Chapter 8: Miracle Medicine? Cold Water?

  Because he had enough spiritual liquid, Xiao Ping was finally able to plant green vegetables throughout the entire yard. Every three days, he would water them with water mixed with spiritual liquid and take two drops of spiritual liquid to strengthen his body. Apart from that, he occasionally entered the Alchemy Cauldron to check on the growth of ginseng.

  Compared to the outside world, the environment in the Alchemy Cauldron is obviously more suitable for plant growth. In just over 20 days, all the ginseng have grown several leaves. Xiao Ping estimates that in the outside world, it would take at least three to four years to harvest ginseng, but in the Alchemy Cauldron, it can be harvested in less than a month. However, he doesn't plan to harvest so early, as it's said that the older the ginseng, the more valuable it is, Xiao Ping plans to cultivate it for a while longer.

  In these three weeks, Xiao Ping also took the spiritual liquid several times and indeed greatly improved his physique. Xiao Ping felt that he had obvious enhancements in strength, endurance, and reaction speed, effortlessly moving over 100 kilograms of heavy objects, working for a whole day without feeling tired at all, and even swatting mosquitoes was much easier than before.

  Under Xiao Ping's careful care, the second batch of green vegetables grew very quickly and would be ready to harvest after another watering with spiritual liquid. However, before watering with spiritual liquid, Xiao Ping had to clear out all the weeds that had grown, so they wouldn't compete with the green vegetables for nutrients. Some of the weeds grew thick and tall under the effect of the spiritual liquid, and could only be easily cleared away with a sickle.

  Xiao Ping skillfully used his sickle to cut the grass, and although he had been busy for a while, he didn't feel tired at all. The spiritual liquid made Xiao Ping's physique better and better, and it also made him more relaxed when working. However, frequent consumption of spiritual liquid also brought a problem, that is, Xiao Ping was not very adapted to the rapidly increasing power, and sometimes he would even hurt himself because of this.

  At this moment, Xiao Ping underestimated his strength when cutting a wisteria vine. He swung the sickle heavily and cut off the vine cleanly, but the remaining force of the sickle also left a deep wound on his arm. This cut was not light, the wound was almost to the bone, the skin and flesh were turned over to both sides, and fresh blood kept gushing out.

  Until then, Xiao Ping only felt the pain and involuntarily took a breath of cold air, his forehead immediately sweating. Even if Xiao Ping wasn't a doctor, he could see that such a deep wound needed stitches. He pressed hard on the wound to stop the bleeding, hastily rushed back to the room, planning to grab the money and go to the hospital.

  However, after Xiao Ping took the money, he was surprised to find that the bleeding had stopped. It turned out that a thin scab had formed over the wound, which was originally very frightening. Looking at it this way, even if he didn't go to the hospital, the wound would heal quickly. An ordinary person would absolutely not have such strong healing abilities, and this was also one of the benefits brought by the spiritual liquid.

  "This is... too amazing!" Xiao Ping looked at the wound on his arm and muttered to himself: "If it develops like this, won't I be invulnerable to swords and guns in the future?"

  Since the wound is no big deal, Xiao Ping also plans to go to the hospital and waste that money. Now medical treatment is very expensive, sewing a dozen or so stitches costs several hundred yuan, it's better to buy some jade stones for Lian Yao Hu to absorb instead.

  Xiao Ping changed out of his blood-stained clothes and planned to finish the chores in the vegetable garden. He had just walked to the gate when he saw Li Wanqing walking in from outside. Although they lived under the same roof, Xiao Ping hadn't seen this neighbor for many days. It was said that Li Wanqing's company was busy with a big project, and she had been working overtime for over half a month, leaving early and returning late every day, including weekends. Today was Sunday, but Li Wanqing had also gone to work early, and it was unclear why she had returned ahead of schedule.

  Xiao Ping noticed that Li Wanqing was much thinner than a month ago, and her face looked pale. It was clear that she had been working very hard lately. After seeing Xiao Ping, she forced a smile as a greeting, then asked in a weak voice: "Is Wang Ayi around? I need to find her for something."

  "It's Sunday today, Wang Auntie should be upstairs at this time." Xiao Ping first replied to Li Wanqing, then couldn't help but ask: "Your complexion doesn't look too good, is everything okay?"

  "It's nothing, maybe I'm just too tired from working overtime lately." Li Wanqing smiled faintly and said: "I'll go find Aunt Wang first."

  Xiao Ping was also in a hurry to attend to the vegetable garden, nodded and walked out. However, he had just reached the door when he heard a cry of surprise from behind. Xiao Ping instinctively turned his head and saw Li Wanqing, who had already climbed up the stairs, falling down with her face facing upwards. He didn't have time to think much, hastily rushed over in one swift step, and in an instant arrived at the foot of the stairs, opening his arms wide to catch the falling Li Wanqing.

  Li Wanqing heavily bumped into Xiao Ping's chest, if it were two months ago, he would have been knocked to the ground. But now Xiao Ping stood firmly in place, opening his powerful arms to embrace Li Wanqing's slender and soft body, not letting her fall to the ground.

  If it were someone else instead of Xiao Ping, they would absolutely not have been able to rush over in time to catch Li Wanqing. Fortunately, after he took the spiritual liquid, his reaction and speed far surpassed those of ordinary people, which is how he was just in time to hug Li Wanqing.

  Li Wanqing's fragrant and soft body fell into Xiao Ping's arms, causing him to involuntarily feel a flutter in his heart. He couldn't help but think to himself: "Hero saves beauty, logically speaking, this little girl should fall in love with me, right?"

  However, saving the beauty also comes with a price, and this collision has reopened the wound on Xiao Ping's arm, causing fresh blood to flow out again. At this time, Xiao Ping didn't care about this anymore, and hugged Li Wanqing's slender waist, asking: "Are you okay?"

  Xiao Ping asked Li Wanqing twice before she came back to her senses, only to find herself leaning against Xiao Ping's chest. Embarrassed, she struggled to stand up straight. However, a wave of dizziness immediately washed over her, forcing Li Wanqing to abandon the idea, and weakly said: "Dizzy."

  Xiao Ping hastily helped Li Wanqing sit down on the chair, looking at her haggard appearance suddenly had an idea and said: "Wait for me, I'll be right back."

  Xiao Ping grabbed the cup on the table and ran out, scooping up a full cup of water from the vegetable garden to prepare for watering. What Xiao Ping didn't notice was that his actions were all seen by Wang Jian hiding in the room.

  Li Wanqing's fall down the stairs also startled Wang Jian, and when he ran to the door, he happened to see Xiao Ping hugging Li Wanqing. This scene made Wang Jian burn with jealousy, feeling that this heroic act should have been done by himself, how could it be done by Xiao Ping? At this moment, seeing Xiao Ping running back with water, Wang Jian also roughly guessed what he was going to do. However, he didn't immediately stop him, but instead planned to wait for the best opportunity to expose Xiao Ping.

  "Drink this." Xiao Ping handed the cup in front of Li Wanqing and said: "It's good for you."

  Looking at the full cup of cold water, Li Wanqing couldn't help but hesitate. The continuous overtime for more than half a month had made Li Wanqing unbearable, and these days were also her physiological period, which was even more overwhelming for Li Wanqing. Today she really couldn't hold on, so she came back early to ask Wang Fang for some brown sugar to warm up with hot water. Unexpectedly, she fell down the stairs, fortunately, Xiao Ping caught her just in time. Li Wanqing, who was in her physiological period, couldn't drink cold water, but as a young girl, how could she say such a thing to Xiao Ping?

  Xiao Ping saw Li Wanqing's hesitation and smiled: "This is not ordinary Liang Baiji, there are many medicines in it, which are very good for the body. My illness can be cured thanks to it."

  "Really capable of blowing, the cold water for cooking vegetables is blown into a wonderful medicine! Wait and see how I will expose you!" Wang Jian hid in his room, paying attention to the development of the situation. Xiao Ping's words made him secretly sneer in his heart. However, Wang Jian had to wait until the best moment to come out and expose Xiao Ping, for now he still had to patiently wait a little longer.

  Li Wanqing was somewhat moved by Xiao Ping's words, and she carefully took a small sip from the cup. It was strange to say, but although the water was cool when it entered her mouth, Li Wanqing soon felt a faint warmth spreading throughout her body, and she no longer felt as uncomfortable as before.

  In addition to her surprise, Li Wanqing drank a few more mouthfuls and finally believed that what had just happened was not an illusion. This seemingly ordinary cold water really worked. Now Li Wanqing's head no longer spun, her hands and feet began to warm up, and even her spirits improved a lot. So many changes gave her enough confidence, and without hesitation, she drank the rest of the water in the cup.

  Seeing Li Wanqing's face gradually becoming rosy, Xiao Ping knew that the water he gave her was taking effect, and smiled: "I didn't lie to you, did I?"

  Li Wanqing also felt a bit embarrassed for previously suspecting Xiao Ping, and she smiled apologetically at him. Just as she was about to say something, Wang Jian suddenly rushed out of the room, indignantly shouting: "Xiao Ping, you scoundrel! You actually passed off the leftover water from cooking vegetables as a magical medicine and deceived Wanqing into drinking it! What is your intention in doing this?!"

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