An alchemy furnace fell from the sky

"This is the fifth-grade elixir?"

Xu Fu's eyes sparkled, he stood up suddenly, stumbled, almost fell, and was still a little dizzy after all. It seems that even with the help of this magical alchemy furnace and the Qi-Building Pill, refining the fifth-grade elixir is still a bit difficult.

After taking two deep breaths and calming down, Xu Fu took Gui Jianchou out of the alchemy furnace, put it in the palm of his hand, and looked at it carefully.

I saw that the elixir was completely dark, with an oily luster, and its slightly pungent smell became pleasant at this moment. This is a top-quality fifth-grade elixir!

Xu Fu didn't take many jade vases with him when he went out this time, and they were already full. Xu Fu did not hesitate to pour the elixirs from a jade bottle into the jade box, and put Gui Jianchou in with great concern.

A fifth-grade elixir, this is a rare treasure! I actually made a fifth-grade elixir. Thinking about it now, it feels like a dream.

Xu Fu held the still warm alchemy furnace in his hands, thinking that he had really found a treasure.

"It's time to go back!"

After this trip, I don’t know how much time has passed, and I don’t know how Yu Qinglan is doing.

Xu Fu glanced at the two cold corpses on the ground, sighed, stood up and dragged them to the medicine storehouse, covering them with medicinal materials to avoid being discovered too quickly. Xu Fu took another look at the remaining elixirs. There wasn't much of the fourth-grade ones left, but there were still some of the fifth-grade ones.

"Take them all away!"

Xu Fu made up his mind that this time he would rob the rich and give to the poor. Fifth-grade elixirs are extremely rare. Now that they are in the treasure mountain, take as many as you can!

Xu Fu found a sack from the medicine store, and he stuffed all the precious fifth-grade elixirs into the sack like weeds, and most of the bags had branches and edges.

Xu Fu put the empty jade box back to its original place. The jade box containing the elixir was stuffed into Xu Fu's chest, and the dagger was inserted into his boot. Thanks to this dagger this time, Xu Fu felt more comfortable with it the more he used it, and he had long since given up the idea of ​​destroying it.

Just as he was thinking about how to escape from this place, a sound of stones rubbing against each other reached Xu Fu's ears. An inconspicuous wall in the secret room suddenly turned. A man walked out from behind the wall and saw Xu Fu carrying a sack.

"who are you?"

The person who came looked like he was over sixty years old, but he was less than six feet tall. He had a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and a long goatee under his chin that hung down to his chest. When the visitor saw Xu Fu, he was startled at first, and then shouted sharply.

"It's...the gang leader asked me to come get the medicine." Xu Fu pretended to be from the Yuntian Gang and answered cautiously. He didn't know who the person in front of him was, and he didn't know if he could pass the test with his casual talk.

"Nonsense! How can you come here? Let Zhu Ye come to see me." The man became even more angry.

Xu Fu responded and took the opportunity to leave.

"Wait, why is there the fragrance of alchemy here? Who is making elixirs here?" The man turned his head and saw the damaged wall, and his voice suddenly became hoarse, "Bingxin Guo! Did you steal the Bingxin Guo?"

Now that he had been exposed, Xu Fu stopped pretending, dropped the sack and rushed towards the man quickly.

When the man saw this, he turned around and ran away, but he was no match for Xu Fu who had used Juechen footwork. He had just taken two steps when Xu Fu grabbed him by the back of the neck.

"I am a fifth-grade alchemy master, why not! Let me go!" The man roared with all his strength.

"Shut up! What's so great about a fifth-grade alchemist?"

He Ji is short in stature and has only a few kilograms of flesh on his body. Xu Fu can lift it effortlessly. Now that Xu Fu has also refined a fifth-grade elixir, he can be said to be a fifth-grade alchemist, so he can say this with full confidence!

"You...you..." He Jin was choked by Xu Fu and was speechless. Since he became a fifth-grade alchemist, he has been respected wherever he goes. He has never been so slighted, and his face turned red for a while. , I didn’t know what to say for a moment.

"Let me ask you, where are you from? What are you doing here?" Xu Fu threw down He Bin, took out the dagger from his waist and held it in front of him, like interrogating a prisoner, and asked in a cold voice.

"I am a worshiper of the city lord's palace. If the city lord knows what happened today, you will definitely die without a burial place!" He Jin gritted his teeth and said viciously, with a distorted expression on his face covered with spots.

"You are so old, there is so much nonsense!" Xu Fu swung his dagger and cut off most of the beard hanging down from He Jin's chin.

"I came...from the secret passage...to get the medicine." He Jing didn't expect that the young man in front of him would dare to take action after knowing his identity. Although it only hurt his hair, it was enough to show that he didn't take the City Lord's Mansion seriously at all. Here, I had no choice but to answer honestly.

"The secret passage of the City Lord's Mansion?"

"Yes, this secret passage leads to the City Lord's Mansion, only the City Lord and I know about it." He Jin pointed to the secret door from which he came.

"Full of nonsense! How could the Yuntian Gang have a secret passage leading to the city lord's palace?" Xu Fu said and brought the dagger closer.

"Don't dare, don't dare. This Yuntian Gang was originally supported by the City Lord's Mansion. The leader of the Yuntian Gang, Zhu Ye, is a relative of the City Lord."

"I see." Xu Fu suddenly understood. No wonder the Yuntian Gang was running rampant in Shangyang City and no one dared to control it. It turned out that there was such a big backstage support. But this is still a good idea. After all, the City Lord's Mansion needs to win the hearts and minds of the people and establish prestige, and it is inconvenient to deal with some dirty things. The Yuntian Gang can just make up for this. In the end, the city lord's mansion did a lot of bad things, and its reputation was not damaged, killing two birds with one stone.

"You said you are a fifth-grade alchemist?" Xu Fu glanced at the wretched-looking little old man in front of him, questioningly.

"Yes." Even though his life was in someone else's hands, He Jin was still full of energy when he answered. It was obvious that he was extremely proud of this identity. After speaking, he raised his left hand and showed it to Xu Fu.

On the middle finger of his left hand, there was a silver ring with two small gold beads on it.

"Alchemist's Ring?"

Xu Fu's eyes lit up and he looked at it carefully with some excitement.

As mentioned by Li Danxin, this alchemist's ring is the identity certificate awarded to alchemists by the Alchemy Alliance. Alchemists of the third rank and below wear a black iron ring with a silver star on it. Alchemists of the fourth to sixth rank wear a silver ring with a gold star on it. , wear a gold ring on the seventh grade with a jade star embedded in it.

Alchemists who have been certified by the Alchemy Alliance are eligible to exchange for medicinal materials, prescriptions, etc. in the Alchemy Alliance. If the alchemist passes away unfortunately, his children and relatives can send the ring to the Alchemy Alliance, and the Alchemy Alliance will also pay a large amount of funeral expenses according to the grade. Therefore, this ring is not only a status symbol for alchemists, but also provides them with preferential treatment from the Alchemy Alliance. Almost all alchemists will not refuse it.

Although this ring seems to be extremely beneficial to alchemists, Xu Fu did not apply for it. The reason is also very simple. Alchemy King Mu Xian is the elder of the Alchemy Alliance. Li Danxin had warned Xu Fu to hide as far away as possible, and never let Mu Xian know about their relationship for the rest of his life.

After hearing what the master said, Xu Fu naturally did not apply for the ring. Seeing it for the first time today, he felt that the ring was really beautiful!

Seeing Xu Fu's eyes shining, He Ji quickly retracted his hand, clenched his fists tightly, and stared at Xu Fu in a panic.

"What are you doing?" Xu Fu asked in confusion.

"I can't give you this ring." He Jin said firmly, looked at Xu Fu's face, and softened his tone, then said: "You are not an alchemist, there is no use holding it."

"How do you know I'm not an alchemist?"

"What about your ring?"

"Too lazy to apply."

"It's useless for you to take mine. It's not yours. There is no record in the Alchemy Alliance, and you can't get the medicinal materials and prescriptions."

"It's okay to wear it for fun."

……

He Jin was so angry at Xu Fu's rogue words that he gasped for air.

"If you swear to let me go and not hurt me at all, how about I give you one?" He Jin hesitated and asked in a deep voice.

"You still want to bargain? If I kill you, this ring will still be mine. But you actually have other rings?" Xu Fulue was a little surprised and sneered. This ring is very precious. Many alchemists value it as much as their lives. If it is not about killing people and stealing goods, few people will trade it with it.

He Jin glanced at the black-edged dagger in front of him, feeling that Xu Fu was smiling like an evil ghost crawling out of the underworld in the bright green light of the night sand. He didn't dare to say anything. Under Xu Fu's gaze, Next, he tremblingly took out an exquisite brocade bag from his arms, handed it to Xu Fu, and then said nothing.

As soon as Xu Fu pinched the brocade bag, he knew that it was indeed a ring. When he took it out, he saw that it was almost exactly the same as the one worn by He Jin. However, the one in He Jin's hand was set with two gold beads, while the one in Xu Fu's hand only had one.

"This is a fourth-grade Venus ring." He Jin sighed and said lightly.

"Where did it come from?" Xu Fu stared at He Jin and asked.

"This ring was... picked up."

"Picked it up? Where's the liar? If you were so lucky, you wouldn't be able to touch me today!" Xu Fu said, moving the dagger half an inch forward.

"I bought it, I bought it." He Jin said hurriedly when he saw Xu Fu's dagger dangling in front of his eyes, as if it would stab him at any time.

"Bought?" Xu Fu still didn't believe it.

"I went to Danmeng for business a few days ago, and I happened to meet an old woman at the door who came to Danmeng to return the ring. Her son was an alchemist. Not only did he die suddenly, but she wanted to send the ring to Danmeng in exchange for money. I So I spent money to buy it.”

"You are already a fifth-grade alchemist, why would you buy this fourth-grade ring?"

"It's for my dissatisfied son. He has been stuck in the third level for eight years and has never been able to break through. I bought this ring just to make him happy."

After hearing this, Xu Fu was speechless for a while. He is so spoiled with children. No wonder his son failed to live up to expectations and was not promoted to the fourth rank in eight years.

"Eight years? Isn't your son too young?" Xu Fu said with some envy. Although he couldn't understand why he was so doting on his child, Xu Fu was still envious from the bottom of his heart.

"I am twenty-nine years old this year."

"You come of age to have a son? No wonder!" Xu Fu suddenly realized.

"Why do you have to be old to have a child? I'm not even fifty yet! Where do I get old?" There was a bit of anger in He Jin's words, but he still lowered his voice due to the dagger in front of him.

Xu Fu carefully looked at He Jin's appearance again, and was very confused. Although Ye Mingzhu could not be seen very clearly, it was not difficult to identify a person's age. This He Jin did not look like a strong man under fifty. He was clearly already It is a decayed appearance beyond seventy.

"I took an overdose of pills and became what I am now." He Jin said sadly: "I originally..."

With a hint of resentment, He Jin stared at the dagger in front of him and told his story. These words gave Xu Fu a new understanding of the city lord's mansion.

The man who is now the temporary city lord is called Xing Shande, and he is also an alchemist. This person is very good at collecting and studying elixir recipes. He Jin was originally an ordinary third-level alchemist. He defected to the city lord's palace and was accepted as a registered disciple by the city lord's prime minister. In addition to teaching him the method of alchemy, he also let him test the elixir. After a few years, , the accumulation of erysipelas resulted in this appearance.

"You actually worship such a person as your teacher?" Xu Fu was puzzled. It was obvious that this Xing Shande was just trying out elixirs on him. There was no relationship between master and disciple.

"There is nothing you can do if you live under someone else's roof." He Jing looked helpless.

"Give it back to you." Unexpectedly, the man in front of him was so pitiful. Xu Fu couldn't bear to take away his love anymore, so he handed the kit back to He Jin.

"No, no, you'd better accept it, as long as you spare my life and don't take my ring."

Seeing that He Jin refused to accept anything, Xu Fu really liked the ring, so he stopped pushing it and put it on his hand. After all, he had refined a fifth-grade elixir. Wearing this fourth-grade ring to show off in the market was not a lie. people.

"I can spare your life. Tell me everything you know about the city lord's palace. I will let you go when I am satisfied." Xu Fu said. In his heart, if he had made such a big mistake, the City Lord's Mansion would definitely not sit idly by and ignore it. When the incident happened, he would definitely fight against him, so he had to understand his opponent's methods first, so that he would have a greater chance of winning.

He Jin thought about it for a while, and then talked endlessly about all the things about the City Lord's Mansion. It was obvious that He Jin also had a lot of resentment towards the City Lord, and he didn't care at all about the secrets of the City Lord's Mansion to an outsider like himself.

Xu Fu learned from He Jin that Xing Shande loved alchemy very much. After taking charge of the Lord of Shangyang City, he opened the door of the palace to recruit alchemists to become worshipers of the Lord's Palace. Now there are six alchemists above the fourth grade in the Lord's Palace. There are so many, but there is only one person in the fifth grade, He Jin. This secret passage was originally used to communicate between the City Lord's Mansion and the Yuntian Gang. The elixir obtained by the Yuntian Gang was placed in the secret room, and the City Lord's Mansion could use it at will. In addition, the protection of the city lord's palace is mainly responsible for the four guard commanders. The four commanders do not have names and are only known as Black Fan, Black Armor, Black Blade, and Black Feather Arrow.

He Jin couldn't say he didn't know about some details. After all, he was just an alchemist, and he only cared about matters related to alchemy.

"Where does this tunnel lead to the City Lord's Mansion?" Xu Fu asked again.

"City Lord Alchemy Room."

"Are there many people coming in and out of this alchemy room?"

"On weekdays, only the city lord comes in and out frequently."

"Where is the city lord now?"

"An alchemist is here to visit. He is in the guest hall."

……

"Eat this." After Xu Fu asked, he took out a pill and handed it to He Jin.

"Didn't you promise to spare my life?" He Jin's face turned pale and he refused to accept the pill.

"As an alchemist, you have never seen this kind of elixir." Xu Fu said helplessly. It seems that the man in front of him is really afraid of taking elixirs.

After He Jin heard this, he took it with some caution, sniffed it, and asked doubtfully: "Sleeping Pill?"

Xu Fu nodded slightly and said, "When you wake up, just pretend you have never seen me. We will go our separate ways."

"No need to go to such trouble, just knock me out!" He Jin said calmly: "Otherwise I won't be able to explain when I go back." After that, he turned around and faced the wall.

Xu Fu was stunned for a moment, and then he figured it out. Now that so many elixirs had been stolen, it would really be unreasonable for He Jin to stay in this secret room unscathed for so long.

"Where can I hit you to knock you out?" Xu Fu asked a little embarrassed. He had just eaten the ice heart fruit and his strength had increased a little. Now he couldn't control it very well, for fear of accidentally beating him to death again. .

Na He Jin turned around and looked at Xu Fu with a resentful look, then slammed his head against the stone wall in front of him, and he fainted immediately.

He Jin's move shocked Xu Fu. He didn't expect that he would be so cruel to him. No wonder he dared to try the elixir.

Now that He Jin has fainted, the biggest problem now is to choose a way to escape from here. Xu Fu had already made up his mind when he asked He Jin just now.

Go to the City Lord's Mansion!

As for the reason, Xu Fu considered that if he went out from the Yuntian Gang the same way, he would definitely alert the guards. He would not be able to explain where their gang leader had gone, and he would have to fight hard. There is a great convenience in the City Lord's Mansion. I heard this from He Jin. Alchemists of Grade 4 and above can enter and exit the City Lord's Mansion at will, and the guards are not allowed to stop them. As long as they don't run into the City Lord in the alchemy room, other matters will be fine. Easy to handle.

Xu Fu glanced at the fourth-grade gold star ring on his hand, then at He Jin, and said disdainfully: "What's so great about the fifth-grade ring? I'll have to find a ninth-grade one to wear it in the future."

He stood up, picked up the sack containing the elixir, and tiptoed towards the secret door where He Jin came from.