Chapter 25: Master Uncle, the Keeper
The small building was ten meters high, divided into two floors, resembling the shape of a large gourd, inspired by the 'chief designer' Li Changshou's inspiration, which should be Jiujiu's accompanying magic weapon, the Demon-Slaying Wishful Sword.
—It's that large gourd that can be big or small, capable of carrying people through the air.
The small building stood in the middle of a pool, with another well eighty meters away from the front door, connected by a waterway; If viewed from above, a Tai Chi diagram with a diameter of a hundred meters is embedded in the forest, the pool is the shape of a yin-yang fish, and the small building and the well are two yin-yang eyes.
This is a Feng Shui formation that can ward off evil spirits; and as a disciple of the Du Xian Sect, there is also an explanation for the Yin-Yang Tai Chi diagram.
As you reach the front of the small building, you can see a wooden sign with five large characters written on it: "Xiaoqiongfeng Pill Room"; Upon closer inspection, there are two lines of small characters below the wooden sign: "Approved by the Hundred Fantasies Hall, permission granted to build the pill refining small building."
In simple terms, this is a certified standardized building!
Entering through the main entrance, you are greeted by a wooden screen, behind which is a six-meter-high large alchemy furnace.
This alchemy furnace occupies a large area, narrow at the bottom and wide at the top, made of large pieces of forged purple gold, with auspicious clouds and various medicinal herbs engraved on it, and it has many restrictions on its own; However, the upper half of this alchemy furnace has a large number of 'patches', which looks a bit shabby.
This was originally an abandoned alchemy furnace, but only the upper half of the alchemy furnace exploded. Li Changshou used the Lingfish to negotiate with the Hundred Fantasies Hall and exchanged it back. It took half a year to repair it continuously before it could be used again.
The alchemy furnace has three legs, two ears, a round belly, and 'windows' shaped like yin and yang fish on all four sides, and the main prohibitions such as the Condensing Fire Array and the Equilibrium Array below are very intact.
After Li Changshou's repair, the power of this alchemy furnace at this time is three percent less than when it was not damaged originally.
What's even more rare is that getting this furnace didn't cost much; Large pieces of purple gold can already suppress the medicinal properties of most spirit medicines, so this alchemy furnace is now considered the most valuable treasure on Xiaoqiongfeng.
The entire small building is built around the alchemy furnace; Around the alchemy furnace are several rows of shelves, filled with various sizes of jade bottles, gourds, and jade boxes, containing many elixirs and medicines refined from the alchemy furnace, but they are all conventional categories.
This place has been tidied up very neatly by Lian Ling'e, and the little junior sister is currently in seclusion, striving to improve her cultivation level.
When Jiujiu jumped in from the outside, Li Changshou, wearing a light blue robe, was standing next to the alchemy furnace, with more than ten faint golden pills floating in his palm, experiencing the insights gained from the alchemy just now.
"Xiaochangshou, what new elixir have you refined again?" Jiujiu approached curiously.
"Would you like to taste it, Master Uncle? I've just refined the Clear Mind and Concentration Pill, improved the taste a bit, and the medicinal effect should be good." Li Changshou casually asked, and two pills flew slowly in front of Jiujiu and were directly swallowed by him. After chewing for a while, he soon burped, exhaling a refreshing fragrance.
"So sweet," Jiujiu extended her right hand, "Give me a few more!"
Li Changshou casually took out a white jade bottle and put all the pills in it, handing it to Jiujiu.
Jiujiu's small hand didn't retract, "The Immortal Drunk and Enchanting Beauty for this month!"
"Don't worry, Master Uncle, I won't forget about you." Li Changshou chuckled and honestly handed over two palm-sized jade pots.
Jiujiu eagerly opened them and took a sniff, letting out a satisfied sigh.
"Okay, Changshou, your alchemy skills are on par with your brewing skills now. Do you need any help today? You haven't been setting up formations for the past two months. We can't keep benefiting from you without giving anything in return."
"Not today," Li Changshou smiled, "In twenty days, I plan to start refining a high-difficulty elixir. I would like to ask Master Uncle to come and help."
Jiujiu slapped her chest joyfully, her coarse cloth robe fluttering slightly.
"No problem! Count me in! Twenty days later, right?"
"Yes, twenty days later," Li Changshou said seriously, "This elixir I plan to refine is very important to me as a disciple, and once I start preparing for it, I can't stop. If Master Uncle is not available at that time, please inform me in time. Also, I wonder if Master Uncle can keep this matter confidential."
"What elixir is it, so mysterious?"
"A poisonous elixir called Fusion Immortal Pill."
Jiujiu was also surprised, "Fusion Immortal Pill? Isn't that supposed to be able to poison true immortals to death? I remember hearing Fifth Senior Brother talk about it a long time ago. Why are you refining this thing?"
Li Changshou smiled, "Poison is also a type of medicinal property, like the flavors of food. Poisonous elixirs can be used to kill people, but they can also be used to save people; Master Uncle, rest assured, I have no enemies, I love the life of cultivation, and I won't do anything harmful. If the Fusion Immortal Pill can be successfully refined, I will offer the 'Enchanting Beauty' as a thank-you gift for the next year, and it will count as beyond our agreement."
"Deal!"
Jiujiu extended her right hand to Li Changshou, who raised his hand and lightly touched hers. Jiujiu smiled immediately.
"I'll come over again in twenty days."
"Take care, Master Uncle."
With a cheerful voice, Jiujiu sat on the large gourd and flew into the air, returning to the sky above Xiaoqiongfeng.
She glanced back and saw thin mist rising from the forest where she had just flown out. Almost in the blink of an eye, the mist had enveloped the entire forest, but with a gentle breeze, the mist disappeared completely.
The dense forest within a radius of thirty li seemed unchanged from before, but Jiujiu knew that the multiple formations inside had already begun to operate.
"I can lure Old Seven and Old Eight here to tease them in the future."
Jiujiu muttered softly, but then thought of Li Changshou's always serious face, "But I should inform this guy first, or he'll start lecturing me on some grand principles again."
Shaking her head, Jiujiu sat on the large gourd and disappeared into the sky, soon returning to the back mountain of the Broken Sky Peak, flying into several layers of overlapping formations, and disappearing.
There was the place where the nine disciples of Forget-Emotion practiced in seclusion, and a continuous building of pavilions was built according to the mountain terrain.
Although the 'Nine Immortals of the Wine' were just a 'branch' of the Broken Sky Peak, even Jiujiu, who had the lowest cultivation level and the shortest time in the sect, was already a true immortal, so naturally their treatment was incomparable to the three disciples of Qiyuan.
Here not only had an excellent gathering spirit array, but also many miscellaneous disciples, several protection formations were also built around the pavilions, making it an ideal place for cultivation.
Jiujiu was the youngest and was favored by her senior brothers and sisters. Her residence was close to Jiawu's, hidden among the guard of her other senior brothers and sisters.
If Jiujiu was in seclusion, the others naturally took up guard positions.
Under the gaze of several miscellaneous disciples who were secretly watching, Jiujiu flew back into the building, kicked off her cloth shoes, and jumped onto the jade-carved bed, holding the two jade pots she had just brought back, enjoying a moment of joyful dilemma.
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Xiaoqiongfeng, in the alchemy room.
Li Changshou stood in front of the alchemy furnace, having already placed the herbs for the next batch of elixirs, and turned to walk towards the cushion on the left side. He held a jade tablet in his left hand, carefully feeling the changes in the formation, and after confirming that there was no danger, he casually activated the prohibitions of the alchemy furnace, and several flames appeared in the alchemy furnace. And he sat down on the cushion to the left of the alchemy furnace, but as he sat down, a wisp of smoke suddenly exploded around him, and his figure instantly disappeared, leaving only a paper figure behind.
The paper figure quickly transformed into Li Changshou's appearance in the smoke, and this wisp of smoke quickly penetrated into a small hole below the cushion, disappearing without a trace.
The art of illusion, the 'master skill' of Qiyuan Lao Dao, this big disciple of his had naturally learned it long ago.
Moreover, what can be transformed now is many times more than what his master can transform… several times over.