It was only at this moment that Zhao Qing took a deep breath and relaxed his tense spirit.
Are you kidding? If you have a golden finger and can't practice elixirs, it would be too embarrassing!
He scanned the panel again.
First glimpse of the door? Entering the house? One-tenth of the progress?
In other words, I am now at the stage where I have just glimpsed the door. How many more times do I need to succeed to advance to the next level?
With the lessons learned from the number of double repairs, Zhao Qing quickly understood the meaning.
He looked back at the medicinal materials around him, and he didn't know if the remaining amount was enough to successfully practice nine Qi Gathering Pills.
If the quantity purchased this time can be used to refine ten pills, at least five spiritual stones can be earned. If you reach the level of entering a house, your success rate should be much higher.
The fish belly has turned white in the east, and Zhao Qing couldn't help but sigh.
This is spiritual practice, it’s both painful and painful...
He dragged his tired body back to the bedroom, embraced his beloved wife and fell asleep.
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In the days that followed, Zhao Qing's life was divided into three points.
Every day, I go to the kitchen to clock in, receive tasks, and then take food home to eat. After resting at home, I go to Shouyun Mountain to chop firewood.
When I get tired of chopping, I take the firewood home and lie down. When it’s time to get off work, I take the firewood to clock in and then go to the kitchen to prepare meals.
Except for no salary, everything is fine.
During this period, Wang Shuyue proposed to him more than once to go home for a meal at noon, but Zhao Qing refused.
If this is the case, it is really a waste of time. After all, in addition to working, he also needs to refine elixirs, meditate to restore spiritual energy, rest, and practice dual cultivation every day.
If you have lunch at home and then go out to work, you will be too pressed for time. Unless the realm improves... After all, it is not necessary to cut thirty pounds every day. When meeting other senior brothers on duty, it is still how much it should be.
"What kind of family? Eating three meals a day... I have never had such luxury in my previous life." Zhao Qing occasionally lamented.
Half a month passed in a flash.
During the rainy season, Shouyun Mountain was very muddy, and work took more time. Fortunately, he stocked up a lot of goods in the yard. If the weather was really bad, he would use the stock to hold one hat, and occasionally put it away for a day.
The third day after Qingming Festival.
In the early morning, rain was pouring outside the window, and dark clouds covered the sun.
Zhao Qing walked out of the quiet room with two dark circles under his eyes and stood under the eaves to breathe fresh air.
It was one of the few things that made him feel relaxed.
Late spring, light rain, cloudy days.
The air is filled with a special earthy smell, mixed with the fragrance of unknown flowers, which is refreshing. The tender green leaves were knocked down by the rain and scattered on the ground, drifting away with the flowing water.
At the end of the line of sight, wisps of smoke rise, outline in the rain curtain, wander, and then drift away.
Zhao Qing was in a daze. He suddenly felt that he was not a low-level handyman disciple who worked hard every day, but an immortal living in seclusion in the mountains and forests.
He shook his head, shook some distracting thoughts out of his mind, and habitually opened the panel and scanned it.
[Alchemist: Elementary to mid-level (135/500)]
[Single experience: 5]
[Bond: Respect each other as guests]
[Bonus experience bonus: 0]
[Proficiency in Qi Gathering Pills: A First Look at the Doors·Entering the Hall (8/10)]
He is still far away from being an intermediate-level alchemist at the beginning level, but his proficiency in Qi Gathering Pills will reach the next level if he succeeds in two more, and he doesn't know what will change by then.
In fact, as he keeps trying, the rate of elixir formation has been getting higher and higher in recent days. Even if he doesn't have proficiency, he will always make some progress if he keeps working on something.
His main problem is his lack of control over his spiritual energy. After half a month of torture, it has become much more stable now. Cheng Dan dare not say, at least it will not explode...
After he fetched water and washed his face, he picked up his clothes and went to the kitchen to receive his tasks as usual, and then made rice.
When I walked near the kitchen, I found that today seemed different.
Everyone was chattering about something.
"Why? Dan Cao Fang and Ling Mining Fang are both off today and are going to watch the ceremony, but we still have to work."
"Not to mention the work, the task is heavier than before. I have to collect eighty kilograms of firewood today! It's still raining, and the road is not easy to walk, ugh!"
Many people complained this way.
The young outer sect brother walked towards the crowd and said loudly: "Don't let outsiders see our joke, get to work quickly! Who will cook when our kitchen is closed!?"
Zhao Qing walked through the crowd and got the answer after asking two acquaintances.
Today is the day when the Danxia Sect recruits new disciples, which is also known as the "Ascension Conference" in common people. In order to show off, the sect has attracted a large number of handyman disciples to watch the ceremony.
At this moment, many handymen in Huozaofang have begun to discuss sneaking in to join in the fun.
Anyway, the handyman disciples all wear the same clothes, so as long as the kitchen can pay their dues, there won't be any problems.
Zhao Qing received his task, which was also eighty pounds. He listened to the discussion of everyone around him and walked back silently with the food in hand.
In a daze, it seemed like I was back twenty years ago. It was also raining that day... The young people were in high spirits, chatting and laughing mixed with the wind and rain, rippling in the huge square.
Fresh clothes, angry horses, young people with great ambitions, it seems like just yesterday.
A beautiful figure with disheveled hair appeared in sight. Her clothes were soaked by the rain and clung to her body. Her jade-like white hands were covered with mud.
"Shu Yue."
Zhao Qing came to his senses.
The girl looked up and turned around.
She trotted to her husband. The wind and rain made it difficult for her to open her eyes. A strand of black hair stuck to the corner of her lips along her pretty face like an oval.
"Husband, the seeds you bought have been washed out by the rain, and many of them have already sprouted..."
Wang Shuyue's voice was clear, but somewhat aggrieved.
Zhao Qing sighed slightly, stroked the rain from the side of his wife's face, and comforted him: "It's okay, let's eat first."
He took a look at the firewood in the yard and saw that it was all soaked. If it continued to rain, some of it might rot. It was better to hand it in and use it today.
"Let's go, eat first, clean up later, and take you to see the Ascension Conference."
"Ascension Conference?"
Wang Shuyue's eyes brightened a lot in an instant, but in an instant they were covered with depression again.
…
The food was placed on the round table, and Zhao Qing stood in front of the window and looked out the window quietly.
My wife was still picking up washed-out seeds in the rain, and there was a delicate wooden box placed under the window.
The gold threads are crocheted into paintings, exuding a delicate fragrance.
This is the box that was given to me when I bought the Spirit-Eating Grass at Xueyilou that day. It was very beautiful and my wife used it as a decoration.
Zhao Qing picked it up and opened the wooden box.
Five spiritual stones and a jade safety buckle lay quietly inside.
The pretty figure outside the window was hazy, Zhao Qing shook his head slightly and put the wooden box back in its place. After standing quietly for a long time, he went to the quiet room to take eight Qi Gathering Pills and put them into the wooden box.
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"Husband, the ones that have sprouted have been soaked. I will put the rest in the house to dry. There should be many that can survive."
"Come and eat, it's already cold."
"Soon, soon."
