"Before the new field was ready, it couldn't be planted." Zhang Ye felt a sense of emptiness.
Xiao Bao woke up again. Last time, he ate a Suspended Bell Devil's Robe and digested it completely. Looking at him now, he is entirely a grown-up big dog, with even smoother fur.
Xiao Bao rubbed against Zhang Ye's side and licked him. Zhang Ye knew this guy was hungry again.
All that was left were the two remaining flying swords without an owner, and Xiao Bao chose one to eat. Xiao Bao went back to sleep again, snuggling up beside Jin Ya and snoring away...
Waking up from meditation, it's early morning already.
Walked out of the small courtyard, breathing in the moist air that blew over from the sea early in the morning, and stretched a lazy waist.
This trip out of the mountain has been a thrilling experience with many surprises.
Earlier, I didn't feel anything, but now, facing the sunrise that has just emerged from the sea surface, Zhang Ye felt a lot of emotions.
In fact, every step of the way was extremely dangerous. Perhaps there were countless people with excellent qualifications, but no one as lucky as Zhang Ye, who could not see the sunrise again in those battles.
Suddenly wanting to drink, Zhang Ye's eyes became even more mature, and his stunning appearance was even better than before.
Thought of drinking, also thought of that "drunk 36,000 times" promise. Now only one has passed, just getting started.....
"Shopkeeper, is there still some of that Ling Huang Dan with a bitter taste that I exchanged for last time?" The medicine hall had just opened for business not long ago, and the shopkeeper encountered that strange customer from last time again.
Originally, the two Ling Huang Dans were taken by Zhang Ye, but the shopkeeper had no intention of selling them and planned to send them back to headquarters for appraisal in order to determine their strange properties. However, a strange customer insisted on buying those two pills at that time.
Those who can afford the Ling Huang Dan are not simple, and the shopkeeper is not convenient to offend them too much, so they can only exchange it at a flat price. Unexpectedly, this person came from Jie Lan Xian Jing more than a month later, specifically to Pao Yu Island to exchange that kind of elixir.
"This friend, it's actually a new variety that we've developed at Hui Chun Men, and it hasn't been officially released yet. The medicinal power is indeed stronger than the average Ling Huang Dan, but there's a strange bitter taste, and its effects haven't been confirmed yet, so it's still in the experimental stage. If you want to exchange for it, I'm afraid you'll have to wait for a long time." said the cunning shopkeeper.
That man in dark red attire furrowed his brow and said, "What's with all the suspicion? I came because of that bitter aura. Do you think I'd care about an extra ten Aggregation Pills' medicinal power?"
"I'm really sorry. It's currently in the experimental stage and has been discontinued." The shopkeeper was quite surprised, thinking to himself that the little guy was still living on the island, so he had no choice but to go find him.
Just then, Zhang Ye walked in, plop—
A pot of seventeen Ling Huang Dan was placed on the counter, Zhang Ye said: "Exchange it, still the same kind as last time, a total of seventeen pills."
It's broken!
The shopkeeper was just deceived and exposed, a moment of awkwardness.
Sigh——
The weirdo next to him hooked his hand slightly, and the jade pot with seventeen dan medicine flew into his hand.
He opened it and took a sniff, not bad, that was the soul-stirring bitter taste. The strange man was overjoyed: "That's right, it's the one, no need to find the shopkeeper, what conditions do you want, exchange it with me."
"Brother," said the shopkeeper at once, "whoever comes into my door is a customer of Chunmen's. You wouldn't be so rude as to ignore that, would you?"
"What kind of crap rules are these? Transactions should be free, buying and selling as one pleases, each taking what they need. The highest bidder wins. You're opening the door to do business, don't you even understand such basic logic?"
"Alright... you can trade in my store." The shopkeeper didn't say anything more for a while.
"Simple, let's go out and make a deal." The strange man patted Zhang Ye on the shoulder, ready to head out.
"Uh, forget it, let's just trade in the store instead. I'll join in on the competition too."
The shopkeeper looked at the Ling Huang Dan and thought it was so unique that he wouldn't let it go, no matter what. He had to buy a few of them and send them back to headquarters for appraisal. If they could attract good fortune, it would be a great achievement.
Thus, Zhang Ye watched in a daze as the two of them bid against each other, and the thing that was originally worth 100 Yuan Gathering Pills was driven up to 200. In the end, after calculating it out, that strange person also felt like he had been cheated, this thing wasn't even worth 200 Yuan Gathering Pills, but in the heat of bidding, he forgot about that.
To be specific, he last bought two pills that were used, and found that in addition to the medicinal power being more than ordinary Ling Huang Dan, they also had the effects of calming the mind and detoxification.
Condensing the mind and avoiding poison, there are also special elixirs. Zhang Ye's Ling Huang Dan is a 4th-grade elixir, but its condensing and poisoning effects are only equivalent to 3rd-grade effects. Roughly estimated, it has an added value of about 30 Juyuan Dans. Adding the convenience bonus of multiple elixirs, the maximum value is around 150. Reaching 200 is really unexpected, with a larger share of luck.
Since they had already spoken, they couldn't back down. In fact, they just wanted to buy a few and take them back for research. So, Zhang Ye exchanged five of the pellets with each of them and kept seven for himself. He now had 2,000聚元丹 (聚元丹 is not translated as it seems to be a proper noun or a term specific to the context).
In the last month of staying on the island, Zhang Ye devoted himself to cultivation and made rapid progress.
After a long time of fighting, alchemy, and adding his own spell as fifth-grade, all the factors added together, accumulating thickly and bursting forth with one drumbeat, he broke through the second layer of foundation building and entered the third layer realm.
Autumn has gone, deep winter.
Even at sea, we welcomed our first big snowfall.
The white snowflakes danced and fell, merging into the sea to melt. Those that landed on the island, however, slowly accumulated, forming a silver blanket.
As the year drew to a close, Zhang felt an urge to return home.
At this moment when I decided to head back, my heart was filled with anticipation. I could finally see my senior sister again. Living in a foreign land and watching the snow, Zhang Ye couldn't help but miss that phrase "return home for dinner".
It would be great to listen to Master Sister's nagging in the heavy snow, and drink her hand-brewed fruit wine.
With contemplation, Zhang Ye's face shed its childish aura, for the first time bearing the mark of experience and a hint of elegance.
"Master, it's windy and snowy outside, be careful not to catch a chill." Su Qing came from behind and draped a cloak over Zhang Ye.
"I'm not cold, let's go, going home for dinner."
Zhang Ye turned around, wrapped his cloak over Su Qing's body, held her frozen hand and rose into the air.
Head west and proceed towards the sea.
She persisted for half a moment, Su Qing couldn't hold on and asked to hide in the gourd to sleep. Now only Zhang Ye is left, flying alone in the wind and snow, he is so homesick...
Eight days have passed in the blink of an eye, and the deadline for Tang Siqin's return is getting closer. Zhang Ye has finally entered the continuous mountains, and there are still a thousand miles to reach the Tai Xuan mountain range.
The foundation repairer flew too wastefully, except for crossing the sea, Zhang Ye still adopted walking. The mountain valley was filled with wind and snow, a lone figure, with a long string of footprints behind him.
Suddenly a colorful light appeared in the air, like purple lightning. In the blink of an eye, it arrived nearby.
Bump
Snowflakes splashed near Zhang Ye's face.
He looked like a young man with his hair tied up and wearing a golden hairpin, who was the true disciple of Tai Xuan Men.
