Chapter 162 Quota
Wei Zhong listened to his words and asked questions from time to time. Shan Ji answered patiently, which solved Wei Zhong's doubts.
After a while, the two of them finished talking, and Wei Zhong left a green jade bottle for tea.
Said goodbye and left, stepped across the threshold of the yard, and followed the stone steps down.
Shan Ji stayed in the courtyard and picked up the jade bottle. After opening it, he immediately saw ten round jade-colored elixirs in it.
"Ten fourth-level Earth Mysterious Pills are quite generous!"
At the same time, through this incident, I realized that Wei Zhong was having difficulty returning to his heart.
“It would be extremely difficult to get this person to belong to the Yunji Chamber of Commerce.”
Recalling my understanding of this person, I have practiced as a casual cultivator for hundreds of years and have never joined. Any sect or family power.
Being a guest at Yunji Chamber of Commerce is also to get rid of the suppression of the sect and get rid of the battle between good and evil.
If he hadn't been forced to this point, he might not even want to get the position of idle guest minister.
Shan Ji looked at the elixir in the bottle and murmured:
"The fourth-level alchemist who is more than three hundred years old is indeed very young. He is younger than the talents cultivated within the Chamber of Commerce. There are many, and the level of alchemy is also much better."
After saying this, he shook his head again, thinking of a certain unpleasant guy.
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Wei Zhong walked down the mountain steps. When he reached the foot of the mountain, he looked back at the clouds and mist at the top of the mountain. With a thoughtful look in his eyes, he sighed and used his escape technique to escape back to Jinpingfang City.
On the other side, Miaoli Shan, who had left Lingshan early, had already headed to the Yunji Chamber of Commerce with the arrangements in hand.
As soon as he landed in the pavilion below, a male monk came up to him.
He is Du Yun, the son of the fourth-level alchemist Du Longfeng. He is a third-level alchemist himself and has the experience of refining third-level high-grade elixirs several times.
However, it is not stable. In terms of alchemy, he can barely gain a foothold in the middle grade.
"I have met Elder Miao. I wonder if the leader agrees to my father's request?"
Du Yun slightly cupped his hands and asked with a smile on his face.
Miaoli Shan frowned, and the other party’s smiling and disrespectful attitude seemed to make him a little dissatisfied:
“Such a rude request, I naturally rejected it.
“Chamber of Commerce There are countless people inside who are waiting for the Qingshen Jade Liquid to refine their spiritual consciousness. How can you, the Du family, jump in the queue like this? Besides, Du Yun's alchemy skills are not outstanding within the Chamber of Commerce. ”
Hearing Miaolishan's slightly humiliating remarks, Du Yun looked ugly and then asked:
"What about the five ten thousand-year elixirs? Did the leader allow it?"
" Oh, I forgot about this," Miaoli Shan pretended to take out the jade slip to check.
It is impossible to forget a dignified Yuanying monk, but at least Miaoli Shan did not refuse immediately, which gave Du Yun some hope.
Unexpectedly, Miaoli Shan put away the jade slip, then looked directly at Du Yun and said:
"Although your Du family occupies a high position in the association, you cannot misappropriate the resources in the association like this. You need to use contribution points to exchange for needs.
Five thousand-year elixirs are allocated to fourth-level or third-level people. The level of alchemy master is almost the same, but Du Yunqi is far from qualified.
Even the third level of high-grade elixir cannot be refined stably. What do you need to do with so many thousand-year elixirs?
If Elder Du needs it, he can apply as an elder, why go through such twists and turns.”
After hearing these words, Du Yun’s hope was suddenly shattered.
"But it's not that the leader doesn't miss the old friendship. He has approved one of the five elixirs. You can just have someone pick it up later with Elder Du's voucher."
After saying this, he just stood there, stunned. Du Yun, who was lying on the ground, headed towards the pavilion in front.
Shanjie had assigned many tasks, but Miaoli Shan had no time to waste words with Du Yun.
Seeing Miaoli Shan leave and looking at his back in the distance, Du Yun's face turned pale.
“Cheap·······”
I couldn't utter a single word, I didn't know what I thought of, and I was silent for a moment.
Turn around and walk in one direction.
This place is the core of the Gathering Chamber of Commerce, and flight is prohibited. Even Nascent Soul monks like Miaoli Shan may walk step by step if there is no emergency.
Du Yun followed many twists and turns along the palace complex, and finally arrived in front of the Lingshan Mountain with thick smoke.
This place is the Alchemy Hall area where the Chamber of Commerce gathers. There is a fire vein under the Lingshan Mountain, during which the disciples can use the earth fire in the fire vein to refine elixirs.
There are continuous pavilions embedded into the mountainside on the mountainside, and there are many monks in fiery red robes coming and going on them.
When Du Yun stepped here, many familiar people greeted him:
"Senior Brother Du!"
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Du Yun nodded and did not respond.
Arriving at the depths of the pavilion, we stepped into a quiet place. This was the place where his father Du Longfeng retreated and made alchemy.
I saw the back of an old man sitting cross-legged on the futon.
Du Yun recounted the conversation he had just had with Miaoli Shan: "Father..."
These words made Du Longfeng sigh.
Slowly turned around, revealing his somewhat old face. The gray on his brows and hair and beard all show his age.
Du Longfeng is a fourth-level alchemist in the Chamber of Commerce, second only to Xie Yuanrui, and he is also an early Yuanying monk.
He is very senior in the Yunji Chamber of Commerce and is almost the same generation as Shan Ji and Xie Yuanrui.
As a result, he was able to serve as the elder of the association and coordinate the affairs of the Alchemy Hall here.
After sighing several times, a hoarse voice suddenly came out:
"This single exegesis has become more and more harsh after Jie Yuanrui left..."
As he spoke, there seemed to be some reminiscence in his eyes.
“But it’s good to be able to get a ten-year-old elixir, so you don’t have to worry about our old relationship.”
Looked down at Du Yun below:
“ Although you have not applied for the Qingshen Jade Liquid, you are still far away from the cultivation of Ning Ying, and there is no need to rush to this world.
You might as well use this ten thousand year elixir to improve your alchemy skills. , improve one's status in the chamber of commerce
I can't rely on my old bones all the time. "
"Father..."
Du Longfeng coughed twice and stopped Du Yun's words.
"I've been concentrating for hundreds of years, So far, there is no chance to enter the middle stage of Nascent Soul. There is no way to improve your cultivation, and there is no way to increase your longevity. It can only be consumed as time goes by. I'm afraid I will follow that Xie Yuanrui before long. ”
When Du Yun heard this, his face suddenly became frightened.
Although he saw that Du Longfeng was getting older, he never asked about his longevity, and he never expected to hear this with his own ears now.
Seeing this, Du Longfeng chuckled and said:
“There is no need to show such pretense, I can still live for at least one or two hundred years, which is enough to protect you as you enter the Nascent Soul.
< br>“Although Yunji Chamber of Commerce is a place to see craftsmanship, cultivation is also indispensable.
"The reason why your father and I can become the general manager of this alchemy palace is because we have the dual identities of fourth-level alchemy master and Yuanying monk.
"If you want to do something here in the future, cultivation and alchemy are indispensable."
Du Yun nodded slowly. He had practiced in the Chamber of Commerce for many years, and he also knew the truth.
‘If you only have cultivation but no skills, then you can only work as a thug for the Chamber of Commerce and do some dangerous fighting in exchange for cultivation materials.
On the contrary, if you only have skills but no cultivation, you will have no status. He can only be like those fourth-level alchemy masters in the alchemy stage, succumbing to his own father. Only by holding both in hand can we have a place in this gathering of chambers of commerce. ’
"Shan Ji has seen Xie Yuanrui leave and has the idea of strengthening the management of the Chamber of Commerce. I am afraid that the face of an old man like me will become weaker and weaker in the future.
Everything will ultimately be divided according to the contribution of the Chamber of Commerce, but this is also true for you A good thing.
With my help, as long as you can improve your cultivation and alchemy skills at the same time, my Du family will definitely have a place here."
Du Yun listened to this. Nodding slowly:
"Don't worry, father, the child will not let his father down."
While the two were talking, they suddenly heard a noise outside the palace. Du Longfeng waved his hand, and Du Yun knew what it meant and left the room to inquire.
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“How unbecoming is it to make such noise!”
Seeing that it was Senior Brother Du Yun who made the noise, everyone stopped. .
He pointed at someone and asked for details. Du Yun was immediately surprised by the latter's answer.
"I don't know, senior brother. I heard that during the meeting, we intentionally reduced 10% of the resource quota of our Alchemy Palace and transferred it to the Qi Palace."
"It's nonsense. My father, as the general manager of the Alchemy Palace, doesn't even know about this. How many other people are you waiting for?" How to know?"
"This..."
The man's breath froze, and then he remembered that he had also heard what others said.
At this moment, a monk stood out from the crowd:
"Senior Brother Du, I heard this from the main hall. It came from the discussions between Senior Miao and others."
"Senior Miao?"
Du Yun recalled I picked up the Miaoli fir that had just returned from the meeting leader.
‘Is it true? ’
He quickly returned to Du Longfeng’s practice hall and told him the whole story.
Du Longfeng didn't show any surprise when he heard the news, he just sighed slightly.
"Father, is this really happening?"
Du Yun asked suspiciously, and heard Du Longfeng murmur:
"When Xie Yuanrui left, Shan Ji made this decision. As I expected.
In the past few decades, Xie Yuanrui had given up on the alchemy matter, but his resource quota had not been reduced, but was evenly distributed in the Alchemy Palace according to his wishes.
Therefore, our Alchemy Palace has been in an extremely prosperous state for decades.
Now that Xie Yuanrui has left, this quota will naturally be eliminated. "
Du Longfeng's thoughts were already flying when he spoke, thinking of the puppet inheritance he had recently received from Luohe Mansion.
'The reason why the resource quota was transferred to the Qi Palace is because Is this inheritance? '
As the general manager of the Alchemy Hall, Du Longfeng was indifferent, but the disciples in the hall did not think so.
When the announcement came from the main hall and confirmed the matter, it immediately caused a lot of people to jump up and down.
“Why should the resource quota of my Alchemy Palace be shared with the Qi Palace? Unfair, unfair.”
“Yes, unfair!”
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The disciples in the temple were talking a lot, and the person who announced the matter was immediately in trouble.
He said loudly: "Please let Elder Du and the disciples in the palace explain something."
Du Longfeng was called out. The latter looked helpless when facing the disciples in the Dan Palace, and could only explain in a low voice the origin of the quota. .
The disciples now understand the whole story.
“It turns out it’s because of Elder Xie.”
The disciples in the palace then remembered this senior master who had left the Alchemy Palace for nearly a hundred years, and his shadow over the Alchemy Palace eventually left with him. And disappeared.
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The disciples of Dan Palace were disappointed, but the Qi Palace on the other side was happy.
"The arrangement made by the guild leader has given us a boost," a young man in black robes said to the people around him.
At the same time, his hands were not idle. He held a black metal arm and moved his fingertips to carve a mysterious rune on it.
“Who says it’s not the case? Since we received the task of refining the puppets, our Weapon Palace has been in short supply of resources. We should have issued such an order long ago.”
As he spoke, he took over the puppet arm from the person just now, added another rune after the inscription on it, and then handed it over to the next disciple of the Instrument Palace.
In this way, through the hands of seven or eight people, the runes of this puppet arm were drawn.
Put it into the final basket, and others will collect it and put it into the next production line...
Looking around, the few people are in the same place. In the extremely spacious hall, there are dozens of people doing exactly the same job.
It’s just that other people are not making puppet arms, but legs, heads, shoulders and even various parts.
The puppets made are only second level.
In a pavilion only a few miles away from here, a dozen monks were quarreling around a puppet less than half a person tall.
"How can the light runes be drawn on the legs? They should be engraved on the spine of the puppet..."
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“Brother Xuan, do you think it is possible to refine this fourth-level puppet?”
The speaker was wearing a yellow Bagua Taoist robe, with a green aura flashing between his eyebrows. He was obviously using the spiritual eye technique and was analyzing the composition of the puppet in front of him.
“The body part is not the difficult part. With the sample brought back by Miao Yatou, it can be refined sooner or later.
“The only problem is the God Box. We don’t have the refining materials in our hands. He is also not proficient in the refining method, and it is very difficult to refine it. ”
I couldn’t help but shake my head when I said this.
These two people are the two fourth-level weapon refiners gathered in the Chamber of Commerce. The person who spoke earlier and was wearing a yellow Bagua Taoist robe was named Huang Yunqi. , has many experiences in refining fourth-level mid-level and even high-level magic weapons.
He is the most famous weapon refiner in the Chamber of Commerce.
The person who replied was named Zhuge Zhao, also known as Xuan Zhao. He was also a fourth-level weapon refiner of the Chamber of Commerce, but his skills were inferior to Huang Yunqi's.
However, he has a third-level puppetry skill, and when combined, he also has an extraordinary status.
"God Box! I heard that the Chamber of Commerce has gone to the Western Desert and even Beiyuan to buy the God-breaking Jade, the Heavenly Magic Stone and other items. I wonder if I can get anything."
Zhuge Zhao shook his head:
"It has been several years since Elder Yu traveled, and no clear news has been sent back. The situation is probably not good."
Huang Yunqi also sighed:
"This is really troublesome. I don't know what happened. Can the God Box be replaced by something else? "
"It's difficult. At least with our level of weapon refining, there is no way to replace the God Box. The puppet that loses this thing is only at the third level. Far from being able to compete with Nascent Soul."
"This disappoints the guild leader. Without these fourth-level puppets, the secret realm..."
The voice gradually became softer and could not be heard.
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In Jinpingfang City, Wei Zhong returned to the small courtyard from Lingshan and saw a person waiting outside the courtyard.
Looking with his spiritual sense, he found that it was Yan Wanhong.
At the same time, he also discovered that Wei Zhong had turned around and came forward:
"Senior Miao has important matters, and I have specifically asked you to take fellow Daoist Wei to the Chamber of Commerce."
(End of Chapter)