Evergreen Immortal.

Late at night, Li Mansion.

A dim candlelight, a silhouette.

inside the room.

The wooden table in front of Li Rui was filled with so many things that it was almost impossible to put them down.

"Ambergris, Wonderful Spirit Branch, Silver Dragon Iron."

Spiritual elixirs and spiritual iron are basic materials. Most of them are naturally raised in the land. They are picked up by herb collectors or mountain people and sold on the black market.

These people don't know how to tell the difference.

Good things and bad things are mixed, it all depends on the eyesight.

Li Rui has been wandering the black market every day these days, rarely making a move, but when he does, it's a big deal.

These spiritual herbs are worth at least two hundred gold, which is two thousand taels of silver. Most wealthy households in Qinghe City may not have that much money.

Poor those bad guys, after being wiped out like this by Li Rui, they haven't been able to make any big profits in the recent period, and they can only pick up scraps to make a living.

Looking at the table of elixirs, Li Rui's heart was pounding.

"I've never been richer in my life."

Relying on his spiritual eyes, he was able to earn so much money in just a few days.

Li Rui touched his chin.

"It's all spiritual grass. Just a fist-sized piece of spiritual iron is still a matter of luck."

Yantie official camp.

Most of the spiritual mines are occupied by the imperial court and major forces, and ordinary people have no chance to contact them.

This piece of silver dragon iron was wrapped in stone skin. From the outside, it looked like an ordinary stone. It was picked up by the stall owner and used as a pressing stone.

Only then was Li Rui picked up.

Spiritual herbs are more common in comparison, and are also the main target of villains in the black market.

Li Rui put away the silver dragon iron.

He had just upgraded his weapon and added soft armor, so he couldn't use the silver dragon iron for the time being. He was saving it to wait until he got more spiritual iron before making any plans.

As for the elixir

Two paths.

Either sell it for cash directly, or find an alchemist to make it into a pill.

After weighing it up, Li Rui decided to find an alchemist, provide the materials himself, and let him refine the elixir into an elixir.

Now he has an iron bone, and if he goes one step further, he will have a golden bone.

The number of elixirs required to temper gold bones is more than ten times more than iron bones, not to mention higher-level jade bones.

Find a reliable alchemist, pay some labor time, and save the intermediate steps.

Go directly to the person doing the work to avoid middlemen making the difference.

And he also has a unique advantage - there are alchemists in the Heaven and Earth Alliance.

Medicine hall, backyard.

The fragrance of elixirs fills the air, and the gray smoke lingers, just like the legendary fairyland.

"Hall Master Li, why do you need Vice Helmsman Zhang to greet you personally for such a small matter? Why don't you just come to me directly?"

A shrewd middle-aged man said with a smile as he walked.

Li Rui glanced at the newly appointed Hall Master Xu Xiang.

In my mind: "Haha."

If he didn't ask Zhang Yang to say hello in advance, he might not even be able to find Xu Xiang's door, and there would be no such grand scene as Xu Xiang personally leading the way.

Who doesn't know that Xu Xiang's temperament is so bad that he only pays attention to things assigned by his superiors.

"Hall Master Li, you are the popular person in front of Deputy Helmsman Zhang. Please give me some kind words in the future."

Xu Xiang's words were somewhat flattering.

"Easy to say."

Li Rui responded calmly.

In fact, it stands to reason that Xu Xiang, the master of the medicine hall, has nothing to do with Zhang Yang, the deputy helmsman in charge of introductions and Tianyi.

But it all starts with the death of Zhao Wei.

After Zhao Wei died.

One of the three halls he was in charge of was given to Ge Hong, and the other two were given to Zhou Rui.

Twists and turns.

Vice-rudder Zhou was originally an idler. After becoming rich and powerful, he inexplicably resumed his status as deputy helmsman. He was even in charge of the Medicine Hall and the Discipline Hall, and his authority was even greater than before.

Dao Xiong distributes it like this.

Naturally it has its own meaning.

Zhao Wei died, and the current Qinghe helm requires stability, so the movements must be as small as possible, and the people involved must be as small as possible.

Once they get through the big exam next year, they can be reassigned in a logical manner.

So Zhou Rui became the best candidate to take over.

But letting Zhou Rui, the weakest deputy helmsman, take over three halls in one go would definitely make people unconvinced.

That's why Daoxiong gave the most important civil and military hall to Ge Hong and the other two halls to Zhou Rui.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

Zhou Rui, the deputy director in charge of the medicine hall, would not last long.

A year later, Bazheng was replaced by deputy helmsman Zhang.

Xu Xiang is not allowed to plan in advance.

"Why do you think the previous master of the medicine hall took the initiative to ask for a visit?"

"It's not because I offended too many people."

"After changing the co-rudder, I have to wear small shoes every day and it's hard to get by."

That's why Xu Xiang had to take this as a warning. Li Rui was able to ask Vice Helmsman Zhang to say hello in person. He obviously had a close relationship and could use this opportunity to curry favor.

In the coming year, he will still be the master of the medicine hall.

Thinking.

The two came to a separate room that looked like a palace but not a palace.

"Hall Master Li, Elder Jiang is in the alchemy room."

"Elder Jiang is obsessed with alchemy and has a weird personality. Don't be offended if he verbally conflicts with Hall Master Li."

Xu Xiang added another sentence.

Li Rui waved his hand: "It doesn't matter."

The elder Jiang mentioned by Xu Xiang is the only alchemy master in Qinghe Branch, who can refine eighth-grade elixirs.

"It's a rare technical job type, and it's normal to have a temper."

"It would be great if Hall Master Li can think so."

Xu Xiang said this, but murmured in his heart: "It's best to really think so."

Elder Jiang was proud of his talents and had a special status in the medicine hall. Even he, the hall master, didn't want to pay attention to him.

Xu Xiang was often so angry that his lungs hurt.

Even several deputy helmsmen were so choked by Elder Jiang that they almost rolled up their sleeves and hit someone.

If it weren't for his superb skills in alchemy and his inseparability from the helm, he would have been tricked and thrown out of the helm a long time ago.

The two walked into the alchemy room.

A dozen medicine boys were busy in the room, and the red medicine stove in the lower half of the room made the air hot.

"Three coins of Lingfeng grass, one coin of Ganoderma powder, and one coin of Yang Dingtian."

A middle-aged man with a goatee stared at the alchemy furnace and blurted out a string of names of medicinal materials.

There was a fiery scene in the alchemy room.

Seeing this, Xu Xiang stopped in embarrassment and said, "Hall Master Li, why don't you go have a cup of tea first? Elder Jiang's alchemy cannot be disturbed. This is an unwritten rule of the medicine hall."

Li Rui is very patient.

"It should be almost done, let's just wait."

The two waited for about a quarter of an hour.

There were several slight bangs in the alchemy furnace.

"It's done!"

Elder Jiang's eyes were bright, and he trotted forward and used a clip to lift the lid of the alchemy furnace. The aroma was fragrant.

"Eighth-grade elixir?"

Li Rui possesses a spiritual eye and can judge the level of the elixir at a glance through the spiritual substances contained in the elixir.

Watching Elder Jiang take out more than ten spiritual pills.

Xu Xiang then spoke: "Elder Jiang, this is Hall Master Li of Tianyi Hall. I would like to ask you to open a furnace to refine a pot of elixirs."

The smile on Jiang Cheng's face disappeared as if his face had changed, and he looked at Li Rui indifferently.

Without even asking the origin, he simply said two words:

"Not practicing"