Chapter 89.
The night was dark, with only the bright moon hanging crescent.
There was a figure busy in the elixir shop in Heifang City. A burst of strange phenomena was seen condensing in the air which dissipated in an instant. When the cultivators passed by the elixir shop, they muttered: "What kind of elixir has this old witch made? There's so much movement."
The "old witch" he refers to is the alchemist Yu Heng, also known as Tang Li, in Heifang City. Because of her strange whereabouts and mysterious origin, no one knows who the alchemist Yu Heng is. All they know is the elixir she produced are all of the highest quality, and even one of them is extremely hard to find in Heifang City. Everyone saw that her aura did not look like that of a young female cultivator. Many cultivators died in her hands. Most of them wanted to take a risk, thinking that they could snatch the qiankun bag from her body, but they did not expect to lose their lives in Tang Li's hands, her identity is confusing and her actions are ruthless, making people speculate that she cannot be a cultivator under a hundred years old.
Now Tangli, who is only twenty eight years old, is tinkering with her good stuff. She put the round pills into jade bottles, put them aside casually, and continued to work.
Dieyao Niannian squatted aside, holding her chin with her hands. She looked at Tangli longingly, as if she had a lot to say, but didn't know how to say it.
Her eyes were burning, and she was such a beautiful woman, it was difficult for Tang Li to ignore her.
She smiled helplessly and fed Nian Nian a few pills that she often took. These pills are good for spiritual bodies and are most suitable for spiritual bodies like Nian Nian who have separated from their true bodies. Tangli said, "You look like this. Reminds me of the pekingese dog I had in my mortal mansion, which always looked at me with big eyes when begging for food."
Nian Nian smiled and hit her, and said angrily: "The master is so evil. Comparing me with a puppy, I am a butterfly demon! I am a beautiful butterfly!"
"My pekingese is also very beautiful."
Nian Nian's beautiful eyes are flowing, and her angry look is so delicate and beautiful that people can't help but sigh that beauty is always beautiful in whatever she does.
She chewed the elixir, the sweet taste was specially developed for her by Tangli. Tangli never told her about it, but Niannian discovered it accidentally, because the pills she grabbed randomly were not sweet, and only the ones Tangli handed to her were sweet. Later, Niannian asked Tangli about it, and provoked Tangli looked up at the sky. She couldn't help but tell Nian Nian the truth.
Tangli was silently doing things for her own good, but she didn't really want to be discovered by Nian Nian, because this butterfly demon was too enthusiastic. Once she found out about it, Tangli would definitely have a boneless butterfly demon attached to her body.
So Tangli would rather keep a low profile than act high profile.
Every time she met a beautiful butterfly demon who could act coquettishly and speak sweet words, Tangli wanted to recite color is emptiness in her heart countless times.
Nian Nian was close to Tang Li, with her arms around her. Her watery eyes seemed to be able to talk. Tang Li stopped her hands with a smile, "What do you want to ask me about?"
"Master, do you really plan to go to the secret realm with Qingjun this time?"
When Nian Nian talked about the secret realm, she felt depressed, and Tang Li stroked her unconscious brows with her fingers. Tang Li asked, "Don't you want me to go?"
Nian Nian shook her head sensibly, and put her cheek against Tang Li's chest, listening to the beating of the heart there. The most important thing was that she could feel the heat of the blood contract mark here. Nian Nian whispered softly, "I'm just worried about master."
Her gloomy eyes proved that Niannian was not telling the truth. In fact, she was afraid that she would not see Tangli again in the future, because she clearly knew the reason why Pei Qingjun went to the secret realm, which was to find a plant called xiyin spiritual grass.
In the memories passed down by the elders, Xiyin grass is a legendary spiritual grass that can quietly hide the characteristics of a half-demon, lose the blood of a demon beast, and become a real person or a real demon beast.
According to legend, this kind of spiritual grass grows in the secret realms of various sects, because in the early days of the establishment of the sect, there was a strong spiritual energy there. In order to compete for this treasure land, several masters fought in darkness and couldn't tell the winner. In the end, each took a step back. Fair division is what makes today's decency possible.
But whether there is this spiritual grass in the secret realm is still an unsolvable secret. The half-demon clan has never been able to find this legendary spiritual grass.
Pei Qingjun ignored the dissuasion of the clan elders and joined the Tianxuan Sect because it was related to Xiyincao. She has been walking on thin ice these years, fearing that her identity will be exposed. Pei Qingjun can suppress all her sharpness and make herself inconspicuous, but in this way she will never be able to touch the secret realm that only inner disciples can enter. She can only strive to be the first person, so in Tianxuan Sect, after the secret realm was opened, she stepped into it without hesitation.
Although Niannian didn't understand some things about Pei Qingjun who was one with her, she remembered Xiyincao more deeply than Pei Qingjun.
Because she knew how powerless Pei Qingjun was about her half-demon identity.
She hugged Tangli tightly and forced a smile. She was not afraid of death, but when she thought about never seeing these two people who could see her again after death, she felt a dense tingling sensation in her heart. It hurt her very much.
Nian Nian raised her eyes to look at Tang Li, and immediately smiled, because she saw the worry in Tang Li's eyes, which made Nian Nian's heart flutter.
She traced Tangli's eyebrows with her fingers and said, "Master wants to know the origin of my name."
"Yes."
Niannian explained: "My name is named by Qingjun. Isn't it nice to hear?"
Tang Li asked with a smile: "Did you choose the name of senior sister?"
Niannian opened her eyes wide in surprise and said, "Master is so smart! She can even guess this."
There was a look of doting in Tangli's eyes. Seeing Niannian making such a fuss, she always felt that she was being dramatic, "You two are very important to each other. Since she named you, you will definitely do the same."
Niannian hummed sweetly and continued to lie in Tangli's arms, playing with Tangli's hair with her fingers. Her green white fingers were entangled with black hair, and she said lazily and charmingly: "Yes, Qingjun is very important, she is my other half and the only one who can see me, but now I have another person in my heart, does the master know who it is?"
This was obviously a scoring question. Tangli smiled lightly and asked, "Who is it?"
"Just pretend! I don't believe the master can't guess it!"
Tangli grabbed her hand and clasped her fingers instead. After thinking about it for a while, she finally said: "In the past, I thought about breaking the blood contract with Niannian."
Nian Nian's fingers suddenly tightened on Tang Li, and she straightened her waist at the same time. She didn't dare to make a sound, and stared at Tang Li, as if Nian Nian would cry to her if she said something she didn't like to hear.
Tangli had a smile on her face and a touch of affection in her eyes. She took the initiative to hug Nian Nian this time, brought Nian Nian into her arms, and said softly: "But I have changed my mind now, and I can't bear to leave Nian Nian."
"Really...really?"
"When have I ever lied to you?"
Niannian thought about it carefully, "It seems right. Master has been lying to Qingjun and not me."
Tangli's smile instantly faded, and she said dissatisfiedly: "That happened for a reason! I didn't want it either."
Nian Nian couldn't help laughing. She smiled, her eyes filled with moisture. She pressed her cheek against the side of Tang Li's neck and choked out: "Thank you, thank you for not blaming me at first, and thank you for still being willing to accept me."
Her blood contract had not been approved by Tang Li at the beginning. It was just because there was blood on the side of her neck that Nian Nian picked it up. The blood contract between her and Tangli was not fair at all to Tangli, but at that time Niannian had no other choice. For Niannian, she also urgently needed someone else to see her, so coincidentally, after bumping into each other, Niannian discovered that Tangli had smelled her scent, and then the blood contract was established.
Tangli sighed and said pitifully: "Why are you crying so well?"
In order to make Nian Nian laugh, she said something else, "Actually, at that time, I wasn't angry at all about the sudden blood contract on me. Maybe it was because I could undo it, or maybe because... I won't be angry with Nian Nian at all."
"Nian Nian likes the master the most!"
She boldly spoke her heartfelt words to Tangli. Lihua's tearful and tender look made Tangli wipe her tears. When she saw Niannian crying, Tangli's eyes were as tender as water. After hearing Nian Nian's words, Tang Li held her face and placed a kiss at the corner of her eyes, letting Tang Li taste Nian Nian's tears.
Tang Li said: "Don't cry. The smiling Nian Nian is the most beautiful little butterfly demon in the world."
Nian Nian burst into tears and laughed. At the same time, her cheeks blushed shyly. The corner of her eye where Tang Li kissed her seemed to make half of her body numb. Nian Nian buried her face in Tang Li's arms. Here, there was a completely different reaction from her straightforward words.
"You're actually still shy?"
"Can't I be shy. This is the first time someone has kissed me."
Tangli likes the contrast between Niannian and cuteness very much. The shyer she is, the more Tangli wants to tease her.
While the two were playing around, they accidentally knocked over the medicine stove. Nian Nian stuck out her tongue apologetically, "I'm sorry master."
Tang Li pinched her waist and said in her ear: "Just saying sorry verbally is absolutely unacceptable."
"Hahahaha, don't tickle me."
Nian Nian smiled so hard that her face turned red. She leaned on the soft couch and glared at Tang Li. Compared to how pitiful she was, Tang Li looked refreshed and even her clothes were neatly trimmed.
"You just dare to bully me, you have the ability to bully Qingjun!"
Tangli glanced lightly and smiled softly: "You and Qingjun are one and the same. If I bully you, wouldn't I bully her?"
Niannian was speechless, because what Tang Li said made sense and she couldn't refute it at all!
"Humph, now you can show off your power in front of me because Nian Nian knows all your trump cards. Since you are unwilling to terminate the blood contract with Nian Nian now, it means that you plan to have a showdown with Qing Jun, so I am waiting for the moment when you stay down and be a kid!"
Nian Nian threatened Tang Li fiercely. She obviously knew where Tang Li's Achilles' heel was. As soon as she said this, Tang Li's arrogance disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This time, it was no longer Tangli who felt refreshed, but Niannian.
She laughed heartily, rolled back and forth on the soft couch, and said, "You're done."
While Tang Li was taking care of Nian Nian from being rolled down, she was looking sad.
I have to say, don't be complacent about the debt you owe, because you will have to pay it back sooner or later.
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"I said Master, how many identities do you have?"
Dieyao Niannian followed Tangli and curiously asked her.
I have followed my master for so long, and I have really learned a new skill, that is, you must have many vests, and if you don't have many, how can you go out and hang out.
By the way, I learned the word "vest" from my master. Not to mention, it's such an interesting word.
The clothes Tangli beside her wears are different from those of the Tianxuan Sect. They are the clothes of a disciple of the Spirit Sword Sect. She has gentle face and a tear mole at the corner of her eye. Except for the hairpin, which is a silver bell, the rest cannot be compared with Tianxuan Zong's.
Tang Li explained: "It's not a vest this time. I knocked out a disciple and took the changing pill and came in. Why should I put a vest in the Spirit Sword Sect if I have nothing to do? There are so many vests that are not enough for me to wear."
"Hey, why didn't I see it?"
Tang Li curled her lips, "You were sleeping in the demon pill. Not only did you not see me knocking others out, you probably didn't see senior sister coming to see me either."
"Qingjun came to see the master?"
Tangli smiled, her hands behind her were very unrestrained. After she confirmed her feelings, there was no use keeping the character of the female supporting character. The useless little junior sister should just go away, so Tangli gave Pei Qingjun the rejuvenation pill, of course, it is a fake. After all, it is not that simple to make a rejuvenation pill. I think Tang Li spent a lot of effort to prepare the medicinal materials needed for the rejuvenation pill in advance. She has already recovered, so there is no need to refine another spirit rejuvenation pill. Anyway, no matter what kind of pill is taken into her mouth, Tangli will be cured.
Before entering the secret realm, Pei Qingjun made a special trip to see Tang Li.
She didn't tell Tang Li about the spirit rejuvenatiin pill. When she came to Wanlin Valley, she hugged Tang Li and left. What she thought was that if something unexpected happened in the secret realm, the spirit rejuvenation pill would be given to someone who stayed there. Ling Xuexue from Tianxuan Sect could bring it to Tang Li. If she comes back, she will personally give it to Tang Li. Once Tang Li recovers, Pei Qingjun will have no inner demons and she can accompany Tangli without any scruples, so she came in a hurry and left in a hurry.
"Yes, she came to see me."
Niannian asked again: "What did Qingjun say to the master?"
"She has been very busy recently, and I haven't been able to see her. This time I finally met her, but the senior sister just hugged me and left. I didn't even have a chance to say a word."
"By the way, master, I can tell Qingjun everything about you now!"
Tang Li's expression suddenly changed and she said uneasily: "No, no, if you tell her directly, I will die miserably. You wait until I pretend to recover my spiritual roots first."
"Why?"
Tang Li smiled dryly, "What if the senior sister gets angry and wants to fight with me, at least I can run faster."
She couldn't help but shudder and silently counted the things she had concealed from Pei Qingjun. Tangli felt like crying without tears. She didn't want to do this, but she was a miserable migrant worker and had to hide it. Fortunately, it wasn't too late for her to wake up. Even if Pei Qingjun wanted to hit her, she probably wouldn't hit her too hard.
Probably...right?
Nian Nian muttered: "Qingjun is reluctant to hit the master."
Tangli clasped her hands together and said, "I hope so."
"Then Nian Nian is a little confused as to why the master came to the secret realm."
She rubbed Nian Nian's hair and said with a smile: "If I don't come here, can you safely leave her?"
Tangli's thoughtfulness was rewarded by Nian Nian's charming smile, and she jumped into her arms, "I would say that the master is the best person! I am still very discerning, you see. Look, not only me, but also that spiritual sword are all related to Qingjun, and we both chose the master, which shows that we are a match made in heaven."
Tang Li didn't believe in Niannian's theory before, but now she quite agrees with it, "Yes."
After they entered the secret realm, they were teleported to a dense mountain forest. It was eerily quiet and there seemed to be no other life except them. Even though the place was green and full of vitality, Tangli felt the danger hidden in the dark.
Tangli pulled off the hairpin from her bun and saw a silver-white long sword appearing in her hand. The hilt was decorated with several silver bells. It looked very inconsistent with the sharp sword body, but when she held it, Tangli's hands neutralized this strange feeling.
"Hey! This...can it turn into a sword?" This was the first time Niannian saw that exquisite bu yao transformed. She always thought it was just a jingling bu yao. How could she know it? It eas hidden so deeply.
Tang Li smiled, "I forged it myself when I was free and bored. It can be regarded as a treasure."
Treasure weapons are rarer than spiritual weapons. Generally, only blacksmith masters have the confidence to make them. Although Nian Nian is a butterfly demon, she definitely has common sense.
Nian Nian held her face with both hands in admiration, "You are so strong! I like you so much."
Tang Li felt uncomfortable being praised, and said awkwardly: "I'm already looking for materials, and I'll make a similar one for you when the time comes."
"Really?"
Tangli poked her between the eyebrows and said with a smile: "Can it be fake?"
Suddenly she felt that she had done so many tasks in the world just to make Nian Nian happy at this moment. If she hadn't had the character of a blacksmith, how could she have made this move?
At this time, the wind suddenly picked up and the leaves rustled. Tangli said, "Go back to the demon pill."
"Then master, be careful!" Nian Nian followed Tang Li's advice. She couldn't help much by staying here, so she'd better not bring trouble to Tangli.
Tangli mobilized her spiritual power and it lingered around her. She had lost her gentle smile and looked cold and desolate. The murderous look in her eyes was daunting.
Suddenly, many long tailed monkeys emerged from the trees. They stared at Tangli closely and grinned. Their long teeth were extremely sharp, and their claws and tusks were their weapons.
One of the long tailed monkeys with red eyes said: "Kill her, kill her!"
Tangli squinted her eyes. He was an adult monster. She had encountered it as soon as she came in. This was incredible luck.
When it finished speaking, other long tailed monkey beasts rushed towards Tangli, and they came in an endless stream and in huge numbers. They quickly formed a group, Tangli couldn't be seen at all. They planned to use their numbers to surround Tangli.
But in the blink of an eye, spiritual power burst out, forming a cocoon shape to protect Tangli. The reason why you saw this faint cocoon of spiritual power was because the long tailed monkey beast had already been lifted away, and there was no need to swing the sword in Tangli's hand, it only takes spiritual power to turn into a cold blade, and it can end the lives of these long tailed monkey beasts one by one.
The leader of the long tailed monkey beast saw that Tang Li's cultivation level was not low. He raised his head and howled. It was piercing and sharp, as if it could make people bleed. It was signaling to its companions to escape, and not to let the companions behind it continue to come, and then after the howl ended, the long tailed monkey decisively abandoned the monster under the tree. It quickly fled through the towering trees and soon disappeared.
Tang Li threw her spiritual sword and transformed into hundreds of shadows. She said coldly: "It's not that easy to run away."
The sword shadow seemed to be able to kill everything. Where it passed, trees collapsed, and the remaining monster beasts also died at this moment. Tangli didn't care about these, she only wanted the life of the leading long tailed monkey beast.
Suddenly, a roar spread throughout the forest. Tangli raised her hand to make a seal and recalled the spirit sword.
"If it weren't for my high level of cultivation, I would be the one who died."
She stepped on the monkey tail of the dead monster and walked away.
In the world of immortality, you will not be let go because of your kindred spirit or your status. Only if your fist is strong enough can you survive.
"001."
[I am here. ]
"Search for Pei Qingjun's location for me."
[Tangtang, you have changed. You never use my function to find the heroine. ]
Tangli put her hands in her sleeves and said lazily: "I didn't look for heroines before because I didn't care where they went, but it's different now. She is a woman with a blood contract with me. If she dies, I won't survive."
[Just quibble, you can obviously solve it! ]
Tang Li said dissatisfied: "Please, I also want to save face, okay? I can't say that I'm worried about her. I just can't wait to see her. If I don't use the blood contract as an excuse, what will I use!"
[Hmph, if you say so, I might help you find her. ]
"Ma Liu, don't be so nagging."
[Hey, I just saw the old man crying. ]
001 looked like a miserable person who had been abandoned by Tang Li. Tang Li remained expressionless and silent.
[Found it. It's in the southwest. I can't describe to you exactly how far it is. Anyway, just fly. I'll remind you when we get there. ]
Tang Li flew with her sword honestly, "Thanks to my foresight, I restored my spiritual roots before, otherwise I wouldn't even be able to find her."
[Tangtang, please stop talking and hurry up. Wang Pingzhi is also there. ]
[Let me tell you, I won't nag you about the loss of points caused by the breakdown of the character, but if you still can't catch up with the heroine despite the loss of points, then you might as well become a vicious female supporting character. In the end, at least it can earn me points and keep me at the top of the rankings! ]
Tang Li couldn't hear Wang Pingzhi's name now. She said solemnly: "I hope the hero can be a human being."
[Speaking of which, you are still trying to steal someone else's official position. ]
Tang Li said confidently: "Who said that! The heroine and the female partner are a perfect match!"
We are the official match, hero, don't be an eyesore.