Sister, I don't want to be a furnace anymore. I'm about to become an immortal.

Chapter 4: Asking for the Pill

When he arrived at the door of the alchemy room, Xiao Yichen stopped running and slowly walked inside.

"Hey? Isn't this Junior Brother? How come you have the leisure to come to the alchemy room? You're not here for your good Senior Sister, are you?" When Xiao Yichen just stepped in, a smiling voice came into his ears. Looking in the direction of the voice, he saw a familiar-looking woman sitting on a wooden chair beside him, looking at him with a playful look in her eyes.

"Hello, Senior Sister Zhang." Xiao Yichen bowed slightly. This person was none other than Zhang Qingyue, the one who had lured him into the Meiyu Sect that night.

At that time, she and Yun Mei were chasing a male disciple who had escaped from the Mei Yu Sect. The male disciple panicked and broke into the room where Xiao Yichen was resting. He grabbed him and wanted to use him as a shield. Xiao Yichen was involved in it, which was completely an unprovoked disaster. Later, Yun Mei discovered that he had a talent for cultivation, so she used threats and seduction to coax him into the Mei Yu Sect.

"Senior Sister Zhang, I came here because of Senior Sister Yun's injury. I wonder if Senior Sister Zhang could introduce me to someone." Xiao Yichen said with a slight bow.

Hearing this, Zhang Qingyue sneered: "Haha, junior brother is really considerate. I am really jealous of that girl Yunmei. But why should I help you? You know, Yunmei and I will definitely meet in the sect competition soon. If she loses, you will be left without a master." After saying that, Zhang Qingyue slowly walked to his side, and one hand slowly approached Xiao Yichen, wanting to touch his face, but he dodged it.

Seeing this, Zhang Qingyue did not get angry, but continued with a smile: "When the time comes, defeat her. According to the bet between us, you will be mine. Senior Sister, I liked you very much when I first saw you. Tell me, should I help her or not?"

Hearing this, Xiao Yichen knew that the other party would not help him. He smiled slightly, said goodbye to Zhang Qingyue, and walked directly into the alchemy room.

Watching Xiao Yichen walking further and further away, Zhang Qingyue narrowed her eyes slightly, a gentle smile on her lips, and she took out a sound transmission stone from her bosom. After a while, the sound transmission stone on the other end was connected, and she was heard saying, "Junior Sister Liu, I have a favor to ask of you..."

Coming into the alchemy room, Xiao Yichen slowly walked around inside. Usually he lived between his residence and the waterfall. This was his first time entering here. Before, he had just wandered around here.

In the center of the alchemy room is a huge bronze furnace, which is engraved with runes and patterns. The surrounding walls are made of special jade, emitting a warm light, making the entire alchemy room bright and soft.

The walls are inlaid with rows of grids, which contain various precious herbs and alchemy materials, some of which emit strange fragrances, and some of which sparkle with mysterious light.

He found a disciple and was about to speak, but the person turned around and left. Xiao Yichen was a little confused when he saw this. He thought she was a little eccentric, so he didn't take it seriously. He asked another person, but the other person's attitude was still lukewarm. When he asked her some questions, the other person left with an impatient look on his face. After that, several people in succession ignored him.

Just when Xiao Yichen was feeling a little annoyed, someone patted his shoulder from behind. When he turned around, he saw a girl with a long ponytail looking at him with a smile on her face.

"Junior brother, are you here for Senior Sister Yun's matter?" the girl asked cunningly.

Xiao Yichen didn't know her. She was not much different in age from him, maybe even a little younger. Calling him "Junior Brother" only meant that she had joined the sect earlier than him. As for the unfamiliarity, it was probably because she usually stayed in the alchemy room, so it was normal that they had never met.

"Hello, senior sister. I came here just for this matter. I hope you can help and save senior sister Yun." Xiao Yichen said politely.

Hearing this, the girl sighed slightly and said, "My name is Liu Qingqing, little junior brother, just call me Senior Sister Liu. I know that Senior Sister is injured, but the sect's rules are too strict. All injured disciples need to deal with it themselves. They say it's for training, and the sect keeps records of every pill, so I can't steal it for you. Sigh..."

Hearing this, Xiao Yichen became a little anxious. No wonder after Yun Mei was injured, the people in the sect only gave her simple treatment but did not completely cure her. It turned out that there was such a strange sect rule. But what should he do now?

Just when he was getting extremely anxious, Liu Qingqing beside him rolled her eyes, smiled softly, and secretly pulled him to a secluded place. She whispered, "Junior brother, Senior Sister Yun has always taken good care of me. How about this, you help me prepare the herbs, and I will secretly refine one for you."

As if he had grabbed a life-saving straw, Xiao Yichen immediately nodded and agreed after hearing the other party's words. Seeing this, Liu Qingqing was stunned at first. She didn't expect that the other party would agree so easily. She hadn't even told him what the medicinal herbs were.

"Are you sure?" Liu Qingqing asked doubtfully.

Xiao Yichen nodded without hesitation, as if he had never seen such an arrogant person before. Liu Qingqing snorted coldly, put her hands on her hips and said, "Well, there is a red lotus fruit tree in the east of the sect's back mountain. If you want healing medicine, go and pick a red lotus fruit for me."

After saying that, without waiting for Xiao Yichen to speak, he heard Liu Qingqing continue: "But don't blame me for not reminding you, there are several ferocious beasts near the red lotus fruit tree. They are not something a mere mortal like you can handle. Don't lose your life because of them." After saying that, Liu Qingqing didn't care about his reaction, pouted and left the place directly.

When Liu Qingqing left the alchemy room, she pulled out a sound transmission stone from her bosom, pressed it a few times, and said, "Senior Sister Zhang, I've already refused as you asked. Actually, there's no need to go through so much trouble. The sect has a rule that alchemists like us are not allowed to help fellow disciples heal their injuries without permission. Although I've made the mistake a few times before, I will definitely not do it again this time. Every time you deduct half a year's worth of my cultivation resources, it hurts me to death."

As she spoke, she even covered her heart with her hands, which looked very funny. Then she said to the sound stone, "By the way, Senior Sister Zhang, can you please show some mercy during the competition? Senior Sister Yun has been very good to me. She is seriously injured now, so she is definitely not your opponent."

Zhang Qingyue, on the other side, heard this and smiled gently. "After all, Junior Brother doesn't usually read the sect rules, so it's normal for him not to know these things. I'm just worried that you alchemists, who are so concerned about doctors, will be easily deceived and, out of consideration for the friendship between fellow disciples, be persuaded by him. This kind of thing has happened before. As long as Junior Brother knows the difficulty and retreats and doesn't come to you for help, I will naturally show mercy."

After she finished speaking, she heard Liu Qingqing excitedly say on the other end, "And, don't forget what you promised me. If you really defeat Senior Sister Yun and snatch Junior Brother away, you said you would give him to me. You don't know, I envy you so much every day when I see you and your Taoist partners together."

Zhang Qingyue, who was on the other side, listened to Liu Qingqing's words in the sound transmission stone. A slight smile appeared on her face, and she replied slowly, "Don't worry, Junior Sister Liu. I feel sorry for you because you've been alone for so long. I have a partner now, so it won't be of much use for me to have a junior brother. I will definitely give him to you when the time comes."

Liu Qingqing's happy voice came from the other end of the sound transmission stone. The two exchanged a few more pleasantries before hanging up. Putting the sound transmission stone back in his arms, Zhang Qingyue looked into the distance with a faint smile on his face.

"Yunmei, Yunmei, I can't believe you got so badly injured during such an important sect competition. God is really helping me. If Liu Qingqing doesn't help you, no one else will go against the sect's rules for you. As long as I win this competition, I'm afraid no one will compete with me for the next Saintess, haha..."

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In the back mountain of the sect, Xiao Yichen followed Liu Qingqing's instructions and walked towards the red lotus fruit tree. He was frightened all the way and kept wondering whether it was worth doing so.

After all, if Yunmei lost, he would just become someone else's cauldron from hers. Although it might give him less time to escape, it would not make much difference in essence. He would still die in the end. At least not like now, facing the beast head-on, where he might be bitten to death on the spot.

With this in mind, Xiao Yichen slowly came to the location of the red lotus fruit tree, searched around, and finally found the target on a small hill.

The trunk of the big tree in the distance was thick and twisted, and the bark had interlaced textures like ancient runes. The branches stretched out in all directions, strong and powerful, with fruits hanging on them that looked like apples, but the color was deep red, as if stained with blood. They were exactly the red lotus fruits that Liu Qingqing described.

Just as he was about to walk towards the fruit tree cautiously, the roar of a wild beast in the distance startled him and he looked in the direction of the sound.

Three ferocious beasts were seen slowly walking out of a nearby cave, roaring at Xiao Yichen in the distance. However, when the three beasts saw the face of the person coming, they were startled for a moment and ran into the cave without looking back.

When Xiao Yichen saw the other person's appearance, he was also stunned, with an expression of disbelief on his face:

"Xiaobai?? Xiaohua?? Dahuang?? ......"