reveal a trace of purple air. There are no wing rooms on both sides, only a few clumps of bamboo dotted around the room extending to the back, making it look extremely quiet.
The three of them were stunned when they entered the house. They had all seen how cramped Qian Chao's previous residence was, but compared to it now, it was completely different.
"Wow! Not bad!"
Tang Ping looked around and sighed in admiration.
Li Jian and Yan Xuan looked around, nodding frequently even though they didn't say anything.
At this time, there were two people sitting next to the white jade case in the center of the yard, naturally Qian Chao and Lu Pingchuan.
Qian Chao was still holding an unknown book in his hand and was studying it quietly. When Lu Pingchuan saw the three people coming in, he waved to them and then put the unknown thing in his hand into his mouth and started chewing. His actions made Qian Chao Putting his mind away from the book in his hand, he looked up and saw the three of them, smiled slightly and stood up to greet them.
Tang Ping strode over and sat down on the futon facing Qian Chao. She first snatched the book from Qian Chao's hand, then stuffed it back when she was no longer interested, and then faced Qian Chao asked:
"All the five sects in the sect know that you Jiuxuan are famous for having a large number of people. The disciples' residence is as crowded as a bird cage. How shabby your previous residence was! Look at it now. Hey, what have you done? It took a bad thing to get such a nice house.”
Originally, according to Tang Ping's temperament, she would have added "I want to move here", but fortunately she discovered something was wrong in time and stopped the thought-provoking sentence abruptly. Even so, There was already a slight blush on his face.
Qian Chao smiled, asked Li Jian and Yan Xuan to sit down, and then with a move from the air, a pot of fragrant tea that was slightly boiling on the clay stove nearby and overflowing with the aroma of tea flew into his hand, and he grabbed it On the teapot's handle, Qian Chao filled the teacups for the four of them and his own.
"Well, the tea smells so good. Tell me how you got this house."
"I have made good friends with a senior brother Cheng in the sect. It is the senior brother Cheng who taught us the art of refining weapons in the Chengqi Hall. This house was originally his. Just a few days ago, senior brother Cheng was fortunate enough to be included in Jiuxuan A senior Shen accepted me as his disciple. In order to facilitate his practice, Senior Brother Cheng lived outside the cave of Senior Shen, and the place became empty. Senior Brother Cheng knew that my original residence was very cramped, so on the day of his apprenticeship ceremony So I gave this yard to me.”
Not to mention Jiuxuan, in the entire Wuling Sect, once the disciples' cultivation reaches the level of foundation building, they are qualified to choose a pure and spiritually moist place to open a cave according to their own wishes, and live and practice in it. Therefore, disciples in the Qi refining stage don't actually care about their residence. Even if it is renovated as magnificently as a palace, they will give up sooner or later. For example, the senior brother Cheng mentioned by Qian Chao has become a disciple of the Dan-forming stage. Under the monks, it was basically just a matter of time to build the foundation, so they just took the initiative and gave this nice house to Qian Chao, who they had a good relationship with.
Several people understood the reason for this. Among them, Li Jian and Lu Pingchuan had a small number of disciples, so their residences were quite spacious. Lu Pingchuan didn't care at all where he lived, while Li Jian was sitting on the hillside in Muxiufeng surrounded by green bamboos, and he only lived in a bamboo hut. Therefore, the two of them had nothing to do with Qian Chao's new residence. It's much more refined and spacious than before, but there's no other reason for that.
Tang Ping and Yanxuan are somewhat envious of Qian Chao's new residence. Yanxuan's residence in Qixia Mountain is also an exquisite courtyard, but there are also many other female disciples from Qixia Mountain living nearby, who come and go on weekdays. There are often people asking for elixirs, visitors or simply gathering together to chat, and the chatter is a bit noisy, so her residence is less clean than Qian Chao's.
As for Tang Ping, she has a bit of a wild temperament. Although she knows that she can't live without her master now, and the residence of Fairy Guhuo is also very exquisite and comfortable, she is finally under the eyes of her master. Compared with Li Jian, compared with the current Qian Chao Here, she always felt as if she had lost a bit of freedom, so now she is envious of this house where Qian Chao lives.
"You're lucky!" Tang Ping sighed helplessly and took a sip of tea.
"Senior Brother Cheng? Which Senior Brother Cheng?" Yanxuan suddenly remembered something and had some doubts about the Senior Brother Cheng mentioned by Qian Chao.
"That's it." Qian Chao was also curious as to why Yanxuan, who had always been quiet, suddenly asked about Senior Brother Cheng, "It's Cheng Qantang Cheng who has been responsible for teaching the new disciples the art of refining weapons. Not long ago, he was taken under the tutelage of our senior Shen Mulin from Jiuxuan." Senior brother, what, why did Sister Yan ask about this senior brother Cheng?"
"Sure enough, it's him." Yanxuan said, holding the tea cup.
"Oh? Is there anything wrong with this Senior Brother Cheng?" Qian Chao looked at the words and asked after Yanxuan finished speaking. When he asked, the others looked at Yanxuan curiously.
Suddenly, Tang Ping seemed to think of something and said, "Oh, I remembered it. Is that the senior brother Cheng who is related to your two senior sisters Mei Min from Qixia Mountain?"
"Yes," Yanxuan nodded. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he told what he knew.
As mentioned before, among the disciples of Qixia Mountain, regardless of the men, among the many female disciples in the Qi refining period, in terms of cultivation, alchemy skills and appearance, there are two female disciples who outnumber the others and are difficult to distinguish. One is Mei Qing, and the other is Min'e. Both of these two women are diligent and diligent in cultivation, and both have extraordinary attainments in the art of alchemy. What is even more rare is that these two women are both beauties with bright eyes and white teeth. Therefore, someone has already given them to them. The two girls were nicknamed "Mei Min Shuangshu".
The two daughters Mei Min, Cheng Qantang, Xiao Xian, and Mo Wen were born in five different small aristocratic families in the same place. They came to Wuling Sect to practice in the early years. Except for Xiao Xian and Mo Wen, the three Mei Min and Cheng The small aristocratic families have some in-law relationships with each other, so these three people have known each other for a long time and have been in contact with each other for a long time. They have also gone out together many times to work for the Jingshiyuan to earn spiritual stones. As he grows older, Senior Brother Cheng has a soft spot for Mei Qing, but Mei Qing seems to be unknown. In fact, it was not the case. In Mei Qing's heart, she had already secretly made a secret promise to a Qi Lian monk named Cao. The monk Cao had reached the stage of building a foundation and was currently in retreat.
It can be regarded as a bad relationship. Min'e didn't know when she had a secret love for this senior brother Cheng. Her heart and eyes were filled with the figure of this senior brother Cheng. For this reason, she did not hesitate to put aside the restraint of her daughter's family and frequently visited that senior brother Cheng on excuses. Gifting pills and medicines, but Senior Brother Cheng's heart has long been filled with the beautiful image of Mei Qing, but Mei Qing has been longing for Senior Brother Cao, thinking that after he also builds the foundation, the two will form a Taoist couple and live together. Amphibious, this becomes a picture of the carp trying to swallow the bait, the silver carp holding the carp's tail, and the crucian carp never leaving the silver carp. In fact, judging from these three people alone, it's really hard to say who is to blame. Mei Qingqing had rejected this senior brother Cheng overtly and covertly. However, senior brother Cheng had always been infatuated, and Min'e, who was also infatuated with her, had been suffering.
Among the disciples of Qixia Mountain, especially the female disciples, most of them feel that Senior Sister Mei has a cold and arrogant personality and is not approachable. Only Senior Sister Min has a calm and approachable temperament, and she is also a lot of help to her junior fellow apprentices, especially Yan Xuan, who is very close to others. Min'e was very close to each other. The two were sisters in name, but they were no different from best friends. They were just not as close as Tang Ping. The matter between Senior Sister Min and Senior Brother Cheng was either heard from others or Min'e heard about it. Speaking for himself, Yanxuan now knows a lot, so he naturally feels sorry for Senior Sister Min and makes Senior Sister Min even more unworthy of her. Therefore, when Yanxuan heard Qian Chao mention Senior Brother Cheng, he asked one more question. He was sure that it was Senior Brother Cheng who had made Senior Sister Min so sad, and then he spoke out in a cathartic manner.
Everyone listened quietly, but their expressions were different. Li Jian sat next to Yanxuan. At first he thought he could hear some sect secrets, but it turned out to be some romantic affairs between men and women. His interest was greatly reduced, and he tasted it. Sip tea and listen to Yanxuan finish. Lu Pingchuan didn't care about any of this and just stuffed cakes into his mouth piece by piece. Tang Ping, like Yanxuan, had a good impression of Senior Sister Na Min, so she was worried about Senior Sister Na Min when she heard this. Qian Chao listened carefully, looking thoughtful, not knowing what he was thinking.
Yanxuan's words reminded Qian Chao of what he saw at Senior Brother Cheng's apprenticeship ceremony. As expected, Senior Brother Cheng was very attentive to Senior Sister Mei, and Senior Sister Min was also very enthusiastic towards Senior Brother Cheng.
Seeing that Yanxuan was a little depressed when he said this, Tang Ping said to Qian Chao: "Hey, let's get down to business. If you move, you won't have to call us all here. There must be other things. Let's talk quickly. ." After saying that, he took a small bag of tips from the ribbon around his waist and placed it on the white jade case, "These two little guys must have smelled something delicious and would not be content in it."
The first thing that came out of the kit was the fox Xiaobai, and then the little golden monkey called "Dahuang" by Tang Ping. After Xiaobai came out, he shook his pure white fur and stretched his body. The little golden monkey Dahuang was already there. He started to drag a large plate full of delicious cakes on the case in front of Tang Ping, but after just two steps, he couldn't drag it anymore. The plate was held down by Lu Pingchuan's thick finger, and the rhubarb He didn't dare to offend Lu Pingchuan, so he just chirped twice in protest and turned around. Suddenly he turned around and picked up two cakes from the plate, then flew onto Tang Ping's shoulders and held up the cakes in his hands. Show off to Lu Pingchuan, which made Lu Pingchuan laugh.
The appearance of the two little guys swept away the previous dullness. Even Li Jian couldn't help but caress Xiao Bai's back a few times, then raised his head and said to Qian Chao:
"Brother Qian, Miss Tang is right, you must have something important to say."
"That's right," Qian Chao moved his eyes away from Tang Ping's two spirit beasts and said to the four of them with a smile, "It is indeed important to invite everyone here today, but before that, there are a few things that I have to ask for. Sister Yan palms the eyes."
"Oh?" Yanxuan, who was teasing Xiaobai with a piece of cake, was a little surprised. He spread the cake in his hand and let Xiaobai take it. He looked at Qian Chao curiously, "Me? What is it?"
Qian Chao smiled and said nothing, took out a long and delicate wooden box from a storage bag and handed it to Yanxuan. Everyone's eyes were attracted to the wooden box.
Yanxuan took the wooden box. From the shape of the wooden box, she roughly knew what items were inside. She looked up at Qian Chao and opened the wooden box when he nodded.
A green herb lies quietly on the satin inside the wooden box.
Tang Ping and Li Jian were confused and looked up at Qian Chao. Seeing Qian Chao smiling and saying nothing, they turned their attention to Yan Xuan.
"This is a field lily."
Although Yanxuan didn't understand why Qian Chao asked her to look at a medicinal herb, she was in Qixia Mountain, which is famous for alchemy, and worked with spiritual herbs and elixirs all day long. Naturally, Tian Xinlan had seen a lot of this, so she stretched out her plain hand. After sizing up the Tianxinlan plant in the wooden box, Yanxuan raised his head and continued to say to Qian Chao:
"This Tianxinlan is about fifteen years old. It is very rare. Its roots are the main ingredient in preparing Jingxin Powder, and its stems and leaves are indispensable auxiliary drugs for refining the dust-removing pill. This Tianxinlan is sixteen years old. After flowering, the whole herb cannot be used, and the seeds can only be harvested after the flowers fall, so the Tianxinlan that has been under fire for fifteen years can be considered the best, but Tianxinlan is not a very rare spiritual herb."
Qian Chao smiled and nodded, then took out another wooden box from his storage bag and handed it to Yanxuan.
After opening the wooden box, everyone saw in front of them a yellow-green spiritual grass with flat and wide leaves, and red veins running vertically on the leaf surface.
Yanxuan gently took out the spiritual grass, looked at it carefully and said to Qian Chao:
"This is Red Thread Grass. Red Thread Grass emphasizes seven leaves and nine threads as the top grade. It is the main medicine for refining the Wind Control Pill. Yours has six leaves and nine threads, which is already quite rare. There should be at least twenty Years and above of heat.”
"Sister Yan is so clever, please take a look at this again." Qian Chao smiled again and handed Yanxuan a wooden box.
Although Tang Ping on the side was unhappy with Qian Chao being so pushy, she knew that there must be a reason for Qian Chao's actions, so when Qian Chao took out another box, she had no choice but to listen patiently to Yan Xuan's words.
"This is Tuandi grass, also called Dangyangmao. The roots and leaves are mixed into the same medicine. It is the main medicine for refining Huben pills. Huben pills are generally refined for Brother Lu's Houtu Temple. It is practiced by body practitioners. The indispensable elixir, six ounces of tuandi grass is a treasure..."
As he spoke, Yanxuan picked up the knotted grass balls in the wooden box and weighed them in his hands, then said with a strange expression:
"It's really rare to have more than seven taels and not enough than eight taels!"
"Oh, Huben Pills are actually made from this kind of spiritual grass. This is the first time I know about it." After hearing about Huben Pills, Lu Pingchuan couldn't help but look at the herb a few more times.
Yanxuan just nodded when he saw Qian Chao handing over a box with a smile. Although she was curious as to why Qian Chao gave her so many spiritual herbs to check, she had a gentle and gentle personality. Since Qian Chao handed it over, she took it. He opened it, but frowned when he saw the contents of the wooden box.
"This is grass grape. It is not commonly used in Qixia Mountain." Sure enough, there are black and purple berries growing on the green stems and leaves in the wooden box, exuding the slightest sweet smell. "This grass grape is rarely used as medicine." , at least the recipe in my hand does not use grass grapes, but it is often used in brewing spiritual wine, and A Ping should know more about this than me."
As he spoke, Yanxuan looked at Tang Ping.
Tang Ping recognized it at first sight and said to Qian Chao:
"It is indeed grass grape..."
Just after finishing speaking, a furry little paw grabbed the grass grapes in the wooden box. It turned out that the little golden monkey Rhubarb couldn't stand the temptation of the sweet smell of grass grapes, and couldn't help but pick a few to satisfy his greed. Tang Ping was annoyed. Dahuang patted the monkey's paw, ignored the golden monkey's rogue coquettishness and continued to say to Qian Chao:
"One child is born every year, and each one wears a purple robe. Purple robes can prolong life, and black robes can prevent old age. Your grass grape is already black and purple, of course it is good. Hey, Qian boy, don't show off, are you today? Come to take our exam? How many boxes do you have there? Take them out!"
It was originally a sentence of reproach, but unexpectedly Qian Chao smiled and sighed:
"Okay, then take it all out."
After saying that, Qian Chao was busy for a while, taking out the wooden boxes one by one from the storage bag and placing them on the white jade case. When Lu Pingchuan saw it, he moved the plate with delicious food on the case to the side. After a while, this The wooden boxes were actually stacked on two levels. Only then did Qian Chao stop and said with a smile:
"That's all."
This surprised several people. Even Lu Pingchuan stopped and looked at the wooden boxes filled with cases. Tang Ping took a wooden box and opened it and found that there was still a spiritual grass inside, but she didn't know what kind of spiritual grass it was, so she handed it to Yanxuan and looked at Qian Chao and said in surprise:
"Where did you get so many spiritual herbs? Are you planning to switch to the medicinal herb business?"
Seeing Qian Chao smiling and shaking his head without saying a word, he angrily grabbed the storage bag in front of him, only to give up when he found that it was indeed empty.
Yanxuan took the box that Tang Ping handed to her. When she saw the contents, she was a little surprised. He patted Tang Ping's arm and said to Qian Chao:
"This is Amaranth, a rare spiritual herb. I have been looking for this spiritual herb for a long time. I didn't expect Brother Qian to get it. What's rare is that it grows so well. This is the refined Jade Pill." This elixir is generally loved by female monks. After taking it, it can make the female monks beautiful and youthful..."
Female monks, like most women in the world, love beauty. Looking at the entire spiritual world, there are almost no female monks who show off their old age, skin and hair, and at worst they look like middle-aged beautiful women. Therefore, this Pills such as Jade Rong Pill and Zhu Yan Pill are very popular among female cultivators. Because he feels shy, Yanxuan's voice becomes smaller and smaller as he talks. Tang Ping's eyes became brighter and brighter as she heard this. She looked at Yanxuan, and when he saw Yanxuan nodded slightly, she couldn't wait to reach out and hold down the wooden box containing the amaranth and said:
"Boy Qian, this phoenix tail belongs to me!"
Then he felt relieved when he saw Qian Chao smiling and nodding.
Yanxuan then identified the spiritual herbs in the wooden boxes that Qian Chao took out one by one. There were more than a dozen of "Nine-leaf Whiptail Vine", "Luring Orchid", "Golden Iris", "Xingyue Bud" and so on. Wei Ling Cao not only told what kind of elixirs these spiritual grasses could refine, but also classified the quality of these spiritual grasses into three categories: upper, middle and lower grades. Among them, there were not many high-grade ones, the most middle-grade ones, and the least low-grade ones. The originally full wooden boxes on the white jade case were now divided into three stacks.
"Any more?"
When Tang Ping saw that Yanxuan was busy, he asked Qian Chao. At this time, Yanxuan also looked at Qian Chao with questioning eyes.
"No more." Qian Chao replied.
"Now that you've seen the spiritual grass, shouldn't you also tell us why you called us here today?" Tang Ping said.
"Don't be hasty, don't be hasty, what I'm going to say today has a lot to do with these spiritual herbs. Sister Yan, have you noticed anything different about these spiritual herbs?"
Yanxuan was a little confused after hearing this. Most of these spiritual herbs were of good quality and had sufficient age, but if there were any differences, she had identified them one by one and found nothing unusual.
Seeing Yanxuan confused, Tang Ping said to Yanxuan:
"Sister Yan, has there been a lot of thieves in your elixir garden in Qixia Mountain recently, and a lot of elixirs have been lost?"
This sentence made Qian Chao laugh.
Yanxuan ignored the two of them, only carefully sorted out the process of identifying the medicine just now in his mind, and then said to Qian Chao:
"Brother Qian, there's nothing wrong with these spiritual herbs?"
Seeing this, Qian Chao also suppressed his smile and said seriously to Yanxuan:
"Sister Yan, please take a closer look. Are these spiritual herbs different from the ones you usually use to make elixirs?"
Seeing that Qian Chao suddenly became solemn, everyone couldn't help but look at Yanxuan again. At this time, Yanxuan became a little embarrassed. She opened a few more wooden boxes and checked again, but she still couldn't tell that these spiritual herbs were different from those she usually used. What is the difference between the spiritual grasses.
Yanxuan's nervousness made Tang Ping a little dissatisfied with Qian Chao. She glanced at Qian Chao and asked:
"What kind of medicine are you selling in this gourd?"
"Don't worry, Sister Yiyan will definitely be able to figure out the clues with her intelligence."
Qian Chao still didn't reveal the answer, but nodded slightly towards Tang Ping.
Yanxuan opened a few more wooden boxes and inspected them, and couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. Most of the spiritual herbs she could get from Qixia Mountain for alchemy were low-grade. After all, she was only a small Qi-refining disciple in Qixia Mountain. She will not use high-grade spiritual herbs to make elixirs. Although there are many good spiritual herbs available outside, most of them are miscellaneous and of different grades. In this case, most of the spiritual herbs are medium-grade, and there are also top-grade, but not high-grade. The distinction between phases is certainly not what Qian Chao meant. Yanxuan had a vague feeling that what Qian Chao was going to say today should be very important, otherwise he would not have to use his own mouth to tell the secrets of these spiritual herbs. You must know that Qian Chao has never made things difficult for others.
So what is the difference between these spiritual herbs?
Yanxuan looked up at Qian Chao and saw that he nodded encouragingly to her, so he looked away again. His wandering eyes swept over the flowers and plants in Qian Chao's courtyard and the bamboos on the wall. She even saw A flower hoe is leaning against the wall.
Lowering her head to look at these spiritual herbs... Suddenly Yanxuan raised her head and cast her eyes again on the stone wall full of pothos. In the lush greenery, she again saw the flower hoe leaning there, just like a The lightning dispelled the fog in Yanxuan's heart, but it gave her more questions. She lowered her head again, quickly opened the wooden boxes on the case one by one, took out the spiritual herbs inside and brought them to her face. He looked closely and even put it on the tip of his nose to sniff. Seeing this, everyone guessed that Yanxuan probably discovered the "difference" mentioned by Qian Chao. However, they did not expect that Yanxuan's reaction would be so big. Only Qian Chao saw this face. The smile on his face is getting thicker and thicker.
Finally, Yanxuan raised his head and asked Qian Chao with a strange look on his face: "How come these spiritual herbs don't have a trace of rusticity at all?"
Qian Chao laughed and replied: "Sister Yan can see it!"
Yanxuan murmured: "Incredible!"
"Sister Yan, what do you see, what is not rustic?" Tang Ping asked at the side.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Yanxuan collected his thoughts, then pointed at the flowers and plants planted in Qianchao Courtyard and said:
"Hey, look at those flowers and plants. The spiritual herbs used in alchemy in Qixia Mountain are actually the same as those flowers and plants. No matter whether the spiritual herbs grow at the bottom of a stream or on the top of a deep cave cliff, they must grow in the soil and then absorb spiritual energy. Only after the essence of the day and the moon has passed over the years can it be used for alchemy. The first step after we collect the spiritual grass in Qixia Mountain is to clean the spiritual grass. We call it washing the grass, which is to remove the dust on the leaves of the spiritual grass and the soil on the roots of the grass. , because most of the spiritual grass can be used as medicine to make elixirs. When I first entered Qixia Mountain, I learned how to wash grass from my fellow brothers and sisters. I stayed in Huancao Courtyard for more than half a year, and I washed the grass every day. Of course, when washing the grass, you must wash it cleanly without leaving a trace of soil on it. But after all, the roots of this spiritual grass have been in the soil for more than ten, twenty or even more years. No matter how you wash it, , there will always be some rusticity left, just like if you pull out a flower here and wash the grass roots with water, and then smell the grass roots, you will definitely still smell some earthy smell. The rustic smell of Lingcao is difficult or almost impossible to completely remove. , but these spiritual herbs that Brother Qian took out are not rustic at all, which is what surprises me the most."
Hearing what Yanxuan said, Tang Ping, Li Jian and Lu Pingchuan each took out a spiritual herb from the wooden box and brought it to their eyes to look at it carefully. From time to time, they put their noses over and sniffed carefully.
"So what if it's not rustic?" Lu Pingchuan was still confused about this and couldn't help but ask.
"Can you still use it to make medicine and make elixirs without being rustic?" Li Jian asked without waiting for Yanxuan's answer.
"Of course it can, and it's the best choice for alchemy." Yanxuan replied, "I'm just curious, brother Qian, where did you buy these spiritual herbs? I really want to learn from the person who sold you the spiritual herbs." The effort of washing grass by hand.”
A smile bloomed on Qian Chao's face. He did not answer, but casually took out a spiritual grass from a wooden box on the case and asked Yanxuan, "Sister Yan just said how many years ago this spiritual grass was? "
Yanxuan looked at it, but it was the Tianxinlan that he showed to him first. He had just checked the spiritual herbs on the case and turned the bottom of this one to the top.
"This is Tian Xinlan who was born in fifteen years." Yanxuan replied in confusion.
"Fifteen years, which is older than me." Qian Chao looked at the spiritual grass in his hand. "Among the five of us, only Sister Yan is a practitioner of alchemy in Qixia Mountain. The one she has touched all day long is These magical herbs and elixirs are definitely unmistakable.”
Having said this, Qian Chao raised his head and looked at the other four people with a solemn and firm look, and then asked:
"I heard that the temperature of the spiritual grass is not necessarily the year it grows. Sister Yan, how long will it take for the Tian Xinlan that has been heated for fifteen years to grow in your spiritual grass garden in Qixia Mountain?"
"It will take about seven years at least." Yanxuan replied.
"What if I say that it only took less than ten days for the fifteen-year-old orchid in my hand to grow into what it is now?"
"Impossible!" Yanxuan definitely didn't believe it when he heard this.
Li Jian and Lu Pingchuan looked at Qian Chao with disbelief on their faces, but they did not speak.
"Are you talking nonsense?" Tang Ping asked.
The solemn look on Qian Chao's face gradually faded, and the familiar smile that everyone usually knew reappeared on his face. Still holding the Tianxinlan plant, he bowed his hands to the four of them and said:
"Tang Yatou asked as soon as she arrived. I definitely didn't invite everyone here because of my new residence. It's true. There are two important things to tell everyone today."
As he spoke, Qian Chao raised Tian Xinlan in his hand:
"That's the first one."
(Author's words: Dear readers, this is the end of the fourth volume. After breaking through the fifth level, a new chapter will be presented to you. Please continue to pay attention, thank you.)
