At the foot of the Hancui Cliff, on the edge of the flat land covered by the crowns of old golden osmanthus trees, surrounded by a circle of beautiful jade peaks, a new exquisite pavilion was built. Across the mountain, hundreds of scattered fertile fields were opened up.
The newly opened fields are black and exude a rich, pure earth fragrance.
The seeds had just been sown in the fields two hours ago, and with the help of the secret method of inducing growth, the various crops had already grown to more than two feet tall.
The light golden rice ears are more than a foot long, and the plump rice grains emit dazzling light in the sun.
On the green sorghum stalks, the sorghum ears, as thick as a baby's arm, swelled up and almost broke into pieces. When the breeze blew, the sorghum ears hit the sorghum stalks, making crisp "pa pa" sounds.
A few silly domestic dogs were running and playing on the edge of a field, and accidentally bumped into a green chive field. Just after knocking down a few puddles of chives, they were hit by clods of earth that suddenly flew over, and they ran away quickly, howling.
Dozens of Li family boys and children held bags of seeds and planted various herbs under the beautiful peaks near the manor. These herbs have different habits, some like shade, some like exposure, some like fertile soil, and some like rocky corners.
These herbs are commonly used by the Li family. Although the Li family does not have a proper alchemist, the Li family has very skilled doctors from generation to generation - especially the current head of the Li family, Li Mofeng, who is very good at taking pulses and making good prescriptions. Not only ordinary people, but even low-level cultivators in the Gathering Spirit Realm, if they have some broken bones, can be cured with three prescriptions of medicine.
Chu Tian stood on the edge of a large branch of the old golden osmanthus tree, with his hands behind his back, quietly watching the hundreds of busy members of the Li family.
"So, you can be considered to have a family background in this field. Decoctions are actually the original version of elixirs. The initial steps of alchemy can actually be considered as the process of boiling herbs into decoctions with different medicinal properties and then extracting their essence."
Chu Tian said to Lily, who was standing next to him, dressed neatly and looking cautious, "You have such a foundation, very good. No wonder you have such a talent for alchemy, very good."
"However, the name Lily is too... Your real name is Li Ling'er. From now on, I will call you Ling'er."
After hearing Chu Tian's words, Lily... no, Li Ling'er let out a long breath and knelt down on both knees in front of Chu Tian: "Ling'er pays respect to Master... Aren't you afraid of Master Qiao?"
Li Linger looked at Chu Tian carefully, a hint of worry flashing in her clear eyes.
"He... is harmless." Chu Tian said calmly: "Before he cured his female disciple who was poisoned by Thousand Insect Powder, his reputation as an alchemist had already been destroyed by me. He 'forced' his disciples, threatened the lives of his disciples' relatives and family members, and threatened you to help him plot against me. It's hard to wash away this bad reputation!"
Li Linger's eyes almost popped out of their sockets. She looked at Chu Tian in astonishment and stammered, "Force? Threaten?"
Chu Tian looked at Li Ling'er, smiled evilly, bent two fingers, and tapped her forehead heavily: "That's right, remember, tell outsiders this in the future. Say that you don't want to do these things, and he forced you to do them. If you don't do it, your family's lives will be in danger."
Li Linger was silent for a while, tilted her head and pondered for a while, then nodded slowly: "Disciple will remember it."
This time, it was Chu Tian's turn to be shocked.
He pointed to Li Mofeng, who was leading a group of Li family children in the manor to identify herbs in the distance, and laughed dryly, "Last night, after your uncle Dali brought your father, I talked to him for more than two hours... Judging from his character, you should be a person who respects teachers and education. You and Master Qiao have been master and apprentice for several years."
Chu Tian touched his nose and said awkwardly, "It's a bit immoral for me to instigate you to cheat him and throw dirty water on him. If it were your father, he would definitely roll up his sleeves and fight me. Why did you agree so quickly?"
Li Linger was silent for a while, she raised her head, hesitated for a while, and then said solemnly: "How can a lamb under the claws of a tiger or wolf develop feelings for a tiger or wolf just because the tiger or wolf has taken good care of it for several years?"
Chu Tian looked at Li Ling'er thoughtfully: "You mean, Master Qiao is a tiger and wolf, and you are a lamb? You are so young, but you think a lot."
Li Linger sighed heavily, and she looked at Chu Tian sincerely: "Although I am young, I am very sensible. I often see Master Qiao and Senior Sisters Dujuan, Haitang, Mudan, and Shaoyao pulling each other."
"I am a disciple of humble origins. The Li family is just a small, insignificant family in the Windless Valley, but we have a good reputation and know how to be polite, righteous, and have a sense of shame." Li Linger smiled bitterly and said, "There were a few elders in the clan who were eager for quick success and forced my father to send me to them as a disciple. Now that I think about it, those years were really hard to endure!"
Chu Tian couldn't help but feel sad when he heard the words "those years were really hard to endure" from a girl who was a few months younger than Chu Yaya.
He nodded vigorously: "Master Qiao is a piece of shit, but I am a good man. So, you don't need to feel guilty for helping a good man to throw dirty water on a piece of shit."
Li Linger thought about what Chu Tian said, and she immediately agreed with Chu Tian's point of view, so she laughed happily.
When she was with Master Qiao, Li Ling'er was just a small jade pendant that was polished delicately and smoothly, but she did not dare to have any color; as soon as she came to Chu Tian's side, inexplicably, Li Ling'er blossomed from the inside out, she was like a tenacious gentian growing in the mountains, and she blossomed happily like that!
The flowers are beautiful, swaying gracefully in the wind, emitting dazzling light, and proclaiming their strong vitality.
Li Linger came back to life just like that. She looked at Chu Tian who was standing beside the tree branch with his hands behind his back, and suddenly she wanted to sing loudly.
But just as the song reached her lips, Li Linger suddenly jumped up and shouted: "Oh, Master, those elders of the clan gave our Li family's ancestral alchemy book to that old guy, we must take it back!"
"The Book of Alchemy? Oh, and this alchemy furnace!" Chu Tian flipped his hand and took out the Red Cloud Furnace that he had violently threatened and completely subdued with the Green Dragon Sword. "This alchemy furnace is also an ancestral treasure of your Li family. You actually inherited a book of alchemy? The fact that Master Qiao took a liking to you and made an exception to accept you as a true disciple is probably due to the book of alchemy!"
"Did your Li family have an alchemist among their ancestors? Otherwise, where did you get your medicinal recipes and medical knowledge?"
Li Linger looked at Chu Tian and shook her head. "There really is no alchemist among my ancestors. This alchemy furnace and alchemy manual were brought back by our ancestor 27 generations ago, who followed several great men to explore the ruins in the outer sea and survived many dangers."
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