Chapter 13 She Wants to Control Her Own Destiny
It was not difficult for Fu Ning to refine third-grade pills using her heavenly-grade alchemy furnace. However, pills of low quality would lose their efficacy quickly. The fat county magistrate only took four pills a month, so Fu Ning also only refined four pills a month.
She and Song Jinghe lived peacefully in the county magistrate's mansion. The county magistrate also assigned her two maids, named Damao and Ermao, to take care of her and Song Jinghe's daily life. She lived a very carefree life.
In addition to making elixirs for the county magistrate, Fu Ning also did not neglect her business in the town. She often instructed her servants to send back some Qi Gathering Pills to the people in the mountain village.
Now the whole village knows that Fu Ning used alchemy to exchange for Ning He from the village. Although she did lie at first, her favorability has not decreased at all, but has steadily increased.
Because of the frequent refining of pills, Fu Ning finally reached the initial stage of foundation building on a night one month later.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she heard the voice of the system in her mind, "Congratulations, sir. You have now officially entered the ranks of monks."
Fu Ning asked Ermao to fetch a bucket of water to wash away the dirt from his body.
She sat in the wooden tub filled with hot water and sighed comfortably. Now she could finally feel the presence of spiritual energy in her dantian. Even her five senses seemed to have been uncovered, becoming much clearer.
But there is still a long way to go. She was once half a step away from ascending, and after being resurrected for so long, she is still only in the initial stage of foundation building.
After all, it was because her spiritual roots were too poor. Her former yang spiritual roots did not require much effort and her cultivation level could improve by leaps and bounds.
She closed her eyes and said to the system: "System, can you help me locate the location of the spiritual grass?"
The system was shocked. "Boss, why haven't you given up yet? It's enough for us to defeat the villains safely. Why take such a big risk?"
Of course, for myself.
She has to become strong to control her own destiny.
But she didn't intend to say this to the system, which only had favorability in its mind.
Fu Ning said righteously: “The villain’s cultivation is at the Nascent Soul stage. When he recovers his spiritual power, he will definitely despise me for being too weak. Even if he likes me, he will abandon me and choose Shen Qingning. I have to be more powerful than Shen Qingning to capture the villain’s heart.”
The system was somewhat convinced, "But..."
Fu Ning interrupted, "No need for buts. If the villain is found to be a fake young master in the cultivation world and I can't protect him when he is bullied, how can I gain favorability?"
She quickly concluded: "So I have to be awesome."
"...It seems to make sense." The system hesitated for a moment and began to search for the location of the Spirit Washing Grass.
Soon it had an answer, "The nearest Xiling grass is in Quzhi, Yongzhou, about 200 miles away from us."
"Okay, can you keep giving me directions?" Fu Ning asked.
The system quickly replied: "Yes, you need to deduct 200 points."
Because of the villain's ten points of favorability, Fu Ning suddenly gained 5,000 points. Adding the scattered favorability points in the village, he currently has a total of 5,400 points, which is quite rich.
She bought the product called "Navigation" without blinking an eye, and also ordered three months of "Maintain Status Quo" props.
The toxicity of the Death Pill has not yet manifested itself. Fu Ning calculated the dosage she had taken and realized that she should soon develop symptoms of "poisoning".
The next day, Fu Ning handed four Qi-boosting pills to Magistrate Yao, and said he needed to be away for a month to look for precious herbs.
County Magistrate Yao agreed readily. After all, with Song Jinghe as a hostage in his mansion, he was not worried that Fu Ning would run away.
Fu Ning came out of the main hall and returned to the yard where he happened to meet Song Jinghe.
Although Song Jinghe was no longer angry, Fu Ning was busy refining the elixir and didn't pay much attention to him. Song Jinghe often reads books alone and occasionally goes into the kitchen to cook, but he never forgets to give Fu Ning the fatal pill.
She said, "Xiao Jing, I'm going on a long journey."
Song Jinghe was a little surprised, "Where are you going?"
Fu Ning told him the truth.
Song Jinghe had obviously heard of the Spirit Cleansing Grass. He frowned and said, "Although this herb can improve spiritual roots, the possibility of failure is extremely high. Besides, wherever the Spirit Cleansing Grass appears, there are ferocious beasts. You are only in the Foundation Establishment Stage. Be careful not to lose your life in vain."
"Are you worried about me?" Fu Ning asked in surprise.
Song Jinghe paused for a moment and did not deny it.
Fu Ning suddenly smiled, "I know you are a cultivator from the world of cultivation. We are worlds apart. I want to see you full of vigor and vitality, and I also want to become stronger and catch up with you."
Song Jinghe seemed to have not expected her to say that. He was stunned for a moment and said, "You don't have to take such a big risk for me."
"I promised you that I would cure your leg." Fu Ning said firmly, "Xiao Jing, wait for me to come back."
Song Jinghe stopped trying to persuade her. He certainly wouldn't stop this woman from dying. He just nodded slightly and said, "Take care."
He didn't know that there was a rare bit of sincerity in his eyes.
Fu Ning rented a brown horse in the city and followed the system's instructions to head northwest to Yongzhou. It only took him four days to reach Quchang County.
She tied her horse in a small inn and went into the forest alone.
The spirit-cleansing grass usually grows on cliffs and is guarded by wild beasts. In addition, the possibility of truly changing the spiritual roots after refining the elixir is not high, so although this herb is widely known, few people try it.
Near noon, Fu Ning finally saw a few white flowers on the exposed rocks, emitting a faint yellow glow under the sunlight.
She knew she had found the right place, which was the place to wash the spiritual grass.
As long as there is sufficient sunlight, Xilingcao can bloom all year round. What Funing needs are leaves and rhizomes.
Climbing the mountain was not difficult. Fu Ning reached the top of the mountain in just one hour. She found a rock to sit on and took out some dry food from her storage bag to eat.
Fu Ning took a bite of the steamed bread, chewed the corn grits in his mouth, and sighed, "This is too hard to swallow. Is there any dry food that is both delicious and can be stored for a long time?"
Just as the system was about to search, it suddenly sensed something unusual, "Boss, there is a living creature coming towards us."
"Living creature?" Fu Ning's senses did not detect it. She drew the sword from behind her, held it in her hand, and looked around vigilantly, "How big is the creature?"
System: "Judging from its size, it should be a tiger."
Fu Ning held his breath and looked around, not missing any movement.
"Boss! Right back!"
A dark shadow jumped out from the woods. Fu Ning quickly dodged and the beast stopped in front of her.
This ferocious beast is called a tiger but it is different from ordinary tigers because it has a human face!
At this moment, he was baring his sharp teeth, glaring with wide eyes, and issuing a loud warning sound from his throat.
With a green face and fangs, he looks like an evil ghost, which makes people feel creepy.
Fu Ning was not afraid. She called out, "Lu Wu?"
Luwu is a legendary mythical beast with a human face, a tiger body and tiger claws. There used to be one in her mountain. That Luwu had eight tails. If it grew one more tail, it would become a god.
But so many years have passed, and I don’t know if it is still alive.
The one in front of her was obviously not as powerful as the one in her mountain. It only had a furry tail trailing behind it.
Fu Ning said, "Want to fight with me?"
After Lu Wu heard Fu Ning's words, a puzzled expression briefly appeared on his face.
But soon it regained its strength and scratched the ground with its claws.
The next second, it appeared in front of Fu Ning, and its heavy breathing sprayed on Fu Ning's face.
System: "Boss, it's too fast!"
Fu Ning quickly stepped back and stabbed its neck with a sword.
At the same time, Lu Wu flew into the air and stabbed his sword straight into its chest, but it seemed to have encountered an obstacle and did not cause fatal damage.
Lu Wu swung his palm and hit Fu Ning in the chest. Fu Ning's sword slipped out of his hand and fell heavily to the ground. He turned over, holding his chest, and coughed twice uncontrollably. A few drops of blood were seen on the grass.
This palm made her feel as if all her internal organs were shattered.
Lu Wu was injured and his eyes were red as he was about to launch a second round of attack on her.
Fu Ning drew the short knife from his waist and said, "I know you can understand me. I just came to pick some spirit cleansing herbs. There is no need for us to end up in a situation where both of us suffer losses."
It would have been better if Fu Ning hadn't mentioned washing the spiritual herbs. After she finished speaking, Lu Wu roared and pounced on her again. Fu Ning dodged sideways, but her reaction was a step too slow, and her left arm was scratched by Lu Wu's claws, revealing the tender flesh inside.
Fu Ning gasped in pain. Her face was pale as she glanced around, concentrating on observing the opportunity to break through.
At this time, she and Lu Wu changed positions, and she caught a glimpse of something unusual in the direction Lu Wu came from.
She called the system, "Help me detect if there is another Luwu in the southwest."
The system quickly replied: "There is a dead Luwu."
Fu Ning frowned and suddenly ran over there. Lu Wu followed closely behind her and pounced on her, knocking her to the ground.
Lu Wu's teeth were less than an inch away from Fu Ning's neck. Fu Ning used her dagger to block his bloody mouth, but she was far inferior to Lu Wu in strength, and with the injury on her left arm, her hands were shaking and she was about to collapse.
Fu Ning smelled a strong fishy odor, which was not coming from the Luwu in front of her. Next to her was a Luwu that had died not long ago and had not yet completely decayed. You could see that it had grown two tails.
Fu Ning said to Lu Wu, "Tell me, how did it die?"
Lu Wu hesitated for a moment and let out two low growls from his throat.
Fu Ning said calmly: "I see, if you let me go first, I can help you."
A puzzled expression appeared on Luwu's human face again. It retracted its teeth and slowly moved away from Fu Ning.
Fu Ning quickly got up from the ground and heard the system ask her, "Boss, what did Lu Wu say? What do you want to help it with?"
Fu Ning explained to it, "It told me that the Luwu on the ground died after eating the Spirit Cleansing Grass. They are guarding the Spirit Cleansing Grass here for their own cultivation. But eating the Spirit Cleansing Grass directly is no different from eating poison. Even if it can increase spiritual power, it is still a life-threatening situation. I said I can help it cultivate."
Lu Wu circled around Fu Ning twice and growled a few times.
Fu Ning said to it, "Don't worry, I'm not lying to you. I also had a Luwu in my mountain before. I raised it from having five tails to having eight tails. If it's still alive, I'll introduce it to you when you go to the cultivation world."
She took out a second-grade Qi-solidifying pill from her storage bag and threw it into Luwu's mouth. Just as she often did before, she threw the newly developed pill to her eight-tailed Luwu for a taste first.
Lu Wu swallowed the pill and his expression gradually softened.
The system silently began to search the resource library, and it soon discovered that the only eight-tailed Luwu in the world lived in the Twelve Immortal Mountains and would become the male protagonist's mount in the future.
Its host is indeed someone from the Twelve Immortal Mountains!
The system analyzed the various information currently available and concluded that its host might really be Shen Fu Ning himself...
Fu Ning didn't know that the time when his system was silent was because it was doubting the students in the department.
She touched the head of the Luwu in front of her and said, "Come back to Quzhou with me, and I will make some elixir for you to eat."
Lu Wu, who had originally looked ferocious, now rubbed against Fu Ning's body like a kitten.
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