I just want to be a quiet man

Different from the space where Si Honglun Mountain is located, this secret room at this moment is only the size of an ordinary room.

There are only a dozen night pearls sporadically inlaid on the top of the head, emitting bright but soft light, illuminating every detail in the room.

Zhou Miaoli's eyes were slightly closed, and she was sitting on the futon, with mana surging all over her body. From time to time, accompanied by strange cries, there was a flash of blood.

She is practicing 【Swallowing Soul and Melting Life】.

This technique is not difficult for him.

After some research, at this moment, he has already cultivated in sevens and eighties.

In the lingering light of blood, one can see the plain face of a female cultivator in white, with a long red gold hairpin on top of her bun, which is the only decoration, which looks more like a hibiscus, a natural decoration.

This long hairpin is the magic weapon that Si Hongshi specially prepared for her for this mission. It has the same effect as [Blood Without Face], it can change appearance and hide heels.

For a moment, she slowly recuperated, and the screams of blood all around disappeared in an instant.

Zhou Miaoli opened her eyes, swept over her consciousness, and immediately commanded in a deep voice: "Come in!"

The door not far away was immediately pushed open, and an elderly man in a brocade robe walked in cautiously. He was not tall and had a simple and honest face, giving him an honest and reliable feeling.

He bowed and said, "Subordinate Fan Dechang, I have seen..."

"No need to be like this." Zhou Miaoli frowned when she saw his respectful expression, and interrupted in a deep voice, "Next, you and I need to play the role of father and daughter. You are Fan Dechang, a native of Meiyang City, who is good at merchants. He is quite wealthy, and he can be considered a respectable person in the county."

"I am your only beloved daughter Fan Jusong!"

While speaking, Zhou Miaoli's original disguise changed again. Soon, her figure quietly adjusted, and her face changed from cold and beautiful to charming and charming.

Crescent eyebrows and almond eyes, pink face and peach cheeks, double snail buns are tied with multicolored silk ribbons, and two feet long tassels hang down, making it more lively and pretty.

Even the undecorated white clothes on his body were replaced by a short skirt embroidered with twigs and flowers on a cinnabar bottom, a crimson ivory white skirt, and a wide-sleeved cardigan with a pine green bottom and gold lace flowers , the waist is wrapped with beads and jade, and the attire is gorgeous.

Zhou Miaoli continued indifferently, "The real Fan Jusong has returned to the Holy Sect. When you cooperate with me to complete this task, your father and daughter will naturally be able to reunite in the Sacred Sect."

"From now on, you are my father and I am your only daughter."

"Is there any father who speaks to his daughter with such respect and fear?"

Fan Dechang hurriedly said: "Yes!"

He originally wanted to bow down to answer, but was stopped by Zhou Miaoli's eyes. He subconsciously straightened his back, took out a jade slip, and said in as normal a tone as possible: "This is before today, in Meiyang City. All the rosters of alchemists who came to participate in the alchemy ceremony have been checked repeatedly and confirmed to be true."

Zhou Miaoli nodded and took the jade slip to check.

According to Si Hong's understanding, there are about 300 ninth-rank alchemists in Meiyang City at the moment.

Most of them are alchemists cultivated by the dynasty themselves, and the smaller half are casual cultivators from outside;

As for the eighth-rank alchemists, the number dropped sharply to more than 50 people, most of them were students of the county college, and the number of casual practitioners was very small;

At the level of the seventh-rank alchemist, the number of people dropped sharply again, to only a dozen people.

There are only three casual cultivators, namely Xie Chang from Jiuyi Mountain, who is at the alchemy stage; Qi Qiongwu, who is from Suzhentian, and who is at the alchemy stage; The next Pang Rong, the peak cultivation level in the late foundation establishment period.

These three, although their faces still look youthful, are actually around 80 or [-] years old.

There are eight sixth-rank alchemists, all of whom are local alchemists from Liugai Dynasty Academy.

As for the fifth-rank alchemists, there are only two of them.

One is Nan Gongsu, the chief alchemist of Anmin in Meiyang City; the other is Xun Wuyang, the alchemy master who spent a lot of money to hire the best academy in the county city, Meiyang Academy last year.

These two, the grandfather of the former, was a high-ranking member of the household department, and he was born in a noble family. When he was young, he was found to have outstanding alchemy talent. Under the arrangement of the family, he was a teacher of a certain imperial dynasty. Gaotu.With Nangong Su's background and alchemy attainments, the reason to sit in Anmin in Meiyang City is to accumulate prestige and qualifications.

In the future, sooner or later, he will be admitted to the Imperial Hospital to serve the center.

Even if one's attainments in alchemy reach a higher level, it is not impossible to imitate his teacher and worship for the imperial court.

And Xun Wuyang is a typical proud son of a poor family.

He was born in an ordinary family in a small town in the imperial dynasty, and within three generations of his family, there had not even been a monk.His own cultivation talent is also very mediocre, but he was discovered to have excellent alchemy aptitude in the Children's Enlightenment School opened by the imperial dynasty.

Funded by the public treasury of Xiaocheng, it was cultivated all the way into the best Yulin Academy in the dynasty.

He finally graduated with the grades of Yulin Academy as the leader of alchemy. After many colleges competed, he was finally attracted by the many favorable conditions offered by Meiyang Academy and chose to come to work in the local area.

Although these two already have official positions in the dynasty, but because they are not yet a hundred years old, in order to make their resumes more glamorous, they will definitely not let go of the opportunity to participate in the alchemy ceremony and win the ranking.

And judging from their experience, it is obvious that these two are rivals of Dadian!

On top of these two people, there is a fourth-rank alchemist who is also the most skilled alchemist in Meiyang County. His name is Tu He, and he is the examiner of this county examination.

After reading it, Zhou Miaoli pondered slightly.

Seeing this, Fan Dechang quickly added: "The county examination has not yet started, and there are still few alchemists in the county. Moreover, a few days ago, the imperial court temporarily changed the rules of the alchemy ceremony, and a considerable number of alchemists above the fifth rank have already arrived. The county town, but was temporarily transferred to other counties to be the examiners of auditions and government examinations, and it will be difficult to arrive in the near future."

"After a while, there will definitely be more suitable targets."

"There are too few targets right now, and even if there are suitable ones, they are always protected by the monks of the imperial dynasty."

"Wait until the county test is approaching, and when alchemists gather in the county, it will be easier to cover up."

Hearing this, Zhou Miaoli nodded, and immediately said: "I don't know anything about alchemy, so even if the alchemist's memory and alchemy experience are deprived of the alchemist's memory and alchemy experience with the [Soul Swallowing and Life Melting Technique], I have never touched the alchemy furnace. I'm afraid it's just watching from the other side, once you get started with the operation, it's easy to show flaws."

"So, find me another real alchemist and teach me some general skills and tricks."

Fan Dechang hurriedly said: "Yes!"

Seeing Zhou Miaoli looking at him, he quickly changed his words, "Okay."

Chapter 162: Alchemy Fair.

The capital of Meiyang City County.

Accompanied by Shi Wanli, Pei Ling inspected the jade pendant as a fifth-rank alchemist at the door, as well as the jade certificate for entering the county examination, and was quickly approved by Tong.

After entering, through the heavily guarded narrow and long corridor, they arrived at an office flower hall.

In the flower hall, a middle-aged female cultivator with a stern expression, checked his series of identity certificates again with a blank face, then nodded slightly, and said: "The imperial court regulations, the county capital will obtain the county examination qualifications for all The alchemist who provides the alchemy cave."

"Master Wang came early, and now the cave is mostly vacant, so you can choose a place at will as a place to stay."

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and a translucent sand table suddenly appeared in front of him. In the sand table, surrounded by mountains and rivers, among the lush forests, dozens of caves with different shapes were loomingly distributed.

Among them, only a handful of two are dimmed, and the others are glowing faintly.

The middle-aged female cultivator introduced, "You can choose any of the illuminated caves."

Pei Ling observed carefully, and chose a relatively remote one, slightly far from other caves.

After the middle-aged female cultivator confirmed it with him, she gave him a finger-sized colored glaze, entered several formulas, and then handed it to Pei Ling: "This is the opening of the cave. Please keep it safe, alchemist."

"If it is lost or damaged, it must be explained in time."

"Otherwise, if there is a difference in the cave formation, I'm afraid it will delay the matter of the alchemist."

Another phoenix bird with colorful feathers was summoned to lead Pei Ling to the cave.

The cave prepared by the county city for the alchemists is actually next to the county capital. Considering that when the guards outside the county capital are patrolling, this cave is also included. Obviously, this layout must be for convenience The county capital protects the alchemists.

The phoenix bird obviously has a lot of experience in leading the way for the human race. The colorful feathers are flying lightly, and the human race can keep up with them if they walk slowly.There is even leisure to enjoy the scenery of the counties and cities along the way that spent a lot of manpower and material resources on masonry.

Shi Wanli is no stranger to this place. He pointed out along the way and introduced it to Pei Ling. All in all, this alchemist's cave was created by simulating various scenes in Meiyang City. Apart from the aesthetic feeling, it also took into account the variety of aliens preferences and habits.

Therefore, it can be said that the scenery is changing every step of the way, and the ingenuity is everywhere.

After a long while, the phoenix bird perched on a branch in front of a cave and uttered a clear and melodious cry, indicating that the place had arrived.

Pei Ling nodded slightly at it, and opened the gate of the cave with Ruyi. After entering, he saw that it was an exquisite hut with a very spacious yard at the front and back.

It was built on a cliff, next to a waterfall, pouring down like white water, a lot of water vapor, and even rushed directly to the roof of the hut, so that the original golden thatch grew a lot of moss, looking simple and natural.

Although the exterior is simple, the interior is extremely luxurious.

Especially in the specially equipped alchemy room, the runes are densely packed, almost overlapping several layers, and the protection is extremely in place.

Here, security has been quite guaranteed.

Shi Wanli didn't have to follow each other step by step, he walked around around with Pei Ling, and then left.

As a member of the Cicada Tower, even if he has no private property in the county, he doesn't have to worry about finding a place to live.

And after Pei Ling sent him away, he inspected it by himself, and found nothing wrong, so he spit out both the poison pill and the poison pill in his body, and then practiced [Que Yan Method] by himself without the system trusteeship. .

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

This morning, just after Pei Ling finished his training, he noticed someone from outside the cave to visit.

He remembered the alchemy trade fair, immediately made some preparations, and walked out.

Sure enough, as soon as he left the door, Shi Wanli came up to him and said, "Master, the Alchemy Fair starts today. If Master has nothing else to do, we can start now."

Pei Ling nodded and said, "Let's go!"

After leaving the area where the cave is located, as soon as we got to the street, we found that the number of monk patrols had increased significantly.

Moreover, in the county town, the already heavily guarded atmosphere has been improved to a higher level.

As if aware of Pei Ling's doubts, Shi Wanli explained in a low voice: "Master, the city has turned the whole city upside down, and although some people with ulterior motives were indeed found out, none of the people who broke into the city lord's mansion that day were found." Moxiu."

"So I suspect that the other party has escaped from the city."

"This matter was reported to the county city. The county city was worried that its next purpose would be the government examination and even the county examination. Therefore, many soldiers who had been resting for the night were recalled overnight to strengthen the defense."

"At present, anyone who wants to enter or leave the county needs to conduct a more stringent investigation. Once the traces of the magic cultivator are found, they will be killed!"

Pei Ling's eyes twitched.

How can there be any magical repairs for the government examination and the county examination?

Right now, the whole city is on guard, it can only be said that it is a waste of time...

Thinking of this, he was about to change the subject when he saw a group of patrolling monks passing by. With falcon-like gazes, he immediately stopped in front of the two of them and said in a deep voice, "Both of you, please take out your identity certificates." View."

When the head monk was speaking, the companions behind him all pressed the handle of the knife with expressionless faces.

Shi Wanli hurriedly took out the token of the owner of the Cicada Building, while Pei Ling took out the jade pendant of the fifth-rank alchemist.

The team of monks checked it carefully, confirmed that it was not a fake, and nodded slightly: "Offended."

So he waved his hand and let him go.

Shi Wanli put away the badge, and took advantage of the situation to promote the dynasty's peaceful life and work: "Master Wang, don't worry, the county is so heavily guarded, and if the demon cultivators don't come, it's all right. Once they come, they will definitely be unable to escape!"

"Besides, there are soldiers searching every inch outside the city. As long as he is still in our court, he will surely die!"

Pei Ling gave a dry laugh, and hurriedly said, "Which way should the trade fair go?"

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In the south of the city, there is a very quiet garden from the outside.

The green bricks and black tiles in this garden, shaded by green trees, look quite elegant.

On the door, two large characters are engraved: "Ge Yuan."

There was very little traffic in front of the door, and several monks dressed as servants stood by. A green-robed monk stared at the word "Ge Yuan" and approached. Seeing this, a servant turned around, cupped his hands and said, "Your Excellency, here is Dan The place where teachers gather, idlers are not allowed to enter, please forgive me."

The green-robed monk quickly took out a jade pendant: "I am a ninth-rank alchemist. I heard from the elders at home that there is a trade fair today?"

The servant took the jade pendant and inspected it carefully, then nodded and said: "That's right! The trade fair hasn't started yet, so I invite this alchemist to come in and serve tea first."

Immediately, another monk approached. Before the servant in front of the door could speak, he raised his hand and showed the jade pendant of an eighth-rank alchemist.

The servant nodded slightly after seeing it, and let him walk into the Ge Garden with great strides.

After a while, two monks came together, one of them was also an eighth-rank alchemist, and the other was the former's guard.

Seeing this, the servant in front of the door said: "This place only allows alchemists to enter, and the rest will not be accepted."

"This rule is fine." The eighth-rank alchemist frowned and said, "But two days ago, the demon cultivator broke into the city lord's mansion just two days ago. If there are no guards by his side, how can he feel at ease?"

The servant said calmly: "Master Tu He is in the garden now, the surroundings seem to be clean, but there are many masters, please don't worry about this alchemist."

The eighth-rank alchemist hesitated for a while, then turned to look at his guard, saw that the guard also nodded slightly, then snorted, and flung his sleeves inside.

At this moment, two figures slowly appeared in the distance.

A black and thin boy, accompanied by a monk who has cultivated alchemy, is walking slowly.

Chapter 163: Ge Garden.

The black and thin boy was Pei Ling.