After saying goodbye to Mr. Liu, I went straight back to the rental house, closed the door, covered myself with a big quilt, and slept in darkness.
These days, I was very tired. As soon as I returned to Yunkai City, I was busy trying to find the Tianhun for Haozi. I went around in a big circle and almost ended up in Jinxiu Manor. I was very tired after a long night of fighting.
, I close my eyes and wish I could sleep forever.
I slept like this for at least two days. When I got up, I still felt light-headed and exhausted.
After going to the bathroom and taking a shower, I returned to the study, took out the demon elixir given to me by Master Canghai, and began to think about refining the Nine Turns Purple Gold elixir.
Mr. Liu asked me for something before, but I didn't agree immediately. The main purpose was to spare some time to fulfill my promise to the little fox.
This Nine-turn Purple Gold Pill can help her re-concentrate her Dharma and complete her cultivation. It is the most important thing to help this little fox Meizi overcome the disaster. I will never dare to neglect it.
It's a pity that when I was in school, I always failed the chemistry test. I really didn't know much about how to extract the impurities in the elixir and how to refine the golden elixir. I had to take out the note that Chen Xuanyi gave me and study it every day.
, constantly studying the steps of alchemy.
The steps for refining the elixir are very complicated. There are more than a dozen kinds of materials prepared, such as Poria cocos, Aconitum, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Angelica sinensis, Goldenrod, Corydalis, etc., as well as many sundries and medicinal materials, including this large stone with 500 years of cultivation.
Yaoyao Dan is also an auxiliary ingredient...
Each material needs to be carefully selected and cooked according to proportion, time and heat until finally, a powerful golden elixir with magical effects is condensed.
Fortunately, the New Year was approaching and there was nothing to do at home, so I stayed at home and celebrated the Spring Festival with my parents while studying the steps of alchemy.
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, I started refining the elixir.
Considering that this kind of thing could not be discovered by my parents, I had no choice but to move back to the rental house. I bought a few large iron pots and set up a stove in my rental house. I guarded the stove every day and cooked according to the rules.
The method of elixir is boiled day and night with civil and military fire.
During this process, I kept hanging the demon-inducing tablet on the shrine, watching every move I made while refining the alchemy.
Occasionally when I feel sleepy, I will summon the God-Eating Gu to guard the stove for me.
After working so hard for more than ten days, I finally succeeded in refining the golden elixir in the pot.
On the day when the elixir was made, there was no thunder and fire as I imagined, and there was no aroma of elixir. There was only a sticky lump in the stove, which I kneaded into the size of a fingernail.
I placed this thing on the shrine, then silently stepped away, waiting for the reaction of the demon attracting card.
Almost two minutes passed before the little fox regained consciousness. Then a wave of consciousness came to her, saying, "What are you doing? It's dirty. How can I use it?"
I smiled bitterly and said, you can just do it here. This is my first time refining an elixir. Where can I make it well? If I can roll it into balls, I have already exceeded the task.
She said nothing, hiding in the demon-drawing card and hesitated.
I didn't say anything, just looked at the demon attracting card quietly, waiting for this little fox to make his own decision.
There is only one chance to use the Nine Turns Purple Gold Pill to restore your cultivation. If you fail, this little fox will be burned to death by the fire from the sky and disappear into thin air.
This is a great test for her.
Likewise, it is also a test for me.
After a long silence, she sighed quietly, and then said to me, "Lin Feng, can I ask you to do something?"
I nodded vigorously, "You said, if I can do it, I must try my best."
We have been together for so long, and although this little foxy girl is never forgiving, I also know that she is just a sharp-tongued person, but she actually cares about me.
And what about me?
After these few months of getting along, I gradually got used to having her by my side. Although she has been trapped in the demon-drawing card and cannot show up to see me, every time a crisis comes, this little fox will always
Appear in time and save me from disaster.
We are already friends...
Or something else?
Just when my mind was racing, Cai Lin spoke again, "If I fail to survive the tribulation, you must send my bones back to Bearman Ridge for a proper burial."
I felt sour in my heart when I said this, and shook my head hurriedly, saying how could it be possible? I have already practiced the golden elixir, and there must be nothing wrong with it.
Although I said this, I felt sour in my heart. I have trained the Nine Turns Purple Golden Pill into such a bird-like shape. Whether it can work is still a question. Even if the golden pill is effective, the success rate is less than half.
Throughout the ages, many great demons have died in the stage of overcoming tribulations. They may not be more prepared than Cai Lin, but in the end, they still cannot escape the power of heaven and earth.
As if sensing my emotions, Cai Lin smiled and said, yes, although your alchemy skills are not good, I have already felt your feelings. With your encouragement, I will definitely be able to do it.
I nodded heavily and said yes, it must be possible.
Then, Cai Lin asked me to go out, close the door, and wait three days before coming back.
I'm very surprised. When you go through a tribulation, don't you need someone to protect you?
She smiled and surprisingly did not scold me. Instead, she pretended to be relaxed and said, "The tribulation is not as exaggerated as you think. It is just a few thunders. If you can avoid it, just avoid it. If you can't avoid it, it will disappear. Even if you stay
Even if you come down, you can't carry a thunderbolt for me, right?"
I had no choice but to nod and say okay, then I'll leave. I'll come back to see you three days later. I hope that by that time, you have recovered and can live in this world as freely as before.
After saying that, I turned around and walked away, for fear that I wouldn't be able to help but stay.
The moment the door closed tightly, my heart felt a lot empty, and I was very afraid that this separation would be forever.
In order to be able to determine whether she was successful or not at the first time, I did not go far, but walked to the corner of the street, found a guest house, and then rented a room facing the rental house to stay, staring at the window all the time.
The wait is excruciating and long.
The first day passed, and everything was fine in that window, without any movement.
Then the next day, it was still quiet, the windows were closed, and nothing strange happened.
It wasn’t until the afternoon of the third day, just when I thought everything would go smoothly, that thunder came!
When the first thunder fell, it was already the evening of the third day. There was a roar, and the ground was illuminated like daylight. A series of thunderbolts struck the ground, shaking the whole block.
I was shocked and quickly opened the window to take a look. At this time, the street was full of people taking shelter from the rain. The sky seemed to have suddenly plunged into darkness, and strong winds mixed with heavy rain came, crackling on the walls.
Half an hour later, there was a second thunderstorm, louder than the first one. Even though it was a block away, the window of the room was still shattered.
The power of heaven and earth was so terrifying that it was unimaginable. I stared at the blown-out window of the rental house from across the street. A large number of glass fragments fell along the wall, and my heart felt tight.
Next, there is the third and fourth thunder!
I stayed in the hotel and had no way of sensing Cai Lin's condition, but my heart would tighten every time the thunder fell.
The thunder became more and more intensive, the earth roared, and the area where the rental house was located was shrouded in a thick black rain cloud. The clouds rolled and rubbed out blue arcs. The terrifying vision made
I had to close my eyes and cover my body in the quilt.
I'm not afraid of thunder. What really scares me is that this little fox may not be able to hold on.
The wind outside the window was still roaring, mixed with thunder and raindrops falling. I could do nothing but huddle under the quilt and wait anxiously.
This scene lasted for three full hours, until the thunder stopped, the heavy rain subsided, and the strong wind stopped swinging. I immediately ran out of the hotel, ran upstairs as fast as I could, and kicked open the door of the rental house.
.
"Xiaocai!"
I roared while searching for figures in the room.
The insurance wire was damaged due to a lightning strike. The house was dark and in a mess, with rainwater seeping on the walls.
The living room seemed to have been soaked by floods, and it was so messy that there was no direction.
I didn't see that weird figure. Instead, I found a huddled, black, charred skeleton in the corner of the wall.
The hair on her body had been burned black by lightning, and all that was left was a withered skeleton.
In the night, it looked so desolate.
"Failed?"
I murmured, sat down, and looked at the skeleton in the corner. My heart felt like a knife, and tears fell down in an instant. (To be continued)