Celestial being

Time passed little by little, and Yan Sijing's alchemy this time soon came to an end.

She activated the magic formula, stopped the fire and started the furnace.

The top cover of the blue alchemy furnace slowly opened, and a strong medicinal fragrance overflowed. There were five crimson elixirs suspended in the alchemy furnace, emitting strong spiritual power fluctuations, far exceeding those of the foundation-building elixirs.

"Could this be the elixir used in the elixir formation stage?" Yuan Ming was shocked.

The value of elixirs in the pill-forming stage is not the same as that in the foundation-building stage, and the difficulty of refining is also increased by more than ten times. If Yan Sijing can refine such elixirs, her level of elixir refining will be far beyond his expectations.

Yuan Ming was immediately overjoyed. He wondered if his soul was too powerful. Although he had only comprehended it once, he had basically mastered the refining process of this red elixir, and also noted down the ingredients required for this elixir. Spiritual material.

Yuan Ming had a hunch that as long as he found those materials, his success rate in refining the red elixir should not be low. If he had the opportunity to comprehend it several times in the future, his attainments in elixir refining would be greatly improved.

The possession ended quickly and his consciousness returned to his own body.

Yuan Ming didn't really go looking for materials to make elixirs. The most important thing at the moment was the escort mission in three days.

He put away the Heaven Stealing Cauldron, released the first part of his soul and escaped into the ground, walking towards Baidanfang.

…

Three days later, Yuan Ming arrived at Baidanfang at the agreed time. Before he entered, he saw a maid in green standing in front of the door waiting.

"Senior Yuan, please come with me. Miss is already waiting upstairs with other seniors."

Yuan Ming nodded, and as he followed the maid upstairs, he asked casually: "How many Taoist friends did your boss invite to escort?"

"Senior, in addition to you, there are two seniors who have also accepted the task. Counting the worshipers and elders of our workshop, there are a total of five people participating." The maid replied.

While talking, the maid took Yuan Ming to the private room on the second floor and opened the door for him.

Hearing the noise, several people sitting in the room looked toward the door.

Yuan Ming looked around the room and saw Yan Sijing sitting in the main seat, nodding slightly towards him. To his right was a female cultivator wearing a green dress and a hairpin with a beauty mark at the corner of her mouth. She was in the late stage of foundation building.

The person on the left is a middle-aged male cultivator with an average appearance. He is dressed in a simple gray robe. There is nothing surprising about him, but his cultivation is at the early stage of pill formation. He looks at Yuan Ming with eyes filled with excitement. It is the color of scrutiny.

In addition to the two of them, there were two other foundation-building monks in the room. One was extremely short, a full head shorter than Yuan Ming, and the other was white-faced and beardless, dressed like a scholar, holding a folding fan in his hand and fanning it gently.

They are also in the late stages of foundation building.

Seeing this situation, Yuan Ming's eyes narrowed slightly. For this escort, Baidanfang not only provided the elixir-cleansing liquid as a reward, but also invited late-stage Foundation Establishment monks, and also sent an Elder of Danjie as the team leader. Seeing that This mission is far from as simple as Yan Sijing said before.

However, Yuan Ming had already predicted this, so he did not hesitate. He calmly walked into the house and found a place to sit down.

Seeing Yuan Ming sit down, Yan Sijing immediately introduced with a smile:

"Fellow Daoist Yuan, you are here. Let me introduce you. The two people beside me are Ai Gongfeng and Elder Chai from our workshop. They are the leaders of this mission. This is Daoist Friend Gan from Yinqiu Sect. There are few opponents in the base period, this is Young Master Beiyan, his technique of controlling the wind is superb, and he once forced three monks of the same level back with one person."

Hearing this, Yuan Ming clasped his fists towards several people and said politely: "I'm Yuan Ming, I've looked up to you for a long time."

Ai Gongfeng and Young Master Beiyan returned the greetings one after another, while Elder Chai nodded slightly. As for the short monk named Gan, he looked Yuan Ming up and down and asked unceremoniously: "My fellow Taoist in Purple Thunder City, am I I know you a lot, but why have you never heard of Yuan Daoyou’s name?”

Yuan Ming smiled nonchalantly and said, "I was practicing in another city before. It's quite far away from Purple Thunder City and beyond the reach of fellow Taoists."

As soon as these words came out, Master Beiyan laughed twice, while the monk surnamed Gan frowned and instinctively felt that Yuan Ming's words meant something wrong, but he couldn't explain why for a while.

Yan Sijing, who was sitting in the front seat, also understood the meaning of Yuan Ming's words, which was to scold the monk surnamed Gan for sitting in a well and looking at the sky. She raised the corner of her mouth, but without criticizing it, she directly changed the subject:

"Okay, now that everyone is here, let me explain the mission in detail to a few fellow Taoists."

After hearing this, everyone including Yuan Ming looked at Yan Sijing.

Yan Sijing only paused for a moment, then continued: "The destination of the caravan that you need to escort this time is Black Moon City. It will stop at Qianjun City and Oasis City for a few days for supplies. In addition to the elixirs and supplies, there is also a batch of precious elixirs ordered by Sha Ran Gu. This batch of elixirs is related to the reputation of our house, and there must be no accidents, so we have made special arrangements."

As she spoke, she clapped her hands, and immediately several maids filed in carrying trays and stood in front of several people.

There is a gray storage bag on the tray, which is forbidden and sealed and cannot be opened at will.

"Among these five storage bags, only one contains Sha Ran Gu's order. The others are just cover-ups. But which storage bag it is, even Elder Chai of our workshop doesn't know. So, please, please Each person carries one, and be sure to keep the storage bag you bring. As long as it can be delivered to Black Moon City intact in the end, the mission will be considered completed. Regardless of whether it is true or not, we will keep the agreement The reward is given with both hands."

Hearing what she said, Yuan Ming and the other two people also gave up the idea of ​​exploring and directly put away the storage bags.

Young Master Beiyan suddenly asked: "Friend Daoist Yan, the caravan before your house was robbed because it was transporting this batch of goods. Has the identity of the culprit been clearly investigated?"

Yan Sijing looked gloomy and shook her head, saying: "At present, I only know that they claim that Feiyu has a pill to guard it, and they don't know anything else."

Hearing this, Mr. Beiyan folded the folding fan in his hand and sighed worriedly: "Alas, although there is never a peaceful time in the Black Wind Desert, big things have happened frequently recently. There is Dihe City in front of us. After the destruction, the Guiyuan Sect Mine was destroyed by some Dark Moon God, and now even the Lianjie Dan monks have become sand pirates. If this continues, I really don’t know what will happen.”

"That's true. How can there be no place in the world without chaos? The large and small sects in the Northern Desert are fighting endlessly. The Western Regions and the Qin State have also been having disputes recently. A well-known sect in Southern Xinjiang was wiped out a few years ago. There is even more chaos in the East China Sea. Incredibly, the news of the birth of the Three Immortals Island spread like wildfire, and many monks ran there. Now I don’t know how many disputes there are every day. Even the seemingly peaceful land of the Central Plains, there have been many sects in recent years. A senior executive was assassinated by unknown forces, and no results have been found so far." The monk surnamed Gan said nonchalantly.

Mr. Beiyan shook his head noncommittally, with a worried look on his face, while Yuan Ming had a calm face, showing no emotion.

At this moment, someone suddenly reported outside the door that the caravan had assembled. Yan Sijing immediately stood up. After saying a few words, she asked Elder Chai and Ai Gongfeng to lead everyone to the caravan gathering place and set off.

…

A few days later in the evening.

Before night fell, the Baidanfang caravan, which had been traveling all day, camped on the spot and prepared to rest.

However, Yuan Ming, who was following the team, gradually began to have doubts in his heart.

The road has been calm these past few days, and the soul crows he sent out to patrol did not see any sand thieves or suspicious monks approaching, but the speed of the Baidanfang caravan was really slower than he expected.

It stands to reason that since it is an important cargo and there is a possibility of encountering sand pirates on the way, Baidanfang's caravan must not only travel day and night, but at least rush slowly. It is impossible to sneak in faster than when Yuan Ming came to the Black Wind Desert. All mortal caravans must be slow.

But when Yuan Ming expressed his doubts to Ai Gongfeng, he received an unexpected answer.

"Fellow Daoist Yuan, please forgive me. The last time we were robbed, our shop suffered heavy losses. Not only did we lose several worshippers, but all the mortal businessmen were also killed and injured. Even the camels carefully selected for transporting goods were also taken away. This This reorganization was done in a hurry, and many people had little experience, which slowed down the process." Ai Gongfeng replied with a wry smile.

"In that case, why don't you let me take the important pills first, and then send someone to deliver the rest of the goods?" Yuan Ming asked again.

Ai Gongfeng sighed: "After the caravan was robbed last time, the shop owner deployed a large number of people to handle other matters. Now even the people who can follow the caravan..."

Yuan Ming suddenly realized that Baidanfang was in a difficult situation, so he naturally wanted to spend one price to hire someone to do two things. This allowed them, the monks in the late stage of foundation building, to take on the work that should have been accepted by the Qi Refining monks.

Ai Gongfeng also explained the same explanation to Mr. Beiyan and the monk surnamed Gan. Although they were a little dissatisfied, they did not say much in the end due to the reward.

That night, Yuan Ming sat in the tent meditating silently, thinking about Ai Gongfeng's explanation, but vaguely felt that something was wrong.

Without finding out the origins of the Sand Pirates, it was still not safe to hastily organize people to retake the trade route, even if several late-stage foundation-building monks were hired to guard the place.

What's more, the Baidanfang family has a great business, with alchemy monks sitting in charge, and they can produce elixirs of the level of elixir-washing liquid. It is impossible for them to decline like this just because of a robbery.

Just as he was thinking, the soil around his feet loosened, but a flower branch suddenly came out from underneath and came to Yuan Ming.

"My Lord, there are eight monks heading here dozens of miles away in the northeast using the Earth Escape Technique."

"What are their cultivation levels?" Yuan Ming asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Judging from the breath, the leader should be a monk in the alchemy stage. I was afraid of being discovered, so I didn't dare to get too close." Huazhi replied.

Yuan Ming nodded, stood up immediately, and took the flower branches with him to report the matter to other people in the caravan. But as soon as he walked out of the tent, he saw Elder Chai in a simple gray robe standing not far from the tent. With his hands behind his back, he looked up at the stars in the sky.