Tian Yuan Xian Ji

Chapter 40
"Isn't that many spirit stones enough to buy a good magic weapon?" Fang Liting frowned as she watched Tangning land slowly.

"Um... I'm used to it."

The two stood outside the purple light curtain. Fang Liting took out a black disc and fiddled with it a few times, the light curtain melted a gap.

"This place is full of second-order elixir. The way of nursing is different from the herbs in your original garden. I will teach you later, so you have to remember it well." The two walked on the middle road, Fang Liting said, There are all kinds of exotic flowers and trees on both sides, colorful and fragrant.

Tangning's eyes were dazzled, and she realized that he didn't recognize many kinds, "Senior Sister Fang, what is that black disc you just took out?"

"That is the central array disk of the formation, which can control the inside and outside of the formation."

"Senior Sister Fang, how many kinds of elixir and herbs are there in total?"

"Thirty-four kinds, the raw materials of the elixirs taken by the monks of the entire Zongmen's foundation period are here." Fang Liting glanced at him: "I warn you, don't make any wrong ideas, these are no worse than those low-level herbs, Zongmen The management is very strict, Yuanyi Palace will come to check it from time to time, and the master knows every flower and grass here like the back of his hand, if he comes back and finds something is missing, his temper will not be enough to relieve your hatred if you don't scratch your skin."

To Tangning's ears, these words had another meaning. The deacon, Ma Wen, must have a bad temper and was very stingy. Fang Liting's past few years may not have been as happy as she imagined.

The two walked for a long time, and came to a wooden house, Fang Liting said: "This is my residence, you can find an open space in this herb garden and build a house to live in, now I will tell you how to use the central array."

"This formation is called the Huijiao Eight Palaces formation. It is a modification of the Small Five Elements formation. The formation does not focus on killing, but on defense. It is now mostly used to protect private caves. This formation has a total of eight gates, only one side is the gate of life. The other seven gates are all suspicious gates, which are used to trap the enemy. The northwest of the formation is the center of the formation, and the eight gates can be adjusted to the outside at any time. Now the Sheng gate is in the Du gate, which is in the east. I will teach you how to adjust the eight gates of the formation. position……"

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Afterwards, Tangning went to Fang Liting's hut every day to listen to her teaching herb garden taboos and care methods.

On this day, Fang Liting led a man with a big ear and a big mouth to come to him and introduced, "This is Tao Yiran's younger brother from the Qingxuan Palace, Tao junior brother, he is Tang Ning, a student of the herb department."

"Hello Senior Brother Tao." Tangning took the initiative to salute.

"Junior Brother Tang, right? From now on, you will only be responsible for collecting medicinal herbs from the junior brothers of the Herbal Medicine Division, and then handing them over to me, and you don't have to worry about the rest. Oh, and, in the past, you need to give them as much as you want. You'll do it." Tao Yiran said, with a very haughty look on his face.

He is only at the sixth level of Qi refining, but he calls everyone in the Herbal Medicine Division his juniors. You must know that many of them have cultivation levels above his.

To be able to enter the Qingxuan Palace, one's aptitude must be excellent, and it is understandable to have a lofty mind, but such arrogance is annoying.

Tangning knew that this was Fang Liting's idea, but she was too embarrassed to speak up, so she found this monk from Qingxuan Palace in front of her, first to let the two of them meet each other so that they could hand over "work" in the future, and second, to use his mouth to tell the story.

Apparently, Tao Yiran was used to replace Wu Datong. He was a cultivator of the Qingxuan Palace. To enter and leave the sect, disciples in the sect had to report to the Qingxuan Palace first.

Therefore, whoever is about to leave the sect, the management staff of the Qingxuan Palace are the first to know, and this Tao Yiran is likely to be the disciple who handles this aspect of affairs.

Tangning had no choice but to nod and said, "Okay."

"About how often did you do it before? How long will it take this time?"

"About once a year, this time in about five months!"

"Well, I'll come back in five months, Senior Sister Fang, I'll take my leave first."

Fang Liting nodded, until Tao Yiran left, she also left, without saying a word from the beginning to the end, as if the matter had nothing to do with her.

Tangning understood that he had already been kicked out of the game, and he would only be a mere porter in the future...

A few days later, Tang Ning and Wu Datong met again. At the cliff of the old lonely peak, it was considered a beginning and an end.

Wu Datong seemed to be very unwilling: "Junior brother Tang? Is there no other way?"

Tang Ning smiled wryly: "What can I do for a knife and for a fish? Be content! Brother Wu, you have earned so many spirit stones that you have been squandering them for a few years. I am even harder than you. Not only did I hand over five thousand spirit stones in vain to bribe Senior Sister Fang... , but also to be her porter for free, we should just meet up, this result is already good, from now on you continue to do your pill business, I will live my life, and the matter of herbs is over."

Wu Datong opened his mouth, but finally there was only a sigh.

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Three months later, Tangning was fully familiar with the affairs of the herb garden, and Fang Liting also left the herb garden. She had already reported to the sect to prepare for the foundation establishment, and was approved. She is now fully preparing for the foundation establishment.

All disciples in the Qianyi Sect who have reached the tenth level of Qi Refining can apply to the sect for foundation building preparations. After getting approval, they can let go of all affairs in the sect, and they can also choose a place to open a cave for foundation building.

It is worth mentioning that applying for foundation establishment preparation is different from applying for impact foundation establishment. Foundation establishment preparation takes a period of time, ranging from a few months or a year to three to five years.

With Fang Liting gone, Tangning will be able to show his talents. He found some herb seeds in his thatched hut and catalyzed those elixir seeds in the herb garden every day. These herbs require a lot of spiritual power, and it took him more than three months to successfully catalyze them. A dragon scale grass.

The maturation period of Dragon Scale Grass is [-] years, and it turns golden yellow when mature. The leaf pattern resembles dragon scales, hence the name Dragon Scale Grass. .

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On this day, the jade plate in his storage bag suddenly buzzed. Tangning took it out to look, and silently recited a magic formula. The jade plate shone brightly, and a scene appeared in the sky, a yellow talisman Shuttle in from the purple light curtain, floating in mid-air.

He manipulated the jade plate, tapped it with his finger a few times, and the talisman flew straight towards him.

This jade plate is the central formation plate of the great formation. Fang Liting handed it to him after leaving the herb garden. The jade plate is no more than the size of a palm and has an octagonal shape. I don't know what material it is forged from. It is neither gold nor stone, smooth as jade , there are twelve buttons on it, which are the key to manipulating the formation.

The talisman quickly floated in front of him. Tangning reached out to take it, and injected a divine sense into it, and got the message that it was Tao Yiran who came.

He manipulated the jade plate to open a gap in the purple light curtain. Not long after, Tao Yiran came in from the outside, still looking arrogant, and raised his head as soon as he met him and asked, "Junior Brother Tang, have you finished collecting the herbs?" ?”

"Not yet! I plan to collect it in half a month."

Hearing this, Tao Yiran's face darkened and he stared at Tangning with displeasure, "What's the matter with you? Wasting my time, didn't I say to come back in five months last time? Why didn't you charge me?" ?”

Hearing his reprimanding tone, Tangning couldn't be happier no matter how good-tempered she was: "Senior Brother Tao, what I said last time was five months later, don't you even have the ability to understand this?"

"You..." Tao Yiran paused, his face flushed red: "You actually talk to me like that."

"What? Could it be that you have to kneel and salute when talking to Senior Brother Tao? Even the head of the sect doesn't have such a great prestige to force people to kneel and salute."

"Okay, okay." Tao Yiran pointed at him. Tangning thought he was going to say something harsh and tear his face, but he suppressed his anger and said after saying yes twice, "As you said, I'll come back in half a month. .”

After speaking, he walked away
Watching this person leave, Tangning felt that the old saying was true, the forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds...

This man spoke arrogantly, with his eyes above his head. He thought he was a hot-tempered person, but he didn't think that he was only strong on the outside but hard on the inside. Since he wants to make money with kindness, why should he act arrogantly and end up humiliating himself?
He didn't think about it, he just continued to do his own thing every day, half a month later, Tao Yiran came again, with a dark face, without saying a word, as if he was angry with him.

This made him a little speechless, it's ridiculous for a lot of people to be so naive.

Tang Ning didn't want to make a fuss, last time it was just a moment of impatience, and the words came to the point, there was no need to make it so ugly, so she took the initiative to hand over the herbs she had collected, "Senior Brother Tao, last time I said something that offended me, I hope you will take care of it."

"Hmph." Tao Yiran snorted coldly, put away the herbs, turned and left.

Tangning shook her head, what should I say about this guy!
His mind is immature, his speech is naive, petty, like a child, but he doesn't feel like a person who can play tricks.

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Time flies, Tangning stayed here for another two years. In the past two years, in addition to cultivating, he was catalyzing herbs every day. He occasionally handled the inspections of the Yuanyi Temple monks and wrote a dossier report every year.

Different from the original medicinal herb garden, these Yuanyi Temple monks who came to inspect were quite serious. They had to ask about the quantity and growth status of each medicinal herb, how many seeds each medicinal herb received, how many died, how many survived, and how many of them went to the hospital. How much to pay, and how much is left now is very clear.

Tangning had a clear conscience and answered truthfully. If she didn't know, she just said that she didn't know much about it until recently.

This kind of inspection will be conducted twice a year, and as for those disciples of the elixir department who buy medicinal herbs at a low price in private, there are not a single one here.

Tao Yiran was still the same as before. Every time he came, he kept a dark face, without saying a word, and left after taking the herbs, or handing him the spirit stone, turning around and leaving.

After a few encounters, Tangning even felt that this person was a little cute. She didn't know if her standard of cuteness was a kind of pathology.

(End of this chapter)