Beauty helps me achieve immortality

Are you kidding me? I rented a house just to avoid the monster tide.

Now tell me, can you get rich by hunting monsters and selling them for money?

Sorry, I don't want to get rich quickly.

Zhao Qing said goodbye to Zhang Qiuyang and Junior Sister Sun from Dancaofang, and then asked two acquaintances, and the answers he got were similar.

Elder Qian, a late Jindan cultivator, had already explored Shouyun Mountain. He discovered that the most dangerous demonic beasts were only at the Foundation Establishment stage, and they were still in the deepest part. The outer reaches were infested with small, undeveloped demons, and a few servants could easily make their way through.

As for the Golden Core Demon King, it is simply nonsense.

It was said that in the days after he left, he could still sense unusual movements deep within Shouyun Mountain every night, but in the past two days, things had quieted down. It was estimated that no more monsters would escape to the outer reaches.

Therefore, no matter whether they were servants in various districts or independent cultivators in the city, they were all hunting monsters like crazy, fearing that they would be left with nothing if they were one step late. Even many outer disciples came to join in.

Zhao Qing went around and around and returned to Dingzimohao Courtyard. After seeing the locked gate, he felt relieved. It seemed that Wang Teng was still quite reliable and had reserved the yard for him.

After fully understanding the situation, Zhao Qing returned the same way, got some food from the kitchen, and went down the mountain to go home.

He suddenly realized that hunting monsters could really earn him a lot of spirit stones... and the monsters in the mountains were easy to kill, so easy that the dishes he received today included a portion of braised venison, and he knew without a doubt that they were hunted in the mountains.

But even though he knew it, he was not envious, and he had no plans to move back to the kitchen now.

Although everyone says that there is no danger in Shouyun Mountain, the rumors about the Golden Core Demon King cannot be groundless... Even if it is really a rumor, the fact that there is a foundation-building demon beast deep in the mountain has been confirmed by Elder Qian, right?

No matter whether it is the Jindan strength or the foundation-building strength, it will kill instantly for the Qi Refiner, there is no difference.

Furthermore, why did a sudden wave of monsters erupt in Shouyun Mountain? This had never happened before.

After careful consideration, Zhao Qingsi decided to stay in Beifang for the time being. After all, the rent would still be due for some time, so he could wait and see.

As for going up the mountain to hunt monsters, he had never even thought about it.

Now that I have broken through to the middle stage of Qi Refining, I am about to break through to the realm of Alchemist. By then, the efficiency of refining Qi Gathering Pills will be greatly increased. I will be a walking money printing machine. Why should I take such a big risk to hunt monsters?

Anyone whose brain has not been squeezed by a door knows what to choose.

After returning to Danxia City, Zhao Qing wandered around Beifang for a while and found a shop selling monster meat at a very cheap price.

It is said that eating it can strengthen the body, promote blood circulation, and even nourish the brain.

Zhao Qing didn't believe these words, but he still bought a rabbit weighing more than eight kilograms. It was said to be a small demon beast hunted in the mountains. He bought it for two spirit stones.

For a casual cultivator hunting monsters, small beasts of this size are just brought back as a gift and are not worth much.

Zhao Qing thought that the entire Shouyun Mountain was in the midst of a carnival, and he would feel like something was missing if he didn't join in, so he decided to buy a rabbit to eat.

In addition to rabbits, there is also meat from various large monsters. Even wolves and leopards have been put on iron hooks and hung in the shop waiting for customers to choose parts.

But Zhao Qing simply ignored these kinds of dishes. Firstly, they were not very convenient to cook, and secondly, they were not cheap.

On the way home, he filled another pot of wine and picked a thinner poplar tree on the roadside, which he ruthlessly took home.

Tonight, salt-roasted rabbit.

Celebrate your successful breakthrough to the middle stage of Qi Refining.

Just after noon, Zhao Qing arrived at Huima Lane. As the monster hunting craze swept the whole city, the lane became increasingly deserted.

At noon, there was not a single person in sight.

"Shuyue, look what I brought back!"

The wife peeked out of the bedroom and saw the rabbit in her husband's hand with a look of joy on her face.

"Why did you think of buying a rabbit today, husband?"

Zhao Qing joked. "I'm just worried you can't handle it, so I'm giving you some tonic."

"I brought food from the kitchen. We also have venison for today. Let's eat this first and then roast the rabbit in the evening."

The wife happily agreed.

In the afternoon, Zhao Qing started refining the Qi Gathering Pill again, with Wang Shuyue helping him.

After breaking through to the middle stage of Qi Refining, the spiritual energy was enough to support him in refining five furnaces without the need for meditation to recover.

In two hours, four pills were successfully made, which was a higher success rate than last time. Moreover, the efficacy of the failed batch was also perfectly preserved.

This is a very big progress.

If the efficacy of the medicine can be guaranteed, it will not be a loss even if it fails.

It can be completely digested internally. The successful ones can be sold, and the unsuccessful ones can be drunk by oneself. The Qi-gathering spiritual liquid can be eaten as a meal. I wonder how many casual cultivators will be envious of this.

As midnight approached, Zhao Qing handed the refined pills to his wife, who put them in a wooden box for temporary storage and would sell them together later.

"I made a friend in Dongfang a few days ago. He has a son who is this tall. When I can refine the marrow cleansing pill, I might send one to him." Zhao Qing said casually, stretching out his hand to gesture the height of the bald boy.

Wang Shuyue paused. "Does my husband want children?"

Zhao Qing smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly.

"Wait a little longer, maybe there will be a chance to reach the foundation building threshold."

The wife was silent, and seemed to be about to cry.

"Husband, let Shuyue give you a child."

"A mortal's lifespan cannot compare to that of an immortal master. By the time my husband has achieved success in his cultivation, I'm afraid Shuyue will have already grown old and faded..."

"Since my husband wants to wait, then I'll wait a little longer, but please don't wait too long... As long as I can leave a descendant for my husband in this life, I will be content even if I die."

Zhao Qing felt mixed emotions and went forward to hold his wife's waist to comfort her.

"No, you are very young. Ten years. If I can't build my foundation within ten years, we can find a village to live in seclusion and have a bunch of big fat boys. How about that?"

"Besides, I'm an alchemist. Haven't you heard of a pill called the Anti-Yan Pill? It can keep a woman young forever. I'll find it for you later. By the way, Shuyue, do you like boys or girls?"

After hearing her husband's words, Wang Shuyue's mood calmed down a lot. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Whatever my husband likes, I like. If I can choose, it would naturally be better for my husband to have a boy."

Zhao Qing sighed inwardly when he heard this. Shuyue was good in every way. She was well-behaved, obedient, smart and capable, but she was a little self-deprecating and too emotional.

She was always threatening to die, sometimes leaving her children behind and sometimes entrusting her children to others. She didn't seem like an eighteen-year-old girl at all.

Wang Shuyue broke free from her husband's arms and went to clean the rabbit and prepare supper.

"When she was in the village, Shuyue often roasted rabbits and was very good at it."

Zhao Qing nodded slightly. He knew that Wang Shuyue's parents were originally from a village near Danxia City.

"By the way, Shuyue, how come Matchmaker Xu has your image engraved?"

"Image engraving? Matchmaker?"

"Is it Huanyu Pavilion? There's a fairy master from Huanyu Pavilion in the village! He's a very kind person. He often visits the elderly and occasionally gives out some medicinal food to replenish qi. I've been lucky enough to eat it a few times."

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Zhao Qing frowned, "Master from Huanyu Pavilion? Tell me in detail."

"I don't know what the immortal master's name is, but just call him Immortal Master and he'll respond. He's an old man with white hair and beard, and he's very caring towards everyone. He even has quite a few young people as his disciples."

"It's just that the Immortal Master's skills are passed down to males, not females... It was the Immortal Master who found me that day and introduced me to a matchmaker."

Zhao Qing was deeply surprised. He had been in Danxia Sect for so many years, but he had never heard that Huanyu Pavilion had any influence in the village.

"What does that immortal usually do?"

"He doesn't do anything. He's not in the village every day. Occasionally he'll go away with the immortal master from the neighboring village. He'll tell everyone when he leaves."

Zhao Qing: ???

The immortal master from the village next door?

Why do I smell a familiar smell... Is this some kind of special corporate culture?

He knew that there was a Huanyu Pavilion near every sect, but he didn't expect there was one in the village too. This was a bit too exaggerated.

Even the routes are different. The Huanyu Pavilion in the city is for business, while the one in the village is clearly for the masses. What's the purpose of this?!

Zhao Qing thought silently in his heart that it would be better not to have too much contact with Huanyu Pavilion in the future.

Throughout history, organizations that engage in such activities generally risk causing something big one day.

That night, Wang Shuyue only roasted half a rabbit. She covered the remaining half with coarse salt, wrapped it in oil paper, and placed it in a cool place under the bed, saying that she would save it for later.