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"Junior Brother Chen?" Zhu Yi looked Chen Mu up and down.
He was in his forties, with a square face, thick eyebrows, and a stern and stern look. He was the new head of the General Affairs Office of Yuquan Mountain and Chen Mu's future boss.
"Greetings, Pavilion Master Zhu." Chen Mu clasped his fists respectfully.
"What kind of alchemy jade slips are you studying?" Zhu Yi asked.
Alchemy jade slips? Are you asking about the origin of alchemy?
"I have a copy of the Bigu Pill Summary in my hand." Chen Mu said truthfully, "It was given to me by Elder Song Wuji."
Anyway, his background is clean, so he is not afraid of being investigated.
"How many techniques have you mastered... never mind." Zhu Yi shook his head: "Since it's Uncle Liang's relationship, I won't ask."
What do you mean? Chen Mu was stunned.
"It doesn't matter if you don't know how to make pills. Just stay in Danbao Pavilion and learn slowly." Zhu Yi said to himself.
Are you thinking I'm an uneducated person?
Chen Mu was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"Master Zhu, I..."
"I know." Zhu Yi had an understanding look on his face: "There must be someone gossiping in the pavilion."
"But as long as you turn a deaf ear and don't take the initiative to cause trouble, they can't do anything to you."
"No, I really..." Chen Mu quickly explained.
"I know." Zhu Yi sighed and said, "There may be someone in the pavilion who will trip you up."
"Don't think that the alchemy boy only earns thirty white jade coins a month. But it's not easy to get this status."
"Those people are alchemy boys just like you, but they all put in a lot of effort and endured for many years."
"They are bound to be resentful of the useless people who can't make pills but can easily enter Danbao Pavilion."
Are you scolding me?!
"If they really dare to trip you up, come find me." Zhu Yi said seriously, "As long as I'm here, they won't be able to mess around!"
"but I……"
"No need to say, I know!" Zhu Yi waved his hand and said earnestly: "In Danbao Pavilion, you have to rely on your skills to make a living. Being a slacker is indeed stressful."
“But it’s safe.”
"The Yuquan Mountain Villa has just been built, and it's the right time to expand. There are constant threats from evil sects, strange beasts and monsters."
"If you are sent out to fight, wouldn't it be miserable if you run into a tough guy at such a young age?"
"It's safer to be a slacker in my Danbao Pavilion."
You know nothing! Chen Mu was almost laughing out of anger.
"Master Zhu, I know how to extract the essence of the five grains!" Chen Mu quickened his speech and explained seriously.
We can't let this guy with thick eyebrows make random guesses.
If I let him continue to imagine this, I will become a waste!
Zhu Yi paused when he heard this. He carefully looked at Chen Mu's face and suddenly realized something.
"I see!"
Chen Mu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief; the misunderstanding was finally resolved.
Then he heard Zhu Yi say with admiration: "Even if you don't know how to do it, you have to pretend that you do! That's the attitude you have to have!"
"This can avoid some unnecessary troubles at the root."
Chen Mu: “…”
No...why don't you believe it?
"Let me think about it. Hmm... You have the outline of the Bigu Pill. The basic task must be to extract the essence of the five grains."
"You want to spend money to buy the essence of grains to complete the task, so as to get away with it and shut up the gossips in the pavilion, right?!" Zhu Yi nodded involuntarily.
"good idea!"
"In the first year of alchemy, a boy only needs to pay 200 kilograms of grain essence every month to pass the test."
"The market price is 10 jin for two white jades. If you take my internal price, I will give you 20 jin for three white jades."
"You get thirty dollars a month, which is just enough for a month. You don't even have to spend your own money!"
“Look how nice it is!”
Thank you so much!
……
Chen Mu was sent out of the cave by Zhu Yi with a confused look on his face.
I really know how to absorb the essence of the five grains. In a few days, maybe I will be able to practice the Bigu Pill!
However, Zhu Yi believed that he was a relative of the family.
Chen Mu even clamored to demonstrate it to him in person.
Zhu Yi, however, expressed his admiration for his performance and told him to keep it up.
Hey!
Chen Mu finally gave up and followed Zhu Yi's sixty-year-old servant to a cave on the western edge of the cliff.
It is said that this place is remote and quiet, but the spiritual energy in the cave is not bad. Moreover, it is far away from the caves of other alchemy boys and there is no intersection, which can avoid a lot of trouble.
Thank the old servant for showing the way and send him away.
Chen Mu looked at the cave in front of him with a wry smile. It was over 100 square meters and had two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom.
"This is a huge misunderstanding."
"Forget it, let's go and clarify it in a few days."
When the time comes, I will carry a bag of rice over and demonstrate it in person, so there will be no need to worry about misunderstandings.
Immediately, Chen Mu began to look at each room one by one.
The stone tables, stone chairs and stone beds all looked newly built except for a thin layer of dust.
Black smoke filled the air and rolled everywhere.
The entire cave was soon renewed to a new look.
“I’m going to live here from now on.”
……
at dusk.
Chen Mu had already arranged all the pots, pans, bedding and sheets.
Moving frequently has its benefits. At least it helped him come up with a moving kit.
All kinds of daily necessities are provided in sets. You can just take out a set and move in right away.
After hastily steaming ten arm-long sausages of strange beast and making a pot of vegetable soup with dried vegetables, Chen Mu held a bowl of yellow sprout rice and ate it with big mouthfuls.
"Our conditions are limited, so this is the only way to prepare our first meal after moving into a new house."
……
After meal.
Chen Mu sat cross-legged on the bed, looking at the skill panel to plan his future schedule.
"I have gained more than half of my experience in the Wind and Fire Cardinal Spell. I will practice it to its limit first."
This thing is related to whether or not one can successfully make the Bigu Pill.
"I was so busy arguing with Zhu Yi today that I forgot about asking about Daogong." Chen Mu shook his head.
"Let's wait for a few days, and then find a chance to investigate."
Liang Yi only said that there had been some changes in the matter of exchanging alchemy for Taoist merit, but that didn't mean that alchemy could not be used to accumulate Taoist merit.
"Maybe something went wrong with the fasting pill." Chen Mu frowned slightly.
It is impossible for Danbao Pavilion to only practice one kind of pill.
According to Mr. Hao, the Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Pill that Shang Huan ate when he was a child was actually made by the Upper Court Danbao Pavilion.
"At worst, I can find a way to learn how to refine new pills."
……
For five consecutive days, Chen Mu stayed in the cave and was obsessed with gaining experience.
The Wind and Fire Cardinal Spell increased the experience by more than 1,300.
It was probably because he had been using the Di Ting Fa to get information. Di Ting Fa had unexpectedly broken through to the fifth level.
He looked at the lines of experience on the gray wall.
Listening Method: 86/10000/Level ;
“It hasn’t reached the top yet?”
This really surprised Chen Mu.
Listen!
He immediately put himself under the Diting method.
In the construction site below, there was the buzzing sound of carpenters sawing wood, the banging sound of hammers hitting wooden stakes, the noisy chatter of apprentices working, and the chirping of insects and birds in the mountains and forests further away.
All kinds of sounds came into Chen Mu's ears, but he did not feel any noise or chaos.
The secret breakthrough had obviously made some changes to his body.
It allows him to withstand many sounds, big or small, and to freely select the sounds he wants to hear.
"This distance..."