Chapter 31 Chapter 31 The Well-behaved Monkey
The new disciples within the hall had been fooled by Master Chang's theory of the Five Elements. Those watching from outside the hall were also unaware of Master Chang's deep concern for his young disciples. Therefore, aside from Tian Laokou and the others, no one understood the significance and weight of Yun Miao's promise.
However, everyone with eyes saw Yun Miao casting a spell to send flowers. Even though the water flow was thin and small, it was still a water control technique!
Because they were not allowed to make loud noises at the moment, the people outside the hall could only make faces at each other in astonishment. The number of messages in the air domain disciple communication area was increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
As the headmaster's first disciple, Qi Shubai, who was watching the ceremony in the corner of the hall, was also stunned for a moment after seeing the stream of water. Then he showed relief and his eyes became softer.
The disciple-taking ceremony ended successfully in such silent noise.
Huo Xin noticed the eager looks of the people outside the hall, and silently pulled Yun Miao back two steps into the hall, then asked her what was going on.
Yun Miao briefly recounted his "great achievements" last night and taught them how to use the disciple order, ensuring that they could contact him at any time in the future.
Huo Xin's brows furrowed as he listened, practically pinching a fly to death. Meanwhile, Tan Xiaobai, whose brains were already slow to react, had his eyes light up, thinking he had grasped the key point: "Just copying the inscriptions can open the Purple Palace?"
The disciples inside and outside the hall immediately pricked up their ears.
Qi Shubai originally wanted to wait until Yun Miao finished talking to her friends before going over, but after hearing this, he could not stand still.
"This junior brother is wrong."
He first greeted his fellow junior brothers and sisters gently, and then seriously said that this method was rough and dangerous, with a high risk of death, and the only survivor had a 99% chance of becoming a fool.
The reason why Yun Miao was able to survive was that she was indeed gifted. This could be seen from the fact that she was able to briefly resist the bewitching power of the old man Feng Yin, and that she was able to see and remember the inscriptions on the Dingfeng Pillar with her naked eyes during the Qi Refining Stage.
Secondly, the disease was discovered and rescued in time.
Thirdly, everyone knows that the master of Danfeng of Xuantian Sect is one of the few Dan Kings in the world.
"Given Junior Sister's condition at the time...if Uncle Tian hadn't come to her rescue, she would have undoubtedly died, without even the chance to become a fool."
Tian Laokou flew down from the high platform and smiled maliciously at everyone: "If anyone wants to become a fool, just follow my example. I will definitely hang you alive and make you all become big fools, working in the fields with snotty noses every day. Anyone who dares to be lazy will be whipped by the old cow!"
"I dare not."
"Master Tian Feng is joking."
"We won't do such a stupid thing."
The crowd outside the hall dispersed instantly, fearing that if they were a little slow, they would be captured by Tian Laokou and taken to Danfeng to farm. It was well known that the sect missions issued by Danfeng were mostly related to farming, which was hard and tiring and did not earn many contribution points. They would rather shovel shit at Beast Peak than farm.
Tan Xiaobai quickly shook his head like a rattle, indicating that he would never do anything stupid.
At this moment, Qian Duoduo, the head of Fufeng, also flew down from the platform, slapped Tan Xiaobai on the head, told him not to be too ambitious, and then took him away.
Seeing this, Qi Shubai also took Yun Miao to say goodbye to Huo Xin and the others. He frankly said that Yun Miao only looked better after taking the elixir, but the cracks in her Purple Palace wouldn't heal overnight. So he would take her back to the medicine house later, where she would have to stay for the next month to recuperate.
Upon hearing this, Huo Xin immediately pulled down the storage bag at her waist and asked him to help take out the spirit stones that Yun Miao had previously stored with her. As for the meat buns that she had previously stored...
The weather was too hot in the summer, and Yun Miao had not shown any signs of coming out since he entered the Ladder to Heaven. In order to prevent the meat buns from spoiling, Huo Xin asked the disciples of the Deacon Hall at that time to send them all to Xiao Hei to eat.
Upon hearing this, Yun Miao thought to herself: Storage items without a fresh-keeping function are indeed not convenient enough. She must find a way to get a more advanced storage bag as soon as possible.
After returning the spirit stone, Huo Xin gave another reminder.
"Yun Miao will run around if she's not watched carefully, and she also likes to pick up poisonous mushrooms from the ground and eat them. Big Brother, you'd better pay more attention to this aspect, so that she won't cause trouble again."
Guan Dahai and Gao Zhu nodded solemnly, citing Yun Miao's previous achievements in the ruined temple and on the immortal boat, adding clarification to Huo Xin's words.
Qi Shubai nodded seriously: "Thank you for the reminder, I will pay attention to it."
Yun Miao was about to protest when she saw Shang Mancang, who was following the master of Zhenfeng Peak not far away, suddenly stop, look up and say something to the master of Zhenfeng Peak, then turn around and walk towards her.
"Junior Sister Yun, I'm sorry, and...thank you very much."
Shang Mancang said that because of her own selfish desires, she caused Yun Miao to almost lose her life while copying books, but Yun Miao was still able to give her advice without holding a grudge. She was really a kind-hearted person.
At the end of her words, she blushed and hugged Yun Miao, her tone shy but firm: "Even if we can't do business, I will still be your friend. I will definitely help you make a fortune in the future!"
Yun Miao immediately hugged him back, his tone firm: "Of course I will. As soon as I saw your face, I knew you must be destined to be rich and powerful. Good friend, if you become rich and powerful, don't forget me!"
Shang Mancang's face turned even redder: "Then I'll borrow your good words."
*
Yun Miao originally thought that her senior brother was trying to scare her, but on the way back to Danfeng, she suddenly started losing blood again, and then she realized that what her senior brother said was true.
By the time she lay back on the bed in the medicine room, she had returned to her pale, half-dead state, and the negative buff that had disappeared had returned. Xiao Hei rubbed her face as usual, as if to say hello to her.
Yun Miao picked up Xiao Hei and wiped the blood flowing from the corners of his eyes and nose, then reached out to Tian Laokou in the distance, his voice weak.
"Uncle Master, help me... cough cough, I feel like I'm almost out of blood. I can't hold on any longer. I'm dying. Quick... quick, give me a thousand of those Ninth-Grade Nourishing Spirit Pills. Take them internally, a thousand for external application, and a thousand for bathing."
"I think you're doing fine, and you're still in high spirits, joking around."
Old Tian rolled his eyes. "I've lived all my life and still haven't managed to refine a single ninth-grade pill, and yet you're doing the same. Eating it like a meal is fine, but you're also applying it externally? And you're even taking a bath? Why don't you just ask that Alchemy Sage from the Medicine Valley to come and give you a foot massage?"
Yun Miao grabbed the struggling Xiao Hei and wiped the blood and tears off his face, but ended up smearing the blood all over his face, making him look like a wailing female ghost in white crawling out of hell.
"Ahem. You are my uncle, you can't just stand by and watch someone die!"
"Junior sister, you really don't have lungs... Oh, forget it, just drink more water."
Qi Shubai helplessly poured her a cup of tea, then looked at Tian Laokou: "Uncle Master..."
"Alright, alright. How can you all be so doting on your child and raising her to be lawless? You'll have a headache in the future."
Tian Laokou flicked his sleeves helplessly, and out of thin air he threw out a medicine gourd as long as his forearm and a small porcelain bottle as big as a fist.
"The porcelain bottle contains a third-grade nourishing spirit elixir, and the gourd contains a third-grade rejuvenation elixir. The most important thing next is to have a good rest. You will be back to normal in a month."
Qi Shubai raised his hand and took the two medicine bottles accurately.
Yun Miao was disdainful: "Only third rank?"
Old Tian glared at her, "You're just a little brat who knows nothing, and you're complaining about it? This is enough for the Qi Refining Stage. If you eat too much, you won't be able to absorb it, so wouldn't it be a waste?"
Does this mean that if she takes advanced medicine now, the effects will overflow?
Yun Miao picked up the motionless Xiao Hei and wiped the blood from his nose casually: "I will try my best!"
Tian Lao's fat face was expressionless. "If you mean you will practice hard, then Uncle Shi is very pleased. If you mean you will practice hard and then continue to bleed from all seven orifices to get high-grade elixirs from me, then I have only one word: Get lost!"
Qi Shubai sighed, rescued Xiao Hei, who had given up struggling, from Yun Miao's hands, and drove the water flow to wash away the blood on Yun Miao and Xiao Hei's bodies. Finally, he took out a handkerchief and put it in Yun Miao's hand.
"Please let it go. It's not your handkerchief."
Yun Miao immediately brought Xiao Hei back and said confidently, "No, I didn't. This is just a token of my love for him. Xiao Hei likes him too, right?"
Xiao Hei, who was lifted up, looked at her quietly with his amber eyes, then shook his head slowly and firmly.
Yun Miao was silent for a moment, then nodded on behalf of Xiao Hei: "Brother, look, Xiao Hei also said that he likes it very much."
Xiao Hei: ...
Qi Shubai shook his head helplessly, poured out a pill from the medicine gourd and a porcelain bottle and handed them to Yun Miao.
"Take your medicine."
Yun Miao took the medicine obediently, but her weakness and fatigue persisted. Given the realistic nature of "Asking the Three Thousand Questions," wouldn't she be in this sickly state for the next month? Wouldn't this significantly delay her exploration of the map?
As the head of a peak, Tian Laokou had a lot to do, so he quickly left the medicine hut. As soon as he left, Yun Miao's eyes drifted to the tattered yet incredibly tempting medicine cabinet nearby.
But before she could make a move, Qi Shubai covered her and Xiao Hei with a quilt, tucking the corners in, leaving only the girl and the little wolf's heads exposed outside the quilt.
"Junior sister, Senior Brother needs your help with something."
Yun Miao blinked: "Okay."
Is senior going to give her a task?
Qi Shubai paused and said, "Don't you even ask me what I need your help with?"
Yun Miao smiled confidently: "No matter what you want, I will help you, so there is no need to think about it."
So, are you captivated by the player's generosity? Is your favorability level rising like crazy?
Qi Shubai smiled: "What if I say... I hope you can refuse Master's help and complete this punishment on your own?"
Yun Miao: "Okay. Then I'll let Tan Xiaobai help me."
Qi Shubai was puzzled: "Tan Xiaobai is your friend, right? Wouldn't he be angry if you did this?"
Yun Miao said confidently, "No, that's not the case. Tan Xiaobai is my little brother... just my follower. I'm his boss, and I have to obey my boss to survive in this cruel world of cultivation."
Qi Shubai: "...I didn't expect that Junior Sister has such an identity, but this won't work."
The young man poured Yun Miao another cup of tea and placed it on the small bamboo cabinet beside the bed. "Although Master is our Master, he is also the head of Xuantian Sect. If he really sends a puppet to help you complete the punishment, it would be unfair to the rest of the sect and would inevitably cause objections from other disciples."
"So I hope you can go to Master and promise to complete the punishment on your own initiative, so that he won't want to help you. But don't worry, I know you're still young and definitely not used to the heavy work of plowing, tilling, and watering the fields at Danfeng. So when the time comes, I will use the Transfiguration Pill to disguise myself as you and complete the punishment as Yun Miao."
Yun Miao's attention was completely drawn to the handsome young man beside the bed. She asked in confusion, "Common sense suggests that Senior Brother should have advised me to take responsibility for my mistakes. If he were a strict Senior Brother, he might have thrown me out of the medicine room and told me I couldn't eat until I finished my work."
That's what her annoying elementary school teacher treated her like when she was a kid.
Qi Shubai was amused by her words. "You are still young, so it's normal for you to act rashly. It is the responsibility of Master and your brothers to teach you how to be cautious. I was right next to you and didn't notice you were getting into trouble. This is my dereliction of duty. I think Master felt the same way, so he wanted to take the punishment for you."
After he finished speaking, he saw that the junior sister was just staring at him blankly without saying anything.
Qi Shubai: "Junior sister?"
“I’ll go!”
Yun Miao suddenly sat up and said to Qi Shubai solemnly, "No need for help, Senior Brother. I can complete the punishment myself!"
Seeing that Qi Shubai wanted to say something, she immediately raised Xiao Hei high up, as if she was holding up an imperial sword.
"Don't try to persuade me, I've made up my mind! If anyone doesn't let me be punished, I'll let Xiao Hei bite him to death! Xiao Hei, show your teeth!"
Xiao Hei: ...
The little wolf cub raised his upper lip expressionlessly, showing a few white teeth, and then quickly lowered it, with zero deterrent effect.
Qi Shubai laughed out loud, and finally couldn't help laughing. He imitated his master and ruffled his junior sister's hair into a bird's nest.
"Your little black dog really scared me, haha. In that case, I won't try to persuade you any more. When the punishment is over, I'll give you another gift as a reward."
Yun Miao's eyes lit up: "Okay, okay!"
*
Qi Shubai stayed in the medicine house for a long time before leaving at Yun Miao's urging. As soon as he left, Yun Miao got out of bed, walked tremblingly towards the medicine cabinet, and tentatively opened the cabinet door.
Creak... The old cabinet door was easily opened by her, and a pile of porcelain bottles, jade bottles, brocade boxes and gourds with sparkling spots on them appeared in front of her.
Wow, this new map has a lot of free resources!
Yun Miao's player instinct made her stretch out her hand immediately, but at this moment, the figures of her master and senior brother suddenly appeared in her mind, and her hand in the air paused.
As we all know, many games have settings that can cause a player to lose favorability, such as giving an NPC a gift they dislike, rummaging through a trash can in front of an NPC, stealing an NPC's wallet, or even forcibly pulling down an NPC's pants if caught...
So if she takes all the medicine, will her master and senior brothers lose favorability towards her when they find out?
But all the resources in the game are originally prepared for players. Searching for resources in new maps is one of the ways to play in the big world. Wouldn’t it be a waste if we don’t take so many free resources?
Master and Senior Brother are just NPCs after all. NPCs have no memories. As long as the lost favorability is restored later, they will love each other again. So it doesn't matter, even if the favorability is completely lost...
"Ouch."
Xiao Hei on the bamboo bed spoke for the first time, a short, childish sound that seemed to be reminding him of something.
However, the player who was dazzled by the bright spot did not bother to look back at it. She reached out her hand resolutely, grabbed one of the jade bottles, and then... touched every medicine bottle and brocade box like a pervert, and put them back reluctantly, promising in a firm tone.
"Don't worry, I will soon challenge and defeat Tian Laokou and bring you home openly. That way, Master and Senior Brother won't be angry. They might even praise me for my rapid training and great strength, and give me gifts, hehe."
Bang!
The window on the second floor was kicked open, and Tian Laokou, who had been standing outside for a long time, rushed into the room like a cannonball and kicked Yun Miao with a flying kick.
"My senior brother and nephew Shubai will never praise you for this!"
Before Yun Miao could react, she saw a huge foot of about forty yards in length rushing towards her face with a gust of wind, but it suddenly stopped a few centimeters away from her nose.
However, even though she was not directly attacked, she was still weak and was blown to the ground by the strong wind.
Tian Laokou put his foot down and snorted coldly: "You are a good uncle in front of me, but behind my back, you are secretly trying to defeat me and empty my medicine cabinet, right? You are really my good nephew. My senior brother must be blind to think that you are a good disciple."
Yun Miao raised his head and said seriously, "You are not allowed to scold my master!"
Tian Laokou: "...I'm scolding you!"
"The whole sect is full of trouble-making monkeys. Even the most sensible old cow is stubborn as hell. There is really no one who can give us peace of mind every day."
The short and fat old man walked over and closed the cabinet door while cursing. Then he raised his hand and clapped it. The entire medicine cabinet quickly lit up with circles of array patterns, which then slowly disappeared.
"See? My medicine cabinet is protected by a magic formation. If you don't want to be shattered and killed, don't touch it."
As he spoke, he waved his sleeves, and Yun Miao immediately rolled back onto the bamboo bed. Then, as if alive, the quilt wrapped her and Xiao Hei like a spring roll. A small bulge immediately formed inside the spring roll, and Xiao Hei struggled to poke his head out from under the quilt to breathe.
Yun Miao didn't struggle, but asked Tian Laokou suspiciously: "Then why was I fine just now?"
Tian Laokou sat at the table, poured himself a cup of tea and drank it.
"Of course, this is all thanks to your kind-hearted uncle. As soon as I saw you staring at the medicine cabinet with a shifty look, I knew you had bad intentions. After all, you're my senior brother's new disciple, and I finally saved you. Of course, I can't just watch you die."
"So I've temporarily withdrawn the formation, waiting to catch you red-handed when you do something bad. Then I'll ask my senior brother for hush money, and then, in the name of punishment, I'll make you work like a slave at Danfeng for free."
Yun Miao was shocked. It turned out that the medicine cabinet was a trap?
"You are so cunning!"
"That's not treacherous at all. I just want to help you understand more deeply the cruelty of the world of cultivation."
Tian Laokou was not ashamed but proud, but soon he complained in disappointment: "In the end, the medicine cabinet door was opened and your hand was stretched out, but in the end you just touched all the bottles and jars with a lustful look, and didn't put any of them into the storage bag."
"Anyway, there was no one in the room at the time. Even if you don't dare to take all of them, you can always hide one bottle secretly. If you think that's too risky, then just pick a few bottles and pour out a few pills and hide them."
"What if I don't have the habit of counting the bottles and pills? What if I can't find them? Wouldn't you have made a profit then? I really don't know what's going on in your mind."
Yun Miao: "...Based on what you said and your nickname, Old Stingy Tian, I can conclude that you definitely have the habit of counting bottles and pills."
Tian Laokou squinted at her and said, "I told you to call me Uncle Master. If you call me Tian Laokou again, I will put a laxative in your pill."
Yun Miao shut up.
Tian Laokou drank a cup of tea slowly and calmly. "By the way, weren't you completely unwilling to accept punishment before? How come a few simple words from Junior Brother Shubai made you change your mind?"
Yun Miao was stunned for a moment, then looked over with wide eyes in disbelief: "You even know this? Were you eavesdropping the whole time?"
Tian Laokou: "What are you imagining? I don't have the time to eavesdrop on you brothers and sisters' conversations. I just didn't go far. My spiritual sense can cover the entire Danfeng. As long as I project my spiritual sense when doing things, I can naturally hear your conversation."
Yun Miao sneered, "People who eavesdrop on other people's conversations are the most shameless."
Tian Laokou also looked down on him: "The person who touches all the medicines of others with lustful eyes but doesn't steal them is the most shameless person."
Yun Miao emphasized: "I'm not lecherous."
Tian Laokou: "Stop talking nonsense. You haven't answered my question yet. You are a lawless monkey. You don't look like you will be
The kind of person who can be enlightened by just a few words from Shu Bai."
Yun Miao curled her lips. Of course, she wouldn't tell an NPC about her past in real life, so she said calmly, "Well, I just suddenly realized that punishment is also part of the game, so I decided to experience it."
Tian Laokou: "Game?"
Yun Miao: "Don't you understand? Then let's change the game to... life. Do you understand now?"
"Is punishment also a part of life?"
Tian Laokou paused while drinking tea, then looked at the "spring roll" on the bed with a little surprise.
"You're not talking like a monkey now."
Yun Miao was pleased: "What does that look like?"
Tian Laokou: "Like the monkey king in the back mountain."
Yun Miao's smug smile froze, and then he slumped down on the bed in anger: "That's still a monkey!"
Xiao Hei couldn't bear the squeeze anymore, so he jumped out of the spring roll, then bit the quilt and pulled it open to rescue Yun Miao who was inside.
Yun Miao touched Xiao Hei's head and said, "Good Xiao Hei, bite him!"
Xiao Hei's amber eyes turned to look at Tian Laokou, then jumped out!
Old Tian raised his hand, easily grabbed the wolf cub's skin by the back of its neck, and threw it back, hitting Yun Miao on the head.
Yun Miao hugged Xiao Hei and lay back on the bed, angrily pulling the quilt to cover himself and Xiao Hei.
"I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going to sleep."
A mere NPC actually dares to bully the players like this. When her level goes up, she will definitely cause havoc in heaven!
Tian Laokou muttered, "Are you asleep? I think you're quite energetic. You don't look like someone who's suffered a serious injury to his Purple Palace. Don't you feel any pain at all? It seems you can't endure it very well."
"Since you've decided to complete your punishment on your own, don't wait until you've recovered. Start tomorrow. I'll take you to find Lao Niu, and you'll work as a supervisor with him."
"You can complete your punishment from the Law Enforcement Hall by just sitting by the edge of a field while you recover. There's no better job than this. But if you do this, you can't tell your master about me using the medicine cabinet to lure you in. Got it?"
He talked for a long time but Yun Miao didn't respond. He thought she was deliberately ignoring him, but when he turned around, he saw that she was actually asleep.
The pale little face was huddled in the quilt, its hair disheveled, its lips bloodless. The once-annoyingly lively energy was gone, and its body finally revealed the weakness and haggardness of a seriously injured person.
The little black wolf was lying beside her neck. When it noticed Tian Laokou's gaze, it immediately looked up. When it saw that he didn't move, it quickly lowered its head, closed its eyes and began to rest.
"He's quite protective of his master."
Tian Laokou watched the pair of calm amber eyes slowly close, and his huge spiritual sense swept over silently. After confirming that it was just an ordinary demon wolf at the first level of Qi training, he retracted it.
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