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Chapter 240: Grandmaster Enters the City (asking for monthly tickets)
The copper furnace is six feet high and can be hugged by one person.

The fire master asked for one hundred and eighty-five taels of silver, which was a fair price.

If Xu Yuan went to buy it, without revealing his identity as the Elimination of Filth Division, the price would definitely be over 200 taels.

If you reveal your identity...of course it's free.

But it may attract "Wen Gong's attention."

And later became the outstanding material of "Wen Gong'an".

After paying the money, Xu Yuan ordered: "Xiao Ba, load the car."

The alchemy furnace Xu Yuan chose was gourd-shaped, with three parts: the upper and lower gourds could be separated, and there was a furnace inside.

There are also some spare parts and decorative parts.

The fire master helped, and together with Lang Xiaoba, they used banana leaves to wrap dry straw, covered each part, and tied it with ropes on the outside.

Outsiders have no idea what is being transported.

Lang Xiaoba and the captains loaded the things onto the carriage and transported them to Xu Yuan's new yard.

The two little maids are currently living in the South City Patrol Room.

Lin Wanmo brought them around, under the pretext of teaching them some "rules".

But Lin Wanmo herself had no idea what the rules of the so-called "wealthy family" were... She was soft-hearted, and the two little girls refused to call her "old lady", insisting that she was still young and that calling her that made her sound old.

So he just called her "Madam".

Call Xu Yuan "Young Master" or "Sir".

Gradually, she began to call Lin Wanmo "sister" again, and her two little mouths were particularly sweet.

When I was shopping with Lin Wanmo, I couldn't walk anymore when I saw the candy sellers. I kept looking back and my saliva was flowing onto my handkerchief.

Lin Wanmo shook his head helplessly, took out twenty cents and bought one for each of them.

So the two little maids followed Lin Wanmo, and within a few days, their cheeks had become noticeably rounder.

Like a little squirrel with several acorns hidden in its mouth.

Xu Yuan has secretly decided to let his stepmother take the two little girls back.

There was no one in the new courtyard, so Xu Yuan chose a room in the south as his alchemy room.

The scale is a bit small, and I may need to move to another house and rebuild a bigger alchemy room in the future.

But we cannot do it in one go.

The alchemy room must match one's own level of cultivation.

A larger alchemy room requires a larger alchemy furnace.

Xu Yuan’s current level of alchemy is not enough to control a large alchemy furnace.

You can't have a large alchemy room with only a small furnace. The alchemy room is too empty and it is easy to attract some malicious things.

After placing the alchemy furnace, Xu Yuan took Lang Xiaoba to purchase other things.

These are all very simple.

If one wants to be promoted to the sixth level, the alchemy room is the "threshold". The sign of being a true sixth-level person is to use an alchemy furnace to refine a furnace of sixth-level external elixirs.

It is easy to use the fire in the abdomen to refine the elixir in the abdomen, but it is more difficult to draw out the fire in the abdomen and refine the elixir in the elixir furnace.

Refining the sixth-rate external elixir is even more difficult.

The sixth level of alchemy practice is a barrier that blocks more than 70% of the alchemy practitioners in the world.

The characteristic of alchemy practice, "easy to learn but difficult to master", is reflected here.

It’s not easy to get into a third-rate university.

After Xu Yuan set up the alchemy room, he found that what he lacked was not only the technology to refine medicine in the furnace, but he even didn't have the raw medicinal materials.

The things my father told me back then were enough for me when I was at the very end.

Above sixth rate...Xu Yuan felt that he still had to ask Aunt Wang for advice.

As for the raw medicinal materials, you can go look for Bai Laoyan. There should be a lot of good medicinal materials in Guiwu Mountain.

Or you could ask Tian Jing if there were any good medicinal herbs on the official ships he robbed.

Ultimately, I have to go back to Shanhe County.

...Aunt Wang packed a small bag last night.

At daybreak, she wrapped her head with a blue floral scarf, hung her bundle over her arm, quietly opened the door, and slipped out. Just as she reached the entrance of the alley, she heard Uncle Shen's voice from behind: "Where are you going?"

Aunt Wang was so frightened that she almost collapsed.

"I..." Aunt Wang turned around slowly, her eyes rolling in their sockets like two glass balls. She decided not to make any excuses and said, "I'm going to Champa to see the children."

Uncle Shen came out with his pipe in his mouth and his hands behind his back, scolding, "When Mao Si came back, I could tell something was wrong with you!
I've been secretly watching you these days!
What are you doing? The two children are doing well in Champa. Don't you know what your situation is?

If you go out this time, you might not be able to come back!"

"I do!" Aunt Wang was furious—really furious, her heart popped out, emitting flames.

The fire forced Mr. Shen to take a step back.

Uncle Shen was furious: "You crazy woman, you still want to fight me?"

"Don't stop me from going to the children, and I won't fight with you." Aunt Wang's eyes were a little red: "Aren't you worried at all about the two children being outside?
Why can Mao Si go to see the children, but I can’t?

I don’t know how many days I have left. Rather than dying outside, I’m more afraid of not being able to see my children before I die!
Besides, what's the big deal about dying outside? It just means I can't turn into a shadow puppet in a box. I think that's fine too!"

"You——" Uncle Shen pointed his pipe at her, too angry to speak. Finally, he put the pipe behind his waist and turned away: "I don't care anymore!"

Aunt Wang quickly calmed down, put the heart back, and walked along the cobblestone street to the west of the city.

After a while, the river workers and coolies came to Aunt Wang's basket-folding shop in twos and threes. After waiting for a long time, but seeing that the shop still didn't open, they immediately started to shout in dissatisfaction: "Why is this old woman being so lazy and not opening the door?"

……

Xu Yuan discussed with Zhang Laoya: "I want to go to Shanhe County."

The agreement with Mr. Zhang is still more than two months away.

Zhang Laoya rolled his eyes and said, "No!"

"I'll be back in three days at most."

Zhang Laoya sneered, "It's not like you can just say a few days. The last time you went out with the Mountain and River Division, you didn't expect to encounter an ancient dragon, did you?"

This is the truth, and Xu Yuan couldn't refute it.

"I was careless last time..." Zhang Laoya is still a little scared. It was so dangerous. Xu Yuan almost couldn't come back.

Xu Yuan said: "That's my home. I have several elders in my family who will not let anything happen to me."

"That won't do either. I've finally figured it out. You're a troublemaker! Wherever you go, trouble happens!"

Xu Yuan jumped up and down in a guilty conscience and shouted, "How can you slander someone's innocence out of thin air!"

"Humph!"

"Then you come with me."

"I won't go." Zhang Lao Ya said, "I've seen through your true colors. How could I be so foolish as to get myself involved? For the next two months, I won't be going anywhere, and you shouldn't even think about running around!"

Xu Yuan had a headache.

Wait two more months? I can’t wait any longer.

It would be fine if I couldn't get promoted, but I clearly feel like everything is about to fall into place... Who can resist?

But Zhang Laoya put on a stern face that said "this matter is not negotiable", so Xu Yuan had to give up for the time being and find another way to persuade the old man.

……

A large cart entered the city and stopped at a roadside.

Aunt Wang got out of the car carrying a small bag.

I glanced at the streets around me: I haven’t been here for decades, it feels very unfamiliar.

The driver said, "Auntie, I'm going to the west of the city. You can go south from here. If you can't find it, ask passers-by. Anyone who lives in the city knows how to get to the South City Patrol Office."

"Okay." Aunt Wang responded and paid the fare.

Aunt Wang walked for a while and then broke down and even lost her way.

She grabbed a young man and asked, "Young man, which way is the South City Patrol Office?"

The young man showed her the way, and Aunt Wang thanked him and headed in that direction.

After the young man left, he suddenly turned back to look at her back, scratching his head and wondering, "This auntie... why does she look a bit like the founder..."

(End of this chapter)