Chapter 78 Mutation

"Really? That's great!"

Li An's face also showed excitement and joy.

"Yes, I asked my master three times before he agreed..."

"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Luo!"

"Brother Wei, my master is very tight on time. Have you prepared all the materials? If so, we can start refining during this period."

Luo Yong asked.

Li An pondered and said, "This...maybe I need to ask Master Zhang to wait a little longer, I guess there are still some missing."

Luo Yong said, "Other things are easy to buy, mainly the two main herbs, Purple Soul Grass and Fire Spirit Fruit, or their substitutes, have they been collected?"

"This...I'm not sure, Brother Luo, you know, the herbs are not in my hands, I have to ask my friends, but Brother Luo, don't worry, I'll ask right away."

Brother Luo's heart sank, this Wei Ming is really as cunning as a ghost, not knowing anything at all...

"It doesn't matter, Brother Wei, I have another good news to tell you, in half a month, the Treasure Pavilion will hold an auction, if you have any missing herbs, you can go and buy them then..."

The news he gave was consistent with what Manman said.

However, he didn't tell Li An that someone was collecting Purple Soul Grass.

The two exchanged some politeness, and then Luo Yong got up and left.

Li An took out two more pieces of parchment to give to him.

Luo Yong still took it, but Li An noticed that he didn't seem as excited and expectant as before today.

...

After sending him away, Li An fell into deep thought.

Luo Yong was very unusual today!

In the past, Luo Yong's exchanges with Li An were basically about alchemy practice, and his desire was almost all about Li An's second-level alchemy inheritance.

But today, he rarely asked about Li An's second-level inheritance, but instead cared about the medicinal materials prepared by Li An.

Before leaving, he seemed too cold in front of the parchment given by Li An!

Why did a person who was originally eager for the second-level elixir inheritance suddenly lose interest?

There are only two possibilities.

One is that he has already got it, so he doesn't care.

The other is that he knows that Li An can't give him what he wants, and he already knows Li An's trump card!

After all, although Li An has been luring his appetite, the second-level elixir inheritance in Li An's hand is actually incomplete.

Li An feels that it is unlikely that Luo Yong will suddenly get the second-level inheritance.

That's the second one!

Luo Yong would not have such vision and insight. The only possibility is... Luo Yong showed Zhang Deyi everything that Li An gave him, so Zhang Deyi saw something strange?

Li An frowned slightly.

It's not that he hadn't thought about this before.

But, according to Li An's experience in his previous life, unless he was a third-grade alchemist, he couldn't see these things from the content he gave...

According to previous news, Zhang Deyi was taught by Gu Songxi, so Li An estimated that he was just a second-grade alchemist!

It seems that this person must have had other adventures.

No wonder Gu Hong and Gu Songxi are far less successful than him.

Li An couldn't help but sigh. Man proposes, God disposes. How could he have expected that Zhang Deyi had insights beyond a second-grade alchemist?

However, the problem of being seen through the inheritance of second-grade elixirs is not the most worrying thing.

Li An was worried that Luo Yong was concerned about his medicinal materials...

Combining Manman's hints...

"Luo Yong and his apprentice are unreliable!"

He came to a conclusion directly.

Zhang Deyi is suspected to have the knowledge and level of a third-grade alchemist. Just based on this, Li An would never look for him again.

"If my inference is true, then Luo Yong's target should be the purple soul grass in my hand?"

He pondered and suddenly slipped out in the night.

Ensuring that no one was following him, he sneaked into the small mountain next to his residence.

The forest on this small mountain is quite dense. In the past few years, Li An has found a safe place to hide treasures here.

He put a storage bag into a very hidden tree hole.

He left behind the Yuanhun beast crystal core and an extra Qianling vine.

The Yuanhun beast crystal core can replace the purple soul grass as the main ingredient of the foundation-building pill, and the Qianling vine is the auxiliary ingredient.

Li An had already been exposed, and Luo Yong would definitely guess that he had the medicinal materials for refining the foundation-building pill, and these two were deliberately put out in the open.

Even if it was lost, it would not affect anything.

…

And at this moment.

In Luo Yong's residence.

"Fuck, you want to fool me with an incomplete inheritance..."

Luo Yong threw the parchments given by Li An on the desk with cold eyes.

A few days ago, he finally went to see his master Zhang Deyi, brought a gift, and mentioned asking Zhang Deyi to refine the foundation-building pill.

Zhang Deyi took a look at the gift he gave - a first-grade upper-grade health-preserving pill, and asked him directly if he had obtained the second-grade pill inheritance.

Luo Yong was stunned at the time, and he didn't expect to be seen through directly, so he had to tell him everything.

Zhang Deyi sneered and told him that this second-grade pill inheritance was not complete at all, and the second-grade inheritance circulated in the world was only incomplete.

He then knew the truth. He was a little angry at the time and felt cheated, but Zhang Deyi didn't think Li An was deliberately deceiving.

Because Li An's own alchemy skills were very poor, it was unlikely that he could recognize whether this set of inheritance was incomplete or not. It was very likely that he just regarded himself as a rare commodity and used it to blackmail Luo Yong.

Luo Yong thought about it and thought, yes, with Li An's alchemy talent and cognition, it would be strange if he could be deceived by him!

In fact, even if he really found out about the inheritance problem after refining the foundation-building pill, Luo Yong had no way to deal with it. After all, Li An didn't do it on purpose. At most, he would ask Li An for more spirit stones as compensation.

"Haha, let me work for a few years, you should also make some contributions to me..."

He narrowed his eyes, snapped his fingers, and Wang Yue walked in.

"Prepare the car, follow me to Xu Mansion!"

...

The next morning.

Last night was peaceful, Li An was a little relieved, he left his residence and headed towards Jingyang Street.

After confirming that no one was following him, he found a deserted place to change his appearance, put on clothes, and turned into a vicissitudes of life young man.

In addition to changing his appearance, he also deliberately used some simple disguise techniques, wearing a human skin mask, raising the insoles, and widening the shoulders.

Soon, he walked into a pill shop-Songxi Lingdan Shop.

This shop was jointly opened by Gu Hong and her master Gu Songxi.

In the past four years, Li An has come here many times inadvertently and has had contact with Gu Hong, but has never exposed himself.

With the lesson from the last time, he was very patient and observed and judged from all angles.

First, the Demon Cult did not know the relationship between him and Gu Hong, so it was unlikely that they would come down the mountain to find him from Gu Hong.

Second, although Gu Hong and her master were both second-grade alchemists, the quality of her own pills was not high, and Gu Songxi no longer took action. In addition, she had a grudge with Zhang Deyi and was targeted by Zhang Deyi, so she did not live well in the city, and it did not seem that the Demon Cult was secretly helping her.

Third, Gu Hong was once imprisoned by the Demon Cult, and she was mortal enemies with the Demon Cult. She would not collude with the Demon Cult.

So a year or two ago, Li An confirmed that she was safe and should not be involved with the Demon Cult.

The only concern was that asking them would offend Zhang Deyi and bring trouble to himself.

But now it is impossible to ask Zhang Deyi for help. As for other alchemists, they must be collecting things that nourish the soul for Baihu Mountain like Luo Yong. Li An would also fall into a trap if he asked others. The purple soul grass that he had saved with great difficulty might be robbed.

Gu Hong and his apprentice are the only choice.

He originally planned to give Gu Hong the Yuanhun beast crystal core after building the foundation, but now he has to do it in advance due to the situation.

After entering the elixir shop, he casually looked around the hall and said to a young woman who was in charge of basic business in front of the hall: "Please ask Master Gu to come out and see me. I have something important to discuss with her." The young woman looked at Li An and was a little confused, but still entered the inner hall. Soon after, a beautiful woman came in leisurely. It was Gu Hong. Thanks to her foundation-building cultivation and beauty pills, she looked young and beautiful after more than ten years. "This distinguished guest, what do you want?" Gu Hong asked doubtfully. Li An said: "I want a beauty pill. Can Master Gu refine it?" The beauty pill, a second-grade pill, can make low-level cultivators look young! Gu Hong was surprised and said, "Of course."

"However, the distinguished guest needs to pay a deposit of 500 spirit stones first."

Li An nodded, then gave her a storage bag, "Please take a look."

Gu Hong took the storage bag and glanced at it, but a flash of surprise flashed across her beautiful eyes. She raised her eyes and wanted to say something, but Li An had already said, "Come and get the anti-aging pill in half a month. Can it be refined?"

Gu Hong instantly regained her composure: "Yes."

Li An turned and left.

Gu Hong also turned and returned to the inner hall.

Entering her room and closing the door, Gu Hong's face was instantly filled with excitement!

She took out a Yuanhun beast crystal core from the storage bag... and a letter!

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