Chapter 21 Blood Pill
Qi Xuansu couldn't figure it out, but he searched the body again.
His efforts paid off, and he really found something. He found a letter in the interlayer of the body's chest.
This was not a formal letter. There was no envelope, and it was folded in half. There was no address or signature on the letter. It was obvious that both parties knew each other's identity very well, and even omitted polite words such as "seeing the letter is like meeting in person". It was extremely straightforward, and it looked like a casual note.
The letter roughly meant that this furnace was left by the Taoist Huashengtang, and was used to refine something called "Blood Pill". After the Taoist used "Phoenix Eye Jia San" to cleanse the ruins, they sent spiritual officials to re-enter the ruins to recover various secrets. The spiritual officials also came here, but the furnace was still operating at that time, and the spiritual officials could not take out the blood pill. They did not dare to destroy the furnace rashly, so as not to cause the furnace to explode and hurt themselves. In addition, the Taoist family was large and did not care much about the gains and losses of a "Blood Pill", so they sealed the furnace and turned it into a dark fire state, just like an active volcano turned into a dead volcano, and then left this place.
The people in the "inn" also found this furnace, but because the furnace had turned into a dark fire state, it seemed to have been abandoned for a long time at first glance, so they missed it. Now it is almost time for the "Blood Pill" to appear in the world, and the furnace has changed from dark fire to open fire. It is about to be opened. The furnace must be closely guarded to ensure that the "Blood Pill" is obtained smoothly.
This kind of letter should be destroyed after reading, but for some reason, the alchemist did not destroy it, but kept it on his body.
Qi Xuansu then discovered that there was a row of medicine cabinets on the other side of the furnace. There was a nameplate under each drawer of the medicine cabinet, which wrote what was in it. Most of them were precious medicinal materials, but at this time these drawers were empty. Obviously, the various precious medicinal materials originally stored in them had been used or taken away.
Qi Xuansu paused in front of a drawer. The word "Zhu Guo" was written on it, and there was even a small inscription that detailed the medicinal effects and origin of Zhu Guo. Unfortunately, it was also empty. Qi Xuansu remembered that at the auction of the Qing Palace on Yunjin Mountain, the final Zhu Guo was sold at a high price of 8,000 Taiping coins and was bought by a Quanzhen Taoist.
You can imagine how dazzling this place was at the time.
Qi Xuansu looked at the furnace again.
The furnace flickered, especially after absorbing the flame just now, the temperature rose a few degrees.
Qi Xuansu had heard of the Blood Dragon Pill and had taken it, but had never heard of the "Blood Pill". This might just be a common name, not the official name of Taoism, but judging from the tone of the person who wrote the letter and the medicine cabinets placed around, it must be an extremely remarkable thing.
In fact, Bai Yutang's arrangement here cannot be said to be careless. The means of the alchemist are extremely amazing. If it weren't for Qi Xuansu, other "weed removers" would have died in the hands of the alchemist, and even when they encountered a giant zombie, they would have retreated. After all, they came to make money, not to fight desperately.
The elite of the "inn" can deal with the giant zombie and the alchemist, but this place is not on their route. It seems that Bai Yutang knows the movements of the "inn" very well.
Qi Xuansu came to the side of the alchemy furnace. Because the alchemy furnace exuded hot fire, Qi Xuansu could not get close, but through the holes on the alchemy furnace, he could vaguely see the flames burning in the furnace, which had not been extinguished for many years. Qi Xuansu speculated based on the basic outline of alchemy that he had learned in Wanxiang Dao Palace that it might be related to this big pit. Alchemy can also be made on the ground, but Huashengtang chose to make it underground, mostly to facilitate the ignition of the underground fire.
In any case, the appearance of this alchemy furnace also indirectly proves the excellence of the elixir. Just like the famous story, ivory chopsticks cannot be paired with earthenware, but with rhino horn bowls and white jade cups. Jade cups cannot be used to hold wild vegetables and coarse grains, but can only be paired with mountain delicacies and seafood. After eating mountain delicacies and seafood, they would no longer wear coarse hemp short clothes and live in thatched houses, but would wear brocade clothes, ride in a luxurious car, and live in a high-rise building. Similarly, such a good alchemy furnace would certainly not be used to refine ordinary elixirs.
Qi Xuansu hesitated a little, whether to stay here and wait for the elixir to come out, or continue his weeding task, or follow this opportunity to go directly to Baiyutang.
After thinking again and again, Qi Xuansu decided to stay here and wait for the elixir to come out.
First, after he tasted the benefits of medicinal wine, he believed in external help. Although there has always been a saying in Taoism that improving cultivation through external objects will make the foundation weak, far inferior to the cultivation obtained through hard work, but for Qi Xuansu, with his own qualifications, if he just works hard, he may never reach the threshold of heaven in this life. A weak foundation is worse than no foundation.
Second, a thousand sheep in sight is not as good as a rabbit in hand. The latter two cannot be said to be a shadowy thing, but it is just the beginning. Even if he successfully finds Bai Yutang, the reward given by Qi Niang may not be better than this "blood pill". What's more, after getting the "blood pill", he can continue to look for Bai Yutang, which does not affect it.
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The place where Qi Xuansu is located is just the periphery of "Tuntian", and its core position is managed by the people of "Inn".
The "Inn" once found an "Ashura" left behind by Huashengtang here. Although it was seriously damaged, the "Inn" still made a profit of 100,000 Taiping money after selling it to the Eight Tribes. Not to mention the other scattered small items. After all, many buildings are hidden deep underground. Even the "Fengyan Jiasan" failed to completely destroy them. Instead, they buried them deep underground. The Taoist sect only destroyed or took away the core secrets without sending manpower. Excavating here for a long time. For a Taoist sect with a big family and a big business, even if there are some omissions, it is nothing.
But for other associations, as long as a little bit of Taoism leaks out from the cracks of their fingers, it is enough for them to eat.
Although the secret associations have caused a lot of trouble to the Taoist sect, whether it is the strength or the size and financial resources, all the secret associations combined are not the enemies of the Taoist sect. The key to the reason why the secret associations are difficult to eradicate is the emergence of internal phenomena within the Taoist sect. To solve the problem, some big figures from the Taoist sect secretly provide shelter for the secret association, which allows the secret association to make trouble.
There is me among you, and you among me. This is where everything goes wrong in the world.
Daomen, this giant, drew his sword and looked around, no longer able to resist. However, the internal diseases cannot be solved by a sharp sword. You still need to find a good doctor and take careful care. If the day comes when the disease reaches the bone marrow, no matter how powerful your swordsmanship is, you will be invincible in the world.
In the spring breeze, a flying boat belonging to Daomen Tiangang Hall was flying in the sky.
This is not a flying boat carrying passengers, but a warship.
The prototype of the Dao Sect Flying Boat is the White Dragon Flying Boat, the Great Master's ship. The White Dragon Flying Boat has a total of four forms, namely: static, dynamic, attack, and defense.
The so-called "quiet" refers to the daily berthing standby state, without any consumption, and is not much different from ordinary ships.
"Motion" means that you can fly into the sky and into the sea. There is no need to switch deliberately. The airship will switch between static and dynamic states according to the surrounding environment, and the airship will not crash.
The remaining two states of "attack" and "defense" are, as the names suggest, attack and defense.
Defense is to activate the formation on the ship to resist spells, energy, divine power, etc. It consumes the most on the Dragon Ball and is only suitable for escaping. Attack involves mobilizing the energy of the surrounding heaven and earth to bombard the opponent in a form similar to "artillery". One round of bombardment can destroy a small island, and it is related to the geographical location. If it is in a sea with thick water vapor or in the sky with thick clouds, it will be more powerful. Big, if it happens to coincide with a storm and typhoon at sea, the power will reach its peak, comparable to a fairy.
Considering the cost, ordinary flying boats only have two states: "static" and "moving". They are "passenger ships", so they have no power to fight back against Wu Luo's projection. In addition to the "passenger ship", the "warship" is in four states. In addition to the Taoist talismans and formations, it also has the Mohist mechanism technique.
At the beginning, Confucianism wanted to make the world one of its own, deposed all schools of thought and only respected Confucianism. In order to resist Confucianism, Taoism not only united Buddhism, but also absorbed the remnants of hundreds of schools. Therefore, Taoism is no longer just a Taoist family. It integrates Mohism, Legalism, Zongheng, Yin and Yang and other schools.
Furthermore, although the Confucian sect has deposed hundreds of schools of thought, the theories of military strategists, farmers, yin-yang sects, political strategists, famous schools, legalists, Mohists, etc. are still collected by the sages of the Confucian sect and hidden in the Wanxiang Academy. . Normally, students in the academy are not allowed to take even one step. Even if they are offering wine, they must obtain permission before entering. Without the permission of the high priest, no one is allowed to take it away or copy it, and even the viewing time is limited.
When the Confucian sect was defeated, the Wanxiang Academy was changed to the Wanxiang Taoist Palace, and the various collections of books in it naturally fell into the hands of the Taoist sect, which also indirectly contributed to the development of the Creation Project.
Shangguan Jing, the seventh deputy head of Tiangang Hall, stood on the bow of the airship, overlooking the earth from a high position.
To him, the cold wind was like a gentle breeze blowing on his face.
Nine is the ultimate number, so there is no explanation for the tenth deputy hall master.
Among the nine deputy hall masters, except for the chief deputy hall master, the second deputy hall master and the ninth deputy hall master, the gap between the other six deputy hall masters is not very big. Moreover, Tiangang Hall is different from other halls, Taoist mansions, and Taoist palaces. Because it has to face all kinds of wars and evil cults, it has higher requirements for realm cultivation. Therefore, Shangguan Jing is a genuine heavenly being, and a The second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest. In other Taoist houses and halls, he could serve as the second deputy hall master, but in Tiangang Hall, he is only the seventh deputy hall master. This is why Tiangang Hall and Beichen Hall are called the "Shangsan Hall".
Of course, in terms of actual power, the deputy hall master of Tiangang Hall is far superior to other deputy hall masters. Except for the newly established Yaoguang Division, the other eight departments all have varying numbers of direct spiritual officials and no formal establishment. He is a deputy and temporary sergeant, and can mobilize warships and heavy firearms, which is difficult to compare with other gangs.
Below the flying boat is a vast lake.