78、Hair loss

  Spread out in a stealthy formation, the Heavenly Song hid in the array. Looking at the jade slip in his hand, he let out a sigh.

  She feels herself becoming more and more ruthless. She still remembers her childhood, when she always liked to read books in the ancestral hall's hidden book room. At that time, what she admired most were those heroic knights in the stories, with high martial arts skills, wielding swords and roaming the world. Now that she has achieved a certain level of cultivation, she finds that she can't even compare to the ordinary Jianghu heroes of the mundane world.

  Perhaps it can be said that this is the iron rule of the Xianxian world, where there are only immortals and no heroes, with little remaining righteousness and eternal benefits.

  At the thought of this, she couldn't help but laugh at herself. Why bother making excuses for what can and cannot be done? She knows it in her heart. She doesn't want to be a bad person, but she won't easily become a good one either. Some things are beyond her capability, so it's best not to get involved; otherwise, not only will it be futile, but it might also bring harm to herself. Besides, this is a world where people prioritize their own interests. She doesn't think the current her can change anything; the only thing she can restrain is herself.

  Having calmed her emotions, she then split out a strand of divine consciousness and entered Yu Jian.

  This jade slip recorded dense and numerous texts. She swept her eyes over it, but was stunned for a moment. The content... was exactly the Ben Dan they had been talking about.

  Yu Jian wrote that the solid foundation pill is a wonderful ancient elixir, if taken with other pills, it can enhance the effect, regardless of whether the alchemy period or the yuan ying period. What's even more rare is that most of the materials are not rare, only a few spiritual grasses require high years.

  This effect, apart from some heaven-defying pellets, is simply unmatched! Because according to this statement, when building the foundation and forming the elixir, eating one pellet is equivalent to increasing the chances of advancing in rank!

  Moye felt a bit dizzy, and he really didn't know where the monk killed by Jiang Chengxian came from or how Jiang Chengxian knew about it.

  After a while, she calmed down and thought of several questions. First, this Guibendan was so effective that it must not be let known to others, otherwise her life would be in danger; secondly, she did not know how to refine the elixir, and this thing could not be passed into someone else's hands, so should she go learn alchemy?

  The first problem wasn't difficult to handle, as she was never Zhang Yang's individuality. This Dan Fang would be well-preserved from now on. The second problem, however, made her hesitate for a while. It must be known that the way of alchemy is not simple, and alchemists are all piled up with countless herbs. The feeling of materials, the grasp of fire, and even the timing of opening the furnace, is an obscure study that requires countless times of opening the furnace to slowly master. Therefore, generally powerful alchemists are cultivated by Xianmen schools or large Xian families, while small families and individual cultivators rarely produce alchemists, and their success rate is usually low.

  Although Mo Tian Ge thought she was still quite wealthy at the moment, wanting to cultivate a Dan Master with three thousand spirit stones was still too difficult. Moreover, she didn't even know if she had the talent for it.

  After studying for a while, she frowned and put away her book, looking outside. She felt someone approaching this way.

  After a while, someone rushed over, and it was Jiang Chengxian.

  Mo Tian Ge pondered for a moment, guessing that Jiang Cheng Xian might have come back for the jade pendant in his hand. He must have killed two people just now and was anxious at heart. That's why he left in such a hurry, but now he's returned to search again.

  Now that Yu Jian is in her hands, she certainly won't take it out. It seems that she didn't leave any traces at the scene, so there shouldn't be any flaws.

  She calmed down and waited, and sure enough, after a while, Jiang Chengxian left in a hurry, completely unaware that this "oriole" had been following behind him, the "praying mantis".

  With a faint smile, she continued to study the Dan formula. To be honest, she didn't take Jiang Chengxian seriously, he was just a spoiled rich kid, had some cultivation and treasures, but didn't like to cultivate himself, liked to order others around, and his skills in fighting were probably not great. The fact that she had been following him for so long without being discovered was proof of this.

  On this Dan Fang, Snow Gall huā, Lock Yang Cao, Seven Leaf Lotus... are all some common spiritual herbs. Only the 500-year-old Purple Ganoderma and Green Selaginella are hard to find. After studying for a while, she realized that this Gu Ben Dan was not as easy to obtain as she had imagined. Two strains of spiritual herbs over 500 years old were not so easy to find, plus the failure rate of alchemy... normally it would be impossible to eat, but when breaking through the bottleneck or advancing in rank, it was a must-have.

  Thinking of this, she became happy again. Although her cultivation speed was not fast, she could maintain the ordinary standard of three spiritual roots. The difficulty lies in advancing to a higher level. Just thinking about it now, isn't this Dan Yao just right for building the foundation? In that case, when I go back, I'll discuss with Second Uncle whether or not I should learn to refine Dan myself. With this solid foundation Dan, I will have more confidence in building my foundation.

  Having thought this through, I might as well sit down and meditate here.

  Due to the abnormal changes in her body's spiritual energy, Mo Tian Ge didn't dare continue cultivating. However, the dan Tian meridian was as usual, and that cool spiritual energy hadn't caused any harm, which made her feel slightly more at ease.

  The breeze is cool and the moon is bright, and soon she enters a state of meditation, feeling her body melt into the universe, without emotions, thoughts, or joys and sorrows. Even her physical body seems to disappear, leaving only gentle and regular breathing. It's as if she were a feather floating in the air, and at the same time, merged with the universe, until even time itself becomes imperceptible...

  Waiting for her to wake up from her meditation, it was already daytime. She got up and tidied up her clothes, then used her light body technique to hurry to the market, of course, she took a big detour in between, so as not to let people notice where she came from.

  Before long, I returned to the inn. The shopkeeper came forward: "Immortal Master, you're back. There's a guest looking for you."

  "Oh?" Meng Tian Ge thought for a moment, roughly around Tian Qiao, and since they had agreed on it yesterday, he asked, "Where is the person?"

  The little servant boy led the way: "Wait here, it's a young lady, this way please."

  She led her upstairs, lifted the curtain of the room, and indeed it was Tian Qiao, sitting alone by the window. When he saw her come in, he smiled slightly.

  Meng Tian Ge smiled back, seeing the shopkeeper's strange gaze, and suddenly felt a bit helpless. She was dressed as a man, but Tian Xiao was dressed in a woman's attire, they didn't look like husband and wife... The shopkeeper was probably guessing their relationship. So she took out a piece of gold and threw it at the shopkeeper: "Thank you."

  This piece of gold weighs at least two taels. Xiao Er burst out laughing and nodded repeatedly: "Nothing, young master, is there anything else you'd like to instruct?"

  She shook her head: "Nothing's wrong, you can go."

  The little servant nodded and bowed, then reluctantly left.

  Xiao Er walked away, Tian Qiao smiled and said: "You really are generous, whatever you throw out is gold."

  Moy Tian smiled and said: "What's the big deal? Gold and silver are just mundane objects to cultivators, no different from mud and stones. Let's go, come to my place."

  Tian Qiao nodded and followed her to the backyard. It wasn't until they entered the house that she said seriously, "For yesterday's dan yao, I still want to thank you again."

  Mo Tian Ge shook his head: "I thanked you yesterday, why are you still being so polite with me?"

  "It's not just being polite, my husband said yesterday that the bottle of Dan Yao you have is a Qi Gathering Pill, one bottle is worth over 200 spirit stones. We run this small shop and in a year we barely make that much, it's really too expensive."

  Looking at her persistence, Mo Tian Ge couldn't help but say: "Alright, accept my thanks. Actually, if it were a few months ago, I would definitely not have been willing to part with them. But now that I've already completed the Refining Qi stage, these Refining Qi pellets are no longer of use to me, so I'll just give them to you as a meeting gift. You don't need to be too polite."

  He Tian couldn't help but laugh and said, "You just said you're not generous, yet now you're not making a big deal out of several hundred spirit stones. If you're going to say things like that, be careful or I'll knock on your door from time to time."

  Mo Tian Ge was taken aback for a moment, and the two of them exchanged a smile, tacitly agreeing not to mention it again.

  "By the way, I've prepared something for you." Tian Qiao lifted up the package in his hand.

  "What?"

  She smiled mysteriously but didn't answer. Instead, she opened the package. Inside were a comb, a mirror, hairpins and clasps of various colors, and some miscellaneous items.

  "Mo Tian Ge didn't understand: 'This is...'"

  She was pulled up by Tian Qiao, pressed against the edge of the table, and while propping up a mirror, laughed: "Didn't you say you've been dressed as a man for ten years? I think you must have forgotten how to dress up, it's always been you helping me, now let me help you this time."

  "Huh?"

  "Sit properly." Tian Qiao put down her hair and praised, "You monks are so good, you don't need to take care of yourselves. Look at this hair, I'm sure you haven't taken care of it at all, yet it's so smooth and shiny."

  Mo Tian Ge also smiled and said: "You are also naturally beautiful, why must you say I am?"

  "Natural beauty needs to be dressed up, ordinary people can't compare with cultivators. Just wait and see, you'll be stunned!" With that, Tian Qiao quickly undid her hair bun and started braiding it.

  A moment later, Mo Tian Ge stared at himself in the mirror, and indeed looked a bit dazed.

  The face in the mirror, with eyebrows and eyes full of expression, has a softness that men don't have, and a heroic spirit that women often lack. These two combined together make this person... is it her?

  Tian Qiao walked up with a satisfied smile, looking at the two similar faces in the mirror and said: "Since I was young, I've always thought that you look better than me. Look at yourself, how pretty."

  Mò Tiān Gē said somewhat awkwardly: "This... I think it's a bit strange."

  "Stop it." Tian Qiao hastily pressed down her hand that was about to wipe her face, puzzled, "I was just wondering, why do you have to dress up as a man? I see there are many female cultivators too."

  "This question, Mo Tian Ge bitterly smiled: 'I am different from them.'"

  "What's different?"

  She fell silent for a moment, then said: "As a woman, there are too many inconveniences. Beauty is not a blessing, even if one's appearance is ordinary, they still have to be on guard against being taken advantage of and becoming someone's concubine or... well, you know. Honestly speaking, I possess a rare pure yin constitution, which allows me to cultivate faster than most people. However, this kind of constitution is quite suitable for being a furnace tripod... If I reveal my true form as a woman, it will only bring trouble."

  "So that's how it is." Although she wasn't very familiar with the concept of physique, Tian Qiao had been in contact with the cultivation world for several years and could still understand what was meant. In the past two years, since opening a shop here, there would occasionally be cultivators who spoke rudely to her, even thinking that her husband should sell her off... Fortunately, her husband treated her well and had never entertained such thoughts.

  "Listen, you mustn't breathe a word about this, or it will be my downfall."

  Thank you for the 5,000 yuan reward from top to bottom. Recently, I've been sleeping inadequately and feeling melancholic.