An alchemy furnace fell from the sky

"An ordinary horse thief will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver. If you capture the thief's head, you will be rewarded with 8,000 silver!" Ji Changhe's voice trembled slightly. For the Ji family, the destruction of the horse thief's lair means that the Ji family no longer has to destroy their own family. Sending flesh and blood into the tiger's mouth is not something that can be measured in gold or silver.

"Brother, don't listen to his nonsense. How could he defeat so many horse thieves!" Ji Qingrou said softly on the side. She didn't believe Xu Fu's words.

"Brother Xu is brave and brave, Chang He admires him!" Although Ji Changhe didn't believe that Xu Fu could defeat so many horse thieves with one against a hundred, but the facts were in front of him, and he had to believe it even if he didn't believe it.

When Ji Qingrou heard the words, she snorted, her face a little disappointed, and she didn't feel lucky to have escaped from the tiger's mouth. Instead, she felt a little empty, and then she walked towards the thatched cottages on her own.

Ji Changhe was worried about his sister's safety and hurriedly followed him. The two searched the residence and found no other horse thieves before they went down the mountain with Xu Fu.

As soon as the three of them arrived at the foot of the mountain, they saw Ji Jian coming on horseback. Behind him were dozens of young men armed with weapons, all riding fast horses. Seeing that his children were safe and sound, Ji Jian let go of the huge stone in his heart, breathed a heavy sigh of relief, and then hurried over to find out what was going on. Ji Changhe told Ji Jian the whole story.

"Ji Jiayong is grateful to Mr. Xu for his great kindness!" Ji Jian said and knelt down on one knee and gave a big salute, which shocked Xu Fu.

"Uncle, you don't have to be so polite." Xu Fu hurriedly avoided the side, and his panicked look made Ji Qingrou disdainful.

Ji Jian stood up slowly after bowing, and then arranged for the young men who were accompanying him to go up the mountain to watch the bound horse thief, and then arranged for one person to return to the town before calling for others.

Xu Fu was welcomed back to Ji's house by Ji Jian. He first found a locksmith to unchain Xu Fu's hands, and then personally sent him to his upper room to rest. Then he hurried out. Exterminating the horse thieves was a big deal, and there were still many things to do in the town. He went to make up his mind.

As an honored guest of the Ji family, Xu Fu could live the life of a wealthy family that he had always dreamed of. He could reach out for clothes, open his mouth for food, and have someone to take care of him when he took a bath. This made Xu Fu, who was used to living a hard life, still not used to it.

After taking a nice hot bath, Xu Fu ate some fruit snacks, dismissed the maid who was serving him, took out the two secret books and started reading.

"The words written in the book are not yours, but the words written in your heart are!" Xu Fu has been taught this by his teacher since the first day he went to private school, which also made Xu Fu develop the habit of endorsing books. It's a pity that the books are all collected by wealthy people. As a child from a poor family, how could he have the money to buy books? Xu Fu only saw a few books from his husband.

Now that he has obtained these two secret books, although they are already in his pocket, they may be lost at any time. Xu Fu is not willing to take this risk and feels that it is safer to carry them on his back. Even the difficult-to-understand prescription, Xu Fu kept it in mind word for word. His husband often said, "There is no need to overwhelm oneself with too many skills." Xu Fu also felt that it is always good to learn more.

Xu Fu doesn’t have a photographic memory, but if he calms down and reads it slowly three or five times, he can almost remember it. Xu Fu was famous for his good memory when he was studying in private school. Now he has no worries about food and clothing, and no distractions. He can memorize these two thin books. The secrets are really a piece of cake.

After memorizing the book, Xu Fu saw that it was still early, so he ran to the yard in front of the house, thinking about the essentials of Juechen footwork, and started practicing on his own. The first half of this step teaches how to use spiritual power to open up the meridians on the legs and feet, which Xu Fu couldn't do yet. The second half is about footwork training methods and some force-generating techniques. You can practice this first, but this footwork pays more attention to speed. There are not many tossing and jumping moves. The main focus is on how to move quickly.

The footwork is not complicated to practice, and Xu Fu can walk in style without much effort.

"it is good!"

A cheer came from behind. Xu Fu stopped and turned around to see Ji Changhe standing at the entrance of the courtyard, looking at him with a smile on his face.

"Brother Xu is so diligent, no wonder he can kill the horse thieves by himself!" Ji Changhe's praise of Xu Fu made Xu Fu blush.

"Are you done? I have something to ask you!" Xu Fu was thinking about something when he endorsed it. When he saw Ji Changhe coming, he asked quickly.

"A total of 121 horse thieves have been captured, and the reward may have to wait for another two days." Ji Changhe smiled and said: "Such a large number needs to be raised."

"It's easy to talk about." Xu Fu was naturally elated when he heard that he had earned more than 10,000 taels of silver.

"There is another thing my father asked me to ask. When we counted the horse thieves, we did not find the leader of the horse thieves, Zhu Sandao. I wonder if Brother Xu has seen him?" Ji Changhe asked.

"I've seen it before, but he ran away while I was sleeping." Xu Fu didn't expect that Zhu Sandao was so valuable, let alone that he would run away while he was sleeping. But if he didn't run away, judging from today's situation , I guess I can’t run away even if I want to.

"What a pity." Ji Changhe sighed, chatted with Xu Fu for a few more words, and was about to take his leave and return to work.

"Wait, please buy me some medicinal materials." Xu Fu hurriedly called Ji Changhe, and then told him all the medicinal materials needed. Ji Changhe hurriedly asked the boys around him to remember it.

"I wonder how much Brother Xu wants?"

"Let's start with two kilograms of each."

Ji Changhe was also surprised by Xu Fu's boldness. These medicinal materials were not cheap, but considering that Xu Fu had a reward of ten thousand taels of silver, there was no need to worry about the cost.

After making arrangements, Ji Changhe left the courtyard, leaving Xu Fu there to continue studying the Juechen footwork.

Xu Fu continued practicing until the sun was almost setting. A maid came over to invite Xu Fu to a banquet, and Xu Fu stopped. After washing his face, he followed the maid until he walked to a very spacious open space in the middle of the town.

At some point, many tables and chairs had been neatly placed in this open space, surrounding a bonfire in the middle. There were wine sets and cakes on the table, and it was already full of people. A skinned pony was roasted on the bonfire, and the fat dripped into the fire and splashed with sparks.

After all, Xu Fu was young and loved to have fun. After sitting down, he stuffed cakes into his mouth and looked around at the old and young people chatting in the open space. Judging by their clothes, they must be rich people.

Not long after, Ji Jian and Ji Changhe's father and son also arrived. All the guests stood up one after another. The Ji family's father and son returned the greetings with smiles. The scene was peaceful. After everyone sat down again, Ji Jian cleared his throat and began to speak.

"Thank you for your honor and coming to Changle Town to participate in this horse slaughtering meeting..."

After listening to Ji Jian's words, Xu Fu understood the purpose of today's gathering. It was said to be a horse slaughtering meeting. What was being slaughtered was not the roasted horse, but the one hundred and twenty-one Horse Thief Mountain horse thieves.

"Mr. Xu has done a great job in destroying the lair of horse thieves."

When Xu Fu saw everyone looking at him, he had no choice but to smile and nod to everyone.

"So I propose that Mr. Xu should do the first stab."

After Ji Jian finished speaking, a servant carried a large wooden tray, cut off a horse leg, and held it to Xu Fu.

When Xu Fu saw the roasted horse leg on the plate, he thanked him, took the plate directly, grabbed the horse leg and took a bite.

Everyone was stunned.

The servant was clever, and he immediately got up and cut off a new horse leg and brought it to the others.

This was Xu Fu's first time eating horse meat. He thought it tasted a bit like beef, but it had a strange fishy smell. This horse leg is roasted very well. It is very enjoyable to eat the whole leg.

While eating the horse leg, Xu Fu glanced at the other guests and found that the others took the knives on the wooden plate, cut off a small piece and put it on the plate in front of him. After turning a horse leg around, there was still something left. No wonder just now The group of people were stunned.

"Fortunately, I'm here." Xu Fu didn't feel embarrassed at all, thinking that if it weren't for him, most of such a big roasted horse would be left.

"If you don't want to eat, I will." Xu Fu didn't care what others thought of him, and ate big mouthfuls. After a while, he had almost eaten a whole horse leg.

"Cut another horse leg for Mr. Xu." Seeing that Xu Fu had finished eating, Ji Jian hurriedly ordered the servant to cut it again. He was also surprised at Xu Fu's appetite and couldn't help but secretly said that he was surprised.

"Let's start today's topic, bring it up!" Ji Jian said loudly. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw two servants dragging a horse thief to the fire. Against the firelight, the horse thief's face was clearly visible.

"The bottom price is a hundred taels of silver. I wonder who wants to kill this horse?" Jiang Bo had been standing behind Ji Jian before. When he saw the horse thief pushing up, he came to the fire and started selling it, as if he was selling an animal.

"I'll pay you one hundred and twenty taels! This horse thief and I have a sworn hatred!" A man in the corner stood up and shouted.

"I will pay you one hundred and fifty taels. If this thief insults my beloved concubine, I will kill him with a thousand knives!"

"I'll pay one hundred and sixty taels."

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A faint smile appeared on Ji Jian's face. This situation was as expected. This group of horse thieves had been doing evil for many years, and they had few lives on their hands. The wealthy families nearby were frequent visitors to them. Naturally, these people were interested in this group of thieves. The horse thieves hated the horse thieves so much that they were holding a horse slaughtering conference. Eighty-nine percent of the big families from the nearby villages and towns came. In this way, not only could they make a lot of money, but they could also improve the prestige of the Ji family. It was really like killing two birds with one stone. Buy and sell.

Just as he was thinking about it, one person had the last laugh with a high price of three hundred and forty taels of silver. The man was so happy that he immediately picked up a wooden stick and came to the field. He beat the horse thief with a stick in his mouth. He was so numb that he couldn't even scream, so he whined a few times and then fainted.

The man gave him a good beating, and finally, with a slight trembling, he took out a wrist-breaking knife and stabbed it into the chest of the horse thief.

The horse thief was dead, and someone immediately came forward and dragged him away. Another horse thief was dragged along, and the second round of bidding began.

Seeing the scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere, Xu Fu felt extremely uncomfortable in his stomach. He picked up the horse's legs and left the table, heading towards the Ji Mansion.

"Brother Xu, wait for me."

Xu Fu had just walked a short distance when he heard someone shouting behind him. When he turned around, it was Ji Changhe.

"Why did you come out?" Xu Fu asked.

"Although these horse thieves deserved their death, I still can't see them acting like this." Ji Changhe said sarcastically.

"This conference seems to be organized by your Ji family, right?" Xu Fu wondered what Ji Changhe was thinking.

"I'm not as decisive as my father."

"Decisive? I think he is cruel."

"This is understandable. To put it bluntly, if a close relative of Brother Xu was killed by a horse thief, what would Brother Xu do?"

This question stopped Xu Fu. He couldn't stand the cruelty of those people just now, but if his grandma was harmed by a horse thief, how could he let it go? Now that he is just a spectator, naturally he can stand and talk without pain.

Seeing that Xu Fu was speechless, Ji Changhe continued: "I couldn't bear it at first, but then I thought that if it weren't for Brother Xu, my sister-in-law would have been humiliated by this group of people. In this case, I didn't think there was anything wrong with what my father did. ”

"That's right." Xu Fu chewed on the horse leg and said with a smile: "Kill to pay for life, debt to pay for money, it is only natural and right."

The two walked and talked together, and Ji Changhe was a little dumbfounded when he learned that the reason Xu Fu bought medicinal materials was to make elixirs.

"Refining alchemy is not an easy task!" Ji Changhe sighed: "If elixirs were easy to come by, how could this alchemist be so respected, and top-grade elixirs wouldn't have to be sold more expensive than gold. I study at Shao Shopping Mall I have been studying for a few years, so I know a little about alchemy."

"Tell me something quickly." Xu Fu's interest was aroused. He used a knife to pick out the muscles at the joints while urging Ji Changhe to speak quickly. The knife was brought along with the horse's leg. When Xu Fu took the horse's leg, he took it away together. The knife was quite sharp and very useful for cutting meat.

"This elixir is also divided into three, six or nine grades, from grade one to grade nine, and they are all different. The alchemist is also named after this. If he can refine several grades of pills, he can be said to be an alchemist of several grades. There is a famous alchemist, but unfortunately I never got to meet him." When Ji Changhe talked about alchemy, his eyes were filled with fascination.

"What's so difficult about refining alchemy?" Xu Fu asked with concern.

"If you want to make alchemy, you must meet five conditions, furnace, spirit, fire, method, and prescription." Looking at Xu Fu's confused eyes, Ji Changhe did not give in and continued: "The furnace is an alchemy furnace..."

"Alchemy furnace?" When Xu Fu heard these three words, he couldn't help but interrupted Ji Changhe, and his hand unconsciously touched his chest.

"Yes, the alchemy furnace. It is said that the better the quality of the alchemy furnace, the better the elixirs produced." Ji Changhe said to himself, not paying much attention to Xu Fu's reaction.

"Lingbian is the spiritual object needed for alchemy. Most of them use some spiritual flowers and spiritual grass, but I heard that spiritual animals and spiritual stones are also used to refine it. Fire is the spiritual fire used for alchemy. Spiritual fire is different from ordinary firewood, but it can't be used in the city." There are some for sale here, and the prices are quite high. The method is the method of refining alchemy, and the prescription is also the elixir prescription."

"What is the method of alchemy?" Xu Fu asked again. It was rare to meet someone who understood, so he realized the difficulty of alchemy. It was ridiculous that he thought that alchemy was similar to cooking.

"This technique is the key to becoming an alchemist. If you want to become an alchemist, you must first become a monk. Most of the techniques are inherited in an orderly manner. Not to mention the middle and high-grade techniques, even the low-grade techniques are very rare. It is precisely because of becoming an alchemist. The master's conditions are so harsh, that's why I said refining alchemy is not easy." Ji Changhe said with emotion.

"You know quite a lot." Xu Fu said with a smile. He was not too disappointed because he couldn't make elixirs. At worst, he could just pay an alchemist to help him make body strengthening elixirs in the future.

"I'm not talented. I have determined to become an alchemist since I was a child, but unfortunately my talent is dull." Ji Changhe looked a little sad.

At this point, the two of them had arrived at the door of Ji's house, and Xu Fu had just finished chewing the horse's leg in his hand. The two said goodbye, and Xu Fu returned to his residence.

Lying on the comfortable bed, Xu Fu didn't fall asleep for a long time. He fumbled with the small alchemy furnace and thought for a long time about the future path...