Chapter 60
Lu Ya's big bed was very comfortable. Gu Fan sank into it and used his spiritual sense to spy on Lu Ya for a while. Seeing that he was lost in thought facing the night, looking very serious, Gu Fan also began to think about the experience of the four times of refining the elixir.
The top of the snow-capped mountain was very quiet at night, even the wind had stopped.
Gu Fan didn't know when he fell asleep. When he woke up, it was already blindingly bright outside the cave.
His exhausted consciousness seemed like a dried-up river that was refilled with abundant water, and Gu Fan felt relaxed both physically and mentally.
She sat up and saw Lu Ya leaning against the side of the cave entrance with his eyes closed. The snow-like light filtered in, illuminating half of his profile. His eyebrows were high and straight, his face was as handsome as jade, and his lips were slightly pursed. If he were really in the world of cultivation, he would be one of the most handsome men, able to compete with the bright moon.
Gu Fan couldn't help but think of the question from last night again. If another female cultivator who was better than her in every way came to Earth at the same time, would Lu Ya still see her?
Lu Ya said he could, but he might not even be sure of the answer verbally, and he just said it to make her happy.
No wonder many mortals cut off their romantic ties when they decide to cultivate immortality. Feelings, with their ever-changing and doubtful nature, are too draining on the mind.
Gu Fan decided not to think about those trivial things anymore.
Lu Ya liked her, so she stayed with him, enjoying a relationship, just like that wonderful chocolate. Even if Lu Ya realized her ordinary love and abandoned her one day, Gu Fan could just continue to practice, and there would be no loss. After all, chocolate is sweet when you eat it, and it won't kill you if you don't eat it.
After all, he has lived for a hundred years, so Gu Fan still has this state of mind.
She got out of bed.
Lu Ya looked over.
Gu Fan: "Go lie down for a while. I'll try refining a few more furnaces. If we still can't succeed by noon, we'll go back to City C first."
It is now eight o'clock in the morning, and Gu Fan still has two or three chances to try.
But Gu Fan has confidence in himself. As long as he has the ability to refine pills, then refining any pill is just a process from unfamiliar to proficient. The difference is that a genius may succeed in one try, while an ordinary person needs to practice several more times.
Her success rate in making pills was not high, but it was not too bad either. She had enough herbs on hand, so she was not afraid of failure.
Lu Ya was not sleepy, but if he lay down and rested, Gu Fan might feel less stressed.
He went to lie down on the bed.
Gu Fan sat down in front of the alchemy furnace again, recalling the process of refining the elixir for the fourth time, and she put the herbs into the alchemy furnace again.
Lu Ya could hear the occasional crackling sound of the alchemy fire and feel the slight heat coming from the direction of the alchemy furnace.
The communication bracelet was facing his face, so even if Lu Ya didn't move, he could see the changes in time.
It's ten o'clock.
At around ten twenty, a faint medicinal fragrance suddenly wafted over.
Lu Ya didn't dare to move, for fear of disturbing her.
Gu Fan smiled, put away the fire, opened the furnace lid, and a milky white pill the size of a cherry flew out obediently and landed in her palm.
Because it was his first time trying to make the bone-renewing pill, Gu Fan only used the smallest amount of medicinal materials each time. Once the success rate of refining one pill increased, he would gradually increase the amount until he could refine five pills at a time.
"look."
Seeing that Lu Ya woke up, Gu Fan stretched out his palm with some pride.
Lu Ya didn't know how to make pills, so he asked, "Do you need to test the efficacy of the medicine?"
In modern pharmaceutical manufacturing, once a drug is developed, its efficacy and whether it has any side effects must be determined before it can be mass-produced and officially put into use.
Gu Fan glared at him: "The pill will only be formed if the medicinal effect is sufficient. If there is any deficiency, it will fail at this stage."
This is the spirituality of the elixir. It is either full marks or zero marks. There is no such thing as defective products.
Speaking of this, Gu Fan recalled the beast-avoiding pill she had sold to Lu Ya. Lu Ya doubted the efficacy of the pill and insisted on taking her to kill the wind bear.
Thinking of the past, Gu Fan's eyes when looking at Lu Ya were naturally not very gentle.
In fact, Lu Ya had already tested the efficacy of her medicine at that time. He insisted on taking Gu Fan with him because he wanted to find out her abilities along the way.
Although he had no ill intentions, from Gu Fan's perspective, he had acted as a bad guy.
"I'm sorry." He said sincerely.
Gu Fan was not so stingy. He put away the bone-replenishing pill and the alchemy furnace, and at the same time used the dust-removing technique on the two of them.
"Let's go." Gu Fan couldn't wait to see Fenghuo's surprised face.
She summoned her flying sword, and Lu Ya stepped on top of her. His eyes swept across the silk ribbon specially tied for him and fell on her slender waist.
This woman actually used her spiritual sense to peek at him.
Yesterday in the cave, he wanted to kiss her and she didn't seem to mind.
She didn't seem very angry when he carried her to bed last night.
Gu Fan is devoted to cultivating immortality, and Lu Ya respects her choice, but if she doesn't mind developing a relationship before a long period of seclusion, why should he restrain himself?
Lu Ya's hand swept across the flowing silk ribbon and held Gu Fan's waist.
Gu Fan's heart was shocked.
Lu Ya came closer, wrapped his arms around her, and whispered in her ear, "Is this okay?"
Gu Fan only felt that Lu Ya released a weak lightning bolt at her. The invisible electric current penetrated her eardrum and entered her body, directly hitting her soul and making her whole body go limp.
It's broad daylight!
Don’t people on Earth observe etiquette?
"No." Gu Fan said sternly. If he continued to discharge electricity, it would affect her sword-riding. Besides, there were countless monsters hiding in the forest below. She needed Lu Ya to stay calm and be ready to take action at any time.
Lu Ya lowered his eyelashes, took a step back, released her waist, and picked up the silk ribbon.
Gu Fan: "Be alert."
Lu Ya: "Yeah."
Gu Fan quickened his pace and headed towards City C.
After about half an hour, the abandoned buildings in City C became very clear.
During this half hour, the two did not say a word. Gu Fan slowed down and scanned back with his spiritual sense. He saw Lu Ya's cold face, looking down with his eyes down, not knowing what he was thinking.
"We're about to land," she said.
Lu Ya raised his eyes and looked at her profile.
Gu Fan faced downwards and said seriously, "I'm not used to that during the day, especially when I'm flying a sword. It would distract me."
There was a hint of smile in Lu Ya's eyes: "Sorry, I will pay more attention next time."
Gu Fan hummed, and without further delay, he quickly landed at the agreed square.
The four people from Xinghe gathered together immediately.
Fenghuo walked at the back, looking like he wanted to see Gu Fan but was afraid of adding pressure to her.
Gu Fan smiled and took out the pill, handing it to Fenghuo. "I found the red ginseng. It took me five furnaces to refine this one. The efficacy hasn't been tested by your Earth technology. Do you dare to eat it?"
When saying this, Gu Fan glanced at Lu Ya.
Lu Ya had a blank expression on his face, as if he had never said or done anything.
But last summer, Lu Ya came to the villa with only three-quarters of the beast-avoiding pill left to threaten Gu Fan, and Xinghe and the other three were witnesses.
Meng Lianying felt both sympathy for his cousin and a bit gloating. He deserved it because his cousin had bullied others by taking advantage of his power.
Fenghuo had complete confidence in Gu Fan's pill, so he took the pill and put it in his mouth.
Gu Fan reminded him promptly: "It might be very painful when the medicine takes effect."
Small wounds of flesh and blood will itch when they heal, and the regeneration of flesh and bones is destined to be extremely painful.
Fenghuo smiled and said, "As long as it can grow out, I can endure any pain."
The group returned to the abandoned building where they had rested before.
Fenghuo didn't want everyone to see his painful state, so he went to a room alone.
Gu Fan sat with Xinghe and the others, but his spiritual consciousness was directed over there, still worried about any accidents.
The drug took effect quickly. Fenghuo, with his upper body naked, was sweating all over. He stuffed a piece of cork into his mouth in time.
Gu Fan just watched, his face turned pale and pain appeared in his eyes.
When Lu Ya, Xing He and the others saw this, they knew that the beacon fire had already begun.
Everyone stopped talking at the same time.
It was a full two hours, not very long, but it seemed long because of Fenghuo's pain. When Fenghuo's right arm and right hand finally grew fully, the pain disappeared, and Fenghuo fainted on the ground.
Gu Fan cast a dust removal spell on Fenghuo and the room he was in, then said to Meng Lianying, "It's over. Help Fenghuo go to bed."
Just as Meng Lianying was about to stand up, Qing Teng got there first.
Gu Fan didn't think much about it. Qing Teng was an A-level wood-type mutant and had his own ways to help Fenghuo eliminate physical fatigue.
Meng Lianying reacted and chuckled at Xinghe, "No matter how hard you try, you can't prevent a thief from within your own home. Didn't expect that?"
Qing Teng is the little girl picked up by Xinghe, and their relationship has always been better than that of siblings.
Xinghe just smiled.
Meng Lianying suddenly thought of something and became unhappy again: "You are my biological brother, so Qingteng will of course not like you. But how am I worse than Fenghuo? Why would Qingteng like him? Oh, I know, because I showed up late and Fenghuo joined you first, so he had the upper hand."
Gu Fan recalled the scenes when he and his friends were together. It seemed that every time Fenghuo cooked, he would put the dishes that Qingteng liked in front of Qingteng first. At that time, Gu Fan only understood that Fenghuo knew how to take care of the youngest Qingteng. Now it seems that Fenghuo may not be without selfish motives.
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Fenghuo slept until the evening. When he woke up, he immediately became full of energy. He happily chopped some wooden furniture and cooked a sumptuous dinner for everyone in a big pot.
Gu Fan hadn't eaten such delicious food in a long time. Seeing a spicy crayfish on the plate, she politely asked her friends, "Who else wants to eat?"
Xinghe and the other three knew that she was greedy, so they naturally wouldn't compete with her.
Just as Gu Fan was smiling and reaching for the crayfish, a slender hand suddenly got ahead of her and snatched the crayfish away.
Gu Fan looked at Lu Ya in disbelief.
Didn't he like her? He even wanted to fight with her for a crayfish? How could that be considered love?
Not to mention that she was shocked, Meng Lianying even covered his eyes miserably and said, "Cousin, cousin, will you pursue someone?"
In an awkward silence, Lu Ya peeled the inedible part of the crayfish as if no one was around, and then put the shrimp meat on Gu Fan's plate next to him as if no one was around.
Gu Fan: ...
She started eating as if no one was around.
Meng Lianying quietly gave Lu Ya a thumbs up.
Fenghuo waited until Gu Fan finished eating before asking, "Fanfan, have you and Master Lu finally achieved a happy ending?"
Gu Fan played dumb: "What does it mean to achieve the right result?"
Fenghuo: "It's the Earth love routine I warned you against before. One person first finds another person and pretends to be in love, and then the fake becomes real and they really get together."
Gu Fan looked at Lu Ya. Did he really want to trick her at that time?
Lu Ya: "Yes."
A simple "yes" was not sure whether it was answering Fenghuo that he and Gu Fan were indeed together, or answering the doubts conveyed by Gu Fan's eyes.
Meng Lianying was the first to cheer and applauded the two of them.
Lu Ya had a blank expression on his face, and Gu Fan lowered his head to eat.
After the commotion, Xinghe said, "Since this is the case, Fanfan will definitely return to the base to settle down. The Lu family is easy to deal with, but the other four major families will probably not let go easily."
Lu Ya: "With her current strength, those four families will only try to curry favor with her."
Gu Fan: "If anyone tries to force their way in, we'll kill them as a warning to the monkeys."
Things have changed, and now she is not someone who can be bullied by just anyone!
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