"Really?"
Upon hearing Bai Hao's words, Ouyang Yan immediately looked up, her pretty face filled with joy. However, she quickly realized that she seemed to have been a little too excited, and immediately lowered her head, feeling somewhat embarrassed, her face slightly flushed.
It was quite a beautiful sight.
Bai Hao smiled slightly and said, "Hmm, I remember someone saying last time that if I came to Zhongzhou, they would show me around properly. I wonder if that still counts?"
“Of course it counts!” Ouyang Yan immediately looked up again, staring firmly at Bai Hao.
This time, she didn't avoid Bai Hao's gaze.
"But you said you're going back soon, so there's no time to go out now. I'll show you around our sect instead. There are bound to be many things you've never seen before."
Ouyang Yan looked at Bai Hao with hopeful eyes, her gaze shining like stars.
Her bright, captivating eyes are irresistible to anyone who sees them.
Bai Hao was no exception.
"Alright, then I'll trouble Miss Ouyang to show me around." He smiled slightly.
Ouyang Yan nodded emphatically, her face beaming with undisguised excitement and joy.
"Um!"
...
The Dan Sect is very large, on par with the Luo Hai Sect.
If it's your first time here and you're wandering around aimlessly without someone to show you the way, you might even get lost.
Ouyang Yan led Bai Hao directly to a medicinal garden in the Dan Sect. Everywhere there were thriving spiritual plants, and the air was filled with the fresh fragrance of herbs. Just being here made people feel happy and their restlessness would unconsciously calm down.
"This must be where your sect grows spiritual plants, right? Can I, an outsider, really come in?" Bai Hao looked around at the various spiritual plants and kept marveling in his heart.
It has to be said that the Pill Sect truly lives up to its name; whether in refining pills or cultivating spiritual plants, they are unparalleled. Even in this small herb garden, Bai Hao saw many rare spiritual plants that are practically impossible to buy elsewhere, and there were quite a few varieties.
As expected, alchemists prefer to grow their own spiritual plants; self-sufficiency is the most comfortable way to live.
It's just that there aren't any Dan Sect disciples in such an important place. And isn't it a bit inappropriate for Bai Hao, an outsider, to come to such a place? What if someone uses this as leverage to criticize Ouyang Yan?
"Don't worry, people can come here anytime, there are no restrictions. We're all used to dealing with all sorts of spiritual plants every day, and we're actually quite tired of this place, so we don't usually come here. But apart from our sect, your sect probably doesn't have a place like this to cultivate spiritual plants, so you should be quite interested in this place, right?" Ouyang Yan smiled brightly, her eyes clear and her teeth white, as warm as the winter sun.
"You all don't like coming here anymore, so why did you bring me here? Do you actually like it here?" Bai Hao looked at her curiously.
"Mm." Ouyang Yan nodded seriously.
"I am probably one of the few disciples who really likes these spiritual plants. I feel very happy watching these thriving spiritual plants grow here every day, getting taller and bigger. So I am actually in charge of these medicinal gardens."
She loves spiritual plants and things full of vitality. When talking about these things, Ouyang Yan's eyes were filled with undisguised excitement, and her spirits were high.
Clearly, she genuinely loves spiritual plants. It was precisely because of this love that she brought Bai Hao here to see her favorite spiritual plants.
"Life is something to be revered, and I also like things that make people feel comfortable." Bai Hao smiled slightly, but his eyes were more focused on Ouyang Yan than on the spiritual plants.
"Right? Look, there are more over there. These are all spiritual plants that I just planted a month ago. They're still tender and green and haven't bloomed yet, which is great."
Ouyang Yan couldn't wait to show Bai Hao the fruits of her hard work; some were already ripe, while others were just beginning to sprout.
She always introduced things to Bai Hao with great joy, and Bai Hao always kept smiling.
Such moments are beautiful. You don't need to do anything special. As long as the person beside you is someone you want to be with, even just looking at some flowers and plants can make you happy all day.
Happiness is always fleeting; dusk falls, and time has come.
"Alright, Ouyang, it's almost time, I have to go." Bai Hao said, stopping the still enthusiastic Ouyang Yan.
The latter was stunned for a moment, and only when he looked up did he realize that the sun was setting and it was indeed getting late.
"Why so fast... Okay, then I'll go to the warehouse with you."
A hint of disappointment flashed across Ouyang Yan's face, but it was fleeting. She quickly regained her composure and led the way for Bai Hao.
The two walked towards the warehouse.
In the courtyard.
The carriages that Bai Hao had brought were all gone, leaving only Bai Hao's carriage standing there alone. Several wooden boxes were placed next to the carriage, filled with straw and containing many white jade bottles.
They even brought fodder for us, which was really thoughtful.
A disciple who had been waiting nearby saw Bai Hao arrive and hurriedly came forward, saying, "Young Master Bai, you've arrived! I'll go and call our steward right away. Please wait a moment!"
As he spoke, he walked directly into the warehouse.
Bai Hao, on the other hand, was examining the wooden crates around him.
There were four wooden boxes here, each weighed down with straw, and a white jade bottle on top of each box.
Only when they got closer to Bai Hao did they realize that, apart from the first box which contained rows of small jade bottles, the other three wooden boxes contained large jade bottles, each about a foot and a half tall.
"Do you all use... these jade bottles to store pills now?" Bai Hao asked Ouyang Yan curiously.
This was the first time he had ever seen such a large jade bottle used to store pills.
"These jade bottles... they're all spatial jade bottles! They can hold anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand pills. How many pills did you buy?" Ouyang Yan asked in surprise upon seeing so many large jade bottles.
She had rarely seen anyone use so many spatial jade bottles to buy elixirs.
"It was just... a million gold coins worth of healing pills," Bai Hao said.
“One…one million?” Ouyang Yan was speechless.
Bai Hao actually sold pills worth one million gold coins, this...
"These are pills that our sect leader wanted to buy for the sect's use, not pills that I wanted to buy myself." Seeing Ouyang Yan's expression, Bai Hao quickly explained.
He was afraid that Ouyang Yan would misunderstand and think that he had spent a million gold coins to buy the pills.
“I know it’s definitely your sect that wants to buy it, but one million gold coins is too much just for healing pills…”
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