Above the source of Tao

Afterwards, he left the Siyang Gourd Lantern, took out a bamboo flute and started playing it. The clear and melodious flute sounds floated in the air.

"Yun Chang'an, what do you want to call me for?" A gentle voice broke the silence, and a magpie spread its wings and flew over. Its figure was particularly eye-catching under the moonlight. It was the familiar magpie brother Yun Chang'an.

"Brother Xi Que, I want to buy some things. I wonder if there is a medicine called Kaimai Dan in the sect?"

Yun Chang'an didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point, with a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

Brother Xi Que shook his head, with a hint of apology in his tone, "I have been in the sect for so many years, but I have never heard of such a medicine."

A hint of disappointment flashed across Yun Chang'an's eyes. He knew that the Kaimai Pill was a precious recipe left by Fairy Shichen, and it might have been lost in the long river of time.

Yun Changan knew in his heart that if he couldn't find a ready-made meridian-opening pill, then he could only try to refine it himself.

After that, he wrote down the spiritual herbs needed for the Meridian-Opening Pill, handed it to Brother Xi Que, and asked, "Does the sect have these herbs?"

Brother Xi Que took the yellow paper filled with the names of spiritual herbs, and scanned the names of each herb, finally stopping at the words "Liuxincao". He raised his head and said to Yun Changan, "The more than ten kinds of herbs listed here are quite common, but this Liuxincao is not cheap."

Hearing what Brother Xi Que said, Yun Changan was immediately delighted. As long as he had the herbs, everything would be fine. If he didn't have them, he would probably have to slowly open up the three meridians, which would take an unknown amount of time.

"Then thank you very much. Brother Xi Que has made a trip to help me buy these spiritual medicine materials."

Yun Chang'an now has more than 10,000 merit points, which should be enough.

He handed his merit points to Brother Magpie.

"If you see any alchemy furnaces and medicine books, please buy them for me."

Yun Changan said after handing Xi Que the merit points.

Brother Xi Que nodded, then took out an alchemy furnace from his storage bag and handed it to Yun Changan: "I got this alchemy furnace by chance many years ago, and I have never used it. I will give it to you today."

After taking the alchemy furnace, Yun Changan clasped his hands together and thanked Brother Xi Que.

"I can use this furnace, Brother Xi Que, please help me buy some medicinal herbs. I have some deer trotter meat that I can cook for you."

"Haha, it's a deal then."

The magpie was in a very good mood at this time, and then flew away to buy medicinal herbs for Yun Chang'an.

After seeing the magpie leave, Yun Chang'an went back to the house to prepare the deer meat.

When we were in Shanglin City, my grandfather was busy making a living every day, so I stayed at home and cooked for myself. Over time, I developed excellent cooking skills.

But now we are in the mountains and there is not much food. We have been eating corns before and haven’t eaten meat for a long time.

An hour later.

Big Brother Magpie came back with the elixir Yun Changan needed, and also held a jar of old wine in his mouth.

At this time, Yun Chang'an had almost finished cooking the deer meat. He placed these delicious dishes on the table one by one, and the aroma was fragrant.

"Okay, there's only one dish left."

After a while, Yun Changan took the fried deer meat and vegetables from the pot and brought it to the table inside the house.

"It smells so good, little Chang'an. It seems you are quite good at cooking. I am in for a treat today."

At this time, the table was filled with dishes, most of the ingredients were deer and mullet meat, but the cooking methods were different, including "Deer and mullet spare ribs soup", "Stir-fried deer and mullet with vegetables", "Steamed deer and mullet meat", "Roasted deer and mullet spare ribs", "Braised deer and mullet head", and "Deer and mullet stewed with potatoes".

These vegetables were carefully selected by Yun Chang'an from the vegetable garden. They were made into dishes right after they were pulled out of the ground and are very fresh.

These dishes were taught to Yun Changan by his grandfather when he was a child.

Yun Chang'an also learned it very attentively. Every time Yun Chang'an's grandfather was busy with farm work and had no time to eat, Yun Chang'an would take on the task of chef and cook for his grandfather.

Yun Chang'an took the spiritual medicinal materials that Brother Xi Que bought for him and said thank you. This time he spent a total of more than 9,000 merit points and bought ten sets of materials.

Just with this one purchase, he became a pauper again, which made Yun Changan feel distressed.

After a while,

The two of them sat down, and Brother Xi Que poured a glass of wine for Yun Chang'an. The two of them clinked glasses and began to enjoy the food.

"Boy, you cook really well."

Big Brother Magpie was chewing the deer meat and praising it highly.

"Brother Xi Que, if you like the food I cook, you can come and eat it often." Yun Chang'an said sincerely.

"I'm just talking. You also need to practice regularly. I have a lot of things to do here." Brother Magpie shook his head and said.

After eating and drinking, the magpie patted its belly, lay comfortably on the chair, hummed a little tune, and enjoyed the rare relaxing time.

Not long after, a bamboo flute was seen hanging on Xi Que's chest, emitting white light. It was obvious that he had received a new task. He immediately sat up from the chair and bid farewell to Yun Chang'an.

"Young man Yun, practice hard, and you will have no problem entering the inner gate in the future."

The magpie gave Yun Chang'an earnest instructions, then left the house and flew away.

Facing Big Brother Xi Que's instructions, Yun Chang'an nodded seriously. It was time to start practicing Kaimai Dan. Now he had the alchemy furnace and medicinal materials. Big Brother Xi Que also helped to buy books on alchemy.

Yun Changan took out the book and opened a page. It said that before refining the elixir, one must first learn how to master the vital energy. The basic vital energy is divided into five types, also known as the five elements vital energy...

Yun Chang'an has already understood all of this. He singled out the fire energy among the five elements of energy. The most important thing in the art of alchemy is the fire energy. Those who possess fire energy bones are naturally sensitive to fire and are most suitable for alchemy.

If there is a great opportunity to obtain some Dao Fire, it will be of great help to one's own cultivation, as well as to the practice of alchemy and refining techniques.