My best friend asked me if I was still doing system tasks.

Huang Silin and Chen Meiru agreed one after another, each promising to take good care of Ruan Luo and the other two, and that all the other disciples would also be safe and sound.

The matter here was complicated, and Qi Huixian had been recounting the whole story for a long time. Now she was tired, so she recorded the method of dealing with the Gu worms into a blank jade slip, handed it to the two elders of Xinglin Peak, gave them some instructions, and then got up to return to Burong Mountain.

Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying followed Huang Silin and Chen Meiru to Xinglin Peak for treatment.

The cultivators of Xinglin Peak burned Artemisia argyi and Artemisia argyi flowers. One by one, the cultivators walked into the smoke. Anyone who felt unwell had been parasitized by Gu worms.

After a thorough examination, they concluded that the Gu worms had already been reduced to dust within the cultivator's body. They assured that once the cultivator had passed the tribulation, these impurities would naturally be expelled.

The premise is that the Gu worm has not been awakened.

Awakened Gu worms will reside in the cultivator's sea of ​​consciousness, devouring the cultivator's soul, and inevitably damaging the cultivator's meridians and dantian when they move around.

Almost everyone who knows about Le Shu's technique for assisting Gu worms in controlling cultivators has practiced it. Currently, there is no way to confirm which Gu worms that have parasitized the cultivators' bodies have been awakened. The only way is for the cultivators to recall whether they have lost consciousness. This crude screening reduces the workload of Xinglin Peak.

The cultivators were relieved that Yue Shu had not caused any casualties, but they couldn't help cursing her for being so vicious and disgusting.

Luo Hanying kept complaining of a headache, but in fact, her sea of ​​consciousness had been injured. The dantian is the foundation of a cultivator's practice, making treatment even more difficult.

Tong Wei had her disciples send some spirit stones to Xinglin Peak, meaning that she wanted to treat her disciple well, regardless of whether it was a rare and precious treasure.

Putting aside Luo Hanying's outstanding talent, Tong Wei cannot simply sit idly by, given that she is Tong Wei's disciple.

Huang Silin sent someone to return the spirit stones, explaining that he had received orders from Sect Leader Li and would not mistreat her. Besides, healing the sick and saving lives was the duty of alchemists, and they would not practice medicine against their conscience and delay the patient's condition.

Ruan Chayan's condition is much better than Luo Hanying's, but she had once bravely survived the Tribulation of the Three Nine Heavens and helped Huajiao survive the Tribulation, so there are bound to be parts of her body that have not been fully healed.

"Your meridians and spiritual roots are really good, but unfortunately, your previous injuries delayed your treatment, and you have many hidden ailments in your bodies."

As Jiang Yunling prepared the medicine, she said, "Although the treatment is a bit complicated, fortunately none of them are difficult or complicated diseases. We are lucky."

Ruan Chayan breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully, "Thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Jiang, for your trouble."

"This is what I should do."

Luo Hanying gulped down her medicinal soup, grimacing and making a sound that made everyone laugh.

While grinding the medicine, Sun Wei said, "Fellow Daoist Luo is a girl who has never suffered. This is nothing. The next dose will contain Coptis chinensis, and you will not be able to swallow it at all."

Upon hearing this, Luo Hanying covered her mouth, her expression contorted: "Coptis chinensis?! Can we omit it? Is it alright to be missing this one ingredient?"

"Of course not, just listen to us alchemists, you'll get better if you take your medicine properly, right?"

Don't forget you still have matches to play.

Jiang Yunling put the divided pills into jade bottles, sealed the bottle mouths with talismans, and gestured to her junior brothers and sisters to distribute them.

Ruan Chayan asked curiously, "You're all so busy with our affairs as disciples, don't you have time to participate in the competition?"

"The elders of Hongyan Hall have placed our Xinglin Peak competition last."

Tao Xian chimed in, "I estimate that our Xinglin Peak competition will be the longest, as most of us will be refining pills on-site."

Jiang Yunling sighed, "Senior Sister Tao wouldn't do that. Alchemists rarely compete in magic. And Senior Sister Song, she wants to compete in incense making. Who on Xinglin Peak doesn't know she's the best incense master?"

Sun Wei looked at Ruan Luo and the other person: "Speaking of which, I wonder what kind of competition you two are going to sign up for?"

Few sects have rules like our Shiren Sect, where the competitions between the peaks are further divided into detailed rules, allowing each disciple to give full play to their strengths and have a thrilling match against an evenly matched opponent.

"Although one of you is a beast tamer and the other a Confucian cultivator, I wonder what your strengths are?"

Speaking of this, Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying were a little hesitant. They were the kind of people who couldn't bite off more than they could chew. They knew a little about everything, but they weren't proficient in anything. If they didn't think things through carefully, they would definitely be defeated in the end.

"To be honest, I don't really have any special skills. I've studied magic and swordsmanship, but I'm definitely not good enough for the arena. I'll have to rely on Sichuan pepper."

As Ruan Chayan spoke, she touched the peppercorn that was gnawing on a spirit fruit. The peppercorn immediately stood up upright with the fruit in its mouth and patted its small chest.

Everyone burst into laughter at Huajiao's quirky and mischievous appearance, and their tense mood dissipated considerably.

“I am very interested in formations.”

Luo Hanying said shyly yet proudly, "I guess I have some talent. I've pretty much decided to join the formation group."

Sun Wei said, "There probably aren't many Confucian scholars who study formations, so you have a lot of potential to win!"

While massaging her acupoints to relieve her headache, Luo Hanying asked, "Speaking of which, I'm quite curious. Our sect has so many detailed competitions held at the various peaks. What if there are more than two hundred winners in each field?"

"Naturally, the competition will be held by drawing lots among those of the same level."

Jiang Yunling said, "At that time, you may not be able to meet any kind of opponent. In short, there are many tricks involved, so you don't need to worry about any unfairness."

"If the elders want their disciples to enter the secret realm, they can simply speak to the sect leader. They will decide who goes. Even if we disciples have some complaints, we can't cause any trouble."

Luo Hanying said she understood, and then inquired about the date of the competition at Hidden Peak, as she wanted to go and see if she could learn anything.

"What was the sentence you didn't finish saying earlier?"

Ruan Chayan's seemingly random remark left Luo Hanying somewhat bewildered.

Ruan Chayan explained, "On the night of the thunder, I asked you about the formation, and you said you encountered a new problem. After that, you were controlled by Le Shu. I don't know what you were trying to say."

She only remembered this matter after Luo Hanying mentioned Hidden Peak.

"Oh, you mean that one?"

Luo Hanying suddenly realized and said, "I was wondering if we could combine the Confucian writing system with the formation, using words to form the formation."

But I'm just thinking about it; I have almost no clue about this, I'm just here for the spectacle.

"Huh? Your way of putting it sounds so familiar..." Jiang Yunling said thoughtfully.

Mu Hua held up the processed medicinal herbs and turned to say, "I remember! Senior Sister Tongming from Hidden Peak, she has several unique formations that are similar to what you described."

“If you’re interested, you can go and watch her fight.” Tao Xian gestured to Sun Wei. “My master has checked and processed all the spiritual herbs that were sent over, so I’m going back to Jiu Mu Tian.”

Yunling, could you help them with some other miscellaneous tasks? They're quite short-staffed here.

"Does your head still hurt?" Ruan Chayan asked Luo Hanying with concern.

Luo Hanying shook her head: "It doesn't hurt as much as it did at the beginning, but it's still uncomfortable and quite annoying."

I'll get better after a couple of days of rest. Don't worry too much about me; I'm not a child anymore.

Ruan Chayan glared at Luo Hanying and laughed, "Whether you're a child or not, what's wrong with worrying about that?"

"Let's go watch the competition at Hidden Peak together in a couple of days."