Chapter 9: You Don't Deserve It!
Chu Xingchen helped Li Xingtian and placed him on his own wooden bed.
He quickly sensed the situation inside Li Xingtian's body with his own spiritual power. Chu Xingchen frowned slightly because Li Xingtian's current situation was really not optimistic.
After all, the elder of the Qingfeng Sect was at the Golden Core stage. Even though he had held back and intended to take Li Xingtian back to be burned at the stake, Li Xingtian at the Qi Refining stage couldn't withstand that strike. At this moment, Li Xingtian's internal organs had been severely damaged.
Especially his meridians, which had been impacted by the powerful spiritual power and were now riddled with holes.
However, when looking at Li Xingtian's expression, he found that there was no sign of pain on his face.
As expected of a reincarnator, he was really tough.
But it would probably be difficult for him to recover relying solely on his own body. He needed to give him some carefully refined healing elixirs.
"Kid, you're quite tough," Chu Xingchen praised, and then he looked at Li Yingling. "Apprentice, light the stove and refine the elixir."
Li Yingling's eyes lit up. Although she hated taking her master's elixirs deeply, it didn't prevent her from wanting to see others take them.
She excitedly and quickly agreed, "Okay, Master."
She walked to the stove with a bit of joy and started to light the fire and boil water.
Chu Xingchen rummaged through the remaining spiritual plants to see if there were any that could still be used for healing.
There happened to be several medicinal herbs in his spatial ring that could be used for healing.
He would refine another batch for his future apprentice! Let him be deeply grateful after taking it and immediately kowtow to become his disciple.
Chu Xingchen simply removed the roots of the herbs and then began to refine the medicine in a simple and crude way.
A pot of clear water started to turn green and turbid after several green spiritual plants were added.
The stench of the herbs began to permeate the air.
However, Li Yingling didn't feel any discomfort. Instead, she was quite happy watching the gradually turbid pot of liquid medicine.
After all, she wasn't the one who had to drink it this time.
When the water in the pot was reduced by half, Chu Xingchen added the Blue Moon Flower.
With the addition of the enchanting blue flower, in this pot of greenish water, a dark green liquid started to bubble.
Chu Xingchen nodded with satisfaction, and then he directly increased the fire to reduce the liquid and took out the final extracted healing elixir wrapped with spiritual power.
Li Yingling looked at this drop of liquid medicine that was even more extraordinary in color than the ones she had taken before and immediately felt relieved.
At this moment, she believed that her master hadn't been trying to torture her before. It was just that refining elixirs in an iron pot was like this.
Sure enough, what her master said was right. What was written in the storybooks of mortals couldn't be believed.
Only by experiencing it oneself in the cultivation of immortality could one know the truth!
At this moment, Li Xingtian, who was enduring the pain with great effort, propped himself up and saw the dark green drop of water wrapped with spiritual power. It looked extremely turbid.
A bad thought slowly emerged in his mind... Could it be that this was for him to swallow?
Chu Xingchen manipulated the liquid medicine to Li Xingtian's mouth and said with a smile, "Come on! Open your mouth. My elixir-refining skills are quite good. Swallow this and you'll be safe and sound."
Li Xingtian, who could keep a straight face even in the face of pain, finally changed his expression.
This was just a greenish blob of water. How could it be called an elixir?
He had never heard of anyone refining medicine in a pot!
A real man could face bleeding and pain, but not a broom smeared with feces.
He was hesitant, resistant, and hesitant to speak.
If it weren't for the fact that the person in front of him had saved his life, Li Xingtian would definitely have resisted and stuffed this drop of liquid medicine with a strange smell into the other person's mouth.
However, seeing the confident look of the senior,
Li Xingtian couldn't bear to refuse. He simply closed his eyes, with an expression of bravely facing death, and then opened his mouth.
At worst, he would just give his life back to him!
Sure enough, the taste of this liquid medicine lived up to its color.
A rotten smell mixed with an appalling bitterness burst out from the tip of his tongue and directly reached his heart.
Li Xingtian's expression became even more distorted.
However, to his surprise, when the intense sense of rejection and burning sensation came from his esophagus.
The ingredients contained in this liquid medicine began to slowly nourish his meridians and the damaged internal organs.
The pain in his body suddenly subsided.
It was just that Li Xingtian felt even more uncomfortable after taking this medicine.
Apart from the bitterness left in his whole mouth.
From his esophagus to his stomach, his whole body extremely rejected this liquid medicine.
Chu Xingchen naturally knew that this thing probably wouldn't taste good. He cleared his throat and comforted, "After all, good medicine tastes bitter. Just endure it and it'll pass."
Li Yingling, who was the first test subject, quite empathized and said, "Master... This isn't something that can be endured and passed."
Chu Xingchen turned around and glanced at his eldest disciple with a meaningful look.
Sensing her master's gaze, Li Yingling immediately chose to be prudent and said, "Actually, the taste is okay! There's no need to endure it at all."
Chu Xingchen naturally wouldn't say much about such a trifle. His going out had gone so smoothly largely thanks to this eldest disciple.
After seeing that Li Xingtian didn't have a big problem, he began to ask Li Yingling:
"I see that you've already got a basic understanding of this supernatural power. How do you feel?"
Hearing her master's question, Li Yingling thought about how she had spent so many days just barely getting started.
She thought that her master was being sarcastic as before, but she didn't dare to refute.
Li Yingling unconsciously twirled her black hair with her right hand. Her beautiful face flushed slightly, and she turned her head and said a bit shyly, "It's quite powerful, but it's a bit difficult."
Chu Xingchen was stunned when he heard this. You've only practiced for a few days and you've learned it. How can you say it's difficult?
As expected of his eldest disciple with the tag of a genius, showing off in front of her master.
Chu Xingchen cleared his throat and put on the dignity of a master. "Ahem, just practice more!"
"Yes! Master!"
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In front of the bonfire in the dilapidated temple at night.
Chu Xingchen directly distributed the roasted rabbit head to Li Yingling, the biggest contributor today, and then gave half of the rabbit to Li Xingtian.
Li Xingtian was already fine and could sit up.
Apart from not tasting good, the effect of that liquid medicine was actually quite good.
Li Xingtian thought it was even more effective than ordinary healing elixirs.
Looking at the half of the rabbit that was both fragrant and appetizing in the plate in front of him, Li Xingtian then took a look at Li Yingling who was happily gnawing on the rabbit head.
He had to admit that a fairy with a good-looking appearance gnawing on a rabbit head was really quite impressive.
Li Xingtian didn't make a move but just looked at the steaming half of the rabbit in front of him.
It wasn't that he wasn't hungry, but he didn't think he had the right to eat this rabbit.
"Eat it," Chu Xingchen said to the silent Li Xingtian in a low voice. "This rabbit doesn't have an ownership contract."
Li Xingtian naturally understood the implication in Chu Xingchen's words, but at this moment, he really hadn't thought in that way. He quickly explained:
"No, it's just that I haven't repaid the life-saving grace of the senior yet..."
Chu Xingchen looked at Li Xingtian who was trying hard to explain. On the surface, he smiled and nodded in agreement. However, under the table, his hand was making crazy gestures towards Li Yingling.
My dear apprentice! Come and help me out quickly!
Li Yingling was happily gnawing on the rabbit head. When she noticed Chu Xingchen making gestures towards her out of the corner of her eye, she immediately understood what her master meant.
Claiming to be her master's caring little helper, Li Yingling would never undermine her master at critical moments.
She put down the rabbit head in her hand and replied in a cold tone:
"Alright, no need to explain. You're penniless now. Not to mention that your life was saved by my master, even the opportunity you relied on most was given to you by my master."
"You always think that our noble Heavenly Dao Alliance in the Central Region intends to deceive you, but ask yourself, do you deserve it?"
"My master is willing to give you an opportunity, which is your honor. I don't understand what my master has taken a liking to in you, but as far as I'm concerned."
"With your talent, you don't deserve to enter our Heavenly Dao Alliance!"