On the official road down the mountain, the wind was biting.
This is already the second day of winter.
Zhao Qing's hair was flying and his steps were steady, heading straight to the south of Danxia City.
Gu Qinghuan followed him step by step, his steps a little small, as if he was afraid of accidentally walking in front of his master.
When she followed Zhao Qing out for the first time, her thoughts were somewhat confused.
There was a smile on the corner of the woman's lips, her eyes always staying on the shoulder of the master in front of her...
The next moment, Gu Qinghuan only saw Zhao Qing stretching out his hand, and she subconsciously handed over her own.
Then her delicate hands were tightly wrapped in warmth.
"Go faster."
A gentle voice came to her ears, bringing her thoughts that were rippling in the wind back.
Zhao Qing looked at the woman with an unnatural expression beside him and thought for a moment.
Could it be that Qing Huan is not used to it?
He thought for a moment and let go of the other person's hand.
Let Lu Qinghuan hug his arm.
"You and I are not masters and servants, so there is no need to be too formal."
He thought for a while and then said: "You can call me husband from now on."
Lu Qinghuan hugged his arm tightly, covering her eyes with her broken hair messed up by the wind.
She shook her head gently, shook her black hair from her eyes, and said with a smile: "Qing Huan understands, but the master... is the master."
"Why?" Zhao Qing was confused.
The woman's beautiful eyes were filled with emotion: "Qing Huan doesn't want to be a Taoist companion, she just wants to be the master's medicine slave."
"If the master takes concubines in the future, other women will call him husband."
"But master, only Qing Huan can call, isn't it good?"
Zhao Qing was stunned.
It seems... makes sense?
Forget it, it's just a title, just treat it as fun.
I would not really treat Qing Huan as an object that can be used casually.
It's time.
Nanfang Zidan Pavilion.
Zhao Qing took Gu Qinghuan directly into the shop.
Behind the counter is still the somewhat familiar face, young and beautiful.
"Yihan." He greeted.
"Brother Qing, Yihan has been waiting for a long time." Xie Yihan smiled, glanced at Lu Qinghuan, stood up, walked to the door and closed the store door.
After Zhao Qing nodded, he went directly to the backyard.
Gu Qinghuan didn't follow her, so Xie Yihan took her by the arm and took her to the backyard.
"Is it Qing Huan? Senior Brother Pei mentioned you to me. At the beginning, he even asked you to come and keep me company."
"Qing Huan has met sister Yihan."
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In the courtyard, Lu Zheng was already sitting at the stone table.
After he and Zhao Qing greeted each other, they glanced at Gu Qinghuan and showed a meaningful smile.
"Qing Huan, Senior Brother Zhao brought you here, but he has you on the top of his mind!"
Zhao Qing smiled and shook his head.
I thought it was rare for this kid to have a pleasant word in his mouth.
He pulled the woman to sit next to him and said softly: "What happens here must not be spread outside."
Gu Qinghuan nodded lightly, then stood up to help Xie Yihan make tea.
Zhao Qing looked at Lu Zheng and wondered, "Why is it so quiet in this courtyard?"
As soon as he came in, he noticed something strange. The cold wind was howling outside, but when he entered the yard, it felt like he was indoors.
Lu Zheng smiled and said: "Senior brother, you don't know something..."
"Two tiger monsters died on Shouyun Mountain a few days ago."
Tiger monster?
Zhao Qing nodded slightly, knowing what he was talking about.
"A demon beast is like a monk. When it reaches the realm of pill formation, it will produce a demon pill."
"The tiger demon's demon elixir has the effect of calming the wind."
Lu Fang looked at Zhao Qing, who was looking thoughtful, and added with a smile.
"Of course, the dead tiger monster on Shouyun Mountain is only in the stage of building a foundation for a hundred days, and is still far from forming a pill... One of the tiger heads is in the pill pavilion."
"Although it can't dispel all kinds of wind-breathing techniques, ordinary natural wind and rain can still be suppressed."
Zhao Qing nodded silently and carefully wrote down what Lu Fang said.
The next moment, he raised another question...a hundred days of foundation building?
He thought for a while, didn't ask any more questions, and planned to buy a book of exercises to study by himself.
Regarding the matter of realm breakthrough, I asked Lu Zheng myself, and he was able to explain it clearly after a while.
Gu Qinghuan helped Xie Yihan put down the teacup.
Then he sat back next to Zhao Qing.
Xie Yihan said: "Are you talking about that skull? Senior Brother Pei went into the mountain to pick it up. It is not as wonderful as Lu Zheng said."
Zhao Qing silently picked up the tea cup and did not answer.
Being able to go into the mountains to pick up trash also requires strength, at least I don't dare to go to that kind of place.
At that moment, Zhao Qing suddenly realized that Pei Jin was losing his temper in his heart...
He glanced at Xie Yihan again, knowing in his heart that she and Pei Jin must be extremely close, otherwise they would not have spoken out so straightforwardly.
Lu Zheng coughed lightly.
He took off his storage ring and said, "Three hundred precious flowers are all here."
Xie Yihan's eyes flashed and he looked at Zhao Qing.
Zhao Qingdao: "There is some discrepancy with the previous estimate, but it is not much different."
He reached out and patted Qing Huan on the shoulder.
The woman took off the spiritual ring from her hand and placed it on the table.
Xie Yihan looked puzzled, picked up the spiritual ring and checked it for a moment, and soon smiled.
"It's okay. Brother Qing's elixir...maybe we can sell more spiritual stones."
The next moment, she also took out two storage rings.
He simply said to Lu Zheng: "The remaining 1,400 copies are 950 pills. I found three alchemists to refine them."
Lu Zheng nodded lightly and picked up the storage ring to check.
This really opened Zhao Qing's eyes.
I also figured out the general situation.
Pei Jin is just a hands-off shopkeeper, letting Lu Zheng and Xie Yihan make money as they please... and there is a slight restriction between the two people.
But overall, Xie Yihan still has the final say.
The woman put away all the spiritual rings on the table.
He stood up and said: "At this point, all of Baohua's elixir materials have been consumed, a total of 2,800 copies."
"One thousand nine hundred and seventy completed pills, all of them arrived at the Dan Pavilion."
Zhao Qing and Lu Zheng looked at each other, nodded slightly, and waited for the next step.
The woman bowed and saluted: "Wait for a moment, Yihan will come as soon as she leaves."
She turned around and walked towards the deepest part of the courtyard, outside the wing...
A flash of light flashed between his fingers, and as the subtle spiritual energy rippled, the door was already open.
Zhao Qing withdrew his gaze and only caught a glimpse of an alchemy furnace in the room. It was gleaming with silver. It was at least a valuable treasure.
He knew clearly in his heart that that house should be Pei Jin's residence.
Soon, Xie Yihan returned to the courtyard with a smile on her face.
"Lu Zheng, your fifteen middle-grade spiritual stones."
"Brother Qing, your thirty-six middle-grade spiritual stones."
"The alchemist here has a total of forty-seven pills."
The three of them looked at each other and raised their glasses to drink tea.
Zhao Qing picked up the spiritual ring and examined it carefully. Even though he was prepared, he was still shocked by the scene of the spiritual energy raging.
He suppressed his joy, grabbed Lu Qinghuan's wrist, and put the spiritual ring on her hand.
Formations, exercises, weapons, talismans.
You can buy it today...
Gu Qinghuan lowered his head and looked at the spiritual ring on his finger. He felt his nose was sour and his eyes were sparkling.
Compared to the wealth of 3,600 spirit stones, what made her even more uneasy was the trust from Zhao Qing.
No, there are outsiders present...
The woman clenched her fists and slowly raised her head to comb the hair around her ears, with a faint smile in her eyes.
Lu Zheng also put away the spirit ring, put down the tea cup and said: "Caofang has not had any elixir materials recently, and the forged magic elixir is still missing a main ingredient, called Xiangnan Teng... I guess we have to wait until the winter solstice."
Xie Yihan said: "Well, Lu Zheng, please pay more attention and tell Brother Qing when the time comes."
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