Sword from the Immortal Mountain

Chapter 105: Let me try alchemy

In August, near the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is bright in the sky.

In Bojiji Lane, Half Moon Lake, someone is fishing at night under a willow tree.

Taoist Master Song, who was wearing a Taoist robe, left Chen Shizhen's house angrily. After he got outside, his expression quickly returned to normal, and his eyes were restrained and hidden deeply.

He strolled to the lake and hid himself under the willow trees.

The fisherman was wearing a bamboo hat that covered his face. He asked, "Master, you came out so soon?"

Taoist Priest Song snorted, "I was late because of something. When I arrived at the Third Master's house, I saw only a mess on the table."

The fisherman said "Oh" in surprise: "This is not the attitude of the third brother. He has always been respectful to the Taoist priest and dare not neglect him. Could it be that something has changed?"

Taoist Song's eyes flashed, "He has a visitor at home. It is said that he is a candidate from the county below, also surnamed Chen. This dinner tonight is to welcome this guy."

"That's strange. As far as I know, the third brother's family doesn't have such a distant nephew."

"Who knows? This boy doesn't look simple."

The fisherman chuckled and said, "The third brother invited you to a banquet, but the banquet started before you arrived. This shows that this boy is from an extraordinary background."

Taoist Priest Song asked: "Aren't you worried?"

"What's there to worry about? I'm just a country scholar. Besides, this is the only house left in the Third Brother's family."

"You said that the house is the foundation."

The fisherman nodded slightly: "That's right. But at this point, do you think he can still hold on?"

Taoist Priest Song said calmly, "You two are indeed brothers with deep affection."

The fisherman sighed, "Master, you are an outsider and don't understand the hard work of maintaining a big family. The third son of my family is weak, easily influenced, and has no children. Sooner or later, he will lose his family business, and we can't let his daughter marry out and let it be taken advantage of by outsiders. The meat must rot in the pot."

Taoist Priest Song was too lazy to listen to such high-sounding words: "In short, I have done what I should do. Next, it is your turn to fulfill your promise."

The fisherman smiled and said, "Don't worry, Taoist priest, I will give you no more than you promised me."

Taoist Song stroked his beard with satisfaction and said, "There is one more thing. I don't like the candidate who lives in the Third Master's house. I don't want to see him pass the exam. I believe you don't want to see such a thing happen, which will only cause changes."

The fisherman agreed, "It's a simple matter. As long as he can't get into the examination room, then the problem will be solved."

"Very good."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

At this moment, the buoy on the water surface moved suddenly and a fish was hooked.

……

The next morning, after Chen Jin got up and washed up, the servant Awu brought breakfast to the villa, which was millet porridge and two kinds of pickles.

The portion size is a bit small.

Not only Chen Jin, but Ye Yanke is also a big eater now. As a warrior, practicing swordsmanship also consumes a lot of energy.

After they finished eating, A Wu cleaned up the dishes and went out. When he got outside, the eldest daughter Chen Jin was waiting there and asked about the situation.

Awu reported truthfully, saying that both of them ate very quickly and finished the food in just three or five bites.

Chen Jin was very smart. She knew that this breakfast was not enough as soon as she heard it, and she felt worried.

If you don’t even provide enough food for your guests when they stay at your home, that’s not the right way to entertain them.

More importantly, this guest had a special background and had left a large sum of money to entertain him well.

Now the money has been misappropriated and trust has been broken. Once the truth is revealed, how can I save my face?

With no other options, the girl had to take out some more gold and silver jewelry and ask the old housekeeper to sell them for money. No matter what, every meal had to have fish and meat, at least it was decent enough.

Anyway, we can only hold on for a few days.

After a while, Chen Jin came out of the courtyard and found Chen Jin: "Miss, how is your father?"

Chen Jin hurriedly said, "I asked a doctor to see me last night. It was just as you said. My father took a lot of pills and his body was very toxin-filled. He needs to stay in bed and take medicine to detoxify. Fortunately, it was discovered early and he can still be saved."

At this point, she bowed and said, "I am here to thank you for your help, you not only woke up my father, but also saved his life."

Chen Jin said, "You're welcome. We are staying at your house, and when we encounter such a situation, we should do something... By the way, can you take me to the place where your father refines the elixir?"

Chen Jin hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed. While his father was in bed recovering, he cleaned up all the messy things and threw them away, thus completely putting an end to his father's delusion.

The place where Chen Shizhen made elixirs was the side courtyard that collapsed yesterday.

What collapsed was the furnace room, but the elixir room, material room and other places were arranged in an orderly manner.

From this we can see that Chen Shizhen put a lot of thought and effort into refining the "elixir of immortality".

The doors are all locked.

Chen Jin was planning to ask his father for the key, but he saw Chen Jin holding a sword, and with a flash of the sword, he broke the copper lock very violently.

The girl was surprised and felt that Mr. Chen came here to rob.

There were many jars and pots stored in the room, with notes carefully attached to the jars, stating the names of the materials, which were mainly divided into two categories: herbs and minerals, such as gold, silver, copper, lead, limestone, charcoal, cinnabar, mica, etc.

Chen Jin was mainly interested in the medicinal herbs. He identified them one by one and felt delighted.

I have to say that the minerals and herbs that Chen Shizhen bought with all his money were of decent quality.

After all, if Taoist Song wants to do something in this regard, it will be easy to reveal flaws.

After all, Chen Shizhen is an insightful scholar.

Of course, prices can be falsified or even significantly overstated, which makes it difficult to judge.

Seeing so many things in the room, Chen Jin couldn't help but be stunned.

Before this, this side courtyard was designated as a restricted area, and no one could enter without Chen Shizhen's permission.

Chen Jin pointed to the jar in the corner and said, "Miss, there are gold and silver in there. You can ask someone to move it out and use it."

Chen Jin hurried over and took a look. It was indeed full of white silver and golden gold. There was quite a lot of it. He asked in doubt, "Is gold and silver also used for alchemy?"

Chen Jin explained: "External ingredients for external elixirs are needed in the formula."

Chen Jin turned around and saw a bottle not far away. There was a note on it with the words "arsenic" written on it. She was horrified: "Isn't this poison?"

No wonder there was toxin accumulation in my father's body. He was lucky not to be poisoned to death after eating these things.

Fortunately, he often failed in making elixirs, so he ate less.

The girl began to move the jars filled with gold and silver. These treasures were an unexpected surprise and could make up for the family's deficit a little so that they could live a stable life.

Chen Jin selectively picked up various aged herbs: Ganoderma lucidum, ginseng, cordyceps...

Just as Chen Jin was struggling to move the gold and silver into the yard, he heard hurried footsteps. It was Chen Shizhen running over.

Running so fast.

The old butler Chen Bo behind him was panting and could not keep up with his master's pace.

"Dad, what are you doing here?"

Chen Jin quickly stopped him.

Chen Shizhen was sweating profusely, and he didn't bother to wipe it off. He said awkwardly: "Let me take a look."

"I've already said I'm not going to make the golden elixir anymore, so what else is there to see? The doctor said last night that you need to rest and not run around."

"But what should I do with all the ingredients for the elixir in the room? I worked so hard to search and purchase them."

Chen Jin said crisply: "Use what can be used, sell what can be sold, and throw away what should be thrown away."

Hearing this, Chen Shizhen sighed and felt sorry.

Then Chen Jin popped up, holding a lot of bags in his hands: "Master Chen San, can I borrow your alchemy furnace?"

Chen Shizhen was startled: "What are you going to do?"

Chen Jin smiled and said, "Let me try to make the elixir."

Chen Shizhen: “…”

Old housekeeper: "..."

Chen Jin: “…”

(End of this chapter)