Gu Qingqing noticed a small sunburn on the back of Old Ye's hand and spoke to him about it.

“Master, you have sunburn on the back of your hand. You can try rubbing it on and see if it helps. I believe what Sister Yunxi said.”

Old Ye looked at the back of his hand and saw a small sunburned area. He decided to take the risk and, in the middle of the night, opened the bottle, used a cotton swab to apply the spiritual spring water to the sunburned area.

It stings a little when you first apply it, but if you apply it a few more times, the sunburned areas will gradually fade.

After a short while, the redness on the back of Old Ye's hand disappeared.

Old Ye looked at his hand and saw that the sunburn on the back of his hand had disappeared, and said excitedly.

"Wow, this is a miracle cure! My sunburn is healed."

Gu Qingqing was amazed when she saw this scene for the first time.

"What an amazing medicine! I've studied medicine for so many years, and this is the first time I've ever seen such a miraculous medicine."

Old Master Ye gently tapped Gu Qingqing's head.

"You've studied medicine for many years, but have you studied as much as I have? This is the first time I've seen this."

He then turned to Ye Yunxi and asked.

"Girl, where did you get this medicine? It's so amazing! Do you have any more? Give this old man some too. I'll take it and study it; it can cure more people."

Ye Yunxi looked at Elder Ye and said.

"You can have it. You don't need to ask where it came from."

Gu Qingqing quickly tried to smooth things over.

"Master, you don't need to ask about that. Just know that it can cure sunburn. I've given you what you wanted. Now, could you accept Sister Yunxi as your servant?"

Old Ye sighed.

"Alright, alright, I won't ask where the potion came from. Since you gave me this potion, I'll accept you as my disciple. Girl, would you like to become my apprentice?"

Ye Yunxi knew that Elder Ye simply wanted to have more as a backup, perhaps to save the people at the base.

But for her, the life or death of the people in the base was none of her business. Since the base wanted to save them, it wasn't impossible. In any case, she would sell the base chief three hundred bottles of spiritual spring water anyway.

Besides, she came here to study medicine, and the old man in front of her seemed alright. He was also Qingqing's mentor, so she could probably learn a lot from him.

“Okay, I’m willing. I have some more of this medicine at home, I can give you some more. As for Elder Ye’s idea to use it for research and treatment of the people at the base, I think that’s unnecessary. The base has already purchased it.”

Upon hearing that the base had already purchased the medicine, Old Ye was no longer so saddened.

Hearing Ye Yunxi call him "Old Ye" again made him somewhat unhappy.

"Girl, shouldn't you call me Master? Why are you calling me Elder Ye?"

Ye Yunxi was taken aback, then realized what was happening, clasped her hands together, and bowed to Elder Ye.

"Master, please accept my bow."

Old Master Ye nodded in satisfaction, helped Ye Yunxi up, and said to her.

"Very good, very good. From today onwards, you will be my third disciple, and also my last disciple."

Gu Qingqing excitedly hugged Ye Yunxi.

"Sister Yunxi, that's great! Our relationship has taken another step forward."

Ye Yunxi patted Gu Qingqing's head and looked at Old Master Ye.

"Master, I am your third disciple. Then what number is Qingqing?"

Gu Qingqing released Ye Yunxi and immediately answered.

“I am the second one. We have a senior brother who is a very good person.”

Old Master Ye nodded, feeling somewhat saddened as he thought of his first apprentice.

I have no idea where that guy is now; I haven't seen him for over a year. I can't get in touch with him either.

Seeing that Old Master Ye seemed a little sad, Ye Yunxi asked curiously.

"Master, what's wrong?"

Gu Qingqing tugged at Ye Yunxi and put her hand in front of her mouth to shush.

"Sister Yunxi, you don't know, my senior brother and I have been disciples of Master for more than two years. My senior brother started a year earlier than me. But before the natural disaster, my senior brother suddenly went on a long journey and we haven't been in contact since."

I don't know how my senior brother is doing out there. And ever since he disappeared, Master thought he was dead. Since then, Master has been depressed and often thinks of the time when my senior brother was still alive.

Ye Yunxi frowned. "Then why don't you look for it?"

Gu Qingqing spoke again.

"It's not that we don't look for them, it's that we can't find them. It's like they've vanished into thin air."

Old Ye wasn't deaf; he could hear the two of them talking.

He took out a photo from his pocket. The man in the photo had handsome, sunny features and was Ye Lao's first apprentice.

Mr. Ye handed the photo to Ye Yunxi.

"This is your senior brother, Shen Nuoyang. He followed me for many years, and later took Qingya as his wife. The two of them are often by my side, like my grandchildren."

But he's gone now; I don't know if he's alive or dead out there. If he were still alive, how wonderful it would be to see him again.

Gu Qingqing released Ye Yunxi and gently patted Old Master Ye's back.

"Master, don't be sad. I believe that my senior brother is not dead and that we will meet again."

Old Ye sighed.

"I hope so."

Although it was Ye Yunxi's first time meeting her senior brother in the photo, she felt like she had seen him somewhere before, but she just couldn't remember where.

Ye Yunxi also comforted Old Master Ye and said to him.

"Master, don't worry, good people are always blessed, we will meet again eventually."

Master Ye knew what he should and shouldn't do. He couldn't let his newly accepted apprentice make a fool of himself.

He put away the photos and looked up at Ye Yunxi.

“Yunxi, you’ll start coming here tomorrow, and I’ll teach you medicine.”

Ye Yunxi thought for a moment and then refused.

"Master, I can't come for the next few days. My vegetables will be ready to harvest in two days. After I harvest them, I'll replant them and find someone to take care of the vegetable patch before I come back."

(This is my first time writing a novel, and the beginning is often poorly written, with many unexpected plot points. I'll work on improving the later parts. If you enjoy reading, please click the free gift button. If you don't like it, please refrain from being sarcastic.)