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"Two hundred pounds."
"That's all? It's just a showpiece." Bai Xiuwen shook his head in disappointment.
Two hundred kilograms means completing the task within the basic requirements.
Do you really not know the Five Elements Qi Concentration Method?
pity……
"How do you know he's not pretending?" the old warehouse manager asked calmly.
Bai Xiuwei's heart moved, and three white jade coins suddenly appeared on the long table.
The white-haired old warehouse manager brushed his sleeves across the table and put them away without saying a word.
"If you want to take in the essence of grains in bulk, you need a lot of yellow sprout rice."
"And if you want to get yellow sprout rice from the big warehouse, you must exchange it with me for wooden sticks."
"I'll help you watch this month."
This month?
The corner of Bai Xiuwen's mouth twitched. The old man was really greedy.
Forget it, it’s more important to help Senior Brother Qi find people.
Even if this person really doesn't know how to absorb the essence of the five grains, there will always be a day when he can learn it. If he masters it early, he can also make plans early.
A backer, ah, who doesn’t have a backer?
"If you fall into the trap voluntarily, who can say anything?" Bai Xiuwen thought with a smile.
……
At the entrance of Chen Mu’s cave.
As soon as he came back, he saw two figures standing in front of the cave entrance.
There were four large bamboo baskets around him, each as high as a person's chest.
Mr. Hao, are you still happy?
Chen Mu couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
"What happened?" He walked forward and asked subconsciously.
"Something happened?" Shang Huanle laughed: "Does it count if Mr. Hao gets a wife?"
Chen Mu was immediately amused and couldn't help but tease: "Aren't you going to go to the secular world and ask for twenty or thirty concubines? Why, you gave up?"
Without waiting for Old Hao to answer, Shang Huan spoke first: "Don't blame me, Uncle Hao. No matter who falls into the hands of my future aunt, don't think of escaping."
"My aunt looks so good, wow..." Shang Huan shook his head.
"Why? He looks like a fairy?" Chen Mu raised his eyebrows. Is this old man so charming?
"No, he looks like a strong man!" Shang Huan laughed, "He is so big and strong!"
"Go away, what do you know!" Old Hao blew his beard and glared, then said with satisfaction: "That's called a healthy body, good for giving birth!"
Oh, your hobby is really... unique!
……
"What is that?" Chen Mu pointed at four large bamboo baskets.
"Daily necessities, vegetables, meat, oil and salt." Mr. Hao lifted the gray cloth on the bamboo basket.
"This saves me a lot of effort." Chen Mu looked through it with a smile.
He was planning to purchase a batch of supplies in preparation for a retreat to gain experience.
"Why don't you hire a few servants and maids to take care of the chores?" Old Hao asked puzzledly as he moved into the room.
Chen Mu helped carry a bamboo basket into the house, and said casually, "I'm used to being alone."
He has a lot of secrets and doesn't dare to have a stranger around him.
"Then let Shang Huan send you a batch of supplies regularly from now on."
"It also saves you from running up and down the mountain and wasting time."
Chen Mu glanced at Shang Huan.
Seeing the other party's grin, I immediately understood that this was probably the same as the last time he sent furniture, and it was still a means of scaring others.
"Okay." Chen Mu shrugged and agreed.
This is good, he can ignore worldly affairs and concentrate on refining the elixir in seclusion.
……
Inside the cave, in front of a square table.
The three of them had dinner and chatted.
"The identity of an alchemy boy in Danbao Pavilion is really useful." Shang Huan sighed.
"None of those unruly warriors I hired dared to stab me."
Chen Mu chewed a piece of steamed exotic beast ribs with a crunch, including the meat and bones.
Identity? They were probably afraid of my cultivation level.
These warriors of Daqian had probably already been intimidated before coming here, and knew how powerful the realm of breaking delusion was.
"Even a young prince from Daqian is working obediently with me as a peddler to make money." Shang Huan was very proud.
Little prince?
"Why would such a person, instead of enjoying wealth and luxury in the secular world, come here to open up wasteland and farm, and suffer?" Chen Mu wondered.
"I heard that it was because of the constant natural disasters in Daqian, and the turmoil in the world."
"The Jia family dynasty is unstable and in danger of collapse, so they came here to escape the disaster."
Natural disaster? Chen Mu suddenly realized.
Instability may be real, but collapse is unlikely.
There is a chicken coop road behind to support it.
……
After meal.
Shang Huan handed Chen Mu a small cloth bag, which contained more than six hundred white jade coins.
"This is the income for this month. How about it? Not a small amount, right?" Shang Huan said with a proud smile.
"Is insect repellent incense selling so well?" Chen Mu was surprised.
"Yuquan Mountain is located deep in Dongling, and poisonous insects and miasma are particularly troublesome. So..." Shang Huan spread his hands.
Chen Mu understood.
It's time to catch up.
……
The next morning, after Chen Mu washed up and had his meal, he went into the alchemy room.
A fist-sized incense burner was placed on the windowsill, and a wisp of black smoke came in, igniting the charcoal.
The hot air roasts the tranquilizing pills, and the aroma that helps one calm the mind and spirit slowly spreads.
Chen Mu raised his hand, and two large bags of yellow rice from the corner flew to the couch.
"Photography!"
The magic talisman penetrated into the Yuan talisman, and the strange power enveloped the yellow rice.
hum!
The yellow rice grains vibrated and tumbled, and white powder like dust flew up and gathered into a ball.
After a long while, Chen Mu put the essence of grains into a brown wooden box and sealed it away.
"It seems that more can be extracted." He looked at the yellow rice sprouts that had turned into wheat bran thoughtfully.
Chen Mu called up the gray wall and checked the entries related to alchemy.
Five Elements Breathing Method: 3243/10000/Level ;
Five Qi Hun Yuan Method: 2896/10000/Second Order;
Alchemy (Bigu Pill): 1325/10000;
Wind and Fire Cardinal Spell: Extreme;
Golden Bead Talisman: Extreme;
Grain Talisman: Limit;
"If the level of the Five Elements Breathing Technique continues to improve, will it be possible to extract more essences of the five grains from the same amount of yellow sprout rice?"
"Heh..." Chen Mu's lips curled up slightly: "Don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunities to gain experience in Qi Condensation in the future."
"Daogong is more important, so let's make the elixir first."
Immediately he took out the pitch-black alchemy furnace.
The black smoke from the Five Ghosts is cleaned, a small amount of materials are added, the Wind and Fire Cardinals control the alchemy furnace, and the Five Qis of Hunyuan condense the pill.
……
More than half a month later, in Chen Mu’s cave residence, inside the alchemy room.
Chen Mu placed his hands on both sides of the alchemy furnace.
click!
With a slight sound, the lid of the alchemy furnace rose into the air.
The heat rose, the air above the alchemy furnace was slightly distorted, and a faint burnt smell wafted in the air.
Qi Jin Baili probed into the alchemy furnace, and a milky white pill the size of a longan flew out, floating in front of Chen Mu's eyes.