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The sun sets, and the dim twilight envelopes the streets and alleys of Inner City.
Eternal Life Martial Sect's fifty Second Realm elite disciples were divided into ten groups, armed with thick iron heavy guns and cowhide chains, and took over all Inner City's city defense passes and checkpoints.
The positions that once belonged to the Dao Soldiers and City Lord's Mansion guards of the Immortal Dynasty are now occupied by mortal warriors wearing Black Iron heavy armor and with firm and cold faces.
Whenever a cultivator walks through the streets, he or she must lower his head and collect his breath, not daring to show any arrogance of the past.
Gu Qinghe Carrying a worn and whitened huanghuali medicine box, escorted by twenty young men with heavy guns, he passed through Inner City, the most prosperous Eastern Market, and stopped in front of a three-story red lacquered building.
There is a gold-lettered signboard hanging on the eaves of the pavilion - Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion Azure Cloud Branch.
As one of the top three huge chambers of commerce in the Great Xia Immortal Dynasty, Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion has been entrenched in Azure Cloud City for hundreds of years. It not only monopolizes more than 90% of Inner City's elixir and Law Artifact transactions, but its backyard is also connected to a third-level top-notch spirit medicine field that covers an area of 400 acres.
At this time, Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion's previously dazzling defensive formation had long been closed, and the two thick rosewood doors were open. The semicolon shopkeeper Zhao Xun, along with six refiners Alchemist and dozens of waiters, stood at the foot of the stairs with hands down.
"Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion Semicolon Chief Zhao Xun, pay homage to Mr. Gu Alchemist... pay homage to Mr. Gu." Zhao Xun bowed deeply, with beads of sweat on his forehead.
Zhao Xun I remember the young man in front of me.
Half a year ago, Gu Qinghe was chased by Gu Household and Qi and Blood was damaged. He came to the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion to buy half of a Fourth Tier Earth Spirit Herb plant, but Zhao Xun dismissed it as "Spirit Root is broken and has no future" and ordered the clerk to throw it out.
Who would have thought that in just a few months, this man would suddenly become the core figure in charge of the city's pharmaceutical affairs in the Changsheng Wuzong.
Gu Qinghe looked calm and did not mention the past. He just took out a wooden document with Su Yueli's private seal from his arms and handed it over. "According to the order of the sect master, all Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion Azure Cloud Branch's materials are confiscated. All ores, medicinal materials, and ferocious beasts Essence Blood in the warehouse will be fully inventoried and taken over by the Martial Sect."
"Yes, the account books and the keys to the warehouse are all here. I would never dare to hide anything private." Zhao Xun quickly presented a string of Black Iron keys and thick account books with both hands.
Gu Qinghe took the account book, flipped through it briefly, and then strode through the front hall with his disciple and walked straight to spirit medicine field in the backyard.
As soon as you enter the medicinal field, a fresh breath of earth and herbs hits your face.
Thousands of rare Spirit Herb are planted neatly on four hundred acres of black fertile soil.
Several flower farmers and alchemy boys who specialized in taking care of medicinal herbs knelt on both sides of the field ridge with pale faces, trembling with fear.
Gu Qinghe squatted down, grabbed a handful of moist soil, pulled up a blue "Cold Marrow Orchid" plant, put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it carefully.
"Senior Brother Gu, these Spirit Herb are in excellent condition. Each one can be sold for dozens of Lower-Grade Spirit Stone on Inner City Black Market." Li Meng behind him looked at the garden full of herbs and couldn't help but speak.
Gu Qinghe shook his head and threw the Cold Marrow Orchid plant back into the mud:
"This is medicine for immortal cultivators, not for us."
He stood up, patted the soil on his hands, pointed at the entire medicinal field and explained to Li Meng:
"Ordinary monks in alchemy pursue to collect Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to nourish Divine Soul and pay attention to purity and emptiness. Therefore, the internal fibers of the cultivated herbs are extremely fragile and contain very little physical vitality."
"If these kinds of herbs are given to warriors, they will not only cause the internal organs and meridians to be rejected and flushed by Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, but will not be able to nourish the bone marrow and Qi and Blood at all."
Gu Qinghe turned to look at Zhao Xun and several refiners Alchemist who were standing aside, and ordered in a deep voice:
"Give me my orders."
"First, eradicate all the two hundred acres of medicinal fields planted with 'Gathering Spirit Herb' and 'Clear Heart Orchid' to the west, plow the soil, spread lime and ferocious beast bone meal, and replant them with 'Dragon Bone Vine' and 'Crimson Yang Ginseng' required for Blood-Locking Great Medicine."
"Second, all the Fourth Tier, Fifth Stage Demon Beast Blood Essence currently in the warehouse should be transported to the Martial Sect backyard medicine warehouse, and not even a drop should be allowed to escape."
"Third, the more than 3,000 Qi-Increasing Pill and Marrow-Washing Pill that were originally intended to be sent to Imperial City were all sent to Alchemy Chamber for recycling, and the mottled Spiritual Power in them were peeled off with heavy fire, and the pure plant roots were extracted, turned into ointments, and distributed to the injured disciples on the front line to apply to strengthen their bones."
Zhao Xun's eyes jumped when he heard it.
Pulled out the best cultivator spirit medicine to plant mortal grass?
Reheat the precious finished elixir and use it as ointment to apply on your body?
To Cultivation World, this was simply a crazy waste of natural resources! But under the unquestionable gaze of Gu Qinghe, Zhao Xun did not dare to hesitate in the slightest, and quickly lowered his head and accepted the order, "I obey your orders, I will arrange for manpower to plow the land!"
The night is getting darker.
Inner City Lord's Mansion In the main hall, the huge sand table and account books were cleared away, replaced by a long, rough black iron table.
Su Yueli was sitting alone on the top floor of Star-Picking Tower, leaning on the railing and looking into the distance.
All the auras of the entire Azure Cloud City avenue have faded away. On top of the city, the spirit-gathering array originally used to warn Demon Beast has been completely shut down, replaced by beacon towers and heavy winches built by Mortal Iron.
On both sides of the long street, the Martial Sect patrols holding torches walked past with neat and heavy steps. The clanging sound of armor rubbing against each other was particularly clear in the night sky.
There is no longer the superior Flying Sword roar of the cultivators, and there is no longer the unscrupulous Divine Sense glances of the Aristocratic Clan wealthy families.
Su Yueli can clearly sense that the vitality deep in the earth's veins, which was originally blocked by layers of immortal family restrictions, is being stepped away and awakened bit by bit by the footsteps of hundreds of thousands of mortals in the city and the Qi and Blood warriors.
Immortal cultivators regard mortals as impurities and the earth as raw materials to obtain Spiritual Qi.
But Martial Dao was born from the soil and grew from flesh and blood.
Su Yueli raised his right hand, and a wisp of evening wind passed through his fingers.
The rules of this city have changed hands.