Chapter 16 Chapter 16 "Brother taught me well."
After three years, I returned to the Seven Star Sect again.
The elder sister saw them from a distance and immediately turned back to shout, "Master, Ji Ying, the elder and younger brothers are finally back!"
As soon as the two of them got off the crane's back, their senior sister came over and scolded them, "I told you to go down the mountain to buy medicine, but it took you three years to come back. Do you know how worried I was about you?"
Ruan Mingyu: "Senior Sister, we know we were wrong. It's not that we don't want to come back, it's that we are trapped in the cave and can't come back!"
Senior Sister: "Still talking nonsense to me."
Both of them had grown taller and were more upright than before. However, Ruan Mingyu's face was obviously sickly, with a thin face and pale complexion.
"Senior sister, where is my uncle?" Song Chenxi asked.
Senior Sister: "The old man drank too much last night and is still sleeping. It may take two or three days for him to wake up. You can go find him in a few days."
"No, I have to find him today."
Song Chenxi pulled Ruan Mingyu without saying a word and kicked open the door of Taoist Sanqing's room.
"Who is it?" The old man was drunk, and the smell of last night's alcohol was still there. It was unknown how much he had drunk.
Song Chenxi brought Ruan Mingyu to him and said, "Your new disciple will die if he is not treated."
Ruan Mingyu: “…”
The old man was frightened by him and sobered up a lot. He exclaimed, "Wow!" "I finally accepted an apprentice. Please don't die!"
Song Chenxi: "If you don't want him to die, just show him."
Sanqing got up and felt Ruan Mingyu's pulse. "Nothing has changed since before. Your body is like a funnel. The speed at which you absorb spiritual energy can't keep up with the speed at which it dissipates. At this rate, you'll only live for fifty or sixty years at most."
"Fifty or sixty years, isn't that the end of old age?" Ruan Mingyu thought to himself, that's not a long life.
Ruan Mingyu himself didn't think it was anything serious, but Song Chenxi had a sad expression on his face: "Is there no cure?"
The old man Sanqing took out a bottle of pills and handed it to Ruan Mingyu: "Take this Yangyuan Pill. Considering our efforts, I'll give this one to you. You'll need to exchange spirit stones for the rest."
After a while, his face became serious: "Where did you get poisoned again?"
Song Chenxi still had the poison arrow he had pulled out of Ruan Mingyu. He handed it to the old man, who was shocked when he saw it.
Old man Sanqing: "The demon clan..."
"Demonic energy has entered my body. If I don't treat it, I'll have to go on a journey to cultivate magic!"
If Ruan Mingyu really wanted to practice magic, he had a ready-made master by his side, so he could just go find Song Chenxi.
Ruan Mingyu asked, "Is there a cure for this?"
The old man's expression changed as quickly as turning the pages of a book, and he immediately returned to his cheerful face: "Go to Tianchi and soak in it for three days and three nights, and all the evil spirits will be gone."
"Cen Tao is a girl and it's not convenient for her. Ji Ying is busy refining the elixir and can't spare the time." He said to Song Chenxi, "You go with him."
Then he said to Ruan Mingyu: "I will teach you some real kung fu once you recover from your illness."
Tianchi is located in a very remote place in the Qixing Sect. Song Chenxi picked up Ruan Mingyu and flew over on a crane.
From a distance, you can see a lake of clear springs, with mist curling around the pool, making it look like a fairyland.
"Go ahead." Song Chenxi said.
Ruan Mingyu took off his shoes and socks and soaked his feet in the water to test the temperature. The water was a little cold.
Song Chenxi: "Don't dawdle, get down quickly."
Ruan Mingyu hurriedly grabbed the corner of his clothes. To be honest, he was a little afraid of water.
"I'll think about it."
"There's no knife in the pool, what are you planning?" Song Chenxi gave a wicked laugh and pushed him down.
With a loud splash, Ruan Mingyu fell into the pool. His black hair floated on the surface of the water, and his body was soaked by the water, outlining his thin figure. His eyebrows and eyes were all wet, making him look a little pitiful.
Ruan Mingyu swam over and grabbed the corner of Song Chenxi's clothes: "Brother, the water is a bit deep, please pull me out."
Song Chenxi raised an eyebrow: "How long have you been soaking in it? Do you really want to cultivate magic?"
Ruan Mingyu shrank back into the pool pitifully.
Song Chenxi twisted his black hair, suddenly thought of something, and asked him: "We had just separated at that time, and when I saw you, you were injured. Who hurt you?" From the sound of his tone, did he want to find revenge for him?
Ruan Mingyu said, "I don't remember clearly. The forest was full of fog and my head was dizzy. I have forgotten what happened at that time."
Song Chenxi flicked his forehead and said, "Foolish ghost."
Ruan Mingyu puffed up his cheeks and looked at him: "You are the only one who is smart."
Song Chenxi: "Have you learned to talk back?"
Ruan Mingyu: "Senior Brother is extremely intelligent, resourceful, and quick-witted..."
Song Chenxi: "That's enough. If you continue, it will be exaggerated."
While he wasn't paying attention, Ruan Mingyu slowly swam over, feeling his way to the shore and trying to climb out. Perhaps because he had fallen into the water before, Ruan Mingyu had a natural fear of water.
Song Chenxi: "You don't seem to take my words to heart?"
Song Chenxi pushed him into the water again, Ruan Mingyu grabbed the corner of his clothes and refused to let go, and the two fell into the pool together.
"I understand. You have ulterior motives. It's ok for you to eliminate the evil spirit by yourself, but you even drag me along." Song Chenxi said.
Ruan Mingyu didn't say anything back, but hugged him reflexively in the water.
Song Chenxi raised his eyebrows: "What are we doing here? Taking a mandarin duck bath? Oh no, we're taking a bath in the little sparrow's bath water."
Ruan Mingyu hugged him tightly and refused to let go, looking frightened.
"Coward. How did you make up your mind to escape from that place with me? Aren't you afraid that my senior brother will come to cause trouble for you?" Song Chenxi said.
Ruan Mingyu didn't want to recall that time, so he asked nervously, "You're a demon cultivator, is it okay if you go down into this pond?"
"Are you concerned about me?" Song Chenxi looked at him.
"It would be terrible if you died like this?" Ruan Mingyu saw his expression change and immediately changed his tone, "Senior Brother has a high level of cultivation, so I think he'll be fine."
"How can your little mouth be so talkative, as if it were smeared with honey."
"Brother taught me well."
He pinched Ruan Mingyu's chin and came closer: "Tell me what I taught you."
They were so close that they could even feel each other's breathing. Ruan Mingyu felt inexplicably nervous.
"My cultivation techniques, introductory moves, and gorgeous swordsmanship were all taught to me by my senior brother..."
"No, what else?"
"what else?"
"I've taught you to flatter me, so you can say nice things that I like to hear."
“…”
After soaking for a long time, Song Chenxi finally agreed to let Ruan Mingyu go ashore.
Ruan Mingyu climbed ashore and knelt on the ground, vomiting several mouthfuls of water. His whole body was wet and he felt very uncomfortable.
He took off his wet outer robe. Song Chenxi glanced at him and immediately turned his back.
"You... are taking off your clothes again!"
Ruan Mingyu: "How can I change if I don't take it off?"
Song Chenxi: "Don't you know how to use the body purification technique?"
Ruan Mingyu: “No.”
Song Chenxi: "Forget it, change quickly."
After that, Song Chenxi watched him soak in the pool for a few days, but this time Song Chenxi was on the shore while Ruan Mingyu was soaking in the water. Moreover, Song Chenxi was very sick and did not allow Ruan Mingyu to take off his clothes while soaking.
When the evil spirit in Ruan Mingyu's body was almost gone, the old man Sanqing began to teach him how to make elixirs.
He called Ruan Mingyu to the alchemy room.
"You have to do whatever I do later. There must not be any mistakes, and the timing must be perfect."
Ruan Mingyu shook his head like a rattle and nodded.
The old man threw different medicinal herbs into the medicine furnace, and Ruan Mingyu followed him.
"The most crucial step is to inject our spiritual power into the furnace. The temperature is the most important." Sanqing taught carefully.
Ruan Mingyu copied him one to one.
After completing the last step, Sanqing said, "Wait two hours, and the elixir will be ready."
Two hours later, he opened the lid of the furnace where Ruan Mingyu was refining and saw two pills lying safely inside.
"It doesn't seem too difficult..." Ruan Mingyu said.
Sanqing: "I've been waiting for you to say this."
He stroked his beard and said with satisfaction: "This boy is teachable."
"Great! Tomorrow you will come with me to the alchemy room to make pills. We are responsible for making all the large and small pills for the sect, and we cannot slack off. We have to look at so many furnaces. What do you think?"
Feelings were treating him like labor, but being a disciple meant working, so Ruan Mingyu had no complaints. He tried to find some nice things to say, saying without blushing or beating his heart, "We have a heavy responsibility. We're not refining pills, but the future of the Seven Star Sect..."
Sanqing nodded quickly, thinking that this kid is worthy of being my disciple. Well, now that you can make pills, you can go to the sect and apply for a medicine furnace.
That being said, Ruan Mingyu simply couldn't spare the time. Ever since he'd learned how to make the elixir, he'd been refining it with his eyes open and his eyes closed. Song Chenxi seemed pretty busy lately, too, so they could only see each other at night before bed.
Except at night, Ruan Mingyu rarely saw him.
When Song Chenxi finally came back early, Ruan Mingyu forced himself to stay awake. He lay on the bed, tilted his head and said to him, "Brother, you take a rest tomorrow. Can you help me get a medicine furnace?"
Song Chenxi: "You're ordering me around."
"Senior brother, please." Ruan Mingyu pulled his sleeve and acted like a rogue and a coquettish person.
Song Chenxi did not express his opinion, but looked at him with a smile. Ruan Mingyu could not figure out whether he agreed or not, so he stopped what he was doing. If there was no other way, he would have to find time to go there.
He stopped asking for help halfway through, and Song Chenxi was unhappy.
"I didn't say I disagreed, what should you say?"
Ruan Mingyu smiled when he regained his composure: "Thank you, Senior Brother, you are such a kind person!"
"Do you know how good I am now?" Song Chenxi said, "Just wait."
The next day, Song Chenxi got up very early. He didn't need to ride a crane, so he could just fly over directly on his sword, which was faster.
When the registered disciple saw that it was Song Chenxi, he hurriedly came forward and asked, "Brother, what brings you here?"
"I'm here to get the medicine furnace for my junior brother. Please help me get a good one," he said.
The disciple picked out the best one and gave it to him: "To prevent it from being lost, you can engrave something on it. It depends on what you want to engrave."
Song Chenxi thought about it, with a smile on his face, and carved a few words.
Ruan Mingyu was exhausted after a long day, his back aching. When he returned home that night, he saw a small medicine cauldron on the table. It must have been something Song Chenxi had brought him. It was said that this cauldron could change size, from the smallest being the size of a palm to the largest, perhaps even the size of a house.
He picked it up and took a look, and he liked it. His fingers touched the bottom and felt a rough mark. He turned it over and saw a few words engraved on the bottom: "Seven Star Sect Origin Tai Peak Little Sparrow Medicine Furnace".
Ruan Mingyu was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
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