Fairy cage

In the Danfang Stone Hall, the smell of fishy smell, sulfur and saltpeter is even more prevalent.

Yu Lie stood at the door, feeling like he was at the entrance of a slaughterhouse.

Then, his eyelids trembled again because screams suddenly sounded in the stone palace.

Several Taoist boys who had done a good job were suddenly entangled in the pregnant female Taoist's hair, picked up, and then thrown into the alchemy cauldron.

The screams sounded one after another, not just two or three, but eight in total!

Suan Toubi also saw this scene and suddenly asked in a voiceless voice: "W-what is this for?"

The smiling alchemy boy at the door stopped his smile. He glanced at him and snorted coldly: "A bunch of idiots dare to use their hands and sneak around when the alchemy master is refining alchemy."

The Taoist boy in the alchemy room shook his head: "I thought you would be lucky today, and a few fewer people would die. I didn't expect that there are still many people seeking death every month."

When Yu Lie and Lan Toubi heard this, they were stunned and reacted immediately.

The tiger elephant is so huge that it cannot be cooked in a large cauldron. It must be carried and cut by Taoist boys. There are many opportunities for the upper and lower hands to work together in the process.

The meaning of the Taoist boy who led the way should be that among the Taoist boys in the stone palace, someone stole the flesh and blood of the seventh-grade monster just now, and was discovered by the female Taoist on the Yuntai as punishment.

But Yu Lie immediately had doubts: "Every month someone makes elixirs, and every month someone steals the medicine... Are there really so many people who are not afraid of death?"

The garlic nose next to him also had the same doubts. The man with the garlic nose turned pale. He raised his head and exchanged glances with Yu Lie, and his lips moved.

But both of them wisely did not say another word. Instead, they withdrew their gaze and caught up with the alchemy boy who was leading the way.

The alchemy boy had turned his back to the two of them and said:

"Now that you have opened your horizons, hurry up and follow! The day when Lord Alchemist makes alchemy happens to be the day when the masters of the alchemy halls meet. Now I will lead you over to pay homage to the top of the mountain, so you don't have to run from place to place."

Yu Lie stepped forward and answered, "Yes." He tightened his Taoist robe.

Although there was a roaring fire in the stone hall and many Taoist boys were having sex in full swing, somehow the hall became increasingly cold and biting, making people unable to feel any warmth and the air became clammy.

Yu Lie and Gan Toubi followed the leading boy, walking like ants in the huge stone hall. After a while, they got into the dark corridor and came to a basement.

The basement is not an ordinary cave, but connected to the stone hall above. The legs of eight huge furnace cauldrons sunk in and became the beams and pillars of the basement.

There is a figure sitting cross-legged under each furnace cauldron, seemingly controlling the furnace fire for the female Taoist who is making alchemy above.

However, this group of people was not concentrating, and there was a lot of noise in the cave, like the croaking of frogs.

The first time Yu Lie stepped into this cave, he heard someone laughing: "It seems that your alchemy skills are stable. Today, I only took eight medicine men as a guide."

"Jie Jie, if you do this, we won't have to waste our favors by going to other Taoist houses to beg for slave boys."

When Yu Lie and Lan Toubi stepped into the cave, the noisy conversation stopped abruptly.

The two of them stood at the door, and everyone's eyes fell on them, looking at them from head to toe.

The alchemy boy who led the way no longer had the previous casualness and briskness. Instead, he quickly bowed his head to the eight hall masters under the base of the furnace cauldron and called out:

"Dianmao boy in the room led the two newcomers here. I have met all the hall masters."

After the guide boy finished speaking, a rustling sound sounded from the middle of the cave, and someone laughed sharply: "Young people in this town, another wealthy guest has arrived."

"Which of your subordinates is still short of people and has vacancies? Our Linjia Hall is only short of medicine slaves and slave hunters recently, not boys. Not to mention comfortable positions, there are not even hard positions."

A murmur of discussion sounded in the cave.

Yu Lie listened expectantly, and finally heard someone say slowly:

"A few months ago, there was a junior in the hall who failed to live up to his expectations. He made up his own prescription and took it, and died. I have always had a vacant seat here, and people are watching, but no one with a license has ever come..."

"Hey! That person is so lucky to be able to enter Mr. Fang's prescription hall and serve as his attendant."

Hearing this, the waiting garlic-nosed boy and the leading road boy couldn't help but look back at Yu Lie. Yu Lie himself immediately felt joy in his heart.

The Medicine Prescription Hall is the entrance to the alchemy room that is responsible for sorting out prescriptions and managing alchemy books!

Not only are there a large number of elixir books and prescriptions stored in the room, but also a large number of alchemy Taoists send numerous elixir records into it every month for inspection and adjustment.

Such a dignified position can be said to be noble and noble, and can allow people to learn many things. It is the best position that Yu Lie is looking forward to!

Yu Lie immediately thanked the old Taoist of Daoluyuan deeply in his heart:

"Old Yutou is really interesting!"

When he won the bronze medal, Lao Yutou just said that if he entered the alchemy room with the sign, his position would definitely be good, and if there was no space, one would be squeezed out for him.

Therefore, Yu Lie didn't know what the specific position would be. Now that he heard that only Yaofangtang was vacant, he immediately felt that he came at a good time.

If he comes early, there will be many vacant positions, and the master of the Yaofang Hall may not accept him; if he comes late, the position in the Yaofang Hall may be gone immediately, and the positions squeezed out will definitely not be as good as those in the Yaofang Hall.

Yu Lie was pleasantly surprised. His eyes flashed, and someone had already walked in front of him.

The other party's Taoist robe was fluttering, and he still had a white beard on his chin. He had a strong aroma of medicine, and he had an air of someone who had experienced elixirs. This person is Mr. Fang in the mouth of the other hall masters.

Mr. Fang looked at Yu Lie with a smile and asked kindly, "Who gave you the bronze medal?"

Yu Lie pondered and replied: "Daoluyuan Yu Lao."

After hearing Yu Lie's answer, Mr. Fang didn't speak immediately. Yu Lie vaguely felt that something was wrong. He raised his head slightly and found that a hint of joy seemed to flash in the eyes of Mr. Fang in front of him.

Mr. Fang drooped his eyelids and finally said, "Since it was Mr. Yu who arranged this trip and he still holds the bronze medal, I can't neglect him."

The man coughed slightly and asked: "Young man, did you come to the alchemy room to learn real alchemy or fake alchemy?"

Yu Lie even felt that the other party's question was a bit strange.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and did not answer directly. Instead, he said: "This junior is shallow and doesn't know what is real alchemy and what is fake alchemy? Please give me some advice, Mr. Fang."

Mr. Fang caressed his beard and said: "True alchemy skills include processing, grinding, furnace fire, and dispensing medicine...all of them are indispensable. They are the real skills of the hands. They start from the smallest things and gain true knowledge and insights step by step."

"Fake alchemy, memorize alchemy books, read elixir prescriptions, have a bright head and poor scriptures, write up your own prescriptions, and die after taking the medicine, just like the boy who died in my hall. I wonder which kind of young man you want to learn? "

Yu Lie frowned secretly in his heart.

The choice given by the other party, even a fool knows how to choose! This made Yu Lie suspicious. Was the person in front of him testing him, or was there something deceitful about him?

So after Yu Lie thought about it, he didn't answer according to the other party's words, but took the initiative to say:

"Thank you, senior, for clarifying my doubts. I came to the alchemy room because I want to learn how to remove toxins and heal injuries, practice Taoism, and take alchemy for self-cultivation. I believe that the skills in hands and the skills in books are indispensable."

Yu Lie gritted his teeth and shouted: "Reporting to the seniors, the juniors want to learn this kind of alchemy!"

As soon as he said this, someone in the cave made a sound of surprise, the other hall masters became interested, and some people laughed softly.

But what made Yu Lie feel bad was that after he saluted, he looked up and saw Mr. Fang standing in front of him frowning, pinching his beard and saying nothing, looking unhappy.

Suddenly, Mr. Fang said with kind eyes:

"Very good! Since the younger generation is so independent-minded, you can choose a position at the bottom of the alchemy room according to your own ideas. If you are not satisfied, I will come forward and give you a few more opportunities until you are satisfied."

Mr. Fang smiled kindly and said: "As for the position of Yaofangtang, Pindao will leave it to you for now. After you are promoted from the bottom position and gain experience, then you can join our hall. Pindao will teach you carefully. .”

"In this way, you will have both hand skills and book skills, and you will definitely be able to learn the alchemy you talk about!"

Hearing this, Yu Lie's heart froze.