A month later, the matter of Lu Hua and Jin Duo embezzling money was finally settled.
Both Lu Hua and Jin Duo were expelled from the Treasure Pavilion.
Obviously, the two sides had also fought overtly and covertly in dealing with Lu Hua and Jin Duo.
This result was not a loss for Mo Rong at all. Both sides lost an ordinary treasure appraiser, but she gained the trust of the Pavilion Master.
At the same time, the news that Li An had been waiting for was finally announced-
Li An officially became a treasure appraiser, replacing Lu Hua's original position!
Everyone in the treasure house was surprised, and many people congratulated Li An.
But he was very calm.
From the time he arrived in Tianyang City and decided to enter the Treasure Pavilion to this day, it took a full twenty-two years!
He was already one hundred and twelve years old.
It was hard to believe that he had spent twenty years planning just for a position.
But in Li An's view, for the Golden Elixir Avenue, no matter how hard he worked, it was worth it.
All this was within his expectations.
Walking into the bright and clean treasure appraisal room, sitting on a chair made of velvet, the servant came to make tea for him. Li An felt a little dazed, and Gao Feng's face many years ago was still vaguely in front of him.
"Finally, it can start..."
Sitting on the position of treasure appraiser, the resources and power he controls have the possibility to support his dream.
...
Next, Li An carried out treasure appraisal business normally.
His current level can be said to be far ahead of ordinary treasure appraisers in the entire Treasure Pavilion, but he did not show it, but was more mediocre.
At the same time, he also began to restrain his own edge. For the fight between Mo Rong and Xu Changkong, he tried not to participate, stand on the side, but did not charge.
For him, the stage of fighting has passed.
Before that, there were only so many positions for treasure appraisers, and he had to fight, so Li An could only be deliberate and fight like a palace fight.
Fighting and hiding are actually two sides of the same coin. Hiding is also a means of fighting. If you can't hide, then go all out.
After he left, he did use his influence to recommend Wang Zi to be the steward of the treasure house, but soon, Wang Zi was also replaced. It is said that the Pavilion Master personally arranged someone for Wang Zi to take up other steward positions.
After all, through this incident, the top leaders in the Pavilion have realized the problem.
For Wang Zi, the level of steward is the same everywhere. If she is not in a core position like the treasure house, she may have an easier life.
…
Two years passed in the blink of an eye.
This day.
"Master Zuo, Master Luo sent a spiritual medicine. Please take a look!"
A servant led the guests in.
Now in the Treasure Pavilion, there are only two people who are mainly responsible for the identification of spiritual medicines: Li An and Luo Ming.
For two years, Li An deliberately showed his interest and expertise in poisons, so when he encountered complex spiritual medicines with poison, Luo Ming simply handed them over to Li An and stopped asking.
The guest was a middle-aged man, a little nervous, and handed the box in his hand to Li An: "This spiritual medicine has a very strong spiritual energy. In my opinion, it is not lower than the second-grade spiritual medicine. Master, you must take a good look..."
Li An opened the box and glanced at it, and his heart was slightly moved.
This is a jade grass with mixed black and white colors.
A large amount of spiritual energy mixed with a large amount of poisonous gas...
What excited Li An was that this was exactly the "Tao Poison Medicine" he was looking for.
The first one he encountered since he became a treasure appraiser!
He said calmly, "In terms of spirituality and medicinal properties, this must be a second-grade spiritual medicine."
"But you can see that this medicine contains a lot of toxicity!"
"If you want to use its medicinal properties, you must first remove the poison, but removing the poison will also make the medicinal properties disappear, and the cost is too high..."
He shook his head: "If you want to sell it directly to us, then we can only buy it for 300 spiritual stones. I don't have the qualifications to enter the auction for this kind of thing."
He was not exaggerating. No one really wanted this kind of thing. According to the rules of the Treasure Pavilion, it was indeed not eligible for the auction.
In fact, the purchase price of 300 spiritual stones he gave was already very superior, and it was the highest price given by the standards of the Treasure Pavilion.
"Ah?"
The guest's face was full of disappointment!
"However, I know that the owner of Yundao Inn likes these things very much. He may be able to give you a higher price..."
Li An spoke casually.
Hearing this, the guest was overjoyed and said, "Okay, okay, thank you master!"
He immediately got up and left. Li An rubbed his head and said, "Xiao Wu, register well."
"I'll go first."
His servant Xiao Wu said, "Okay!"
Over the years, Li An has been collecting poisons, which is no secret in the Treasure Pavilion.
Everyone knows that he should be practicing some kind of poison skills, so he has studied poisons very deeply.
--This is the information that Li An deliberately created and revealed!
In addition, he also asked the owner of Yundao Teahouse, Cai Chao, to help as a middleman. He would introduce some poisons to Cai Chao and finally put them in his pocket.
But nothing happened because he did this in full compliance with regulations!
For every poison he handled, he would make a detailed record, leave a crystal image, and estimate the price strictly according to the standards of the pavilion-only those that he was very interested in would be told to the guests that Cai Chao could buy them at a super high price.
Of course, for those poisons with excellent quality and special effects, he never touched them and kept them in the pavilion as usual.
So, he has always been very stable, and no one has made any fuss about this matter.
I can't do it even if I want to!
Besides, Li An did very little of this. In two years, he only collected nine spiritual medicines in this way.
In order to conceal his true purpose, the nine poisons were just ordinary poisons. Over time, no one paid attention to his hobby.
…
The carriage he was riding stopped in front of Wuyang Street.
After becoming a treasure appraiser, he also owned an independent house with a small courtyard here.
"Master, Mr. Cai is waiting for you in the study..."
The only gatekeeper in the mansion, "Old Song", spoke respectfully.
Old Song is ninety years old and has reached the seventh level of Qi training. He was selected by Li An. After all, the mansion still needs servants.
"Well,"
Entering the study, Cai Chao waited respectfully, "Master Zuo, this is the spiritual medicine you want..."
Cai Chao handed over the box.
His mood was quite complicated. He recalled that more than 20 years ago, Li An drank tea and read books in his Yundao Teahouse. Although he was a foundation-building cultivator, he lived in poverty. Now, he has become a prominent figure, and even he needs to treat him with respect...
Of course, this is just a feeling. This is a good thing for him.
After Song Mingzhang's death, he was able to win over Li An, so he still had a backer!
Li An took the box and nodded slightly, "Thank you, Boss Cai,"
"By the way, the alchemist you helped me find last time made a pretty good poison pill. What was his name?"
Cai Chao said, "Master, the alchemist's name is Gu Hong, a casual cultivator, and a good person."
Li An nodded: "Please ask her to make poison pills for me with these two herbs... Please do her best!"
He took out the other two poison herbs and handed them to Cai Chao.
In addition to working hard for the treasure appraiser of the Treasure Pavilion over the years, Li An was actually paying attention to Gu Hong's situation.
Gu Hong opened a spiritual medicine shop in the city, and the business was OK.
But with her current business situation, it might be difficult to support her to make a pill.
So, since Li An became a treasure appraiser, while collecting poisons, he asked Cai Chao to find an alchemist to help make poison pills.
He did not specify who to find, but he was dissatisfied with the alchemists Cai Chao had found before. Cai Chao kept changing alchemists, and finally it came to Gu Hong.
-Although no one in Tianyang City knew his identity and his relationship with Gu Hong, he still had to be the most cautious!
As a treasure appraiser, he could help Gu Hong... a little.
Of course, all this help needs to be under the premise of safety, so he would not let Gu Hong know his identity.
"Okay, Master, don't worry!"
Cai Chao left respectfully.
After he left, Li An took out and activated the second-level formation arranged in the study!
This second-level formation was carefully refined by Li An. It is dormant on weekdays and does not actively play a role. Therefore, it is supported by the second-level spiritual veins of Wuyang Street and almost does not consume spiritual stones.
This is the benefit of practicing in Tianyang City.
In the past, in Cuiyue Valley, it was also a second-level formation, but for safety, detection and other functions must be turned on at all times, which consumes a lot of spiritual stones.
Here, it is generally safe and only turned on when needed, which saves a lot of trouble.
Then, he opened the box.
Pick up the black and white jade grass, there is a trace of intoxication in his eyes...
Then, he opened his mouth and ate the jade grass!
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