A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 321 Blue Eyes and Black Blood Fruit

When Duan Rong returned to his cave, it was already completely dark.

In the dark sky, one can still vaguely see the deep fog in the valley slowly rolling...

Duan Rong stood on the edge of the cliff at the entrance of the cave, looking at the vast mountains shrouded in fog, his eyes flashing.

Everything around him seemed to be shrouded in fog.

To Duan Rong, the rolling fog in the valley was like a symbol, suggesting that there might be some danger lurking in the invisible place...

This has always been a vague feeling in his heart.

Whether it is Shang Xiangyu or Pan Yong and others, they are all somewhat indescribably weird.

Duan Rong sighed. All he could do now was to seize the time to practice and improve his strength as quickly as possible.

The stronger he is, the greater his chance of survival will be if a real crisis comes.

Duan Rong walked into the depths of the dark cave and sat cross-legged on the stone bed. He hardly wasted a moment before engaging in the boring practice.

Duan Rong practiced hard all night and fell asleep only at dawn.

Duan Rong had just fallen asleep for a short while when he heard a distant, ethereal voice calling him in his dream...

Duan Rong suddenly woke up and jumped off the stone bed because the sound came from outside the cave.

Duan Rong walked out of the cave, his face suddenly darkening.

He saw Yin Cong calling him outside the cave.

Yin Cong's voice calling out to Duan Rong echoed in the valley. The echoes overlapped and came through the vast white fog, like a call from a dream...

Yin Cong stopped talking when he saw Duan Rong walk out of the cave. He smiled and turned around, saying with a funny expression: "Junior brother, what time is it now? Are you still sleeping?"

Duan Rong said, "Brother Yin, you came so early. You must have some advice for me."

Yin Cong said, "Junior Brother Duan, isn't Master Shang going to make medicine again? Go with me to the medicine pavilion to exchange some herbs and materials."

Duan Rong's eyes moved, and he noticed that Yin Cong had a rather large empty bag tied around his waist.

Duan Rong said, "Of course. I'm new here, and I need your guidance in many areas."

Yin Cong chuckled and said, "I knew that Junior Brother is easy to get along with. Let's go."

Yin Cong said this and turned to leave when Duan Rong suddenly said, "Brother, wait a moment."

Yin Cong turned his head and looked at Duan Rong with a strange look. He thought Duan Rong was going to change his mind.

Duan Rong said, "Brother, I went up to feed the black blood vine last night and found that one of the fruits was ripe. Brother, please wait here for a moment. After I tell Brother Pan Yong about this, I will go to the medicine pavilion with you."

Yin Cong smiled and said, "No need. Chen Hu had already told Pan Yong about this yesterday afternoon. Otherwise, why would he arrange for me to go to the medicine cabinet so early in the morning?"

Duan Rong's heart skipped a beat.

Judging from what Yin Cong said, it seems that Shang Xiangyu's medicine refining this time is related to the ripening of the black blood vine's fruit.

"Let's go." Yin Cong said, and then walked forward along the edge of the cliff. Duan Rong followed.

The two figures were gradually submerged in the diffuse white mist. At this moment, a figure walked out from the corner of Duan Rong's cave and looked at the place where the two figures disappeared.

The person who was kidnapped was Pan Yong with a gloomy face.

Pan Yong's eyes moved, and he walked into Duan Rong's cave. He took out a fire starter, lit the candle, and looked around.

"This guy stays in the cave every day. I don't know what he's doing. I've never seen him light a lamp at night..."

Pan Yong carefully looked around the cave and found that there was nothing inside except a few sets of clothes and some simple daily necessities.

As soon as he arrived, he was able to participate in refining medicine. Pan Yong was curious about Duan Rong's identity.

He wanted to take advantage of Duan Rong's absence to look for clues in the cave, maybe he could find something and uncover Duan Rong's origins.

Yin Cong and Duan Rong walked one after the other, rowing the iron chain and shuttling through the clouds.

There was heavy fog and mist in the mountains. Soon, both of their clothes were mostly wet and water was dripping down their cheeks.

When the two men slid down the iron chain and jumped to the top of the hill where the medicine pavilion was, they were already soaked.

Yin Cong twisted his sleeves and cursed, "What I hate most is the early spring season in Changliu Mountain. It's foggy and humid every day... It's so damn unlucky!"

Duan Rong's face was calm. To him, this little discomfort was nothing.

The two men wrung out their sleeves and walked towards the medicine pavilion. When they were almost there, Yin Cong suddenly took out an astrological chart and showed it to Duan Rong.

Duan Rong took a glance and his eyes widened.

I saw that there were four digits displayed on the star chart, with an eight character at the front.

Duan Rong was surprised and said, "More than 8,000 points?! Senior Brother Yin Cong, how come you have so many contribution points?!"

Duan Rong's eyes changed when he looked at Yin Cong.

This is too luxurious!
Yin Cong curled his lips and said, "How could I have so many? This is the star plate of Shang Shi. Shang Shi can get contribution points every time he refines medicine. After many years, he will naturally have a lot."

Duan Rong understood immediately. They came to the medicine pavilion to exchange herbs and materials, so they naturally couldn't use their own star charts. What could they exchange for the few contribution points of their registered disciples?

Duan Rong looked at the star plate in Yin Cong's hand and suddenly his eyelids twitched.

He remembered something important.

He stayed in the medicine cabinet for two hours last time, and in fact, he spent most of the time looking at the catalog of medicine exchange rather than the catalog of pill exchange.

Because, he should practice the fourth level of the Taizang Sutra. And the auxiliary medicine for practicing the fourth level of the Taizang Sutra is something called Qingtong.

In the text of the Taizang Sutra, only the name of this medicinal herb is mentioned, and the dosage is described as one, but there is no indication of what Qingtong is.

A few days ago, Duan Rong wandered around the medicine room for a long time, just wanting to look for something called Qingtong in the exchange catalog.

But he searched through the entire exchange catalog and couldn't find it. When he walked out of the medicine cabinet, he was very depressed.

At this time, Duan Rong looked at the star plate in Yin Cong's hand, and suddenly thought that since the Taizang Sutra was the core practice of the Taiyi Sect, the medicine cabinet must have the auxiliary practice medicines of the fourth level.

It was not in the exchange catalog he saw, most likely because he, as a registered disciple, did not have the authority to exchange.

He doesn't have the authority, but Shang Xiangyu must have it.

Shang Xiangyu is an inner disciple and the sect's pharmacist, so he must have the authority to make the exchange.

Duan Rong suddenly felt very fortunate that Yin Cong had asked him to come along today.

The two of them showed their sect's cloud certificate at the door of the medicine cabinet and walked in.

As expected, Yin Cong led Duan Rong and did not go to the low building in the corner last time. Instead, they walked straight along the center line and stopped in front of a tall pavilion.

The pavilion has three floors, with gray walls and black tiles. It is simple and solid, without any frills.

After entering the first floor of the pavilion, Yin Cong first showed the merchant's horoscope in front of a curved counter, and then received a yellow booklet.

The yellow booklet was half an inch thick, and when it was opened it was filled with densely packed tiny calligraphy.

Yin Cong directly handed the booklet to Duan Rong and said, "This job was originally done by me and Chen Hu. He was responsible for finding the job, and I just followed behind him and pretended to do it. Now it's just the two of us doing it, and the job of finding the job in the future will be left to you."

Duan Rong looked at Yin Cong in astonishment and said, "Brother, you are so comfortable being a hands-off manager!"

Yin Cong chuckled and said, "Brother, I am destined to be a rich and idle person."

In fact, Yin Cong's request for Duan Rong to find it actually played into Duan Rong's hands. However, he still complained with a feigned grimace, "Brother, at least you taught me how to do it. I'm just an idler..." Yin Cong actually sat down on the ground, leaning against a large pillar, and yawned, "There's no need to teach this. Junior brother, you're so smart, you'll learn it just by looking at it."

Duan Rong grinned and said, "Then... this... 2 Gengshen 83... what does it mean?"

Duan Rong was already flipping through the booklet, and saw a string of codes following each medicine.

Yin Cong leaned lazily against the pillar and said, "Isn't this very simple? The first two refers to the second floor of this attic. The Gengshen in the middle is the number of the shelf. Each shelf is divided into eight blocks. The last eight three refers to the third row of the eighth block."

Duan Rong understood everything after Yin Cong's explanation.

His eyes were bright as he scanned the book in his hand quickly.

Soon, he saw the medicine called "Qingtong" in the bottom few lines of the fifth page of the booklet.

There are simple annotations for each medicine in the booklet.

I just saw it written.

Blue pupil: The third eye of the Yuan Beast White Wolf cub.

"A young Yuan beast? A third eye?"

Duan Rong stood there, his eyes flickering and his thoughts churning.

That day, when Pan Yong took him to Guangluyuan to receive the star plate, he told him that registered disciples could take on tasks and earn contribution points in the square of Guangluyuan.

At that time, Duan Rong saw a task in the bulletin board to assist in capturing a young Yuan Beast, and the contribution points given were quite high.

At that time, a group of three people were coming from Guangluyuan to Yaoge. On the way, Duan Rong asked Pan Yong about the matter of the young Yuan Beast.

At that time, Pan Yong only hesitated for a moment and still told Duan Rong.

Tens of thousands of years ago, the vitality of this world suddenly dried up.

Only in the remains of gods and demons left in this world, because the laws of heaven and earth there are different from those in the outside world, the vitality of heaven and earth is still rich.

Most of the relics of gods and demons are found deep underground.

On the outskirts of the ruins of gods and demons, due to the collision and erosion of the two laws of heaven, a twisted underground space with a radius of hundreds of miles was formed.

Species in the underground world with distorted space will undergo various mutations and become completely different from creatures in the outside world.

Among them there is a kind of wild beast whose flesh and blood are rich in the vital energy of heaven and earth, and it lasts for a long time, so it is called the Yuan beast.

Deep underground in Changliu Mountain, there is a very ancient relic of gods and demons.

This is also the real reason why it can become the sect gate of Taiyi Sect.

At that time, as soon as Pan Yongfang finished explaining, Yin Cong said, "Brother Duan Rong, in fact, you can learn all these things by spending one contribution point and strolling around the Sutra Repository for an afternoon. It's rare that Brother Pan Yong is so patient and explains them to you bit by bit. However, this information cannot be spread in the secular world."

"Do you know why it can't be spread in the secular world?" Yin Cong looked at Duan Rong in a smart manner at that time.

Duan Rong asked: "Why?"

Yin Cong spoke in a deep voice, "This is also a way for the sect to control the secular world. The sect must be mysterious. Mystery usually breeds fear."

Duan Rong glanced at Yin Cong. He didn't like Yin Cong's pretentious and clever behavior, but he had to admit that what Yin Cong said made sense.

At this moment, Duan Rong suddenly discovered that the "blue pupil" was actually the third eye of the young Yuan Beast.

In other words, this thing comes from the underground world where space is distorted.

Duan Rong pondered for a moment, then immediately looked at the next line, only to see that the exchange points for a blue pupil were eighty points.

If Duan Rong didn't know what a Yuan Beast was, he would definitely curse. After all, eighty points is four bottles of Zhengyang Pills!
But now, after Duan Rong understood the source of this thing, he felt that eighty points was not expensive at all, and was even very cheap.

At that time, he could no longer afford to redeem it because he only had 75 contribution points left in his star chart.

When thinking of the remains of gods and demons, Duan Rong recalled the solid divine shadow he saw in his sea of consciousness when he was practicing the Taizang Sutra.

There are also those people of the Filthy Blood Cult who worship the statue of the Five-Power God when they practice the Filthy Blood Divine Art.

Could it be that gods and demons really exist?
In fact, the exchange points for Qingtong are only 80 points because this item is very useless.

The flesh and blood of the Yuan Beast is rich in the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth, and it lasts for a long time. For warriors in the Yuan Qi realm, it is almost a tonic for cultivation.

But the eyes, claws and fangs of the Yuan Beast contain very little Yuan Qi of heaven and earth.

The third cub had just taken shape. Therefore, this item was extremely expensive and no one wanted to exchange it for it.

However, this substance happens to be an auxiliary medicine for practicing the fourth level of the Taizang Sutra. However, there are very few people in the Taiyi Sect who are qualified to practice the Taizang Sutra.

Therefore, basically no one is interested in this item.

After Duan Rong looked at the blue pupil, he turned to the next page. Because he not only remembered that the auxiliary medicine for the fourth level of the Taizang Sutra was a blue pupil, he also remembered that the auxiliary medicine for the fifth level of the Taizang Sutra was a black blood fruit.

Duan Rong looked focused as he scanned the densely packed small characters on the booklet line by line.

After turning two pages, he suddenly stopped, his eyes wide open.

"Sure enough, the Black Blood Fruit is the fruit of the Black Blood Vine. I knew the similarity in the name was no coincidence."

Duan Rong glanced at the exchange points for the black blood fruit and cried out in pain.

One piece of this fruit costs five hundred and twenty points.

Isn't this just robbing money?

His eyes suddenly moved. No wonder Shang Xiangyu wanted to raise two black blood vines himself.

Even the landlord can’t afford this price!

Five hundred and twenty points?!

Even if he sold himself, it still wouldn't be enough!
"But..." Duan Rong's eyes suddenly flashed with deep doubt.

According to the notes in the booklet, this black blood vine is also a species in the twisted space. Why was Shang Xiangyu able to grow two black blood vines deep in the cave and let you successfully bear fruit?
"Could it be that the location of the cave is not far from the distorted space?"

When Duan Rong thought of this, he suddenly shuddered. He suddenly felt that perhaps Shang Xiangyu's place was even more terrifying than he had imagined.

Just as Duan Rong fell into deep thought, Yin Cong suddenly came over and complained, "What are you doing? You've been standing here for so long. Junior brother, you still haven't figured out that string of characters? I thought you were very smart, junior brother?"

"Brother, I understand."

Yin Cong glanced at Duan Rong and said, "Then, start looking! Look one by one. When you find one, hand it to me and I'll put it in the bag."

Duan Rong spread his hands and said, "What are you looking for? What should I press to find it?"

Yin Cong was suddenly stunned and said, "Oh, I forgot."

As Yin Cong spoke, he pulled out a folded piece of paper from his pocket and slapped it into Duan Rong's hand, saying, "Just look for it according to what's written here."

Duan Rong unfolded the paper and saw that it was filled with all kinds of medicines, at least dozens of them, maybe even hundreds.

Duan Rong was surprised and asked, "So many?"

Yin Cong said, "What about refining medicine? What do you think? This paper was compiled by Pan Yong overnight last night. You'd better look at it carefully and don't make any mistakes."

Duan Rong's face darkened, and he muttered, "We have to find a time to go!"

Yin Cong suddenly laughed and said, "What kind of good job do you think this is? Hurry up and do it. It will be good if you can go back before dark."

(End of this chapter)