
Mu Lian tried to catch her breath and tried to ignore the heat she felt. But Mu Lian felt that time was running very slowly, one minute felt like a year.
Mu Lian's consciousness was almost lost because it held the heat, until suddenly her body temperature returned to normal.
"Geez, I didn't expect to see this much contamination," Master Zhengheng said.
"Is there something wrong with Lian'er?" ask Meimei.
After making sure the array was disabled, Ling Zizhou, Meimei and Meng Zhi walked up to Master Zhengheng who was standing near the array. They overheard Master Zhengheng's words.
"The contamination experienced by this young lady is quite high. It was fortunate that it was quickly dealt with, otherwise." said Master Zhengheng did not continue his sentence.
Ling Zizhou, Meimei and Meng Zhi stared at each other. Last night Mu Lian had difficulty breathing, they did not dare to think about how it would be if they were only half a day late.
"Well, my body feels so fresh and light. Thank you, Master Zhengheng," Mu Lian said.
Feeling that his body did not feel as heavy as before, Mu Lian felt excited so she immediately got up carelessly.
"Be careful," said Master Zhengheng catching Mu Lian's arm.
"Oh. Sorry, I'm too excited," Mu Lian said embarrassedly. Master Zhengheng only smiled.
"Miss, did you touch something that has a very strong abyssal aura?" ask Master Zhengeng.
"Something? Hmm, it seems that I have not touched anything but these seeds," Mu Lian said as she showed a blackish-brown seed.
"Oh! it's a seed of life!" master Zhengheng said.
Meng Zhi and Meimei looked at each other. They forgot the seeds. Though the man named Su recognized the seed, why did they forget to ask him?
"These seeds are actually*Dan-shen seeds that were modified using abyssal aura. Hmm just deserve it. There was an abyssal aura leaking into the air then the aura was accidentally absorbed by this miss," Master Zhengheng said.
"And-shen?!" mu Lian said in surprise.Meimei and Meng Zhi frowned upon hearing Dan-shen modified.
Dan-shen is actually beneficial for treating illness *Atherosclerosis. On Earth, this plant is often used as a concocting material for traditional medicine, not least the Mu Lian family.
"They modified the body of spirit beasts and herbs? How crazy!" ling Zizhou said as he snorted.
"Did you find a seed like this again?" ask Meng Zhi.
"We found it by accident in Zhongjian, not far from the Thousand Mirror Lake. Then we get a clue as to where these seeds came from and how to handle them" Master Zhengheng said.
"You're a Thousand Mirrors?" meimei said surprised.
"Do you purify every seed you find?" ask Mu Lian. Mu Lian was eager to store these seeds, so she tried her luck.
"of course. After searching for information here and there, we finally learned that the seeds can be purified," Master Zhengheng continued
"The problem is that we have trouble extracting the chi present in these seeds. Our purpose of staying in this village was actually to discuss the matter with Master Mu. But Master Mu is very difficult to encounter," said Master Zhengheng.
Master Zhengheng saw the opportunity then unceremoniously explained his purpose of coming to this village.
The problem of extracting chi has long been deadlocked. While Master Zhengheng did not have much time.
Master Zhengheng hoped that Mu Lian's group could bring him before Mu Haocun.
"Oh? Master Zhengheng wants to see grandfather? Then, how about you go home with us to the East Ufuk Valley?" said Mu Lian.
Master Zhengheng was shocked when he heard Mu Lian calling Mu Haocun grandfather. But his surprise was soon replaced with excitement.
After meeting Mu Haocun, it was possible that they had come up with the solution they had been looking for all along.
In contrast to Master Zhengheng, all the black-clothed people who were in the grounds could not recover from their sense of shock.
Whispers were heard all over the yard. They did not expect that Mu Lian was Mu Haocun's granddaughter.
"Master Zhengheng, did you send word to Master Yi that you were about to meet Master Mu?" ask Meng Zhi.
"really. However after I sent the information about myself, Master Yi did not allow me to meet with Master Mu," Master Zhengheng said.
"Hmm, maybe because you're in disguise so the master doesn't allow you to enter the Eastern Ufuk Valley" Ling Zizhou said.
Master Zhengheng coughed when he heard the word 'in disguise' from Ling Zizhou's mouth. Ling Zizhou's words were extremely on target
Master Zhengheng was so sorry for not dismantling his disguise on Master Yi. But Master Zhengheng had to make sure that their disguise did not leak out to the group of people they were chasing.
"Ah. Master Yi became even more wary of those who were about to enter the Eastern Ufuk Valley. The guard is now tighter than the previous one" Meimei said.
"I heard that a cult has attacked the Eastern Ufuk Valley?" master Zhengheng said to Meng Zhi. Meng Zhi nodded then told briefly what had happened back then.
Master Zhengheng simply shook his head and cursed the deeds of those people. Master Zhengheng said he was getting more and more excited about hunting down people like them.
"By the way, what is this young man's relationship with Master Yi?" master Zhengheng whispered to Meng Zhi. He remembered Ling Zizhou calling Master Yi a master.
"Azhou is one of Master Yi's students," Meng Zhi replied.
"Oh!" master Zhengheng said.
That's fantastic! Master Zhengheng increasingly felt that luck was on his side. This made Master Zhengheng even more excited.
"Then I will trouble you guys to come to the Eastern Ufuk Valley," Master Zhengheng said as he cupped his hands together.
"No need to thank. We have also been very troublesome for you, of course we intend to help you," said Mu Lian.
Mu Lian smiled, but that smile made Ling Zizhou's hair stand on end.
"Hmm, how's the fate of this seed? Though I intend to give it to grandfather as a hand," Mu Lian said gloomily.
"Oh, then let me help you refine those seeds first" Master Zhengheng said.
"really?" said Mu Lian.
"You sure you'll give it to Lian'er? Don't you need these seeds?" said Meng Zhi.
"It's okay. After all there are many others," said Master Zhengheng.
If the seeds of life were used as a price to be able to meet Mu Haocun, Master Zhengheng was willing to give it his all!
"Ahem, alright, we continue the refining process," Master Zhengheng said. The atmosphere is calm again.
The man named Che and the two people dressed in black replaced the materials that were inside the array circle. It looks like the materials used can only be used for one use.
After all the materials were ready and Ling Zizhou sat in the center of the large circle, Master Zhengheng activated the array.
Mu Lian widened her eyes when she saw black smoke coming out from Ling Zizhou's body. The smoke tried to get out of the circle but a brightly shining array blocked the exit of the smoke.
Mu Lian felt very nauseous when she felt the black smoke. It is different when he is feeling chi from the air around.
The black smoke has become more transparent over time. The purification process is underway. Mu Lian saw Ling Zizhou's face growing pale. Sweat drenched his entire body.
"Hmm why does this young man's chi feel so messed up?" ask Master Zhengheng. Master Zhengheng's eyes were still closed but his head slightly turned towards Meng Zhi.
Meng Zhi also told me that Ling Zizhou fell into a state of raging until he almost destroyed his cultivation.
Master Zhengheng then said that Ling Zizhou's refining process should be done gradually as his chi was still not stable.
Master Zhengheng did the same to Meimei and Meng Zhi. Meng Zhi had the second highest contamination rate after Mu Lian.
It seemed like this happened because Meng Zhi was dealing with a mixed spirit beast. And the spirit beast was the result of modification with an abyssal aura, the same as the seed of life.
The refining process of Meng Zhi went for twelve minutes, three minutes faster than Mu Lian. Mu Lian's mouth opened when she saw the smoke coming out of Meng Zhi's body was overwhelming.
Meimei said that the smoke coming out of Mu Lian's body was more than Meng Zhi's. Hearing that, Mu Lian passed the blackish-brown seeds that were still in her grasp on Ling Zizhou.
"Why give this seed to me? Aren't you going to give it to the old man?" ling Zizhou said in astonishment.
"I'll drop it for a second" Mu Lian said.
After finishing refining against Mu Lian's group, Master Zhengheng's face looked pale.
Master Zhengheng then withdrew to rest. He promised Mu Lian to carry out the purification of the seedlings of life in two more days.
Mu Lian and the others returned to their respective rooms. As soon as Mu Lian's body touched the bed, she fell into a deep sleep.
...
"Lian'er, are you awake?" Meimei.
"Mmm, I'm so hungry, jiejie," said Meimei.
"Of course you're hungry. Last night we tried to wake you up for dinner, but you didn't wake up either" Meimei said with a smile.
"Eh? Is it morning?" mu Lian said while widening her still sleepy eyes.
"really. It's better to have breakfast first, after that you can sleep again" Meimei said. Mu Lian nodded.
Then after wiping his face with the water provided on the container (probably one of the black-clothed people who prepared it), Mu Lian followed Meimei out for breakfast.
Mu Lian and Meimei saw that Ling Zizhou and Meng Zhi were already sitting on the left side of the long table so they sat on the side.
Brother Che, brother Su as well as the young man named He sat on the other side. Their faces looked like they were in trouble.
"It looks like Master Zhengheng is going to back off master Ling's purification schedule," Brother Che said.
Upon learning that Mu Lian's group were the closest people to Mu Haocun, Master Zhengheng's people's attitude was more polite towards them, including Brother Che.
"What's going on?" ask Meng Zhi.
"Master is very exhausted and has not been able to get out of bed yet" brother Su said.
Mu Lian was aware of Master Zhengheng's absence, yet she thought Master Zhengheng had only come too late.
Meimei said that even last night Master Zhengheng did not come to have dinner with them.
Master Zhengheng's condition turned out to be worse than Mu Lian had expected. Mu Lian remembered if she brought the tea that she and Mu Haocun concocted to have an effect on par with a high quality pill.
After breakfast, Mu Lian gave the tea to brother Che.Che's eyes were wide-eyed when he heard the tea was developed by Mu Lian and Mu Haocun.
After saying thank you, brother Che immediately prepared the tea that Mu Lian gave to Master Zhengheng.
Mu Lian and the others then returned to the room to rest. They take advantage of the time available to restore the body after purification.
The next day, Mu Lian took Ling Zizhou to tour the village. They visited several shops to buy hand fruit.
Mu Lian found wood-based handicraft products very common in this village. Mu Lian bought some small sculptures with very beautiful carvings.
"What is the lady from outside this village? We never saw the lady" said a small group of two boys and three girls.
"Hey little boy! Don't talk to strangers! What if we're the bad guys!" exclaim Ling Zizhou.
"Huee, this uncle is so scary" a girl moans while hiding behind her boyfriend.
"Azhou!" said Mu Lian.
"Only uncle looks like a criminal. But we're sure that this young lady and uncle aren't bad people because you guys got out of the inn, right?" said a girl bravely.
"Hey! I'm nineteen years old! Don't call uncle!" ling Zizhou said.
Mu Lian was embarrassed when Ling Zizhou started arguing with the horde of little children. After trying to pull Ling Zizhou away from continuing the debate, Mu Lian finally took Ling Zizhou away in front of a building.
"Miss Mu, Pour Ling. Master Zhengheng is looking for you," said the young man named He.
"Master Zhengheng is looking for us? Is there anything important? Is he not in recovery?" said Mu Lian.
"What's the matter exactly?" ling Zizhou said in an impatient tone. Ling Zizhou stood up as he ruffled his waist between Mu Lian and the young man named He.
"I don't know for sure, so it's best that miss and master come with me back to the inn" said the young man named He.
Mu Lian and Ling Zizhou followed Youth He back to the inn. Mu Lian and Ling Zizhou were directed straight towards the room they had used frequently since they arrived at the inn.
When Mu Lian and Ling Zizhou entered, Meng Zhi, Meimei and Master Zhengheng were chatting. Master Zhengheng's face looked extremely fresh.
"Oh. Lian'er, Azhou, you guys are coming," said Meng Zhi.
"Miss Mu! Please sit!" said Master Zhengheng in a carefree tone.
Master Zhengheng walked up to Mu Lian then led her towards the chair next to his chair.
Mu Lian sat between Master Zhengheng and brother Che in a daze. His eyes met with Meimei who was sitting across the table.
Meimei simply replied with a smile, leaving Mu Lian even more confused. A few moments later a cup of tea was placed in front of him.
"I'm sorry I couldn't accompany you yesterday. I pushed myself too hard in the purification process to the point of not being able to get out of bed.
It's a good thing that Miss Mu gave me her concoction tea so that we don't have to resign our next purification schedule" Master Zhengheng said as he looked at Mu Lian respectfully.
Mu Lian widened her eyes, it turned out that was the reason why Master Zhengheng looked so enthusiastic when he saw her.
The effect of the tea he concocted and Mu Haocun really had a high quality. Mu Lian only trusted him after seeing with her own eyes.
It was only fitting that when Mu Lian brought the tea that Mu Haocun told her that do not use the tea if it is not in an emergency.
Mu Lian thought about what reason she would use when Mu Haocun found out if Mu Lian was using the tea.
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Note:
*Dan-shen (red sage)
*Atherosclerosis is an arterial disease characterized by the deposition of fatty plaques in its inner walls, which harden or narrow moderate to large blood vessels, especially the aorta, coronary arteries, and cerebral arteries.
(In a nutshell this disease can cause stroke 🙄)
*Nomaden is a way of life to move from one place to another and not live sedentary by a group of people or individuals