Chapter 8: I can do anything, Taoist partner!
After a long period of unconsciousness that felt like a century had passed in a flash, Chu Sheng woke up from a familiar sharp pain.
First, an extreme heat erupted from her soul, drying her mouth and tongue, and igniting her inner fire. Then, an unprecedented coldness, like falling into an icy cave, piercing her bones and freezing her soul to the bone...
Just like when she first tried to practice the Hehuan Sect's mental method, the pain almost shook the fragments of the Dao rhyme hidden deep in her soul.
This unforgettable experience was like a heavy hammer that immediately brought her out of her stupor and her originally confused mind became clear in an instant.
Chu Sheng opened his eyes and found himself wearing robes, soaking in a jade pool filled with various medicinal herbs.
The dark medicinal soup began to fade slowly as she watched. The medicinal herbs that had lost their medicinal properties were picked up by a cold white hand and then crushed into powder between the fingertips.
"Are you awake?" Gui Xuan said.
At this moment, he was no longer dressed like the girl he was when they first met, but was wearing a black and white robe that suited his status. Chu Sheng could feel the fluctuations of spiritual power emanating from him, and he was undoubtedly a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Gui Xuan's outfit today was slightly more refined than yesterday's. She wore a forehead protector inlaid with Yin-Yang stones. Her jet-black hair was mixed with a few strands of dark green hair. The black and white hollow sachet ball still hung on the headband at the back of her head, emitting a faint and bitter medicinal fragrance.
"Your physique doesn't really look like someone from the Hehuan Sect. You're more like those guys from the Dao Sect or the Sword Palace..."
He murmured as he stared at the crushed herbs. Gui Xuan raised his eyes and looked at Chu Sheng who had just woken up, looking quite excited.
"Do you feel cold? Hot? In pain? The drug has been absorbed so quickly. Do you feel anything special?"
It was very strange. Before he woke up, Chu Sheng could feel the pain very clearly, but now facing Gui Xuan's questions, Chu Sheng didn't feel any extra pain at all.
Apart from the fact that the Hehuan Tongxin Jue was inexplicably running a little faster at this moment, all that was left was the very familiar thirst caused by the emptiness of her soul.
Chu Sheng seemed to be lost in thought.
She closed her eyes and gazed inward at her soul palace. The spiritual energy that had once been brimming with it had, at some point, dried up into a desolate wasteland. Chu Sheng subconsciously crushed a piece of high-quality spiritual stone, absorbing the spiritual energy into her meridians. However, the rich spiritual energy disappeared from her body before it could enter her soul palace.
——Preserving spiritual power in the limbs and bones, rather than just in the spiritual palace, this is what Chu Sheng had been doing when he was unable to break through the foundation building stage. Now in Liangyi Valley, he experienced this practice again.
Needless to say, this situation is definitely related to her master Yun Mengzi.
Chu Sheng crushed more than a dozen high-quality spirit stones before he was able to relieve the dryness in his meridians. When a layer of spiritual power was finally accumulated in his spiritual palace, he answered Gui Xuan.
"I feel okay, nothing serious."
Chu Sheng pulled his consciousness out of his body and opened his eyes again to look at him.
At a certain moment, Gui Xuan seemed to have an illusion and saw a wonderful color appear in her eyes, but when he looked again, the dark eyes reflected his appearance without any abnormality.
--interesting.
For the first time, Gui Xuan's eyes clearly reflected Chu Sheng's shadow. The girl from the He Huan Sect frowned slightly, as if she was thinking about something...
Hehuan Sect.
Guixuan knew about the Hehuan Sect.
Most of the disciples of this magic cultivation sect rely on the fusion of soul and body with others to practice, because their cultivation is not achieved through their own efforts. When they make a breakthrough, they often make two or three consecutive jumps to the small realm. The progress of their cultivation is like a flood and cannot be stopped at all. Compared with other sects, they seem particularly superficial.
When Liangyi Valley usually treats Hehuan Sect disciples, most of them are asked to perform treatments that can beautify the body and make the muscles and bones fragrant, so as to more easily attract the admiration of other cultivators. By practicing dual cultivation with others or obtaining natural treasures, the accumulation of spiritual power in the spiritual palace can be accelerated, making it easier for them to break through as soon as possible.
However, this disciple of Venerable Yunmeng did the opposite, wanting to allow his body's meridians to absorb more spiritual energy. It was truly bizarre. Rather than being a member of the Hehuan Sect who was known for his promiscuity, he seemed more like someone who was practicing body refinement...
Could this be a new way of playing hard to get with sword cultivators? Ling Fengzhi was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, so even if the opponent was a disciple of the Sword Palace, wasn't this a bit too much of a cost?
Gui Xuan recalled Ling Fengzhi's appearance as a typical swordsman, and felt uncertain in her heart.
Could it be that the swordsman had some extraordinary qualities that he was unaware of? If so, should he take over the work at the medicine house and find out?
Chu Sheng noticed Gui Xuan's inquiring gaze, but did not intend to ask anything about it.
Ever since she joined the Hehuan Sect, she had been subjected to all kinds of gazes, but Chu Sheng had long been immune to them to the point of simply ignoring them.
Compared to Gui Xuan's gaze, she cared more about the obvious acceleration she had just felt when the Hehuan Tongxin Jue was running.
Ling Fengzhi was not by his side at the moment, so the only person who could trigger the change was Gui Xuan...
Is there something unique about my actions, or is there something special about Guixuan that others don't understand?
Chu Sheng thought about it and asked Gui Xuan.
"Now that I've awakened, Young Valley Master doesn't need to bother watching over me. Why don't you prepare to attend the ceremony?"
"Don't call me Young Valley Master." Gui Xuan said. When the ceremony was mentioned, he sneered in front of Chu Sheng.
"Do you think Liangyi Valley is just an ordinary sect that requires me, the person involved, to come on stage and show off like a monkey?"
Oh, I said the wrong thing. Seeing that he didn't like the crowds, Chu Sheng changed the subject.
"Since everything is alright, then according to Daoist Guixuan, do I need to change my medicinal soup again?"
Upon hearing this, Gui Xuan looked down at the gradually clearing water in the jade pool, and her expression became strange.
The medicinal soup should have lasted a whole day, but now all the medicinal effects have been absorbed in just a few hours... It would be great if Fellow Daoist Chu Sheng's good physique could be used to test medicines. She wouldn't even cry out in pain!
"It's indeed time to change..." Gui Xuan sighed. Fellow Daoist Chu Sheng absorbed the medicine so well, and he didn't have the bad habit of complaining like other people. Why couldn't such a chosen person be his long-term drug test subject, even if he had to give him spirit stones!
Wait, Fellow Daoist Chu Sheng may not be short of spirit stones, but as a member of the Hehuan Sect...
"Fellow Daoist Chu Sheng, do you still need a Daoist companion? Someone who doesn't need spiritual union but can help with various treatments for free?"
"...Fellow Daoist Guixuan." Guixuan, who had fallen into deep thought involuntarily, raised her head and said to Chu Sheng when she saw something strange on his face.
"Although I don't quite understand why Fellow Daoist Guixuan has this idea, but I am a ruthless cultivator. Please forgive me for refusing."
Tsk, I accidentally said it out loud. Gui Xuan was shocked, but people are sometimes so strange, they may not do what they are told to do, but they will want to try things they are not allowed to do.
Moreover, the disciples of Hehuan Sect said that they practiced the ruthless way... Gui Xuan couldn't help but look at Chu Sheng again and again.
"I didn't realize, Fellow Daoist Chu Sheng, you're quite extravagant. Just how deep has your sect's internal conflict gotten? Are you willing to go to such great lengths to pursue that swordsman next door?"
Chu Sheng: “…”
She knew it! She knew it!!
"I'm not..." Chu Sheng explained weakly. "Fellow Daoist Ling and I are just pure and innocent fellow Daoists..."
Damn it! How could someone as ruthless as her be slandered out of thin air? Who on earth is ruining her reputation out there? Better not let her catch anyone, or else he'll be in big trouble!
A pure and innocent friendship? A friendship so pure and innocent that the swordsman Ling Fengzhi kept calling your name even in his nightmares while lying in the medicine hut all night?
Gui Xuan didn't believe it and wanted to say something about it, but she wasn't really an unsympathetic person.
Since I need help from others now, it is obviously not a good time to bring up this matter.
"Let's not talk about anything else, Fellow Daoist Chu Sheng, what exactly do you like about that sword cultivator?" Gui Xuan asked with his arms folded.
"Cultivation? Age? Appearance? I don't think I'm any worse than him. If we're comparing martial arts, although the medical cultivator has a kind heart, he's not without ruthless tactics..."
"I really didn't... Forget it, you won't believe anything I say." Chu Sheng already understood that Gui Xuan had formed a complete set of her own logic long before he knew about it.
She decided to give up arguing with Gui Xuan about the truth and get straight to the point. "Fellow Daoist Gui Xuan, you've asked so many questions and talked for so long. Ultimately, what exactly do you want me to do?"
"I want to test the medicine on you." Gui Xuan said simply.
"Fellow Daoist Chu Sheng, I think you're quite straightforward. So, to be honest, I've been in Futu Island for so long, and no one else has been able to tolerate the effects of my medicine. You're the only exception, so I hope you can help me test the medicine regularly."
"Testing drugs?" Chu Sheng suddenly imagined herself becoming a guinea pig in the eyes of others. "What kind of ruthless drug are you trying? You can't even find the right person?"
"It's not a strong medicine, they are simply too weak." Gui Xuan clicked his tongue again impatiently.
"I have a special physique. The potency of the medicine that has passed through my hands is more powerful than that of ordinary people. But my father said that it is easy to kill people with the medicine. The Life Valley has blocked my pharmaceutical rights..."
The young master of Liangyi Valley muttered in a low voice with dissatisfaction.
"If it weren't for Venerable Yunmeng specifically asking me to do this job for you, I still wouldn't have been able to get my hands on these herbs."
Medical advancement relies not only on the simple growth of spiritual power, but also on the understanding of pharmacology and the preparation of prescriptions. By doing this, the Lord of Liangyi Valley has effectively killed off most of Gui Xuan's path to advancement...
But even so, Gui Xuan still broke through to the foundation-building stage. No wonder the master of Liangyi Valley was so happy that he sent out invitations and insisted on holding a breakthrough ceremony.
Chu Sheng understood now.
This wave, this wave is the result of the old valley master's foresight. In order to avoid medical accidents in the hands of his beloved son, he urgently banned special technology, resulting in the young valley master having to save the country in a roundabout way!
"So, what exactly is it about that swordsman that you like? Feel free to tell me." Gui Xuan said seriously.
"Whatever that sword cultivator Ling Fengzhi can give you, I, as the Young Master of Liangyi Valley, can also give you. Even if you want to be my Taoist partner, that's fine! Except for the family rules that prohibit the fusion of soul and body before the golden elixir, I can do anything!"
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