Time passed little by little, and Yan Sijing's alchemy this time soon came to an end.
She activated the magic formula, stopped the fire and started the furnace.
The top cover of the back-colored alchemy furnace slowly opened, and a strong medicinal fragrance came out. Five red elixirs were suspended in the alchemy furnace, exuding strong spiritual power fluctuations, far exceeding those of the foundation-building elixirs.
"Could this be the elixir used in the elixir formation stage?" Yuan Ming was shocked.
The value of elixirs in the pill-forming stage is not the same as that in the foundation-building stage, and the difficulty of refining has increased by more than ten times. Yan Sijuanjing can refine such elixirs, and her level of elixir refining is far beyond his expectations.
Yuan Ming felt happy immediately. He wondered if his soul was too powerful. Although he only had one enlightenment just now, he basically mastered the refining process of this red elixir and also recorded the spiritual materials used in this elixir. .
Yuan Ming had a hunch that as long as he found those materials, his success rate in refining Yihong elixir should not be low. If he had the opportunity to comprehend it several times in the future, his attainments in elixir refining would be greatly improved.
The possession ended quickly and his consciousness returned to his own body.
Yuan Ming didn't really go looking for materials to make elixirs. The most important thing at the moment was the escort mission in three days.
He put away the Heaven Stealing Cauldron, released the first part of his soul and escaped into the ground, walking towards Baidanfang.
Three days later, Yuan Ming arrived at Baidanfang at the agreed time. Before he entered, he saw a maid in green standing in front of the door waiting.
"Senior Yuan, please come with me. Miss is already sitting upstairs with other seniors."
Yuan Ming nodded, and as he followed the maid upstairs, he asked casually: "How many Taoist friends did your boss invite to escort?"
"Senior, in addition to you, there are two seniors who have also accepted the task. Counting the worshipers and elders of our workshop, there are a total of five people participating." The maid replied.
While talking, the maid took Yuan Ming to the private room on the second floor and opened the door for him. Upon hearing the movement, several people sitting inside looked toward the door.
Yuan Ming looked around the room and saw Yan Sijing sitting in the main seat, gesturing slightly to him. To his right was a female cultivator wearing a green dress, a flower fork on her head, and a beauty mark at the corner of her mouth. She was in the late stage of foundation building.
The person on the left is a middle-aged male cultivator with an average appearance. He is dressed in a simple gray robe. There is nothing surprising about him, but his cultivation is at the early stage of pill formation. His eyes looking at Yuan Ming are full of The color of scrutiny.
In addition to the two of them, there were two other foundation-building monks in the room. One was extremely short, a full head lower than Yuan Ming, and the other was white-faced and beardless, dressed like a scholar, holding a folding fan in his hand and fanning it gently.
They are also in the later stages of foundation building. Seeing this situation, Yuan Ming was slightly suspicious. For this escort, Baidanfang not only provided the elixir-cleansing liquid as a reward, but also invited late-stage foundation-building monks and sent an elder to lead the team. Seeing that This mission is far from as simple as Yan Sijing said before. However, Yuan Ming had already predicted this, so he walked into the house calmly without any hesitation and found a place to sit down.
Seeing Yuan Ming sit down, Yan Sijing immediately introduced with a smile: "Yuan Daoyou, you are here, let me introduce you. The two people beside me are Ai Gongfeng and Elder Chai from our workshop, who are the leaders of this mission. This is Fellow Daoist Gan from the Yinqiu Sect had few opponents during the foundation-building period for his earth-based spells. This Master Beiyan's Wind Control Technique was so superb that he once forced three monks of the same level back with one person.
Hearing this, Yuan Ming hugged several people and said politely: "I'm Yuan Ming, I've looked up to you for a long time."
Ai Gongfeng and Young Master Beiyan returned the greetings one after another, while Elder Chai nodded slightly. As for the short monk named Gan, he looked Yuan Ming up and down and asked politely: "My fellow Taoist in Purple Window City, am I I know him a lot, but why have I never heard of Yuan Daoyou’s name?”
Yuan Ming also smiled with satisfaction and said: "I was practicing in another city before. It is far away from Purple Window City and beyond the reach of fellow Taoists."
As soon as these words came out, Beiyan Gongyu immediately laughed twice, while the monk surnamed Gan frowned. He instinctively felt that Yuan Ming's words were wrong, but he couldn't explain why for a while. Yan Sijing also heard the meaning of Yuan Ming's words, which was to scold the monk surnamed Gan for sitting in a well and looking at the sky. She raised the corner of her mouth, but without criticizing it, she directly changed the subject: "Okay, since everyone is here, it's up to me to continue. Please explain the mission in detail to a few fellow Taoists."
Hearing this, everyone including Yuan Ming looked at Yan Sijing. Yan Sijing only paused for a moment, and then continued: "The destination of the caravan that you need to escort this time is Black Moon City. It will stop at Thousand Hook City and Oasis City for a few days for supplies. In addition to the basic elixirs and supplies, there is also a batch of precious elixirs ordered by Sha Rangu. This batch of elixirs is related to the reputation of our workshop, and there must be no surprises, so we have made special arrangements."
As she spoke, she clapped her hands, and immediately several maids filed in carrying trays and stood in front of several people.
There is a gray storage bag on the tray, but it is sealed and cannot be opened at will.
"Among these five storage bags, only one contains Sha Ran Gu's order. The others are just cover-ups. But which storage bag it is, even Elder Chai of our workshop doesn't know. So, please, please Each person carries one, and be sure to keep the storage bag you bring. As long as it can be delivered to Black Moon City intact in the end, the mission will be considered completed. Regardless of whether it is true or not, we will keep the agreement The rewards are given with both hands.
Hearing what she said, Yuan Ming and the others gave up the idea of exploring and put away the storage bags. Master Beiyan suddenly asked: "Fellow Daoist Yan, the caravan before your house was robbed because it was transporting this batch of goods." Yes, have you ever found out the identity of the gangster?"
Yan Sijing's expression darkened, she shook her head and said: "Currently, I only know that they are called Feiyu and have Jiedan as their commander. We don't know anything else."
Hearing this, Mr. Beiyan folded the folding fan in his hand and sighed worriedly: "Oh, it is said that there is no peace in the Black Wind Desert, but recent events have happened frequently, and there is Dihe in front of us. The city was destroyed inexplicably, and then the Guiyuan Sect mine was destroyed by some Dark Moon God. Now even the Lianjie Dan monks have become sand pirates. If this continues, I really don’t know what will happen.”
"This is true. How can there be no place in the world without chaos? The large and small sects in the Northern Desert are fighting endlessly. The Western Regions and the Qin State have also had disputes recently. A well-known sect in the southern Xinjiang was destroyed a few years ago, not to mention the East China Sea. Now, the news of the birth of Sanxian Island has spread like wildfire, and many cultivators have rushed there. Now I don’t know how many disputes there are every day. Even the seemingly peaceful land of the Central Plains, there have been many sects in recent years. A senior executive was assassinated by unknown forces, and no results have been found so far." The monk surnamed Gan said nonchalantly.
Mr. Beiyan shook his head noncommittally, with a worried look on his face, while Yuan Ming had a calm face, showing no emotion.
At this moment, someone suddenly reported outside the door that the caravan had assembled. Yan Sijing immediately stood up. After saying a few words, she asked Elder Chai and Ai Gongfeng to lead everyone to the caravan gathering place and set off.
A few days later in the evening.
Before night fell, the Baidanfang caravan, which had been traveling all day, camped on the spot and prepared to rest.
However, Yuan Ming, who was following the team, gradually began to have doubts in his heart.
The road has been calm these days. The soul crows he sent out to chase did not see any sand thieves or suspicious monks approaching. However, the speed of the Baidanfang caravan was really slower than he expected. .
It stands to reason that since it is an important cargo and there is a possibility of encountering sand pirates on the way, Baidanfang's caravan must not only travel day and night, but at least rush slowly. It is impossible to sneak in faster than when Yuan Ming came to the Black Wind Desert. All mortal caravans must be slow. But when Yuan Ming expressed his doubts to Ai Gongfeng, he received an unexpected answer.
"Fellow Daoist Yuan, please forgive me. The last time we were robbed, our shop suffered heavy losses. Not only did we lose a few worshipers, but all the good businessmen among mortals were also killed and injured. Even the camels carefully selected for transporting goods were beaten away. This time The reorganization was done in a hurry, and many people had little experience, which slowed it down." Ai Gongfeng replied with a wry smile.
"In that case, why don't you let us take the important pills first, and then send someone to deliver the rest of the goods?" Yuan Ming asked again.
Ai Gongfeng sighed: "After the caravan was robbed last time, the shop owner deployed a large number of people to handle other matters. Now even the people who can follow the caravan..."
Yuan Ming suddenly realized that Baidanfang was in a difficult situation, so he naturally wanted to spend one price to hire someone to do two things. This allowed them, the monks in the late stage of foundation building, to take on the work that should have been accepted by the Qi Refining monks.
Ai Gongfeng also explained the same explanation to Mr. Beiyan and Brother Shigan. Although they were a little dissatisfied, they did not say anything more in the end because of the reward.
That night, Yuan Ming sat in the tent and meditated silently, thinking about Ai Gongfeng's explanation, but he vaguely felt that something was wrong.
Without finding out the origins of the Sand Pirates, it was still not safe to hastily organize people to retake the trade route, even if several late-stage foundation-building monks were hired to guard the place.
What's more, the Baidanfang family has a great business, with alchemy monks sitting in charge, and they can produce elixirs of the level of elixir-washing liquid. It is impossible for them to decline like this just because of a robbery.
Just as he was thinking, the soil around his feet loosened, but a flower branch suddenly came out from underneath and came to Yuan Ming.
"My Lord, there are eight monks heading here dozens of miles away in the northeast using the Earth Escape Technique."
"What kind of cultivation level do they have?" Sheng Ming asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Judging from the breath, the leader should be a monk in the alchemy stage. I was afraid of being discovered, so I didn't dare to get too close." Huazhi replied.
Yuan Ming nodded and stood up immediately, taking the flower branches with him to report the matter to other people in the caravan. But as soon as he walked out of Zhanglian, he saw Elder Chai in plain gray robe standing not far from Zhanglian. , hands behind his back, patting his head and looking up at the stars in the sky.
