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

Chapter 327: Exchange for Blue Eyes
"Duan Rong, are you afraid?"

Yin Cong suddenly raised his head, and the flickering candlelight swayed on his face.

His eyes were fixed on Duan Rong, like a drowning person trying to grab something.

Duan Rong also looked at Yin Cong.

Yin Cong's pale face and frightened eyes, illuminated by the dim candlelight, made Duan Rong's heart tremble.

In a trance, he felt as if he was in a horror movie he had seen in his previous life...

In that horror movie, everyone died in the end, and only the devil survived, continuing to search for the next batch of prey in the world...

And the expression of someone in there is the same as Yin Cong's now.

Duan Rong knew what Yin Cong meant.

He sensed the danger and wanted to gather together for warmth.

However, Duan Rong really didn't want to take him with him.

Because there is no cure for stupidity.

Duan Rong sighed and his eyelids drooped slightly, as if to ease the awkward atmosphere. After a while, he raised his head again, looked at Yin Cong, and said, "Yin Cong, don't do anything, only then you have a chance to survive. You can't beat them. Do you understand?"

Duan Rong felt that as long as Yin Cong did not make any stupid moves and provoke Pan Yong and Chen Hu, he should be safe for the time being.

Because, in the eyes of Pan Yong and Chen Hu, he is the one with the lowest risk factor.

"Don't do anything?" Yin Cong's eyes flashed as he pondered the meaning of Duan Rong's words.

"Yes." Duan Rong said, "As long as you don't pose a threat to them, they won't touch you for the time being."

"Well, what if..."

Yin Cong seemed to want to say something, but Duan Rong interrupted him directly.

"There's no such thing as a sure thing! Even if there really is a sure thing, do you really think you can change anything?"

Duan Rong stared at Yin Cong with sharp eyes.

Yin Cong's anger instantly subsided. "Maybe you are right."

"You should go to bed early. I'll go back first." Yin Cong stood up, turned around and walked out of the cave.

Duan Rong looked at Yin Cong's back with a calm expression.

He knew that Yin Cong came here to discuss a countermeasure with him. But Duan Rong just told him not to do anything. Yin Cong must be very disappointed at this time.

However, Duan Rong was now in a difficult situation, unable to save himself. He really had no choice but to carry Yin Cong, a time bomb, with him.

It's hard to say when Yin Cong would do anything that would cause Pan Yong and Chen Hu to start dealing with him.

Because the biggest shortcoming of stupid people is not that they are stupid, but that they always think they are smart.

If he had the energy to spare, he might have helped. But at this moment, he himself was struggling to survive, so how could he have the energy to care about this person?
Just now Yin Cong asked Duan Rong if he was afraid, but Duan Rong did not answer him.

At this time, Yin Cong had left. Duan Rong knew very well in his heart that deep down, he was actually full of fear. Everything around him made him feel dark and depressing.

Unconsciously, he had developed a strong desire to escape.

He had to find a way to get out of here.

Shang Xiangyu is an extremely dangerous guy.

Duan Rong's eyes were solemn; he was very sure of his feelings.

If necessary, he could even leave Taiyi Sect... change his identity and start over...

However, the Taiyi Sect has strict rules and regulations. Once you enter the mountain, you cannot leave at will.

The registered disciples are under the jurisdiction of the Lower House. If they want to leave the mountain, they need the approval of the Lower House, otherwise they cannot even walk out of the mountain gate.

Duan Rong's eyes flickered. This matter couldn't be rushed, and he had to take it one step at a time.

He suddenly frowned, and immediately rolled up the bedding on the stone bed, swept some items in the cave into his arms, strode out of the cave, stood on the edge of the cliff, and threw the things in his arms to the bottom of the cliff.

Following two or three crisp clangs, it was the sound of a bamboo tube for drinking water hitting the cliff. Objects of all sizes had sunk in the rolling white mist.

Duan Rong walked back into the cave and spread the animal skin blanket he had brought from the lower courtyard on the stone bed. Then he blew out the candle and sat cross-legged on the stone bed.

However, after a few breaths, Duan Rong's mind became calm and he immersed himself in cultivation.

Cultivation and improving one's own strength are the foundation of everything. It is also the most powerful support for survival. The so-called keeping to the right path and being extraordinary. Without this right path, all the so-called strange tricks and schemes are just illusions.

Duan Rong practiced hard all night and only lay down to sleep for two hours at dawn.

After he woke up, he simply washed up and went to the medicine cabinet.

Duan Rong was walking along the edge of the cliff. When he passed the iron chain of the stone archway and the weapons workshop, his steps paused slightly.

In fact, he was feeling very depressed and wanted to talk to Xiao Yu and Ximen Kankan.

But Duan Rong thought about it for a moment and decided to give up.

He didn't want to involve Xiao Yu and Ximen Kankan in Shang Xiangyu's affairs, and Duan Rong felt that they couldn't really help.

In terms of realm, neither of them has yet entered the Qi realm.

Moreover, just like myself, they have just started and are completely in the dark and don’t understand many things.

At least I have been to the pharmacy and the Guangluyuan and received the astronomical chart.

The two of them had been locked up in the Stone and Weapon Shops, and they might not even have received the astronomical chart yet. He remembered that Yin Cong had complained that Pan Yong had taken him to receive the astronomical chart after he had been here for more than a month.

The situation of Xiao Yu and Ximen Kankan might be the same.

Duan Rong arrived at the medicine cabinet and spent only two hours in that cramped room to settle accounts before leaving.

This continued for five days.

That day, after working for another two hours, Duan Rong was about to leave when he was suddenly grabbed by Xia Honghua at the curved counter.

Xia Honghua said rather fiercely: "What's wrong with you? I give you two contribution points every day. You only spend two hours every day and then run away. Do you really think I'm so easy to cheat?!"

"Stop pulling and tugging." Duan Rong twisted his arm and used the bone-shrinking technique to slip his arm out of Xia Honghua's palm.

Xia Honghua let out a light exclamation and looked at Duan Rong in surprise.

Duan Rong said: "We have an agreement. You cannot interfere with when I come and when I leave."

Xia Honghua snorted coldly and said, "The premise for me not interfering is that you can do the job for me!"

"How do you know I didn't do it well?"

"You only come here for two hours every day, and you think you're doing a good job? Are you kidding me?"

Duan Rong looked at Xia Honghua as if she were a fool and said, "Come, follow me."

"What are you doing? Where are you going?"

"Look at the account books!"

The two of them came to the room where the account books were kept. Duan Rong took out a fire starter and lit the candle.

There were several account books on the long table in the middle of the cramped room.

Duan Rong pulled out a book and pushed it towards Xia Honghua on the table. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Well, read it yourself."

Xia Honghua opened it and found the account book for March that she had copied and recorded. She saw that among the originally messy entries, there were several changes and notes on almost every page, and the handwriting was elegant and graceful, obviously not written by her.

Xia Honghua flipped through the pages quickly and saw that most of the account book had been annotated. There were only a few pages left, and she was about to go through the entire account book.

Xia Honghua looked up at Duan Rong and asked, "Did you make all this in the past five days?" Duan Rong sat down on a chair and asked, "What else?"

"You may as well take a closer look to see if I made any random changes."

"That's not necessary."

Xia Honghua had just picked out a few to look at, and the changes had indeed corrected the mistakes she had made.

Xia Honghua smiled awkwardly: "At this rate, we will definitely be able to calculate the accounts for the first half of the year before July 3rd."

Duan Rong stood up, looked at Xia Honghua, and said, "I've already said that I will definitely let Madam report. Madam, please stop being suspicious. Is there anything else? If not, I'll go back to my master, who has other work to do there."

"No...it's okay."

Duan Rong and Xia Honghua walked out of the room one after another.

As Duan Rong walked past the counter, he said to Xia Honghua, "See you tomorrow, Aunt Xia."

Xia Honghua wanted to reply, but her smile suddenly froze on her face. "Aunt?!"

Xia Honghua stared at Duan Rong's back and yelled, "Who are you calling aunt, you little brat? Am I that old?"

Duan Rong didn't even turn his head, but just waved his hand.

Not long after Duan Rong left, Xia Honghua sat in front of the counter. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that she was losing money.

"This kid only comes for two hours every day, and he earns two contribution points from me. And he doesn't come every day, he only comes when he wants to."

“This is too easy to make money.”

"No! Next time I see this guy, I have to bargain with him."

But Xia Honghua thought again, what if this guy quits? With so little time, where can she find him?
Forget it, let's play it safe first and wait until the half-year settlement period is over.

Xia Honghua thought again of Duan Rong's elegant and handsome handwriting and the clear and crisp accounts, and her frowned brows finally relaxed a little.

"Boy, I just think you're good at your job. I'll let you take advantage of me... I'll settle accounts with you after half a year..."

Duan Rong left the medicine cabinet and returned to the hill where Shang Xiangyu was.

In the dense forest, he first practiced the four martial arts several times, and then counted the days, as he should feed the black blood vine today.

He caught two sacks of poisonous insects, carried the bulging sacks, and walked deeper into the cave.

Duan Rong had walked through this cave several times and was quite familiar with it, but he never dared to wander around here.

It's not just because the black blood vine is terrifying and weird, but also because Duan Rong already knows what species the black blood vine is.

Black blood vine is an alien species originating from an underground world with distorted space.

The fact that the black blood vine can grow deep in this cave means that the depths of the cave are very close to the twisted underground space.

In the twisted underground space, there are many dangerous alien species. Even if a warrior at the Yuanqi realm enters, he may not be able to escape unscathed.

What's more, Duan Rong has just entered the true Qi realm.

Since the depths of the cave were close to the underground world with distorted space, if Duan Rong explored the cave carelessly, he might accidentally enter it. In that case, he would probably die without leaving any bones...

Duan Rong was already familiar with feeding black blood vine.

Duan Rong held the torch and just walked to the edge of the black rock formation, he saw two fruits on another black blood vine, both flashing red fluorescence, with black gas floating in the fluorescence from time to time...

Duan Rong's eyes flickered. "Two more black blood fruits have ripened."

Duan Rong knew that the black blood fruit was the main ingredient for Shang Xiangyu's elixir making.

Although Duan Rong saw that the two black blood fruits were ripe, he still skillfully scattered two bags of poisonous insects around the two black blood vines.

Then he turned and left.

Duan Rong passed through the dense forest, walked along the edge of the cliff for a distance, and came to the entrance of Pan Yong's cave, where he shouted a few times.

At this time, it was already bright in the afternoon, and I wondered if Pan Yong was in the cave.
Duan Rong shouted a few times, but there was no response, so he prepared to leave. As he turned around, he saw a figure walking out of the cave.

When Pan Yong saw Duan Rong, he smiled and said, "It's Brother Duan Rong. What's up? Do you want to talk to me about something?"

Duan Rong looked at Pan Yong's seemingly innocent smile and felt sick, but he still said calmly: "Ah, Senior Brother. I just fed the black blood vine and found that two fruits of another black blood vine were ripe."

"Are both ripe?"

"Yes." Duan Rong said affirmatively.

Pan Yong patted Duan Rong's shoulder with a smile and said, "Okay, I understand. I'll tell the business teacher later."

Duan Rong clasped his fists and said, "Then Senior Brother, I'll go over first."

"Okay, Junior Brother. Go and do your thing."

Duan Rong turned around and glanced at his shoulder with disgust. That was where Pan Yong had just patted him.

The moment Duan Rong turned around, the smile on Pan Yong's face disappeared. He waited there for a while, and when Duan Rong walked away, he walked towards the dense forest.

He wanted to go and see for himself whether there were really two ripe black blood fruits.

Although he felt that Duan Rong would not lie to him about this, he never trusted anyone, no matter how big or small the matter was.

After Duan Rong left Pan Yong, he devoted himself to cultivation.

That morning, while he was still in a deep sleep, he heard someone calling him.

Duan Rong woke up, his eyes moved, and he walked out of the cave.

As soon as he came out of the cave, he saw Yin Cong at the entrance. Yin Cong had the bag from last time tied around his waist.

Duan Rong told Pan Yong yesterday that when two black blood fruits were ripe, he was already thinking about Yin Cong. Would he come to see him this morning?
Sure enough, Yin Cong came!
This shows that after these few days, Shang Xiangyu has found a way to solve the furnace explosion problem.

Duan Rong was conflicted about whether Shang Xiangyu could successfully solve the furnace explosion problem.

The last time the furnace exploded, Shang Xiangyu reacted so violently. If it exploded again this second time, who knows what Shang Xiangyu would do?

Who knows, he might go crazy overnight and kill them all!
Duan Rong felt that this possibility was entirely possible.

For this reason, Duan Rong naturally did not want the furnace to explode for a second time.

But Duan Rong didn't know what it would mean if Shang Xiangyu succeeded in refining the elixir...

However, Duan Rong had no control over these issues and could only adapt to circumstances as they came.

However, there was one thing he had already decided on a few days ago.

That is, when he went to the pharmacy to exchange medicine this time, he had to secretly exchange out the auxiliary medicine "Qingtong" from the fourth level of the Taizang Sutra.

Now, all the accounts will pass through his hands, and he wants to erase a small tail in the account without leaving any trace.

Given Duan Rong's accounting skills, this was not a difficult task.

This way, there is no risk in this matter anymore.

There is no time to lose. The sooner you do it, the sooner you get started.

Duan Rong and Yin Cong crossed the iron chain and came to the three-story pavilion with gray walls and black tiles in the medicine cabinet.

Xia Honghua was delighted to see that Duan Rong had arrived more than an hour earlier today, and she thought that her warning yesterday had worked.

As a result, next, she saw another person walking out from behind Duan Rong. It was Yin Cong, who had a bag tied around his waist and a worried look on his face.

Xia Honghua's smile suddenly faltered. She glanced at the bag on Yin Cong's waist and muttered, "I thought this kid had gotten used to it and would have come earlier. Turns out he's not here to work for me at all!?"

Xia Honghua obviously realized that the two people came to the medicine cabinet to exchange medicine for Shang Xiangyu.

(End of this chapter)