Chapter 16 Reborn
I saw Li Danxin carefully taking out the wooden box and fidgeting with the side of the box a few times. Then there was a slight crisp sound and the lid of the box popped open on its own.
"It's a trap box." Xu Fu was very curious. It was both a hidden compartment and a trap. Why is this treasure so important?
Looking at Li Danxin again, he glanced at the contents of the box with some relief and smiled slightly, which made Xu Fu even more confused.
Just when Xu Fu couldn't help but get up to find out, Li Danxin finally took out the contents of the box.
is a book.
Xu Fu was disappointed, but then he thought about it again. There were hundreds of books in the house, why did he value this book so much?
Li Danxin handed the book to Xu Fu, and Xu Fu took it with both hands. The pages were not very new, but they were not considered ancient books either. They did not look like precious ancient books.
Dan Yuan Baoyu.
Looking at the four words on the cover, Xu Fu frowned slightly.
Xu Fu has long memorized Dan Yuan Bao and learned a lot from it during the three months of learning alchemy. However, this book seems to be much thicker than the one he got from Horseshoe Mountain.
"Here, I'll give it to you." There was a sense of relief in Li Danxin's words.
"Thank you, Master." Xu Fu bowed and thanked him, thinking that this should be a thought left by his master for him.
Xu Fu flipped through two pages at random, and his relaxed expression suddenly froze.
"Master, this is... this is..." Xu Fu stammered, not knowing how to describe his mood at this time.
"This is my life-long experience in alchemy, and there are also some elixir recipes that I have collected. If you memorize them, you can use them." Li Danxin said it in an understatement, as if what he was giving away was an old piece of clothing that he had not worn for a long time.
After these three months of study, Xu Fu is no longer the stupid young man he was before. He naturally knows the value of writing a book in his hand. This is the accumulation of a sixth-grade alchemy master for decades! It is definitely a treasure that is hard to find!
"Okay, I've given you everything now. Tell me honestly, which alchemy sect are you from?" Li Danxin's voice was soft, as if he was talking about family affairs, but what he said was like tearing out the bones and heart.
"Master!"
Xu Fu was startled, and then he knelt down heavily in front of Li Danxin and swore: "I, Xu Fu, swear here that I have never entered any alchemy sect. If I say anything false, I will be eaten by the inner demon and my meridians will be severed."
Li Danxin heard that Xu Fu had sworn such a demonic oath, and knowing that he was overly worried, he hurriedly stepped forward to help him up.
"Get up, I'm too worried about the teacher, but I didn't expect that God would also bless me, Li Danxin." Li Danxin said happily, and then smiled bitterly, "Once bitten by a snake, for ten years I was afraid of well ropes, this Even at this age, I am still suspicious."
"Master, who is the person who harmed you?"
"That person..." Li Danxin sighed, his face became uglier, and he said helplessly: "It's the Alchemy King who was promoted to the eighth level not long ago, Mu Xian!"
"Eighth Grade? Alchemy King?" Xu Fu did not expect that this ruthless "senior brother" had reached such a high level.
"Although his family was ruined by that beast, I have to say that his talent in alchemy is indeed extremely high. Coupled with some good fortune, he unexpectedly became the youngest Alchemy King in the world. In time, he may not be able to become the next one. An alchemist."
Although Li Danxin hated Mo Xian very much, she had to admit his extraordinary qualifications.
"Alchemy Saint?"
Xu Fu swallowed hard, this senior brother actually had the chance to go that far. Although Xu Fu can barely refine the body strengthening elixir now, he also knows that he is just opportunistic. There is still a big gap between him and a real fourth-level alchemist. After the third level, every step becomes more and more difficult. As for the seventh level, talent, hard work, and opportunities are even more indispensable.
Xu Fu didn't expect that this ruthless "senior brother" was already the eighth-level Alchemy King. Unfortunately, he originally wanted to clean up the family for his master. What a joke!
"When I tell you to listen, I don't mean to ask you to seek revenge against him. I have long been indifferent to the matter of retaliation. Now I just want to walk around with Wuji." Li Danxin's face was full of fatigue, which made Xu Fu suddenly realize The master is an old man who has passed his seventies and is declining. It is really not easy for him to work hard for his granddaughter even though he has reached the age where he can take care of his grandson and take care of him till his old age.
"Now that you know Mu Xian's evil deeds, you will naturally not be deceived by his disguise. You can hide from him as far as you can from now on. If you really can't hide from him, you must not let him know that you are mine. Disciple." Li Danxin looked at the skinny Xu Fu, feeling a little pleased, but also a little regretful. She was glad that this disciple was agile and eager to learn, and was making rapid progress. It was a pity that he didn't meet him a few years earlier.
After hearing Li Danxin's concerned words, Xu Fu was deeply moved. He wanted to say something but didn't know what to say. Since his grandma passed away, he had never received such care, and his eyes were a little red for a while.
"Master, are you dying?"
"Asshole! Is there anyone who curses Master like this?"
"Then why do you act like you are giving your last words? At the worst, I will just go with you. I can serve Master and listen to Master's teachings along the way."
"No, I still have something for you to do as a teacher."
"I will live up to my master's instructions, going up mountains of swords and seas of fire." Xu Fu's righteous and awe-inspiring look made Li Danxin, who was full of parting feelings, amused.
"It's not that dangerous, it's just that I promised an old friend that if I can refine a body-building pill one day, I would give her one." Li Danxin said with a slight smile.
Xu Fu also breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out to be just a small matter of sending something!
"This furnace of body-strengthening pills has a total of five pills. Except for one pill that I took without any disease, I kept another pill for emergencies. The other three pills are all in this jade bottle."
"Do you need to leave two more for Senior Sister?"
"No need." Li Danxin waved his hand, "After all, spiritual pills are against the heavens and should not be used too much. Otherwise, if the disciples of the sect take the spiritual pills every day to increase their cultivation, wouldn't they all become gods? You also remember, There is something special about taking the elixir. If you use it for the first time and refine it well, you can get eight or nine points of the elixir's medicinal power. If you use it for the second time, you can only get five points at most. After that, you can get eight or nine points of the elixir's medicinal power. The potency of the medicine will become less and less. Although the potency of this body-building pill is mild, its effect is long-lasting. Two pills are enough to restore the body of an ordinary person without disease. If you want to use it, remember not to take too much."
"Yes, Master." Xu Fu wrote it down carefully.
For more than an hour, Li Danxin talked more than he had in the past ten days. When he stopped, he suddenly felt dry and exhausted.
Seeing that Li Danxin looked tired, Xu Fu stood up and left, and the Dan Yuan Baoyu was carefully put into his arms.
He went to the kitchen to eat some food and walked around the house. When he didn't see Li Wuji, Xu Fu returned to the alchemy room in frustration.
Lying on his bed, I kept thinking about what Li Danxin said today. I didn't expect that the Qixin Pill that I was grateful for actually hid such a huge hidden danger. Why could my body withstand the power of the elixir? How should I practice in the future... After thinking for a long time, Xu Fu felt his head was dizzy and fell asleep unconsciously. He had been in a coma for ten days, but he felt sleepier than before.
It’s not easy to live a comfortable life!
Early the next morning, Xu Fu was awakened by a burst of movement. When he opened his eyes, he found Yue Hua running into the alchemy room at some point. Ever since he moved into the alchemy room, this little fox had been running here. Ever since he knew how to After refining elixirs, I often feed it the elixirs I concocted. This fox is also tricky and will not eat the low-grade ones if there are high-grade ones. Moreover, his nose is very good and he can always find the elixir room without much effort. The highest grade elixir.
"Oh, my body-building pill." Xu Fu sat up suddenly, touched his chest, and found that the jade bottle was still there, and let out a long sigh of relief.
Looking at Yuehua, he was knocking over a bottle of third-grade Bone Renewal Pills and eating them there with gusto. Xu Fu stepped forward and picked up Yuehua. He looked at the empty porcelain bottle, pinched its belly and said, "Eight Bone Renewal Pills." ! You’re not afraid of bursting your belly!”
Although it is a third-grade pill, eating eight pills at one time is not something ordinary people can bear. This fox is also an anomaly.
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of footsteps. It turned out that it was Li Wuji who came in a hurry. Firstly, he came to find the thief who stole the pill, and secondly, he called Xu Fu to have breakfast with him.
Xu Fu is a little afraid to look at Li Wuji now. Li Wuji, who has taken the body strengthening pill, is now an extremely beautiful woman. If her charm has a level, for Xu Fu, Li Wuji is definitely a well-deserved ninth-level woman. Xu Fu deliberately turned his eyes He fell somewhere else, but he couldn't help but take a sneak look at it. He was very confused and was busy reciting the Jingxin Jue in his heart.
“The ice has been cold for eternity, and everything is still;
The mind should be calm and hope that I am alone;
When mind and spirit are united, Qi should follow;
If there is more than one phase, there will be no surprise at all changes;
No delusion, no anger, no desires and no desires;
Nothing to give up, nothing to do but no self. "
I recited it silently several times before calming down.
After the meal, Li Danxin and Li Wuji were about to leave by car. There was no reluctance before leaving, and no one cried bitterly. On the contrary, they were surprisingly cheerful, as if the grandfather and grandson were just going out to play, and soon As if he was back, Xu Fu felt unspeakably depressed, but in order not to worry these two people, he kept a smile on his face.
Watching the two carriages go away, Xu Fu was feeling uncomfortable when a silver-white figure suddenly rushed to his side, then clung to his legs and rubbed his head. It was Yuehua's little fox.
"We are the only two left." Xu Fu picked up the little fox, pinched its belly, and sighed.
Li Wuji originally wanted to carry Yuehua away, but Yuehua refused to get on the carriage. He thought that he would have to eat and sleep in the open during his travels, and he didn't want Yuehua to suffer with him, so Li Wuji entrusted it to Xu Fu.
Naturally, Xu Fu would not refuse, and he really liked this cute little fox. And Xu Fu knew that since the senior sister left her favorite Yuehua at home, she would definitely come back again.
There are more than a dozen servants and maids in the Li Mansion who do odd jobs such as cleaning and shopping. Li Danxin had made arrangements with the housekeeper before leaving, and everyone performed their duties.
The housekeeper of the Li Mansion is named Jin Zhong. He is short and fat, courteous and articulate. He is very close to Xu Fu on weekdays. From time to time, he will send some meat snacks to the alchemy room to take the opportunity to chat with Xu Fu.
With Jin Zhong here, Xu Fu doesn't need to worry about anything else. The top priority is to quickly refine the body strengthening elixir.
Xu Fu asked Jin Zhong not to be disturbed, and after settling Yuehua, he closed the door of the elixir room and took out the body strengthening elixir.
This was the first time Xu Fu saw the elixir he had refined by himself. I saw that the elixir was dark brown in color, round in shape, quite shiny, and in excellent quality. It was worthy of being a super-grade elixir.
However, the grade of this elixir has nothing to do with the taste. The body strengthening elixir is slightly bitter after entering the mouth.
After Xu Fu swallowed the whole pill, he felt a heat flowing in his belly, and then extended to his limbs. The heat became more and more intense, making him want to take off all his clothes.
After finally getting over the heat, a numb and itchy feeling spread all over my body again, and it didn't dissipate for half an hour.
"How long will this last?" Xu Fu felt like crying without tears. He really didn't know how Li Wuji survived.
"Find a way, think of a way." Xu Fu kept mumbling while resisting the tingling to distract himself.
Xu Fu glanced at the elixirs on the shelf. His master taught him that as an alchemist, elixirs are the greatest help in solving problems.
Sure enough, a bottle of first-grade elixir caught Xu Fu's eyes.
Sleeping Pill, a first-class elixir, can soothe the mind and promote sleep.
Xu Fu is naturally no stranger to this low-grade elixir. When he first learned to make alchemy, he had to make more than ten furnaces of this grade of elixir every day. Even Yuehua wouldn't take this grade of elixir, and there were a lot of them in the alchemy room. .
"A dead horse should be treated as a living horse doctor!" Xu Fu did not dare to say that it would definitely work. He gritted his teeth, opened the porcelain bottle, poured out two gray sleeping pills, and swallowed them as soon as he raised his head.
After taking the sleeping pill, Xu Fu quickly lay down, closed his eyes, and silently recited the Jingxin Jue.
This was the first time Xu Fu took the sleeping pill. Unexpectedly, it took effect very quickly and he fell asleep quickly.
……
He didn't know how many hours he slept. When Xu Fu woke up slowly, the sky was already getting dark.
First, he felt as if his body was tied up by something. Xu Fu stretched hard, but then he heard the sound of cloth breaking.
Xu Fu opened his eyes and saw that the clothes on his body were torn in several big holes. The clothes that originally fit him seemed to be one size smaller and clung tightly to his body.
Xu Fu quickly stood up and touched his body, grinning unconsciously.
Her body is no longer as skinny as before, it feels much stronger than before, and her skin and flesh have become tender and smooth, as white as a young girl who has not left the palace.
Opening the door of the alchemy room, Xu Fu walked out and happened to meet a maid passing by. When the maid saw Xu Fu, she was startled, shouted "whore!" and ran away.
Xu Fu lowered his head and looked at himself again. The clothes on his chest, shoulders, and thighs were torn apart the most, and large areas of white flesh were exposed. They were chilled by the wind, and it was no wonder that he scared away the maid.
Xu Fu hurriedly ran into Li Danxin's bedroom, found a set of his master's old clothes and put them on.
Li Danxin took very little luggage with her when she left, and most of her clothes were still stored in the wardrobe. Xu Fu dug out a few pieces and hurriedly changed them.
Xu Fu's figure at this time fit Li Danxin's clothes just right. There was a huge bronze mirror in the room. Xu Fu stood in front of it and looked at it carefully.
Under the somewhat disheveled hair of the person in the mirror, there is a face with clear outlines. It is different from the previous one with a sallow complexion and thin muscles, as if he is a different person.
"Everything is good, but it's a bit...too white." Xu Fu pinched his face, a little disgusted by the white skin.
Suddenly remembering the master's instructions, Xu Fumo used his mental skills and felt the changes in the sea of qi and meridians.
If it is as the master said, the sea of qi is a full circle larger than before, the meridians have also been broadened a lot, and the spiritual energy flows like a small stream, much smoother.
The size of the Qi sea determines the amount of spiritual power, and the meridians affect the speed of spiritual power. Both of them have been significantly improved under the influence of the body strengthening pill, which makes Xu Fu excited.
While excited, Xu Fu took a closer look at Li Danxin's bedroom. This was Xu Fu's first time entering his master's bedroom, so it was nothing special.
There were no elixir books or elixirs in the room. There was just a huge desk by the window, with pens and ink and many scrolls neatly placed on it. Xu Fu opened a scroll and looked at it. The paintings were all young and beautiful women. . The women in the painting are all wearing exquisite buns. They are beautiful and graceful. The beauty mark on the right cheek is the finishing touch, making the whole person look lively.
Xu Fu praised the master's painting skills in his heart, and opened two more volumes. They were all paintings of beauties, sitting or standing, practicing martial arts or admiring flowers.
"I didn't expect Master to be so elegant. It's really..." Xu Fu looked at it for a while, thinking of Master's miserable experience, and was filled with emotion. After putting the flower scroll back to its original place, he left the bedroom sadly.
At this time, the servants of the Li Mansion were all in a mess, looking for the thief who broke into the Li Mansion. When they saw Xu Fu strolling out, they were stunned.
"Are you...Master Xu?" Jin Zhong asked incredulously, holding a stick. Since Li Danxin accepted Xu Fu as his apprentice, everyone in the Li family called Xu Fu Master Xu. Although Xu Fu sounded awkward and wanted Jin Zhong to change his name, Jin Zhong refused to call Xu Fu by his first name, so he finally gave up.
"It's good if you can recognize him." Xu Fu responded with a smile: "There is no thief, it was just my clothes that were torn just now."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone who works in the Li Mansion knows that alchemists are different from ordinary people, and all kinds of elixirs are even more magical. Especially since their eldest lady had such a change a few days ago, everyone was surprised this time. No more weird.
As soon as the crowd dispersed, Yuehua jumped out of nowhere and jumped happily on Xu Fu's body, but it didn't feel strange at all.
Xu Fu smiled and picked up Yuehua and walked towards an open space in the backyard. With this body now, Xu Fu could clearly feel that it was much stronger than before, and he had to hurry up and get familiar with it.
In the next month, Xu Fu returned to the way he was before Li Danxin and Li Wuji left, practicing Qigong, endorsing books, refining elixirs, and shopping every day.
Juechen's footwork has been practiced to perfection, and all the books in the mansion have been memorized by heart. To Xu Fu's surprise, after waking up this time, his control over the spiritual fire had also improved to a higher level. The smooth-running spiritual power allowed him to control the spiritual fire at will.
It has to be said that the miraculous effects of the Qixin Pill and the Body Strengthening Pill made Xu Fu completely transformed from the inside out. It was not until he was able to refine the Body Strengthening Pill that he realized that his cultivation level had reached the fourth level. This was probably due to the Qixin Dan. Xu Fu couldn't be happy when he thought of the hidden dangers.
In addition, Xu Fu would walk around downtown and drug stores every day. Xu Fu had almost collected all the elixirs, natural materials, and treasures that were beneficial to tempering the Qi Sea meridians in the entire Shao Shopping Mall. Fortunately, Li Danxin had collected all the wealth he had accumulated over the years. Almost all of it was left to him, otherwise the small amount of silver notes obtained by pointing out that he caught the horse thief would have been ruined long ago.
As for Yuehua, in addition to taking a few third-grade elixirs every day, Xu Fu also asked Xu Fu to cook barbecue for it. Not only did the barbecue need to be well-heated, but the most important thing was to add Xu Fu's secret spices when seasoning. Now that I have learned how to identify medicines, I realize that there are several raw materials in my secret spices that can be used as medicine. No wonder the fox who only ate medicinal materials loved to eat his roasted rabbit.
Xu Fu enjoys living like this now. If his master and senior sister could stay by his side, Xu Fu would like to live like this for the rest of his life.
But if the hidden dangers of Qixin Dan are not eliminated, there will always be a knot in his heart. So although he is living a comfortable life now, it is not easy. What should he do in the future? Xu Fu doesn't know where to start, so he can only practice diligently. Every bit of progress will make him feel at ease.
"Master Xu, someone wants to see you."
A warning broke the brief peace.