Chapter 406: Aftermath

"To be honest, sometimes I envy Brother Qin."

"Without any ties, I can go wherever I want, and I am free and unfettered!"

"Unlike me, even if I have reached the fourth level of alchemy, I still have to consider the family factors most of the time, and I am bound and worried."

Su Yuqing said with emotion.

"When does Brother Qin plan to return to the Southern Wilds?"

"In the next two years, there is still the last batch of spiritual rice in the spiritual field that has not matured, but it will be soon." Qin Ming said.

"Brother Su, to be honest, there is another important reason why Qin is so anxious to return to the Southern Wilds this time."

Su Yuqing heard the words and said in confusion: "Oh?"

"I think Brother Su has also seen that the situation near the Five Elements Mountain is already in chaos."

"If I don't leave now, I'm afraid I will be affected."

Immediately, Qin Ming told Su Yuqing about the situation in the Five Elements Mountain Market and the surrounding area.

After a long time,

Su Yuqing looked solemn, and said in deep thought: "I didn't expect that even the transformed monsters of the monster race would be dispatched."

"A few days ago, I also heard that the Weidao League dispatched two Yuanying Zhenjun, most likely to deal with this matter."

"It seems that Brother Qin is very wise and has made preparations for evacuation early."

"It's just two hundred acres of spiritual fields. Although it is under the fourth-level branch, it has to be abandoned."

"Alas! There must be many people coveting this secret realm of the Qingyuan Sect. After it comes out, there will be a bloody storm."

"Brother Qin, it is the best choice to stay out of the limelight and return to the Southern Wilderness to prepare for the Ningying Pill."

"Originally, I wanted to keep you in the Su family, but once the war starts, the Su family will definitely not be able to escape the fate of being drafted."

"I think I'll just forget it after thinking about it."

Qin Ming smiled casually: "Thank you for your kindness, Brother Su. It seems that I can only wait until later."

"By the way, Brother Qin, do you still have doubts about refining the Ningying Pill? I have some new insights after breaking through the fourth-level alchemy skills recently." Su Yuqing asked after taking a sip of spiritual tea.

Qin Ming heard that he would definitely not miss this opportunity to learn, so he humbly asked for advice again.

"As Brother Su expected, I am indeed a little unsure about a few key points."

"Tell me, I will take this opportunity to answer you all at once." Su Yuqing said.

"Thank you very much, Brother Su." Qin Ming bowed his hands and thanked.

Su Yuqing waved her hand: "Why are we being polite? I have received so many valuable things from you."

"By the way, before that, can Brother Su help me arrange a table of wine and food for my three beast pets?" Qin Ming asked with a smile.

Su Yuqing was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly, and immediately ordered the servants outside to get a large table of wine and food and put it in the backyard.

There were all kinds of fine wines and delicacies, almost everything you could think of.

After Qin Ming released the three beasts of the Sky-Devouring Rat, they ate and drank happily.

Otherwise, after returning, this guy would complain that he was eating delicious food and drinking spicy food without taking them with him.

Qin Ming sent away the spirit pets, and then went back to discuss alchemy with Su Yuqing.

"I haven't seen you for a long time. Brother Qin's spirit pets have grown to such a level. I am really surprised." Su Yuqing looked at the three spirit beasts feasting outside.

"Haha! Just three foodies, sorry to make fun of you, Brother Su." Qin Ming said casually.

In the next few days, Su Yuqing explained some of Qin Ming's experience in alchemy and various precautions when refining the Yingying Pill.

After the two of them discussed and exchanged ideas, Qin Ming had new insights into alchemy and his success rate increased a lot.

Even for the fourth-level alchemy, Qin Ming had a certain grasp.

After seven days, the two of them ended their discussion.

The three beasts, the Sky-Eating Rat and the Black Water Crocodile, either ate and slept or slept and ate these days. They were served with delicious food and drinks every day, not to mention how moisturized they were.

One day.

The Sky-Eating Rat was picking his teeth with a bamboo stick. When he saw Qin Ming coming out of the cave, his expression was cheered up and he asked with his teeth bared:

"Master, what are you eating tonight?"

"Haven't you made enough? We're almost going back." Qin Ming glared at it.

Then.

Qin Ming took the three spirit beasts back to the Xiaoling Realm, turned to Su Yuqing and said, "Brother Su, you don't have to see me off. I believe we will meet again one day."

"Then take care, fellow Daoist Qin." Su Yuqing walked out of the cave and saw Qin Ming off.

"I wish you a long life on the immortal path."

"See you later, brother Su."

After saying goodbye to Su Yuqing, Qin Ming turned into a green rainbow and returned to Litian Immortal City.

Old Jia and others from Jingxue Pavilion had attended the ceremony and returned to the store two days ago.

Qin Ming secretly found an opportunity to meet Hua Tianxiong outside the immortal city.

He pulled Hua Tianxiong into the Xiaoling Realm.

Hua Tianxiong, smiling, handed a storage bag to Qin Ming and said respectfully:

"Master, these are the last few spiritual materials you want, all of them are in it."

"These things are really hard to get. Some of them are not even produced in Dajin. We can only use the channels of the Merchant Alliance to get them from other places thousands of miles away."

"It's quite troublesome."

"Well, you did a good job." Qin Ming took the spiritual materials, opened it and glanced at it, and nodded with satisfaction.

He could see that Hua Tianxiong also did his best.

Then, Qin Ming took out a jade bottle and threw it to him and said:

"In the next two years, I will return to the Southern Wilderness, and you will continue to lurk in Dajin."

"The two divine wood pills inside should be more than enough to allow your cultivation to reach the late stage of the golden pill."

Hua Tianxiong was shocked at first when he heard this, and then took the jade bottle and felt happy and worried at the same time.

Worryingly, his great supporter is leaving.

Fortunately, with the two Divine Wood Pills, my cultivation can be further improved.

"Master, are you leaving Dajin?"

"How about. How about I go with you? I'm willing to ride by your side, hehe!"

Ever since Hua Tianxiong saw Qin Ming's methods, how could he not recognize who was the real one?

As soon as these words came out, the Sky-eating Rat not far away couldn't sit still after hearing it, and couldn't help but said: "You are a fool who keeps saying one word after another."

Hua Tianxiong smiled coquettishly, a little embarrassed.

Qin Ming thought for a moment and said:

"You don't have to follow me. With these two elixirs, you can advance to the late stage of the Golden elixir. Even if there is a war in the Jin Dynasty, you will be able to protect yourself."

"In addition, Elder Qian of Lihuo Palace will also protect you. As long as you restrain your temper, there won't be a big safety problem."

"Besides, if I let you stay in Dajin, you will definitely be of great use in the future."

"You can't ignore the huge business you have worked so hard to run."

Hua Tianxiong nodded in agreement and said no more.

"Then I will obey the master's arrangements."

He had been up and down in the world of immortal cultivation for many years, and after so many years, he helped Qin Ming collect spiritual materials.

Between his ears and his eyes, he also saw some clues. Qin Ming might have a big plan this time, and he might be refining some extremely powerful elixir.

The world only knows that Su Yuqing of the Jin Dynasty was amazingly talented in alchemy, but he knew that Qin Ming's alchemy skills were not inferior to those of the Sultan.

The attainments of spiritual plants are unparalleled. In the small spiritual realm alone, those high-level spiritual plants that are almost rare in the world of immortality are beyond comparison.

"Well, you can go ahead. In addition, you can help me take care of the Jingxue Pavilion."

"My subordinates know."

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A few days later.

Qin Ming returned to Wuxingshanfang City through the teleportation array in Litianxian City.

As soon as he returned to Fang City, he could feel that the atmosphere was very different from before.

Inside Yufeng Tower.

Qin Ming learned from Han Yuan and the other three that the teleportation array in Lianfang City had been closed recently.

"Alas! Fellow Daoist Lu shouldn't have come back."

"Just a few days ago, the disciples of Lihuo Palace and the people of Shinto Mountain had several conflicts in Fang City, and they almost got into a fight."

"It has made us all very anxious. However, both parties are Nascent Soul forces of the Jin Dynasty. It is not easy to offend."

Han Yuan sighed and said, it can be seen that Fangshi has changed so much, and he has heard some rumors.

"To be honest, Lu is ready to leave when he comes back this time."

"It's just that I want to go back to Southern Wasteland."

"After all, it has been decades since Lu came out, and he still misses his hometown a little~"

"But before I leave, I have to harvest the spiritual rice in the spiritual field. After all, those Jade Emperor spiritual rice cost Li Lan nearly ten years of hard work." Qin Ming explained while holding the wine glass.

Han Yuan was stunned when he heard this: "That's true. More than one hundred acres of third-level Jade Emperor Spirit Rice is a huge fortune and its value is immeasurable."

There was quite a bit of envy in his words.

"Lu came to Fellow Daoist Han this time just to ask if there are any Dharma ships returning to the Southern Wilderness Cultivation World in Fang City in the near future?"

Han Yuan smiled and said, "Friend Lu Dao, I have asked the right person. Now the ferries in and out of Dajin are under the control of our Daoist League."

"In recent years, as the Great Li Demon Dao has invaded the Great Zhou Dynasty, many monks who have fled have poured into the border of the Great Jin Dynasty, and there are even some who have crossed the border illegally."

"The control over ships now is much stricter than before. If you want to leave by ship, you have to go through complicated identity verification procedures before boarding the ship."

Immediately, he took out a book, which was densely packed with detailed records of the major business houses in the Dajinxian Dynasty and the records of merchant ships traveling to and from various places.

Han Yuan looked through the booklet, pointed at one place and said:

"Friend Lu Dao, the latest merchant ship heading to the Southern Wilderness is the Tianlan of Jintian Company. It will depart in a year and a half."

Jintian Trading Company?

Why does this name feel familiar?

Qin Ming was stunned when he heard this. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly remembered that Lu Huayuan, who he had met when attending Su Yuqing's Dan King celebration a few days ago, was from Jintian Company, wasn't he?

The road from Dajin to the Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm is extremely long, and you have to return the same way from the Black Sea Route.

It wouldn't be possible to arrive in less than a year and a half.

If there is bad weather in the Black Sea, it may take even longer.

"Uh, Fellow Daoist Han, besides the Jintian Company, are there any other ships?" Qin Ming asked after hesitation.

Han Yuan continued to look down, and immediately said: "Further behind, there is the merchant ship of Qilian Company, but their merchant ship has just returned from Southern Wilderness, and it will take at least five years to go to Southern Wilderness."

"Then let's go to Jintian Trading Company. Fellow Daoist Han can find a way to get the ferry tickets. Lu will be very grateful." Qin Ming said with fists in his hands.

Han Yuan waved his hand: "It's just a trivial matter, fellow Daoist Lu, don't worry, I'll take care of everything."

"Just come to me in a few days to get the boarding pass."

Immediately, Qin Ming took out a bottle of elixir obtained from the corpse of an unknown dead ghost and handed it to Han Yuan.

"This is a little thought from Mr. Lu. Please accept it, fellow Daoist Han."

Han Yuan suddenly blew his beard and glared, "Fellow Daoist Lu, you just look down on me!"

"I can give you a little help in the end, and it's not in vain that we have known each other for so many years."

With Qin Ming's repeated insistence, Han Yuan reluctantly accepted the bottle of elixir.

But when he secretly opened the bottle cap and took a look, his brows jumped in surprise.

‘Second-grade high-grade elixir! ’

For a moment, he was a little reluctant to leave ‘Shopkeeper Lu’

After a small gathering with Han Yuan, we settled the matter of return.

Qin Ming left Wuxingshanfang City and came to Lingtian.

In today's spiritual field, except for Li Lan's more than 100 acres of Jade Emperor spiritual rice, other spiritual fields are no longer planted.

Only some spiritual farmers were left to guard the spiritual fields.

When Qin Ming came back, Li Lan stared blankly at the spiritual field, alone and lost in thought.

The recent changes in the Five Elements Mountains have made people panic. It was obvious that he had guessed something.

And he heard that Shopkeeper Lu of Jingxue Pavilion, along with Lao Jia and the others, all moved to Central Continent.

I am the only one who has to guard the more than one hundred acres of spiritual land in front of me, and I am really looking forward to it.

Just when Li Lan was secretly lost in thought, he saw Qin Ming coming back.

His eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurried over and saluted: "Shopkeeper Lu, are you back?"

"Well, I think the Jade Emperor's Spirit Rice will be harvested in more than a year at most, so I'll stay here with you."

"You don't need to worry too much. I will arrange for you and your family to go to Zhongzhou to join Lao Jia and the others."

"Thank you so much, Shopkeeper Lu, Li will never forget it in this life!" Li Lan was extremely grateful.

Qin Ming said calmly: "It doesn't matter. You are the spiritual planter of Jingxue Pavilion. Naturally, I will not leave you alone. You can take care of the spiritual field during this period."

Afterwards, he returned to the cave in Lingtian and resumed his daily practice.

In addition, Qin Ming also asked the Sky-eating Rat to keep an eye on the flowering progress of the Seven Wonderful Treasure Tree under the Five Elements Mountains.

Although Qin Ming had already learned that even if the sacrificial ceremony was started, it would take three years for the demonic path to cause the treasure tree to bloom.

But if the guarantee is not complete, they will think of some way to speed up the process.

"I'm leaving in a year and a half, so it's not too late."

"At least during this period, the war will not start."

Qin Ming thought to himself, and spent the next few days focusing on training and studying skills.

He has studied the fourth-level weapon refining inheritance "Magic Works Kaiwu" of the Blood Refining Demon Sect very well, and he is extremely skilled in various weapon refining techniques.

Combined with the "Treasure Refining Technique", his attainments in weapon refining are also rapidly improving.

And he used the entry "Spiritual Planting and Planting Treasures" to plant the Blood Pagoda in the natal spiritual plant Yin-Yang Mysterious Vine. It has been completely repaired and has advanced towards the fourth-level spiritual treasure.

Time flies, and a year flies by.

This day.

Qin Ming is studying the "Yuansha Demonic Sutra" because he has become somewhat interested in the "Yuansha Demonic Body" in it.

The reason is that he has now reached the perfect state of true elixir in the "Celestial Demon Refining Strategy".

If you go further up, you have to break the shackles of the physical body.

According to the narrative of this demon clan scripture, in order to achieve physical sanctification, one must absorb and refine the natal demon energy of a fourth-level demon saint.

Such harsh conditions are obviously difficult for Qin Ming to achieve.

Therefore, he focused his attention on the 'Yuansha Demonic Body' because Qin Ming already had the necessary conditions for cultivating this kind of demonic body, which was the original demonic energy.

After some research, it seemed feasible to combine the two supreme body-refining techniques by replacing the original demonic energy required in the "Celestial Demon Refining Strategy" with the original demonic energy.

As for the original demonic energy, Qin Ming didn't need to spend any time searching for it.

Not only is there one in the original magic bead, there is also a [original demonic energy] born on the Lei Yuan Ming Jujube tree in the Little Spirit Realm, which is not too much.

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