Great Sui Storyteller

Chapter 25
This rumbling sound is completely different from the previous one that accompanied the rhythm of the ground fire. It is a kind of sound... like fried beans, coming from the alchemy furnace.

The sound was crisp, even harsh.

It was vaguely like the cry of something.

After hearing this voice, Daoist Qiu immediately left Mr. Huqiu behind, followed the stars and the moon in a few steps, and came to the alchemy furnace.

Flipping the whisk in his hand, a piece of blue light turned into several talismans, which hit the alchemy furnace.

At the same time, the Sanskrit sound rose loudly in the underground space, and the densely packed runes around it lit up bursts of golden light.

Strange to say, after a few blue light talismans fell on the alchemy furnace, the faint crying sound in the alchemy furnace quickly disappeared, and taking advantage of this moment, Qiu Daochang shouted:
"Cease fire!"

A group of strong men immediately stopped pulling the mechanism to ignite the ground fire, stopped and leaned silently to one side.

"Master..."

The boys standing in front of the alchemy furnace were anxious, but Taoist Qiu didn't speak. He just waited until the last sound in the furnace disappeared, and the gloom on his face disappeared without a trace.

"rise!!"

With a low shout, the whisk swept away, and there was another blue light.

There was a dull moving sound from the lid of the alchemy furnace.

Then, a puff of smoke gushed out.

At first it smelled like medicine, but gradually, there was a...very unique smell in this medicine fragrance.

Not heavy, but audible but repulsive.

Ignoring this smell, Qiu Daochang came to the top of the alchemy furnace with one step, and looked inside condescendingly...the gloomy face reappeared.

At the same time, it was inevitable that his gaze fell on Lord Huqiu who had never moved.

"..."

After a few breaths of silence, he jumped down and said to the restless boys:
"Clean the pill furnace! Prepare medicinal materials and medicine primers, and start the furnace again in an hour."

"Yes, Master."

And Daoist Qiu came to Lord Huqiu again:

"My lord, there was a little accident, which caused you to be surprised. It is disrespectful, please don't blame me."

"……Um."

Master Huqiu responded, looked left and right, and asked:

"What is being smelted in that furnace?"

"Back to my lord, Yao Yin. The most important medicine of Changsheng Pill is Yao Yin. With it, Yin and Yang can complement each other, dragons and tigers will not fight, harmonize heaven and earth, and finally become a pill! It's just..."

Speaking of this, Taoist Qiu paused for a moment before continuing:

"This medicine is very difficult to refine. I just left it for a short while..."

"Huh~"

Hearing this, the fox fur lord let out a chuckle:
"So, is it my responsibility?"

"Don't dare, it's just that Pindao may not be able to leave here these few days, and I'm worried that the adults will blame Pindao for his negligence."

"Well. No problem."

Master Huqiu turned around directly:

"Since that's the case, Taoist Priest should concentrate on alchemy. The eve of this year is a big festival, but we can't delay it."

"Thank you for your compassion."

"Well, let's go."

He turned around and left, Qiu Daochang followed closely.

After coming up all the way, the stone door opened, Lord Huqiu waved his hand:
"No need to send far."

"Yes, my lord."

"Ah."

This time there was no lotus at every step, Lord Huqiu left directly.

And as soon as he left, the Taoist in Tsing Yi, who was also guarding the door, came to Taoist Qiu:
"Brother?"

"..."

Qiu Daochang didn't speak directly, but narrowed his eyes, as if he was calculating something...

Finally, he spoke directly:
"The potion of medicine has been scrapped again... Junior Brother, if this goes on, our medicinal materials will not be enough. If this batch of longevity pills is not brought out by the eve of this year, then you and I will plunder the monster children without authorization. The matter of the cub is probably..."

He didn't speak clearly, but the Taoist in Tsing Yi understood what Taoist Qiu meant.

There is some struggle in the expression...

Seeing this, Qiu Daochang said in a slow voice:
"Junior brother, as long as this pot of longevity pill is practiced, then what we have borne, those who have borne for us, what we owe, and what others owe us will all be changed after this batch of longevity pill is refined! This principle, you Understand?"

"But...but..."

The Taoist in Tsing Yi seemed to want to say something more, but he opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

The struggle between expressions intensified.

a long time.

In the end, he let out a long sigh, and his bones seemed to collapse.

At this time, a hand clapped on his shoulder:

"Junior brother, have you forgotten the oath you once made?"

Hearing this, Taoist Tsing Yi flashed a trace of hatred in his eyes.

What he didn't see was the fleeting smile on the corner of Qiu Daochang's mouth when he said this.

Seeing that the Taoist in Tsing Yi was silent, Taoist Qiu looked around, and said to the four negative swordsmen who seemed to be deaf to their conversation:

"Jian [-], Jian [-], these few days you all follow the command of your uncle."

The two Taoist priests who were called stood beside the Tsing Yi Taoist with dull expressions.

Qiu Daochang nodded:

"I still have to go down to make some preparations, the medicine... I will give it to my junior."

"..."

Taoist Tsing Yi seemed to want to say something more, but Taoist Qiu didn't give him a chance, he turned around and walked into the stone gate.

The other two Taoists slowly closed the heavy stone door and returned to their positions with silence on their faces.

"..."

The Taoist in Tsing Yi turned his head to look at the two sword-bearers, and finally heaved a long sigh:
"Ugh……"

After this long sigh, he turned his head and left, and the two Taoist priests named "Sword One, Sword Two" followed closely behind.

……

"grown ups."

After Master Huqiu came out, General Xue hurried up to meet him.

"Ah."

Mr. Huqiu moved his hat slightly, stood at the entrance of this majestic Tianjun Temple, looked around, and suddenly asked:

"General Xue, how many Taoist temples are there in Qiemo City?"

General Xue was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously replied:
"Go back to my lord, two seats."

"The other one is the place where the late emperor set up when he ordered the world's Taoist sect to save the souls of the dead, right?"

"Exactly."

"Then...the poor Taoist priest we met in the wine shop is in that other Taoist temple?"

"Uh……"

General Xue thought for a while, clasped his fists and returned:
"Returning to the adults, the subordinates don't know."

"..."

Seeing that he didn't know, Master Huqiu thought for a while and said:
"Where is the other Taoist temple?"

General Xue was taken aback for a moment, and replied:
"It's also on the east mountain, but my lord wants to..."

"Well, let's go and have a look."

"But now it's getting late..."

"It's okay."

Master Huqiu said, and went down the steps of Tianjun Temple step by step.

Seeing this, General Xue could only follow quickly.

Just as the sun was slanting towards the west, the two of them walked towards the direction of the virgin view step by step.

(End of this chapter)