Chapter 55055 No Kiss
Chapter 55
Yingji felt a sharp pain in the palm of her hand. The pain disappeared quickly, as if something had quickly penetrated into her palm, causing only slight pain at the moment it penetrated her skin, and then she felt nothing.
Kong Fan withdrew his hand.
Yingji examined her palm. It was smooth as ever, revealing nothing. She asked, "What kind of Gu is this?"
"It's not a Gu, but a spiritual power of mine," Kong Fan explained. "I can sense its location, and that means I can find you."
The poisonous insect can be forced out of the body with the help of external force, but the spiritual power belonging to him can only be used by him and cannot be removed by others.
"No. What if I'm flirting with a handsome young man and you suddenly appear?" Ying Ji slowly approached Kong Fan, gazing closely into his eyes. "Can't you just ask me from a distance if it's convenient for me to see you? If it's not convenient for me to see you and you suddenly appear, wouldn't that be very awkward?"
Kong Fan smiled slightly and ignored Ying Ji's nonsense. He took out a small gourd from his monk's sleeve and planted the poisonous insect inside into Ying Ji's body.
This wasn't the first time this Gu had been implanted. Ying Ji recognized it as the Tongsheng Gu. "Doesn't it all have your spiritual power?"
"That spiritual power is to ensure that you can be found without any mistakes. The Tongsheng Gu is more important because it can sense whether you are in danger at the first moment."
Ying Ji put away the smile that was curled up at the corners of her lips and eyes. She placed her hand on Kong Fan's shoulder and said slowly, "Kong Fan, do you care so much about my safety?"
"Yes." Kong Fan still had a calm and gentle look with a smile on his face as he admitted it frankly.
After a while, Yingji lowered her eyes and looked at the shadows of the two people that were almost merged together.
Sensing that she seemed to be worried, Kong Fan called out softly, "Yingji?"
Ying Ji raised her eyes and met his clear eyes, trying to find her true appearance in his dark eyes like a mirror.
Yingji suddenly realized that she couldn't see herself clearly.
In this world, it is not scary not to see others clearly. The scariest thing is not to see yourself clearly.
"Is there anything wrong?" Kong Fan asked.
Yingji was silent for a moment, then asked, "As a Buddhist, even the abbot of Puja Temple, wouldn't a relationship like this with me bother you? Wouldn't it affect your devotion to Buddhism?"
Yingji stared into Kongfan's eyes, not wanting to miss any subtle expression on his face. There was even a moment when Yingji hoped Kongfan was lying.
But Kongfan never lies.
"If there is any impact, it's my fault, not yours."
Yingji turned her head away and smiled softly for a moment. She stood up and walked to the side to pick up the herbs that were drying.
Kong Fan then stood up and stood beside her like a tall tree, watching her prepare the herbs.
He recognized that these herbs were not the ones Yingji used to make poisons. He asked, "Don't make poisons anymore?"
"Yeah." Yingji joked, "I'll make some pills to nourish your body and make you plump and white. It will be easier to kiss you."
"Here, this is for you." Ying Ji took out another bottle of medicine and handed it to Kong Fan, "Take it during your next retreat."
Kong Fan took it and explained, "I have some chores to attend to. I will go into seclusion for the second time in five days. The second retreat will be longer."
Ying Ji hummed softly in response and continued to collect herbs. She had discovered a pattern: Kong Fan would always retreat for three days before coming out and retreating for another twenty days or so.
Thinking about it now, Yingji guessed that each of his short three-day retreats was for healing, and the subsequent retreats were for cultivation.
Kong Fan walked forward and helped Ying Ji collect the herbs.
Yingji turned to look at him, and the two looked at each other without saying a word, sorting the herbs in tacit understanding.
After finishing her work, Yingji asked Kongfan about tomorrow's schedule. She still had to go to the mountains to collect herbs, and Kongfan promised to pick her up in the evening after he finished his work.
As Kong Fan left, he felt something was amiss. He stepped out of the courtyard, turned back, and gave Yingji a deep look before leaving. He lingered in the quiet temple, lost in thought for a long time before finally figuring out what was wrong.
——Yingji didn’t kiss him today.
Kong Fan paused and turned around to look. The lush trees blocked Ying Ji's courtyard and she could no longer be seen.
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Yingji sorted out the herbs that were drying in the yard, then grabbed some and threw them into the stove to simmer over low heat.
Then she began to sort out the herbs she had collected today.
There was one herb missing from the bamboo basket: morning glory.
Yingji was sure that she had picked the morning dew grass today, but now the morning dew grass was indeed not in the bamboo basket.
Recalling Bajiao's skipping figure carrying the bamboo basket on his back, she thought it was possible that he had lost it on the way. She looked at Bajiao, who was sleeping soundly under the tree, so she didn't wake her up, thinking she would pick more tomorrow.
After gathering the herbs she'd gathered today, Yingji yawned and walked into the house. She lazily sat on the bed, rubbing her calves wearily. She'd walked quite a bit today, and now, sitting down, she felt the ache in her calves.
She kneaded her calves again and again to relieve the pain. Her movements gradually slowed down and she fell into deep thought.
After a long while, Ying Ji suddenly took out a small blue medicine bottle from her Qiankun bag. She pinched the bottle mouth and shook it gently, listening for the sound of the pills hitting the bottle wall.
After hesitating for a long time, Yingji still didn't make up her mind to take the pill.
She sighed softly, put the pills away, and fell asleep.
The bottle contains...the antidote to the Hehuan Yue Love Water.
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Early the next morning, Yingji woke up the sleeping Bajiao, pulled her to sit up, put the bamboo basket on her back, and dragged her out to the mountains to collect herbs.
Yingji didn't expect to see the boy from yesterday again today.
"You are here again today!" The young man sat cross-legged on a high rock. When he saw Yingji, his eyes lit up in an instant.
Yingji looked at him warily, her tone distant: "What's wrong?"
"You dropped something yesterday!" The young man jumped down from the high rock. No matter how much he covered himself up like a human, he was still a dead man. He landed in front of Yingji very lightly.
He handed the morning dew grass to Yingji.
Yingji didn't reach out to take it, but asked warily: "Are you waiting here on purpose just to give me this?"
"Yeah. I wasn't sure you'd make it, but luckily you did!" the young man said frankly. "Actually, I wanted to be your companion. I can fly, I can help you pick herbs growing on the cliffs, and I can even fight monsters and stuff."
He smiled sheepishly and continued, "I can see you're quite knowledgeable about medicine. Collecting herbs with you will definitely be much easier. Besides, I... can maintain my human form during the day, but I'm easily exposed at night."
After hearing what he said, Yingji knew that he had an agenda and felt relieved. She reached out to take the morning dew grass and threw it into Bajiao's backpack.
She turned and walked towards the forest, looking for herbs while asking, "How long have you been dead?"
"About three hundred years." The young man followed.
Yingji was a little surprised. "You hid from the Exorcists for three hundred years by disguising yourself as a human during the day?"
The boy raised his eyebrows and smiled, looking proud.
"Aren't you curious about how I pretend to be a human?" The young man stomped his feet hard to show Yingji his feet on solid ground.
"Hidden Death Powder." Ying Ji said casually.
The boy was even more surprised and immediately exclaimed: "You actually know this thing!"
Hidden Death Powder can mask the aura of the deceased, preventing them from being sensed by the exorcist. However, this medicine has a drawback - its effectiveness decreases at night.
Looking at the young man who came around to her, Yingji smiled slightly: "I know a lot of things."
"Jianfeng!" the boy said his name. "Happy working with you!"
Since Jianfeng had evaded the Exorcist for three hundred years, it proved that he had a great need for the Yinwang Powder. Yingji also knew what medicine he needed, and it didn't conflict with her needs.
Yingji is not a pushover who would simply help him avoid being hunted by the exorcists.
Jianfeng was right; Yingji did need some of the herbs that grew on the cliffs. There were always poisons around the elixir, and asking Bajiao to pick them would be dangerous; she wasn't that clever.
If the young man in front of me was poisoned to death while picking herbs, then death would be it.
Yingji just wanted to cooperate with Jianfeng for profit, but after spending a whole day together, she found that Jianfeng was humorous, easy-going, and had a good sense of propriety.
In this pleasant cooperation, both of them reaped great rewards today.
In the evening, Kong Fan came and saw Ying Ji and a young man talking and laughing from afar.
He suddenly remembered Yingji's words of "teasing the young man" last night.
Yingji actually said that she wanted to take the young man back.
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