Chapter 44 Chapter 44 Even if he cut off his sleeves, he would not be hungry...

After the spiritual veins were reshaped, the red blood bead reignited in the dantian. Although it could not reach its previous state, it was able to recover some of its strength, which was already good.

If I could continue to retreat and recuperate, maybe I could continue to improve my cultivation as before, but I just don’t have the time.

The seclusion could be as short as a few years or as long as indefinitely, and there are still many things to deal with right now.

The enclosed space was filled with the smell of blood. The people inside were tied up and their eyes were covered. When they heard someone opening the door, they started howling.

Nan Huang walked forward and removed the silence spell from one of them. The man immediately shrank back and shouted hoarsely, "What do you want to do? Kill me if you want!"

“Of course I’ll use you to make medicine.” Nan Huang showed a knife and said to him close to his cheek, “You are so delicate and tender, you can be sent to the Hehuan Sect as a favor.”

"Witch!" The man was so ashamed and angry that he turned around and bumped into the wall, fainting.

"......" This is too scary.

“Is the Hehuan Sect not good?” The Nanhuang blade slashed at the neck of the next person, pressing against his neck without moving. With just one breath, he would be lightly touched by the sharp blade, and blood would seep out of his skin.

This fear of the unknown was the most frightening. Dou Fang didn't even dare to breathe too hard and kept his mouth shut.

“You don’t look that good, you should use it to make medicine.” Nan Huang took out a pill and handed it to him.

When Dou Fang smelled the smell, his face changed immediately. He bit his lips tightly, controlled his breathing, and did not move.

Nan Huang's eyes flashed, and she pinched his throat, forcing him to open his mouth and swallow the pill.

Dou Fang looked ashen.

"Nan Huang, let them go." Yun Du appeared at the door.

Hearing his voice, the others began to struggle: "Mmmmm!"

“Without the Lord’s order, I will not let anyone leave.” Nan Huang said.

"This is his token." Yun Du said as he showed the sign.

Nan Huang took it and examined it, then threw it back in displeasure: "How would anyone know if you stole it, pretty boy? You are just relying on the Lord's favor... If you let these people step into the Lord's territory again, I will beat you up!"

Nan Huang looked at him fiercely as he took those people away, then turned and walked into another room. His expression changed, and he smiled and flattered, "My Lord, how was my performance just now?"

"...If you want to make threats, just make them. Why are you talking about irrelevant things?"

"But you didn't see how happy he was when I said the Lord doted on him."

"......"

Nan Huang walked over and asked in a low voice, "Should I go with you?"

"No need, in case those people find you, Yundu will handle it himself."

In the evening, he finished his meditation and when he opened his eyes, the person opposite him smiled at him.

"Have those people returned to the Qingguan Sect?"

"Yes, they were seriously injured. Yun Jin sent them back to Qingguan Sect."

"Dou put it over there..."

"Yun Jin will keep an eye on him." Yun Du said in a deep voice, "It depends on who he will ask for the antidote."

Wei Xin nodded, looked at him for a few seconds, and suddenly said, "Give me your hand."

Yun Du stretched out his hand as he was told, and the next moment, Wei Xin shook it.

His eyelids trembled and he looked at the other person with a smile.

"Why doesn't the Red Blood Pearl reject your spiritual power?" Wei Xin checked his spiritual power and found no problems.

The fact that his injuries healed so quickly this time was also thanks to the spiritual energy he had been transmitting to him.

"Maybe Red Blood Pearl likes me." Yun Du said with a smile.

Wei Xin could never figure it out. He always felt like he had missed something, but he just couldn't remember where it was for the time being.

Maybe I can ask Elder Yin to see if this kind of situation happened when I was serving my father.

It's just that Elder Yin...

There was a sound of hurried footsteps outside.

"Brother Wei Xin!"

As soon as he opened the door, Yan Lin jumped on him with joy and said happily: "I am alive, thank you!"

His back felt a little cold, and he knew without thinking who was staring at him. He picked up Yan Lin without turning his head and said, "Talk properly."

"Okay~" Yan Lin turned around twice in front of him, "Look, Sister Beiou did a great job in helping me recover!"

"Well." Wei Xin asked, "Where's the North Gull?"

"She is busy seeing patients and can't leave. Let me tell you that there will be a family dinner tomorrow and you can bring your friends along," Yan Lin said.

"Um."

After Yan Lin finished talking to him, he nervously grabbed Wei Xin's sleeve and shyly looked at Yun Du behind him: "Um...Excuse me, is my brother still with you?"

"Well, do you want to talk to him?" Yun Du said gently.

So gentle! Yan Lin blushed: "Yes!"

"Then let go of Xin first and come talk to your brother." Yundu said with a smile.

"Okay!" Yan Lin ran in happily.

Wei Xin looked at Yun Du with disdainful eyes and pointed at the vase in the room and said, "He is right here, go ahead."

"......"

The two stood outside the door, listening to Yan Lin holding the vase and telling about the past few days and his feelings. Wei Xin said speechlessly: "Why did you lie to the little girl again?"

"You can't bear to part with it?"

Wei Xin rolled his eyes and asked, "How is Yan Xiu?"

"We still need to find a suitable body. His original body is completely unusable due to his practice of ghost arts."

"From what you said, if he didn't cultivate the ghost way and has a complete body, can he still be used?"

Yundu nodded.

Wei Xin was even more furious: "When I think about giving him such a good thing, I want to kill him again! If I had known earlier, I would have stolen it and kept it for myself!"

Yun Du smiled and tapped his head: "You are alive and well, why do you need that thing?"

"But I will die one day sooner or later."

"It doesn't matter. I will die one day too. Let's go to the underworld and be a pair of wild geese. Isn't that wonderful?"

"......" Wei Xin turned away and spat, "Who wants to be a wild bird with you?"

"Brother Wei Xin, I'm done. You-you guys..." Yan Lin ran out and saw the two of them hugging each other with their eyes wide open.

"What are you doing? Let me go!" Wei Xin was caught off guard and was held by him. He was still waiting for Yan Lin's presence and could not break free, so he bit his neck in anger.

Yun Du calmly let go of his hand and smiled gently at Yan Lin: "Sorry, I'm sorry."

Yan Lin's face flushed, he stammered and couldn't speak. Looking at the marks left by Wei Xin on his neck, he felt sad for a moment and said with tears in his eyes: "I, I know, it's okay, wuwuwu..."

Wei Xin held his forehead helplessly. Seeing that she was crying non-stop, he didn't know how to comfort her. He thought he might as well take this opportunity to make her give up the idea, so he turned around and left without mercy.

Yan Lin looked at his back, sat on the doorstep, hugged her knees, and cried even more sadly.

A handkerchief appeared in front of her. She took it and wiped her tears frantically, choking and saying, "Thank you, thank you."

"I'm sorry." Yun Du sat down next to her, "I just did it on purpose"

"No, it doesn't matter. Brother Wei Xin doesn't like me anyway." Yan Lin sobbed and took a handkerchief to wipe his face vigorously.

Yun Du asked softly, "What do you like about him?"

"He is handsome, powerful, not afraid of my brother, and very kind..." Yan Lin counted on his fingers.

Yun Du's mouth curled slightly, and a smile reflected in his eyes: "This is the first time I heard from someone that he is kind. You must like him very much."

Yan Lin nodded: "Others say he is cruel, but he is very good to me. When I sent him back to Xuanji Sect, he knew that I was Yan Xiu's sister and could have killed me directly, but he didn't do it."

Yun Du couldn't help laughing: "Is this kindness?"

"Of course not only that, it was cold at night, and he not only added more clothes for me, but also used his meager internal energy to keep me warm."

Yun Du was stunned and looked dazed.

"Do you like Brother Wei Xin too?"

"Um."

"What do you like about him?"

“I also like that he’s kind.”

Yan Lin looked at him in surprise: "Really?"

"Um."

"Then you must like him very much."

The next day, several people were invited to go to Beiou's home. When they passed the market, Yundu said he had to prepare some small gifts and parted ways with them first.

"What is he going to buy for Beiou?" Nan Huang couldn't help but feel jealous. "We have known each other for such a long time, and I haven't seen him prepare any small gifts for me."

Wei Xin found it funny and was about to persuade her not to be so petty when she continued, "I have never seen him send anything to the Lord."

Wei Xin was silent for a moment, then said, "We are friends, so there is no need for those formalities. It is his first time to visit Beiou's house, so he should be more polite."

When they arrived at Zhong's house, Bei Ou and Yan Lin, who were waiting at the door, happily led them in.

"Why didn't Master Yundu come along?" Beiou asked.

"He went to buy presents."

"You're too polite." Bei Ou said with a smile, "My husband and I are the ones who will cook today, you guys better show us some courtesy later!"

Nan Huang was surprised and asked, "You can cook? You didn't put poison in it, did you?"

Beiou grabbed her ear and warned her, "When you meet my husband later, you know what to say and what not to say. If you reveal your true intentions, I will make sure you die without a burial place."

"You dare, the Lord is still here."

"Look, does the Lord listen to you or me?"

"......" Nan Huang shut up wisely.

The servants brought out the food from the kitchen. After a while, Zhong Xiang came out and looked at Wei Xin with a smile: "I wanted to invite you to dinner before. Today I finally have time. I can have a drink with you."

"That's exactly what I meant."

I don't know why, but even though I had only met him once, Wei Xin felt an inexplicable sense of closeness to him.

At first, Beiou said that she wanted to marry an ordinary person and wanted to bring her back to Xuanji Sect to show him, but he was not interested and refused directly.

Now it seems that the other party has a very good bone structure and still looks handsome even at old age. No wonder Beiou is attracted to this little... uh... old... guy.

"Hurry up and sit down. Eat the food while it's hot." Zhong Xiang asked everyone to sit down, and took out a pot of warm wine and poured it into his bowl. "This wine is warm in nature and will not hurt the spleen and stomach. There are also some medicinal herbs added in it, which can promote menstrual blood circulation."

"Thank you."

"You guys are already drinking before I even arrived?"

Yundu's laughter could be heard from the gate. Beiou asked with a smile, "I heard that Master Yundu went to prepare gifts?"

"That's right." Yun Du walked up to her and handed her a pair of jade pendants. "May you and your husband live happily ever after."

Beiou was a little surprised and took it with a smile: "Thank you, this jade pendant is really beautiful, it's thoughtful."

She turned around, hung one of them on Zhong Xiang, and introduced him, "My husband, this is Master Yundu, a good friend of Asin."

The two nodded to each other. Zhong Xiang touched the jade pendant on his waist and smiled, "This jade pendant... I like it very much."

While talking, Wei Xin had already drunk the wine. After Yun Du sat down, he whispered, "This wine is much better than your rice wine."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhong Xiang's soft smile rang out from the other side. He looked over in confusion, but found that the other party was looking directly at Yun Du: "Excuse me, rice wine...?"

Yun Du smiled slightly, "Yes, I brewed some rice wine a while ago, I'll give it to you guys to try when I have the chance."

Zhong Xiang: "That would be great."

"Don't just stand there, come and try the dishes we cooked ourselves." Beiou invited everyone to eat.

Under her expectant and slightly coercive gaze, Wei Xin and Nan Huang could only nod and praise: "It's delicious."

The most supportive person was Yan Lin, who would praise every dish he ate, and Beiou was so impressed that he couldn't stop smiling.

"This roasted eggplant is so delicious!" said Yan Lin.

"This is what Zhonglang cooked."

Yun Du took a bite and said, "It tastes really good. Brother Zhong is not only an excellent doctor, but also a good cook."

"How is Master Yundu's cooking?" Zhong Xiang asked with a smile.

"Not bad, I've made a lot of progress, especially the steamed egg custard, which is what Xin likes the most."

"Really? I'd like to try it if I get a chance." Zhong Xiang picked up the wine glass, and the two of them clinked glasses as if no one was around.

Wei Xin gave them a strange look.

Yun Du was sitting next to him. He keenly noticed that whenever Yan Lin praised Zhong Xiang's dishes, Yun Du would immediately pick up that dish, and the two of them would praise each other back and forth.

After dinner, Zhong Xiang invited everyone to walk around the backyard. As they passed the corridor, Yun Du paused, looked at the characters carved on the wall, and asked, "Brother Zhong, whose characters are these?"

"There is a great calligrapher in the capital, and I sent someone specially to ask for his calligraphy." Zhong Xiang stopped and started talking to him.

“Who carved it?”

"I."

"It's a great carving."

They smiled at each other.

The others turned around to look at them and realized that they had been blocked out from the topic of these two people without realizing it.

It was like this from the moment they started at the dinner table. No matter whether it was cooking or medicine, or music, chess, calligraphy, painting, astronomy, or geography, they could always talk about something, as if they had met each other too late, and no one else could get a word in.

Wei Xin also noticed that the two men did not say a word several times, but they clinked their glasses tacitly and smiled at each other.

“Is this what everyone calls a confidant?” Nan Huang asked doubtfully.

"Yes." Yan Lin nodded, "I know a good friend. I have only met him once, but we have similar personalities. We can't wait to chat for three days and three nights."

“Why don’t I have friends like this?” Nan Huang said regretfully.

A few people were walking in front and found that the two men were still standing there. They didn't know what they were talking about. They only saw Zhong Xiang lowering his head and touching the jade pendant, while Yun Du reached out and touched the other's head.

Wei Xin's eyelids twitched. That movement was so familiar to him.

Beiou pulled him aside with a pale face and asked tremblingly, "My Lord, that Master Yundu likes you, right? He wouldn't fall for an old married man, right?"

"Even if he is a renegade, he won't be so hungry that he won't be picky about food...right?" He turned around and saw that the two people had disappeared.

The two people's expressions suddenly changed: "!!!"