Tianyun Sect, Miscellaneous Service Pavilion
At the chore registration office, the old man writing the pen looked directly at Qiye and said seriously:
"I want to see if you are really capable, or if you are just pretending."
The old man looked like he must find out everything.
Immediately, he took out a simple and thick album from the talisman bag and slapped it on the counter.
He opened it at random, glanced at it quickly, then pointed at a certain plant on one page and asked:
"Tell me what this is? Where does it grow?"
"Oh, this is 'Lumen grass'. It often grows in moist places beside lakes and streams. It has the effect of improving eyesight, gathering Qi, and refreshing the mind. It is often used to refine the 'Three Pure Pills'."
Qiye stood on tiptoes, leaned his little head forward to take a look at the object he was pointing at, and then blurted out, almost without any pause for thought in the whole process.
The reason why he recognized it so quickly was mainly because he had previously devoured the "Ten Thousand Poison Ghost Books", which contained more than 100,000 species of plants.
Although most of them are poisons, there is also a lot of information about medicinal herbs.
And even without using book knowledge, I still have all the memories of what the three people have seen and heard in their lives. This common ordinary herb can be recognized at a glance.
"Well, it seems that you don't know anything yet. But don't think that you can pass this way. This is just the simplest foundation."
After listening to Qiye's answer, the old man nodded gently, neither praising nor denying, showing an expected look.
In fact, there is still a bit of surprise in my heart.
Judging from Qiye's age, he is only a junior disciple who has just started, and has no access to herbal knowledge for the time being. He did not expect to recognize it so quickly, as if it is common in life.
Although there was a small accident, he pointed to another plant without paying much attention and asked:
"Tell me again what this is?"
"This is called 'Acacia Vine', also known as 'Couple's Rope'. It mainly grows on mountain cliffs. The juice extracted from the vine can be used as medicine. It has the effect of reassuring souls. It is mainly used to refine the 'Yuanyuan Pill'."
This time, Qiye still took a look and said it directly.
Oh~, what a good boy, I didn’t expect him to be right. It doesn’t look like an embroidered pillow.
The old man looked at Qiye seriously and thought to himself.
Being able to recognize the Acacia Vine, this vision alone is beyond the scope of knowledge of junior disciples.
What's even more commendable is that Qiye also said the other name of this acacia vine, 'Couple Rope', which is a name that many monks may not know.
Only alchemists who have been dealing with herbal medicines all year round know this. After all, in this world, the same plant has slightly different names in different places, but alchemists always use the same name.
Because the industry has its own terminology, and "husband and wife rope" is the alchemist's term for it.
"Well, it seems that you do have some ink in your belly. But don't be complacent..."
The old man praised Qiye reluctantly on the surface, but in his heart he already recognized Qiye's ability as a medicine keeper.
However, out of some curiosity and wanting to see the limits of this junior disciple's abilities, he directly turned to the last page of the album.
"Ahem... can you finally tell me what this is?"
It seems that he realized that what he did was a little unreasonable, and the content of the test was too remote.
The old man coughed twice to cover up his guilty conscience.
"Elder, aren't you making things difficult for my disciples? Who knows this 'Emperor Blood Tree'!"
Qiye glanced at the old man, thinking like a mirror. He said it loudly and deliberately without exposing it, as if he was "complaining" with great grievance.
Hearing him shout this, the elder who wrote the book couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and look a little worried. I took a breath in my heart:
Hey~, this brat actually knows this and still pretends to be ignorant in front of me!
This time, he was completely surprised.
This royal blood tree is a precious medicinal material for refining third-grade elixirs!
Shui Hanyan, the leader of Tianyun Sect, is now a third-grade alchemist, and is still a little short of refining fourth-grade elixirs.
To be able to recognize the Emperor Blood Tree, one's vision is equivalent to that of the elders of the Alchemy Hall.
If he knew that Qiye could identify information about one hundred thousand kinds of plants, he would probably be more than surprised.
"That's all. It seems that you are a bit of a loser. This is the medicine keeper's badge. Take it."
The registration elder took out a bronze waistband from his pocket and handed it to Qiye, and then wrote in a few smooth strokes on the registration book:
Medicine Keeper - Ah Qi
Qiye happily took the badge from the old man's hand, calmly walked out of the Servant Pavilion, and headed towards Hiyue Peak where the inner disciples were.
The foot of the Moon Peak
"Stop! Outer disciples are not allowed to enter Hidden Moon Peak!"
In front of the mountain gate, the two guarding disciples took a look at the Qiye outer sect disciples dressed up, with the crossbar in front.
"Ah Qi has met two senior brothers. The junior brother is here to take on the role of medicine keeper. This is a waist badge. Please take a look at it, senior brother."
Qiye stopped and handed out his waist badge, politely.
"Well, you are indeed the medicine keeper. Okay, come with me. I will take you to see the elder of the Alchemy Hall. However, you must be more careful when you arrive at the Alchemy Hall."
After the two guard disciples confirmed their belt cards, they saw that Qiye was so serious about them, so they kindly reminded him.
Qiye smiled and nodded his thanks.
Hiyue Peak, Dantang
"Elder, the disciple of the medicine keeper from the outer sect has arrived." The disciple of the keeper announced.
"Disciple Ah Qi, I have met the elder." After saying this, Qiye bowed his head and bowed.
"Well, you are the medicine keeper recommended by the Outer Gate Assistant Pavilion?"
In the alchemy hall, a white-haired elder sitting in the hall spoke slowly.
"What? The Outer Gate Assistant Pavilion is so perfunctory with our alchemy hall, and even sent a new disciple who is a junior level to be the medicine keeper. Does that mean that Mr. Ge doesn't want to be the assistant manager anymore?"
An elder sitting next to him looked at Qiye and said very dissatisfied.
"Elder Meng, please be patient. Elder Ge has always been prudent in dealing with people. Naturally, there should be no problems with the people he recommends. If Elder Meng has any objections, he can propose a question to test this disciple."
The white-haired elder seemed to be speaking for the handyman Elder Ge, but he also cleverly asked other elders to test him. He also doubted the ability of this new disciple.
"Since Elder Situ said so, there should be no problem. There is no need for inspection. It's not that I don't trust this disciple, I am also thinking about our Alchemy Garden!"
Seeing this, Elder Meng changed the topic and did not follow the elder's wishes, but also expressed his righteousness.
Hey, there is a situation... Qiye smiled knowingly.
"Haha... Elder Meng is overly worried. If this is the case, then Elder Lao Meng should lead this disciple to the medicine garden."
Elder Situ had a smile on his face and seemed not to care at all.
"Come with me..." Elder Meng stood up, wiped his white robe and left.
Seeing the opportunity, Qiye followed the elder obediently and left.
Covering Moon Peak and Houyam Garden.
The mountains here are steep, the aura is abundant, the wind and rain are gentle, the sunshine is sufficient, and there is little external interference. It is an ideal place for growing elixirs.
Qiye did not expect that there would be such a beautiful place in the mountains behind Yanyue Peak. The medicinal fields were cultivated and layered on top of the mountains. The fields were green and the elixirs were growing gratifyingly.
"Although I don't know how you got the recommendation through Ge Lao'er, if there are no problems in this medicine field in the future, I will ask you for it! Do you hear me clearly?"
Elder Meng stood with his hands behind his back, looking directly at the medicine field, looking like a master.
"Disciple must do his best and live up to the trust of the elders!" Behind him, Qiye immediately expressed his stance.
"There is a small courtyard over there, which is the residence of the medicine keeper. You can keep safe here. This is the medicine field sign. Some medicines are prohibited. Don't touch those that shouldn't be touched. If the medicines are damaged, they will not be touched at all. It’s not something you can afford!”
Elder Meng threw out the token, gave a stern warning, and walked away.
Qiye took the token and looked at it:
Exquisite copper carvings depict a lifelike floating lotus.
With a wave of the token, a beam of white light shot into the restriction covering the medicine field, opening an entrance.
Carefully enter the medicine garden and walk towards a dilapidated small courtyard in the distance. This is a simple three-sided courtyard facing the medicine field.
Pushing open the wooden courtyard door, the courtyard is overgrown with grass and seems to have been idle for a long time.
Although it was desolate, he was very satisfied: from now on, this would be his own yard, and no outsiders would disturb him at all.
You can practice as much as you like here and quickly improve your strength with the help of the abundant spiritual energy in the back mountain.
Just thinking about this, Qiye felt faintly excited and had an urge to absorb the spiritual energy immediately.
Time was precious, so he quickly rolled up his sleeves and started cleaning.
As night approached, I worked hard all afternoon to tidy up the place.
At night, the sky is filled with stars and the Milky Way is bright.
Qiye sat on the bedside and took out the set of gathering spirit flags. Just in case, he also set up another spiritual power restriction in the house.
In this way, coupled with the restrictions outside the medicine field, you can start practicing with confidence.
The spirit-gathering flag was activated, and eight small flags were hung in all directions. The flag is fluttering without wind and its brilliance is flowing.
In an instant, all the spiritual energy within a few tens of meters surged over.
Seeing this, Qiye smiled slightly and activated the Hun Tian Chakra in his body.
The chaotic cyclone rumbled and rolled, and spiritual energy poured into the body one after another and was injected into its vortex. Under the cyclone, drop by drop of pure spiritual liquid gradually gathered...
Nowadays, Qiye's spiritual aura has been firmly stabilized at the "first level of battle axe", but in terms of combat power, he can be on par with the "first level of battle axe".
However, with each level of improvement, Qiye could feel that his spiritual world had expanded several times. If this continues, I'm afraid I don't know how much spiritual energy I have to absorb before I can enter the "Tomahawk Level" level.
Such a night of devouring
The next day, Qiye woke up from practice refreshed.
Go out of the room and stretch your muscles.
After devouring all night last night, more than ten spiritual stars were successfully condensed in the spiritual world, but they were still only a drop in the bucket before a breakthrough.
As the Spirit Gathering Flag continued to absorb throughout the night, Qiye found that the intensity of the spiritual energy in the medicine garden did not seem to decrease significantly.
It seems that the spiritual energy foundation of this back mountain is not as fragile as I thought.
This made Qiye feel a little relieved. If the spiritual energy of the back mountain dropped significantly after a night of devouring it, it would probably be too disappointing.
While he was daydreaming, suddenly a paper crane flew over and landed steadily in his hand.
Hey, there's a letter.
Qiye opened it and saw densely written words on the yellow talisman, which were the names of medicinal materials. Signed: Situ.
It seems that Elder Situ asked him to deliver the medicine
After receiving the instructions, he quickly found farm tools from the house and started digging for medicine according to the order:
Moonflower, Frost Grass, Forgettable Fruit, Blue Root...
Qiye searched for them one by one, and carefully dug them out bit by bit according to the 'knowledge of how to start medicine' that he learned from "The Book of All Poisonous Ghosts" and put them into the sandalwood box.
After finding all the required medicinal materials on the talisman paper, he immediately fled towards the Alchemy Hall.
"Reporting to the Great Elder, all the medicinal materials you need have been sent by my disciples."
Entering the alchemy hall, Qiye placed a dozen wooden boxes.
"Yes, yes, yes, there is no mistake in the medicine, and the medicine itself has not been damaged. It seems that Elder Ge did not misjudge the person."
Elder Situ stepped forward, looked at the medicinal materials in the box with his hands behind his back, and nodded with satisfaction.
At this time, Qiye realized: It turned out that the great elder was testing himself. It seemed that what he said yesterday that he believed it was just words.
But if you think about it carefully, you will feel relieved: no one would be completely at ease with a new outer disciple serving as the medicine keeper of the Alchemy Garden.
Even if the Great Elder said he believed it yesterday, in fact it was just for the sake of Elder Ge. If the recommendation was rejected on the same day, it would be disrespectful to Elder Ge.
