After the Spring Festival, everyone's life returns to normal.

The ice and snow are melting and the weather is getting warmer.

On the eaves, there are rows of crystal clear ice skates, ticking constantly.

The originally frozen ground began to become muddy as the snow melted.

On this day, Xu Mu walked out of his house with the elixir, preparing to go to the market to sell it, and take back the custom-made magic sword.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I stepped out, I met Jia An and Ma Rui, who were traveling together, as well as several neighbors in the alley.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, are you also applying for the patrol team?" Ma Rui said with a lewd smile.

"no!"

Xu Mu shook his head and said, "I'm going to sell the refined elixir!"

He had already heard from Su Qing about recruiting patrol members.

only--

He glanced at a few people and said with some confusion: "I heard that the recruitment requirements are quite high, are you sure?"

According to the news he heard, only cultivators who are above the third level of Qi training are recruited, and they must be proficient in combat.

Although the neighbors in front of me have reached a certain level of cultivation, they are really struggling when it comes to fighting.

Although Jia An and others often enter Baihe Forest, they basically play the role of worker bees and have very few opportunities to actually fight.

Only those cultivators who specialize in hunting monsters for a living can be said to be skilled in combat.

"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Xu, Boss Jia has cleared the relationship. All we need to do is sign up there and go through the motions!" Ma Rui said excitedly.

"Boss Jia?"

Xu Mu glanced at Jia An, who was chubby and had his chin raised, and for a moment he suspected that he had heard wrong.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, do you want to come with us? I'm here to ensure that you can join the patrol team. When the time comes, no one will dare to bully us!"

Jia An's tone was bold and somewhat complacent.

For a moment, Xu Mu thought he was hallucinating.

I still remember that when he first came, Jia An was still very cautious, but he was very enthusiastic about a bottle of Qi Gathering Pill.

He suddenly remembered that when he left Chi's house, Jia An invited him to have a drink in Fangshi.

At that time, Jia An showed a hint of ambition, but Xu Mu was not optimistic about it.

Later, Jia An came to invite him several times, but Xu Mu refused on the grounds of alchemy, and he never came to see him again.

Even Jia An's wives Li Moqing and Xu Mu haven't seen each other for a long time, and they don't know what they are busy with.

Originally, he thought it would be difficult for Jia An to make waves, but he didn't expect that he actually made some tricks.

Just look at the expressions on Ma Rui's and others' faces, and you can tell that almost only Jia An is following his lead.

However, even if we get together as a small group, it is unlikely to accomplish anything big.

It's not that Xu Mu is jealous, it's mainly that Jia An's cultivation level is too low.

Three levels of Qi training!

It’s useless no matter how hard you try!

If you have this time, you might as well practice diligently!

Of course, everyone has their own choices, and Xu Mu will not be too smart to help others make decisions.

He just smiled and shook his head, rejecting the other party's invitation.

Facing Xu Mu's rejection, Jia An's face looked a little ugly.

In the past, he was just an ordinary casual cultivator, while Xu Mu was an alchemist, and he wanted to curry favor with Xu Mu.

But as this period of time went on, he felt that he would be able to rise to prominence very quickly, so much so that he was already a little arrogant and looked down on Xu Mu, an "old cultivator."

Xu Mu had long been dissatisfied with his rejection of his kindness many times.

Especially Xu Mu's disregard for his achievements made him extremely unhappy.

Xu Mu may not have felt it himself, but invisibly, he did not take the other party seriously, and even few people in the entire shantytown could catch his eye.

It's not that he is too arrogant, but the facts are there.

Practitioners in shantytowns may not be able to earn even ten low-grade spiritual stones after working hard for a month.

And if he is willing, he can easily earn thousands of low-grade spiritual stones.

One hundred times that of ordinary casual cultivators!

In this case, no matter how much you hide your clumsiness, it is inevitable that some of it will be revealed.

Although Jia An was very unhappy with Xu Mu in his heart, he did not show it completely. Instead, he smiled and said: "In that case, forget it, but we live in the same alley, that is fate. If Xu Daoyou has any trouble in the future, even if

Come to me!”

"Thank you!"

Xu Mu politely raised his hand and thanked him.

People on both sides separated at the entrance to Fangshi.

"Old Ma, go follow him and see where he goes? Remember, stay away and be sure not to be discovered by him!"

Not long after they separated from Xu Mu, Jia An suddenly stopped and said to Ma Rui with a gloomy face.

"Boss Jia, what are you doing?"

"Don't ask so many questions!"

"Then about me joining the patrol..."

"Don't worry, I'm here, it doesn't matter if you go later!"

"That's okay!"

Ma Rui nodded, turned around and chased in the direction Xu Mu left.

Jia An took the people and continued to the recruitment point.

…

"Ten bottles of chalcedony pills! Some of them are middle-grade! Fellow Daoist Xu, your alchemy skills have improved again! Congratulations!"

At the Song Family Pharmacy, Su Qing raised her eyebrows and was filled with surprise when she saw the elixir that Xu Mu had taken out.

"My hand has been feeling good in the past month or so, and my firebending skills have improved a lot, so I was lucky enough to succeed!" Xu Mu said modestly with a dangerous look on his face.

If it hadn't been for the huge gap in spiritual stones recently, he would never have sold so many chalcedony pills.

Because it’s so easy to be remembered!

Fortunately, the backstage of the Song Family Pharmacy was strong enough. Although Su Qing was pleasantly surprised, she did not question it too much.

The alchemist who came to test the medicine just praised him and asked him if he would like to join the Song family and become a guest.

After Xu Mu refused, he readily paid the spirit stone.

There was no such bloody thing as deliberately making things difficult or killing people to seize treasures.

For Xu Mu, this was not a small amount of money, but for the Song Family Pharmacy, it was just a small business, not worth the money they put up.

When I finally left the medicine shop, I had harvested a total of eight middle-grade spiritual stones and thirty ingredients for refining chalcedony pills.

And Su Qing’s warm send-off.

The price of middle-grade chalcedony pills is much higher than that of low-grade ones, and the price of raw materials has dropped recently, so there are so many of them.

After leaving the drug store, he immediately rushed to the magic weapon shop, took out the voucher, and received his customized magic sword.

"This sword is three feet and seven inches long. It is made of Geng gold. It is mixed with some red iron according to your request to increase the power of the fire attribute spiritual power. It is also tempered with earth fire liquid to make it easier to gather the fire element."

The tall shopkeeper, holding a white long sword in his hand, introduced it eloquently.

The long sword was glowing with an icy cold light and turned into white gold. The blade was so sharp that it seemed like it could cut a person's eyes.

"And you are very lucky. When the formation master was engraving it, he found that the compatibility between Gengjin and Ruijin arrays was very good, so he added an extra Ruijin array for you!"

The shopkeeper handed the sword to Xu Mu with an envious face, and continued: "Fifteen sharp gold formations, two solidification formations, a total of seventeen formations, if the function is not too single, put it in a third-level magic weapon

They are all top quality!”

"good!"

Holding the long sword in his hand, he gently shook a few sword flowers, and Xu Mu showed a satisfied look on his face.

This sword was tailor-made for him, eliminating many unnecessary formations. If it could unleash its full power, its attack power could even exceed that of a third-level magic weapon.

After all, an ordinary third-level magic weapon can only be engraved with eighteen magic circles.

No one would be stupid enough to engrave fifteen of them as attack formations.

However, the shopkeeper said that this sword is comparable to a third-level fine magic weapon, which is pure nonsense.
To be continued...