Slender willows sway in the breeze

Chapter 76 Can You Hope for Something Good for Me?

The fragrance of medicinal herbs could be smelled from afar, stretching for dozens of miles without end.

Master Ji He, dressed in a brown robe, squatted in the medicinal herb field not far away, fiddling with something, no one knew.

"Master Ji He".

Ji He didn't look up, but beckoned Liu Sijun over.

"You've only been at Huangyan Peak for a few days, why are you thinking of coming here to see me?"

Liu Sijun squatted down as well: "I just heard that Master has a medicinal herb field here. I had nothing to do there, so I came to take a look."

Ji He looked at Liu Sijun with a smile: "Are you short of medicinal herbs? In the future, whatever medicinal herbs you need, as long as they are in this medicinal field, just come and take them."

"This disciple thanks my master."

"No need to be so polite. It's just that you remember what you promised your master: when the time is right, take me to meet that Alchemist Lu."

Liu Sijun readily agreed, "Okay."

Master Ji He was the one who openly stood up to speak out for his master at that time.

When Feng Ze was still alive, Master Ji He was the second elder of Yougu Palace. After their master escaped, they didn't know what happened in Yougu Palace. However, Ji He, who was one of the six elders, was sent to Jinxia Peak to teach new disciples and was unilaterally cut off from Dianming Peak. This shows that Ji He must have had a very unpleasant falling out with them at that time.

Before going up the mountain, her master told her that she could first contact Master Ji He.

He had become suspicious after testing her with a fifth-grade pill last time, but perhaps he could try to take things a step further by proactively helping her conceal the pill's patterns.

She got up and wandered around for a while before returning to stand on the ridge next to Ji He.

This medicinal field is planted with most rare and exotic herbs, including those with extremely demanding growing conditions.

No wonder it's a sect that made its name by refining elixirs!
"Master, where is the Resurrection Fruit Tree?"

Ji He stopped weeding, cleansed her hands with a cleansing spell, and then got up and walked over.

"How did you know about the Resurrection Fruit Tree?"

His medicinal herb field is not easily accessible to outsiders; only Old Cai and his group occasionally come here.

They wouldn't possibly mention the Resurrection Fruit out of the blue.

"I saw it in a book called 'Palace Chronicles' in the library a few days ago. It said that Yougu Palace had cultivated the Resurrection Fruit Tree fifty years ago. But I must have remembered it wrong?"

Ji He's smile faded slightly: "That's right, there are indeed some within the sect, but they're not in this old man's herb field."

Liu Sijun: "So, it's in the medicinal herb field of Palace Master Wan on Dianming Peak."

"good."

Ji He smiled at Liu Sijun: "I have all the medicinal herbs that Dianming Peak has, except for that Resurrection Fruit Tree. Little girl, you have a good memory!"

"It was just a coincidence that I remembered it."

The two slowly walked out of the medicinal herb field. Before leaving, Master Ji He gave them a lot of medicinal herbs.

"Master, isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Ji He: "What's wrong with that? I've been tending to the entire medicinal herb field, so I can manage that much."

"Just take it and come back to me if you need more."

Looking at the herbs in her hand, Liu Sijun felt that Master Ji He wanted to use her to give these herbs to her master.

My master has been away from Yougu Palace for seventeen years and has yet to refine any high-grade pills. This is partly because the ingredients for refining high-grade pills are hard to find, and partly because he has been so busy hiding from the people of Yougu Palace that his cultivation has not improved over the years.

He has yet to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

It was already quite remarkable that he, with his Nascent Soul stage cultivation, could refine a sixth-grade pill.

The higher you go, the more difficult it becomes to refine pills across levels.

Liu Sijun put all the medicinal herbs in a container, intending to bring them to her master when she went down the mountain.

Nearly two months after entering Yougu Palace, Liu Sijun got his first chance to go down the mountain, and he rushed back to his master's place with Li Qing and his cousin Jing.

The Valley Palace is large; you can't just play around there.

With no playmates, Li Qing was feeling incredibly bored.

When they arrived at Master Lu's place, they jumped around excitedly.

Looking at Li Qing, Liu Sijun said, "Master, Qing'er and I have agreed that we won't take him up the mountain in a few days." "That's fine."

"Master, where is Cousin Yu?"

Master Lu Dan: "I just finished my fifth medicinal bath yesterday when I received a message from home that sounded quite urgent."

"Home?"

Chu Yanjing asked, "Is it the Chu family or the Liang family?"

The secluded valley palace has restrictions, and without a disciple's token, it is impossible to transmit sound into it from outside the mountain.

Chu Yanjing probably had something happen to the Chu family, and he didn't receive the news in time.

"I did overhear a bit; it seems to be about the Liang family."

The Liang family was Chu Yanjing's maternal grandparents' family, and he was equally worried. Before coming to Yougu Palace, his mother had gone to the Liang family and had not returned.

I don't know what happened that caused this delay.

Chu Yanjing: "You guys keep chatting, I'll send a telepathic message back to ask!"

After a short while, Chu Yanjing walked over with a solemn expression: "Jun'er, something has happened to the Liang family. My mother wants me to go back."

Upon hearing this, Liu Sijun stood up: "Is it serious?"

My maternal grandfather has passed away.

The head of the Liang family, who was also the father of the eldest maternal aunt, had just turned one hundred this year and possessed the cultivation of the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm. Yet, he suddenly passed away.

This is all too sudden.

Liu Sijun said in a low voice, "Please accept my condolences."

"Ah."

Chu Yanjing immediately sent a telepathic message to the Grand Elder, informing him of the family matters, and then set off without delay for the Liang family.

Master Lu Dan: "After a while of liveliness, this courtyard has become quiet again. Fortunately, Qing'er is here to keep me company, so I have someone to talk to."

Li Qing was eating when she heard this and nodded, "Qing'er will stay with you."

Liu Sijun withdrew his gaze, thought for a moment, and still couldn't help but ask, "Master, is it really impossible for Qing'er's brain to recover?"

“Since I found him, I have tried many methods, but there has been no improvement.”

Li Qing was born with a brain disorder, not from an injury.

This would make treatment even more difficult.

“A few days ago, I saw an ancient elixir formula in the library, which is specifically for treating brain diseases.”

Master Lu: "Are you talking about the Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Pill?"

"Ah."

"This pill can only be refined by a Venerable Lord at the Tribulation Transcending stage!"

In the entire cultivation world, there are only two Venerable Lords: one is Teng Lihui, the Palace Master of Yaohua Palace, and the other is Gong Linghan, the Palace Master of Piaomiao Palace.

Neither of them knew how to refine pills.

Speaking of alchemy, Liu Sijun thought of the medicinal herbs in the container: "These herbs should be enough for Master to use for a while."

"So many medicinal herbs."

Before Master Lu could even rejoice, he suddenly remembered something and pressed down on Liu Sijun's hand, which was about to withdraw: "No, you didn't steal all these medicinal herbs, did you?"

Liu Sijun: "Master, can't you wish me something good?"

Stealing medicinal herbs from Yougu Palace would require considerable skill!

"These are medicinal herbs given to me by Master Ji He. You can take them without worry."

"Ji He gave these to you?" Master Lu was even more worried. "You've only been at Yougu Palace for a short time, and he's already given you so many medicinal herbs?"

"Yes."

Master Lu glared at his troublesome disciple: "Did you do something to alert Uncle Ji He?"