Chapter 344 Departure

Time passed little by little, and Yan Sijing's alchemy this time soon came to an end.

She activated the magic formula, stopped the fire and started the furnace.

The top cover of the blue alchemy furnace slowly opened, and a strong medicinal fragrance overflowed. There were five crimson elixirs suspended in the alchemy furnace, emitting strong spiritual power fluctuations, far exceeding those of the foundation-building elixirs.

"Could this be the elixir used in the elixir formation stage?" Yuan Ming was shocked.

The value of elixirs in the pill-forming stage is not the same as that in the foundation-building stage, and the difficulty of refining is also increased by more than ten times. If Yan Sijing can refine such elixirs, her level of elixir refining will be far beyond his expectations.

Yuan Ming was immediately overjoyed. He wondered if his soul was too powerful. Although he had only comprehended it once, he had basically mastered the refining process of this red elixir, and also noted down the ingredients required for this elixir. Spiritual material.

Yuan Ming had a hunch that as long as he found those materials, his success rate in refining the red elixir should not be low. If he had the opportunity to comprehend it several times in the future, his attainments in elixir refining would be greatly improved.

The possession ended quickly and his consciousness returned to his own body.

Yuan Ming didn't really go looking for materials to make elixirs. The most important thing at the moment was the escort mission in three days.

He put away the Heaven Stealing Cauldron, released the first part of his soul and escaped into the ground, walking towards Baidanfang.

…

Three days later, Yuan Ming arrived at Baidanfang at the agreed time. Before he entered the door, he saw a maid in green standing in front of the door waiting.

"Senior Yuan, please come with me. Miss is already waiting upstairs with other seniors."

Yuan Ming nodded, and as he followed the maid upstairs, he asked casually: "How many Taoist friends did your boss invite to escort?"

"Senior, in addition to you, there are two seniors who have also accepted the task. Counting the worshipers and elders of our workshop, there are a total of five people participating." The maid replied.

While talking, the maid took Yuan Ming to the private room on the second floor and opened the door for him.

Hearing the noise, several people sitting in the room looked toward the door.

Yuan Ming looked around the room and saw Yan Sijing sitting in the main seat, nodding slightly towards him. To his right was a female cultivator wearing a green dress and a hairpin with a beauty mark at the corner of her mouth. She was in the late stage of foundation building.

The person on the left is a middle-aged male cultivator with an average appearance. He is dressed in a simple gray robe. There is nothing surprising about him, but his cultivation is at the early stage of pill formation. He looks at Yuan Ming with eyes filled with excitement. It is the color of scrutiny.

In addition to the two of them, there were two other foundation-building monks in the room. One was extremely short, a full head shorter than Yuan Ming, and the other was white-faced and beardless, dressed like a scholar, holding a folding fan in his hand and fanning it gently.

They are also in the late stages of foundation building.

Seeing this situation, Yuan Ming's eyes narrowed slightly. For this escort, Baidanfang not only provided the elixir-washing liquid as a reward, but also invited late-stage foundation-building monks, and also sent an elder to lead the team. Seeing that This mission is far from as simple as Yan Sijing said before.

However, Yuan Ming had already predicted this, so he did not hesitate. He calmly walked into the house and found a place to sit down.

Seeing Yuan Ming sit down, Yan Sijing immediately introduced with a smile:

"Fellow Daoist Yuan, you are here. Let me introduce you. The two people beside me are Ai Gongfeng and Elder Chai from our workshop. They are the leaders of this mission. This is Daoist Friend Gan from Yinqiu Sect. There are few opponents in the base period. This is Young Master Beiyan. His technique of controlling the wind is so superb that he once forced three monks of the same level back with one person."

Hearing this, Yuan Ming clasped his fists towards several people and said politely: "I'm Yuan Ming, I've looked up to you for a long time."

Ai Gongfeng and Young Master Beiyan returned the greetings one after another, while Elder Chai nodded slightly. As for the short monk named Gan, he looked Yuan Ming up and down and asked unceremoniously: "My fellow Taoist in Zilei City, am I I know him a lot, but I’ve never heard of Yuan Daoyou’s name?”

Yuan Ming smiled nonchalantly and said, "I was practicing in another city before. It's quite far away from Purple Thunder City and beyond the reach of fellow Taoists."

As soon as these words came out, Master Beiyan laughed twice, while the monk surnamed Gan frowned and instinctively felt that Yuan Ming's words meant something wrong, but he couldn't explain why for a while.

Yan Sijing, who was sitting in the front seat, also understood the meaning of Yuan Ming's words, which was to scold the monk surnamed Gan for sitting in a well and looking at the sky. She raised the corner of her mouth, but without criticizing it, she directly changed the subject:

"Okay, now that everyone is here, let me explain the mission in detail to a few fellow Taoists."

After hearing this, everyone including Yuan Ming looked at Yan Sijing.

Yan Sijing only paused for a moment, then continued: "The destination of the caravan that you need to escort this time is Black Moon City. It will stop at Qianjun City and Oasis City for a few days for supplies. The goods transported are not limited to basic In addition to the elixirs and supplies, there is also a batch of precious elixirs ordered by Sha Rangu. This batch of elixirs is related to the reputation of our house, so there must be no accidents, so we have made special arrangements."

As she spoke, she clapped her hands, and immediately several maids filed in carrying trays and stood in front of several people.

There is a gray storage bag on the tray, which is forbidden and sealed and cannot be opened at will.

"Among these five storage bags, only one contains Sha Ran Gu's order. The others are just cover-ups. But which storage bag it is, even Elder Chai of our workshop doesn't know. So, please, please Each person carries one, and be sure to keep the storage bag you bring. As long as it can be delivered to Black Moon City intact in the end, the mission has been completed. Regardless of whether it is true or not, we will keep the agreement The reward is given with both hands.”

Hearing what she said, Yuan Ming and the other two also gave up the idea of ​​investigating and directly put away the storage bag.

Bei Yan Gongzi suddenly asked: "Friend Yan, the caravan in your house was robbed because of transporting this batch of goods, right? Have you investigated the identity of the bandits?"

Yan Sijing's expression dimmed and shook her head, saying: "At present, we only know that they claim that Feiyu has a Jindan in charge, and we don't know anything else."

Hearing this, Bei Yan Gongzi closed the folding fan in his hand in the palm of his other hand, and sighed worriedly: "Alas, although there has never been peace in the Black Wind Desert, there have been many major events recently. First, Dihe City was inexplicably destroyed, and then the Guiyuan Sect mine was destroyed by some dark moon god. Now even the Jindan cultivator has become... Sand bandits, if this continues, I really don’t know what will happen. "

"That’s right, where in the world is there no chaos? The big and small sects in the Northern Desert are fighting endlessly, and there have been disputes in the Western Regions and the Qin State recently. A few years ago, a well-known sect was destroyed in the Southern Xinjiang. The East China Sea is even more serious. The news of the birth of the Three Immortal Islands has spread like wildfire, and many cultivators have run over. Now there are no telling how many disputes there are every day. Even in the seemingly peaceful Central Plains, many high-ranking members of the sects have been assassinated by unknown forces in recent years, and no results have been found so far. "The cultivator surnamed Gan said nonchalantly.

Beiyan Gongzi shook his head without comment, with a worried look on his face, while Yuan Ming had a calm face and no emotion could be seen.

Just then, someone outside the door suddenly reported that the caravan had assembled. Yan Sijing immediately stood up, and after a few more words, he asked Elder Chai and Ai Gongfeng to take everyone to the caravan assembly point to set off.

...

In the evening a few days later.

Before night fell, the Baidanfang caravan, which had traveled all day, set up camp on the spot and prepared to rest.

However, Yuan Ming, who was following the team, gradually began to have doubts in his heart.

The road had been calm these days, and he had sent out the soul crows to patrol around, but he did not see any sand bandits or suspicious monks approaching. However, the slow speed of the Baidanfang caravan was beyond his expectations.

Logically speaking, since it was an important cargo, there was a possibility of encountering sand bandits on the way. The Baidanfang caravan had to travel day and night, at least as fast as possible, and its speed could not be slower than the mortal caravan that Yuan Ming had sneaked into when he came to the Black Wind Desert.

When Yuan Ming told Ai Gongfeng about his doubts, he got an unexpected answer.

"Fellow Daoist Yuan, please forgive me. The last time the caravan was robbed, our shop suffered heavy losses. Not only did we lose several priests, but the skilled merchants among the mortals were also killed or injured. Even the camels carefully selected for transporting goods were taken away. This reorganization was done in a hurry, and many people have no experience, which slowed down the speed." Ai Gongfeng replied with a wry smile.

"In that case, why don't you let us take the important elixirs first, and then assign people to deliver the remaining goods?" Yuan Ming asked again.

Ai Gongfeng sighed: "After the caravan was robbed last time, the owner of the shop transferred a large number of people to handle other affairs. Now even the people who can follow the caravan..."

Yuan Ming suddenly realized that Baidanfang was in a difficult situation and naturally wanted to spend one money to hire someone to do two things. This is why they, the cultivators in the late stage of foundation building, took on the work that should have been accepted by the Qi Refining cultivators.

Ai Gongfeng also told the same explanation to Prince Beiyan and the cultivator surnamed Gan. Although they were also a little dissatisfied, they did not say much in the end because of the reward.

That night, Yuan Ming sat in the tent and meditated silently, thinking about Ai Gongfeng's explanation, but he felt something was wrong.

Without knowing the origin of the Sand Bandits, it was still not safe to hastily organize people to go back to the trade route even if several late-stage foundation-building cultivators were hired.

Moreover, Baidanfang was a big family with a Jindan cultivator in charge, and it could produce elixirs of the same level as Xidan Lingye. It was impossible for it to decline like this because of a robbery.

Just as he was thinking, the soil at his feet loosened, and Huazhi suddenly drilled out from underneath and came to Yuan Ming.

"My Lord, there are eight cultivators dozens of miles northeast, rushing here by using the earth escape technique."

"What are their cultivation levels?" Yuan Ming raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Judging from the aura of the leader, he should be a Jindan cultivator. I was afraid of being discovered, so I didn't dare to get too close." Huazhi replied.

Yuan Ming nodded and immediately stood up, taking Huazhi with him to inform the other people in the caravan of the matter. But as soon as he walked out of the tent, he saw Elder Chai in a simple gray robe standing not far from the tent, with his hands behind his back, looking up at the starry sky.