Chapter 10: Returning to Guyang and Seeing You Ran

As Lingxiang woke up, she saw a water-colored curtain with orchids wrapped around it that looked lifelike.

"Are you awake? Are you feeling unwell?"

The soft whisper is so pleasant to the ear.

"Who are you? The eldest daughter of the Liu family?" Lingxiang struggled to get up and asked.

"The Immortal Chi Yanzi said that you have internal injuries and need to recuperate for a few days. You have just woken up from a long sleep, so don't rush to get up." Miss Liu hurriedly held Lingxiang down and tucked the corner of the quilt for her. "If you don't mind, you can call me Alan."

"So, those women have been released?"

"Yes, speaking of this, I really have to thank you."

"Even so, I still have to apologize to you. I told the fox demon about your affairs without your permission. I hope you can forgive me."

"It's okay. If I can save those women, it will be considered a good deed."

"and you……"

Alan shook Lingxiang's hand, then stood up and walked to the window.

"After the battle with the barbarians, he disappeared without a trace. I don't know whether he is dead or alive, but I still can't let him go. He went to that bloody place just to marry me for the glory. If he was lucky enough to survive and come back to see me, I would have married someone else..." Alan seemed to choke up when he said this.

"So you discussed with your brother and pretended to be captured, but you didn't expect the fox demon to actually find you."

"He found me yesterday, and I told him everything. He turned out to be a pitiful person..."

Alan was sad for a while, so he advised Lingxiang to have a good rest and went elsewhere.

Yes, who doesn’t have a past, whether happy or sad, they are all just clouds and smoke, so why should we cling to moving forward?

After resting for a few days, Lingxiang couldn't wait to set off.

After leaving Cangzhou and passing Xiangcheng, it was only a day's journey to Guyang. Lord Liu specially prepared a carriage to see Xie Lingxiang and her party off.

When they reached Guyang, Lingxiang gave Chi Yanzi a marrow cleansing pill as a token of gratitude. Chi Yanzi tried to refuse, but she accepted it and went to visit her old friend. But what was Long Qi's intention in following her?

Youranju is located in the downtown area in the south of the city, surrounded by wine shops, groceries, medical clinics and other businesses. It cost Lingxiang a lot of money to get this shop.

After living here for a few years, the neighbors got along very well with each other. When they saw her come back, they all greeted her. Lingxiang responded to each of them and was in a very good mood.

"This is my leisurely home," she said as she opened the door.

"Oh~ Not bad!" Long Qi praised with a fist, but just as he was about to step into the door, he was stopped by Lingxiang.

"I just wonder what advice you have for me, young man, since you have come to my humble abode?"

"Hey, we have been together for a long time and have been through life and death together, so we can be considered friends. You see, I have just arrived in your precious place, I am unfamiliar with the place and I have no money. As a friend, shouldn't you take care of me?" He said as he slipped into the house.

Seeing this, Lingxiang hurriedly chased after him: "Burning into a woman's boudoir by force, is that what a gentleman should do? Get out of here now!"

"I have never treated you as a woman, and you should not treat me as a gentleman. We are all brothers, and it would be too formal to talk too much!" Long Qi said with a grin.

"How can you be such a scoundrel?" Lingxiang wanted to use force, but she couldn't bear to give up all the treasures in her room.

In the end, Long Qi stayed, on the condition that he would help Lingxiang take care of those precious spiritual plants.

I thought that taking care of spiritual plants was just weeding and watering, but I didn't expect that the water was actually a spring beside a spiritual vein on Qingwei Peak of Jiuque Mountain.

It was a ten-mile round trip, and he had to fill two vats. Even though Long Qi had been learning martial arts since he was a child, it was still extremely painful. Before one vat was even full, he fell face down on the ground and couldn't move.

If this woman wanted to use the spiritual veins and springs to nourish the spiritual plants, why did she choose to live so far away...

"I don't believe... that you always... carried water by yourself in the past..." Long Qi gasped and lay on the ground with his legs spread out.

Lingxiang was lying on a hammock at this time, leisurely eating snacks.

"Of course I have ways to fill these two jars. But am I stupid for leaving the labor unused? Besides, it's you who's offering free food and lodging, and it's you who's talking about practicing. So, how come today's only the first day and you're already giving up?" Lingxiang said, picking up another small cake. "If you can't do it, then leave this little temple immediately."

"I heard that you had already established your foundation at the age of seven. Could it be that you were also like that before that?"

"Ah~ this is the difference between you and me," Lingxiang stood up, squatted above Long Qi's head, and poked his face. "Although you have practiced martial arts since childhood, you have only cultivated your outer body, which can be considered as physical training, but you have made no progress on the inside. The first step to cultivating immortality is to refine your Qi, and you must experience it firsthand when you are extremely exhausted. As the saying goes, exhaust your muscles and bones, and then exhaust your mind and will. This is your top priority. As for me, alas~ fortunately, I have been blessed by heaven. I have obtained the power of foundation building without even refining my muscles and opening my meridians..."

Long Qi had no intention of listening to what Lingxiang said afterwards. He only felt a burst of fragrance when she came, which was so intoxicating that he even forgot to breathe. After a while, he came to his senses and felt his face hot and he was out of breath. He hurriedly got up and ran away with the two wooden buckets.

After finally filling up the two tubs, Long Qi felt that he was out of control in every part of his body. Before he could rest for a moment, Lingxiang called him to take a bath.

The bath was filled with the aroma of medicine and the tub was steaming hot. The water was the Lingmai spring water he had just picked, which also contained the medicine bag prepared by Lingxiang. As soon as he got into the tub, he felt comfortable all over. As he was stretching, he heard the door open and close. It was Lingxiang who came in. He hurriedly covered himself with a towel and buried himself in the water.

"Tsk~ Although I'm not an expert in medicine, I've practiced visual and tactile therapy. With your small body, how could I not know what's wrong with you? Why are you hiding it?" He put down a set of clothes and a book, "Remember to memorize this 'Gui Yuan Jing'. From now on, meditate and regulate your breathing according to this technique every day before taking a bath to strengthen your body and replenish your vital energy."

Does this woman really not know the difference between men and women, or is she just a bit stupid?

After a month, Long Qi felt that his five senses had become sharper, and his breathing seemed to be integrated into his whole body. Even fetching water every day was easy for him and he did not feel tired at all.

The Fritillaria obtained by the Supreme Sect has begun to sprout. Lingxiang was just an experiment, but he didn't expect that it could break through the soil without leaving the spiritual vein. He just didn't know if it could grow nine leaves.

Half a year ago, I got a recipe for an elixir from my mother's posthumous work. It was called Huitian. However, the materials required for refining it are all rare, and the recipe is incomplete and the method is unclear. If the trial fails, I can't go to Chang Yunfeng to ask for it.

Long Qi originally thought that Lingxiang was just an alchemist, but he didn't expect that she also had the ability to cure diseases and exorcise evil spirits. From time to time, people would come to her house to ask for help, and she would always go alone at this time. He didn't know whether it was true or not.

Thinking about those fake Taoist priests who shook their heads and acted pretentiously, if she also acted like that, it would surely be very funny...

A very beautiful woman was doing those funny gestures - Long Qi couldn't help but burst into laughter...

Yes, although I never see her putting on makeup, she still looks very beautiful...

Long Qi laughed foolishly for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses and knocked his forehead.

What is he thinking? That female tiger has been ordering him around a lot in the past month. She looks petite and delicate, but she is actually full of evil intentions and wants to make trouble for him at the slightest opportunity. How can it be a good look!

After coming to his senses, he hurriedly picked up the wooden bucket and went up the mountain to fetch water.