Chapter 96: Cultivation Speed Increases
Chapter 96: Cultivation Speed Increases
Under the dark night sky, the green flames give people a feeling of palpitations at first glance, but you can smell the rich fragrance of elixir in the air and feel the vitality radiating in the silence.
Gu Qiming stood at the railing on the ninth floor of the Medical Bureau Building, looking down at the First Street that was completely shrouded in green light, his face a little serious.
Behind him stood Yuan Tianchou and Mu Qingying.
Yuan Tianchou: "Master, what is the green flame in the lantern?"
Gu Qiming shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.
Mu Qingying interrupted, "The green flame exudes a strong elixir fragrance. Could it be the elixir fire mentioned in the Medicine Ancestor's Notes?"
Hearing this, Gu Qiming and Yuan Tianchou looked at Mu Qingying at the same time.
Gu Qiming: “Dan Huo.” His eyes lit up as he spoke, and he quickly said to Yuan Tianchou and Mu Qingying, “Tianchou, Qingying, you two should go to my office right now and make the elixir that you have been unable to make.”
Yuan Tianchou and Mu Qingying both understood what Gu Qiming meant, nodded in agreement, and quickly went downstairs.
Watching his two disciples leave, Gu Qiming once again looked at the First Street shrouded in green light, with an astonishing light flashing in his eyes.
Danhuo is condensed from Danze.
Swordsmen and swordsmen, when practiced to the extreme, can cultivate the sword and knife spirits; when alchemy techniques are practiced to the extreme, the elixirs refined can emit elixir.
Danze contains the Taoist rhyme of alchemy, and the alchemy fire condensed by Danze is the best spiritual fire to assist alchemists in achieving a comprehensive understanding and breaking through shackles.
Danze can only be emitted from a top-grade elixir that is almost perfect. The man who broke into the Medical Bureau is an alchemist, and he has mastered the art of refining first-grade elixirs. Only the Danze on his body can condense into elixir fire to light the lantern.
"Who is that person?"
"Is it someone from the Medical Department?"
Gu Qiming recalled all the pharmacists in the Medical Department who could refine elixirs and shook his head.
No, not from the Medical Department.
If the Medical Department really had such a powerful alchemist, there was no way he didn't know about it.
"Where did that person come from?"
"Could it be that some mysterious family has emerged and set its sights on the Medical Department?"
Gu Qiming felt a headache when he thought about the fact that the Medical Bureau had attracted attention from various forces. If he was not a close confidant of the Minister of Heaven, he might not be able to keep his position as the director of the Medical Bureau.
At this time, Gu Qiming sensed the fluctuations of spiritual energy coming from a room on the ninth floor. He was shocked and walked over quickly.
"Shumo, are you okay?"
With a creak, the door opened from the inside.
Gu Qiming walked into the room and looked at the young man sitting cross-legged in the middle of the room. Feeling the powerful spiritual energy fluctuations from him, he asked in surprise: "Shumo, have you successfully formed a pill?"
Pei Shumo nodded to Gu Qiming with obvious joy on his face, then his face darkened: "Director, the spiritual energy concentration of the Medical Department has skyrocketed twice today."
"Once during the day, and once just now."
"The concentration of spiritual energy in the Medical Department is now at least ten times higher than before. If it weren't for the sudden surge in the concentration of spiritual energy, I wouldn't have been able to successfully condense the inner elixir."
Gu Qiming's face was shocked. When he came back today, he felt that the concentration of spiritual energy in the air seemed to be thicker. However, because he was in a hurry to meet Gu Xing, he did not have time to think about it.
Just now his mind was completely focused on the Dan Fire, and he didn't pay attention to anything else.
Gu Qiming immediately sensed the concentration of spiritual energy in the air. It was indeed as Pei Shumo said, the concentration of spiritual energy was much higher than before.
Then, he fell into deep thought.
Why did the concentration of spiritual energy surge twice?
This time at night, it was most likely related to Danhuo, what about the one during the day?
"What happened during the day?"
Seeing that Pei Shumo didn't know either, Gu Qiming asked him to consolidate his cultivation. He then quickly left the house and went to find someone to ask about what happened during the day.
When he learned that nothing special had happened in the Medical Department during the day, Gu Qiming thought of Gu Xing being driven away: "Could it be related to the old hospital?"
Gu Qiming carefully recalled the scene of his meeting with Gu Xing today. It was no different from the previous times. Gu Xing was as silent as ever, and the old man was also the same as usual, without any change.
Suddenly, Gu Qiming's eyes lit up: "Three wooden signs are missing!"
Today, before him, at least three people had entered the old house.
Although the wooden sign of the old courtyard was just hanging on the wall for anyone to take, it was not easy to take. He went in and out of the old courtyard ten times and it took a lot of effort before he could take down a wooden sign.
He didn't know what the wooden signs were used for, but he could feel that they were special. Therefore, every time he went to the old house to see Gu Xing, he would pay special attention to the number of wooden signs.
Thinking of the time in the old courtyard, when the wooden signs on the wall all glowed white, Gu Qiming's eyes flashed.
When the wooden sign glows white, it should be the time when the Dan fire is ignited. Is there any connection between the two?
Gu Qiming remembered that he still had a wooden plaque, so he returned to his office. As soon as he entered the room, he smelled a strong fragrance of elixir.
"Master, Junior Sister has refined the Yuanling Pill!"
Yuan Tianchou happily handed the ten Yuanling Pills refined by Mu Qingying to Gu Qiming.
Mu Qingying also said excitedly: "Master, that green flame is really the fire that assists in alchemy. I couldn't condense the medicinal mud into a pill before, but I didn't expect to succeed this time."
Gu Qiming was also very happy when he looked at the pill: "Although it is only a low-grade pill, it was finally refined. Qingying, from now on, you are a true first-grade alchemist."
The monks have a huge need for elixirs, but there are very few alchemists who can make elixirs.
The alchemists he knew were either trained by the royal family or a few old aristocratic families. If he wanted to obtain the elixir, he would have to pay a huge price to get it from them.
Mu Qingying looked at Gu Qiming: "Master, since the green flame is Dan Fire, then the person who broke into the Medical Bureau tonight should not be a bad person, right?"
Gu Qiming looked at his apprentice and said, "Qingying, you have to remember that people cannot be simply defined as good or bad. In many cases, the judgment of good or bad is just a matter of different standpoints."
"The man who broke into the Medical Bureau tonight ignited the alchemy fire on the first street. From your perspective, he ignited the alchemy fire and helped you improve your alchemy skills. He is a good person. But from your perspective, he is an intruder with ulterior motives."
Mu Qingying's smile faded: "Master, I understand what you mean."
Gu Qiming hummed and said nothing more. Some things have to be experienced by oneself, otherwise it is useless for others to say too much: "By the way, is there anything unusual about your wooden sign today?"
Yuan Tianchou: "It suddenly lit up tonight."
Mu Qingying echoed, "It was a white light. When the white light came on, a pattern flashed on the wooden sign, but the white light disappeared very quickly, and I didn't see clearly what the pattern was."
After hearing this, Gu Qiming quickly took out his own copy from the wooden box on the bookshelf, looked at it carefully, and found that there was no change.
This time, he did not take the wooden sign back, but wore it on his body.
At this time, there were fluctuations of spiritual energy coming from outside.
Gu Qiming knew that the cultivators who had gone out to chase someone had returned, so he asked his two disciples to continue refining the elixir while he quickly walked out.
"Director."
Gu Qiming was not surprised at all when he saw that the monks had returned on their own and had not caught the intruder.
An alchemist who can ignite the alchemy fire must have a high level of cultivation. There are nine cultivators stationed in the Medical Department. The one with the highest level of cultivation is Pei Shumo, who was promoted to the Jindan realm tonight. The others are four in the Qihai realm and four in the Qi training realm.
Unless Pei Shumo takes action personally, there might still be a chance of catching the person.
"We didn't catch him, but did we get a clear look at his figure and appearance?"
Several monks shook their heads.
"That person was so fast that we only saw a fleeting afterimage."
Gu Qiming frowned: "Even if he is fast, you have a soul detector, can't you track him?"
"Director, the spiritual energy fluctuations disappeared before we even got out of the inner city. That person either practiced the art of concealing his breath, or he has a magical weapon that can block spiritual energy."
Gu Qiming took a deep breath. It was understandable that an alchemist who could ignite the elixir fire would have more methods.
Ever since the battle at Five Finger Mountain, more and more monks have appeared, and the methods they use have become more and more numerous. When he thought that the monks he would face in the future would become more and more difficult to deal with, his face became a little solemn.
"You've worked hard all night, go back and rest."
After several monks left, Gu Qiming closed his eyes and felt the rich spiritual energy in the air, whispering: "Could the rumors be true? Is this really a holy place?"
He had sensed the mystery of the Medical Department on the first day he entered the department, but he had never found definite evidence.
But tonight, Dan fires were burning in the two lanterns in the center of First Street, and he had a strong feeling that a crack had been opened in the mystery of the Dan Temple.
Gu Qiming was somewhat excited and a little anxious and flustered at this moment.
What excites him is that if the Medical Department is really a holy place, then as the director of the Medical Department, the benefits he will gain will be unimaginable.
What made him anxious and panic was that he felt out of control when faced with unknown and uncertain things.
Before today, he believed that he had complete control over the Medical Department, but at this moment, looking at the two lanterns burning with elixir fire, he realized that there were some things he could not control.
Perhaps, in the near future, he will no longer be able to control the Medical Department.
After Hua Changxi got rid of the several monks who were chasing her, she carefully sneaked back to the menial service hall.
When Hua Changxi returned to his yard, his heart was still beating violently.
Green flame, elixir fragrance.
Hua Changxi thought of something, and quickly took out the "Alchemy Saint's Notes" from Taoist Jiang's storage ring and started reading it. Soon, his expression was shocked: "Alchemy fire, the green flame is actually Alchemy fire!"
After knowing what Green Flame was, Hua Changxi showed an expression as if he had suffered a great loss.
Alchemy fire can help alchemists to clear their minds and improve their alchemy skills. She helped the Medical Bureau to ignite the Alchemy Fire on the first street, but she didn't get any benefits.
"Dan fire is condensed from Dan Ze, and Dan Ze is emitted from the top-grade Dan."
"Danzig."
Hua Changxi took out the top-grade pill that he had refined himself and looked at the aura lingering on the pill.
"Hey, that's not right."
According to the rank and status of the nine streets, the highest status is the First Street and the lowest is the Ninth Street.
She was refining a first-grade elixir, and should have been lighting the lanterns on Ninth Street.
But now the fire of the first street is ignited. What does this mean?
This means that the Medical Bureau has it wrong. The Ninth Street is the street with the highest status, corresponding to the ninth-grade elixir; the First Street is the lowest, corresponding to the first-grade elixir.
Based on this inference, the status distribution pattern of the Medical and Pharmaceutical Bureau will be completely reversed.
Hua Changxi thought of the old hospital and Shi Ding again: "So, the old hospital is the core and most important place of the Medical Department."
If the old hospital is the core, according to the rule of decreasing importance, the importance of Qihuangguan is more important than the Nine Streets.
"What exactly does Qihuang Hall do?"
Hua Changxi took out the wooden sign and saw a silver-white sword pattern in the center of the sign. Her eyes widened immediately. She was frightened by the sudden ignition of the pill fire and then was chased by someone, so she didn't notice anything unusual about the wooden sign.
"Did it happen when the Dan Fire was ignited?"
"What does this sword represent?"
Hua Changxi felt a little nervous. He felt like he had entered a maze when he came to the Medical Bureau.
In order to find out the reason why the wooden sign was flashing, she accidentally ignited the Dan Fire of the First Street. If she continued to investigate the purpose of the sword, would it cause a bigger noise?
Hua Changxi couldn't help but think of the battle at Five Finger Mountain that was beyond her control. She was still a little scared. Looking at the sword patterns on the wooden sign, she was too lazy to think about it. She put away the wooden sign, lay on the bed and began to practice.
An hour later, Hua Changxi sat up excitedly.
The speed of cultivation has skyrocketed!
After practicing for an hour, her cultivation level increased to 200,000 points!
[Realm: Jindan Realm 3505 million/1000 million]
During this period, she relied on teaching pharmacy to the people in the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall and absorbing the incense energy from the Five Finger Mountain. Her cultivation level only increased by one thousand points a day.
After two months of accumulation, the speed of cultivation increased to the point where one could increase 100,000 spiritual energy points per hour.
It surged by 100,000 points in just one day yesterday.
What she did was to ignite the Dan fire.
It seems that she did gain some benefits from lighting the Dan Fire.
Hua Changxi suddenly felt that he was not so at a disadvantage anymore, and at the same time he found a good way to improve his cultivation.
The Medical Department has nine streets, and eight streets of elixir fire have not been ignited. These are all precious resources for her to improve her cultivation speed.
"The spiritual energy in the Medical Department seems to be much richer."
Hua Changxi felt the rich spiritual energy in the air and a look of enlightenment appeared on her face. No wonder her cultivation speed had increased so much. She was definitely doing something to adapt to the trend of the revival of spiritual energy.
After all the hard work, the speed of cultivation increased dramatically. Hua Changxi was happy: "The old saying is true, life lies in hard work."
If she didn't make such a fuss, how could her cultivation speed be improved so quickly?
The mysterious side of this world still requires her to explore bravely.
Thieves broke into the Medical Bureau again and set fire to the two lanterns on First Street. The news spread like wildfire to the ears of interested parties.
The next morning, a big shot who could handle important matters with ease came to the Medical Department - Wei Zhenjie, the Minister of the Ministry of Heaven.
After Wei Zhenjie learned from Gu Qiming what happened last night, he went to the old courtyard in the square to meet Gu Xing.
At the same time, Hua Changxi, as usual, taught pharmacy to the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh bureaus for half an hour. After class, he listened to the servants talking about what happened last night, and prepared to study the Qihuang Hall without changing his expression.
On the way there, I saw a lot of people heading towards the square. I was worried that Gu Xing might have run into trouble again, so I followed them.
Unfortunately, before he could get close to the square, he was stopped by a group of guards in military uniforms with long swords at their waists.
The square is under martial law!
Hua Changxi listened to the discussions of the crowd and realized that the Minister of Tianbu had arrived.
"It seems that the thief who broke into the Medical Department last night was quite powerful. He even attracted the Minister of Heaven."
Hua Changxi looked in the direction where the voice came from and found that it was the people in the Disciple Hall who were discussing. Judging from their words and actions, they should be from a powerful family.
When he looked away, Hua Changxi found that a young lady inside was smiling and nodding at him, as if saying hello.
Hua Changxi looked at her seriously, didn't recognize her, and decisively looked away.