Chapter 49 Brothers
As soon as Yao Tian left, Luo Xuanyi immediately began to take inventory of her belongings. Besides the Dust-Clearing Pill, Soundless Pill, and Star-Swallowing Pill she had already refined and always carried with her, there were also bags of dozens of herbs. She also had the Wind-Chasing Golden Fire, the Ink-Splashing Jade Bamboo Flag, and the Peach Blossom Shade, along with the newly acquired Soul-Locking Incantation bamboo slips and dozens of ancient tomes.
After taking the Bodhi Pill, she was no longer afraid of poison, but she still worried about damaging the existing structure and causing it to collapse, just like Taoist Hua Shen changing his medicine. Therefore, she had to prepare a countermeasure, after all, this was a secret realm of the Alchemist that had not been clearly explored.
Unfortunately, there is no perfect solution within her knowledge at the moment. Luo Xuanyi thought about it and found that there is only one elixir that can be used temporarily - incense.
Lantern incense is a medicinal incense refined into a gelatinous consistency, a secret incense developed by Taoist Hua Shen. It must be sealed and stored. Once exposed to spiritual energy, it will burn until it is extinguished. Impurities in the spiritual energy are illuminated by the flames and appear as different colors. Taoist Hua Shen uses it to ensure the purity of certain medicines, and Luo Xuanyi also uses it to ensure that the surrounding spiritual energy is free of harmful substances.
And it could be said that it was for the sake of exploration, so even her own herbs and spiritual energy wouldn't have to be consumed. Without further ado, Luo Xuanyi saw that it would take some time for Yao Tian to return, so she stood up and pushed the door open. She sensed a figure around the corner of the corridor and couldn't help but shout, "Who?!"
The man shuddered, as if considering whether to run away. Finally, he leaned halfway out and said with a smile: "Master, Junior Sister, I'm sorry to have frightened you. I am, I am here to see Brother Yao Tian."
"Come out and talk." Luo Xuanyi looked at him carefully and found that although he looked familiar, she had no impression of him. She originally thought he was from Qi Mingzhe's group. She couldn't help but curious, "Who is it, senior brother?"
The man was as thin as a dried sweet potato, and his clothes were even more worn. They were no better than those of the outer disciples, except that they were cleaner. The white bone Buddhist beads hanging around his neck shone brightly, and he exuded a murderous aura. However, anyone who saw his bitter face with eyebrows drawn down to his cheeks could not help but laugh, and any suspicions would be dispelled.
"Please forgive me, Junior Sister. I am Yao Lu, a disciple of the Soul-Calming Pavilion in Changliu Mountain. I came here because I really want to meet my brother Yao Tian."
Yao Lu looked at Luo Xuanyi, her face uncertain, and swallowed. He tried to run, but his legs trembled. Yao Lu had once been assigned to the ship bound for Ruoyu Peak because of his slow cultivation. If his younger brother, Yao Tian, hadn't saved him, he would have become a ghost in the drug testing. It was precisely because of this that he couldn't abandon his younger brother out of fear.
Anyone who could survive Taoist Hua Shen's clutches must have a twisted heart. Yao Qi rushed over as soon as he heard the others talking, just missing Yao Tian as he left. He'd assumed Yao Tian was suffering in the room, and as he spoke to Luo Xuanyi, he kept glancing inside, his heart pounding with anxiety.
"My brother Yao Tian was just confused for a moment and did some inhuman things. Junior sister, you are right to teach him a lesson. But I still have something to tell the elders. If junior sister has calmed down, I will take him back." As he said this, he mustered up the courage to go around Luo Xuanyi and peek inside the door. Luo Xuanyi leaned back, and before she could reach his sleeve, he smelled a scent of medicine. He jumped away in fright and clung to the wall, not daring to breathe.
Luo Xuanyi found their brotherly love strange. Even a random Zang Yao Sect disciple couldn't imagine the affection between siblings or parents, let alone Luo Xuanyi. She assumed Yao Qi was using Yao Tian as an excuse to probe her, so she feigned aloofness.
"I'm going to let him go no matter who you are. Besides, how can you say that Yao Tian is in my hands? What does it have to do with me if he's gone?"
After saying that, Luo Xuanyi swept away, leaving Yao Yan stunned behind. Yao Yan watched Luo Xuanyi's figure disappear around the corner of the corridor, unable to recover for a long time.
He paced back and forth outside Luo Xuanyi's alchemy room, his face filled with sorrow, and he didn't even notice someone passing by.
The room was coated with a silent elixir, making it impossible for Yao Qi to detect it from outside. Perhaps Yao Tian was dead, inside. Yao Qi was afraid of opening the door and seeing Yao Tian's body. Furthermore, Zang Yaozong believed that breaking into Luo Xuanyi's room for a worthless dead person was definitely not worth it.
But, Yao Tian… Yao Xuan, his heart aching, finally calmed down. He gathered his energy into his fist, about to smash the door down, but discovered Luo Xuanyi hadn't set up a lock. Luo Xuanyi, as the medicine boy of Hua Shen Taoist of Danxin Pavilion, lived in the Zhaojian Palace, free from the constant fear of being murdered by fellow disciples in the middle of the night. Naturally, he didn't know how to set up locks. He had only used the Silent Pill to prevent his information from leaking.
It would be better if there were no traps, lest the noise be too loud and Luo Xuanyi notice. He gently pushed open the door and peeked inside. Seeing no one, his blood ran cold. He didn't care if there was a trap and rushed into the room, searching high and low. But there was only Yao Tian's presence, no one. He touched the alchemy furnace again, and felt that the temperature inside was still not completely cold.
Yao Xuan sat down on the ground dejectedly, holding his head with trembling hands, wailing silently.
Luo Xuanyi didn't know Yao Qiong thought her brother had been killed in a drug experiment. Even if she knew, she wouldn't understand the grief. She went directly to Feng Wutong and only saw her after reporting to her.
Feng Wutong lived on the top floor of the building, which was covered with a uniform color of brocade and thick layers of gauze. Feng Wutong lay on the beauty couch, teasing the jade tiger that she had kidnapped from somewhere with the back of her feet. After hearing Luo Xuanyi's words, she immediately realized the importance of lamp and incense, and stood up from the couch. A male disciple beside her immediately supported her arm, and another person presented her with a bamboo slip carving knife.
"Take this bamboo order and go to the warehouse with Chayu, my companion, to select the herbs. Cai Hu, go to the outer sect spirit boat and select a team of people to test the medicine. Remember to go to Senior Brother Zhen's boat and don't let anyone else know."
Feng Wutong didn't care about the others. Such valuables wouldn't be known to anyone other than Hua Shen Daoist's disciples. She only cared about surviving as many of her people as possible so they could uncover more. The more people she could bring back, the more valued she would be by the sect, and the less she would be treated as disposable. If she weren't just in charge of the team, she'd be tempted to make some unsavory moves in the secret realm.
Feng Wutong carved the bamboo order in a few strokes, and the handsome man named Cha Yu immediately took it and led Luo Xuanyi to the storehouse. Luo Xuanyi, taking advantage of the fact that they didn't know Taoist Hua Shen's elixir recipe, made a huge request for a bunch of other herbs, which she stored away. Satisfied, she told him the time she would finish refining the elixir and headed to her room.
The herbs in her hand were enough for Luo Xuanyi to refine other elixirs, which would be perfect for saving her life. Luo Xuanyi pushed open the door, and a blue-white murderous intent swept across her throat!
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