"Okay, the place ahead is where my father makes alchemy."
At the end of the passage, there is a black iron door that is ajar. Under the iron door is land covered with green grass, which is in sharp contrast with the metal floor on this side of the passage.
Gu Meng gently pushed open the iron door, and everyone saw huge circular platforms.
The circular platform was made of an unknown material and was about one foot high. There was a huge golden cauldron placed on it. The flames were burning under the cauldron, making the golden cauldron tremble slightly.
An old man with unkempt hair and ragged clothes was sitting on the edge of the platform with his head lowered and seemed to be taking a nap.
The old man's surroundings were filled with all kinds of medicinal herbs, all packed in medicine baskets, making it extremely crowded.
As if he was startled by the sound of people walking in, the old man shuddered and raised his head.
"Father, Elder Yuehai and distinguished guests are all here!"
Gu Meng led everyone onto the platform and came to the old man.
"This is my father, the head of the Gu family." Gu Meng pointed at the old man and introduced to everyone.
Jiang Zhiyuan and others were a little surprised that such an unkempt man who looked like an old man begging for food was actually the head of the dignified Gu family?
The gap between this and their imagination is probably too big.
Elder Yuehai took a step forward and said respectfully, "I have admired the name of the head of the Gu family for a long time, and seeing it today is really extraordinary. It opened my eyes!"
Gu Yu raised his head, revealing a somewhat wrinkled and aging face. In fact, he had just entered middle age, but due to long-term high-intensity alchemy refining, he had the face of an elderly person.
"Haha, I have heard of Elder Yuehai's name a long time ago, but I have never had the chance to go out and visit him. It is such a pity. It is a great honor for me to meet Elder Yuehai today."
Gu Yu's laughter was a little hoarse, and in the faint light, he could vaguely see a large burn scar on his throat.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, your Gu family is really generous. You are actually willing to spend so much snow silver iron ore to build such a high tower. I estimate that this platform alone will cost an unknown amount of money! Such a big tower Tower, tsk tsk tsk, your Gu family’s financial resources are really strong!” Elder Yuehai squatted down, lowered his head and looked at this platform carefully, and sighed.
"Haha, this is the alchemy tower that my father, Mr. Gu, spent all the efforts of the Gu family to build when he was still alive. It is said that almost all the Gu family's wealth for decades was spent at that time! But this alchemy tower can be considered a construction. It’s really worth it to let him refine a seventh-grade elixir here. Now it would be great if he could also refine one for me." Gu Yu said with a smile.
Elder Yuehai thought hard for a while and said, "That is indeed worth it. I heard that the seventh-grade elixir was sold to Chang'an, attracting countless strong men to chase after it, and it was sold to a sky-high price! I remember the name of that elixir. What’s it called…Yin Yang Liang Yi Dan!”
Gu Yu sighed, "Yes, yes, this recipe for Yin Yang Liang Yi Dan was accidentally obtained by my old man when he was traveling around the world. The recipe was obscure and difficult to understand, and he was already a sixth-grade alchemist at that time. It took more than two months of study to understand the content, and after dozens of experiments, I finally made such an elixir and reached the threshold of a seventh-level alchemist. It was a pity that he died. It’s never been successful again.”
"That's really a pity. We have already succeeded once..." Luo Meng regretted it.
"Harm, these are fates, I can't complain, I can't complain." Gu Yu waved her hands, looking calm and calm.
"Fate? This..." Liu Meng fell into deep thought after hearing this and didn't speak again for a long time.
Gu Meng reminded from the side, "These things are in the past, so don't talk about them anymore!"
Gu Yu waved his hands impatiently and said, "I know, I know! It's just because everything has passed that I just came out and said it. Anyway, the old man has already gone to Hexi, and no one at home can care about me. , that’s why I can speak so arrogantly.
Anyway, these people present are all friends of my Gu family, and they won’t do anything to our Gu family. And isn’t the Gu family now in decline? These things about old sesame seeds and rotten millet have been kept in my heart and I am panicking. I finally managed to get a few people to come to my place today to listen to what I have to say. As the saying goes, if I don’t say it out loud, if I don’t seize this opportunity to speak out, my heart will always feel heavy and uncomfortable! "
Gu Yu made that aggrieved look on her face and looked at her daughter pitifully, which made Gu Meng roll her eyes at him, snort and turn her head away, ignoring him no more.
Seeing this, Elder Yuehai smiled and said, "You have given birth to a good daughter. Everyone in the Gu family is busy with many things, but she is the one who is here to hold things together!"
"Yes, yes, I also feel that the greatest blessing in my life is to have such a good daughter. If it weren't for her, how would I have the time and resources to make elixirs here in peace and peace of mind! It's also my fault that I have no talent, and I feel wronged My daughter is running around outside all day long, and the sky in the Gu family is about to fall. I, the head of the Gu family, am still here, ignoring what is happening outside the window, and letting my daughter break her heart!"
"Father, you... what are you talking about! If you keep doing this... I... I will ignore you!" Gu Meng pouted and said angrily.
After Gu Yu sighed for a while, a smile appeared on his face, he looked at Elder Yuehai and asked, "By the way, how is the progress of the competition between the Gu family and the Xue family in Fulong City now?"
Although Gu Yu has been concentrating on refining elixirs in this black tower and rarely walks outside, he trusts his daughter Gu Meng very much. If there are people who are not trustworthy, she will not let them in here.
Elder Yuehai also had a look of helplessness on his face.
When the old man of the Gu family was still alive, he had heard of the name of the Gu family's only seedling Guyu, the alchemy madman!
This Gu Yu has not cared about anything except alchemy since he was a child. He has been pestering the old man of the Gu family with questions about alchemy all day long.
When he finally reached the age and started to practice martial arts and embarked on martial arts, he immediately plunged into the alchemy room. He often did not see anyone coming out for several days after practicing, which made everyone in the Gu family extremely worried.
However, after the old man of the Gu family heard about this, he was overjoyed. Not only did he allow Gu Yu to freely enter and leave the Black Tower, the most luxurious alchemy place in Fulong City, he also ordered that Gu Yu be given a large amount of alchemy resources every month. , allowing them to freely refine elixirs.
Seeing that the old man of the Gu family was so supportive of Gu Yu's elixir refining, the Gu family stopped trying to dissuade Gu Yu and allowed him to spend all his time refining elixirs every day.
This ancient jade did not live up to the expectations of the old man of the Gu family at all. He soaked in the black tower every day. At only ten years old, he showed his unparalleled enthusiasm and obsession with the way of alchemy. Whenever the old man of the Gu family came out of seclusion, When he came out to visit him, he would ask about the difficult questions that arose during this period, and the old man of the Gu family would patiently answer them one by one. At other times, he devoted himself to studying alchemy according to the prescriptions given by the old man of the Gu family.
When I'm thirsty and hungry, I'll take a few Bigu Pills given by the old man from the Gu family; when I'm tired and sleepy, I'll lie down on the platform and take a nap.
Cold comes and summer goes, ten years later.
Gu Yu finally followed the old man of the Gu family out of seclusion, this time for Gu Yu's marriage.
Another ten years later.
Gu Meng was born, and Gu Yu returned to the Black Tower again, focusing on refining elixirs.
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Spending time in the Black Tower every day was really a kind of enjoyment for Gu Yu. He was immersed in one mysterious and beautiful elixir recipe after another. The kind of wanton combination of various medicinal herbs formed one wonderful recipe after another. The process of making the elixir made him obsessed and crazy.
The deeds of Gu family's son Gu Yu caused a stir in Fulong City. People gave him the title of an alchemy madman because they were all moved by his spirit.
The old man of the Gu family even showed off Gu Yu’s record!
Ten years old - a second-grade alchemist.
Twenty years old - a third-grade alchemist.
Thirty years old—a fourth-grade alchemist.
Although it is not difficult to break through one level in ten years, it is very difficult to maintain such a speed all the time, especially the bottleneck of low-level and mid-level like third-level to fourth-level, which for many people , is an extremely difficult challenge!
However, the real highlight of this record is not the speed of the first grade in ten years, but the record of the second grade in this ten year old!
A ten-year-old child can actually refine a second-grade elixir? Such talent can be said to be at its peak!
Ten years old, many people's ten-year-olds don't even know what herbal medicine is.
Even the children of those big families with ancient heritage have just started martial arts at this age, but Gu Yu is already a second-grade alchemist.
If other people say that a ten-year-old child has surpassed many adults and reached the price of a second-grade alchemist, then the people in Fulong City will definitely not believe it, and will even accuse this guy of spreading rumors and causing trouble. Catch him and beat him severely.
However, this was said by the old man of the Gu family who had very high prestige and credibility in Fulong City, so Fulong City could only believe it.
After all, the old man of the Gu family has a high position and there is no need to lie about the deeds of his descendants. He does not lack this kind of limelight.
But even if the old man of the Gu family loved his son Gu Yu so much, even if he was sick from overwork and was about to leave Hexi, he didn't have the heart to call Gu Yu who was still concentrating on refining elixirs in the black tower. See him for the last time.
The old man of the Gu family just called a few elders and Gu Meng, who was only eighteen years old, and after taking care of his funeral arrangements, he passed away.
After that, a full seven days passed before Gu Yu, who had finally refined the last batch of elixirs, walked out of the black tower and prepared to share with the old man of the Gu family that he had finally entered the realm of a fifth-grade alchemist!
However, the moment he walked out of the black tower, what he saw was the silence of the Gu family.
After attending the funeral, Gu Yu also listened to the arrangements of several elders and became the head of the Gu family. However, he was also a hands-off shopkeeper, leaving everything directly to the elders and his daughter Gu Meng to handle, while he himself He took advantage of the opportunity and infiltrated into the black tower. The elders could not stop him or persuade him.
It is because of this incident that Gu Zhen is now extremely disgusted with Gu Yu as the head of the family.
Gu Yu is also self-aware. He usually hides away from the elders of the ancient town and does not dare to stay with him.
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Elder Yuehai sighed helplessly, "Although I am neither a member of your Gu family nor a member of the Xue family. But the old man of the Gu family cared for me at the beginning, and I still miss this feeling. Your Gu family is now in decline. , I guess this deal with the government is hopeless for you. In fact, let me say...Oh! That's all! You, the prodigal son, can't turn back!"
Elder Yuehai just wanted to say that if he had asked Gu Yu, a fifth-level alchemist, to refine a batch of iron bone powder, the situation might have been saved, but then he thought that the Gu family would not even be able to refine a hundred copies of iron bone powder. I don’t know if the herbs used in bone meal are worthy of it. So when the words came to his lips, he stopped talking.
Even if Gu Yu has the ability to reach the sky, it is impossible to create elixirs out of thin air. However, Elder Yuehai has heard that high-level alchemists seem to be able to use heaven and earth as furnaces and yin and yang as medicine to refine elixirs!
"Haha!" Elder Yuehai smiled, then shook his head.
Gu Yu asked curiously, "Why is Elder Yuehai laughing?"
Elder Yuehai sighed, patted Gu Yu on the shoulder, and said, "I was thinking! If you can really refine this seventh-grade elixir, you will have reached the threshold of a seventh-grade alchemist and reached the level of your father. If the old man of the Gu family reaches the realm, then your Gu family can regain its glory and get rid of this predicament today!"
Gu Meng also nodded slightly when he heard this. Indeed, as Elder Yuehai said, as long as his father can really refine this seventh-grade elixir, the existence of a half-step seventh-grade alchemy master will completely change the current decline of the Gu family!
After all, there are very few high-level alchemists in Jiuzhou nowadays. Every high-level alchemist is surrounded by a group of high-level warriors. They are all thinking about how to get the favor of the high-level alchemist so that they can speak easily. Let him refine the elixirs he needs for himself.
Every high-grade elixir is worth breaking the heads of countless high-grade warriors!
I think back when the old man of the Gu family refined the Yin Yang Liang Yi Pill, many high-level warriors sent various medicinal herbs to express their goodwill, and even a few high-level warriors secretly came to visit the Gu family!
Although the old man of the Gu family was only a half-step high-level alchemist at that time, he might be able to become a high-level alchemist one day.
When the old man of the Gu family really logs in as a high-level alchemist, these high-level warriors will definitely not just send herbs, but will visit them and no longer maintain their identity.
However, Gu Meng also knew how big the gap was between the middle-grade alchemist and the high-grade alchemist.
Even though his father had been hard at work refining elixirs for so many years, he had never succeeded once, and this time refining elixirs might be his last chance.
Because Elder Gu Feng had already told her that going to the medicine city with her to buy Ganoderma lucidum this time would be the last time Gu Feng stood on Gu Yu's side.
If they can return safely, then the Gu family will still have hope to complete this competition and perhaps save the situation.
It's a pity that this batch of Ganoderma lucidum has been wasted, and the Gu family can almost be said to have reached a dead end.
Therefore, Gu Feng can only stand on the side of Gu Town. After all, he needs to take into account the overall situation. The Gu family is not Gu Yu's alone. Gu Feng cannot just watch such a large fortune built by the Gu family's old man be destroyed in one day and preserve it. Only by defeating the Gu family can we save the ancient dream.
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Gu Meng sighed and said to Gu Yu, "Father, this... may be the last time you refine this elixir..."
Gu Meng's voice was trembling. She knew very well how much her father was obsessed with alchemy and how passionate he was. She had always wanted to fulfill her father's wish, and she had put in countless efforts to do so.
She knew that her father, who was a fifth-grade alchemist, forcibly refined seventh-grade elixirs not for the sake of fame, but for the long-cherished wish of the old man of the Gu family.
Therefore, even if he failed countless times and was ridiculed and ridiculed by others, his father would grit his teeth and persevere and never give up.
Maybe he was remembering the old man of the Gu family in this way!
However, after today, he will completely lose this last chance. He will no longer have the opportunity to refine the Yin Yang Liang Yi Dan, and will no longer have the opportunity to miss the old man of the Gu family...
Gu Meng knew very well that according to Gu Zhen's intention, he wanted to deprive Gu Yu of his status as the head of the family.
What Guzhen wants is a diligent fifth-level alchemist who can refine the elixirs needed for the family, not an ancient jade created by the family that has been consuming countless materials in vain but has no actual value at all. !
Thinking of this, Gu Meng couldn't help but burst into tears. She couldn't imagine how sad her father would be after knowing this ending.
However, Gu Yu just smiled indifferently and said, "Haha, if you don't practice, you won't practice. Anyway, I have stayed in this black tower for a long enough time. The family cannot raise useless people. I should go out and do something for the family." Well, you have been wronged and suffered so much over the years!"
Gu Yu stood up and hugged Gu Meng gently. Gu Meng's delicate body trembled, and he looked up with tearful eyes, looking at the wrinkles on his father's face and the white hair.
How long has it been since I saw such a father?
Everyone around them was deeply touched when they saw the father and daughter. The journey of martial arts cannot be separated from the care and care of others!
When Gu Meng finally wiped away the tears on his face, his thin skin could not resist the gazes of the people around him, and his face turned red. Escaped from his father's generous and warm embrace.
Everyone smiled.
With a smile on her face, Gu Yu said, "Okay, let's not delay this last alchemy. Let's start now! Meng'er, please take them aside and don't get hurt."
After Gu Meng said yes, he led everyone back to the other side of the platform and told them not to move around casually to avoid hurting themselves.
Elder Yuehai looked very excited and asked, "I know that when refining alchemy, the most dangerous thing is the flame under the alchemy furnace. I don't want to walk around casually, but can I just stand behind your father? I just want to see it up close. Take a look at this medicine refining process!"
Gu Meng looked at Gu Yu with some embarrassment. She was worried that Elder Yuehai would disturb Gu Yu's concentration on alchemy.
But Gu Yu smiled and said, "Okay! This will also make it convenient for Elder Yuehai to guide me in refining alchemy! I really want it!"
