Du Rong's posture was too stiff, and Xiao Ba felt uncomfortable being held in his arms. He kicked his little hooves and bleated in dissatisfaction.
Du Rong was afraid that something might happen to this seemingly fragile little life, which would be difficult to explain to Chen Xiao, so he carefully carried Xiao Ba to the yard and gently put it on the ground.
Qian Chuan and Wan Qing, who were tidying up in the room, heard Xiao Ba's cry and couldn't help but feel strange. They put down their work and came out. Seeing the white lamb walking with its hooves, making crisp sounds on the bluestone floor and exploring everywhere, they couldn't help but be curious and gathered around to watch.
Du Rong rarely scolded the two for being absent from duty. The three of them followed Xiao Ba not far away, watching it running happily in the yard.
Wan Qing was simply mesmerized by this cute little creature. She even temporarily forgot about her timidity and hierarchy, and kept asking, "Butler, butler, where did this lamb come from? Is it going to be kept in our house? Can I take care of it? It's so funny! Look at its mouth, it's actually smiling!"
Du Rong looked at Wan Qing with dignity and scolded him, "Don't talk nonsense! This is the soul beast brought back by the master! Do you know what a soul beast is?! It is a powerful creature from another world with unpredictable abilities!"
Wan Qing was speechless and stammered, "But, but it's just a sheep no matter how you look at it."
Qian Chuan stroked his chin with his hand. He knew the purpose of Chen Xiao's outing this time. He looked at the seemingly ordinary Xiao Ba with awe and said, "This shouldn't be a sheep, right? It just looks like one. Isn't the master looking for a flying soul beast this time? Since it can fly, it must be something extraordinary."
Wan Qing didn't dare to speak.
Unlike Qian Chuan, who came from an ordinary family, Wan Qing was born into a farming family. She felt that she had not made a wrong judgment, but because of the successive denials of Du Rong and Qian Chuan, she became confused.
"Baa--" Xiaoba called in a baby voice, strolled around the yard, and when he was sure there was no danger, he calmed down and started to wait. It was not the first time that he was left in a strange place, but every time he waited, his owner would come back to pick him up.
Xiao Ba felt a little hungry, so he decided to find something to fill his stomach before his owner came back to pick him up.
Watching the little thing searching around, Du Rong finally remembered Chen Xiao's instructions before he left and gave it food and water.
But Chief Steward Du really had no idea what this soul beast wanted to eat.
Chen Xiao had not expected that his prevarication before leaving would put Du Rong in such a difficult position.
Du Rong muttered to himself in distress: "What do soul beasts eat?"
Wan Qing stood aside without saying a word. Sheep eat grass. Since it is not a sheep, who knows if there will be any problems if you feed it grass.
Qian Chuan also started to ponder over this. What worried the three of them was that they had never been involved in raising higher-level creatures before.
Fortunately, they don’t have to worry about it. Xiao Ba doesn’t wait or rely on others, but is self-reliant.
There were clumps of green bamboo planted in the middle of Chen's house. It went over to take a bite of the new green leaves.
In the Shenzhou Atlas, it had eaten bamboo leaves before, but it was just for fun, to exercise its teeth. How could a little lamb that had been pampered and raised on training rations, powder and water, accept such coarse fibers? The most important problem was that the energy contained in it was so low that even if it ate its entire stomach, it would not be able to supply the energy it needed.
Xiao Ba spat out the green bamboo leaf residue, and finally, smelling the fragrance of grass and trees, came to the small flower bed in front of the main house.
It sniffed the green grass with small flowers in the flower bed, opened its mouth and bit a cluster of fragrant flowers.
"!!!" Qian Chuan stared with his eyes wide open, and quickly moved his gaze to look at Du Rong.
The timid Wan Qing also covered her eyes, not daring to look at Du Rong's expression at this moment.
Because there was only bamboo in the yard, Du Rong felt it was a bit monotonous, so after returning, he opened two small flower beds in front of the two-story building.
In order to improve the style of Chen's house, the flower beds are planted with spiritual Longlan grass, which is quiet and elegant, and matches the green bamboo very well. It is very valuable and is a high-end ornamental plant.
Du Rong was afraid that Wan Qing and Qian Chuan, two inexperienced and clumsy people, would kill the Longlan grass, so he took care of it himself and carefully nurtured it for a month before it finally bloomed.
Xiao Ba even picked out the tender tips with flowers and ate them one bite at a time. Du Rong was so heartbroken and the low pressure around him made Wan Qing want to run away right away.
"Butler, what should we do?" Qian Chuan hesitated, but still asked, "Should we stop the master's soul beast?"
Du Rong turned his head and looked at him, then shook his head: "No, let the soul beast eat first. When the master comes back, ask him how to feed it first."
At this time, Chen Xiao and his party had already arrived at Li Yuzhou's home in the Zhencaotang urban area. Fortunately, Li Yuzhou was not out at this time, and was not in seclusion to refine medicine.
Li Yuzhou was particularly happy to see Chen Xiao bring Liu Lang back. He and Liu Lang were good friends, and Liu Lang had suddenly left without saying goodbye, so he had always been thinking about him.
Liu Lang briefly recounted his days at Shenzhou Tulu. Upon learning that he had become Chen Xiao's apprentice, Li and Zhou were delighted for their good friend's successful endeavors.
Liu Lang knew that everyone was worried about Chen Xiao's arm, so he interrupted Li and Zhou and told them that Chen Xiao was injured.
Li and Zhou's expressions became serious, so Chen Xiao showed them the injured parts and then explained their current predicament.
Li and Zhou listened carefully to the summary of Chen Xiao and the others, and nodded: "I understand, what you need is a medicine specifically tailored to the physique of ordinary people, and the efficacy must have the effect of a healing spell. Right?"
After listening to Li and Zhou's retelling, Chen Xiao felt that he was in an awkward position.
Unexpectedly, Li Yuzhou continued, "I don't have all the herbs you need here. I need to go to Zhencaotang. Also, considering the time for preparation, you can come and get them tomorrow afternoon, Xiaodi."
Chen Xiao was stunned at first, then he was ecstatic, "Really?!"
Xi Yunting had not expected it to be so smooth, and his eyes lit up. Jing Hui and Liu Lang were even more delighted.
Li and Zhou looked at him strangely. "What's so difficult about this? Every pharmacist has a few prescriptions for ordinary people. When you are still an apprentice, this is the main way to make money. You know, those wealthy mortals are willing to spend a lot of money to save their lives. Although mortals' money is not valuable in the world of immortal cultivation, if you make a large number of potions and sell them, the accumulation of a little bit can also support the initial stage of cultivation."
After all this time, this turned out to be the reason. Chen Xiao didn't know what to say for a moment.
Thinking about it this way, when he first came to this world, he spent most of his savings to buy life-saving medicine, which should have been a batch of medicine made by an apprentice of the alchemist.
Now that he thinks about it, his life was saved by the alchemist in the beginning, and now he has to rely on the alchemist to heal his arm. It is quite amazing that he has such a deep connection with the alchemist.
Li and Zhou saw that he had a strange expression on his face, as if they realized that they had revealed the inside story of the industry, so they said awkwardly, "Well, just pretend I didn't say the rest."
Chen Xiao chuckled and changed the subject: "What herbs are you short of? I'll go to Zhencaotang to buy them." After all, it was for his own treatment, so he couldn't let Li and Zhou spend money.
Li Yuzhou refused. He said, "I have to select them myself. In addition to selecting the herbs with the strongest medicinal effects, I also have to prepare other types as a backup. Your situation is a bit special, so I have to adjust some of the herbs."
Xi Yunting said in a deep voice: "Does this mean that we need to temporarily adjust the ratio and create a new formula?"
Jing Hui frowned when he heard this. Even if he was not an alchemist, he knew from hearsay that making a new formula was not something that could be accomplished overnight and in a short period of time.
Li Yuzhou asked them to come over tomorrow afternoon. Is he really sure, or is he just arrogant?
Li Yuzhou said as a matter of course: "Of course. Although I have a similar formula here, I have never made it before. Just looking at the prescription ratio, you can tell that the effect is not good." He looked at everyone seriously, "Since you came to me, you trust me to treat my good brother Xiao, so I will naturally do my best."
With anticipation, the group left Li and Zhou's home. Jinghui agreed to meet up at Li and Zhou's home the next day and then returned to the short-term rental place.
Chen Xiao and the other two were exhausted from the long journey and had a lot of things to deal with, so he didn't bother them.
Liu Lang hesitated for a moment, reported to Chen Xiao, and prepared to go to Ye Jinglan to meet her.
After so many years of relationship, the two have been childhood sweethearts, and Liu Lang has a secret crush on Ye Jinglan. After being shown affection by Chen Xiao and Xi Yunting for so long, Liu Lang couldn't help wanting to see Ye Jinglan as soon as he set foot on Yingxian Island.
Knowing that Chen Xiao had to deal with the things that had accumulated during his absence, Xi Yunting planned to go to Shi Fengdu. During his absence, Shi Fengdu took good care of Chen Xiao, and Xi Yunting was very grateful for that.
In the end, Chen Xiao was the only one who returned to Tangyan Street. Du Rong hurriedly came to meet him, without even bothering to ask where the others had gone. The first thing he did was to report to Chen Xiao that Xiao Ba had eaten the Longlan grass.
Du Rong said worriedly, "It's all my fault that I'm so ignorant that I couldn't recognize what kind of powerful spirit beast the master's soul beast is. Later, I tried to feed it various foods, but the soul beast wouldn't eat them."
Apart from the initial heartache, Du Rong later became worried that Xiao Ba might have an upset stomach. He fed it fresh grains, beans, and even various fresh grasses and leaves, but Xiao Ba only took a bite and turned his head away with disdain.
"I left in a hurry and forgot to tell Uncle Rong that Xiao Ba can be fed with training rations." Chen Xiao didn't care that the Longlan grass that was eaten was expensive. "Since Xiao Ba likes to eat Longlan grass, I'll buy some to feed it. In addition, you can go to the flower garden and the herbal medicine shop to buy some more herbs containing spiritual energy and see which one Xiao Ba likes the most."
Chen Xiao's wallet is quite fat now and he has no shortage of money.
Du Rong was filled with admiration after hearing this. He was indeed the head of the family. The soul beasts he raised only ate spiritual plants. "I will ask Qian Chuan to go shopping everywhere. I will make sure that the head of the family's soul beasts will eat comfortably and to their satisfaction." Then he asked embarrassedly, "But what kind of creature is the head of the family's soul beast? What's so special about it?"
Chen Xiao was stunned for a moment. "Xiao Ba is just an ordinary wild sheep kid. If there is anything special about him... it's probably just because he is a bit like his ancestors and eats a lot."
Du Rong was stunned as if struck by lightning. Is it really just a sheep? !
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