Tian Xiaoding was invited to the meeting hall to attend his welcome dinner on Linggui Island.
The island owner Wu Gan treated Xiao Ding with great respect and invited him to take the second seat. Only those with the same level as the elders of Linggui Island are qualified to sit in this position.
Xiao Ding is not a fool. How could he be willing to sit in the second seat? If he goes to sit down, what will the elders on Linggui Island think of him? A young junior with a low level of cultivation just sits on top of someone else’s seniors with such arrogance? Where can I put the face of those old men? This is totally an offending rhythm.
Finally, Xiao Ding reluctantly sat in the last seat at the bottom. Even so, this makes Wu Dalang and Sun Wukong extremely envious. Because they don't even have the chance to sit at Wu Gan's table.
After everyone in the hall found their seats and sat down, the dinner began. Various wines and dishes were brought to the table one after another, almost all of which were seafood.
Wu Gan picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Our chef from Linggui Island once learned cooking skills from a chef from your human cultivation sect. I don't know if the food he cooked is in line with Taoist Tian's appetite. Come on, come on today. The first glass of wine is considered as a welcome to Fellow Daoist Tian, so let’s drink it first!”
After saying that, it took the lead and drank it all in one gulp.
Xiao Ding also raised his glass and drank with everyone. Not to mention, the wine tastes pretty good.
I heard Wu Gan continue to say: "How does our wine taste like, fellow Daoist Tian?"
Xiao Ding nodded and praised: "It's long in the mouth, sweet and fragrant, but it's also a good wine!"
Wu Gan continued to introduce: "Fellow Daoist Tian may not know that our wine is actually bought from your human cultivation sect. Although many of our spirit turtle clan have become humans, the human technology we have learned , but not much.”
Xiao Ding complimented and said: "You have done a good job. Even though I am a human being, I can't brew such a fine wine."
Wu Gan raised his wine glass again and laughed loudly: "Fellow Daoist Tian is so complimented! Come on, come on, I still toast you with this second glass of wine! The first glass of wine was our welcome to your visit. So what about this second glass of wine? Just think of it as our gratitude as the landlords of Linggui Island and to help you wash away your dust." After saying that, Wu Gan was the first to drink it all.
The other old men on the table, that is, the elders on Linggui Island, all agreed, raised their wine glasses and drank down the wine in one gulp, all saying, "Yes, yes, just treat it as our farm Brother, please give me your best wishes."
In response to Wu Gan's toast, Xiao Ding drank it all in one gulp, and then said politely: "I don't dare, I don't dare. I have disturbed you so much when I came to Linggui Island. I hope the island owner and the elders will forgive me."
Wu Gan laughed loudly: "Don't bother, don't bother, Fellow Daoist Tian, you are always too polite!"
Xiao Ding picked up the wine glass that was filled with wine again and said, "The island owner said before that he wanted to see me for something. I wonder what it is about?"
This time, Xiao Ding went straight to the point. He knew in his heart that they would have to mention this matter sooner or later, and he had no intention of rejecting them, so there was no need to go around in circles all the time.
Sure enough, Na Wu Gan raised his third glass of wine again, looked at Xiao Ding and said, "Since Fellow Daoist Tian asked me about it, I'll just tell him straight away. We at Linggui Island do have something to ask Fellow Daoist Tian, and I guess Fellow Daoist Tian You should be able to guess a thing or two. That's right, after we heard the news that Fellow Daoist Tian knew how to refine elixirs and weapons, we planned to ask Fellow Daoist Tian to help us refine some elixirs, magical weapons and other objects. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Tian can help us? "
Xiao Ding nodded and said: "I do know a little about alchemy and weapon refining. If there are corresponding refining materials on your island, I can help you refine some."
Seeing Xiao Ding agreeing so readily, Wu Gan also simply raised his glass and said: "Fellow Daoist Tian is really kind-hearted and a cheerful person, so for this third glass of wine, I represent all the members of our Linggui Island , Thank you Daoist Tian in advance for your help, come, let’s cheer together!”
Everyone present cheered loudly and drank again.
After everyone put down their wine glasses, Wu Gan continued to say to Xiao Ding: "Fellow Daoist Tian is willing to help, so our Linggui Island cannot let Daoist Tian help in vain. If Daoist Tian has any conditions, just put it forward, as long as we can do it , they will definitely satisfy Fellow Daoist Tian."
Xiao Ding quickly waved his hand and said: "Don't dare, don't dare. Let's talk about it in detail after I finish practicing."
The reason why he didn't make the request in person was because Xiao Ding didn't know where Na Wukan's bottom line was, and he didn't know if there was anything he specifically wanted on Linggui Island. I agreed to help them refine elixirs and weapons, so naturally I couldn't do voluntary labor for them. If I asked for corresponding remuneration from them, I should deserve it.
Of course, when asking for remuneration yourself, you can't ask for a price all over the place. You still have to look at the elixirs and utensils you help them refine, and judge the equivalent price based on the difficulty of refining them.
Wu Gan smiled and touched his beard, and said: "There is no rush to refine the alchemy and weapon. Fellow Taoist Tian has been working hard all the way. Drink more tonight, and then have a good rest at night. It won't be too late for us to practice again tomorrow."
Since the old man said so, Xiao Ding would not be stupid enough to take the initiative to help them practice overnight. It would be tomorrow, and he was not in a hurry anyway. So he nodded and said, "Okay, everything will follow Island Master Wu's arrangements."
There is usually nothing going on on Linggui Island, and there won't be such a big banquet as today. These transformed spirit turtles have already learned many daily behaviors of humans. They naturally yearn for eating, drinking and having fun.
Taking advantage of the dinner party to welcome Xiao Ding to the island, these turtles were eating and drinking with great interest. In the meeting hall, everyone exchanged glasses and had a good time.
Everyone drank from sunset in the evening until the time of lighting the lanterns, and then drank from the time of lighting the lanterns to the end of Xu Pai (which is equivalent to around ten o'clock in the evening today), and then dispersed.
Xiao Ding was slightly drunk and returned to the guest room to rest.
A night of silence.
He slept soundly for a long time, and he didn't get up until the next morning.
Wu Dalang had already been waiting at the door. Xiao Ding was still sleeping when he came, so he did not disturb him and waited at the door honestly. Hearing some movement in the house, he knocked on the door and entered.
After serving Xiao Ding to wash up, Wu Dalang took out a food box from the storage bag that Xiao Ding had just given him. The food box contained today's breakfast.
Last night he took back the three storage bags Xiaoding gave him, gave one to his brother Wu Song, and gave one to his daughter-in-law Pan Liujie, and told her to change her name to Pan Jinlian.
With such a good thing as a storage bag, Sister Pan immediately agreed to change the name without saying a word. She said to Wu Dalang: "Since my husband likes the word "Golden Lotus", then the slave family will be called "Golden Lotus" in the future.
So, from then on, Sixth Sister Pan became Pan Jinlian.
After Xiao Ding finished the breakfast brought by Wu Dalang, he asked Wu Dalang: "Shall I go help you make elixirs and weapons today?"
Wu Dalang said with some embarrassment: "If Junior Brother Tian has not rested well, he can continue to rest. Our clan leader has said that there is no need to rush when it comes to refining elixirs and weapons."
Xiao Ding immediately said: "Just today, let's go, you take me to see what materials you have prepared."
When Wu Dalang saw what Xiao Ding said, he did not continue to insist, but said: "Okay, let's go to the warehouse and take a look.
Since the members of the Spirit Turtle Clan have very little storage space, even the clan leaders and elders have spent a lot of resources in exchange for a few storage bags, but their storage space is also very small. Just put a weapon, personal belongings, etc., and there will be no more space for other things.
Therefore, most of the daily items on Linggui Island are piled in a warehouse specially built by the Linggui clan.
The warehouse is located at the rear of the wooden house in the residential area of Linggui Island, which is slightly remote.
There is only a single row of wooden houses here, and the real warehouse is under this row of wooden houses, that is, in the basement.
The people guarding the warehouse are a tenth-level elder on the island, and his disciples or juniors. Usually, they live in the row of wooden houses above the warehouse. If there are any resources sent by members on the island, they will help send them to the warehouse and find a place to place them. At the same time, it will also be recorded in the book to record the date, month and year of the year, the storage of certain resources, the quantity and other related information.
Of course, when a certain resource is taken out of the library, they will also record it in detail, and even what purpose it is used for, they will also meticulously record it clearly.
After arriving at the row of wooden houses, Wu Dalang asked Xiao Ding to wait outside the house for a while while he went inside to explain the situation to the elder.
The elder guarding the warehouse also had a drink with Xiao Ding last night. He naturally knew Wu Gan's intentions. Obviously they had communicated in advance.
Therefore, after Wu Dalang entered the house and explained his purpose, the elder quickly began to arrange for his more than ten men to take the keys and enter the warehouse to carry things out.
There are indeed a lot of materials for alchemy and weapon refining collected on Linggui Island. But they don't know how to refine elixirs and weapons. Although they collect a lot of materials, the categories are too single.
As for alchemy and weapon refining, the most important thing is the matching of various materials. In particular, elixir refining is based on the various herbs required for the elixir. Simply using one or a few of these materials will not be able to refine the required elixir.
The requirements for refining weapons are not that high, and they can be refined from a single material. However, the properties of the refined artifacts are much different.
For example, if only a single basic material is used to refine a sword, then the refined sword will only have the properties of this basic material, and will not be much different from an ordinary sword. Without adding other types of refining materials, this sword will not have other types of attributes.
The spirit turtles do not know how to refine elixirs and weapons. Therefore, when they usually collect various materials, they collect them aimlessly. They just do whatever they encounter and just do whatever comes their way. They will not be collected purposefully according to the needs of the prescription like Xiao Ding.
This will lead to the fact that the materials collected by the Spirit Turtle Clan will have a large amount of a single category, while other required categories will be few or none at all. In this case, Xiao Ding would be in a bit of a dilemma.
If you can't get the materials together, will you still make elixirs for them?
Although most of the missing alchemy materials are planted in Xiaoding's Qiankun Pot, and there are a lot of them. After all, he once moved a whole medicine garden in the Haitian Secret Realm into his Qiankun Pot. .
However, it is one thing to have it for yourself, and another thing to give it to Linggui Island.
