Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Master asked me to praise his handsome appearance
Huo Xuexiang rubbed his brows slowly and asked, "What?"
"That's it," Bai Lu gestured with both hands, "I went to the next peak today to get the Huanyuan Pill, and I also want to make medicine. I used to be able to boil medicine, and I saw that there are herbs on our mountain... Master, I don't want to change my major, I still want to learn from you."
Learn from him? Learn to read, right?
Huo Xuexiang couldn't help but shake his head. After a moment of surprise, he thought that Bai Lu might have some misunderstandings based on her knowledge, but he was still speechless. "Then you should learn another sentence today: A slight error can lead to a great mistake."
Bai Lu: “?”
"It's an alchemy cauldron, or a medicine furnace. It's not a furnace cauldron." Huo Xuexiang said solemnly, "In most cases, a furnace cauldron refers to the one used in the art of sex. The difference of one word makes a huge difference."
"Oh." Bai Lu understood, but she didn't feel embarrassed at all, "Hahahahahaha, turned out I was wrong! How magical, just one word made the mistake."
Huo Xuexiang: “…”
Huo Xuexiang: "You don't understand what the art of sex is at all?"
"Yes, yes." Bai Lu had so many classes to make up for. "What do you mean?"
Huo Xuexiang thought for a few breaths and decided to explain this to Bai Lu, lest Mei Feng would make a scene if something happened to him...
"The art of bedroom, as the name suggests, is performed in the bedroom, using intercourse to practice. The furnace cauldron refers to using the other person's body as a cauldron, absorbing and transforming spiritual energy, and consuming it unilaterally."
"!" Bai Lu's eyes widened a little, and she finally felt a little embarrassed. Oh, it turned out that she had accidentally harassed her master just now. "Oh, oh, oh, was I a little rude just now..."
Huo Xuexiang said nothing.
It’s nothing, it just gives me a headache.
"Master, I promise I don't covet you, please forgive me." Bai Lu said loudly, "I just want a tripod with a different shape."
Huo Xuexiang put his hand on his forehead and said, "If you want to make an elixir, there is an alchemy room on Dianmei Peak. It's just hidden and there is no ground fire underneath. If you need any cauldron, ask Qiusuo to take my token and order it for you. Be careful of water and fire in the alchemy room."
"Okay, I know, thank you Master!" Bai Lu ran away like a gust of wind, her braid like a cat's tail, carrying bits of sunlight past the door.
Huo Xuexiang watched the shadow flash by on the wall and sighed. After a while, he couldn't help but chuckled softly out of amusement.
…
Although Tianxuan Peak specializes in alchemy, many peaks actually have their own independent alchemy rooms, but they are not as complete as Tianxuan Peak, and they are not able to connect to the ground fire, which is like a popular elective course.
After all, it was only in Xuanshan Immortal Sect that they could subsidize the production of elixirs. If they were independent cultivators outside, they would not be able to afford elixirs when they became poor, so they could only refine them themselves...
I don’t know if it is to prevent fire and explosion, but the alchemy room is usually independent.
The alchemy room on Dianmei Peak is more like a decoration. It was built during the renovation but is never used. It is located on the edge of a cliff. Perhaps to prevent dust, it is usually hidden. As a result, Bai Lu searched all over Dianmei Peak but didn't know there was an alchemy room here.
He asked for permission to use the alchemy room, and used his mentor's authority to ask a senior in weapon repair to help him make a crucible. However, Bai Lu used the alchemy room for the first time, actually for his broom, not to brew potion immediately.
Because it is a new moon.
Making a flying broom requires completing corresponding steps throughout the entire lunar cycle, from new moon, first quarter moon, full moon to waning moon.
Bai Lu has almost selected the raw materials these days. After many experiments, he finally chose Jianmei's wood as the material for the broom handle. He felt that this was fate, so he decided to give it a try.
In addition, silver, crystal, animal feathers, etc. are needed to amplify magic power. He has already collected all of them. He decided to use the tail feathers of the Luo Luo bird. He has tried it and confirmed that it will not make people stupid, and the speed increase is very high. It is useful. He will continue to maintain Luo Luo as a friend in the future.
"Qiusuo, can you light a fire for me?" Bai Lu asked, thinking that Qiusuo was a wooden puppet.
The black-clothed puppet said calmly: "Young Master, yes, if it is Dan Fire, my body will be enough to burn for about three hours."
"Not really." Bai Lu choked, "I misunderstood. I'm not using you as fuel. I'm asking you to help me light the fire and watch the fire."
Qiusuo thought for a moment and said, "Young Master, I think you have expressed it wrong."
"I know, I know, you are the only one with logic!" Bai Lu took a look and was afraid of burning Qiu Suo, "Forget it, you should just watch from the side."
I saw the wooden puppet sitting nearby to rest. Bai Lu was alone, working hard to carve out a rough shape of the plum wood. As she was carving, she wondered if what she was doing was a bit cruel, as she had no idea what kind of wood Qiusuo was made of.
"Qiusuo, I haven't asked you before. Since you are a wooden puppet, what kind of wood are you made of?"
Qiusuo said calmly: "When forging, because it is used at Dianmei Peak, the wood of the sword plum was used."
Bai Lu: “…”
"Oh my god, this can't be your second uncle." Bai Lu said solemnly, "Why don't you just get out? I can't bear to insult your relative in front of you."
It just so happened that he was about to perform a ritual, and wanted to avoid everything and not be disturbed.
Bai Lu roasted the broom handle with magic flame, sprinkled the ashes from the previous broom handle on it, and carved runes on it.
"Ventos voco, iter pando..." Bai Lu murmured a spell under the moonlight. Although there were still some communication barriers with the elements in the air, or the tacit understanding was still being re-cultivated, and more magic power needed to be drawn from her body, Bai Lu still had the habit of reciting it. This spell was the tone with the strongest resonance that wizards had developed over many years, and it had a more or less amplifying effect.
The green eyes reflected the brilliance of the stars and the moon, as if they could absorb the human soul.
Roots rising from the mountains, leaves climbing towards the stars.
Let the thunder be your frame and the storm shape your form.
The rune lit up slightly and disappeared in a flash.
Success, the broom handle part.
Bai Lu felt his magic power being consumed rapidly, but he was very happy. The first step was very successful. He seemed to be able to feel the power flowing through it, which made the broom handle like an extension of himself.
The next step is to fuse the broom tassel and the broom handle during the waxing moon, continue absorbing energy until the full moon, complete the final rune engraving, and wait for a test flight during the waning moon.
…
Bai Lu walked out of the alchemy room. His hair was loose tonight so that he could feel more comfortable when casting magic.
He saw a familiar figure standing on the edge of the cliff under the cold moonlight, with his hands behind his back, "looking" into the distance.
"Master? Are you stargazing?" Bai Lu knew that many people here had the habit of stargazing. Bai Lu was making a broom according to the phases of the moon, and he also often stargazed.
Huo Xuexiang turned around and also observed with his spiritual sense that Bai Lu put down a long wooden stick. He didn't take it to heart and just said, "I'm looking at the mountain."
"What? Let me see. Let me see." Bai Lu walked over and stood side by side with Huo Xuexiang. "...I can't see clearly."
It was too late, and there happened to be a dark cloud covering the stars and the moon.
Huo Xuexiang snapped his fingers, and the cloud quietly moved away, and the clear moonlight made the mountains slightly brighter.
The mountains are undulating, with thousands of pavilions in between, lit with tiny candles. Little by little, they add up to a large number, and from a distance, it looks like those mountains are full trees, blooming with golden fireworks.
“Ah—ah—”
There was a faint sound like slaughtering a pig in the distance, and it could be heard from here. It should be considered a loud noise.
"What's that sound?" Bai Lu asked worriedly, "Is there any murder going on?"
"No problem," Huo Xuexiang said calmly, "It should be the disciples of Yaoguang Peak who are delivering the spirit beast."
"boom--"
There was a muffled sound in the distance, and anger surged.
"The furnace at Tianxuan Peak exploded again."
"It's so dangerous..." Bai Lu murmured, scraping the gravel on the ground with her right foot, "Master, am I a slow learner? I haven't even fully understood the mental method yet."
If the mental method is like this, what about the profound ancient silk books?
Huo Xuexiang was not anxious about his disciple's average progress. "Don't worry about the thousand-mile journey, there will be a wind to come. Enlightenment only takes a moment. Remember? The state of mind does not arise by itself."
He lowered his head and noticed that Bai Lu was staring blankly into the distance, as if she was still thinking.
"Do you see the mountain?" Huo Xuexiang suddenly asked.
"I see it." Bai Lu said, and paused. Suddenly, she found that the mountain seemed to be lit up, forming the Chinese character "山".
The movement of the mountains is just like a real mountain. The mountains within the mountains overlap, making us understand how the word "mountain" came about.
Then another area lit up, and another word appeared next to the mountain.
Bai Lu looked at the mountain and read it out: "Rugged."
The rugged terrain, the steep mountains, the canyons, the ever-changing landscape, actually all have one center of gravity.
Huo Xuexiang said: "Mountains are the body, water is the function, and clouds and fog are the appearance."
After demonstrating the natural changes in this way, Huo Xuexiang stretched out his hand again and pressed it on Bai Lu's hand.
Bai Lu only felt a flash before her eyes, and her consciousness followed Huo Xuexiang to see his Purple Palace, the place where cultivators store spiritual energy. She felt that it was like a small world inside, very vast.
Here, Huo Xuexiang demonstrated to him how spiritual energy works.
"To absorb spiritual energy, you need to integrate it. Imagine that you are also a small world."
Under the guidance of Huo Xuexiang's spiritual energy, Bai Lu felt that he seemed to be able to stir up the spiritual energy existing in nature. He had the basics of communicating with magical elements, so this was actually not a difficult task. However, this was the first time that Bai Lu was able to introduce a little spiritual energy into his body.
"I feel it!" Bai Lu said excitedly. Although it was only a little bit, it gave him a huge boost of confidence, to the point of being a little crazy. "Yeah, it's easy. Then why don't we start looking at the stars? Isn't it about observing the stars in the sky? The stars are actually quite clear today. It would be nice if there wasn't so much light pollution..."
Facing Bai Lu's muttering, Huo Xuexiang showed a familiar helplessness.
"Silence," Huo Xuexiang called out, "First look at the world, then look at the sky. Listen, the spirit beast on Yaoguang Peak has given birth."
Eh, it seems so.
Bai Lu heard that the loud-voiced spirit beast was no longer roaring, but was replaced by the humming of a young beast. Wow, the cries of such a young beast sounded like thunder.
Bai Lu suddenly looked up at her master, "Oh... then what does 'silence' mean?"
Huo Xuexiang laughed, stroked his flying hair, and said softly in the wind: "That's it..."
"Shhh."
.
Since that day when the master taught him step by step, Bai Lu has made great progress in Qi training.
Bai Lu is very optimistic. With his background, he is a genius to have achieved this in such a short time.
The next stage of broom production still requires waiting for the moon phase. There is one day every ten days when the request will not take one's life. During this rare rest time, Bai Lu invited her classmates from the same period to visit Meifeng. They had said they wanted to get together a long time ago, and finally they made an appointment.
Except for Liang Mangu, everyone came to Dianmeifeng for the first time. "Thanks to Senior Brother Bai, otherwise we wouldn't dare to come... I didn't expect that Dianmeifeng was not what we thought."
Because Bai Lu was the first one to enter the school this year, everyone called him senior brother.
What they meant was that there was an unexpected breath of life here, unlike the Sword Master's residence described by some of the senior brothers and sisters as being out of reach.
For example, there are thoughtful signposts on the Dianmeifeng Mountain Road. The main body is a dead wood stake with several wooden signposts nailed on it to guide the way up the mountain, and there are vines as decoration.
There is a small hollowed-out wooden block on the top of the road sign, filled with food, hung up with a hemp rope like a swing, decorated with pine cones, and birds will stop here to peck at the food.
There are also some chairs made of tree stumps on the road for people to rest, and traces of Brother Bai's life can be seen almost everywhere.
However, if you go a little further up, you can see the sword intent burning on the plum branches from afar, which makes people feel trance-like and regain some imagination of Plum Peak.
"This is the world-famous Xuanshan Sword Plum! It is said that in the past, a sword cultivator from another continent came to Xuanshan to study. He went up to Dianmei Peak to pay homage to the Sword Master and was unwilling to unsheathe his sword. Who would have thought that Meilin would lose himself in the sword spirit and want to fight with the plum blossom like a madman."
"And finally?"
"Of course he admitted defeat...otherwise why would it be Jianmei."
Unfortunately, they can no longer see the plum blossoms now, and can only appreciate their residual beauty from the branches and leaves.
"Don't talk about these abstract things for now." Bai Lu led them to the alchemy room, "I have prepared afternoon tea for you."
Meng Caiqing was silent for a moment, "Are you eating here?"
Liang Mangu also complained: "I have a bad feeling, maybe it's because the senior brother from Danding Sect takes the wrong medicine every day."
However, this alchemy room has become very different after being used by Bai Lu for a period of time. There is a wooden storage cabinet in the corner, filled with various bottles and jars. Because the temperature in the alchemy room is not suitable for plants, there are no potted plants, but the wizard who loves the natural atmosphere still put out crocheted woolen flowers and plants.
There are tables, chairs and carpets in the corner, making it a place for gathering to drink medicine... no, drink tea.
Junior Sister Ding Douhua found it amazing that Senior Brother Bai’s luggage was increasing in number.
"I'm just borrowing the fire here. This place is not only an alchemy room, it's also a cake shop!" It's also a wizard's hut. Haha, Bai Lu thought that since it had to be custom-made, in addition to the crucible, a lot of other utensils were also customized, so that he didn't have to find materials to make them himself.
When the pot is opened, the brightly colored pistachio mille-feuille inside is revealed. On top of the golden mille-feuille is light green pistachio cream and decorated with red raspberries. The exquisite appearance and fresh colors make people feel much better.
Precise dough thickness, high-quality ratio, to make such a perfect puff pastry, one needs a strong foundation in alchemy and alchemy!
Bai Lu praised herself.
"I've been eating the dishes you cooked before, and now I'd like to invite you to eat the desserts I made. Come and try them." Bai Lu said proudly.
"What kind of snack is this? It smells so good." Ding Douhua took a sniff, "No wonder Senior Brother told us not to eat the Qigong Pills today. But where did you get so many ingredients?"
As disciples in the light fasting realm, they only had the fixed meals or fasting pills delivered to them by puppets, and they had no chance to get close to the kitchen.
"Our Xuanshan Immortal Sect has so many forest resources. I went to the outer mountains to collect them, and then I can exchange them with brothers and sisters from other peaks." Bai Lu said lightly, "This is a snack from my hometown."
As a cultivator in the world of immortals, Bai Lu would also miss the delicious food from his hometown. He served a portion to everyone and poured coffee from the pot.
Liang Mangu took a bite and felt the crispy and crunchy texture with distinct layers. Each piece of crispy crust exploded in his mouth with the aroma of nuts, and the green layer was like milk and frost, releasing sweetness and moistness. The rich and novel taste made him unable to stop!
"Mmm, delicious, this cake is so delicious." Liang Mangu praised vaguely while holding a piece of cake in his mouth, "I would like to call Senior Brother Bai the King of Cakes!"
Everyone laughed knowingly. They had never tasted this pastry before, but it tasted absolutely amazing.
"Gao Zun, it's so high!"
Liang Mangu swallowed the puff pastry and picked up the dark drink that Bai Lu had poured. It had a rich aroma and a smooth taste, but it was also very bitter. He frowned. This tasted very different from the puff pastry just now. "The medicine that Brother Bai cooked...?"
Bai Lu corrected, "Drinks!"
Liang Mangu fell into deep thought.
"I think it's not bad." Meng Caiqing took another sip expressionlessly. She felt it was not bad. It was not as hard as she had to work in Cangyuntai. Haha.
"Brother Bai, what is this called?"
"Coffee." Bai Lu said. The Xuanshan Mountains cover a vast area. Fortunately, they found coffee beans in the mountains, so they collected some and brewed some to try.
"Coffee? What is it made of?" Everyone felt that this should also be the language of Bailu's hometown.
"A dark-colored bean." Bai Lu briefly explained the process. Apparently, although coffee beans grew in the thousands of mountains of Xuanshan Immortal Sect, no one ate them like this.
"Then why not call it black bean juice, it's easier to understand..." Meng Caiqing finished a cup and felt that he seemed to be in better spirits. "Can I bring some for Senior Sister to try?"
"Of course." Bai Lu packed some for Meng Caiqing to take back, "This is also very good for intermittent fasting."
Everyone had a pleasant afternoon tea time, which was rare without any practice. After the tea was over, they walked out of the alchemy room together. Bai Lu saw them out, and halfway through the tea time, she saw Huo Xuexiang.
The others had only met Huo Xuexiang once during the exam. They stopped for a moment, their hearts surging, and bowed weakly.
Regardless of whether or not they knew Huo Xuexiang, the more they knew after entering the sect, the more they admired him. Moreover, they had seen Jianmei's awe-inspiring appearance from afar before, and they were even more yearning for the demeanor of Juntian Sword Master.
Bai Lu ran to Huo Xuexiang and said, "Master, I have informed you that I would like to invite all the students to come and have a meal. I also asked Qiu Suo to send you a portion. Did you receive it?"
"I'm in Merlin and haven't received it yet." Huo Xuexiang said.
It was unprecedented for Dianmei Peak to have a new disciple, and Bai Lu's request to invite a bunch of... playmates was something he had never thought of, but he didn't think he should refuse.
"Master, are you practicing sword?" Bai Lu praised him without hesitation. "I just heard from my classmates about Master's past deeds. They are so amazing! Master is also very good-looking. There is nothing like him in ancient times or in the world. His appearance is magnificent and cannot be praised enough—"
After saying this, he looked at Huo Xuexiang expectantly.
"You used the wrong allusion." Huo Xuexiang knew his level and said calmly, "There's no need to use so many words. No one usually speaks like that. To praise a man, just say he's handsome and good-looking."
"Okay, okay, I'll remember that." Bai Lu nodded quickly, "Master, I'll go see my classmates off first."
Huo Xuexiang nodded and watched Bai Lu jump back.
The new disciples once again bowed to Huo Xuexiang from a distance and were led down the mountain by Bai Lu.
"Does the Sword Master have any instructions?" This was Meng Caiqing's voice. She might have thought her voice was very soft, but in fact it was so loud that not even the cultivators could hear it.
"Why? Master is a very kind person," Bai Lu said, "Master asked me to praise his handsome appearance, that's all."
Huo Xuexiang: “…”
………………never mind.
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