After Li Hongjin left, Shang Lin started taking medicinal baths again, but he needed to figure out how to improve his complexion. It was good that his body was recovering, but he had to be able to explain it in a reasonable way.
However, Shang Lin didn't neglect his cultivation at all. After all, there's always a way. As the saying goes, "There's always a way out." Mindset is the most important thing.
But Old Man Chai still hadn't returned by night. He said he'd be gone for four or five days when he left, and today is the fifth day. I hope nothing bad has happened.
At times like these, a cell phone becomes especially important. However, this was not a difficult task for Shang Lin. He simply went to Old Man Chai's room and took out a piece of clothing that Old Man Chai often wore. Then he found a piece of wrapping paper. Alas, there was no other way. A talisman would be best, but unfortunately... he didn't have one.
Shang Lin then pricked his fingertip and drew a talisman on the wrapping paper. As the talisman was finished, the wrapping paper turned into the shape of a little person. Shang Lin then called Hu Tangdi out and said, "Go with it to check on my godfather's situation. Be careful not to be discovered, especially with advanced electronic products."
Hu Tangdi had only just broken free from the seal and didn't know as much about the human world as Shang Lin did. Moreover, as the master, he naturally had to obey Shang Lin's orders. However, Shang Lin knew the Thousand-Mile Tracking Technique.
Hu Tangdi felt that he knew far too little about his master. However, someone who could form a blood pact with a demon was certainly no ordinary person. Oh, and there was also the Dragon Spirit Tower and the other strange beings around him. So, was he even human? Or was he just exceptionally gifted?
Shang Lin, of course, had no idea what Hu Tangdi was thinking. After putting away Old Man Chai's clothes, he went back to his room to rest. However, Li Hongjin ignored his advice and came over after dinner, bringing him half a watermelon.
Although it's summer and watermelons are very cheap, they're still a bit of a luxury for the villagers here.
So Shang Lin hurriedly asked, "Where did this watermelon come from? Why did you bring it to my house?"
Li Hongjin carefully put down the watermelon, saying, "Of course I brought it to share with you. It was a gift from my brother-in-law, a present to celebrate the birth of his son."
Even so, Shang Lin still felt that Li Hongjin was wasting his time, and hurriedly said, "Take it back quickly, I'm still taking medicinal food, how can I eat watermelon? The medicinal properties will clash."
"Huh?" Li Hongjin was a little disappointed. "Really?"
"Of course it's true. Would I lie to you about something like this?"
"Oh, what a pity." After saying that, he picked up the watermelon again. "Then I won't eat it either. It's so pitiful to watch me eat it, Tiedan, you're so pitiful."
"Stop, stop, stop." Shang Lin reached out and pushed Li Hongjin out the door. "I just can't eat cold food, why are you making me look like I'm about to die?"
As Li Hongjin walked, he looked at Shang Lin apologetically, "I didn't, I just..."
"I understand, I understand. Go quickly and come back quickly. No, don't come back. Maybe my godfather will be back soon."
"All the rideshare drivers in the village have returned, so why is your godfather coming back?"
"Can't my godfather even call a car? Be a good boy."
"Tiedan, do you think I'm a child? Obeying me?"
"Okay, okay, it's my fault..." Shang Lin wasted a lot of breath trying to persuade Li Hongjin to go home. He still needed to wait for Hu Tangdi's news, and it was too inconvenient for Li Hongjin to be at home.
After Li Hongjin left, Shang Lin disposed of all the dregs from his medicinal bath. Although the medicinal bath was very effective, it was a pity that there were too few kinds of medicinal herbs. It seems that there are only a few kinds of medicinal herbs in this mountain, with only some differences in the year of their growth.
Suddenly I feel a little nostalgic for the hot springs in the mountains of Yuntai Sect in my past life. I don't know... Oh well, let's just treat it as starting all over again.
In the past five days, as the spiritual energy in his body increased, Shang Lin has reached the first level of Qi Refining. This long-lost sense of familiarity is simply moving. Indeed, people are most easily moved when they are in a weak position!
In the middle of the night, Shang Lin suddenly opened his eyes, and Hu Tangdi appeared in front of him. He hurriedly sat up and asked, "Have you found my godfather?"
Hu Tangdi looked at Shang Lin with mixed feelings, "Found him, and saw him, but your godfather is probably in some trouble."
Shang Lin hurriedly threw off the covers and got out of bed. "What trouble? Where is he?"
Hu Tangdi hesitated for a moment before answering, "I don't know the specifics. When the paper figure led me to him, he was on his way back in the car. I noticed he wasn't in good condition, so I quietly went up to check on him. He had external injuries, so he must have been beaten up."
Shang Lin was taken aback. "I can get beaten up just for going back to school?"
"I don't know then. Just ask him when he comes back tomorrow." After saying that, she realized her attitude was not good, so the fox spirit immediately switched on, "Master, if there's nothing else, I'll go back to rest first. It's been a long, long time since I used magic like this. Besides, the human world now is very different from the human world before. I've consumed too much demonic power."
"Hmm." Because she was worried about Old Man Chai, Shang Lin didn't catch the implication in Hu Tangdi's words and hurriedly asked, "Do you have any way to make my complexion look less bad?"
Hu Tangdi, who was about to return to the Dragon Spirit Tower, was very puzzled. "Master's complexion is not good right now, why make it worse?"
"Really?" Shang Lin subconsciously touched his face. "Do you have a mirror? Let me see."
With a flick of his sleeve, Hu Tangdi conjured a two-meter-high water mirror in front of Shang Lin. He stepped forward and examined himself closely. The boy in the mirror appeared to be eleven or twelve years old, with an oval face no bigger than an adult's palm, phoenix eyes that sparkled like water, a straight, round, and delicate nose, red lips and white teeth, and a refined chin… He seemed to be nature's most perfect masterpiece, every line exuding a natural beauty. His complexion was just a little off.
This was the first time Shang Lin had looked at the original owner so seriously, but the more he looked, the uglier his expression became. As a human, his appearance was too strange, making him look more like a demon cultivator. If he were a girl, it would be fine, but he was a man.
Moreover, judging from this face, this person should have died in the womb, there was no possibility of being born, let alone living to the age of twelve. Could it be that some master changed his fate against all odds?
Seeing Shang Lin's pale face, Hu Tangdi, who was standing to the side, hurriedly put away the water mirror. "Master, is there something wrong with this mirror? Why is your complexion getting worse?"
Shang Lin immediately snapped out of her daze. "No, I was just thinking that Li Hongjin said my complexion looked better, like I had been reborn. How come I didn't notice?"
Hu Tangdi thought for a moment, "Perhaps it's because the master used the Thousand-Mile Tracking Technique."
Shang Lin nodded. "Perhaps."
That way, there's no need to hide his condition anymore, but the original owner still bothers Shang Lin. Perhaps he should ask Old Man Chai. No, that won't work; he needs to think of another way.
The next day, Shang Lin didn't take a medicinal bath because he had used up all the herbs, and he wasn't in the mood either; he was preoccupied with the original owner's affairs. Also, all the village's rideshare drivers had returned that evening, but Old Man Chai still hadn't come back…
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