"eighteen……"

"Shopkeeper Tu, why didn't you go to Goulan to listen to music? Why did you start singing at home?"

Xu Mu stepped into the shop and saw a dark and thin middle-aged man, lying on a rocking chair, squinting his eyes, shaking his head and singing a ditty.

"It turns out to be Master Sun!"

The middle-aged man opened his eyes, turned his head and glanced at him, then stood up leisurely.

"The hook bar is full of old tunes. I've long been tired of hearing them. It's better for me to hum them myself! What? Are you here to sell Bigu Pills again?"

"Um!"

Xu Mu nodded and took out the five bottles of Bigu Pills that had been refined.

"Can't you save more and sell it again? Every time it's so piecemeal!"

Shopkeeper Tu complained as he picked up the elixir for inspection.

Although his shop is small, selling so many bottles at a time is a bit disgusting.

"I want it too! It's a pity that I'm short of money! Why don't you lend me some first?" Xu Mu said with a smile.

He is already over fifty years old, but he will not blush with embarrassment over such a small complaint.

"If you are willing to give me the alchemy furnace, it is not a big deal to lend you dozens of spiritual stones!"

"The alchemy furnace is no good! That's the guy I eat for!"

Xu Mu refused flatly.

He and the other party have been friends for more than ten years, and they know each other well, and they often make some jokes.

"Huh? Top quality!"

Shopkeeper Tu picked up one of the fluorescent elixirs with a smile on his face.

"It seems that your alchemy skills have finally improved! There is hope for foundation building in the future!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Give me all the spirit stones and replace them with medicinal materials for refining the Qi Gathering Pill!"

"oh?"

Shopkeeper Tu looked up at Xu Mu, showing a hint of surprise.

"Why don't you give up? Isn't it good to just keep refining Bigu Pills? You are now able to refine high-grade Bigu Pills. As long as you can stabilize the quality, you will definitely make more money than before!" Shopkeeper Tu kindly reminded.

Before the success rate of the elixir reaches 30%, it is basically a waste of money.

As for Xu Mu's current conditions, he is really not optimistic about it.

"I had an epiphany recently. I feel that my alchemy technology has improved a lot, and I might be able to succeed! The profit of Bigu Pill is too low. I have to work hard for my wife and children!"

Xu Mu revealed part of the information in his words and wanted to give the other party a vaccination first.

"Just because I have a wife and children, I shouldn't take risks!"

Shopkeeper Tu reminded me again.

Ever since he started helping his father in the store, Xu Mu has been selling elixirs here. Although his father rated him as a rotten wood, after more than ten years of friendship, he still didn't want the other person to go to a dead end.

"Just sell it to me, success or failure is just a matter of a few spiritual stones!"

"It's up to you! Don't wait until the time comes to refine the waste elixir, just let me sell it for you!"

Shopkeeper Tu put away the Bigu Pills, turned around and went into the back hall, and after a while, he took out three portions of medicinal materials.

"The medicinal materials of the Qi Gathering Pill are two spiritual stones each. Your elixir is only worth five spiritual stones. The missing one will be considered as a gift from me to your daughter!"

"Thank you!"

Xu Mu thanked him sincerely.

The world is full of bad people, but occasionally there are a few good people.

Xu Mu put the medicinal materials into the storage bag, turned around and left the medicine shop, and walked in the direction of the shanty.

After buying the medicinal materials, he is now almost penniless.

If you don’t know how to go home, why don’t you stay in Fangshi and drink the northwest wind?

"I'm too old to be more stable. Don't end up spending money to marry a wife who will give someone else an advantage!"

Looking at Xu Mu's retreating figure, shopkeeper Tu complained and continued to lie there and hum his own ditty.

Although their family is not rich, they can live comfortably just by keeping this shop.

Compared to Xu Mu, it's like heaven and earth.

…

There is a flying sword above the head, which turns into a meteor and flies by.

There is a majestic spirit beast roaring on the roadside!

The people passing by were wearing gorgeous robes and were dazzling.

Although it is only a small market, it has all five cards. Everything in the world of immortality is available here.

pity,

All of this has nothing to do with Xu Mu for the time being.

He walked carefully through the crowd to avoid conflict with monks he didn't know.

After leaving Fangshi, he used his light body technique and dared to go home as quickly as possible.

Sun Daocheng, who was guarding the entrance of the alley, did not notice for a moment that Xu Mu had passed by.

Bang bang!

"Ying'er! It's me!"

Ye Yingying looked out from the crack in the door. After confirming that it was Xu Mu, she hurriedly opened the door with a relieved smile on her face.

Xu Mu walked in and closed the door.

"Ms. sir, why are you so fast today?"

Ye Yingying asked in Xu Mu's arms.

"Of course it's because I miss you!"

Xu Mu, who was in a good mood, made a joke with Ye Yingying.

"Yeah! I miss you too!"

Ye Yingying looked at him with affection.

"..."

Ahem!

Xu Mu didn't know what to say for a while.

The two of them were bored for a while. Because they had just given birth not long ago, Xu Mu did not dare to go further. He asked Ye Yingying to go back to the bedroom to rest, while he went into the utility room to prepare the Qi Gathering Pill.

"Whether you can live a good life in the future depends entirely on today!"

Xu Mu prayed silently in his heart.

Putting the alchemy furnace in place, taking out the medicinal materials, Xu Mu inspected them all.

Purple orchid leaf grass, bone-washing flower, black leaf lotus, snake saliva fruit, polyspirant grass...

After checking it over and over again, Xu Mu felt relieved.

He is really short of money, and if it breaks once, he will probably feel distressed for a long time.

He closed his eyes and concentrated, recalling the refining process over and over again to make sure nothing went wrong.

puff!

With a flick of the finger, the flames burst into flames.

Xu Mu paid full attention.

The medicinal materials were put in one by one in order.

Under Xu Mu's control, the flames continued to rotate around the alchemy furnace, forming a whirlpool of flames.

Due to excessive nervousness, Xu Mu's spiritual energy was consumed very quickly, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and the room was steaming.

It's October now, and the weather has already been cool, but in Xu Mu's room, it feels like midsummer.

"When I get rich in the future, I will have to buy an insulating hair robe. This is really uncomfortable!"

Although controlled by firebending, the temperature of the body's surface will not rise infinitely, but being burned by fire is really uncomfortable.

Moreover, the pattern temperature itself also consumes energy.

If he has a magic robe, it will make it easier for him to make alchemy.

However, the cheapest robe requires a medium-grade spiritual stone, which is the same price as his alchemy furnace. It is not something he can afford yet.
To be continued...