After returning to the attic, Lu Junyi said with a serious face, "This money was not given in vain, it was borrowed, and there was interest. It should not be considered as opening a back door for him."
Gu Sheng was a little confused looking at the huge sum of money in his hand.
"What... what does this mean?" Gu Sheng couldn't help but smile.
First it was Ink Bamboo Saber, and then it was three hundred thousand taels of silver notes. Of course Gu Sheng knew that Lu Junyi couldn't have given him these things just because of his talent. After all, the two combined There are already more than one million taels of silver. If we really go by normal conditions, it would be impossible for Ink Bamboo Saber to give it to him. Many of the Saint Pill Sect's core disciples don't even have a treasure in their hands.
Lu Junyi is obviously doing this because of Ge Qing! But what Gu Sheng doesn't quite understand is why Lu Junyi didn't mention his status directly. He didn't believe Lu Junyi's previous remarks, why it was just nonsense to maintain the sect's laws. It's not like he has done this kind of thing before.
If you don't understand Gu Sheng, just stop thinking about it. Anyway, the benefits obtained are the most practical.
"Junior Brother Gu, you are so lucky! I feel that Master treats you better than he treats me."
Although Bai Xueyuzi said this with a smile, the jealousy in it was obvious, and Gu Sheng could only giggle at this.
War God Peak top
Wen Mingyan slammed the sword on his waist into the boulder in front of him, and cursed angrily, "This old man! You make me work for nothing every time! Sooner or later, I will pull out all the grapes in your yard!"
Qin Xue came from the Merit Hall and saw Wen Mingyan who was sulking and asked with concern, "Mingyan, what's wrong with you? Why are you sulking here alone? Didn't you go to Cloud Saint Peak just now?"
Wen Mingyan said angrily, "You're still talking about it! Lu Laoden asked me to work for nothing without paying me again!"
Qin Xue couldn't help laughing when she heard this, "You are the same, you are still like a child at your age. I estimate that the great elder will probably give it to Gu Sheng, the yellow-level low-grade treasure Wu Si gave me. I look at him as he looks at his own son. Gu Sheng is so talented. As long as he joins our God of War Peak after a few days, he will be your disciple sooner or later. Why are you arguing with a junior like him?"
Wen Mingyan was immediately unhappy when he heard this. "Oh my god! How could I compete with a junior! Do you know how much money that Lao Deng cheated Wu Gui?"
Qin Xue asked curiously, "How much money did you get from this scam?"
Wen Mingyan nodded heavily. "Then Lao Den not only asked for Wu Gui and Yellow Grade Low Rank's Ink Bamboo Saber, but also asked for an additional Heart Connecting Pill. If Wu Gui didn't have it, he would give me a million dollar check to offset the payment!"
Hearing such a huge amount, Qin Xue's eyes suddenly widened. "So much? Can Wu Gui agree?"
Wen Mingyan smiled disdainfully, "He dared to disagree? Why do you think I went there? I cooperated with Lao Deng to put on a good show and gave Wu Gui a good beating. Wu Gui was afraid that I would be killed by him because of his enthusiasm, so he had to pay for it. Tell me, I did the most work but he didn't give me an appearance fee. Is this reasonable?"
"How about you go find him for me and ask for it? If you go in person, Lao Deng will be embarrassed to refuse you!" Wen Mingyan winked at Qin Xue.
Qin Xue glared at Wen Mingyan angrily. "I'm not going! You have to go by yourself, I don't care about you two. Gu Sheng killed four people from the Thousand Poisons Sect this time, and one of them was from the Silver Bone Realm. This little guy is not only very talented, but he can also fight at a higher level. He is really a good prospect."
Wen Mingyan didn't look too surprised when he heard this. "Lin Miaomiao is actually Silver Bone Realm. It's okay if they team up to kill these people."
Qin Xue shook his head. "I asked Lin Miaomiao and others. According to what they said, they were all poisoned by Wu Xinyu and killed each other. Gu Sheng killed those four people alone!"
Wen Mingyan's pupils instantly became a lot bigger when he heard this. "Is this kid so awesome?"
Wen Mingyan's mind immediately began to spin rapidly, and he rubbed his chin with one hand, lost in thought, "No! This kid is born to practice martial arts, we can't let other things delay him!"
Wen Mingyan suddenly clicked his head and mysteriously pulled Qin Xue and whispered, "Xue, Gu Sheng's selection of the peak was arranged by you, right?"
Qin Xue was a little confused. "Yeah, what's wrong?"
A knowing smile appeared on Wen Mingyan's face, "How about you do it behind the scenes and let him skip the Spirit Pill Peak test and put him on War God Peak."
Qin Xue rolled his eyes when he heard this. "First Elder said it himself, Gu Sheng will be present when Gu Sheng chooses the peak. If you want to do it yourself, I don't dare."
Wen Mingyan's expression suddenly turned bitter when he heard this. "Hey! This damn old man is always against me! I'm so annoyed. Sooner or later, I have to destroy his vineyard!"
Wen Mingyan became more and more angry as he thought about it. He reached out and pulled out his sword from the boulder and struck Spirit Pill Peak with the sword several times.
Terrifying sword energy struck at Spirit Pill Peak. In a moment, a burst of glow appeared on Spirit Pill Peak. A thick layer of defensive restrictions was triggered, and an angry voice resounded throughout the Saint Pill Sect.
"Wen Mingyan, are you fucking stupid with your sword practice? If you have the ability, go and chop Cloud Saint Peak. What kind of hero do you think you are if you chop me, Spirit Pill Peak?"
The person who spoke was none other than Spirit Pill Peak, the master of the peak, Lou Yu.
The relationship between Wen Mingyan and Lu Junyi is no secret among the top brass of the Saint Pill Sect.
If he was practicing sword practice normally, Wen Mingyan would send out at most one sword energy, which he could catch alone with his strength. However, today there were several sword energy in succession, and he had to activate Spirit Pill Peak's defensive restraint.
Based on Lou Yu's understanding of the two of them, he knew without guessing that Wen Mingyan must have suffered a loss from Lu Junyi and took it out on him.
Wen Mingyan heard this and said secretly, "I'm not stupid! Cloud Saint Peak, not to mention that Lao Deng can't tolerate me, I'm afraid the sect master will have to give me a beating. I won't do such stupid things."
Seeing this scene, Qin Xue could only helplessly shake his head and walk towards the Merit Hall.
Gu Sheng did not return to Fire Bamboo Forest after leaving Cloud Saint Peak, but came to War God Peak to inquire about the injuries of Dai Sen, Huang Miaoyin and Mo Buwen.
Fortunately, Saint Pill Sect is based on alchemy. As the saying goes, medicine does not separate families. There are many experts in Xinglin in the Saint Pill Sect. At this time, several people have been diagnosed and treated by professionals. Even Mo Buwen, who was the most seriously injured, is no longer seriously injured. He only needs to practice for a period of time to recover.
After confirming the situation of several people, Gu Sheng returned to the Fire Bamboo Forest wooden house and couldn't wait to take out Ink Bamboo Saber and Soul Snatching Arrow.
Soul Snatching Arrow is different from ordinary arrows. It is more like a sleeve arrow. It is only about the size of a palm. I don't know what material it is made of. Anyway, holding it in your hand gives people a shock that goes deep into the soul. Even if you stare at it for a long time, Gu Sheng feels like your head is swollen.
"I don't have such a small crossbow. It seems that if I find a chance, I have to go to Saint Pill City and ask Elder Huang for help in modifying it."
Gu Sheng put Soul Snatching Arrow down and picked up Ink Bamboo Saber.
Ink Bamboo Saber, as its name suggests, is inky black all over, and there are obvious bamboo joints on the handle. It is light and not bulky at all. The texture is similar to bamboo and completely different from metal.
Even so, the blade is sharp and sharp, and one can feel frightened just by looking at it.
Ink Bamboo Saber is a short knife, less than fifty centimeters in total, and the blade is only about thirty centimeters, which is only a little longer than an ordinary dagger.
This kind of weapon is generally only suitable for assault and killing, and will be relatively disadvantaged in frontal combat.
Gu Sheng held Ink Bamboo Saber and waved it casually for a few times and was very satisfied with its lightness.
"It seems we have to hurry up and practice Shadow Concealment Art!"
Ink Bamboo Saber, as the treasure of Yellow Grade Low Rank, must be extremely destructive. Gu Sheng estimates that if Gold Bone Realm attacks him from behind after Shadow Concealment Art is successful and his cultivation level breaks through to the Silver Bone Realm, Gold Bone Realm will also suffer!
It just so happens that Chiyun Mountain Range will definitely not be calm during this period. Lin Miaomiao and the others are still recovering from their injuries. Gu Sheng will take this opportunity to calm down and practice!
In the next five days, Gu Sheng did not leave the cabin, and Liu Yiming brought him food. After five days of hard training, Shadow Concealment Art's progress was pretty good, but he had not yet broken through to the level of Xiaocheng. He was originally planning to continue practicing, but Qin Xue disrupted his progress.
Qin Xue came to Gu Sheng this time because his cultivation and sect contribution points have met the conditions for promotion to an outer disciple. This is to take him to Select Peak!
According to the practice of selecting disciples of the Saint Pill Sect, the disciples first go to Spirit Pill Peak to test whether they have the talent for alchemy. If the talent for alchemy is not bad, they will be given priority to stay in Spirit Pill Peak. Only those who do not have the talent for alchemy or do not meet the passing standard for alchemy can enter War God Peak.
Saint Pill Sect is based on alchemy after all, so there is nothing wrong with doing so.
Qin Xue took Gu Sheng directly to the alchemy hall on the mountainside of Spirit Pill Peak.
If an ordinary disciple chooses a peak, the test will usually be done by sending an ordinary disciple to the foot of Spirit Pill Peak for the test, but Gu Sheng is different. First Elder personally arranged for him and has to be present, so Qin Xue directly chooses the assessment location in Spirit Pill Peak's alchemy hall.
The Alchemy Hall is where the disciples of Spirit Pill Peak make alchemy. There are many well-equipped alchemy rooms here. In addition to the disciples, even the elders of Spirit Pill Peak also make alchemy here.
There are three floors in the alchemy hall, the first floor is for the outer disciples, the second floor is for the inner gate, and the third floor is the alchemy place for the Spirit Pill Peak elders.
Qin Xue took Gu Sheng directly to the largest alchemy room on the third floor.
This is the alchemy room of Spirit Pill Peak Master Lou Yu.
Lu Junyi had already arrived when Qin Xue and Gu Sheng arrived. He was sitting at a square table talking and laughing with an old man of similar age.
"First Elder, Master Lou, I brought Gu Sheng."
Qin Xue pointed at Lou Yu and introduced to Gu Sheng, "Gu Sheng, this is the peak master of Spirit Pill Peak!"
Gu Sheng hurriedly bowed to the two of them and said, "Disciple Gu Sheng has met First Elder, the master of the building."
Lou Yu looked at Gu Sheng carefully and then pointed to the alchemy furnace not far away and said, "To become an alchemist, you must have a perception that is far beyond ordinary people, because the process of refining the elixir requires precise control of the flame temperature. Only in this way can the impurities of the medicine be tempered! This is also one of the criteria for testing whether you have the talent for alchemy."
Lou Yu came to Alchemy Cauldron, picked up a medicinal plant and threw it in, then picked up a few fire bamboos and put them below. Suddenly the flames rose and the temperature rose rapidly.
Lou Yu explained the use of the alchemy furnace to Gu Sheng in detail. After the explanation, he began to demonstrate to Gu Sheng, but after more than a minute, Lou Yu opened the lid and took out two portions of powder.
One part was extremely dark and had a burnt smell, which was obviously impurities in it. The other part was a gray powder with a peculiar aroma, which was the medicinal powder after formal refining.
Lou Yu pointed to the five medicinal materials on the side and said, "There are five Skin Grinding Grass here. If you can successfully extract one medicinal powder within two and a half hours, you are considered to have the talent for alchemy. You can stay at Spirit Pill Peak to learn the art of alchemy!"
Just now Lou Yu took less than two minutes to refine it. Gu Sheng suddenly asked curiously, "Is two and a half hours too long? I think you only spent a minute or two?"
Lou Yu couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "I am Profound Grade Alchemist. How can I control flames and medicines as a newcomer like you? Let me tell you this, even if we are Spirit Pill Peak It will take an outer disciple of about fifteen minutes to complete the refining of Skin Grinding Grass. These two and a half hours are calculated for you based on five portions. In fact, your refining time for each portion is only half an hour."
When Gu Sheng heard this, he understood clearly. He came to the edge of the alchemy furnace and began to recall Lou Yu's previous operations. He followed the same example and threw a Skin Grinding Grass plant into the alchemy cauldron and set it on fire.
The flames rose, Gu Sheng adjusted the firepower according to the method previously demonstrated by Lou Yu, and carefully played with Skin Grinding Grass in the alchemy cauldron.
Because it was the first time to operate, Gu Sheng did not dare to make the fire too big, and kept roasting on a low fire. After baking for five minutes, Skin Grinding Grass was only slightly curled on the edges, and there was no change in the middle. Seeing this, Gu Sheng was afraid of overtime and hurriedly made the flame bigger.
After another five minutes, Skin Grinding Grass turned into a pile of black ash due to too much firepower, and also exuded a choking smell. This time Gu Sheng obviously failed.
Lou Yu saw this and comforted him, "It's okay. Even when I first started, it took me two chances to succeed. Let's summarize it and continue."
Gu Sheng is not stubborn, and naturally he will not doubt himself just because of a failure. After summing up his last experience, he picked up another Skin Grinding Grass and threw it in.
After the last experience, Gu Sheng learned the lesson this time. He carefully observed the changes in Skin Grinding Grass under various firepowers and carefully toyed with Skin Grinding Grass. However, he still underestimated the difficulty of refining. Fifteen minutes later, Skin Grinding Grass, which had been mostly refined, turned into black ash because the temperature was too high.
"It turns out that the firepower needs to be reduced midway to maintain the temperature!"
Gu Sheng quickly discovered the problem this time, and after figuring out the joints, he immediately started his third attempt.
This time, when it was halfway through refining, Gu Sheng hurriedly cut off some fire bamboo to lower the firepower.
Seeing this action of Gu Sheng, Lou Yu was a little surprised. "Hey, this kid discovered that he needed to reduce the fire so quickly. It seems that his perception is very sharp!"
Refining Skin Grinding Grass is a very basic thing, and there is only one difficulty in it. As long as this problem is discovered, there will be basically no problem in completing the refining!
Among the many disciples of Spirit Pill Peak, most of them only discovered this problem after the fourth or even fifth time.