Chapter 117 Sadness and
These two young men were Shi An and Shi Ning.
In fifteen years, the two teenagers have become somewhat like adults.
Because Shi An has been studying weapon refining with Shi Lei all year round, his figure is stronger than Shi Ning’s.
Shi Ning, on the other hand, looked like a frail scholar with delicate features.
Usually at this time, the two brothers should be in the weapon refining room and the other in the alchemy room, each busy.
Seeing the two brothers going out together at this time made Song Jie feel a little confused.
“Hahaha, Brother Song, you are here.”
Along with a burst of hearty laughter, the big man Shi Lei also walked out of the store.
Fifty-three-year-old Shi Lei, judging from his appearance, looks like a forty-year-old middle-aged man, but he is quite energetic.
But the years still left traces on his body. The few white hairs on his temples were like silver lines interspersed among the thick black hair, which were particularly eye-catching.
Over the years, Shi Lei’s cultivation has also broken through from the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage to the eighth level of the Qi Refining Stage.
His weapon refining skills have improved by leaps and bounds, and he is now a well-known weapon refining master in Xinyuefang City.
Song Jie looked at Shi Lei and said with a smile: “Brother Shi, are you going out together?”
“Yes.” Shi Lei nodded and said: “I just heard from the customers in the store that the city is conducting a unified spiritual root test these days.
“Xiao An and Xiao Ning are also fifteen years old. I’m going to take them over for a test.”
Whether a person possesses spiritual roots can only be tested through the spirit verification formation after the spiritual roots are fully developed.
The three major families will set up a spiritual verification formation in Xinyuefang City every year, which lasts about three or four days.
Monks or mortals who have settled in the city can take their descendants to test their spiritual roots.
A test of spiritual roots requires the cost of five spiritual stones.
According to historical experience, everyone’s spiritual roots will be fully developed by the time they are fifteen years old.
Of course, there will be a very small number of people with special physiques whose spiritual roots will develop faster or slower.
However, the number of people with special physiques is extremely rare. In the entire Yunmo Continent, there may only be one or two every hundred years.
Therefore, if it is detected that there is no spiritual root at the age of fifteen, it can basically be concluded that there is no spiritual root.
Without spiritual roots, there is no way to achieve immortality.
However, if both husband and wife have spiritual roots, the offspring will most likely also have spiritual roots.
Shi Lei and his wife are both monks with spiritual roots. Shi Lei has three-attribute spiritual roots, and Li Caiwei has four-attribute spiritual roots.
According to the laws of inheritance, there is a high possibility that Shi An and Shi Ning will have three-attribute spiritual roots or four-attribute spiritual roots.
If you are lucky enough, it is not impossible to have dual attribute spiritual roots.
Naturally, Song Jie also knew these basic common sense of cultivating immortals.
“You should take Golden Horn with you, let it accompany you and open your eyes.
“Then, good luck to you.”
Jinjiao is a luck beast, so letting Jinjiao go with him can bring them some good luck.
Although Song Jie felt that Shi An and Shi Ning’s spiritual roots had probably been finalized, it wouldn’t hurt to give them a try.
“Okay, thank you godfather~”
Shi Ning happily touched Jin Jiao’s head.
Compared to Shi An, Shi Ning has a closer relationship with Song Jie because he has been studying alchemy with Song Jie all year round.
When communicating with Song Jie, he is not too restrained.
After a few people chatted briefly, Shi Lei and his son took Jin Jiao to test their spiritual roots.
Song Jie walked into the store with a smile and said hello to Li Caiwei.
“Good morning, sister-in-law~”
“Good morning, Brother Song~”
Li Caiwei smiled.
Although she is forty-nine years old, Li Caiwei has always taken good care of herself and her charm is still there.
Forty-nine years old looks like he is in his early thirties.
Over the years, Li Caiwei’s cultivation has also improved to the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage, and is not far from the seventh level of the Qi Refining Stage.
After the two of them greeted each other, Song Jie continued walking to the back hall.
At this time, his two employees must have arrived at work, and they were probably refining elixirs in the alchemy room.
As one of the bosses of the Alchemy Pavilion, Song Jie is the last one to arrive every day.
It was just because after practicing his spells and movements in the morning, he had to wait until his spiritual power was fully restored before going out.
Of course, as a boss, there is no such thing as being late for work. Even if he doesn’t come all day, there is no problem.
As Liu Zhicheng and Wang Ping’s alchemy skills continued to improve, the output of elixirs also increased. Song Jie has not continued to recruit alchemy apprentices in recent years.
Currently, given the size of their shop, two first-level alchemists and one alchemy apprentice are enough.
Under Song Jie’s guidance, Wang Ping was successfully promoted to a first-level alchemist five years ago.
Wang Ping, now thirty-two years old, is also a monk at the fourth level of the Qi Refining Stage.
On weekdays, they mainly refine three types of elixirs: Mi Shen Wan, Xuanyang Dan, and Xuanyin Dan.
As for the Rejuvenation Pill and Fuling Pill, because the pill recipe came from the Danding Sect, Song Jie did not teach Wang Ping the refining methods of these two pills.
Even though Song Jie has verified it over the years, the Oath of Heaven really has no effect on him.
Because of his own special nature, even if he makes an oath of heaven with others, he is not bound by the oath of heaven.
It was as if he was not within the control of Heavenly Dao.
Or, the rules of heaven cannot sense his existence, causing the oath of heaven to lose its effectiveness on him.
But no matter what, he will not leak these two elixir recipes from the Alchemy Cauldron Sect.
On the one hand, it is to cover up the fact that he is not bound by the oath of heaven.
On the other hand, he did not dare to offend the Alchemy Sect.
If the Alchemy Cauldron Sect knew that he had leaked their sect’s alchemy recipe, they would definitely not let him go.
As for Chongmai Dan, it is because it is too difficult to refine. With Wang Ping’s current alchemy skills, it is probably difficult to successfully refine it, and he can only continue to fail.
Song Jie came to the back hall, first went to Wang Ping’s alchemy room, looked at his alchemy situation, and gave some guidance at the right time.
Seeing Wang Ping becoming more and more skillful in controlling Qingming Fire, Song Jie couldn’t help but nodded.
After Wang Ping’s cultivation reached the third level of the Qi Refining Stage, Song Jie made a special trip to Baodan Tower to find Bao Xu.
I spent some spiritual stones to buy a study place for Wang Ping from Qingming Youhuo from Baodan Tower.
In contrast, Wang Ping also signed a twenty-year alchemy contract with the Alchemy Pavilion.
In other words, Wang Ping paid for twenty years of freedom in exchange for a pill fire technique and several first-grade pill recipes created by Song Jie.
For a low-level monk with no identity background, Song Jie simply couldn’t refuse the offer he made.
Without the resources provided by Song Jie, Wang Ping would not know how many years it would take to become a first-level alchemist on his own.
Wang Ping himself knew this very well, and he was very grateful to Song Jie for being willing to train him and give him such an opportunity.
Therefore, Wang Ping was absolutely loyal to the Dange Pavilion and Song Jie.
Even without the twenty-year alchemy contract, he never thought of leaving the Alchemy Pavilion and going out on his own.
He always firmly believed that following Song Jie would definitely earn more spiritual stones than working alone.
You can also learn more alchemy skills…
After staying with Wang Ping for a while, Song Jie came to the door of Liu Zhicheng’s alchemy room.
After hesitating for a moment, he finally didn’t push the door open and went in.
After shaking his head and sighing, he walked to his alchemy room and started today’s alchemy.
Regarding Fandan, Song Jie felt that he had nothing left to teach Liu Zhicheng.
Song Jie also felt very sorry for Liu Zhicheng.
He has a fire attribute single spiritual root and an extraordinary talent for alchemy, but he has no meridians and cannot practice techniques.
Even at the age of thirty-four, he is still a mortal.
Song Jie has been an alchemy apprentice for fifteen years…
The ordinary pills currently sold in the Alchemy Pavilion were all refined by Liu Zhicheng and Shi Ning.
Over the years, Song Jie has sent messages to God Huangfu from time to time, trying to learn from God Huangfu the path to immortality that is suitable for Liu Zhicheng.
It’s a pity that Huangfu God seems to have disappeared from the world. He can never be contacted and he doesn’t know where he is doing important things.
In Song Jie’s opinion, this may be Liu Zhicheng’s fate.
However, Liu Zhicheng’s resilience exceeded Song Jie’s imagination.
Even though he was unable to practice, Liu Zhicheng did not lose hope in life and still faced life with a positive attitude.
Many years ago, Song Jie talked to him about the path of physical cultivation. Liu Zhicheng continued to exercise every day while refining elixirs, and never stopped for a day.
Even though it was raining heavily, he still insisted on tempering his body in the rain.
After so many years, he has developed a lot of muscles, making him physically stronger.
But it has never been able to break through the limits of the mortal body.
Currently, Song Jie’s monthly salary to Liu Zhicheng is as high as 20 spiritual stones.
And this is just the basic salary. Every three months, Song Jie will also take a part of the spiritual stone income from the pills refined by Liu Zhicheng and give it to Liu Zhicheng as a bonus.
Even the alchemy apprentices of the Baodan Tower would never be able to earn so many spiritual stones.
Song Jie has never been stingy with employees who perform well on weekdays. As long as he can earn spiritual stones, he will not treat those below him badly.
The same goes for Wang Ping, who adopts the form of basic salary plus commission.
It’s just that Wang Ping’s current level of alchemy is not enough, and the success rate and quality of the first-grade elixir need to be improved.
Taken together, the spiritual stones he earns every month are about the same as Liu Zhicheng’s.
……
The time for refining alchemy always passes very quickly, and before you know it, it’s time for lunch.
“Godfather, I’m out for lunch.”
Song Jie’s heart moved when he heard An Ning’s voice outside the alchemy room.
This is the test spirit root that is back, and judging from the tone of the words, the test results should not be very bad.
“Okay, you guys eat first, my furnace will be ready for refining soon.”
After Song Jie responded, he continued to focus on refining the pill.
Not long after, Song Jie’s eyes suddenly lit up and he shouted loudly.
“Condensation!”
As the Qingming Nether Fire expanded and then contracted rapidly, the refining of the rejuvenation pill was completed.
Open the stove lid, and suddenly the fragrance of red pepper wafts out.
Song Jie is now able to know the quality of the elixir the moment it is completed, and there is no need to probe to see.
“A first-grade rejuvenation elixir of the highest quality.”
Song Jie did not deliberately lower the quality of this rejuvenation pill, but used it normally.
Although there are not so many monks buying first-grade elixirs of high quality and quality, there is still a market, and some of them must be refined.
After taking out the rejuvenation elixir from the Ziyun copper furnace and putting it into the jade bottle, Song Jie opened the door of the alchemy room.
After a few steps, we arrived at the restaurant in the back hall.
When he walked into the restaurant, he saw that everyone else was already eating lunch inside.
Their Danqi Pavilion includes lunch, which consists of ordinary home-cooked dishes.
As for the food, it is delivered by the nearest restaurant in the city.
Each of them has work to do, and even Li Caiwei, who is responsible for looking after the store, does not have free time to cook meals for so many people.
So they found the nearest restaurant and signed a long-term food delivery agreement with the other party.
At lunch time every day, the restaurant will prepare the meals and arrange for special personnel to deliver them.
There are several shops nearby that do this, so the restaurant is naturally willing to accept such long-term and stable orders.
“Daddy, eat quickly, the food is almost cold.”
While Shi Ning was eating, he called Song Jie over to eat.
Jin Jiao on the side also let out a “ooh” and glanced at Song Jie.
Song Jie walked over with a smile and said, “How was the result of the spiritual root test this morning?”
Shi Lei laughed and looked at his two sons.
“You two tell your godfather how the results of this morning’s test were…”
Shi Ning chuckled and spoke first: “I am the spiritual root of the three attributes of wood, fire and earth.”
“I also have a three-attribute spiritual root, and the spiritual root attribute is fire, earth, and gold.”
Shi An, who was usually more calm, was as happy as a child at this time.
“Wood generates fire, fire generates earth, and earth generates metal, a good combination of spiritual roots.
“Congratulations, you can practice the exercises starting today.”
With the qualifications of Shi Lei and his wife, who have a three-attribute spiritual root and a fourth-attribute spiritual root, they can give birth to two children with three-attribute spiritual roots.
It’s already quite good, and this luck is still good.
Especially the spiritual root combination of these two brothers is also very good and can form a mutually beneficial relationship.
It is also a three-attribute spiritual root, and it also has advantages and disadvantages.
Like Shi An and Shi Ning, the combination of spiritual roots that can produce each other is a better one.
If it is a combination of wood, earth and water, it will be a little worse.
Although water can produce wood, wood can overcome earth, and earth can overcome water.
There are more things that are in conflict with each other than things that are in conflict with each other. Naturally, there is no such thing as being more in conflict with each other than being in conflict with each other.
“I want to learn the exercises practiced by my godfather. I want to be like my godfather and never grow old.”
As soon as Shi Ning heard that he could practice exercises, he immediately thought of the exercises practiced by Song Jie.
Ever since he had an impression, Song Jie has always looked like this, with almost no changes.
This made him yearn for it as a young man.
They also all know that the secret of Song Jie’s immortality is related to the exercises he practices.
Although this is rare in the world of immortal cultivation, it is not that rare.
In addition to the exercises that can make people look beautiful forever, there are also exercises that can make people look younger again.
Song Jie thought for a while, nodded and said: “Xiao Ning has wood-attribute spiritual roots, so he can practice my skills.”
His Changchun Kung is of the wood attribute.
When monks choose exercises, they usually tend to choose exercises that are consistent with their own spiritual root attributes.
The reason is the same as choosing a spell.
“What about Xiao An?” Song Jie looked at Shi An.
“I will learn the techniques my father practiced.”
The technique that Shi Lei practiced was metallic, and it was a technique that was more suitable for weapon refiners.
Shi An possesses metallic spiritual roots, and has learned weapon refining from Shi Lei since he was a child. His future development direction is also to become a weapon refining master.
It is indeed a good choice to practice the same metal-based skills as Shi Lei.
Song Jie nodded gently, looked at Shi Lei and Li Caiwei, and said with a smile: “Congratulations to brother Shi, congratulations to sister-in-law, Xiao An and Xiao Ning are both very successful~”
“Hahaha… I also want to thank Brother Song for carefully guiding Xiao Ning in alchemy these years.
“We have had a brotherhood for so many years, and I don’t want to be polite to Brother Song.
“If Brother Song needs my help for anything in the future, I will go through fire and water without hesitation.”
Shi Lei’s face was full of sincerity and gratitude.
Over the years, when Song Jie taught Shi Ning the knowledge related to alchemy, it could be said that he taught everyone everything he had, without any hidden secrets.
Although Song Jie didn’t mention this, Shi Lei saw it all and was always grateful in his heart.
Now he is even willing to teach Shi Ning the skills he has practiced, which is a huge kindness.
Since ancient times, there has been a saying that the law should not be passed lightly.
Song Jie is willing to teach Shi Ning the skills, which shows that Song Jie really treats Shi Ning as his own son.
How could this not make Shi Lei feel grateful?
Although Li Caiwei did not express her emotions like Shi Lei, the gratitude in her eyes was beyond words. Song Jie waved his hands and smiled and said: “Brother Shi, these words are serious.
“From the moment you asked Shi An and Shi Ning to recognize me as your godfather, my relationship with them was already forged.
“They are my godsons. I am alone, so I can count on them to support me in my old age, hahaha…”
“In the future, my godfather will surely ascend to immortality and become immortal. He won’t need us to support you in your old age.”
Shi Ning chuckled.
Song Jie also laughed loudly and said: “Then godfather will lend you some good words~”
Seeing that the few people were almost chatting, Liu Zhicheng and Wang Ping on the side also found the opportunity to congratulate Shi An and Shi Ning.
Wang Ping himself has a fourth-attribute spiritual root. When he heard that Shi An and Shi Ning both had three-attribute spiritual roots, his eyes were filled with envy.
The number of spiritual roots, to a certain extent, also predicts a person’s future achievements.
If nothing unexpected happens, Shi An and Shi Ning’s future achievements will not be lower than Wang Ping’s.
Moreover, Shi An, Shi Ning, and the property his father had worked hard for had recognized Song Jie as their godfather.
This family background alone is already superior to many low-level monks.
Liu Zhicheng, who was unable to practice, was even more envious of this.
Practicing exercises is not difficult for most people with spiritual roots. It is nothing more than the differences between good and bad exercises.
But such a simple thing is as difficult as climbing to the sky for Liu Zhicheng.
Looking at the joyful scene in front of him, Liu Zhicheng couldn’t help but feel a little sad in his heart.
……
After lunch, Shi Lei found Song Jie alone.
“Brother Song, I have something to discuss with you…”
(End of chapter)