178 Temptation
Gu Lele looked at the expression of the old man in front of him and was a little moved by the old man's persistence. But it was not so easy for her to tell everything up because of this touch. After all, she is not a real child anymore.
Gu Lele looked at the old man and said, "Is it your power that has always controlled the ghost market?"
The old man obviously didn't expect that this little girl would ask this question. It had nothing to do with his previous words, and it seemed that he was not affected by him at all. He couldn't help but look at Gu Lele a little deeper.
He had long seen that this group of people was vaguely headed by this little girl. He thought they were just the daughter of a powerful man who was ignorant of the world. He did not expect that he was so brave and smart.
The reason why Gu Lele was interested in this power was the first reason for the Ghost Market. The second reason was that when Yuchi Tian held a banquet for her, he had already invited all the people in the world. Even if they didn't come, there would be pictures and information to facilitate her to recognize people, in case there would be emergencies and information in the future.
However, the old man in front of him was not mentioned and the existence of the ghost market, but Gu Lele speculated that this force would definitely not be small. After all, it has been circulating for so long. Even the power of a commoner has existed for so long, and the accumulated time and experience are a considerable wealth.
The old man looked at Gu Lele for a moment and smiled and said, "That's right, it's better to say that it's the power of my family than it is."
Family? Gu Lele had long thought that it should be a family, but the old man said before that his family should be alchemists. Why did alchemists build such a market?
Gu Lele asked when he thought about it.
The old man didn't want to hide it, and said, "Originally, this market exists to facilitate alchemists to exchange their experience in alchemy and sell their own elixirs. It is not once a year, but it is available every month, similar to a market.
But later, for a period of time, alchemists in the human world encountered danger one after another. Some disappeared and were later found to be violent in the wilderness, while others could not see anyone but die.
Then suddenly the people above began to target alchemists. More and more alchemists gave up alchemists, but some alchemists couldn't bear to let go of this alchemist and hid.
On the night of the usual stall setting, some alchemists met and discussed it and decided to set the time at night. If they were discovered, it would be convenient to escape.
Although the alchemist's cultivation was not very high at that time, it was not so easy to catch after being prepared. Moreover, alchemist usually made good friends, and it was not a small number of people who enjoyed the favors of alchemists, and there were also a small number of people who wanted to continue to enjoy such favors.
So later this market also existed, and people who need elixirs also came back to buy it. The price of alchemists will naturally be higher if they lack elixirs, which also made some alchemists greedy, and the price of elixirs is getting higher and higher.
Later, it became more and more difficult to refine alchemy, and more and more people gave up refining alchemy. Because this market lacked management at the beginning, those "rules" gradually evolved. In fact, there were no rules, and the only rule was to be voluntary.
As for those powers, they have been in the Alchemist Guild since ancient times, which is specifically responsible for the safety of the market. These people have been practicing martial arts since childhood, which is different from ordinary people. Later, the Alchemist Guild was destroyed, and this group of people began to protect the remaining pharmacists. Until a thousand years ago, my ancestors became the only alchemist, and these people became the power of our family.
The ancestor was a visionary. At that time, he not only insisted on refining alchemy, but also accumulated some property and used his accumulated connections to start doing this kind of business. After all, the alchemist was already an identity that could not be used for outsiders, so the ancestor's identity was an open businessman."
After hearing the old man's description, the few people felt a sigh in their hearts, but they didn't expect that things would be like this.
"Do you know who is going to deal with the alchemist?" Gu Lele asked. She felt a little confused. No matter what aspect, the alchemist is a huge fortune. Having an alchemist is equivalent to having a cheating tool to improve skills and heal power. Who would want to kill the alchemist?
The old man showed a very sad expression on his face and said, "I don't know either. Even if his ancestors knew something, they had already lost it in such a long time."
Gu Lele thinks it is not without reason.
It seems that the old man really has a kind of persistence in alchemy.
Although I couldn't bear it, Gu Lele still told him truthfully: "It is impossible for alchemy to be the same as before. Although you have alchemy recipes and steps, the materials are still different from those before. And you haven't mentioned them before, and I don't know if you know that something called spiritual energy needs to be incorporated into the elixir, and on earth now, this kind of thing is almost impossible to see."
The old man showed a disappointed expression on his face, and then suddenly stared at Gu Lele with wide eyes: "Then, then your marrow-cleaning pill--"
Gu Lele doesn't want to deceive the old man, but he doesn't want to tell the old man about his own affairs. Although he will act like an ordinary old man setting up a street stall, Gu Lele will not forget the aura of the superior he showed before. This old man will definitely not be as harmless as he shows now.
Gu Lele smiled and said, "This is given to me by my master's friend. When I was a child, I was weak and was rescued by an old Taoist priest with pills when I was about to die, so I was very interested in pills. Later, the old Taoist priest traveled all over the world and handed me over to my master.
My master is not good at alchemy, he just teaches me some scriptures and principles, and did not return to my own home until I was nine years old.
Later, I met the Taoist priest a year ago. He gave me this pill, but it would be good for the body after persuading it, but it would also be very painful. I was always afraid of pain, so I never took it."
Gu Lele looked at his marrow-cleaning pill that was always held by the old man in his hand. He made up a story with a sudden inspiration and quietly looked at the old man's reaction. Sure enough, he was a little confused when he saw him, but in the end, he returned the pill to Gu Lele and said, "Since it was given by his senior, I should just take it away."
Gu Lele saw him wanting to return the pill he had held in his palm for a long time to himself. He thought that he had been catching it for a long time and could I still take it, but he smiled and took a small porcelain bottle to catch it.
"I wonder if you have other pills left by that master? Can you sell them to me? I will give you a lot of money." The old man said again.
"Why are you so obsessed with elixirs?" Gu Lele asked.
The old man smiled bitterly and said, "I should have died long ago, but I have been relying on pills to maintain my vitality. I probably committed too many sins in my life, and I didn't leave a child or a half of my daughters behind.
I just thought about being able to do my best for my men…”
Gu Lele could feel the sadness of the old man. People said this, so Gu Lele naturally didn't want to bully others anymore.
Chapter completed!