The Path to Immortality

In the blink of an eye, two months have passed since he stood up for the Wu family.

This morning.

After the routine practice, Fang Ping calculated the time and set off for the Alchemy Hall.

He had completed the last batch of alchemy tasks entrusted by the alchemy hall more than a month ago. He was only waiting to deliver the elixirs today, and was waiting for the new batch of tasks arranged by the sect.

But what surprised Fang Ping was that although he arrived at the Alchemy Hall slightly later than usual, the two elders of the Alchemy Hall still did not show up.

"Perhaps the two elders were temporarily delayed by something."

Fang Ping didn't think much and continued to wait for a while.

However, after half an hour, there was still no movement.

This made him feel a little strange.

After thinking about it, Fang Ping set off to the alchemy room where Master Yan was.

Perhaps it was a coincidence that Master Yan was receiving a guest. I was a little surprised to see Fang Ping come to the door on his own initiative, but still welcomed him in warmly.

"It seems I came at the wrong time."

Fang Ping glanced at the alchemist who looked familiar but didn't have much contact with him on weekdays, and said half-jokingly.

If there is no mistake, the other party's name is Tian Sheng, who is also from the master-disciple sect.

Alchemist Yan waved his hand and said: "What do you think of Fellow Daoist Fang? Fellow Daoist Tian and I are just chatting. Fellow Daoist Fang comes just in time. One more person will make things more lively."

"It turns out to be Master Fang Dan!"

Although there was no friendship, for the sake of Master Yan, Tian Sheng still greeted him with a smile.

They said hello to each other and became familiar with each other.

Fang Ping sat down opposite the two of them, poured himself a cup of spiritual tea in a familiar manner, and took the opportunity to ask: "Fang came to the alchemy hall today to deliver the last elixir. But for some reason, the two of them were supposed to The elder of Dantang who came to inspect it has not shown up yet. Do the two fellow Taoists know anything?"

Alchemist Yan and Alchemist Tian looked at each other and said, "Fellow Daoist Tian and I were also wondering about this matter before..."

At this point, he suddenly lowered his voice and whispered to Fang Ping: "There seems to be rumors in the Alchemy Hall that the sect's reserves of some types of elixirs are insufficient."

Fang Ping was immediately shocked, this was no small matter!

He asked: "There are many medicinal gardens in the sect, plus the collection and transfer of patrols from various places, as well as the support from the other four countries of the Immortal Alliance, how could it not be enough without any warning?"

Obviously there was no news about it two months ago!

Alchemist Yan looked solemn and explained: "Although the sect controls a lot of medicine gardens, they cannot withstand this protracted battle between good and evil. Many of the elixirs have been exhausted long ago, and there is no time to save the emergency by replanting."

"As for the support from the patrol envoys and the Immortal Alliance from various places, the task of the patrol envoys has been quite difficult since a few months ago."

"After the golden elixir in the Hidden Sword Tower fell last month, the defense line of Mingyun Immortal City was almost broken in one fell swoop. If Master Tianxie hadn't improved his strength after being injured last time, he had left a Nascent Soul to the garrisoned golden elixir in advance. By any means, Mingyun Immortal City might have been destroyed by then."

"Even so, after that war, the support from Qingguo, Weiguo and other immortal alliance forces began to decrease significantly."

"At the same time, the demon cultivators have stepped up their infiltration and attacks on the medicinal gardens behind the defense line of Mingyun City..."

Pieces of unfavorable news were placed in front of them, causing Alchemist Yan and Alchemist Tian to lament almost at the same time.

"After Tian Xie was injured, his strength actually improved?"

Fang Ping was stunned. This was the first time he heard this news.

Mentioning Master Tian Xie, Master Yan's stern expression finally softened: "Although this matter sounds a bit contrary to common sense, according to the news from the monks sent by my master and apprentice from the front line, it is indeed the case. Some people speculate that Tian Xie is Zhenzhen Xie should have broken through the battle of life and death, and his strength has improved. If this old monster hadn't turned the tide, Mingyun Immortal City would have long..."

To break and then build?

Although this situation is very rare, it is not unprecedented.

To be able to achieve Nascent Soul as a casual cultivator, the old monster Tian Xie must have good understanding, aptitude, and luck. Maybe it is even possible.

There was a piece of good news on the left and right. Fang Ping didn't think too much and brought the topic back to before: "Even if there are so many external factors, at least the sect can still use the reserves in the secret treasury, right?"

After all, the Luoyang Sect is a sect that has been inherited for more than two thousand years and has a profound foundation.

As far as he knew, the sect not only had arrangements such as the inheritance cave, but also had more than one secret vault.

In the past few years of peace, the sect would deposit a batch of resources every few years, including spiritual stones, elixirs, etc., until the secret storage was full.

These secret vaults will not be used easily unless the sect is at a critical moment of life or death.

When Fang Ping was still in the Qi training period, when the sect encountered the depletion of the spirit stone veins, it did not consider using the secret treasury reserves at all, in order to prepare for the current crisis of annihilation, which was rare in hundreds of years.

Seeing Fang Ping mention this matter, Master Yan's eyes flashed with sadness.

After a moment, he didn't even dare to speak directly, but used his magic power to transmit the message: "I suspect that the sect has been secretly transferring resources and preparing to flee south after Mingyun Immortal City is broken... I can confirm that at least one secret The resources in the library became empty overnight and disappeared! "

This guess made Fang Ping's expression suddenly change.

If word spreads, even if it is later proven to be just a rumor, it will be enough to shake the morale of the entire sect and may even cause the entire defense line to collapse immediately.

Seeing that Fang Ping was still able to maintain his composure on the surface, Master Yan nodded secretly and resumed his previous soft voice: "Fang Daoyou, this matter is top secret. Even though you and I are the deacons of the Dan Hall, we are not qualified to know, and we can't produce any solid evidence. But if it gets out, you know the consequences."

"Don't worry, Daoyou Yan! This matter came out of your mouth and entered my ears, and no one else will know."

Fang Ping said seriously.

"Fang Daoyou knows the importance of it."

Master Yan was relieved and never mentioned this matter again. Instead, he began to talk about the difficulties he encountered in the recent alchemy.

In this way, after the three of them chatted for half an hour, the two elders of the Dan Hall finally showed up.

On the surface, the two elders seemed to be fine, as if they were just delayed by some trivial matter. The subsequent acceptance of the alchemy task arranged last time was also normal.

But when arranging a new round of alchemy tasks, Fang Ping's heart sank.

Since the invasion of the Ten Thousand Demons League, the alchemy tasks assigned by the sect to the Dan Hall have become heavier year by year. In the past one or two years, the alchemy apprentices have to try their best and even have difficulty maintaining their practice time to barely complete them.

But this time, among the tasks assigned by the two elders, 30% of the types of elixirs have been reduced to varying degrees!

The lower-level alchemy apprentices did not know the truth, and only thought that the sect had rarely sympathized with them and slightly reduced the tasks, and they were all very happy about it.

Only some of the deacons of the Dan Hall who heard the news in advance knew the real reason for the reduction in alchemy tasks!

There is indeed a big problem with the supply of medicinal materials in the sect!

Even Master Yan's secret guess that the secret library has been moved in advance seems to be not groundless now!

After receiving the latest tasks and medicinal materials and distributing them to the alchemy apprentices below, Fang Ping sighed in his heart and returned to his cave with worry.