Fairyland Sunshine

Chapter 31 Buying Pills
As soon as he finished speaking, someone behind the counter said: "There will be no more for this month."

Xu Heng was a little surprised. He looked over the counter and saw a rocking chair behind him. An old Taoist was happily nestled in it. When he heard the voice and answered the words, he didn't even raise his head, still holding the alchemy book and reading it.

Xu Heng raised his brows slightly and asked, "If there is no one this month, what does it mean?"

"Huh?" The old man snorted something from his nose, then raised his head and said, "It turns out he is a new customer to our store."

"Lao Dao only opens one batch of various elixirs every month. Once they are sold out, they will either come back next month or find another store."

"...I see." Xu Heng felt speechless, but he couldn't say anything. He could only ask: "Are there any other elixirs that can replace refined food?"

"We have plenty of them." The old Taoist turned around and took out a few small bottles, saying, "There are two kinds of elixirs here, the Five Essences and the Five Qis. They are the same, but their effects are slightly different. Which one do you think you need?"

Xu Heng was not polite. He opened the elixir bottle and each of them smelled it. Then he pinched it, drew some elixir energy from it, and drew a not too complicated talisman on the back of his hand.

This is not a magic spell, just a simple way to distinguish the various medicinal properties in the elixir. However, when the old Taoist looked at it, his eyebrows suddenly twitched.

"Young man, where did you learn this technique?"

Xu Heng has identified that among the five essences and five qi, the medicinal power is mainly to replenish the five internal organs. He originally planned to buy a bottle of each, but suddenly heard this question from the old Taoist, and he couldn't help but frown.

It would undoubtedly be very rude for a stranger to suddenly inquire about the Dharma. Furthermore, Xu Heng had no intention of disclosing the origin. He just said lightly: "I accidentally learned it from the Taoist book."

Xu Heng thought he had made it clear that he was not happy, but the old Taoist suddenly became excited, and even stretched his face forward a little, and said, "But... did you learn it at Qiming Academy?"

Xu Heng was startled and immediately realized that the old Taoist in front of him turned out to be a disciple of Qimingyuan who came down from the mountain after failing to seek Taoism in Taiguang Mountain.

Perhaps the alchemy skills were all learned from the Xuanwei Sect, so no wonder he was endorsed by the master of Fangshi.

Seeing his expression, the old Taoist felt more confident, walked around from behind the counter, and said happily: "This method of distinguishing the properties of medicine was originally created by Master Zheng of Qiming Academy. I even copied it in my notes and put it in the library. , absolutely can’t be wrong.”

"Changsun Danshu?" Xu Heng asked subconsciously.

"Exactly, exactly, the elixir of Changsun was written by the old Taoist." The old Taoist was even more delighted and said: "Junior brother... you and I learned the Tao in Qiming Academy together. The old Taoist is much older, so I call you junior brother."

"I didn't expect that my junior brother is here. You have these Five Essence Pills and Five Qi Pills. If they are not enough, I still have them here..."

Xu Heng frowned and said, "I can't accept this. I want one bottle of each of the five essences and five qi. Whatever the price is, just calculate it."

The old Taoist still wanted to evade, but Xu Heng was not polite and pressed a French coin on the counter.

The old Taoist was unwilling to accept it, but when he saw Xu Heng taking out the Dharma money, he couldn't help but hold it in his hand and murmured: "This is the Dharma money produced in the door..."

High-ranking sects like Xuanwei have unique methods of refining magic money, which are very easy to identify.

When the old Taoist saw the origin of the money, he murmured in his heart and hesitated: "Junior brother...could he be a disciple who has already entered the sect?"

"No." Xu Heng didn't know how to explain the difference between him and the old Taoist.

Even if someone like the old Taoist priest could not become a disciple and finally came down from the mountain, he still had admiration for Xuan Wei. In contrast, for Xu Heng, the short period of cultivation in Qiming Academy was indeed an unforgettable time, but it was impossible for him to have any feelings for Xuan Wei, or even to always consider himself a disciple of Qiming Academy.

Therefore, Xu Heng did not want to be commensurate with the old Taoist brother, nor did he want to accept his favor, so he could only say: "Please settle the bill."

The old Taoist noticed that Xu Heng was a little cold, but he just thought that his nature was like this, and didn't think too much about it. Instead, he rubbed the magic money in his hand, as if he felt that there was another layer of connection between him and the mountain gate, and he really liked it in his heart.

The old Taoist said tangledly: "Although my junior brother said so, even if I take a few more bottles of Five Spirit Pills and Five Qi Pills, they are really not worth one magic coin..."

Xu Heng said: "The rest can be exchanged for medicine money for me."

After hearing this, the old Taoist was finally overjoyed and said: "That's very good, very good. Junior brother, please wait while I go get the medicine money."

After saying that, he went to the back hall and disappeared for a while before reappearing with a cloth bag and handed it to Xu Heng's hand.

Xu Heng subconsciously weighed the cloth bag and found that not only was the old man not lacking, but on the contrary, he had given more. He couldn't help but feel a little hesitant.

The old Taoist said hurriedly: "Junior brother, there is no need to think too much. The magic money produced in the sect is nourished by the spiritual veins in the Immortal Mansion, and the spiritual energy content is also higher. Naturally, the value cannot be equal."

"Yeah, that's fine." Xu Heng nodded and was about to leave. Seeing this, the old man quickly said, "Wait a minute."

"Junior brother, you have just arrived in Yingzhou City. If you don't have a place to stay, why not stay in my cave temporarily?"

Xu Heng frowned and said, "No need, I'll just find an inn in the city."

"Inn?" The old Taoist asked in surprise: "How can this be done?"

He had some selfish motives for inviting Xu Heng originally. After coming down the mountain for decades, there was no news about the mountain gate. Later, he even heard that Qimingyuan was no longer recruiting people——

At least in the past, casual cultivators like Lao Dao who had some connections could still send their descendants to Qimingyuan to learn Taoism by making some connections, but now it was completely impossible.

So when Xu Heng suddenly appeared, the old Taoist naturally didn't want to let him go, but seeing that he really didn't understand something, he also wanted to give him some advice.

"Yingzhou City is not Taiguang Immortal Mansion, nor is it even comparable to the mountains and fields. The spiritual energy is too thin and it is not a place for cultivation."

Although he has not cultivated Xuanguang and cannot directly breathe out spiritual energy to practice, he still has a subtle influence.

Refining Qi in a place with thin spiritual energy may not affect your progress in a short period of time, but it will consume your own potential. This is why the ninth level of Qi refining is already the limit for most monks in the world.

Refining Qi is building the foundation, and a monk in the secular world cannot even know such a not-so-precious knowledge? Are there not many of them who are even slightly better qualified, have a slightly better character, and are quite lucky?

No, it's just because of the environment in the ordinary world that most people have exhausted their potential by cultivating to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

This is also the fundamental reason why many casual cultivators have no chance to join the practice sects. It is not because each sect is taboo about bringing in masters, but because many casual cultivators have cut off their own ability to become a superior person when they embark on the path of cultivation in a muddle-headed manner. Douji's possible.

(End of this chapter)