Inside the Mist Tower, desolation met the eye everywhere.
In a mere moment of daze, Arubis was pulled in front of the spirit of the artifact.
Far away, the aura of Li Sidao was becoming more and more solid, ready to deepen the control of his power and step into the true realm of a national guardian at any moment.
A little closer, Chu Siyu stood next to a black alchemy furnace, her little face flushed red by the fire of the furnace.
Arubis only took a glance at the alchemy furnace, then shifted her gaze to the spirit.
Her lips moved slightly, and a thin mist covered the bottom of her eyes.
"Brother Wu..."
The spirit, with a haggard face, stretched out his hand, seemingly wanting to touch her head, but the contrast between his thin, cracked hand and the other's tender skin prompted him to give up this somewhat presumptuous act.
The world thought that he was born with the Mist Tower.
Only a few people knew.
The Mist Tower itself had no spirit.
This spirit was once a wandering soul, without a fixed place.
It was Jí Móng Lǐ who valued and took him in, stabilizing his soul and giving him a place to settle.
At that time, the spirit's face still had a bit of softness, and his abilities were quite compatible with Jí Móng Lǐ.
However, after being rescued by the beauty Jí Móng Lǐ and with her help to reshape his body, the spirit made a mistake that most people would make.
He became infatuated with the monarch of the desert and could not stop.
Even after a long time of unrequited love, he had some crooked thoughts.
Later, because of a misjudgment in a war, he caused serious consequences, leading to the death of nearly a million brave men of the Sha Yu tribe on the battlefield.
Even in the desert divine country that was close to its peak at the time, the sacrifice of a million warriors was definitely a disaster that could cripple the nation.
Not to mention, there were already a large number of Sha Yu elders who were not satisfied with him.
Those crooked thoughts towards the monarch turned into clues of collusion, and the ruthless strategies used to defeat the enemy also became evidence of moral shortcomings. The elders hung a bunch of charges on him.
Displayed, it was enough to fill seven parchments.
Whether Jí Móng Lǐ believed it or not.
The monarch of the Desert Divine Country had to be responsible for his own group and his own people.
The end was that, in order to appease the souls of the dead, to give an account to the Sha Yu people who lost their husbands, sons, and fathers.
This general, who once led nearly half of the army of the Desert Divine Country, was beheaded by the monarch in public, his soul was drawn out and sealed into his own artifact.
Never to be reborn again.
This is a cruel punishment.
But for the general, it is a reward that allows him to stay with Jí Móng Lǐ forever in another way.
When he came, it was just a broken thread, and when he returned, it was the same.
However.
Since he was sealed into the artifact, he has never seen the monarch he longed for again.
Until the disaster happened later, the monarch died.
He did not get a single response.
But when the monarch was on the verge of falling, he buried the Mist Tower deep underground, and that apologetic glance was enough for the spirit to guard the last trace she left in the world for thousands, ten thousand, or even a million years...
Because of all the past.
Arubis looked down on the spirit who was pestering her friend.
She even cheered loudly when the spirit was killed and his soul was sealed into the tower, and she was one of the most fierce people who scolded the spirit at that time.
But now, as time has passed, the ancient country has been destroyed for more than a hundred thousand years, and the past grievances have gradually faded with the passage of time, and then turned into light smoke, dissipating into the air.
At least, guarding the Huangsha Residual Realm for a hundred thousand years is enough to prove his heart.
Thinking of the past, the prejudices dissipated, and Arubis found that the spirit never harmed her when he was alive, even though she had scolded him as hypocritical in public many times, and let her friend, the monarch, expel him from the country...
Thinking of this, Arubis took the initiative to move two steps.
The dry palm touched the gray hair, forming a picture with a strong sense of contrast, and the spirit looked at his hand, his expression with a trace of relief and a trace of sadness.
Perhaps he did something wrong, and the crime was unforgivable.
But his loyalty and love for the monarch are not fake.
It's just that the person is gone, and it's too late to say anything.
"Let the past be the past."
"Take a look at the disciple I recommended to you."
The spirit withdrew his hand, hunched over, and pointed to Chu Siyu, who was refining the pill attentively and did not get distracted by the intruders.
"That's the 'Medicine Spirit Holy Body' I mentioned to you in the communication."
The alchemy fire was burning fiercely, and the tongues of fire rolled several pure energies to the center of the alchemy furnace. Chu Siyu carefully controlled the alchemy fire with the power of her soul, protected the medicinal liquid, and merged them together at a gentle angle, forming the embryo of the pill.
"Spirit Breath Pill..."
Arubis judged what Chu Siyu was refining just by the faint smell of the mixed medicinal materials.
Eight-grade pill·Spirit Breath Pill.
This kind of pill, like the Spirit Recovery Pill, is a commonly used pill. The Spirit Recovery Pill focuses on "recovering spiritual energy," while the Spirit Breath Pill is used to speed up the absorption of spiritual energy. One can be considered as a blue recovery, and the other is more like increasing the maximum mana.
They are both consumables, but the latter is much more valuable than the former, and the difficulty of refining is also more complicated.
Arubis did not interrupt Chu Siyu, even though she only observed for a short while, she had already found at least four flaws in the refining technique.
Half an hour later, the alchemy furnace made a "puff" sound.
A black smoke quickly spewed out from the mouth of the furnace, covering Chu Siyu.
When the black smoke dissipated and Chu Siyu opened her eyes again, she had become a complete little black child.
She turned her head and looked at the spirit and Arubis.
Although the social phobia attribute has been diluted a lot, she is still not good at dealing with strangers. Chu Siyu stood in place for a while before she made a smile that she thought was very polite.
Two rows of big white teeth were shining under the contrast of the black face, just like an advertisement for a toothpaste on Earth.
Arubis couldn't help laughing, and the sadness of returning to the defeated hometown was diluted a lot, and at the same time, she had a good first impression of this disciple who was about to be accepted.
First of all, she is a human girl, very young, with good talent.
Although she seems a bit silly in character... it's better than people who like to play tricks.
"This is the 27th time you have refined the Spirit Breath Pill, right?"
Chu Siyu was stunned, her little head turned, and she immediately understood that the person in front of her was very likely to be the master introduced by the spirit, and a nervous mood quietly surged in her heart. She swallowed a mouthful of saliva and answered honestly:
"The 27th time..."
"Has no one taught you before?"
"My first master taught me up to the seventh level, as for the Spirit Breath Pill, only the spirit grandfather has taught me a little."
"..."
Arubis's mouth twitched, and she looked back at the spirit, only to find that the old man was holding his hands, looking at the illusory sky inside the tower, and refused to look at her.
So she had to sigh and said to Chu Siyu in a warm voice:
"Your foundation is very good, and it can be seen that your first master at least has some personal understanding in the refining foundation, which is a good teacher."
"As for what this spirit grandfather taught you..."
"You might as well forget it all."
"He was the great general of the Desert Divine Country before, and he was very good at chopping people and being shady, but when it comes to refining, he only talks on paper, and he has no real skills in his stomach."
Chu Siyu's eyes widened, and she looked at the spirit in a daze.
No wonder... the more she refined the pill, the more it felt wrong.
After speaking out the problem, the spirit was still vague, saying that it would be fine after practicing more times. Even later, he simply went to Li Sidao's side to protect her and refused to watch her refine the pill.
Chu Siyu thought it was because her own comprehension was too poor, and the spirit was angry.
Now thinking about it...
"Tsk!" Arubis's disdain for the
spirit just faded away again.
Fortunately, she has already become a mature nineteen (thousand) year old girl, no longer the willful one, and it is impossible to mock and ridicule the few old friends left in the world again.
"Clean up the alchemy furnace, I will teach you to refine it once."
Chu Siyu pinched her palm, not knowing how to respond to Arubis now, she even doesn't know the other party's name, and the other party hasn't agreed to accept her as a disciple.
Getting along with people, dealing with the world, is too difficult...
After thinking for a while, Chu Siyu squeezed out the word "thank you."
Arubis looked at the little girl cleaning the alchemy furnace, feeling the other's shyness, and was immediately more satisfied.
Don't like socializing? Quiet temperament?
Quiet is good, quiet will not have too many distractions.
There will be no messy emotional disputes.
No man in the heart, the refining is naturally divine!
Talent is so high, it is indeed a good seedling!