The most secure job in Dajin

Chapter 36: First-class Alchemist

The end of every month was the time to collect the monthly allowance. After Hua Changxi, Eunuch Yu and Yu Hui divided the pills, they quickly left the Qihuang Hall, returned to their bedroom, locked the pills in their cabinet, and then went straight to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to collect their monthly allowance.

On the way, they met Du Ruo and Lu Qingluo who had just received their monthly salary.

"Manager Du."

Hua Changxi took the initiative to greet with a smile.

Du Ruo glanced at her, said "hmm" lightly, then walked straight past her and left.

Lu Qingluo looked at Hua Changxi hesitantly, then was pulled away by Wang Yunchu. The other people in the dormitory also hurried away.

Seeing this, Hua Changxi frowned slightly.

She didn't want to be friends with them, but she also didn't want to make the relationship too awkward.

At first, Du Ruo was nice to her, but after she started to make medicine at the Qihuang Pavilion, she no longer had time to help Du Ruo deliver the herbs to the second office.

Maybe it was because of this reason, but Du Ruo became increasingly cold towards her, and now he almost did not hide his dislike for her at all.

The other people in the group were also avoiding her. When she was not in the dormitory, everyone was talking and laughing. As soon as she came in, everyone fell silent at the same time.

Hua Changxi hates this kind of cold violence very much. Even if she doesn't care about what other people think of her, living in this environment for a long time will greatly affect her mood.

She had inherited all of the "Commentary on the Classic of Materia Medica" and the Immaculate Technique. It was no use for her to continue staying in the Third Department to clean the herbs. She had to find a way to switch to the First or Second Department to prepare the herbs.

Thinking about these things, Hua Changxi arrived at the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

As soon as he entered the yard, Hua Changxi felt countless eyes on him, accompanied by ambiguous pointing and whispering.

"It's her. I heard that she hooked up with Eunuch Yu from the warehouse. She goes to the Qihuang Hall every afternoon and stays there for the whole afternoon."

"He looks young, but it turns out that Eunuch Yu likes to eat young grass?"

"Not only Eunuch Yu, but also Yu Hui, the manager of Warehouse No. 9, likes this."

"Ah, Yu Hui is Yu Gonggong's godson, so they are father and son."

"It's better to be a woman. You and I work so hard for a month, but we may not be able to get as much as someone warming the bed for one night."

Hua Changxi didn't expect that when she went to the Qihuang Hall to make medicine, rumors about her began to spread again in the service hall, and this time there were more people involved than last time.

The last person who spread rumors about her was the female janitor in the Sixth Bureau. The janitor had her dignity to preserve, so she held back and didn't say anything too explicit.

But this time, all the male servants from the three departments of the Miscellaneous Services Hall got involved, and what they said was as unpleasant and harsh as it could be.

Hua Changxi looked at the male servants who were talking happily and getting louder and louder, and walked over with an expressionless face.

When the male servants saw her coming, they looked at her leisurely with provocation on their faces. Their expressions and body movements were exactly the same as those of the villains who bullied men and women.

Hua Changxi stopped three or four meters away from them, looked at them, and said coldly: "Those who speak evil words will be punished."

The male servants burst into laughter after hearing these harmless words, and even the other people in the yard laughed.

Just then, a breeze blew in the yard, and then a shrill scream sounded over the yard.

"Ah~"

"Ah~"

The male servants had their mouths full of blood, and the skin and flesh around their mouths were turned inside out and bloody. The sharp-eyed people also saw that their tongues were covered with bloodstains.

Seeing this scene, the people in the yard were horrified. There was no more talking in the yard, only screams.

"Who is causing trouble in the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

A middle-aged man who looked like a manager came out of the accounting office.

Pang Wei looked gloomy and glanced around the yard with sharp eyes, then strode towards the male servants who were rolling on the ground.

The injury is not fatal, but if it is not treated properly, my speech will be affected in the future.

Pang Wei looked at the people in the yard angrily: "Who did it?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone stepped back, and Hua Changxi was instantly revealed.

When Hua Changxi saw Pang Wei looking at him, he shrugged and said innocently, "Manager, I have not moved a muscle while standing here. If you don't believe me, you can ask other people present."

Pang Wei glanced at Hua Changxi, then turned his gaze to other people.

The people being watched said quickly, "We didn't see anything. Manager Niu and the others suddenly started screaming."

Pang Wei frowned and looked at the accountant who was handing out the money.

The accountant quickly walked over to him and whispered a few words, telling him what had just happened in the yard: "The young lady really didn't move."

Pang Wei frowned and looked straight at Hua Changxi. He was surprised and angry that she dared to look at him. The pressure from a seventh-grade warrior directly pressed over.

Those who were close to Pang Wei couldn't stand the pressure and fell to their knees with "bang bang bang".

Hua Changxi, on the other hand, had no reaction. He still stood there motionless, his expression not changing at all.

When Pang Wei saw this, his eyelids twitched.

This girl is not affected by his pressure. Could it be that her martial arts skills are even better than his?

Although Hua Changxi showed no reaction on his face, he was thinking about it in his mind.

Last time when Eunuch Yu exerted pressure on her, she was not affected. This time, she was not affected either. This happened both times, which is enough to show that a warrior's internal force has no effect on her.

This discovery made her very happy. In the future, when she faced warriors, as long as she didn't fight them in close combat, even a master would not be able to do anything to her.

Pang Wei looked at Hua Changxi with a bit more caution, pointed at the male servant who was still rolling on the ground and asked, "Why do you think they were injured?"

Hua Changxi answered very straightforwardly: "It's retribution. I read in a storybook that among the eighteen levels of hell in the underworld, there is a level called Tongue-Pulling Hell, which punishes those who insult others and speak ill of others."

Hearing her answer, the people in the yard retreated in unison again, and there was a hint of fear in their eyes when they looked at Hua Changxi.

There was no other reason, because they had just said bad things about her, but they were not as arrogant as those people on the ground.

Pang Wei was almost certain that the injuries to the male servants on the ground were caused by the little girl in front of him, and the little girl didn't seem to want to hide this fact.

Without any action, several grown men were injured at the same time. These men were all warriors. Was it the result of the release of their internal energy?

The release of the inner energy is something that only an eighth-grade warrior can do.

This girl is an eighth-rank warrior?
An eighth-rank warrior comes here to do menial work?

Pang Wei couldn't see through Hua Changxi's depth of mind and didn't want to make enemies with her, so he wouldn't make a fuss over a few male servants he didn't know. He waved his hand and asked someone to drag away the male servants who were still screaming, and then said to the other people in the yard: "Okay, it's okay." After that, he went back to the house.

The people in the yard looked at Hua Changxi and no one dared to move.

People living at the bottom of society are very sensitive to danger. Even if they don't know what happened, their intuition tells them that the injuries of those male servants must be related to Hua Changxi.

Hua Changxi ignored everyone else and walked straight to the window to collect his monthly allowance, took his two taels of silver, and then strode out of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

As soon as she left, there were sighs of relief throughout the Internal Affairs Office.

Hua Changxi returned to the sixth game in a bad mood. If she didn't get the chance to deal with this kind of romantic gossip today, she would have to endure it in humiliation.

When passing by the ditch, Hua Changxi noticed that the female servants in the Sixth Bureau were all looking at her secretly. Only then did she realize that the rumors about her had been spreading for quite some time.

Maybe the last time she taught someone a lesson, she scared the female servants in the Sixth Bureau, causing them to not dare to say anything in front of her. In addition, her attention was all on refining medicine, so they did not notice such an obvious thing.

So much so that when she went to collect her monthly salary today, she discovered that she had become the subject of gossip in the entire menial service hall.

However, this incident also reminded her that there were many people in the service hall, and even though she tried her best to avoid people every time she went to the Qihuang Hall, she was still seen.

You have to be extra careful when doing things in the future!
Hua Changxi returned to the dormitory. Since her errand had been completed and she didn't have to go to the Qihuang Hospital to make medicine, she lay on the bed and closed her eyes to practice.

At night, when the other roommates came back and saw Hua Changxi "asleep", they all lowered their voices, even Wang Yunchu.

Obviously, they had heard about what happened in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

What they heard was a version that had evolved several times. Hua Changxi clearly did not do anything, but the people who spread the story said that she did. She beat the male servants so badly that they pissed and shit their pants and directly disabled their tongues, making them almost mute.

Before, they thought Hua Changxi was bold enough for teaching someone a lesson in the sixth round, but they didn't expect that she would dare to do it in the Internal Affairs Office, and the target was a male manager and a servant.

Don't mess with people like this!

Within two days, even the apprentice hall across the square heard about this.

As soon as Lu Qingling heard about this, she immediately came to the menial service hall and repeatedly warned Lu Qingluo not to have anything to do with Hua Changxi.

"People who offend others everywhere will never be able to gain a foothold in the Medical Department, no matter how capable they are."

Yu Hui at the warehouse also heard about this. He was furious to know that his subordinates were spreading gossip about his godfather and Changxi's sister.

But it is not easy to stop such things, and even harder to explain them. He can only comfort Hua Changxi with words.

On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Laba Festival, Hua Changxi was selecting usable medicinal herbs from the pile of discarded medicinal herbs in Hall 9 of Qihuang when Yu Hui suddenly trotted in.

"Sister Changxi, look what this is?"

Hua Changxi turned around and saw the basket of Yuanling grass in Yu Hui's hand. He stood up suddenly and walked over in two steps: "Brother Yu, where did you get this spiritual herb?"

Seeing that Hua Changxi really cared about this herb, Yu Hui immediately said with a smile: "This is the herb sent from Sancha Medicine Valley. Can you take a look and see if it can still be used?"

Hua Changxi smiled and nodded: "It works."

This time, the Yuanling grass is much fuller than last time, and has not completely withered.

Yu Hui breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as it works."

During this period of time, he has been trying to find ways to make amends to Hua Changxi. After all, things like romantic gossip have a very bad impact on the young lady's reputation.

Seeing Hua Changxi carefully placing the herbs one by one into the basin, Yu Hui snorted, "The herbalists over at Medicine Valley are becoming less and less careful. Every time they deliver this kind of herbs, they dry up."

Hua Changxi smiled and said, "If it doesn't wither, I won't be able to get this medicinal material."

Yu Hui nodded: "That's right. Sister Changxi, I'll keep an eye on it next time. As long as this kind of medicinal material arrives at the warehouse, I'll keep it for you."

Hua Changxi quickly thanked him: "Thank you, Brother Yu."

Yu Hui: "I'm still busy in the warehouse. I'll go there first."

As soon as he left, Hua Changxi no longer cared about the discarded medicinal materials and began to concentrate on processing the Yuanling grass.

What excited her was that this time the Yuanling grass retained at least half of its spiritual energy.

This time, she followed the steps inherited from her for cleaning, preparation, grinding, blending, pill condensation and sealing, and she controlled the entire process with spiritual energy.

When ten white pills the size of little fingers appeared neatly in Hua Changxi's sight, an ethereal voice sounded in Hua Changxi's mind.

[Shennong's alchemy legacy begins]
Immediately afterwards, Hua Changxi's mind was filled with all the recipes for the first-grade pills needed by cultivators, and then another line of words appeared in his sight.

[First-class Alchemist (low-quality elixir): Alchemy 1 furnace 1/10]
"Shennong's alchemy legacy."

Hua Changxi was a little dazed.

Shennong
She was very familiar with this. In her previous life, she was born in the Shennongjia area of ​​China. Her family was one of the most famous traditional Chinese medicine families in Shennongjia, and it had been passed down for dozens of generations. They claimed to be the descendants of Shennong.

Hua Changxi had always thought that she inherited the medical skills because of that altar, but now, she is a little uncertain.

There was no way. The Shennong heritage and the altar were simply incompatible. However, the bird breathing method she practiced was quite compatible with the altar.

Hua Changxi pondered, she did get the opportunity on the altar, but the opportunity should only be the bird breathing method, as for the Shennong alchemy inheritance, it is most likely because she is a time traveler.

She had no way of confirming this, but no matter where the inheritance came from, it was fine as long as it was beneficial to her.

Hua Changxi didn't bother to investigate further. He quickly put the Yuanling Pill into the porcelain bottle and started to refine the next batch.

There were ninety-six Yuanling grass in a basket. Because most of the spiritual energy was consumed, Hua Changxi worked all night and successfully refined sixteen furnaces.

When the number of times of refining the elixir exceeds 10, the words in sight change: [First-class Alchemist (Middle-grade elixir): Refining 11 furnaces 11/100]
The low-grade pill turned into a medium-grade pill!
Hua Changxi compared the medium-grade pills refined from the last six furnaces with the low-grade pills from the previous ones and found that the medium-grade pills were rounder and fuller in appearance.

Because it was already daybreak, Hua Changxi didn't have time to test the efficacy of the low-grade and mid-grade pills. He quickly went to the warehouse to get the herbs to wash. After finishing his tasks for the day, he couldn't wait to go back to the dormitory to taste the pills.

Hua Changxi first swallowed a low-grade Yuanling Pill. The pill melted in his mouth and a warm current like a flood instantly swept through his body.

It took Hua Changxi three hours to refine the Yuanling Pill, and he opened his eyes with bright eyes.

Digesting and absorbing a low-grade Yuanling Pill can increase her spiritual energy by 50 points, which is equivalent to her practicing step by step for ten days.

Without bothering to eat dinner, Hua Changxi put another medium-grade Yuanling Pill into his mouth. Four hours later, he opened his eyes again.

This time, Hua Changxi's eyes were brighter and more excited than before.

A medium-grade Yuanling Pill can actually increase 100 spiritual energy points!

This time, she refined a total of 100 low-grade Yuanling Pills and 60 medium-grade Yuanling Pills. With these pills, can she enter the next realm?

(End of this chapter)