Xu Yuehuai smiled slightly, not pushing Ji Yuanchi away, but instead hugging her back, and whispered in her ear, "How have you been lately? Has anyone been bullying you?"
Ji Yuanchi took a step back, shook her head, her smile unwavering, her eyes brimming with pink bubbles, "No! If anyone dares to bully me, I'll have Master beat them back!"
Ji Yuanchi swung her fist, showing no trace of her noblewoman demeanor. Xu Yuehuai was amused by her antics, while Dean Guo stood beside them, watching the two with a dark expression.
He originally wanted to act serious to make his beloved disciple notice that their master was angry, so that she could say some nice things to him. However, he did not expect that Xu Yuehuai's gaze was on Ji Yuanchi from beginning to end. For a moment, Dean Guo's expression froze on his face. "I said, that's enough!"
"Can't I see you, a grown man? I still have criticism to say! What are you two doing hugging like that!" Dean Guo reprimanded angrily.
Xu Yuehuai stepped forward and bowed to Dean Guo. "Master, I am a little late in returning. I hope you will forgive me and not hold my mistake against me."
Dean Guo's temper flared up quickly but subsided just as fast. Seeing Xu Yuehuai's reaction, he couldn't quite maintain his composure. He put his hands behind his back, looking inscrutable. "In that case, I'll still give you face."
"Have you slacked off during this month?" This is what Dean Guo is most concerned about.
Xu Yuehuai shook his head, "No, my disciple often goes out to refine pills, and his martial arts have also improved."
"These are all things that I obtained during this training. I know that Master has been searching for this herb for a long time without success, so I came here to give it to you." Xu Yuehuai took out a few of the more precious medicinal herbs from the herbs that Yueying had given him and gave them to Dean Guo. With just a few words, he had Dean Guo completely charmed.
There was no sign of anger on his face; in fact, the corners of his mouth even turned up slightly when he saw the herbs.
Ji Yuan didn't receive her gift, but she didn't throw a tantrum at all. Like a good child, she stood quietly to the side and waited for the two to finish talking.
Dean Guo reached for the herbs, then, remembering something, frowned and asked worriedly, "These things are not easy to obtain. You haven't done anything immoral, have you?"
"Master, rest assured, this is one of the rewards I received for helping others refine the Meridian Opening Pill. You can just accept it without worry." Xu Yuehuai said, "And this is also the second thing I want to say. When I was refining the Meridian Opening Pill for that person, I made a bottle that wasn't very successful. I thought I shouldn't waste it, so I'm giving it to you as well."
Dean Guo looked at the pills and herbs in his hands in just a moment, and suddenly felt that something was wrong. What was particularly wrong was that Xu Yuehuai was too obedient and so respectful of etiquette, which made him a little uncomfortable. "I... I said I'm still angry!"
Dean Guo felt he couldn't be so easily appeased, so he first secretly put all the things Xu Yuehuai had given him into his spatial storage, and then pretended to be still angry, probing Xu Yuehuai's situation.
"You've been acting really strange ever since you came back from that trip. You keep calling me 'Master' and 'Disciple,' it sounds really awkward to me! Tell me, are you someone else pretending to be someone else?" Dean Guo was somewhat blinded by the benefits Xu Yuehuai had given him, and he started speaking without thinking.
Xu Yuehuai was speechless. She had seen how Ji Yue treated her elders. She had seen Ji Yue's elders very happy when she was playing that day, so she thought of using this trick to coax Dean Guo. "I say, Master, you've had your fun, so you should stop now. You've accepted the benefits, what else do you want to do?"
At this moment, Xu Yuehuai resembled an elder playing with the children at home.
Giving Dean Guo the Meridian-Clearing Pill was not a spur-of-the-moment decision. She had long noticed that Dean Guo had some minor health problems, but he had always ignored them.
Although her first attempt at refining the Meridian-Clearing Pill wasn't great, it wasn't too bad either, and it was enough to deal with his minor ailments.
Dean Guo clenched his fist, coughed lightly, and then said in a condescending manner, "Alright, now that you're back safely, classes will resume tomorrow. I'll tell you the specific schedule later. I have other matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave first."
As he spoke, Dean Guo turned and left the alchemy room, his steps growing longer and longer, as if some ferocious beast was chasing him.
The moment he got the medicinal herbs, he couldn't wait to refine them into pills. Being able to chat with Xu Yuehuai and Ji Yuanchi for so long was already his limit.
After Dean Guo left, only Ji Yuanchi and Xu Yuehuai remained in the alchemy room.
Xu Yuehuai was about to say something when she heard an explosion...
moment……
Two little black figures emerged from the alchemy room, their faces covered in what looked like black mud, their hair blown apart.
Xu Yuehuai was amused and looked at Ji Yuanchi beside her. "I really want to know what you were thinking just now?"
Ji Yuanchi knew she had done something wrong, and she didn't dare to look Xu Yuehuai in the eye.
Before Ji Yuan arrived, she was diligently refining pills, but for a moment she forgot about the heat, and the pot of pills exploded.
"I was just so happy to see you that I forgot. I didn't mean to." Ji Yuanchi looked aggrieved, her head hanging low, like a puppy abandoned by its owner.
Xu Yuehuai sighed, made a cleansing spell, and cleaned herself up. "Alright, I didn't mean to blame you."
"This is a gift I prepared for you. I know you lack nothing, so I prepared some things that are not commonly available and can help you improve your strength." Xu Yuehuai took out a storage ring and handed it to Ji Yuanchi.
These are things like beast crystals that she picked up along the way.
There were also some treasures she found on the road, and some she took out from the things Moonshadow gave her.
Ji Yuanchi used her spiritual power to probe inside, and what she found made her realize that the things she was holding weighed a ton. "This is too valuable, I can't accept it."
Ji Yuanchi returned the ring to Xu Yuehuai, refusing to accept it back.
"I owe you so much. I haven't been able to help you much, and now I have the nerve to accept something so precious from you," Ji Yuanchi explained to herself.
Xu Yuehuai said helplessly, "You have to accept these things and use them to improve your strength in the next half month. Only then will you have a chance to go to the second floor with me. Otherwise, we will have to separate. Is this the result you want to see?"
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