Battle of the Roads

Chapter 19 Scorpion Poison Pill

The shopkeeper of the talisman shop is surnamed Wang, and he is over 70 years old, but his cultivation is still at the eighth level of Qi training. If there is no great opportunity in this life, it is estimated that there is no chance to advance to the foundation building stage.

According to him, he was born in a small cultivating family, because there was no hope of establishing a foundation, and at the same time he wanted to earn training resources for a younger disciple, so he willingly gave up continuing his hard work and went to Luoxian City to manage the family's talisman shop.

"Shopkeeper Wang, you are well-informed, but do you know why?" Fang Zhe said.

Shopkeeper Wang shook his head: "What else could be the reason? It's not because there are a lot of monsters around the Luoxian Mountains. In the past, there were mostly monsters below the third level in the periphery of our Luoxian Mountains, but these days In the past year, many monsters above level [-] appeared frequently, and I heard that half a year ago, even a level [-] monster appeared on the outskirts of the Luoxian Mountains, attracting several alchemy-level seniors to hunt it down!"

Fang Zhe was even more surprised when he heard this.

This kind of situation has never happened in the Luoxian Mountains. Although there are many high-level monsters in the depths of the Luoxian Mountains, these high-level monsters generally do not appear outside the mountains.

However, Fang Zhe, who is a mid-stage Qi training monk, naturally does not know what kind of changes have occurred in the Luoxian Mountains.

"However, this is also good. The more monsters there are in the periphery, the more people will hunt them, and the rewards are not small. Now many people in the city are starting to go to the periphery of the mountains to hunt monsters in groups. Where are the beasts!" Shopkeeper Wang said: "Brother Fang, isn't he interested in hunting monsters, the materials on some third-level monsters are very valuable!"

After hearing this, Fang Zhe chuckled: "It's too risky to hunt monsters. With Fang's cultivation, I'm afraid it will be difficult to come back alive!"

Fang Zhe is not a stunned young man. Although the rewards for hunting monsters out of the city are high, the risks are also huge. There are so many monsters in the Luoxian Mountains, and there are even monsters above level four. If he did, even if he had ten lives, it would be difficult for him to come back alive.

And although his talisman-making talent is not very high, he can make talismans anyway, right? Now that defensive talismans such as fire shield talismans have been produced, as long as the success rate is slowly increased, it will be easy to earn spirit stones in the future. It's easier, there is no need to risk your life to gamble.

Besides, his problem now is that he is trapped by the bottleneck, and Fang Zhe has not yet found a specific way to break through the bottleneck. For him now, the most important thing is to break through the bottleneck. arouse his interest.

After chatting in the talisman shop, Fang Zhe bid farewell to shopkeeper Wang, and then went shopping in various shops in the city, mainly looking for some pills that would help him break through his bottleneck, or looking for other methods.

It is a pity that although Luoxian City is large and there are countless shops for monks, most of the goods sold in it are the same. And the elixir that breaks through the bottleneck is mainly the top-grade Yunling elixir.

It's a pity that because of taking too much, Fang Zhe is now resistant to the top grade Yunling pill, and taking the top grade Yunling pill will have no effect at all.

As for other elixir that can break through the bottleneck, Fang Zhe couldn't find it for a while, and occasionally found one that was not suitable for his own use.

However, in another shop in the city that specializes in selling elixirs, when the manager heard that Fang Zhe had to look for other kinds of top-quality elixirs because of drug resistance in his body, this one with a long beard and an immortal look The bony-looking monk had a hint of mystery on his face, Fang Zhe said:
"Actually, fellow daoists don't need to look for other top-quality pills. I don't know about other places, but in Luoxian City, there are only two kinds of pills that monks in the Qi training stage often use to break through bottlenecks. One is the top-grade Yunling Pill. And the other is the ultimate spirit-gathering pill, which can only be taken by monks in the late stage of Qi training, so it is naturally unnecessary for fellow Taoists.

As for other elixir that can help Qi training monks break through the bottleneck, not to mention absolutely none, but it is definitely not easy to find in a short time. "

"Oh?" Hearing the shopkeeper say this suddenly, although Fang Zhe didn't understand, he also knew that he would not say these words for no reason.

The shopkeeper said: "I don't know if Fellow Daoist has heard of Scorpion Poison Pill!"

"Oh? Scorpion poison elixir, what is this?" Fang Zhe didn't have any talent for refining elixirs, all he knew were common elixirs, and it was normal for him to have never heard of some uncommon and rare elixirs.

"Scorpion Poison Pill, this is a kind of panacea that can eliminate the drug resistance produced by monks taking pills!" When the shopkeeper finished speaking, Fang Zhe beside him couldn't help showing surprise.

"Really? Can this scorpion poison pill eliminate drug resistance?" Fang Zhe knew why he couldn't break through the bottleneck. It was because he had taken too much of the best Yunling pill. After taking five pills before and after, drug resistance had already developed in his body.

This top grade Yunling Pill is different from ordinary Yunling Pills. You can take one of Yunling Pills every day if you have nothing to do. If you take more than a few pills, you will develop drug resistance.

"Not bad!" The shopkeeper nodded.

"If that's the case, I don't know if your store has scorpion poison pills for sale?" Fang Zhe asked without hesitation.

But the shopkeeper shook his head: "I'm sorry about that, but the Scorpion Poison Pill is not available in this store, not to mention our store, I'm afraid there are no other stores in Luoxian City either!"

"Oh, why is that?"

"Because refining this scorpion poison pill requires the blood essence of the 'Nine Star Scorpio', and the Nine Star Scorpio is only a third-level monster, but because it can be used to refine the scorpion poison pill, it has already been hunted down by ancient monks It's all over, now it's not easy to find a nine-star Scorpio!"

"However, although the Nine-Star Scorpio is difficult to find, it is easier to find than other top-quality pills. In the past few years, there have been a large number of monsters in the Luoxian Mountains. I also heard that some people hunted the Nine-Star Scorpio. If Fellow Daoist is lucky enough, maybe you can find a nine-star Scorpio!"

Hearing what the shopkeeper said, Fang Zhe couldn't help being disappointed, but having a clue is better than having no chance at all, but why did the shopkeeper tell him this news?
"The shopkeeper told Fang this, maybe there are other reasons?"

The shopkeeper chuckled: "This is natural!"

Immediately, a jade slip appeared out of nowhere in his palm: "The refining method of the scorpion poison pill is hard to find, and I happen to have it in my hand, and the refining of this scorpion poison pill is quite easy, even if you have never learned alchemy , but as long as you follow the steps, you can refine it smoothly!"

Seeing this jade slip, Fang Zhe was a little speechless: "Oh, how many spirit stones are there for refining the scorpion poison pill?"

"It's not expensive, just twenty spirit stones!"

After hearing this, Fang Zhe secretly thought: Isn't this expensive?
Twenty spirit stones are nothing to him, Fang Zhe, he has more than 2000 spirit stones in his pocket, but if it is replaced by other monks in the middle stage of Qi training, I am afraid that his heart will hurt for a long time.

However, facing the matter of breaking through the bottleneck, Fang Zhe was not stingy, and immediately took out twenty spirit stones: "Thank you so much, shopkeeper!"

After taking the jade slip, Fang Zhe inspected it a little, and found that it indeed recorded the method of refining Scorpion Poison Pill.

After Fang Zhe left, a smile appeared on the corner of the shopkeeper's mouth: "How many are these, 28 in this month or [-]? These people don't care when they hear about Scorpion Poison Pill." It's so easy to find the nine-star Scorpio, even if you find it, you won't be able to catch it!"

"Although the Nine-Star Scorpio is a third-level monster, its magical powers are not small, and its escape speed is even more astonishing. Only a monk in the foundation-building stage can be said to be sure to catch it. If a monk in the mid-stage of Qi training wants to catch the Nine-Star Scorpio, it is impossible. Possibility!"

"But this scorpion poison pill is really a good thing. I have already sold hundreds of jade slips for refining the scorpion poison pill. It is worth nearly a thousand spirit stones. Gu Xiucheng can't help it. Deceive me: No capital business is the most lucrative spirit stone!"

It's just that what he didn't expect was that Fang Zhe didn't go far, and he was planning to go back and ask the shopkeeper, where he could find the Nine Star Scorpio.

Unexpectedly, he happened to hear the shopkeeper's words. After listening to it, he couldn't help but stop, and then showed a wry smile. It seemed that he had been blinded by the bottleneck, and lost his judgment after hearing the Scorpion Poison Pill.

This time is also good, it can be regarded as a lesson to be learned, and the shopkeeper did not lie, there are indeed nine-star Scorpio and Scorpion Poison Pill, and it was indeed caught not long ago, but the shopkeeper did not. It didn't mention some characteristics of the nine-star Scorpio, such as the amazing escape speed!
It's just that although Fang Zhe knows that the nine-star Scorpio is difficult to catch, it is after all one of his hopes in the later stage of advanced Qi training. No matter how slim the opportunity is, he is not ready to give up easily.

No matter how difficult it is, he will always look for that nine-star Scorpio!

(End of this chapter)