Chapter 175 The Demon Cult Witch 4

After reviewing to the end, Ah Xi sat on the head of the bed, hugged her knees with her wrists, and buried her head in her knees in annoyance.

Just as she liked to review medical books, she also liked to review her experiences every day.

But compared with her quick knowledge of medicine, her ability to deal with these things was terrible.

At the beginning, Doctor Xie would feel that it was not good to always call the second disciple, Senior Sister Xie would also care about the junior sister, and Junior Brother Fu would also compete to do the work and behave well.

Gradually, Doctor Xie got used to ordering Ah Xi to do this and that, Senior Sister Xie's attitude became more and more contemptuous and mean, and Junior Brother Fu also understood the tricks of the clinic and followed suit.

Ah Xi knew very well that all these changes were inseparable from her compromises.

However, she knew where the problem was, but she didn't know how to solve it.

She had no parents and no memory, and was sent to the pharmacy when she was most anxious.

Smelling the familiar aroma of herbs, her heart gradually settled down.

So she liked to study medicine very much, and she also liked to take care of herbs very much.

She wanted to stay in the pharmacy for a long time, so she did what Doctor Xie told her seriously and tried to make friends with Senior Sister Xie.

Later, Junior Brother Fu came. Seeing Junior Brother Fu standing in front of her uncomfortably, Ah Xi seemed to see herself who had just arrived at the clinic. So she always wanted to help Junior Brother Fu.

Over time, her mode of getting along with Doctor Xie, Senior Sister Xie, and Junior Brother Fu became fixed.

Ah Xi sighed softly, lying flat on the bed, smelling the faint aroma of herbs in the air, closing her eyes and getting sleepy.

The next morning, Ah Xi was still the first to arrive at the clinic.

Doctor Xie arrived only after she had dealt with the basket of herbs she brought back yesterday.

Ah Xi wiped the dust off her fingertips, walked up to Doctor Xie, and explained to him why she came home late yesterday.

Doctor Xie was stunned, regretting what he said impulsively yesterday, but as a master, he couldn't apologize to his apprentice.

Doctor Xie couldn't bring himself to do this, and even thought with some resentment, why didn't the child explain last night, and had to wait until this morning to explain.

Of course, Doctor Xie also knew that his complaint was unreasonable.

So he said "yeah" calmly: "Next time you encounter such a thing, you should come back first. You saw that it was dark when you returned to the clinic last night. I was also worried about you."

"You have been reading medical books these days. Have you encountered anything you don't understand? I will help you now while I am free."

Interpreting the anger as worry, and using helping A Xi to solve his doubts to make up for A Xi, Doctor Xie lightly let the matter go.

Later, Junior Brother Fu and Senior Sister Xie arrived one after another.

They did not slack off today, and were busy in the clinic.

"Doctor Xie, a disciple of Hongyue Temple broke his leg during a fight. Please go and take a look." A disciple hurried into the clinic and shouted loudly.

As a doctor of the Xuyang Sect, Doctor Xie is best at treating fractures and wounds with bandages. Hearing this, he waved to Senior Sister Xie, who followed Doctor Xie with her medicine box.

As soon as they left, Junior Brother Fu's shoulders slumped.

Looking at A Xi who was still working seriously, Junior Brother Fu said, "Senior Sister A Xi, your medical skills are obviously better than Senior Sister Xie. You said that Master went out to see patients, why didn't he take you with him?"

A Xi used a beam scale to calculate the dosage of medicine: "In the past, Senior Sister Xie always went out with Master."

Junior Brother Fu was young, but he was very smart: "I'm not talking about that..."

Even though Doctor Xie and Senior Sister Xie were not here, Junior Brother Fu deliberately lowered his voice: "I think that if you follow Master out more often and watch how Master treats injuries, you can learn more."

"But Master can think of you and me when it comes to other troubles, but he never thinks of you and me when it comes to this kind of thing."

His parents and grandma are still alive, and he is the only son in the family. He went to Xuyang Sect to become a disciple and could not go home for all year round. What was he trying to achieve!

Isn't it just to learn some skills?

Ah Xi divided a prescription and wrapped it up in a few seconds: "Master will teach us when he thinks the time is right."

Junior Brother Fu curled his lips, thinking that Ah Xi was useless and only knew how to work hard. He didn't know that no matter how much he did, it would not be as important as his own daughter in the eyes of Doctor Xie.

Ah Xi went to the backyard and sat in the sun to pick red grass.

Just as he was concentrating on picking, a shadow suddenly fell in front of him.

Ah Xi raised his head and showed a faint smile on his calm face: "Senior Brother Mu, how come you have time to come here?" The person

who came was Mu Wenxuan, the son of the head of the Xuyang Sect.

Mu Wenxuan is in his early twenties this year and is already a well-known young hero among the younger generation.

He is an expert swordsman and is handsome and elegant, making him very popular in the Xuyang Sect and even in the entire martial arts world.

"I come here to hide away and have some free time." Mu Wenxuan lifted his robe and sat down on the stone steps behind Axi. "The Tianmen has sent a lot of guests, and I am responsible for receiving them."

Axi kept picking herbs in his hands: "Isn't this a good thing?"

Mu Wenxuan showed a trace of distress: "I have some fame in the world. Those who have heard of my name always want to challenge me to a duel. I have had more than ten fights in two or three days."

"Your clinic has been so busy recently, and I have contributed to it."

Axi was amused by him and laughed again: "I can help them heal their injuries, but I can't charge them for the medical fees. I would rather have some free time these two days."

Axi put the herbs back under the sun to continue drying, and asked Mu Wenxuan what he wanted to drink.

After a while, Axi came back with two bowls of mint water.

Drinking the mint water in the scorching sun, Mu Wenxuan's restlessness seemed to sink with the floating mint leaves: "To thank you for helping me make the water, I'll tell you some stories about the martial arts world to relieve your boredom."

Axi is a quiet person. Her usual hobbies are reading medical books and taking care of her medicine garden. Although she is a person of the martial arts world, she is far away from it. Since joining the Xuyang Sect, she has never stepped out of the sect. She knows very little about the affairs of the martial arts world, so she likes to listen to Mu Wenxuan's talk.

At first, Mu Wenxuan talked about gossip about the major sects, but soon, he changed the subject and mentioned the various demon sects.

Mu Wenxuan didn't know there was a word called "brainwashing", but he obviously knew the routine of brainwashing.

After chatting for half an hour, Mu Wenxuan stood up: "Look at me, every time I chat with you, I forget the time."

Ah Xi said: "Senior Brother Mu, you should go and get busy."

Mu Wenxuan nodded and took out a bracelet made of shells from his arms: "I went down the mountain some time ago and saw someone selling shell bracelets. This thing is not expensive, but because we are not close to the sea, it is relatively rare. If you like it, keep it and wear it for fun."

Ah Xi was about to speak when footsteps rushed into the backyard. Senior

Sister Xie smiled and tidied her hair with her fingers: "Senior Brother Mu, you are so busy and come to the clinic!"

As if she didn't see that Mu Wenxuan was chatting with Ah Xi, Senior Sister Xie forcibly pulled Mu Wenxuan aside.

A Xi smiled, turned around and went back to the clinic, not staying here to bother Senior Sister Xie.

Half a minute later, Mu Wenxuan and Senior Sister Xie also returned to the clinic.

Mu Wenxuan handed the shell bracelet to A Xi: "I bought this shell bracelet for you. If you are embarrassed to accept it, just think of it as my birthday gift to you."

When he said this, Mu Wenxuan actually felt a little regretful.

In the Xuyang Sect, only a very few people knew A Xi's true identity.

Even A Xi's master, Doctor Xie, didn't know.

Doctor Xie just followed the orders of the head of the sect, accepted A Xi as a disciple, and instilled various ideas that were beneficial to the Xuyang Sect into A Xi.

However, because the head of the Xuyang Sect needed Mu Wenxuan to get close to A Xi, Mu Wenxuan became an insider.

Over the years, Mu Wenxuan has been trying to get close to Axi.

Axi has a gentle personality and speaks softly. As she grows older, her appearance becomes more mature, so Mu Wenxuan is not opposed to getting along with Axi.

But some time ago, Master Mu said that the plan was going to be closed, and Mu Wenxuan was busy with the sword-fighting conference, so he never came to see Axi and even missed Axi's birthday.

Who knew that the plan would change before it was launched, and Master Mu asked Mu Wenxuan to restore contact with Axi and continue to brainwash Axi.

That's why Mu Wenxuan appeared in the clinic today.

After Mu Wenxuan left, Senior Sister Xie hummed softly and played with her slender fingers: "Senior Brother Mu has a good personality and takes more care of some disciples with poor family backgrounds. Some people should not be so self-indulgent."

Ah Xi put the shell bracelet into her purse.

Although she knew that Senior Sister Xie was mocking her, Ah Xi felt that Senior Sister Xie was right.

She didn't remember her date of birth, so she took the day when she recovered her memory as her birthday.

Originally, she thought...

she thought that Senior Brother Mu cared about her so much and came to share his daily life with her from time to time, so she must be different in his eyes.

Until her sixteenth birthday, after sitting in the clinic for a whole day and waiting for a whole day, she heard that Senior Brother Mu and other fellow disciples went down the mountain to drink, and they didn’t remember her birthday like before...

Senior Sister Xie saw that Axi didn’t respond to a word, and she couldn’t help feeling a little depressed. She turned around and left with a swipe of her sleeves.

Axi soon ran out of time to think about it.

Doctor Xie asked Axi to pick more red grass to avoid suddenly finding out that it was gone when she needed it.

Axi originally wanted to ask Junior Brother Fu to go with them, but Junior Brother Fu was helping Elder Xu to boil medicine. She thought about it and decided to go by herself.

Anyway, it was still early now, and at most she would have to run two or three more times.

***

It rained heavily last night, and the mountain road became much more difficult to walk on.

Axi broke off a thick and straight branch as a walking tool and slowly climbed up the mountain.

From time to time, residual water drops dripped from the treetops, soaking Axi's clothes.

The first trip was relatively smooth, but when Axi arrived at the wild red grass meadow for the second time and squatted down to harvest, the originally clear sky became gloomy again, as if it would rain at any time. Axi

brought an umbrella, but if the rain was too heavy, the umbrella would be of no use.

She hurriedly stopped what she was doing, picked up a small basket of herbs and hurried back.

After walking a short distance, bean-sized raindrops fell down without any transition.

Axi was in a hurry to get back and her pace quickened a lot, but the originally muddy mountain road became even more slippery. She slipped to the side without paying attention and fell into a shallow mud puddle.

The oil-paper umbrella and the tree branch fell out of her hand at the same time.

The howling wind blew the oil-paper umbrella far away.

Ah Xi didn't care about her skirt that was covered with yellow mud. She got up from the ground and limped to chase the oil-paper umbrella.

After finally getting the umbrella back, her clothes were mostly wet by the rain.

Ah Xi used to come to this mountain to collect herbs frequently. She knew there was a cave not far away where she could take shelter from the rain. In this situation, it was too dangerous to take the mountain road back to Xuyang Sect. After hesitating for a few seconds, Ah Xi made up her mind and limped towards the cave with the bamboo basket on her back. After finally

reaching the cave, Ah Xi felt even more haggard.

She put away the oil-paper umbrella and looked at the rain outside, which was getting heavier and heavier. She couldn't hide the worry on her face.

But it was useless to worry anymore. The heavy rain would not be diverted because of her personal will. Axi walked into the cave and found a relatively flat and sheltered place to sit down.

She touched her aching right ankle with her hand and realized that she had twisted her right foot when she fell just now. Later, she did not stop to rest, but insisted on continuing on her way, which further injured her right foot.

After a busy day, her body was emitting fatigue. The rain was beating against the mountain wall, and the herbs were emitting fragrance. Axi could not hold on any longer and fell asleep unconsciously.

When she woke up again, she was awakened by the cold.

The half-wet clothes stuck tightly to her body. Not only did they not play any role in keeping warm, but they were constantly absorbing her body temperature.

But there was no way to make a fire, and it was even more impossible to take off her coat. Ah Xi stood up with the help of the wall and moved outside.

The rain became lighter, but the sky outside the cave was completely dark.

The moon and stars disappeared, and the visibility in the cave was very low. Ah Xi could even hear the howling and movement of wild animals in the mountains.

She rubbed her hands together and blew into her palms, trying to keep warm in this way.

Her body was still not warm, and her stomach began to protest again.

Ah Xi covered her stomach, and her emotions were rarely broken.

It seemed that she would have to stay in this cave all night, cold, hungry and hurt.

Although she knew that the possibility was not great, when the noises made by the beasts became more and more frequent, Ah Xi couldn't help but have a glimmer of hope: How great it would be if someone could come to find her.

Master and the others all knew that she came to this mountain to collect herbs. If they didn't see her return, would they come to find her?

***

The night perfectly concealed Yao Rong's figure.

She was dressed in black and wearing a hat. She easily avoided the patrol team and sneaked into the Xuyang Sect.

Juexian Pavilion had already explored the internal structure of the Xuyang Sect. Yao Rong was very familiar with the layout of the Xuyang Sect. She soon came to the clinic, and after a few jumps, she gently stuck to the roof of the clinic and reached out to remove a tile.

"Dad, it's getting late. Let's go back and pack the rest tomorrow."

"There is too little red grass. Has A'xi not come back yet?"

"Senior Sister A'xi came back with a basket of red grass at the beginning of the day. Later, she went out to collect herbs with an empty bamboo basket. She hasn't been seen since. Master, do you think Senior Sister A'xi was trapped on the road by the heavy rain?"

"We martial artists have encountered all kinds of situations. How could a little rain trap her? Besides, it's so dark. Are you going to volunteer to go look for her, Junior Brother Fu? Maybe she has already returned to her residence, taken a hot bath, and is lying comfortably in bed."

"I... it's too dark..."

"Alright, alright, Axi is such a grown-up, how could he be lost? There are still many things to do tomorrow, don't delay, go back and have a rest."

The three people in the room closed the windows, extinguished the candles, and quickly left the clinic.

...

Yao Rong moved the tiles back to their original positions, looked at the three people's receding backs, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Axi went out to collect herbs at Wei Shi, and hasn't come back yet?

You know, it's already past midnight.

Four hours have passed in the meantime.

Thinking of what they just said, Axi might be trapped on the road by heavy rain, Yao Rong quickly called out the system: "Help me check where Axi is now."