Chapter 102: First Hearing of the Alchemist Alliance

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Seeing Duan Qing about to bump into him, Lu Yun coughed.

Duan Qing was startled, and when he came to his senses, he saw that it was Lu Yun, and his worries subsided, and a smile appeared on his fat face.

"Sorry, sorry, I didn't notice it was you, Junior Brother Lu."

He immediately welcomed Lu Yun into the room.

He placed a plate of fruit and a pot of tea on the table, and then poured a cup for each of them before sitting down.

"Senior Brother Duan, I saw that you were uneasy just now, what's going on?" Lu Yun put the teacup aside and asked softly.

"Well, this is a long story."

Duan Qing sighed deeply.

After taking a sip of tea slowly, he sighed again, as if he had something to hide.

In response, Lu Yun had to change the subject again.

"Senior Brother Duan, I remember it's been almost a year since you passed the ninth floor of the Wanxiang Tower!"

Hearing this, Duan Qing picked up the teacup again and took a deep sip, and the worry between his brows became even stronger.

After a long silence, he said helplessly: "It has been nearly ten months. I thought that as long as I settled down for a while, I could pass the tenth floor of the Wanxiang Tower and then be promoted to a disciple of the Hall of Stars.

But I didn't expect that the tenth floor of the Wanxiang Tower was so difficult. Even after I refined the true qi three times, I still couldn't pass it."

After saying that, Duan Qing lowered his head silently, as if he was embarrassed to look at Lu Yun.

When Lu Yun entered the martial arts academy, he had already passed the ninth floor of the Wanxiang Tower.

Now Lu Yun has become a disciple of the Hall of Stars, and he is still standing still.

Lu Yun took a sip of tea and said: "Just this, I'm afraid it's not enough to make you so sad and distracted!"

"Haha, Junior Brother Lu is really smart. The failure of the tenth floor of the Wanxiang Tower really can't hit me..."

Speaking of this, Duan Qing no longer hid it and told Lu Yun the whole story.

Duan Qing is one of the collateral disciples of a family in Lingwu County. He is also a genius, but he was promoted to the true qi realm at the age of nineteen.

As long as he can become a disciple of the Star Hall of the Martial Academy before the age of 20, he can get the support of the family and help him continue to climb in the martial arts.

In fact, whether he can get the support of the family is not important. What is important is that the branch where Duan Qing belongs can get the attention of the family from now on, so as to allocate more resources.

It's just a pity that he has been stuck at the tenth level and cannot be promoted to a disciple of the Star Hall.

"Alas, since I found out that I have a four-star root bone, the elders in my family have almost poured most of their resources to me, just asking me to lead our branch to rise. Now the time is getting closer and closer..."

Duan Qing smiled bitterly and helplessly. At this time, he was completely different from the wretched performance in the past. He was more responsible and helpless.

"Brother, you are obsessed. The rise and fall of the family has its own destiny. You can't force it. Just practice diligently and don't let other things affect your mood."

Knowing the ins and outs of the matter, Lu Yun said indifferently.

"I understand this principle. I also want to practice peacefully in the martial arts academy, but things are not so easy to do."

"Whatever, talking about these things will only add to the trouble."

After drinking the tea in the cup, Duan Qing asked Lu Yun: "Brother Lu, you came so late, is there anything you need my help with?"

Lu Yun nodded, and without being polite, he took out a Sumeru bag from his arms and handed it to Duan Qing.

"Hmm?" Duan Qing took the Sumeru bag and asked: "Brother Lu, what is this?"

"I want to get rid of this Sumeru bag and everything inside. Brother Duan has been in the martial arts academy for such a long time, and he is also a disciple of a noble family. I think he should have a way."

"Okay, let me take a look at the things inside first."

Duan Qing opened the Sumeru bag and took out the things inside one by one.

It was a tiger-headed broadsword, a book of Thunder Swordsmanship and a piece of spirit crystal.

"If all of them were converted into contribution points, how much would it be?" Lu Yun asked.

"One spiritual crystal can usually be exchanged for 100 contribution points. It's hard to say what the others are. Let me take a look." Duan Qing shook his head slightly, looking at the book of Benlei Sword Method repeatedly.

Lu Yun nodded. Anyway, he was not in a hurry. He sat on a chair beside him and sipped his tea slowly.

After a while, Duan Qing picked up the tiger-headed sword to check.

"Although this tiger-headed sword is not a real weapon, it is definitely the best among ordinary weapons. It should be worth 70 or 80 contribution points."

Put the tiger-headed sword down and picked up the Benlei Sword Method again.

He opened it and read it for more than ten breaths, then closed it and said to Lu Yun solemnly: "Junior Brother Lu, this martial arts book can be traded to me. I am willing to pay 15 spiritual crystals."

"This..." Lu Yun hesitated.

It's not that he thinks 15 spiritual crystals are too little.

Benlei Sword Method is just a first-class martial arts. Duan Qing's 15 spiritual crystals are worth the money.

But now he doesn't lack spiritual crystals, nor does he need them. What he wants is contribution points.

If he was not in a hurry to go out, the spirit crystals would not matter. After all, he could buy what he needed by going to the county town.

"If Junior Brother Lu needs contribution points, you can exchange them with contribution points. I just happen to have some contribution points on me now." Duan Qing continued to add.

"Okay, no problem."

Lu Yun agreed happily.

"The Xumi bag is 300 contribution points at the weapon building. If it is traded privately, it is worth at most 250 contribution points."

After saying that, Duan Qing put the tiger-headed broadsword and spirit crystal back into the Xumi bag, and the Thunder Sword Technique was put into his arms.

"Brother Lu, I will accept the Thunder Sword Skill first. I will transfer 1,500 contribution points to you. As for the others, it may take some time to trade them out."

"Okay."

Immediately, Duan Qing used the identity token to directly transfer 1,500 contribution points to Lu Yun, and the matter was temporarily concluded.

After taking back the identity token, Lu Yun asked, "Brother Duan, do you have a way to get the pill formula?"

Duan Qing shook his head directly, "Even the lowest-level pill formula is extremely precious and will not appear on the market easily. I am just a small Qi Realm disciple and am not qualified to touch such precious and scarce things as pill formulas."

Hearing this, Lu Yun's eyebrows condensed, "Then are there other channels?"

"Of course there are channels, and more than one." Duan Qing said.

"Oh, tell me quickly." Lu Yun seemed a little impatient.

Duan Qing did not keep the secret, and said slowly: "The first is to participate in the auction. Lingwu County holds an auction every year. At the auction, there are all kinds of treasures, including elixirs, martial arts, magic weapons, etc., and occasionally there will be pill recipes, but even the lowest-level pill recipes require at least dozens or hundreds of spirit crystals."

"So expensive?" Lu Yun was also surprised.

"Of course, the lowest-level first-grade pill recipe can only be refined into first-grade pills, but it represents a kind of inheritance, the inheritance of alchemists. Once a family has a pill recipe, it has the opportunity to cultivate its own alchemist." Duan Qing analyzed.

Lu Yun said with some confusion: "That's just a first-grade alchemist, what's the use of it?"

"Of course, a first-grade alchemist is useless, but as long as you become a first-grade alchemist, you can register with the Alchemist Alliance, become a member of the Alchemist Alliance, and enjoy various benefits of the Alchemist Alliance."

"Alchemist Alliance?" Hearing this name, Lu Yun's mind was like flipping a book, and soon the information about the Alchemist Alliance emerged.

The Alchemist Alliance is also one of the official institutions of the Great Yuan Dynasty.

However, unlike the Tianxun Division and Tianjian Palace, the Alchemist Alliance is a relatively loose organization, and its members are relatively free.

The Alchemist Alliance is headquartered in Zhongzhou, and has branches in various states and counties.

Moreover, seven or eight out of ten pills in the entire Great Yuan Dynasty come from the Alchemist Alliance.

Feiling Martial Arts Academy does not have alchemists, and all the pills in the Pill Building come from the Alchemist Alliance.

It can be said that in each county, the Alchemist Alliance is as transcendent as the Martial Arts Academy, and its status is even higher than that of the County Governor's Office.

Retracting his thoughts, Lu Yun asked again: "In addition to the auction, what are other channels for obtaining pill recipes?"

Duan Qing smiled and said, "It's very simple, just find an alchemist to become your apprentice, or kill people to rob treasures."