Chapter 185 A Visitor From the Mountains

Aoki Ridge?

Chen Ci glanced at the elixir bottle in his hand and was slightly surprised. Not to mention the origin of this group of monks, these few high-quality Bigu Pills alone cannot be made by ordinary casual cultivators. This bottle of elixir is said to be The meeting gift given to Long Xianzhi was probably actually for him to show it to him.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Ci asked: "What is the situation in Qingquan Village now? Is there any fighting in the village?"

Majiazhai spent a lot of effort on the spiritual spring and the medicinal field, but it was taken away by others after only two years of operation. No wonder the Ma family has not come to discuss the follow-up of Corpse Zhi with Sanyin Guan for a long time. .

Majiazhai is two hundred miles away from Changping County by mountain road. Without the foundation of Qingquan Village, it would take several days for the monks in his family to go back and forth. It is unclear what the attitude of the ancestor of the Ma family towards this matter.

"No, I heard from the sect leader that they came to seek refuge with distant relatives, but only after they arrived did they learn that Qingquan Village had suffered a great disaster and had been occupied by the Ma family."

Long Xianzhi thought for a moment and reported: "The people of Qingmuling captured all the Ma family. The matter of Qingquan Village has nothing to do with the Ma family, so they just expelled them back. Even some medicinal materials grown by the Ma family were returned, but Qingquan Village But it’s impossible to give it to the Ma family again.”

"oh?"

Chen Ci's heart moved slightly. Although Qingquan Village is around Changping County, there are nearly a hundred miles of mountain roads to travel, and it is not under the jurisdiction of Changping County. Looking at the way Qingmuling behaves, it makes sense, but it is a fortress. A permanent stance.

My Sanyin Temple must have another neighbor.

"Have you seen the Qingmuling Sect Master's approximate cultivation level?"

Chen Ci seemed to have thought of something and asked slowly.

"Disciple has seen it. In terms of true energy cultivation, it seems to be a little better than the teacher."

Long Xianzhi considered his words and replied carefully.

"I understand, you go down and rest."

Chen Ci nodded to express his understanding, then called out to his disciple and said with a smile: "This Bigu Pill is a meeting gift given to you by the sect master, don't leave it behind."

After saying this, Chen Ci gently threw the elixir bottle over. He had used the Qi Observation Method to detect the Bigu Pill. The aura was pure, and it contained only the essence of the Spiritual Valley. There was nothing wrong with it.

"yes."

Long Xianzhi took the elixir bottle, raised his hand and bowed, then left and went to practice.

"It's weird."

After his registered disciple exited, Chen Ci touched his chin and felt a little strange.

The Liang Kingdom is already remote, and Changping County is on the edge of Xishan Prefecture. How come some monks from Qingmuling suddenly move here, and the reasons for defecting to distant relatives are just heard, and they are not taken seriously.

If there is Yuan Fang, there must be something fishy in it.

"Forget it, let's wait for a few days to discuss the matter of Zhizhi in Majia Village. Whether these two families are making peace or fighting, it will probably take more than a month before they can tell who is superior."

Chen Ci shook his head. This matter was quite troublesome, but having said that, the Ma family had lost the medicine field in Qingquanzhai. If the ancestors of the Ma family wanted enough grass and tree essences to cleanse the hardware and extend their lives, I am afraid that they would be inseparable from themselves. This Huang Ya Dan is actually a good thing.

Somehow, Chen Ci has become more and more fond of the calm practice life recently, improving his elixirs, studying talismans, and then taking time to practice the Golden Scale Magic and the Five Ghost Magic. This kind of step-by-step progress is rare on the road to practice. pleasure.

Master Chen deeply resented any factors that disrupted his spiritual practice plans.

"So I mentioned that the price of the elixir is reasonable, very reasonable."

Chen Ci sighed, presumably the ancestor of the Ma family could understand his mood, well, that should be the case.

Five days later.

Sanyin Temple, backyard.

Medicinal Spell: Getting Started/54/100

Soul-fixing Talisman: Mastery/19/100

Chen Ci withdrew his gaze from the golden finger panel and slowly let out a breath.

There is progress, but the liver is really difficult to treat.

"Cultivation of all kinds of immortal arts is difficult. It really makes sense. A monk's time and energy are limited. As long as he practices some powerful evil weapons and evil spells, he doesn't have much time to improve his cultivation and delve into the immortal arts."

Chen Ci glanced at the sky and called to the breeze outside the courtyard: "Give these two talismans to Yuan Qing and ask him to send them to Du'e Palace."

"Yes, sir."

Xiao Qingfeng took the order, carefully held two soul-fixing charms and went to the side courtyard.

Chen Ci stood up, relaxed his muscles and bones a little, and walked slowly in the courtyard. He didn't know if the Ma family had settled the matter in the medicine field in the past few days. Although he was practicing the medicine-taking method with the ordinary Bigu Pill The price/performance ratio may be higher, but this thing is useless and I always feel it lacks power.

"Furthermore, after all, Qi-nourishing Green Zhi Pill is just a low-grade elixir that is used in the Sanyin Qi-eating Method. It's a bit off-beat. I don't have a more advanced elixir at my disposal. I need to make some plans in advance."

Chen Ci thought about it. Although he still had a trial sister above his head, it was just a matter of fact. The more others invested, the more they would ask for in the future. There was nothing he could do to pass on the method. Other elixirs and talismans were not available. As a last resort, he didn't really want to ask others for help.

Most gifts in this world really come with a price tag.

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps outside the courtyard interrupted Chen Ci's thoughts. Judging from the severity, it should be Qingfeng, his Taoist boy.

"Qingfeng, what's the matter?"

Chen Ci recovered his thoughts and asked.

"Sir, we have guests here. They are three Taoists I don't know."

As soon as Qingfeng handed over the soul-fixing talisman to Geng Yuanqing, someone outside Sanyin Temple handed over greeting cards and gifts, saying that he was visiting Chen Ci. Although he was young, he could tell that he was very popular, so he hurried in to report.

Are there visitors?

Chen Ci glanced at the green visiting card in his hand and a familiar-looking pill bottle, and understood what was going on. He took the two objects and said, "Take them to the main hall and serve them good tea. I'll be there later."

"Yes."

Qingfeng bowed and hurried to the front.

Chen Ci opened the visiting card and sure enough, it said 'Qingmuling Sect Master Gu Ningyuan and his disciples pay their respects'. He then opened the pill bottle and saw that there were twelve small pills inside. However, judging from the medicinal properties and aroma, they were slightly different from the small pills on the market. It was estimated that some adjustments had been made to the pill formula and pill materials.

If the fine fasting pill only involves the essence of spiritual rice and the mastery of the method of taking medicine, then this bottle of small pills shows that Qingmuling really has a pill inheritance.

Chen Ci flicked his fingers, pondered for a moment, held the pill bottle in his palm, put the white bone lock heart hammer under his Taoist robe, stroked the five yin evil spirit bag, and then went to the main hall leisurely.

When Chen Ci entered the hall, a Taoist in a green robe, a tall crown, and wide-sleeved straw sandals was sitting on the table drinking tea. He was about fifty years old, looked gentle, and had a beard on his lips. Behind him stood two disciples who were also dressed in green robes, but without a crown.

"Daoyou Gu, I am sorry for not welcoming you from afar, please forgive me!"

Chen Ci was slightly surprised, but his expression did not change. He raised his hand and smiled and bowed.

This leader of Qingmuling has a very high cultivation level. He feels that he is two points stronger than the old Taoist Geng at the beginning. I am afraid that he is not far from the true qi of a hundred orifices. If there is a Taoist foundation inheritance in his sect, I am afraid that within ten or twenty years, a real Taoist foundation will appear in the mountain. Even if it is only a low-grade Taoist foundation, it is enough to dominate Xishan Prefecture for two hundred years.

Even the two disciples behind him have a cultivation level of one or twenty orifices.

It seems that the Ma family has suffered a loss.

These thoughts flashed through Chen Ci's mind. Seeing Chen Ci coming out, the man surnamed Gu did not act arrogantly. He stood up and politely returned the greeting, smiling and said, "Hello, Fellow Daoist Chen. Since our sect has moved here, we should have come to visit you a long time ago. I am bothering you by coming here uninvited today."

"Fellow Daoist Gu, you are polite."

The two of them gave each other enough face, but Master Chen's face was probably due to the light of Heshan Sect. This is the benefit of being in a big sect. Even if it is a big sect of a side sect, as long as you don't take the initiative to cause trouble, you can usually get a little more face.

After drinking tea and chatting for a few words, introducing each other, Chen Ci asked in surprise, "Fellow Daoist Gu, are you from Tang Country?"

He was still wondering where Qingmuling came from, but he didn't expect it to be inherited by cultivators from a side country, which was even more strange.

Chen Ci didn't even know where Tang Country was.

"Well, we are originally from Shangzhou, Tang, but Tang has not been stable in recent years. Most of us in Qingmu Sect practice medicine and alchemy, and we don't want to be involved in the fight between fellow practitioners. After discussing it, we decided to leave Tang with our disciples and find another sect."

Gu Ningyuan put down his teacup, with a sigh on his face: "The Miao family of Qingquan Village was also a member of Qingmu Sect more than a hundred years ago. We came to Liang from afar, originally wanting to visit distant relatives first, but we found out that the Miao family had been robbed, so we can only stay in Qingquan Village temporarily."

Regardless of whether what Gu said was true or not, whether he really had a fellow disciple relationship with Qingquan Village, after all, the Miao family had died out, and the dead could not jump out to refute a few words.

But some of his gossips about Tang made Chen Ci very interested.

Tang is a big country, and its territory is not comparable to Liang. It is located in the northwest of Liang, thousands of miles away. Its ruler, Li, is a descendant of a Yuanshen Zhenjun of the Pingyuan Sect of the Xuanmen Sect. The whole country naturally respects the Pingyuan Sect.

The Pingyuan Sect emphasizes the "Taoism is the original heart, there is no good or evil". The disciples of the sect are slightly eccentric, but if you don't provoke them, they are generally too lazy to care about other things. Therefore, the side sects, miscellaneous cultivation, and scattered cultivators in Tang are much more prosperous than those in Liang. The disciples of Qingmuling originally practiced on Qingmu Mountain in Shangzhou, and the inheritance has been more than 400 years.

However, in recent years, Pingyuan Sect first had a dispute with the foreign sects, and many disciples fought, and somehow they also fought with Longhu Mountain. At this time, all kinds of cultivators in Tang either relied on their own strength to join the outer courtyard of Pingyuan Sect to fight for a future, or felt it was dangerous and simply left Tang and found a place to practice elsewhere.

Qingmuling chose the latter.

"Anyway, the cultivation world in Tang State is in chaos now. Various side sect cultivators are brave and aggressive. They invite people to help fight with swords. If you agree, you may get robbed. If you don't agree, you may offend your fellow cultivators. It's better to just give up your foundation and leave."

Gu Ningyuan looked helpless. He glanced at Chen Ci, as if he remembered something. He said, "But before I left, I heard some rumors that Longhu Mountain wanted to occupy the two water veins of this continent, so it had a conflict with Pingyuan Sect and fought a real fight. As for whether it is true or not, it is not something that we, the little cultivators, can know."

Although Chen Ci was a little curious, he just agreed with a smile.

According to what Gu said, the two main water veins of Yupingzhou both originated from Tang State and then passed through the sphere of influence of Longhu Mountain.

Just like Liuyun River, the upper water vein is called Huanyue River in Tang State, flowing through a large swamp called Luoyu Lake in the middle, and then passing through Liang State Liuyun River and directly into the East China Sea.

Gu Ningyuan talked for a long time, and his mouth was a little dry. He drank all the tea in the cup, and then he coughed slightly and got to the point: "Fellow Taoist Chen, in addition to visiting fellow Taoist, I came here today to pay a special invitation. At the time, Mr. Miao When I left, I also took some utensils with me. I heard from fellow Taoists in the mountains that the disaster in Qingquan Village was all caused by Chen Daoyou. However, there was a large cauldron among them, which may be an old item from my family. Of course, if this thing is to Chen Daoyou If it's not of much use, I'm willing to exchange the properties of the elixir, elixir, and sacred sand for it, is that okay?"

Big tripod?

Chen Ci's heart moved slightly, but she didn't expect that the person named Gu would ask about it, but after thinking about it, she still said truthfully: "There is indeed a big cauldron, but I don't know if it is an old thing from the Taoist family. "

"Can you let me take a look?"

Gu Ningyuan's eyes lit up, but he still explained: "These artifacts are just antiques of a certain age. They are not legal weapons or spiritual objects. Fellow Taoist Chen should have inspected them. If fellow Taoist likes them, there is nothing wrong with giving them to fellow Taoist."

"Fellow Daoist Gu is joking."

Chen Ci simply stood up. The 'Medicine Spring' cauldron was indeed not a valuable object. It was too big to be used for making elixirs and could easily lose its medicinal properties. It was more like a large vat used for medicinal baths. It wouldn't be a big deal if it could be turned into practice materials. Come on, the master of Qingmuling Sect has done enough etiquette when he comes to visit today. There is no need for him to pretend to be a bad person.

"Fellow Taoist, wait a moment. I will move the cauldron out so that fellow Taoist can take a look."

The alchemy room is a private place, so Chen Ci naturally wouldn't let others look at it, so he simply moved the bronze cauldron out by himself.

"Huh?"

Gu Ning saw the big bronze cauldron from afar, but he just let out a light sigh, and then stepped forward to look at it carefully inside and out. He also didn't miss the patterns and inscriptions on the cauldron, but in the end he shook his head with some regret: "This cauldron is It's quite old, but it's not an old thing from my family. It was probably found by Miao after he came to Liang State, but I'm sorry to trouble you, Daoyou Chen."

"It doesn't matter."

Chen Ci smiled gently: "It's a small matter."

"This cauldron already has some inspiration. If ordinary people use it to cook food, it can boil the essence and be beneficial to the body."

Gu Ningyuan was slightly apologetic and said to Chen Ci: "If you Taoist friends find a Taoist master, you can refine it into a magic weapon that can remove impurities and turbidity in food. It will not be of great use to your level of cultivation." , but when used as food for disciples, it should have 30% to 50% of the effectiveness of ordinary Bigu Pill, which is quite acceptable."

Chen Ci nodded, thoughtfully: "Thank you, fellow Taoist, for your advice."

The two of them chatted about the customs of Tang and Liang respectively. Seeing that it was getting late, Gu Ningyuan stood up and said regretfully: "Fellow Taoist Chen, there are some chores in the house, so I won't talk about it for now. I will invite you later when I have free time." A guest at the door.”

"Easy to say."

Chen Ci was polite and said: "Fellow Taoist Gu, why don't you stay for a casual meal?"

"Next time, next time."

Gu Ningyuan waved his hands gracefully and led the two disciples away. Chen Ci saw them out of the gate and watched them go down the mountain. Then he returned to the main hall and looked at the 'Medicine Spring' bronze tripod up and down.

"Monk from the Tang Dynasty."

Chen Ci pondered for a moment, there should be nothing unusual about this bronze tripod, but the whereabouts of Gu seem to be looking for something. Could it be that there is another chance in Qingquan Village?

But then, he smiled dumbly. His path lies in the two ways of elixirs and five ghosts, and there may or may not be other opportunities. Besides, the Feng Shui of Qingquan Village seems to be not very good, and it is a bit restraining. None of the three families had a happy ending, so there was no need for him to investigate in detail.

The guy surnamed Gu didn't talk much about the details of Qingmuling and the changes in the mountains. I don't know if there are any other stragglers who have come to the vicinity of Changping County besides this family.

"By the way, the Ma family won't be destroyed, right?"

Chen Ci suddenly looked a little weird. Even if these monks from the Tang Kingdom came to Liang Kingdom, they probably wouldn't dare to attack Longhu Mountain. Even the Heshan Sect probably wouldn't dare. There don't seem to be many Lingfeng Dojos to choose from.

"It shouldn't be the case. In fact, ninety-nine percent of the monks in the world are still ahead of Baiqiao. The ancestor of the Ma family can still hold his own."

Whether the Ma family is dead or not has nothing to do with Mr. Chen, but Mr. Chen’s corpse mushrooms haven’t been picked up yet. If someone destroys them casually, there is no ready-made corpse raising ground that can provide him with enough corpse mushrooms. .

"trouble."

Mr. Chen touched his chin, no, he still had to understand the changes in the mountains. He couldn't be blind next to his bed, and he had to be somewhat prepared.

It happens that he also has an acquaintance in the mountains, who must know more about the changes within a few hundred miles than Mr. Chen.