Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 69: The Qinling Mountains Have Spirits, Helping Me to Acquire Divine Power

On the 17th of February, Qin Hui sent a secret envoy to the Jin Dynasty, requesting the Jin people to send troops to suppress the bandits in Zhongnan Mountain.

However, the internal strife among the Jin people had already become apparent, and they ignored Qin Hui's request.

Qin Hui then issued a reward to the world, offering three thousand taels of gold for Qiu Chuji's head. The Quanzhen Taoist priests were also labeled as evil Taoist priests. Anyone who wanted to take the head of a Quanzhen Taoist priest could go to the gatehouse of the Grand Tutor's Mansion to claim the reward.

For a while, Qiu Chuji's plan to assassinate Qin Hui became an increasingly hot topic in the martial arts world.

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Mount Zhongnan, in an unnamed valley.

Qiu Chuji and Wang Chongyang each occupied a small pit, soaking in the hot spring water containing the blood of the red viper, practicing the Vajra Indestructible Magic Skill.

The red viper held a wine jar in its mouth, and occasionally spit out its tongue to lick the wine in the jar.

This wine is naturally the snake gall wine that Qiu Chuji got from Dugu Qiubai. Not only does it taste good, it also has excellent nourishing effects.

As for the snake gall ingredient, would Chibi be unhappy with it?
Snakes will eat each other.

Although the red snake has been educated to understand human nature, it does not have moral standards high enough to be averse to such things.

As the bright red color in the pool gradually dissipated, Qiu Chuji was the first to open his eyes from the pool.

"No! No! There's still a long way to go."

"If you want to practice the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art to perfection, you have to swallow the red snake whole, skin and bones..."

Feeling Qiu Chuji's gaze, Chigui looked up in confusion and looked at Qiu Chuji with hazy eyes...it was a little drunk.

After Qiu Chuji got up and changed his clothes, Wang Chongyang also woke up from the pool.

"Master! How is it?" Qiu Chuji asked Wang Chongyang.

“This is a very powerful body-protecting skill. It has given me a lot of inspiration. However, it consumes too much true energy. With my accumulation, I can only practice it to this level.” As he spoke, Wang Chongyang turned his hands into gold, shining with golden light.

This is already similar to the level that Qiu Chuji reached before he went to Mount Huashan.

"If you practice like this, you won't achieve great success within three to five years. We have to use some other methods," said Qiu Chuji.

"You mean... taking pills?" Wang Chongyang asked.

Qiu Chuji nodded and said, "We have the conditions. There are many spiritual medicines hidden in the Qinling Mountains. We just need to search for some and give them to Brother Huang to refine. Then we can get some good medicines that can quickly replenish our essence."

"As for the pill formula...does our Quanzhen Sect really not have any inheritance in this area?"

Although the Quanzhen Sect follows the path of inner alchemy cultivation and does not rely on external alchemy techniques, it is a branch of Taoism after all. Wang Chongyang founded the sect and gathered together Taoists from various temples in Mount Zhongnan. It is impossible that there were no external alchemy books left.

As expected, Wang Chongyang nodded and said, "Of course there are external alchemy methods. The reason why I forbid external alchemy is that throughout the dynasties, many Taoists have used external alchemy methods to deceive kings and ruin the fate of the country. However, the recipe for using plants and trees as materials to refine elixirs to assist in cultivating internal strength does not have to be as strict as it seems."

"I will sort it out later and give it to Island Master Huang."

There are no Taoists in the Quanzhen Sect who are good at alchemy, but they do have some books on external alchemy. It would definitely not be useful to show them to a layman, but Huang Yaoshi is one of the best alchemy masters in the world, so it would definitely be useful to show them to him.

"Okay! Then let's split up. I'll go into the mountains to look for medicine, and you and Brother Huang will work out the formula for the pill."

"Once all the medicines are collected, we will start refining the elixir."

Although there is still time, we must hurry up. Qiu Chuji acted immediately and flew directly to the top of the nearest mountain using Qinggong, and then used the Qi-Looking Technique to search for the elixir hidden in the mountains and forests.

Qiu Chuji didn't do this before. Firstly, his methods were not as sophisticated as they are now, and secondly, he was worried that collecting too many herbs would ruin his luck.

Now that he had made up his mind and had a plan for success, he no longer held on to that old-fashioned idea and took drastic measures. For five or six days in a row, Qiu Chuji traveled between the mountains at a very fast speed and collected more than a dozen kinds of good medicines with different medicinal effects.

On the tenth day after Qiu Chuji started collecting medicinal herbs, Huang Yaoshi started to refine elixirs in the mountains.

The main ingredient for alchemy is the old ginseng from Liaodong that was delivered to them when Zhao Jisheng and his two disciples came to visit.

The good medicines collected by Qiu Chuji were also refined with various precious medicinal materials purchased from the foot of the mountain as auxiliary materials.

The alchemy furnace burned for seven days and seven nights. Huang Yaoshi adjusted the fire several times. When the medicinal fragrance gradually overflowed from the furnace and appeared in the room, Huang Yaoshi turned off the fire and opened the furnace. He took out a total of eight red pills the size of longan and carefully sealed them with beeswax produced by jade bees.

"Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission!" Huang Yaoshi handed a box of pills to Qiu Chuji who was guarding outside the alchemy room with a tired look on his face.

Qiu Chuji took it with both hands and said: "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Huang!"

When Huang Yaoshi came to Mount Zhongnan, he really felt like a slave.

He spent the first month treating Lin Chaoying, then spent the next ten days deducing the recipe for the elixir, and then spent another seven days and seven nights refining the elixir. If it weren't for his extraordinary skills and abundant energy, he would have collapsed long ago.

"Brother, why are you being so polite? As long as you can get back the head of that old villain Qin Hui, it doesn't matter if I have to work harder," said Huang Yaoshi.

Although he was not bound by etiquette and disregarded red tape, he was only casual about minor formalities, not that he had no major formalities.

Qiu Chuji said: "I will never forget Brother Huang's contribution."

"I would like to thank you again. I will take the elixir and go into seclusion with my master. When we succeed, I will definitely reward you generously!"

Qiu Chuji realized that the Zhouliuxing Gong was actually quite compatible with Huang Yaoshi. After some time, it was not impossible for him to teach Huang Yaoshi part of this internal skill.

With Huang Yaoshi's ability and the help of this magical skill, he will surely be able to make further progress.

Huang Yaoshi grabbed Qiu Chuji's sleeve and said, "Don't panic. I haven't taught you how to use it yet!"

"The pills I refined are called Zeng Yuan Bu Qi Pills. Although they are mainly used to nourish the essence and increase internal strength, they are also very effective in healing injuries. This box contains eight pills. After you and Brother Wang Dao have taken them, if there are any left, please keep them with you for emergency use."

"I also have a bottle of Impermanence Pill here, which is also a good medicine for treating internal and external injuries. You can take it with you later."

"It's a pity... I didn't bring much with me this time. Otherwise, I could have prepared more for you."

"Also, I will take care of the corpse of the Manggu Red Clam in your hands during your days of seclusion. I will separate the antidote and poison into two parts. You may be able to use them."

After hearing what Huang Yaoshi said, Qiu Chuji suddenly felt a heaviness on his shoulders.

He knew that to make someone like Huang Yaoshi willing to do so, it was definitely not because of his personal charm that he was that great.

This is the legacy of Master Yue.

People like Huang Yaoshi must be grateful to Master Yue and hate Qin Hui to the extreme, which is why he works so hard.

If he starts off well but ends up failing to get the head of the old villain Qin Hui, countless people will be disappointed.

There were eight pills, Qiu Chuji and Wang Chongyang each took four, and then they went into seclusion separately.

Qiu Chuji's place of retreat is still Chiwei's nameless valley. With Chiwei guarding it, there is no place safer than this place in the entire Qinling Mountains.

Wang Chongyang, of course, was in seclusion in the ancient tomb. He also let go of some of his insistence and practiced the "Jade Girl Heart Sutra" with Lin Chaoying.

When it came to attacking the Grand Tutor's Mansion, although Qiu Chuji and Wang Chongyang were the main force and the dual core of the attack on the Grand Tutor's Mansion, they also needed masters such as Huang Yaoshi and Lin Chaoying to support them from outside.

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