The old man carefully took the red fruit. He took out a jade box and put the red fruit in it. He then made a few restrictions on the jade box and then put the jade box into the storage bag.
"Grandpa, why don't you eat it? Why are you pretending?" Lai Siyu asked in confusion.
"I'm saving this for refining pills. The Vermillion Fruit is the main ingredient for refining the Infant Forming Pill."
What this means is that eating it directly is simply a waste of natural resources.
"Although the Infant-Bound Pill can be made without Vermillion Fruit, the effect of the Infant-Bound Pill with Vermillion Fruit added is several times better than that without Vermillion Fruit."
"Oh, then grandpa, what is your cultivation level? Is it the Golden Elixir?" Lai Siyu clasped her hands tightly in front of her chest and looked at the old man with anticipation.
If the old man is an old monster in the Jindan stage, then she will be able to walk around Zhangzhou with her head held high in the near future!
"No!" The old man looked at Lai Siyu strangely, not knowing what was going on in her little head. "Do you think Jindan-stage cultivators are cabbages? Qingyun Sect only has two of them."
If he wasn't at the Golden Core stage, why would he even bother with the Infant Forming Pill? It would be better to just eat it directly.
Lai Siyu pursed her lips, indicating that she disagreed with the old man's approach.
"Now that you're back, go feed the pigs. Erniu has been helping take care of them the past few days while you've been away." The old man said as he walked out. "I have to go out for something. Make something delicious for me tonight. Call Erniu and the other guys along as well."
"Yeah, okay, I get it."
Lai Siyu was also worried about the spirit pigs. After being away for more than 20 days, she wondered if they had lost weight. They must not lose weight, as they were all spirit stones!
The pigpen was right behind the hut, with four rooms in total, all made of brick and tile, and much better than the thatched house she lived in.
Each pigpen has two spirit pigs. Two of them were sold a few days ago, and now there are six left.
Lai Siyu stomped the hay quickly. The hay must have been piled here by Erniu. Thinking of the gentle boy riding on the cow, Lai Siyu felt warm in her heart.
Looking at the pigs in the pen eating happily, Lai Siyu's face was as bright as a flower. Yes, Brother Erniu was really attentive, and these pigs had gained a lot of fat.
Two more cows are ready to be slaughtered. It seems I have to go to town again tomorrow.
After feeding the pigs, Lai Siyu fetched water and washed each pig clean, and then cleaned the pigpen again.
"I need to learn the Yunyu Jue quickly so I can work faster and raise more pigs in the future," Lai Siyu thought. Previously, her cultivation level was only at the second level of Qi training, which prevented her from using spells, so she hadn't learned the Yunyu Jue. But now, she's at the fifth level of Qi training, allowing her to learn not only the Yunyu Jue but also other spells. Lai Siyu is looking forward to it.
There are three days left before the entrance selection. I heard that once you become an outer disciple of Qingyun Sect, you can go to the Transmission Hall to choose a martial art, and it’s free.
When Lai Siyu thought of the word "free", her eyes lit up. Just for these two words, she had to work hard to be selected.
"Little Laizi, you're out!"
"Brother Erniu!" Lai Siyu walked up to him with a smile, took the reins from Erniu, and tied the cow to the wooden fence door of the pigpen.
"The little girl is pretty good. After just a few days of not seeing her, she's already reached the third level of Qi training!"
Lai Siyu patted his head and chuckled, "Grandpa gave me a few Spirit Gathering Pills. I didn't expect them to be much more effective than the Qi Gathering Pills. If he had given them to me earlier, I would have already reached the third level of Qi training!"
"You, just be content. Grandpa Gu wants you to lay a solid foundation before practicing. Look at you now, carrying two fat pigs is like a piece of cake. Can that disciple who is at the third level of Qi training do what you do?" Erniu poked Lai Siyu's forehead lightly and said with a smile.
"Hehe~Brother Erniu, I understand what you said, but I'm just saying it."
Erniu glanced at her, the smile in his eyes overflowing the whole yard. He pulled out a bamboo flute from his waist and began to play it while standing next to the pigpen.
As the melodious flute sounded, the pigs in the pigsty ate more happily.
Lai Siyu hurriedly added feed to the pig nest, thinking that the pigs should be able to gain some weight by tomorrow morning.
"Brother Erniu, I plan to go to town to sell pigs tomorrow morning." Lai Siyu pointed at the two fat pigs in the pigpen whose bellies were dragging on the ground.
"It's just right. I also plan to go to town to sell those sheep tomorrow. Let's go together." Erniu said with a smile.
Lai Siyu immediately clapped her hands when she saw Erniu going too. Thinking of what would happen three days later, she looked at Erniu expectantly and said, "Brother Erniu, Qingyun Sect will be recruiting disciples in three days. Will you be there?"
"If Little Laizi is going, of course I want to go too."
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At this time, on Qingtian Peak, the main peak of Qingyun Sect, the leader Tie Zhong welcomed an old friend.
This old friend is the old man. If Lai Siyu were here, he would definitely recognize him. The leader of Qingyun Sect, Tie Zhong, is the middle-aged man who hesitated in front of the courtyard gate before.
"...Senior...Brother!" Tiezhong was obviously surprised by the old man's arrival.
"I'm going to move back into the sect, and from now on the outer disciples' kitchen will be under my management. You can make the arrangements, and also, you can't reveal my identity." After saying this, the old man turned around and left. He seemed to be strolling leisurely, but in fact, he was very fast.
Tiezhong smiled bitterly and shook his head. It seemed that his senior brother still refused to forgive him. However, the fact that he was willing to move to the outer gate this time was a progress.
Hey, take your time...
The next morning, the sun climbed over the mountain early. Lai Siyu made soy milk and fried dough sticks in the morning. The grandfather and grandson sat under the pear tree in the yard, eating and chatting.
Soy milk is made from black spirit beans. It is not only sweet and delicious, but also contains spiritual energy. Even fried dough sticks are made from spirit wheat flour.
Spiritual wheat and black spirit beans were not something that menial disciples could afford, but the old man had cleared two acres of wasteland next to the courtyard and planted crops and vegetables. Perhaps the sect looked down on the land and never collected rent from him, so they had these spiritual grains to eat.
"Girl, you should sell all the remaining pigs in the pigpen later."
"What? Sold them all? There are still two that weigh less than 500 kilograms!" Lai Siyu almost choked when the old man asked her to sell all the pigs.
"Yes, I sold them all. Anyway, you will be leaving the country the day after tomorrow, and you can't come back to raise pigs anymore."
"Grandpa, I haven't even started yet. If I don't get selected, I'll have to come back and continue raising pigs."
Could it be that Qingyun Sect is run by your family? Lai Siyu despised the old man fiercely in her heart.
"There's no such thing as a one-off. Only when your escape route is cut off will you go all out!" The old man said calmly. He finished the last sip of soy milk in the bowl, raised his hand to wipe his mouth, and then said, "Grandpa will also go to the outer gate. From now on, the outer gate kitchen will be under my management..."
"kitchen?"
Lai Siyu "poofed" and sprayed all the soy milk in her mouth onto the old man's face...
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