XIAO SHUXIANG'S

93 - First Compilation [Revised]

Xiao Shuxiang browsed through the medicinal recipes from the book belonging to the Third Patriarch. His forehead shriveled because the Patriarch's writing was too difficult for him to read. It took a long time for Xiao Shuxiang to be able to read what was written on the Patriarch's recipe book.

"Mild wound healing pills...? Hmm, okay. Let's try this one."

Xiao Shuxiang started to prepare the herbal ingredients that he would use. He then took the herbs to the kitchen.

In making pills, a cultivator had to use Purple Flame, the result of the Qi Type Change Technique.

However, Purple Flame was rare and extremely difficult to form. Only people with talent from birth could use the Qi Type Change Technique to produce such Purple Flame.

"It... How to mix it...? I don't have Purple Fire..." Xiao Shuxiang scratched his right cheek, he then touched and played the bangs of his hair while thinking.

Xiao Shuxiang wanted to learn to make pills, but the rules in making pills should be able to master and possess Purple Flame.

Xiao Shuxiang's eye gaze pointed at the pot in front of him. He thought that, was it possible that he could concoct pills in the same way as himself concocting poison?

"There's no harm in trying..."

Xiao Shuxiang started to refine ten types of three-year-old herbs. He did so according to the composition written in the Third Patriarch's cookbook.

It was just that, in the Third Patriarch's book it was not written that the herbs should be smoothed, but rather directly put them into Purple Flame.

The composition is the same, but the way of manufacture is different. Moreover, Xiao Shuxiang used pot and ordinary fire to cultivate the refined herbal ingredients.

You could say, Xiao Shuxiang used a concocting manner like an ordinary human, not a cultivator. He also added one ingredient that was not in the Third Patriarch's cookbook, it was water.

While stirring the ingredients in the pot, Xiao Shuxiang could hear small explosions. Slowly, the pot in front of him buzzed.

!!

Xiao Shuxiang was startled, moreover the sound of his humming grew louder. Instantly, the pot exploded. It was fortunate that he moved so fast that he was not affected by the explosion.

The Third Patriarch who was painting was shocked, to the point that the brush in his right hand was slit upwards.

"Lu..my painting..."

The Third Patriarch's eyes were almost glassy, his painting so detailed and beautiful now had ink scratches that did not match his wishes.

"That's the boy...!" The Third Patriarch with firm steps, he walked towards his navel mirror to see what Xiao Shuxiang was doing.

Xiao Shuxiang rubbed his chest, thank goodness the Third Patriarch's kitchen was not destroyed. But the whole room looks messy. He could not believe his pot had exploded while he was cultivating the herbs.

"He-Great..." Xiao Shuxiang praised himself for being able to make an explosion with just ordinary fire. He tried to return to making pills with a new pot.

The Third Patriarch shook his head when he saw it, he cursed at Xiao Shuxiang who did not understand at all in concocting herbs.

The herbs that Xiao Shuxiang used were not ordinary plants. And foolishly the child cultivated it without using Purple Flame, let alone the Third Patriarch seeing Xiao Shuxiang adding water to the pot in front of him.

"He won't make it. His talent is below number one.."

The Third Patriarch noticed Xiao Shuxiang who was currently trying to concoct for the second time.

Xiao Shuxiang heard a buzzing sound again, immediately he leapt back and covered both his ears. This time, he hoped that the sound of his explosion would be louder. It seemed, Xiao Shuxiang had forgotten that he was concocting medicine, not a bomb.

Long wait, no sound of explosions was heard. He then walked over to look at the pot. Too bad, when Xiao Shuxiang saw the contents of the pot, a thick black smoke rushed out quickly and covered the entire kitchen.

The Third Patriarch slightly held back a smile, especially when he saw Xiao Shuxiang open the kitchen door while coughing. Xiao Shuxiang's face and clothes were so black, his hair looked messy as well. No he thought, could be scratched by a pot.

The thick black smoke rapidly shrank back and produced an empty pot without a drop of herbal plant water. This made Xiao Shuxiang clench both of his hands.

"Xiao Shuxiang's..! You just got a challenge from a shitty pot..!"

The pot that Xiao Shuxiang used was a low-level heirloom. Almost all the kitchen utensils belonging to the Third Patriarch were heirlooms, one of which was this pot he wore.

The Third Patriarch was seen sitting while casually watching Xiao Shuxiang's mannerisms in the mirror reflections. What the boy did caught his attention a little.

Xiao Shuxiang returned to concocting medicine, this time he did not follow the dosage of the ten types of herbs written in the recipe book of the Third Patriarch, but rather added it with his own will.

Out of the twenty trials, there had not been a single one that made Xiao Shuxiang successful. The pot in front of him had already been replaced five times due to exploding. Upset at the continued failure, he mixed all the remaining herbal ingredients including cooking spices and nearby fruits.

Xiao Shuxiang even put in a lot of water to almost fill the pot and added his blue flame into the ordinary fire to make it bigger.

All of a sudden, the pot buzzed loudly even shaking violently. Aware of his actions, Xiao Shuxiang immediately ran over and closed the kitchen door thinking the pot would explode violently.

The Third Patriarch seriously looked at Xiao Shuxiang who was leaning on the door while tightly closing his eyes.

The Third Patriarch could hear Xiao Shuxiang saying that he hoped that the explosion would not be heard by the Patriarch.

"Haaahs.. Little brat..! Look out, if my kitchen really exploded.."

Xiao Shuxiang waited for quite a while, he could still hear the humming sound of the pot despite being outside. But when the humming stopped, there was no explosion.

He was curious, carefully he opened the door. There was no black smoke whatsoever, even the pot far in front of him was already motionless.

"What happened...?" Xiao Shuxiang slowly stepped in.

When he was near the pot, he could see the black smoke spinning slowly. The smoke then thinned and instantly gushed towards his face.

"Ohok! Unheard-of...!" Xiao Shuxiang coughed, he then looked inside the pot that contained only clear water without turning into a pill grain.

Xiao Shuxiang grabbed her hair, again she failed. Although the pot was not empty like the previous experiment, but... become clear water? What can be expected..!

"aaah... Why It's So Hard...!"

Xiao Shuxiang stopped grabbing her hair as a foreign scent patted her nose.

He slightly sniffed, his vision fixed on the water inside the pot.

"The scent of this water is unusual..."

Xiao Shuxiang grabbed the vegetable spoon and began to take out the small amount of water in the pot. He raised his eyebrows because the water was not hot.

As he began to taste the water on Xiao Shuxiang's vegetable-eye spoon round, he instantly covered his mouth with his hands.

"Th-this..." Xiao Shuxiang looked in disbelief, he then retried the water that was inside the pot, drinking it a few times to convince himself. Slowly, Xiao Shuxiang's little laugh broke out.

"... I wanted to make a pill, but the results were very unexpected"

The Third Patriarch was astonished when he saw Xiao Shuxiang laughing so amusedly. "That boy failed to make pills.. But why was he happy?"

The Third Patriarch did not know that Xiao Shuxiang's failure in making pills had instead resulted in something he would never suspect.

"This is Awesome...!" Xiao Shuxiang was somehow from when to use the cup, his smile never disappeared while drinking the clear water resulting from the failure of concocting the pills.

The aroma of this water is very fragrant and it also tastes very good. When drinking it, Xiao Shuxiang felt his head and body light, as if his entire burden was lifted.

Several times he was amazed while praising himself. The Third Patriarch who had been astonished since, immediately rounded his eyes.

"Don't you drink that..?!"

The Third Patriarch instantly disappeared and suddenly appeared behind Xiao Shuxiang who was still drinking.

"I must give him a name." Xiao Shuxiang's cheeks flushed slightly, his smile had not disappeared at all.

"What are you doing?"

!!

Xiao Shuxiang almost choked on the water he drank, when he suddenly heard the voice of the Third Patriarch who seemed to be close to him.

"Te-Elder, why are you here...?" Xiao Shuxiang smiled awkwardly as he looked at the Third Patriarch.

Inwardly, Xiao Shuxiang cursed himself for being too lulled by his drink to be unaware of the Third Patriarch's presence.

"What are you doing, boy?" The Third Patriarch repeated his question again.

"I. um... I was learning how to make pills, but failed hehe" Xiao Shuxiang laughed awkwardly as he slowly turned his back to the pot.

"So, my kitchen's a mess like this because of you?" The Third Patriarch looked around him while speaking so incisively.

Xiao Shuxiang rubbed his nape, "I'll clean things up..."

Silently Xiao Shuxiang thought of making the Third Patriarch leave immediately and was unaware of the contents of the pot.

Too bad, the scent of clear water on the pot behind him was so fragrant and very tempting. The Third Patriarch had already realized this delicious scent. It's just that he keeps his authority.

"What are you hiding behind you?"

!!

"Te-Elder, this is just a failure of my concoction... Only Failure! I-I'll throw it away...!" Xiao Shuxiang had no intention of dividing the clear water in his pot to the Third Patriarch because it was so precious.

"Why would you throw it away? The smell is good, let me see your work?"

"Wait Patriarch...! I.. didn't make the pills well, it's very inappropriate to have that honor..." Xiao Shuxiang tried to prevent the Third Patriarch, but he was unsuccessful.

The Third Patriarch raised next to his brows when he saw the clear water inside the pot, the scent he smelled was truly fragrant. Xiao Shuxiang looked worried if the Third Patriarch tried the water inside his pot. Quite possibly...

"Elder! Don't drink...! This water is just a failure!" Xiao Shuxiang immediately hugged the Third Patriarch from behind and tried to stop him from drinking the water.

"You're this...! Should be proud because I want to try the results of your failure to concoct pills."

"Chairman...! You will break the rules of the Sky Sword Sect if you drink it...!

Elder Don't..!"

Late, the water from the pot had already flowed down the throat of the Third Patriarch. The Patriarch froze, he stared at the old cup he had in his hand.

"How did it happen...?" The Third Patriarch blinked a few times, he then turned his attention towards Xiao Shuxiang who was still hugging him.

"Well, why are you making drinks like this?"

"Elder, I told you it was the result of a failure of my concoction. The elders shouldn't drink it... Let me throw..."

The Third Patriarch grabbed Xiao Shuxiang's rear collar as the boy intended to throw water in the pot.

"Have you forgotten how much of my herbs you've spent? And you want to throw it away?"

The Patriarch took out a pot filled with water, then replaced it with a new, more quality pot. He intended to step away, but Xiao Shuxiang stopped him.

"Elder, where are you going?"

"I'm going to research it, don't bother me tonight." The Third Patriarch stepped out the door, he looked smiling.

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