Time flies, two or three years have passed.

Lu Changan, who first came to the world of immortal cultivation in Jing Kingdom, practiced in the "Qingshawan Xia Clan" of the Wufu Chamber of Commerce in a low-key and peaceful manner. Apart from his duties of alchemy, he rarely interacted with outsiders.

He stays at the Qiufeng Island Dojo all year round and rarely goes out.

Unknowingly, the monks of the Xia family became accustomed to him, a middle-aged alchemist from a neighboring country who was in the foundation building stage.

Compared with the first one or two years after arriving, the Xia clan's senior officials' vigilance and supervision of Lu Changan have been reduced a lot.

A few months ago, the senior officials of the Xia clan invited Lu Changan to participate in important discussions within the clan.

Lu Changan decisively refused, on the grounds that it had nothing to do with the alchemy duty of signing the spiritual contract.

Lu Changan came to Jing Kingdom to seek a stable training ground, to safely transition to the peak of the later stage of foundation building, and to seek elixir formation.

Lu Changan lacked interest in the internal affairs of the Wufu Chamber of Commerce and the Xia clan.

Moreover, the invitation from the Xia clan's top brass was probably just a test.

"rise!"

On this day, in the alchemy room of Qiufeng Island Mansion, Lu Changan made a secret with his fingers and used the furnace method.

Buzz!

The double-eared copper alchemy furnace in front of him, which was about ten feet tall, had spiritual patterns flashing and exuded a fiery aura. The lid of the cauldron suddenly trembled and was smoothly pushed away by a ray of spiritual cloud.

Accompanied by the strong medicinal fragrance, three crystal-clear purple pills flew out of the heat wave and landed in the palm of Lu Changan's hand.

Lu Changan examined the three elixirs in his hand. Two of them had four lines on the surface, representing the second-level lower-grade elixirs.

The remaining one has three and a half lines and is a poor quality elixir.

Of course, inferior elixirs are not unusable, but they are less effective, have more impurities, and may also contain a certain amount of erysipelas.

"Xiao Ming, please take these three calming pills to the warehouse."

Lu Changan handed the medicine bottle containing the elixir to the square-faced boy with fair complexion dressed as a medicine boy next to him.

Xia Mingcheng was one of the two medicine boys who assisted Lu Changan in refining alchemy.

Alchemy is not only a technical job, but also a continuous physical job.

Many high-quality elixirs cannot be produced in three to five days.

Therefore, the medicine boy who assists in alchemy is indispensable to every professional alchemist.

Only in this way can the alchemist have time to practice without being significantly delayed.

When Lu Changan refines some elixirs that are not too difficult or valuable, he will leave the stable steps and boring time to the medicine boy to take care of them.

In this way, he can save energy, and the medicine boy can also get guidance and training.

"Yes, Master Wu."

Medicine boy Xia Mingcheng took the elixir and left respectfully.

Although Xia Mingcheng is known as a medicine boy, he is actually a first-level middle-grade alchemist and can be regarded as half of Lu Changan's disciples.

In terms of alchemy talent, Xia Mingcheng also surpassed Lu Changan.

"In the past two or three years, the opportunities and experience in alchemy accumulated have surpassed those of the past twenty years of working behind closed doors."

Lu Changan's alchemy skills at this time were much better than before he came to Jing Kingdom.

Many years ago, he became a second-level alchemist.

Due to limited talent, the opportunity to practice was far less than that of a full-time alchemist. After that, his alchemy skills almost stagnated for many years.

When he arrived at the Xia family, Lu Changan had too many opportunities to practice, and the materials were all provided by the Xia family or the Wufu Chamber of Commerce.

The types of refined elixirs are also greater than before.

Under this environment, Lu Changan's alchemy skills finally improved.

It is still difficult to advance to the second-level mid-level, but at least you can feel the progress of your skills.

Lu Changan mainly helps the Xia tribe to make alchemy, and secondly, he does some of the alchemy tasks of Wufu Chamber of Commerce.

In name, Lu Changan is a member of the Wufu Chamber of Commerce, and so is the spiritual contract he signed.

In essence, he is an external monk of the Xia clan.

After all, the dojo, spiritual rice supplies, and remuneration for alchemy required for Lu Changan's cultivation were all provided by the Xia clan.

Moreover, three years ago on the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce's spirit ship, the Xia clan signed a spiritual contract with Lu Changan and paid the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce a sum of spirit stones.

Including purchasing the second-level spiritual contract is also an expense.

"However, most of the alchemy materials provided by the Xia Clan and Wufu Chamber of Commerce are of ordinary types that are not too precious."

For example, the Foundation-Building Pill, a second-level level-breaking elixir, Lu Changan had never refined.

Without corresponding opportunities to practice his skills, it is difficult for Lu Changan to guarantee the success rate and quality of refining such elixirs.

Wufu Merchant has a second-level high-level alchemist with a higher rank. Due to old age and lack of energy, he is mainly responsible for refining important elixirs.

For example, ordinary second-level elixirs can be handed over to Lu Changan or alchemists from other families.

…

Lu Changan walked out of the alchemy room and walked into the quiet garden courtyard.

"Master Wu Dan, this is the information that the young master recently collected from the merchant alliance."

A soft girl's voice came.

Xia Wenyue, who was wearing a plain skirt, had just flown back to Qiu Feng Island. She bowed and handed a jade tube to Lu Changan.

After settling in Qiufeng Island, Lu Changan only had two spots for medicine boys.

Xia Wenyue is another drug boy.

She also serves as a maid, taking care of the mundane affairs on the island, including receiving people and treating guests.

She has been sick since she was a child, has rich pharmacological knowledge, and works as a pharmacist, similar to Ye Fei from Wu Qishan.

Pharmacists focus on pharmacology, including medical and poison skills, but basic alchemy skills are also indispensable, but they are not as specialized as alchemists.

"Well, you go down and rest first."

Lu Changan took the jade tube and glanced at the pale, panting Xia girl.

Just flying a certain distance within the clan seemed difficult.

Two or three years after Lu Changan settled in Qiufeng Island, Xia Wenyue has always had a sickly pale face, with light smoke hanging between her brows, giving people a sense of melancholy.

Even though she is physically weak, Xia Wenyue's appearance and temperament are unparalleled in the Xia family.

In order to stay on Qiufeng Island, Xia Wenyue was willing to become a maid.

In addition to assisting in alchemy, he also has to take care of many things on the island, including serving tea and water, doing odd jobs and running errands.

Unfortunately, this woman is physically weak and has weak magical power, so she can't bear it.

One time, Xia Wenyue fainted while working on the island.

Lu Changan saw that this woman was a hard-working woman with a non-deviant temperament, so he had a good impression of her.

During a chat in a good mood, Lu Changan kindly mentioned:

"Xiaoyue, you are cold and weak, and you seem to have some root cause of the disease. Wu has some experience in medicine, so I can help you take a look."

Lu Changan's suggestion was not only partly out of good intentions, but also out of curiosity.

After searching with his spiritual consciousness, he could not find the root cause of Xia Wenyue's illness.

He couldn't help but wonder if this woman had a special physique.

That requires magic contact and in-depth examination inside the body.

Unexpectedly, Lu Changan's kindness was rejected by the girl.

"Thank you Master Wu for your kindness. The little girl's illness was brought from her mother's womb. My mother had a third-level pharmacist see her before her death, but she couldn't get a radical cure. She could only use medicine to stabilize the cold air and barely maintain her practice."

"Wen Yue has been satisfied with these years and has no more extravagant expectations."

At that time, Xia Wenyue took a look at the middle-aged man with a round face, yellow beard and a slightly oily face, and politely declined the offer.

Naturally, Lu Changan would not put his hot face on his cold butt.

Even though I was a little curious and felt a little strange, I never mentioned this topic again.

He estimated that if it were Lu Changan's original appearance, the result might be different.

Lu Changan disguises himself as a Baihuan mask and inherits the appearance and temperament of others. His image is not ugly or vulgar, but has a bit of the greasiness of a middle-aged man.

…

"In the Liang Kingdom's Immortal Cultivation World, a quarter of the spiritual vein dojos were captured by the Jinyang Sect camp? Now, more Liang Kingdom monks have fled to the neutral Jing Kingdom..."

Back in the room, Lu Changan checked the intelligence information in the jade tube.

In the two or three years since he settled on Qiu Feng Island, although he didn't go out much, he still paid attention to the Liang Kingdom's cultivation war.

The Jingguo Commercial Alliance has a wide range of information channels. The monks of the Wufu Chamber of Commerce go to Liangguo once or twice every year.

Lu Changan asked Xia Mingqu, the young master of the Xia tribe, to bring him war information about the immortal world of Liang Kingdom.

At the same time, he wanted to know if the news about the ancient ruins had been leaked.

Lu Changan couldn't ask directly, so he made an excuse, saying that he was concerned about the situation around Huanglong Fairy City and asked Wufu Chamber of Commerce to help pay attention to it.

"There is still no news about the ancient ruins. We can be sure that at least the news about the ruins has not been leaked on a large scale."

"Shi Xianzi has become a third-level formation master for several years, and she is still safe and sound. Before she left the ruins, she should have dealt with everything and not exposed the core secret..."

Lu Changan came to a basic conclusion.
To be continued...