Chen Xiao thought about the rumors he heard yesterday and couldn't help asking, "Did he really hurt his spiritual roots? Did he lose his cultivation?"
The home gods Li and Zhou have communication barriers with strangers, but they have no such difficulty in front of people they know. He sighed and nodded: "It was also Liu Lang's bad luck. He originally wanted to send Zizhi to the door that day. As a result, he encountered a fight between two parties and Ye Jinglan was trapped. He and Ye Jinglan were childhood sweethearts, so how could he stand by and watch. In the end, although Master Mu arrived in time and Ye Jinglan escaped unscathed, Liu Lang ended up with a serious injury to his spiritual roots."
Chen Xiao raised his eyebrows. The truth was really complicated. If this was true, Liu Lang would not be without a reason. After he was injured, Ye Jinglan would not have ignored him.
Li Yuzhou said: "Now I, a few friends, Ye Jinglan and her sisters are desperately trying to find a solution. But no matter what method we use, it will cost a lot of money. I have spent all the money I earned in Gengsheng before, and only these potions are of some value."
Chen Xiao understood what he meant, and he said, "Well, I can lend you some spiritual beads for emergency use, and you don't have to sell these medicines at a low price."
Li Yuzhou was overjoyed and said quickly: "Thank you, brother Xiao, for your help. Thank you very much! Don't worry, I will put the medicine in Zhencaotang to sell later. I will return it to you immediately when I raise enough money." Li Yuzhou felt distressed if it was really sold at a low price, after all, it would be a big loss.
Chen Xiao looked around and saw that there were not many people here, so he opened the storage box and found a box. He put a thousand spirit beads in it and gave it to Li Yuzhou. He also asked him, "I'll give you a thousand first. If it's not enough, come back and tell me."
Looking at the box full of spiritual beads, Li Yuzhou gasped: "So many!"
Chen Xiao said, "Liu Lang's injury is in his spiritual roots, which is the most difficult to treat. These one thousand spiritual beads may not be enough."
Although Li Yuzhou felt that Chen Xiao's words made sense, one thousand spirit beads was a huge sum of money that he had not expected. This made him feel a little uneasy. Although he and Chen Xiao felt like close friends, their acquaintance was too shallow and they had only met a few times.
Chen Xiao didn't think too much about it. It didn't matter if Li and Zhou couldn't pay it back in the end. Just consider it as an emotional investment. A genius alchemist who always has wonderful ideas is worth it.
Li Yuzhou thought for a moment and solemnly placed the box in the medicine box: "I don't have time to make medicine recently, so I'll pledge my alchemy furnace to you. I'll redeem it from you when Liu Lang's problem is resolved." If it was fifty or a hundred spirit beads, he would have lent it. The sudden debt of a thousand spirit beads made Li Yuzhou feel uneasy.
Li and Zhou were very persistent, so Chen Xiao had no choice but to follow them to his residence.
Li and Zhou's home was located on the outskirts of the city centering on Zhencaotang. It was a square courtyard covering an area of nearly 1,000 square meters. The courtyard was filled with shelves for drying various medicinal herbs, and the wall facing the gate had three large houses. The middle one was for living and entertaining guests, the east one was for refining medicine and meditating, and the west one was originally used to store sundries, but now it was vacated to accommodate Liu Lang.
Li, Zhou, Chen Xiao and the other two stepped into the courtyard, and hurried to the west room, handing the box containing the spirit beads to Ye Jinglan who was taking care of Liu Lang.
"With these spirit beads, you can buy some high-grade elixirs. My network of contacts is not as wide as yours, so you should do it!" Li Yuzhou said to her blankly.
Before Ye Jinglan could say anything, the haggard Liu Lang leaned against the bed and said, "Jinglan, don't worry about this for now. Two days from now will be the day when your sect will compete with Wanjin Pavilion. This competition is crucial to you and will determine whether you can become the successor of Qianxiufang. You can't be distracted at this time!"
Chen Xiao and the other two did not rush into the house, but stood outside the door, just in time to see Ye Jinglan's profile. She was slender, beautiful, with thin eyebrows and single eyelids that made her look very gentle.
Ye Jinglan said: "I won't abandon you at this time! You don't have to say anything more, I will go find medicine for you." Then she stood up and wanted to go out.
"Stop!" Liu Lang shouted loudly, and then started coughing violently.
Ye Jinglan, Li Yuzhou and others rushed forward in panic and surrounded him in a panic. Ye Jinglan said even more sadly: "Liu Lang, don't worry. Isn't it okay for me to listen to you?"
After Liu Lang calmed down his cough, he looked at Ye Jinglan and said, "You agreed to this now, but I just forced you to do so. If you are distracted, how can you perform normally on the day of the competition?"
Ye Jinglan bit her lower lip, looking depressed. She said, "Compared to the competition, of course it is more important to take care of your spiritual roots and restore them as soon as possible..."
Before she could finish her words, Liu Lang interrupted her harshly: "Stop talking nonsense! Do you want to make all your previous efforts go to waste?!"
Although Ye Jinglan didn't say anything, it was obvious that she didn't listen. She just remained silent because she didn't want to provoke Liu Lang at this time.
Liu Lang took a breath and said to her, "You are wasting your energy on me now, which is just putting the cart before the horse. Only if you win this competition can you really gain the respect of Mu Fangzhu. When the time comes, you can go and beg Mu Fangzhu, and she will naturally think of a way to treat my injury because of your contribution. As for me, delaying for three or four days will not make things worse!"
Ye Jinglan thought about it and felt that what Liu Lang said made sense. She immediately cheered up and nodded, saying, "I know what to do. Don't worry, I will do my best to win this competition!"
Ye Jinglan returned the box to Li Yuzhou and asked him to take good care of Liu Lang before leaving. When she left, she brushed past Chen Xiao and the other two. Since she had never met them before, she just nodded slightly.
Seeing that she really left, Liu Lang immediately breathed a sigh of relief and lay down.
Li Yuzhou held the box and said, "If I had known earlier that I could have asked Ye Jinglan to ask Master Mu for help, I wouldn't have to rush around to collect money."
Liu Lang smiled weakly, "I just said that to let Jing Lan concentrate on the competition. I know my injuries well, my spiritual roots are too badly damaged. Even if she really wins, there won't be any other solution if she goes to Master Mu to ask for help. Besides, how could she be so kind as to ask Master Mu to find a solution for someone like me who has nothing to do with me. What's more, I really overestimated my own abilities at that time. Forget it, let's just leave it at that. No one should bother."
Li and Zhou were a little flustered: "Liu Lang, you can't give up on yourself. Ye Jinglan has been running around for you these days. I think she is clearly interested in you!"
Liu Lang shook his head bitterly: "We came to Yingxian Island from our hometown to look for opportunities together, and we only maintained this friendship because of our old friendship. I can feel that she has no love for me. Now she is just feeling guilty. We couldn't be together before, and we can't be together in the future."
Li and Zhou knew that with Liu Lang's self-esteem, he would definitely not have any more thoughts in his mind. His relationship would eventually end in failure.
Moreover, considering Liu Lang's character, once he recovers, he will definitely leave this sad place, and maybe he will never come back again. Thinking of this, Li and Zhou couldn't help but hug the box tightly with some sadness.
"You take a rest first, I'll come back later." Li Yuzhou came out holding the box and closed the door. "Sorry, Xiao brother. I kept you waiting for a long time."
Chen Xiao unexpectedly watched an emotional ethics drama, and he felt a little sympathetic to Liu Lang. He shook his head and asked in a low voice: "Is it okay for Daoist Liu Lang to stay alone?"
Li Yuzhou shook his head and whispered, "Let's go to the east room. My alchemy furnace is over there."
Having his spiritual roots destroyed and his cultivation level completely ruined is no less than falling from the sky into the dirt. People with weak wills might even commit suicide. Liu Lang was still thinking about his childhood sweetheart's future at this time, which shows that he has a strong character and good personality. It's a pity that Chen Xiao had no way to help him and could only sigh for his misfortune.
Li Yuzhou handed over his most valuable belongings to Chen Xiao, and it was as if a huge rock had been lifted off his shoulders.
The three of them left Li and Zhou's house. As they were walking back, Tong Nuonuo said, "Isn't this alchemist a little bit stupid? He pledged his alchemy furnace. What will he use to make medicine in the future? How can an alchemist without an alchemy furnace make money and get into debt?"
Tang Ru put his hands behind his head and said as he walked, "I can't say he's stupid, I can only say he has a sincere heart. He felt that the most valuable thing he had was the alchemy furnace, so he mortgaged it to Xiaoxiao. At that time, he probably didn't have the time to think about how to make medicine without the alchemy furnace."
Chen Xiao said: "Don't worry, I won't always take advantage of others' food. When we are about to leave Yingxian Island, if he hasn't come to me to ask for the alchemy furnace back, I will directly post a task at Zhishitang here and send the alchemy furnace to him."
When they returned to the pavilion, Xi Yunting had already returned. He told them the good news that they could go to watch the competition between Qianxiufang and Wanjin Pavilion in two days. Tong Nuonuo was so excited that she cheered. Tang Ru was also very happy, but she was still quite reserved and didn't lose her composure like Tong Nuonuo.
Xi Yunting said to them, "Because the occasion will be very formal, you need to dress formally."
Tong Nuonuo and Tang Ru had both attended palace banquets and were able to pick out a formal Taoist robe.
After dinner, Xi Yunting sat in the living room of Chen Xiao's room. Chen Xiao told him what he had seen and heard today. After talking about what happened at Li and Zhou's house, Chen Xiao sighed: "The world of immortal cultivation is so cruel. Just because of the destruction of spiritual roots, a person fell from heaven to hell. It's a pity for Liu Lang." He looked at Xi Yunting and asked, "Is it really impossible to recover the damaged spiritual roots?"
Xi Yunting shook his head: "If you are injured or atrophied, there are ways to recover, but if you are destroyed, there is no way to save you." After a pause, he said, "From the moment you start practicing, practitioners must be prepared to die at any time. Every time you practice and fight, something unexpected may happen. No practitioner has a smooth sailing all the time, including us."
Chen Xiao's heart ached when he heard this. He had encountered many dangers along the way, and he almost lost his life twice. However, once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. Since he has chosen the path of cultivating immortals, he can only go all the way.
He stretched out his hand to cover the back of Xi Yunting's hand, and Xi Yunting turned it over and held it. Chen Xiao looked into Xi Yunting's eyes and said, "I will work hard to fight alongside you as soon as possible and become strong enough to protect you."
Xi Yunting raised the corners of his lips and said, "Brother, wait and see."
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