Li Shiyin flew out of the Deacon Hall, circled along the main peak, and arrived in front of the Shangshi Hall.
She saw Qin Ran standing at the entrance of Shangshi Hall in mid-air, so she landed directly behind Qin Ran and skipped over to him.
"Master, are you waiting for me?" she asked with a smile.
Qin Ran heard this and turned around to see Li Shiyin. He didn't admit it. He would never say that he was afraid that she couldn't find anyone, so he came to the door to wait for her. He just said, "I just arrived, and they are still preparing the herbs."
Daojianmen would collect a certain amount of elixirs from Danfeng on the 15th of every month. At the same time, at the beginning of every month, they would provide Danfeng with medicinal materials for refining elixirs.
Li Shiyin came to collect her monthly payment today, and Qin Ran came along to collect the medicinal herbs as well.
“You’re really slow.” Li Shiyin pouted. She thought about the monthly payment again and complained to Qin Ran, “Master! I just went to collect the monthly payment and they said I could have received it last month!! I could have received it last month… but you didn’t! Know! You caused me to lose a month’s monthly payment, did you know that?!”
"Really?" You can receive monthly payment on the day you join Daojian Sect? Qin Ran just found out about this and couldn't help asking, "How many spirit stones can you get?"
“Five hundred!!” Li Shiyin stretched out a hand, spread out five slender and neat fingers, and gestured to Qin Ran angrily.
Qin Ran nodded and said, "That's really amazing."
Daojianmen has its own spiritual mineral veins, and the amount of spiritual stones distributed to disciples is relatively large.
"And some elixirs..." Li Shiyin said, and then thought of something else, "Master, why don't you collect your monthly payment? How many spirit stones do you have in your monthly payment?"
"I don't like spirit stones." Qin Ran said.
“… You’re lying.” Li Shiyin saw through it immediately. She took out a bottle of pills from her Qiankun bag and handed it to Qin Ran. “Master, is this the pill you made?”
Qin Ran took it, opened the jade seal and looked at it, then shook his head and said, "Where did you get it? This is just above the lower grade, the quality is very poor."
"It's the monthly installment!" Li Shiyin said.
"Monthly payment?" Qin Ran was stunned, looking at the bottle of pills in his hand and fell into deep thought.
"Master? Master! Master!"
Li Shiyin called him several times before waking him up.
"Master, what's wrong with you? Is there something wrong with this pill?" Li Shiyin asked.
“Hmm…” Qin Ran groaned, “In the future, be careful not to eat the pills distributed by the sect.”
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Jian Yuanjie came out of the Shangshi Hall holding a makeshift Qiankun bag. He handed the bag to Qin Ran and said, "Check it."
He looked at Li Shiyin next to him. Li Shiyin was wearing white clothes and holding a sword. She was really eye-catching. He remembered how Li Shiyin looked in the mud pit before. The contrast made her even more stunning. He couldn't help but praise, "What a pretty girl."
"Thank you!" Li Shiyin smiled politely.
Qin Ran looked at Jian Yuanjie meaningfully, but did not speak. He opened the Qiankun bag and checked the herbs inside. Then he closed the bag with a calm expression and asked Jian Yuanjie, "Has nothing happened to the sect recently? We went out a few days ago."
"No!" Jian Yuanjie laughed, "It's just that the monsters have been a little irritable recently. Disciples who go out should be more careful. It's not a big deal."
"The monsters are all so violent, there must be a reason, right?" Qin Ran asked, "Did the higher-ups say that?"
Jian Yuanjie shook his head and said, "They are all animals. It is hard to change their wild nature. It is also the breeding season in spring and summer, so it is normal for them to be irritable."
“That’s right…” Qin Ran nodded without saying much. Then he asked casually as if chatting, “These herbs were purchased from Zhishen Valley, right?”
"Yes!" Jian Yuanjie nodded. "Is there any problem? Is the quality wrong?"
“No…” Qin Ran said, “I’m just asking.”
After he finished speaking, he hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Brother Jian, although you haven't learned alchemy, I am far inferior to you in terms of knowledge of medicinal materials and elixirs. I have always wanted to find an opportunity to learn from you... Why don't you take me with you next time you go to Zhishen Valley to purchase medicinal materials? It will be a good opportunity for me to experience the trading of bulk medicinal materials firsthand."
"Hi!" Jian Yuanjie patted Qin Ran on the shoulder and said with a smile, "You are an alchemist. How can my shallow knowledge compare with your professionalism? Purchasing medicinal materials is a businessman's theory. It is too vulgar and not conducive to cultivation. It is a waste of time for you to go with him. You might as well calm down and study the elixir... or make the most of the time to improve your cultivation. It is time for you to form an elixir."
“Is that so? Yes…” Qin Ran laughed and nodded, “Okay then, I’ll just focus on studying the elixir. I’ll leave the business of buying and selling medicinal materials to you, Senior Brother.”
After a few more pleasantries, Qin Ran took Li Shiyin to say goodbye to Jian Yuanjie and left.
Jian Yuanjie stood there and watched Qin Ran walk away. He looked at Qin Ran's back and the smile on his face disappeared little by little.
After walking out of the Shangshi Hall, Qin Ran's face, which had been smiling slightly, suddenly became gloomy, and his eyes flashed with deep thought.
"division…
"...Master..." Li Shiyin was terrified. Qin Ran's ability to change his face at the speed of light was truly terrifying. She hurriedly asked, "What happened?"
Qin Ran looked at Li Shiyin, shook his head with a serious face, and said, "Nothing!"
How could he be okay in this state? It’s just that he couldn’t tell Li Shiyin about this.
Daojian Sect is one of the five major sects in Northern Chu State. In terms of combat power alone, it is one of the best among the five sects. Although the comprehensive strength and prestige of Zhishengu Sect are higher than other sects, if we only talk about fighting, Zhishengu Sect ranks last among the five major sects.
So, when Daojianmen and Zhishengu, a sect of this size, were trading pills, Zhishengu should not, could not, and dared not do anything. Although in private, the disciples of Zhishengu liked to sell inferior pills in Daojianmen, but openly, between sects, this kind of thing could not be done.
But now, this kind of thing has happened, and it has been done blatantly and extremely arrogantly.
Among the sects, the elixirs that Zhishengu sold to Daojianmen were of at least medium quality... If Zhishengu did not have so many medium-quality elixirs at that time, then at least a certain amount of medium-quality elixirs should be guaranteed to be distributed to the inner sect disciples and direct disciples.
In other words, no matter what, the pills received by the disciples must be of medium quality.
However, the pills in the monthly payment that Li Shiyin received as a direct disciple were of inferior quality.
In addition, Qin Ran discovered that the quality of the medicinal materials had also slightly declined. Fluctuations in the quality of medicinal materials were common, but after seeing the pills that Li Shiyin received, Qin Ran realized that the quality of the medicinal materials had declined more than once or twice, but the amount of decline each time was very small, so he didn't notice it.
There is a conspiracy, a scheme targeting Daojianmen and the new disciples of Daojianmen. There is a traitor in the scheme and it is looming over Daojianmen.
But what could Qin Ran do? Even if he knew there was a trap, he had no power to change it!
Kieran shook his head.
No, no, it's not what he can do, he is just a small cultivator in the foundation building stage. What can he do? All he has to do is to survive...
"No!" Qin Ran stopped suddenly while walking. His face changed drastically and he looked horrified.
Because he suddenly realized...
If there really is such a conspiracy targeting Daojianmen and related to elixirs, then the first step of this conspiracy should be to eliminate the alchemist of Daojianmen.
And he is the only alchemist in Daojian Sect!