“Let’s go, come in and talk!”
Linglong’s gaze only lingered on He Pingsheng for a very short time before moving on.
She was in a good mood today, so she wouldn’t bother with He Pingsheng.
“Ah…” At this moment, Hao Yun was like a dog, bowing and serving by her side, even more obsequious than when Jade Profound Martial Uncle had come.
He Pingsheng found it a bit jarring, but he could understand.
They entered the main hall!
Linglong clapped her hands and said, “I’m here to refine a Qi Gathering Pill today, Hao Yun, tell me, can this Young Lady refine a High Grade Qi Gathering Pill?”
Oh, this…
Hao Yun was speechless.
However, he was good with words. His eyes darted around a few times, then he said, “Senior Sister Linglong has extraordinary talent and will certainly be able to refine unique Medicinal Pills. A while ago, several Senior Martial Uncles and Junior Martial Uncles came here to refine pills, and the Qi Gathering Pills they refined were, at most, Medium Grade!”
“This Junior Brother has never seen a High Grade Medicinal Pill, but… Senior Sister, you are definitely different; you will certainly be able to refine a High Grade one!”
This statement was half flattery and half sarcasm, subtly making Linglong recognize reality.
As expected, Linglong smiled coldly and said, “Don’t be so Yin and Yang here… I understand, it’s just that High Grade Medicinal Pills are very difficult to refine, right?”
“No!” Hao Yun shook his head and said, “Young Lady… it’s not that High Grade Medicinal Pills are difficult to refine, even High Grade ones are difficult. This Junior Brother has been serving in this Pill Refining Room for thirteen years and has never seen anyone able to refine a High Grade one. Even Medium Grade ones are rare, like a Phoenix feather or a unicorn horn!”
“To be honest, Senior Sister, more than eighty percent of those who come here to refine pills end up with a furnace explosion!”
Linglong’s jade-like face turned cold, and a cyan treasured sword was placed against Hao Yun’s neck. She said, “Are you saying that this Young Miss won’t be able to refine a pill today?”
“Heaven and earth bear witness, Young Lady, I didn’t say that!” Hao Yun was full of a desire to survive, then said ingratiatingly, “Senior Sister, Senior Sister… please move your treasured sword back a little, this Junior Brother is scared…”
“Hmph…” Linglong put away her treasured sword: “Continue!”
“Yes!” Hao Yun continued to smile, saying, “It’s just that Alchemy, well, it has a success rate. No one can say for sure. Generally, a skilled Alchemist can only succeed with one furnace out of five or six!”
“Then you tell me!” Linglong said, “When can it succeed, and how can it succeed?”
“That’s hard to say!” Hao Yun said, “Pill formation is related to the heat, the quality of the medicinal ingredients, and the Alchemist’s technique… Of course, sometimes, it’s also related to luck!”
“I don’t care!” A hint of cunning flickered in Linglong’s eyes: “Isn’t your name Hao Yun? You can definitely bring me good luck. Let’s start. If the pill doesn’t form later, this Young Lady will hold you two accountable, your lives are up to you!”
Hiss, hiss, hiss…
He Pingsheng and Hao Yun both gasped: She’s truly unreasonable!
But there was nothing they could do!
They still had to work!
“Yes, yes, yes…”
The two began to work.
First step, light the fire!
Then add water!
These tasks were all done by Hao Yun; He Pingsheng only did things like handing over firewood.
He Pingsheng watched as Senior Sister Linglong added the medicinal ingredients into the pot, one by one.
Before long, a rich medicinal fragrance wafted from the pot.
Of course, although Linglong was domineering, her financial resources were still incomparable to Jade Profound Martial Uncle’s; she didn’t have a Storage Pouch.
Everything was placed in a cloth bag.
An hour later, the medicinal fragrance in the pot grew increasingly strong.
“Hehe…” Linglong’s smile grew wider and wider, saying, “Soon… in another quarter of an hour, my medicine will be ready!”
“It will definitely form a pill!”
Hao Yun nodded in flattery: “From what I see so far, it’s eighty percent certain to succeed… Hey… Xiao He… go out the back door and turn left!”
“Right opposite the rubbish pit, there are a few sections of wood I placed… Remember, they are large jujube wood logs…”
“Go and get them!”
He Pingsheng was instantly stunned and said, “Senior Brother, there are large jujube wood logs right next to us!”
Hao Yun’s face instantly darkened and he said, “Why so much nonsense? Just go when I tell you to!”
Linglong’s expression also suddenly turned cold: “Go quickly!”
He Pingsheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and leave!
After exiting the back door of the Pill Refining Room, he ran along the mountain path, but when he reached the opposite side of the cliff, He Pingsheng did not find any large jujube wood logs.
He searched left and right but found nothing.
He was worried that returning empty-handed would lead to scolding from Hao Yun and Linglong, so he searched several more times.
He searched for a full half an hour, but still didn’t see any large jujube wood logs.
He Pingsheng could only return with a frown.
The Pill Refining Room was quiet!
A burnt smell wafted out.
Not good…
He Pingsheng’s heart trembled: This is… Alchemy failed?
He crouched and peered through the window at the back of the main hall, discovering that Linglong and the two Junior Apprentice Brothers she had brought were no longer there.
On the ground, only Hao Yun lay.
“Senior Brother… Senior Brother…”
He Pingsheng felt as if something was lodged in his heart as he ran back into the main hall and helped Hao Yun sit up.
Hao Yun’s face was pale, and blood continuously flowed from the corner of his mouth.
“Senior Brother…” He Pingsheng was almost in tears: “You knew her Alchemy would fail, so you deliberately sent me away, didn’t you?”
“Hehehe…” Hao Yun smiled and said, “Then… then… one person getting beaten… is better than… cough cough cough cough… two, isn’t it?”
Pfft…
As he spoke, Hao Yun spat out another mouthful of blood.
From his pale face, a pair of eyes shot out two chilling rays of light, and he said fiercely, “This damned little bitch, so ruthless… Damn it… that dog-faced thing, completely unreasonable, utterly unreasonable…”
He Pingsheng said, “Senior Brother… how are you?”
“Are you alright… I’ll go get a doctor to see you…”
“Hahahah… Pfft…” Hao Yun spat out two more mouthfuls of blood and said, “That little bitch’s lackeys aren’t simple; they hit me hard with two punches… I have several broken ribs here… It hurts, it hurts, it hurts…”
“Junior Brother…”
“Next, I might have to lie down for several months!”
“From now on, you’ll have to serve me food!”
“Hmm… and help me empty the bedpan…”
He Pingsheng was fine, but Hao Yun himself was the first to look completely resigned.
He Pingsheng unknowingly shed two tears and said, “Thank you, Senior Brother…”
If Hao Yun hadn’t sent him away beforehand, then today, it might not have been just Hao Yun lying on the ground.
But two!
Hao Yun didn’t die because he was older, physically strong, and his cultivation had reached the Qi Refining Stage Second Level.
What about He Pingsheng?
Could he have survived?
To call it a life-saving grace is no exaggeration.
The key is… My relationship with Senior Brother Hao Yun is ordinary, just average.
Why would he save me?
Thinking about it, it truly was just out of compassion!
That’s all.
Senior Brother Hao is a good person!