Chapter 38 Zi Yan
A sudden voice came from behind, startling Xiao Yun, who was originally distressed about not being able to find the Purple Spirit Flower. "When did this person come here? I remember that I was the only one who came in, and my soul perception didn't even detect this person?"In shock, the fighting spirit in his body surged out, and in an instant, Xiao Yun entered into a combat state. He turned around abruptly and looked behind him with a bit of horror.
When Xiao Yun saw the owner of the voice behind him, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and the fighting spirit that was originally surging was retracted into his body. The vigilance on his face disappeared, replaced by a look of realization.
A little girl in white clothes who was a little taller than him appeared in front of him. The little girl was no more than twelve or thirteen years old, with long lavender hair that reached down to her waist. Her cheeks were extremely fair and tender, and she had a pair of big black and watery eyes. She looked as cute as a piece of jade sculpture.
In the inner courtyard, with such a cute appearance, who else could she be besides Zi Yan, who could quietly approach Xiao Yun without being discovered by him? And it seemed that she came here to steal the medicinal herbs again.
"Kid, didn't you hear me? Do you want to be beaten?" Seeing that Xiao Yun ignored her and kept staring at her, Zi Yan walked forward impatiently, raised her fist and asked.
"Um, put your fist down and talk properly first. Also, I'm not calling you kid, I'm Xiao Yun." Seeing the raised fist, a drop of cold sweat suddenly appeared on Xiao Yun's forehead. He didn't expect this little girl to be so violent. She wanted to hit someone just because he didn't answer the question. And with Zi Yan's strength, he would die if he got hit by this punch, okay?
"Hmph, then tell me why you are here. Are you here to look for medicinal herbs like me?" Hearing Xiao Yun's words, Zi Yan snorted lightly, but still put down her fist and picked up a medicinal herb beside her and started to chew it.
Xiao Yun recognized the medicinal herb. It was a fifth-grade high-grade medicinal herb, Taiyi Bamboo Vine. Its body was extremely hard, and even if it was burned by ordinary beast fire, it would not be harmed. But now, Zi Yan had bitten a small hole in it.
Silently taking a step back, Xiao Yun said, "I'm not here to look for herbs to eat, but to use them to make pills. Besides, you're not looking for them, you're stealing."
"Who said this is stealing? I eat them to grow up. There are so many things left here unused, it's better to give them to me to eat and let me grow up." Hearing Xiao Yun's words, Zi Yan's face sank slightly, and her childish voice echoed throughout the room.
"Okay, okay, you're not stealing, you're getting it in a proper way, okay?" Xiao Yun covered his ears and tried to comfort her after hearing the deafening sound. He was really afraid that Zi Yan would act like a child and then get beaten up and have no place to complain.
Rolling her big cute eyes, Zi Yan suddenly came to Xiao Yun, put one hand on Xiao Yun's shoulder, stopped him from retreating, and said: "Hehe, you just said you can refine pills, right? Then can you help me refine this? I've eaten pills, they taste much better than this broken bamboo."
Looking at the Taiyi Bamboo Vine in front of him that had been gnawed, Xiao Yun's mouth twitched constantly. Such a precious medicinal material was wasted like this, and then he took it to the alchemist and said it was not tasty. If he could beat him, he would have snatched it away long ago.
"Of course I can, but what good will it do for me to help you refine it?" Xiao Yun said in a light voice, and a plan gradually emerged in his mind. Zi Yan's fighting ability was very strong. If he could reach a cooperation with her, then he could take Zi Yan to rob some rare treasures in the back mountain.
"Hehe, I can be your boss. If anyone in this inner courtyard bullies you, I will help you beat him up!" Zi Yan put one hand on her waist, her little face full of pride, and said, "Don't look at me as just a little older than you. There are not many people in this inner courtyard who can beat me."
"No, I don't need any boss, and no one in this inner courtyard can bully me. Do you have anything else you are good at?" Xiao Yun said with a smile.
Although Xiao Yun was smiling, Zi Yan could still sense a hint of disdain in his expression, as if saying: You seem to be useless.
The pride on her face faded away, and Zi Yan lowered her head and thought, trying to prove that she was good in other aspects as well. But even if she racked her brains, she found that she was good at fighting and knew nothing else.
"Hmph, just tell me, I can do whatever you want me to do!" Although she was not good at anything, she could not lose in momentum, Zi Yan said loudly.
"You can do anything?" The smile on Xiao Yun's face became more and more intense, making him look like a bad guy who was luring children.
"Humph! Of course, I'm very powerful and can do anything!"
"Then help me find a medicinal herb later. It looks like this. As long as you can find it, I will help you refine this Taiyi Bamboo Vine."
The ring flashed with light, and Xiao Yun took out a scroll with information about the Purple Spirit Flower and handed it to Zi Yan. "One herb for another, that's fair, isn't it?"
"It's not fair! Finding medicinal herbs is very time-consuming, and you don't want to refine them. I help you find one herb, and you have to refine twenty for me. This is fair!" Zi Yan took the scroll and looked at the picture information on it. Her big black eyes lit up slightly, but Xiao Yun didn't notice it.
"Who told you that refining pills is very laborious? Even if you only want to extract the essence, it takes a lot of time. It's not as simple as you said. Only laymen would think that refining pills is an easy thing."
Curling his lips, Xiao Yun saw Zi Yan raising her fist again and said hurriedly, "How about this, one plant is worth five plants. As long as you help me find one plant, I will help you refine five plants of medicinal materials. It doesn't matter what grade they are. Are you satisfied with this?"
"That's better." Zi Yan nodded, and flipped her hand, and a small purple flower appeared in her hand. "Here, take it, this is the flower you want." I was wondering why I couldn't find it, it turns out you took it all!
Xiao Yun secretly complained in his heart, but with a smile on his face, he took the purple spirit flower, stuffed it into his storage ring, and said, "Any more? One is still too few."
"Use this first. I'll give you another one when you've finished refining it for me." Zi Yan looked alert and handed the Taiyi Bamboo Cane she had taken a few bites of to Xiao Yun. "Help me refine this first."
"No rush. How do you refine it here? Come with me first. I'll register these herbs with Elder Hao and then find a quiet place to refine them for you." Xiao Yun said. There were all rare herbs here. What if he didn't master one and this place exploded?
"What's there to talk to that old man? I always just leave." Muttering, Zi Yan still followed Xiao Yun and walked out of the medicine storehouse with him.
"So you are stealing...ah, stop hitting me. If you do that again, I won't help you refine it."
"Who told you to say I stole it, huh!"
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In the quiet room, Elder Hao was still sitting leisurely on the chair, flipping through the book in his hand. When he heard the door open, he said without raising his head, "Little guy, have you found the herbs you need?"
"Found it, Elder. Not only did I find the herbs, I also found a person." Xiao Yun replied, covering his head. As he spoke, he kept looking at Zi Yan beside him until she clenched her fists again.
"People? Aren't you the only one who went in?" Hearing Xiao Yun's words, Elder Hao raised his head and saw Xiao Yun's aggrieved expression, and Zi Yan who was standing beside him, clenching her fists as if to hit him.
Elder Hao looked at Xiao Yun, then at Zi Yan. After a moment, he came to his senses and jumped up from his chair, angrily saying, "Why are you here again? Didn't I tell you not to come? If you want to eat herbs, can't you go to the back mountain to find them? The herbs here are all useful!"
"Yes, it's for me to grow up. Why can't I eat it? I'm also a member of the inner courtyard! You old man, if you say another word, I'll beat you up." Zi Yan glanced at Elder Hao, changed the direction of her fist that was originally aimed at Xiao Yun, and shouted.
Elder Hao was furious, and was so angry at Zi Yan's arrogant attitude that his whole body began to tremble. After a while, he said hatefully: "Go ahead and hit me. I will report to the Great Elder and tell him what you did!"
This elder who was respected by the students in the inner courtyard could only go to the chief elder to argue with Zi Yan even if he was so angry that his teeth itched, just like a bullied child complaining to the teacher.
"..., humph! Go ahead, I'm not afraid of Old Man Su either, just let him come find me!" Hearing Elder Hao's threat, Zi Yan suddenly became a little short of breath, but after seeing Xiao Yun beside her, she immediately toughened up and spoke loudly in a childish voice.
After hearing the conversation between the two, Xiao Yun knew that if he didn't say something, Elder Hao would probably really take action. He quickly stepped forward, inserted himself between the two, and said to Elder Hao: "Elder Hao, these are the herbs I need. Please register them."
The ring flashed, and a large pile of medicinal herbs appeared on the table. Seeing this, Elder Hao no longer paid attention to Zi Yan and whispered, "How did you run into her? Did she do anything to you?"
"No, I just agreed to help her refine the medicinal materials."
"Um, refining medicinal herbs? Then you have to be careful. This lady has a very bad temper. She often beats people up for trivial matters. Almost everyone in the inner courtyard has been beaten by her." Patting Xiao Yun on the shoulder, Elder Hao said with sympathy.
I have learned my lesson.
Thinking in his mind, Xiao Yun turned around to look at Zi Yan. There was still a bump on his head that Zi Yan had just made.
"Why are you looking at me? Hurry up and finish the registration. You still need to help me refine the pills!" Zi Yan grinned when she saw Xiao Yun's eyes.
"Okay, you've taken quite a lot, a total of 400 Sky Fire Energy, use the card." After Elder Hao counted all the pills, he took out something exactly the same as what Xiao Yun had seen in the arena before.
This time, Xiao Yun not only took the medicinal materials for the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill, but also the medicinal materials for many other pills. If these were placed in the outside world, they would cost hundreds of thousands of gold coins, but in the inner courtyard, they only required 400 Sky Fire Energy to exchange, which was quite cheap.
After paying the fire energy, Xiao Yun took Zi Yan out of the medicinal materials management warehouse, "To help you refine medicinal materials, we need to go to a quiet place with sufficient fire energy. Let's go to the Tianfen Refining Qi Tower."
(End of this chapter)
