First Arrival Three Years

Time flies, two or three years have passed.

Lan Chang'an, who first came to the Jing Kingdom Cultivation World, and "Qingsha Bay Xia Clan" of the Five Blessings Merchant Association, practiced in a low-key and peaceful way. Apart from his duties of alchemy, he rarely interacted with outsiders.

He stays at Autumn Wind Island Dao Field all year round and rarely goes out.

Unknowingly, the monk Xia Clan got used to him, a middle-aged Foundation Establishment Realm Alchemist who came from a neighboring country.

Compared with the first one or two years after arriving, Xia Clan's senior management has reduced their vigilance and supervision over Lan Chang'an a lot.

A few months ago, the senior leaders of the Xia Clan invited Lan Chang'an to participate in important discussions within the clan.

Lan Chang'an decisively refused on the grounds that it had nothing to do with Spirit Contract's alchemy duties.

Lan Chang'an came to the Jing Kingdom for the purpose of seeking stable practice Dao Field, transitioning safely to the peak of Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and pursuing Golden Core Realm.

Lan Chang'an lacks interest in the internal matters of the Five Blessings Merchant Association and Xia Clan.

Besides, the invitation from the Xia Clan's top brass is probably just a test.

"Get up!"

On this day, in the alchemy room of Autumn Wind Island's mansion, Lan Chang'an pointed at Hand Seals and used the furnace method.

Buzz!

The two-eared red copper Pill Furnace in front of him was about ten feet tall, with spiritual patterns flashing and emitting a fiery aura. The lid of the tripod suddenly trembled and was smoothly pushed away by a ray of spiritual glow.

Accompanied by the strong medicinal fragrance, three crystal-clear purple elixirs flew out of the heat wave and landed in the palm of Lan Chang'an's hand.

Lan Chang'an looked at the three elixirs in his hand. Two of them had four lines on the surface, representing the second-level lower-grade elixirs.

The remaining one has three and a half lines and is a poor quality elixir.

Of course, inferior elixirs are not unusable, but they are less effective, have more impurities, and may also contain a certain amount of erysipelas.

"Xiao Ming, please send these three Heart-Calming Pill to the warehouse."

Lan Chang'an handed the medicine bottle containing the elixir to the square-faced boy with fair complexion dressed as a medicine boy next to him.

Xia Mingcheng is one of the two medicine boys who assist Lan Chang'an in making alchemy.

Alchemy is not only technical work, but also continuous physical work.

Many high-quality elixirs cannot be produced in three to five days.

Therefore, the medicine boy who assists in alchemy is indispensable to every full-time Alchemist.

Only in this way can Alchemist have time to practice without being significantly delayed.

Lan Chang'an When refining some elixirs that are not too difficult or valuable, the intermediate stable steps and boring time will be left to the medicine boy to take care of them.

In this way, he can save energy, and the medicine boy can also get guidance and training.

"Yes, Alchemist Wu."

Medicine boy Xia Mingcheng took the elixir and left respectfully.

Although Xia Mingcheng is known as a medicine boy, he is actually Alchemist, a first-level mid-level medicine boy, who can be regarded as half a disciple of Lan Chang'an.

In terms of alchemy talent, Xia Mingcheng also surpasses Lan Chang'an.

"In the past two or three years, the opportunities and experience in alchemy accumulated have surpassed those of the past twenty years of working behind closed doors."

Lan Chang'an's alchemy skills at this time have improved a lot compared to those before Jing Kingdom.

Many years ago, he became the second-order Alchemist.

Due to his limited talent, the opportunity to practice was far less than that of a full-time Alchemist. After that, his alchemy skills almost stagnated for many years.

When it comes to the Xia Clan and Lan Chang'an, there are too many opportunities to practice, and the materials are all provided by the Xia Clan or Five Blessings Merchant Association.

The types of refined elixirs are also greater than before.

Under this environment, Lan Chang'an's alchemy skills have finally improved.

It is still difficult to advance to Second-Order Middle-Grade, but at least you can feel the progress of your skills.

Lan Chang'an mainly helps Xia Clan in refining alchemy, followed by some of the Five Blessings Merchant Association's alchemy tasks.

Nominally, Lan Chang'an is a member of the Five Blessings Merchant Association, as is the signed Spirit Contract.

In essence, he is an external monk of the Xia Clan.

After all, the Dao Field, Spiritual Rice resources needed for Lan Chang'an's cultivation, as well as the remuneration for alchemy, were all provided by the Xia Clan.

Moreover, three years ago on the Jiuchen Merchant Association's Spirit Ship, Xia Clan signed Spirit Contract with Lan Chang'an and paid Jiuchen Merchant Association a sum of Spirit Stone.

Including the purchase of Second-Order Spirit Contract is also an expense.

"However, most of the alchemy materials provided by the Xia Clan and Five Blessings Merchant Association are of ordinary types that are not too precious."

For example, Foundation Establishment pill, second-level Breakthrough Pill, and Lan Chang'an have never been refined.

Without corresponding opportunities to practice, Lan Chang'an can hardly guarantee the success rate and quality of refining such elixirs.

Five Blessings Merchant Association has a higher grade Second-Order High-Grade Alchemist. Due to old age and lack of energy, he is mainly responsible for refining important elixirs.

For ordinary second-level elixirs, leave them to Lan Chang'an, or Alchemist from other Lineages.

Lan Chang'an walked out of the alchemy room and walked into the quiet garden courtyard.

"Alchemist Wu, this is the information that the young master recently collected from the Merchant Alliance."

A soft girl's voice came.

Xia Wenyue, who was wearing a plain skirt, flew back to Autumn Wind Island not long ago, bowed and handed a Jade Cylinder to Lan Chang'an.

Entering Autumn Wind Island, Lan Chang'an only has two drug boy places.

Xia Wenyue is another drug boy.

She also serves as a maid, taking care of the mundane affairs on the island, including receiving people and treating guests.

She has been sick since she was a child, has rich pharmacological knowledge, and works as a pharmacist, similar to Wuqi Mountain's Ye Fei.

Together with the pharmacist, they focus on pharmacology, including medical and poisonous skills, but basic alchemy skills are also indispensable, but they are not as specialized as Alchemist.

"Well, you go down and rest first."

Lan Chang'an took Jade Cylinder and glanced at the pale and panting girl Xia Clan.

Just flying a certain distance within the clan seemed difficult.

Lan Chang'an has been in Autumn Wind Island for two or three years, and Xia Wenyue has always had a sickly and pale face, with light smoke hanging between her brows, giving people a sense of melancholy.

Even though he is physically weak, Xia Wenyue's appearance and temperament are second to none in the Xia Clan's.

In order to stay with Autumn Wind Island, Xia Wenyue is willing to be a maid.

In addition to assisting in alchemy, he also has to take care of many things on the island, including serving tea and water, doing miscellaneous tasks and running errands.

Unfortunately, this woman is physically weak, Law Power is not good enough, and she can't bear it.

One time, Xia Wenyue fainted while working on the island.

Lan Chang'an Seeing that this woman is a good person, hard-working and not evil in temperament, she has a good impression of her.

During a chat in a good mood, Lan Chang'an kindly mentioned:

"Xiaoyue, you are cold and weak, and you seem to have some underlying disease. Wu has some experience in medicine, so I can help you take a look."

Lan Chang'an This suggestion is not only partly out of good intentions, but also out of curiosity.

After checking his Divine Sense, he couldn't find the root cause of Xia Wenyue's disease.

He couldn't help but wonder if this woman had a special physique.

That requires Law Power contact and in-depth examination inside the body.

Unexpectedly, Lan Chang'an's kindness was rejected by the girl.

"Thank you Alchemist Wu for your kindness. The little girl's illness was brought from her mother's womb. My mother had a third-level pharmacist see her before she died, but she couldn't get a radical cure. She could only use medicine to stabilize the yin and cold air and barely maintain her practice."

"Over the years, Wen Yue has been content with this and has no more extravagant expectations."

At that time, Xia Wenyue took a look at the middle-aged man with a round face, a yellow beard and a slightly oily face, and politely declined the offer.

Lan Chang'an naturally won't put a hot face on a cold butt.

Even though I was a little curious and felt a little strange, I never mentioned this topic again.

He estimated that if it were replaced with Lan Chang'an's original appearance, the result might be different.

Lan Chang'an, disguised as Hundred Illusion Mask, inherits the appearance and temperament of others. His image is not ugly or vulgar, but has a bit of the greasiness of a middle-aged man.

"Liang Kingdom Cultivation World, a quarter of Spirit Vein Dao Field, were captured by the Golden Sun Sect camp? Now, there are more Liang Kingdom monks fleeing to the neutral Jing Kingdom..."

Return to the room, Lan Chang'an check the intelligence information in Jade Cylinder.

In the two or three years since he settled in Autumn Wind Island, although he didn't go out much, he still paid attention to the Liang Kingdom's practice war.

Jing Kingdom Merchant Alliance has a wide range of news channels. The monks of the Five Blessings Merchant Association go to the Liang Kingdom once or twice a year.

Lan Chang'an asked Xia Mingqu, the young master of the Xia Clan, to bring him the war information of the Liang Kingdom Cultivation World.

At the same time, he wanted to know whether the news about Ancient Ruins was leaked.

Lan Chang'an couldn't ask directly, so he made an excuse and said he was concerned about the situation around Yellow Dragon Immortal City and asked Five Blessings Merchant Association to help pay attention to it.

"There is still no news about Ancient Ruins. We can be sure that at least the news about the ruins has not been leaked on a large scale."

"Fairy Shi became Third-Order Array Master for several years and is still safe and sound. Before she left the ruins, she should have dealt with everything and not exposed the core secret..."

Lan Chang'an draws basic conclusions.

The Mystic Wood Gourd Vine on him involves major fortuitous opportunity above the Nascent Soul level.

If such core secrets are really leaked, Fairy Shi's identity as a third-level formation mage cannot be preserved.

If it is an ordinary cave and ruins.

Fairy Shi was promoted to False Core and became Third-Order Array Master. His identity is comparable to the real elixir and can be completely covered.

Nowadays, Fairy Shi is considered the number one big shot among the Liang Kingdom and Cultivation World.

A year ago, in the information brought back by the Five Blessings Merchant Association, there was a brief mention of Third-Order Array Master, who was newly promoted around Yellow Dragon Immortal City.

It is worth mentioning that.

Five Blessings Merchant Association has some business dealings with the Beast Taming Zhou Family of the Liang Kingdom.

Some of the information was provided by monks from the Beast Taming Zhou Family.

"Feng Kingdom's Golden Sun Sect has not heard any news about a reward for "Turtle Talisman Master". Could it be that Mu Jiuan's group concealed the matter and did not attract Golden Sun Sect's investigation?"

Regarding another hidden danger, Lan Chang'an also paid attention to it.

He could only be sure that Turtle Talisman Master, a small person, had not entered the vision of the Golden Sun Sect's top management.

If he is an important bounty figure, he will be offered a cross-border bounty by the Nascent Soul-level sect.

"At present, it seems that these two hidden dangers are not a big problem."

Lan Chang'an thought:

"In the future, if I or one of Earth Rock Rat, Golden Core Realm, succeeds, there will be nothing to worry about. You don't even have to hide your identity. You can practice normally in the land of the Jing Kingdom as Lan Chang'an."

After reading the information, Lan Chang'an felt more and more stable.

In the three pieces of information provided by the Five Blessings Merchant Association, "Turtle Talisman Master" was never mentioned.

The name Turtle Talisman Master is only slightly famous in the Liang Kingdom Cultivation World. Once he crosses the Xiuxian Kingdom, basically no one knows this person.

Unless it is a character like True Person Yellow Dragon, it has a certain degree of "legend" and is known to some monks even in neighboring countries.

Or a third-level array mage like Fairy Shi will be paid attention to by the intelligence of the Feng Kingdom senior officials and Jing Kingdom Merchant Alliance.

Lan Chang'an guessed that the monk of the Xia Clan must have checked the identity of "Wu Fan" in the past two years.

As a result of the investigation, it may be suspected that Lan Chang'an used a pseudonym.

But it's no longer important.

As long as Lan Chang'an has no bad intentions towards the Xia Clan and just makes elixirs honestly, that's all. How much trouble can a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage stow away and seek refuge in?

In the short term, Lan Chang'an is not worried about his true identity being exposed.

First, in cross-border investigations, Five Blessings Merchant Association's influence is very limited.

There are many monks who have fled to the Jing Kingdom. In the chaotic war background, it is not too normal for a Foundation Establishment Realm to disappear.

Secondly, no one in the outside world knows that Lan Chang'an has the second-level attainment of Alchemist.

Even if someone thinks of Turtle Talisman Master, the second-level cultivation of Alchemist and Foundation Establishment Middle Stage can rule out Lan Chang'an.

Normally, if Foundation Establishment Realm conceals his cultivation, it would be difficult to hide it from the Xia Clan's False Core ancestor.

The night is very dark.

Lan Chang'an dismissed Xia Wenyue and went to the basement under Autumn Wind Island's mansion alone.

In Autumn Wind Island, two drug boys live in a house built on the outskirts.

Lan Chang'an's mansion and the deep pool behind it are within the coverage of Quasi-Third-Order's formation.

Underneath the basement, there is a secret tunnel that is connected to the deep pool behind the mansion.

This tunnel was secretly dug by Earth Rock Rat a few months after Autumn Wind Island arrived.

Mystic Water Turtle, usually lives in the deep pool at the other end of the tunnel. It comes out to bubble when no one is around, and dives underneath when monks come over.

Due to the cover-up of the light and dark formations, the secret tunnel and Mystic Water Turtle have not been discovered by the Xia Clan monks so far.

Moreover, Lan Chang'an lets it disguise itself as the regular Spirit Turtle.

Squeak!

A yellow-haired Rat Demon pushed open the secret door of the tunnel and led Lan Chang'an in front.

Rat Demon, looking at the physical appearance, is a common variety called "Yellow Rock Rat", which is a close relative of Earth Rock Rat.

This is the result of Earth Rock Rat practicing Shape-Shifting Technique.

Due to their similar bloodline, even Beast Tamer would not be easy to spot.

On weekdays, as Yellow Rock Rat, with a mid-level second-level cultivation, it stays in Autumn Wind Island's mansion and is responsible for working and guarding.

With the formation covering up, as long as Earth Rock Rat doesn't go out and bump into the Xia Clan patriarch "Xia Hongyu", there will be no problem.

After a while.

Along the tunnel, Lan Chang'an came to the deep pool at the other end.

In the deep pool, there is a stone house covered by a formation and isolated from the water flow.

Wow!

Mystic Water Turtle carries Lan Chang'an and Rat Demon, shields the water flow, and enters the hidden stone house at the bottom of the pool.

Inside the stone house, there is moderately dry and wet soil underfoot.

A huge porcelain jar stood on the surface of the soil.

The porcelain jar is filled with soil of five colors, and a withered gourd vine is planted there.

It is Mystic Wood Gourd Vine that Lan Chang'an brought out from Ancient Ruins.

A hole was opened at the bottom of the porcelain tank; Five Elements Soil at the bottom of the tank was in contact with the soil at the bottom of the lake, connected to "Earth Qi", and was no longer a rootless tree.

Although it is not really taking root, it has a similar effect.

Lan Chang'an put Mystic Wood Gourd Vine here to grow, naturally there was some consideration.

First, this deep pool is connected to the earth's veins, Spiritual Qi is active, and Earth Qi is strong.

Secondly, by taking advantage of the natural geography of the deep pool, combined with the dark formation of the Quasi-Third-Order formation, and the isolation materials created by Shadow Ghost Stone, the concealment is good.

Third, Mystic Water Turtle lives in a deep pool and can be taken care of all year round.

When Lan Chang'an is busy, Mystic Water Turtle uses Cloud Rain Technique to help water Mystic Wood Gourd Vine and maintain its vitality.

Mystic Water Turtle is very happy to do this job.

"If you leave Mystic Wood Gourd Vine here to grow, it will be more hidden and harder to find than if I take it out with you."

Based on the experience of Previous Life, Lan Chang'an has repeatedly considered Mystic Wood Gourd Vine and even made some calculations.

As a result, he came to a conclusion.

Mystic Wood Gourd Vine, has the ability to shield secrets and make calculations.

Of course, Lan Chang'an Previous Life is not proficient in calculations, but has only scratched the surface. The calculations launched with Foundation Establishment Late Stage's cultivation level are very useless.

Lan Chang'an approached the withered gourd vine, observed it for a moment, and couldn't help but shake his head.

After the gourd vine was connected to Earth Qi at the bottom of the pool, there was no obvious sign of growth.

Since Mystic Wood Gourd Vine was taken out of the ruins, all Lan Chang'an has been able to do is keep it alive.

If you pay longevity yuan and cast Evergreen Secret Technique, you can feel that the vitality of Mystic Wood Gourd Vine has increased slightly.

Perhaps, if you invest a lot of longevity yuan, it is possible to reverse growth.

However, how could Lan Chang'an be willing to use a large amount of longevity to bet on an unknown outcome?

Even if you have to give it a little try, you have to at least be promoted to the true elixir and your lifespan will be greatly increased.

"Let's go."

Lan Chang'an waved his hand and put the large porcelain vat containing the gourd vine and Five Elements Soil into Storage Bag, temporarily disconnecting it from Earth Qi.

Next, he was going to go out and plan Golden Core Realm for Earth Rock Rat.

Although Mystic Wood Gourd Vine is hidden here, subjectively it feels more secure to carry it with you.

As long as there is nourishment from Five Elements Soil and Evergreen Mana, the gourd vine can be kept from dying.

"It took three years to gain Xia Clan's initial trust. It's not appropriate to delay it any longer..."

Lan Chang'an patted Earth Rock Rat on the head.

Then, he returned to the ground of Autumn Wind Island mansion through the secret tunnel.

The next morning.

Lan Chang'an took the initiative to visit Xia Mingqu, the young master of the Xia Clan, and told him his purpose.

(End of chapter)