nucmednet Chapter 60 Medicine King Valley 2
Chapter 60 Medicine King Valley 2
The four of them were getting bored waiting here for the past two days, but the little iron-eating beast really liked being arranged to be in a room full of bamboo and demonic energy.
The inn also provides fresh, tender bamboo every day, without limit, as long as you can afford it. It only costs ten top-grade spirit stones a day. Luckily, its owner is a wealthy family of four, otherwise, it would be impossible for an ordinary person to provide it.
Yingyue realized that Cheng Jiu hadn't yet taken the alchemist assessment at the Medicine Alliance. Although it wasn't necessary in the sect since all the pills could be sold to the Pill Peak's Tribute Hall, wasn't this a training trip?
There's no time like the present; the sky outside wasn't dark yet, so it must be late noon.
Cheng Jiu was also very interested in the Medicine Alliance. She was the eldest daughter of the Luo family, which was just a small family in Hailian City. Therefore, the alchemists who came from the Medicine Alliance were quite arrogant in the small city. Even she had to give way when she saw these alchemists.
Speaking of this, she felt that the Luo family was really feudal. For example, she, a girl, was not worthy of meeting alchemists. The key point is that it's not like no female alchemists have ever come to Hailian City.
Thinking about it this way, she realized that the environment she had taken for granted and thought was okay actually had so many complaints!
The largest headquarters of the Medicine Alliance is located in Medicine Dust City. It is a huge palace-style building and occupies the largest area in the entire Medicine Dust City.
Among them were arrogant, richly dressed alchemists, each one full of vigor, moving about the Medicine Alliance, accompanied by beautiful attendants.
"You madman, get out of here! I've already said you didn't pass, and that's it! Don't try to act like a scoundrel here at our Medicine Alliance!" A sharp and piercing voice rang out.
Two Nascent Soul stage cultivators grabbed a rather slovenly-looking cultivator and threw him out through the side door, treating him like a piece of trash.
"You're talking nonsense! You're talking nonsense! I clearly refined it, but I didn't pay the pill fee, and you're slandering me by saying that the pill is a waste!" the man roared angrily.
As he was about to rush in, the surrounding alchemists, clearly unfazed, frowned. The arrogant manager and the group of alchemists apologized with forced smiles, and then ordered the Nascent Soul stage cultivators to drag the cultivator aside and beat him to death.
The four of them felt physically uncomfortable watching this scene. To be honest, none of them had ever seen such a dark side. Even Cheng Jiu, who knew that there was a lot of darkness in this society, had never encountered anything so dark before. The darkest thing she had ever encountered was when the Luo family tried to make her their bride, but she escaped.
The fact that these people don't treat human life as human life at all is simply challenging the bottom line of the four people.
"I mean, is Medicine King Valley really that lax in its management of the cities under its jurisdiction? This kind of thing would never happen in Qingli City." Cheng Jiu frowned.
"Hey, don't talk nonsense, Medicine King Valley will take care of it." A voice rang out from behind the four.
"Hey~" The four of them were startled and looked behind them. There was a young man dressed in green. He was handsome, but he had a frivolous air about him. There was a feeling that Cheng Jiu was familiar with.
"Do you recognize me?" Liu Qi recognized her at a glance; she was the girl who had bought the pill that would make someone faint for three days from him. Although she had grown taller in the past two years, her appearance hadn't changed much.
However, he was able to achieve his goal thanks to Cheng Jiu.
"Are you Liu Qi?" Of course Cheng Jiu wouldn't forget the young man who gave her the pills back then, and only three years had passed. Cultivators have excellent memories.
"I am Liu Qi, Liu Shaoyuan. I have met you all before!" Liu Shaoyuan smiled at Cheng Jiu. Cheng Jiu looked at him with wariness and defensiveness. She was grateful, but she would be even more grateful if this person suddenly showed his face.
"My name is Yingyue."
"The palace."
"Gong Yu".
"Oh dear, Sister Luo, don't be so wary of me! Yes, I did want to use you back then, after all, my father actually threatened me with my mother's belongings, forcing me to go back and marry his aunt's niece."
I couldn't be unfilial, could I? So I went back, intending to find an opportunity to steal it, but I didn't expect them to be so vigilant.
Luckily, I know a little bit about divination, and I calculated that I would meet you in the black market. To be honest, I was quite worried. What if you didn't agree? I was even prepared to give it to you for free. I didn't expect you to agree so easily!
"Afterwards, I also told my master that if the Luo family really did report you, don't worry, the Medicine Alliance won't put you on the wanted list. I'm not the type to use someone and then discard them!" Liu Shaoyuan explained helplessly to Cheng Jiu.
Cheng Jiu retorted defiantly, "Who's on guard! Anyway, I've already taken a master, so the Medicine Alliance wouldn't dare do anything to me. Alright, what's the deal with that rogue cultivator?"
There was no need to guess; it was obvious that the man was a rogue cultivator. After all, disciples of sects and aristocratic families were rarely that poor.
Liu Shaoyuan slapped his forehead: "Oh, right, right, I'm a law enforcement officer from Medicine King Valley today. Oh, I went to rescue someone!"
He slipped into the alley: "Liu Qi, what brings you here today?"
"Wu Da Sha, I've already told you, you bully people because of your family background, don't try to mess with me! It's my shift today!" Then came a series of punches landing.
He pulled out the pitiful cultivator who kept muttering, "I clearly succeeded! I clearly succeeded!"
The other person was bruised and swollen, and seemed to have gone into a frenzy.
"I told you to calm down!" Liu Shaoyuan slapped the other person.
The cultivator raised his head, revealing his face, etched with poverty and hardship: "I've succeeded! I've succeeded! I'm going to become an alchemist!"
"Accept your fate. The Medicine Alliance won't issue you an alchemist certificate. Come back to the Medicine Alliance on the sixteenth of this month for the alchemist assessment. You'll definitely pass then." Liu Shaoyuan met his gaze and couldn't help but sigh deeply.
The cultivator blinked, and murky tears streamed down his face. This was the suffering of rogue cultivators; even if they passed, they would be rejected because of the examiners' selfishness.
Fortunately, he was a man of strong character: "Thank you, thank you, but I no longer have the financial means to take the exam again."
Liu Qi gave him a high-grade spirit stone: "Stop talking nonsense. I saw it today, so I'll help you out!"
The cultivator, holding the high-grade spirit stone, couldn't help but kowtow to him.
"You must not leave the city. That Wu Dashan is not someone to be trifled with."
After hearing this, the monk ran away in a flash.
Meanwhile, after Liu Qi went to rescue the cultivator, the four of them listened for a while. Then they entered the Medicine Alliance and went to the counter in charge of the alchemist assessment.
There stood an extremely thin and tall man. He wore an alchemist's robe with two small alchemy furnaces on it, indicating that he was a second-grade alchemist. His appearance was extremely harsh, as were his words.
Do you have an appointment?
"No." Cheng Jiu shook her head. She had no appointment whatsoever. Besides, she had never heard of any appointment system for the alchemist assessment.
The other person's gaze made her extremely uncomfortable; there was something indescribable about it. Cheng Jiu felt the Heavenly Wood Sword in her hand stirring restlessly.
"Hmph, no appointments made, what are you doing here? Doesn't the examiner need a break?" Although the man spoke so harshly, he still waved his hand at the four of them.
"Hey, do you want us to pay with spirit stones? I remember the alchemist assessment was free!" Gong Yu looked at his actions and spoke in a simple and honest voice, which was also extremely loud, instantly echoing throughout the hall.
The alchemists who came to the hall to conduct their alchemy business, tacitly accepting these unspoken rules, couldn't help but turn their attention to this counter.
"Are you here to cause trouble? Guards, guards, throw these guys out!" The man immediately bristled. These kinds of things are unspoken rules, how could this guy dare to say them openly? Even if he did do them, he wouldn't dare to openly reveal it.
Eight Nascent Soul stage cultivators emerged, and Cheng Jiu and his group of four were completely surrounded by them.
The four of them didn't want to be carried out like that cultivator—it would be too humiliating! Besides, they weren't those rogue cultivators without any support. Cheng Jiu drew his Heavenly Wood Sword, Senior Sister Yingyue pulled out her whip, and Gong Cheng Gong Yu took out his spear and bow.