Rebellious Contract Beast

Tsurumi Chuyun turned around and glanced. She was already running as fast as she could, but the person chasing her was faster, and the distance between the two sides continued to shrink as time passed.

The situation was not good. She saw everything in front of her eyes, but her face did not show the slightest expression. After a short pause, she continued to run forward, passing through the complicated alleys, and ran directly into the street, towards the distance. The buildings turned into ruins.

Among the people following her, one of the men wearing a red ghost market mask with a small beard exposed on his chin waved to the back.

"She's going in the direction of Jiu Yu's house. You follow her, and I'll chase her over there."

"Yes." Someone from behind responded. The bearded man nodded and looked back, but was stunned for a moment.

"What about the rest?"

"Huh? You were with me just now, why aren't you here now?"

"Just lost it."

"Don't worry about them. Stop that woman first before talking about anything else."

Several people started to move separately. The three of them continued to chase Tsurumi Hatsuun, while the bearded man got into the alley next to him, and his figure quickly disappeared.

And Tsurumi Chuyun was like a tireless machine, constantly stretching her legs and running forward. Every step she took seemed so powerful, but as she ran farther and farther, her running movements... But it started to become stiff.

At this time, the three people behind were less than three feet away from her, and the distance was getting closer.

The bearded man who disappeared before suddenly appeared in front of her, his eyes behind the mask radiating greedy light.

"Look where you're going!"

Under the bamboo hat, Tsurumi Chuyun's expression remained unchanged, and could even be said to be dull. Of course she saw the bearded man, but she did not choose to change her direction because of this. Instead, she accelerated her speed and rushed directly towards him.

This unusual scene made the bearded man suspicious.But before he had time to think about it, Tsurumi Chuyun had already arrived in front of him. He subconsciously stretched out his hand to control her, but as soon as his hand touched her, he felt a hot temperature on his finger.

The next second, Hejian Chuyun's body shriveled up and instantly turned into a ball of colored ashes, which flew around when the wind blew.

"Puppetry?"·

On the other side, Tsurumi Chuyun, who was also running, suddenly stopped in a dead end, and the people chasing behind him also stopped at the entrance of the alley.

"Run, why didn't you run?"

She glanced back, but said nothing. The two people who were chasing her felt strange. After looking at each other, they walked forward. But after two steps, Tsurumi Chuyun turned into ashes and scattered under their noses. When the puppet came forward, the ashes suddenly spread out, and a sword energy shot out. The two of them were startled and hurriedly dodged. However, the sword energy had existed on the puppet for too long, and most of its original power was weakened. Dissipated without a trace.

After a false alarm, the two of them came back to their senses and looked at Tsurumi Chuyun's already ashes puppet, lost in thought.

when?
Where has she gone?

At the same time, the real Tsurumi Hatsuun was already having breakfast in a teahouse.

"Little Er check out."

"Good luck sir, a total of ten cents."

After paying the money, she wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and walked out of the restaurant leisurely. At this time, Shen Yi asked, "How are your two puppets?"

"This...should be almost done." She answered uncertainly.

She had only just mastered the art of puppets, and had not yet reached a sophisticated level. After throwing the puppets out, she could no longer feel their existence, but she could sense the sword energy left in one of the puppets. It has now disappeared, apparently in an accident.

But it didn't matter anymore. She had changed her makeup, took off her hat and mask long before entering the teahouse.

She is now Jiang Yiyi, or her new name is Feng Yinxiang.

Even if the bearded man and others were standing in front of her now, they wouldn't recognize her as the strange woman who sold pills in the ghost market.

After leaving the teahouse, she went to several shops and bought various papers, pens and ink, some materials for disguise, good horse feed, and gum used to change Shen Yi's appearance. In total, it cost more than ten taels of silver.

Until finally, she stood in front of a pillar about ten meters away from a medicine house, looking at the entrance of the medicine house with people coming and going and couldn't help but feel troubled.

Although local families began to move because there were no alchemists, this was their foundation after all. Those families just went to other places temporarily to seek survival. They did not completely abandon Huaiying City, so they still kept some industries here. .

Two months ago, the battle between Xuan-level experts severely damaged Huaiying City. Many people were homeless and wandered the streets all day long, resulting in poor local security. In order to protect their industries, those families It won't be affected, so naturally it will be necessary to send menke to control the situation.

Although Tsurumi Chuyun did not look from the main entrance, he vaguely saw several family retainers guarding the inside and outside of the medicine house from the crowd.

In this situation, if she went to the medicine shop to buy alchemy materials without being noticed, she would be blind.

You know, Huaiying City is in urgent need of alchemists. If she is suspected of being an alchemist, the family behind Yaolu will probably dig deep to find her.

She was not stupid, of course she knew this, so after leaning against the pillar for a while, she decisively chose to go back to the inn.

But she didn't give up. She didn't waste a moment as soon as she arrived at the inn. She took out her pen and ink and started writing. For her, there are four kinds of elixirs she needs now, Peiyuan Dan, high-quality Peiyuan Dan, and refining pills. Qi Pill, Qi Gathering Pill.

And Shen Yi just needed the Beast Presence Pill, and she was going to buy all the high-quality Beast Presence Pills. If there were not enough and the materials were insufficient, the next substitute would be the ordinary Beast Presence Pill.

Her books these days are not for nothing. She wants to divide all the alchemy materials into various seemingly normal prescriptions, so as to avoid being suspected as much as possible.

It's just that there are no corresponding prescriptions for Ji Ling Jade, which is used to refine Yun Beast Pill, Ding Shang Lu, and Zhu Gu Lian Se, which is used to refine Pei Yuan Pill, but these don't matter. It's a big risk to buy them.

Also, she wanted to use money to hire a few beggars or passers-by to help buy it like she did in Ju'a City. Of course, this would be very troublesome, although the alchemy materials she wanted to buy were not many, and the materials for the Light Yun Beast Pill were only It only costs ten portions. If you can buy it in portions, the amount would be too much. And she also paid someone to hide it, which seems very unreasonable.

Therefore, the beggars or passers-by hired by her are the most likely to suspect that she is an alchemist. Even if they do not suspect that she is an alchemist but a wanted criminal of the imperial court, this is enough to make her uncomfortable.

In addition, she has to ensure that the people she hires are honest enough and will not run away with money.

This was obviously very difficult. She wanted to ensure that she would not encounter any trouble. Naturally, the sooner it was completed, the better. The longer it was delayed, the easier it was to be suspected.

And her breakthrough to the net level didn't mean she had a few extra pairs of eyes. She couldn't bear to hire a dozen people at a time, so it was inevitable to spend more money.

She could only comfort herself that the extra medicinal materials she bought might be needed in the future.

As for why you have to buy alchemy materials in Huaiying City?

There is nothing they can do about it. The Jizhou City they are going to next is not an ordinary city. Because of its special geographical location, it is right next to the famous Bailan River. From ancient times to the present, Jizhou City has had close trade relations with Dajing Fengzhou. , making its economy extremely developed, it is one of the few big cities. If cities in this world are also divided into first and second tiers, then Jizhou City is a super first tier city.

Before the war, there was always a Xuan-level venerable resident in the city. But now during the war, the Daliang royal family even sent three Xuan-level venerables to garrison. She, Wu Gong and others had special status and stayed in the city for a long time. Every point is dangerous. Wu Gong had said earlier that they would not enter the city, but would directly contact his old friend outside the city, and then enter Dajingfeng Prefecture by merchant ship.

After leaving Huaiying City, she would no longer have the chance to buy any alchemy materials, so she had to get everything done here.

In a short time, she had written all the prescriptions in her mind on it, which totaled more than a dozen pieces of paper.

After doing all this, Tsurumi Chuyun breathed a sigh of relief, but she didn't take much rest. Instead, she put away the pages filled with prescriptions and went out, preparing to find a target outside.

Not long after, she saw two beggars huddled under the bridge and was about to go over, but the next second the road in front of her was blocked.

"Who?"

She subconsciously became vigilant. When she looked up, she saw that it was Wu Gong in disguise and his expression relaxed. "It's you, Lao Wu."

"Little girl, I finally found you, what are you doing?"

Hejian Chuyun glanced at him, but did not answer immediately. Instead, he saw several people following Wu Gong, all with red faces and toothpicks in their mouths, looking bohemian.

"I didn't do anything, I just wanted to buy something. What about you?"

"us?"

"We have filled our stomachs as much as we should, and we have played all the fun we should have. We were getting ready to leave the city. When we saw that you hadn't come, we came to find you."

"Oh...just wait for me. I still have some things to do, so I might come back later."

"Huh?" Wu Gong and others looked puzzled: "Why do you spend so much effort buying something?"

"Uh..." Tsurumi Chuyun didn't know how to answer them for a while. He couldn't really say that he was an alchemist and wanted to buy alchemy... Eh?Does it seem like it’s really possible?
Her eyes lit up. Maybe she didn't need to hire those beggars and passers-by. Aren't there ready-made helpers for free right in front of her?The kind that can still be trusted.

Speaking of which, Wu Gong, the felon whom Daliang wanted to capture, had a hostile relationship with Cha Yingsi and had offended so many families. Even if he surrendered in the end, he would not end up well. He told him the identity of the alchemist. It was absolutely impossible for him to report himself to the Liang Dynasty.

As for later?

In the future, she will be out of office. If there is a possibility that she will not come back until she has reached the Xuan level, then it is okay for him to go out. If she is forced to have no choice, she can also join the Jiyuan Division of another country. Fight poison with poison.

"What's wrong, girl, let me tell you."

"Now no one knows us here, what can't be done?"

Listening to everyone's urging, Tsurumi Chuyun took a deep breath and finally spoke: "I encountered some difficulties... I'll give this to you. You should know it after reading it." As she said that, she filled the prescription. The papers were distributed to several people respectively. Wu Gong took two of them and looked down. He could read, but he didn't know many words. The densely packed pictures made him feel dazed, as if countless ants were crawling. He glanced at a few scattered words, but he didn't understand the rest at all.

"what is this?"

"I can't understand."

"Jade... pink?"

"And this, is it A?"

"Boss, what does this word mean?"

"What are you asking me for? This word is written just like the teacher who taught me when I was a child. I can't understand it and I feel dizzy."

Wu Gong impatiently pushed Duan Huai aside, put down the paper in his hand, and looked at He Jian Chuyun doubtfully: "What do you mean?"

Tsurumi Chuyun explained: "These are some medicinal materials, some of which are used to make elixirs."

"Alchemy? I said how could you see the red-bone lotus seeds? No, you are not an alchemist. How can you make an alchemy?"

"I am an alchemist..."

"what?"

"what?"

"what?"

"..."

"What can an alchemist do? Isn't it that he can't make... pills? Huh?"

"I am indeed an alchemist. I have used up all the elixirs in my body these days, so I just want to buy some materials to make alchemy on the road. But you also know that the Daliang royal family is looking for me everywhere now. If I boldly go to the medicine house to buy materials, There must be trouble, so that's why..."

Tsurumi Chuyun continued to explain, but everyone in front of her was completely stunned. They all looked at her blankly. They could only clearly hear the words Tsurumi Chuyun said at the beginning: "I am an alchemist" and the following words. They didn't listen to any of them.

When she finished speaking, she frowned and waved her hand in front of Wu Gong's eyes, and then he came back to his senses.

"Are you an alchemist?"

"I'm……"

"No? How could you be an alchemist?"

"Little girl, don't fool us. You're still an alchemist after all these ridiculous things."

"Anyway, I don't believe it."

Tsurumi Chuyun's face was speechless. There was nothing he could do. Alchemists are like this. They are rare in number and therefore appear mysterious. Except for a small number of people with status, others may live in the same city all their lives and may not know about it until they die. Who are the alchemists in the city? The only ones who can appear in people's sight are those who are powerful in their own right.

"Okay, will you help me?"

"What help?"

He Jian Chuyun had no choice but to explain it again. This time Wu Gong and others understood what she meant, and the eyes they looked at her became strange.

"You...are really an alchemist."

"I am! Alchemist!"

"You didn't lie to us?"

"No."

"Are you really good at making pills?"

"..."

"Boss, I still don't believe it."

"What should I do?"

"I heard that people will understand the elixir fire after becoming an alchemist. Little girl, if you are an alchemist, let us see your elixir fire. If you have the elixir fire, we will do it."

He Jianchuyun rolled her eyes at Wang Zhongzhu who was speaking, and then spread her hands. Under the eyes of everyone, a red flame suddenly appeared in her palm. The texture of the elixir fire was as smooth as silk, and it beat slowly. There is an obvious difference from ordinary flames that cannot be ignored.

"What a pill fire!"

"Thief mother*..."

"Keep your voice down!"

"..."

... (end of this chapter)