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Chapter 118 Rich Harvest! (seeking subscription)

Su Mo didn't know anything about Zhang Lanque.

As early as in the phantom array on Longshan, he had already learned that Zhang Qinghu had four apprentices.

Among them, Longshan Guanguan advocates that Rulong is the great disciple, and also the disciple who has experienced the most hardships in the process of apprenticeship.

In contrast, the other three were relatively relaxed, probably because Zhang Qinghu was already old at the time, and he was thinking about taking apprentices.

Among the three disciples, the second disciple is called Zhang Lanque.

According to the information he obtained from various investigations, Zhang Lanque should be the descendant of an old friend Zhang Qinghu knew in his early years.

Zhang Qinghu accepted him as his disciple, and did not teach him too much. Instead, he let him be a chivalrous man all year round. During this period, he exchanged many letters, either to answer questions, or to provide assistance. .

And on the day of Zhang Qinghu's death, Zhang Rulong received his relics through the Lightning Transmission Technique, and similarly, the other three disciples also received the relics.

Zhang Lanque's appearance here may also have something to do with this incident.

Of course, the most important thing is because there is a spiritual place here.

Perhaps this was the only aura enrichment point left in the world at that time.

In one thought, Su Mo thought of a lot, and the movements of his feet did not stop.

With a dodge, he swept into the fourth cave.

The cave was very spacious and divided into two halves. The smaller half was used as an antechamber for entertaining guests, while the other half was a quiet room for cultivation and alchemy.

At this moment, in that quiet room, there is a corpse sitting peacefully.

He looked to be nearly fifty years old, with gray hair and a stocky face. He was wearing a blue robe, but the robe was stained with blood that had already turned black. In the center of the robe, there were several huge wounds running through before and after.

Presumably this was the cause of his death.

To be able to move other people's corpses after being so severely injured, and return to his own residence, to face death calmly, shows that his strength is extraordinary.

According to Su Mo's estimate, it should be at the 8th or 9th level, but it must have failed to reach the mage level.

If he stepped into the mage realm, then his physical body should still be intact after thousands of years, instead of being unable to withstand any turmoil like it is now.

Seeing Zhang Lanque's body quickly turn into fly ash under the impact of the air, Su Mo sighed slightly, and then all his attention fell on Zhang Lanque's relic.

The first thing that caught his attention was a rotten wooden box next to the futon.

There are only four things in the wooden box.

A small tripod, a jade slip, a token, and three medicine bottles.

He picked up Xiao Ding casually.

The small cauldron looks like it is only the size of a fist, but it is extremely heavy to hold. It is afraid that it will weigh a thousand catties. It should be able to return to its normal size after applying spiritual power.

The small tripod is blue in color as a whole, and its surface is engraved with strange runes the size of flies, faintly forming a starry sky.

There are two ancient seal characters engraved on the edge of the tripod's mouth, which are called picking stars.

"Could it be that the Hall of Reaching Stars is named after this cauldron of Reaching Stars?"

Su Mo thought with a strange expression, looking back and forth at Xiao Ding.

At this moment, he already knew that this small cauldron was a medicine cauldron, which was specially used by alchemists for alchemy.

In the ancient practice world, a variety of auxiliary professions were opened up in the magician system, such as array mage, acupoint seeker, and so on.

Among them, the alchemist is a relatively popular profession, comparable to the craftsman, and an extraordinary craft that can sustain one's life.

And if one wanted to become an alchemist, one would naturally need a medicine cauldron to assist in alchemy.

The medicine cauldron is the same as the magic weapon, and there are also grades.

The difference is that the levels here are mainly divided according to the auxiliary functions of the medicine cauldron.

The more precious the medicine cauldron, the stronger the effect of assisting alchemy.

It is rumored that in the heyday of the ancient cultivation world, there even existed a supreme treasure tripod that could make alchemy by itself after putting in materials.

Even the alchemist is directly omitted, which is outrageous.

Of course, the medicine cauldron in front of him is definitely not as good as the treasure tripod of that level.

But it is also a rare treasure.

Through inspection, Su Mo has already discovered that this small tripod should be a medicine tripod at the top-grade magic weapon level.

Of course, the ultimate magic weapon is not as good as the magic weapon.

Not to mention the ultimate magic weapon like the Moonlight Disc.

But this medicine cauldron is mainly used for alchemy, not fighting defense.

Even if the effect of assisting alchemy is slightly weaker, it does not mean that higher-level pills cannot be refined.

The biggest factor restricting alchemy is the alchemist himself.

If one has a higher level of alchemy than the peak, even a low-level magic weapon-level medicine cauldron can be used to refine elixirs that are effective for mages.

As for the pills above the mage realm, it is estimated that it is unlikely. After all, the pill fire of that level may burn the medicine cauldron to waste.

Su Mo weighed Zhai Xingding, feeling quite happy in his heart.

Although it is only a medicine cauldron at the level of a top-grade magic weapon, it is more than enough for him to use.

His sorcerer realm is only at level 3 now, not to mention the medicine cauldron of this level, even the medicine cauldron of the low-level magic weapon level is just right for him.

As for his secret martial arts, which is comparable to a martial arts master, it doesn't play much role in alchemy.

Because there are only a very small number of special pills in this world that require the use of qi and blood to activate them.

Popular elixirs are usually formulated and refined by using spiritual power.

Of course, the advanced martial arts cultivation base is not completely useless, at least it can allow him to grasp the heat more finely and control the alchemy process.

This also means that his level of alchemy can quickly catch up to the realm of a magician.

Even later, what restricted him from refining advanced pills was purely his own sorcerer realm and nothing else.

"It seems that we have to find a way to speed up the progress of the practice at the sorcerer level."

Su Mo couldn't help but think of the square stone platform that was put away just now.

Perhaps it is possible to imitate the spirit-gathering formation above and arrange multiple formations in your own villa.

Coupled with the spirit-gathering effect of the talent of the lungs, under the condition of multiple overlapping buffs, the progress of practice will not be as slow as it is now.

In addition to this medicinal cauldron, what is more important is the jade slip next to it.

By checking the information kept in the jade slips, Su Mo learned that it not only recorded Zhang Lanque's alchemy experience, but also recorded more than a dozen alchemy formulas.

With these alchemy formulas and alchemy experience, he can learn from scratch and quickly master some low-level alchemy methods even without adding points to the system.

The only thing to worry about is that many of the materials described above by Danfang may no longer be found.

For example, the main material Hua Shengguo that was needed for the previous refining of Huasheng Pill may not necessarily be found in the whole of China.

"But if you can't find it now, it doesn't mean you won't find it in the future."

"As long as the spiritual energy continues to recover, those heaven and earth spirits will always appear."

"And even if you can't find the original material for the time being, maybe you can use other materials to replace it."

Thinking of this, Su Mo couldn't help but feel a little relieved.

Turning to look at the three medicine bottles in the wooden box.

Unplugging the cork of the medicine bottle, an unpleasant black air emerged from it.

The bottom is all gray and black medicine residue.

Obviously, the elixir originally stored in the medicine bottle failed to survive thousands of years, and all turned into a pile of waste.

But Su Mo wasn't too frustrated, he had expected this scene a long time ago.

Pour out all the black-gray medicine dregs, and conveniently put away the three jade medicine bottles, which can just be used to hold the elixir he made in the future.

Then there is only one last token left.

The token is in the shape of a diamond as a whole, the size of a palm, no thicker than one finger, and the surface is bronze. There is an ancient seal with the word [万] written on it. The era of the handwriting should be even older, if he hadn't just checked a lot of historical materials during this period , I really might not be able to recognize it.

After getting this token, Su Mo immediately thought of the Myriad Weapon Sect that disappeared mysteriously.

This token should have been left by the Wan Qi Sect, even if it wasn't, it must have something to do with that sect.

I just don't know what the token is for.

Su Mo faintly sensed that the token was of extraordinary value, so he immediately put it away.

So far, he has put away all the things contained in the wooden box.

Looking at the rotten wooden box on the ground, Su Mo immediately recalled the wooden box Zhang Rulong received back then.

Obviously, this wooden box was also Zhang Qinghu's legacy.

Maybe even the star picking tripod and even the secrets of alchemy were passed down by Zhang Qinghu.

Su Mo thought to himself.

At this time, people from outside came in one after another.

Obviously, everyone is trying to find a way to excavate the treasures of this relic cave.

But he had already scanned it carefully before, and apart from the wooden box, there was really nothing worth paying attention to in this cave.

Su Mo looked at the wall on the right side of the alchemy room.

Apart from the big medicine garden outside, few people know that Zhang Lanque also runs a small private medicine garden in the alchemy room.

This small medicine garden is hidden behind the mountain wall, and you need to use a unique method to open the prohibition to enter.

It just so happened that the technique was recorded in the jade slips.

Su Mo opened the wall smoothly, revealing a secluded secret place inside.

The secret place is only about a dozen square meters, with a few glowing crystals inlaid on the top. Even after a thousand years, those crystals are still emitting a faint light.

In the small medicine garden opened up on the ground, most of the spiritual plants had already turned into fly ash, except for three purple spiritual plants with leaves like eyes that were stubbornly growing.

"I didn't expect that the purple-eyed grass was left behind. It seems that the dormant seeds should have re-growth after the spiritual energy revived, and now it's cheaper for me."

Purple eye grass is one of the ingredients of many elixirs, and one-third of the elixirs recorded in the Jade Slips use this spiritual herb.

Su Mo dug out the roots without hesitation, and prepared to transplant it into his villa.

With the addition of the spirit gathering array, even if the concentration of spiritual energy is still not as good as here, it is enough for the purple-eyed grass to continue to grow.

What's more, it doesn't matter even if the growth rate slows down, they have now reached the level that can be used for alchemy.

As long as you find other suitable alchemy materials, it won't be long before they are all gone.

After harvesting the only spiritual plants in the medicine garden, Su Mo left the cave in the awe of many casual practitioners.

I saw countless casual cultivators walking back and forth in various caves like locusts.

There are even many casual cultivators who are not giving up and are digging around in various places outside.

Occasionally, discussions, disputes and even shouts of joy can be heard.

Even a fragment of a magic weapon can attract the exclamation of everyone.

However, although these casual cultivators at the scene fought fiercely, there was no incident of seizing treasures and killing people. This is related to him and the other two giants sitting here.

Just like when he was sweeping inside the alchemy room earlier, other casual cultivators only dared to check in the front hall outside.

After all, some kind of order is formed here.

But when they leave, that's not sure.

Just as Su Mo was thinking, Shen Panxia's voice suddenly came from beside him:
"Brother Mo, look at this!"

Saying that, Shen Panxia slid over, picked up a red ribbon-shaped magic weapon and showed off:
"Look what I found?!"

"A medium-grade magic weapon? It's not bad, it's just right for you."

"Hey, this thing is much more powerful than the strange things I collected."

Shen Panxia picked up the red ribbon, and it became longer, shorter, thicker, and thinner, obviously fond of it:
"However, there are too few intact artifacts left here, and most of them are broken. I only found this one after searching for a long time. Obviously, the fire back then was not extremely serious."

"Speaking of this, I probably have investigated what happened here that year. Brother Mo, do you want to know?"

Seeing her shy little face, Su Mo said with a smile:

"Then let's hear what's going on."

Shen Panxia took out a piece of yellowed jade, laughed and said:
"This piece of jade was left by a female cultivator named Zhong Yun, and there are many contents recorded on it.

According to her, after entering the Dharma-ending Era, the spiritual energy in the world disappeared. In order to find a way to practice, she followed many casual practitioners and searched for the secret place of the spiritual land.

During the period, she encountered various dangers and was involved in the snatching of the spiritual land. In the end, she and another female nun were left alone. They accidentally encountered Zhang Lanque who was searching for spiritual grass in the mountains.

After that, the two of them were invited to enter the spiritual land where Zhang Lanque was, which was the Hall of Picking Stars.

After coming here, in order to repay Zhang Lanque for taking him in, they helped Zhang Lanque a lot, including taking care of the medicine garden outside, collecting spiritual herbs, inquiring about news and so on.

Later, some other casual cultivators were taken in one after another, and this small gathering point was established. It was quite popular for a while, and the interior was also very united, and even repelled several attacks from outsiders.

In the future, more practitioners gave birth to children here.

Everything seems to be developing in a good way, but it's a pity that as time goes by, the aura continues to decline, even in this spiritual place, the concentration of aura is also decreasing.

In the past, it was good that the spiritual energy could still be fully supplied, but now the spiritual energy is declining so that it is difficult to maintain the practice, and internal conflicts have finally begun to occur.

And most importantly, they discovered Zhang Lanque's lies. "

(End of this chapter)