Kapitel 8: Chapter 8: This Favor is Huge
眨眼间一个月过去了...
这期间,李玄机无所事事,关了几天门,把接下来两三年的"桃花游记"章节写出来,交给墨玉阁的掌柜作为备用.
老掌柜接到厚厚的一摞手稿,差点惊呆了...
他反复询问自己有没有遇到什么困难,提前需要一些银石或者灵石.
毕竟之前的"桃花游记"都是在他求情恳求后才每月更新的,而且经常被耽误.现在李玄机一下子交出了两三年的稿子,这让他很紧张...
他们是老熟人了,李玄机也懒得跟他客气.他从墨玉阁拿走了一百多块低品灵石,离开了.
从"春声巢"试炼回来后,他感到神清气爽,回到了家中.
他想休息一会儿,没想到看到赵月华在自己的卧室里,坐在窗边,喝着茶,一边看着他闲暇时写的修炼功法.
"你回来了?"
赵月华淡淡的瞥了他一眼,合上书喝了一口茶,自言自语道:"你的修炼功法挺有意思的.
"..."
李玄机见她不是在看"桃花游记",他松了一口气,说道:"晚辈修养浅,知识有限,无所事事的时候写点东西自娱自乐.
"这是个好习惯."
赵月华微微点了点头,然后似乎想到了什么,看了看卧室的布局,笑着问道:"我记得上次来的时候,你床头有一些木偶娃娃,怎么不见了?
"我..."
李玄机感觉到脚趾蜷缩起来,想要突破鞋底.他尴尬地解释道:"那些木偶娃娃其实是我一个朋友订的.
"是朋友点的?"
赵月华惊讶地叫了一声,并调侃开玩笑道:"你和你朋友关系很好.
"是的,我们愿意..."
"我看得出来,那些木偶娃娃做工精良,配套的衣服也细腻到连针脚都看不清.你为你的朋友付出了很多努力.
"好吧,朋友们,我当然骗不了他们..."
李玄机感觉头皮发麻,然后似乎想到了什么,拿出一袋灵石晃了晃,说道:"没错,他前几天来接,很满意.临走前,他给了我一百多块灵石作为奖励.
"哦~"
赵月华见袋子里至少有一百块灵石,只是意味深长的笑了笑,没有多说什么.
"傀儡所需的材料我收集了大部分,还委托人炼制了用同心木制成的芯子."
"..."
李玄机似乎想到了什么,淡淡的问道:"应该不便宜吧?
"不便宜..."
赵月华点了点头,似乎在回忆,叹了口气:"我能卖的都卖了,还欠人情.真的不便宜.
"..."
李玄机愣了愣,然后皱眉问道:"原谅我的无礼,但为了一个傀儡,值得吗?
"没有回头路,你不明白."
赵月华见他依旧关心她,只是笑着摇了摇头,没有多说什么.
她随手把一个储物袋扔到他手里,说道:"别浪费时间了,这些都是我收集的材料,咱们开始吧.
"..."
李玄机手里拿着储物袋,感到一股沉重的压力.
He agreed to this matter just thinking of selling a favor, without thinking too much, but now it seems that this foundation-building puppet seems to have a different meaning to her...
He also sighed and stopped thinking, and said: "I need to close myself for a month to design the drawings, so I won't bother you anymore."
As soon as he was about to turn around and leave, he heard a 'wait' behind him. He turned his head and saw four jade bottles flying from Zhao Yuehua's hand.
He caught the jade bottles in a hurry, and found that they were all pills, one bottle of Bigu Pill, one bottle of Condensing Qi Pill, and two bottles of Peiyuan Pill.
"This..."
Li Xuanji raised his eyebrows and asked: "Didn't you say that you sold everything you could sell?"
"I did sell them."
Zhao Yuehua didn't know what she thought of, and teased him with a mocking tone: "Do you think these pills are specially reserved for you?"
"..."
Seeing that he didn't speak, she chuckled and looked out the window, and said jokingly: "Don't dream, these pills are worthless, no one wants them, so I kept them."
"..."
Li Xuanji's face stiffened, and then he snorted and left, but he muttered in his mouth: "Puxin Girl..."
"Hmm?"
Zhao Yuehua was stunned, watching his back disappear from her sight, and then came back to her senses, frowning and muttering: "What does Puxin Girl mean?"
...
In the quiet room...
Li Xuanji sat cross-legged in front of the altar, closed his eyes and rested, and opened his eyes when his spirit was adjusted to the best state.
A foundation-building puppet, even without the core, was not something that a small cultivator at the second level of Qi Refining could fully grasp.
He had lived two lives, and he knew very well that the chances of changing one's fate were very rare!
Zhao Yuehua had a gentle personality and was kind to others, which was very rare in the cultivation world, and what was even rarer was that she happened to have a demand for puppetry!
If he grasped this opportunity well, he wouldn't say that he would soar to the sky, but at least he could save thirty years of detours;
If he didn't try hard, he would let the opportunity slip away, and he would not be reconciled even if he died on the bed in his old age!
Li Xuanji seemed to have made some decision, and then poured out a few pills of Bigu Pill, Condensing Qi Pill, and Peiyuan Pill, and swallowed them.
He took a long breath, and his cheeks also showed a hint of abnormal flush.
He put the puppeteer's mask on his face, waved his sleeve, and the candles on the altar lit up by themselves. Then he pulled out a stack of papers from the corner of the quiet room...
Under the candlelight, his swaying shadow was like a beast that had just revealed its fangs...
Time flew by, and a month passed in a flash.
During this period, he either stuck the jade slip on his forehead and watched it carefully, or flipped through the ancient books page by page, or searched for auxiliary materials, or wrote and drew on the paper with a charcoal pen.
The mask on his face seemed to be embedded in his cheek, and he never took it off except for stuffing pills into his mouth.
As a result, his eyes were full of fine bloodshot, and they were red and terrifying.
And the various auxiliary materials that were brought in were also piled up in front of the altar by him, some were ore, some were wood, some were monster skins, bones, and some were like iron ingots.
Under each auxiliary material, there was a piece or several pieces of paper, which showed the characteristics of the auxiliary material, the precautions for melting or forging, and the shape and size to be made...
Various shapes and colors, not one less...
And outside the quiet room at this time...
Zhao Yuehua looked at the door with a blank expression.
She was a foundation-building cultivator, and her divine sense could 'see' the scene inside through the door...
At first, when she saw Li Xuanji stuffing a handful of pills into his mouth, she wanted to stop him, because this way of taking pills was powerful, but it would also hurt the body, and even damage the foundation.
But considering that the puppet was related to her life and death, she still held back.
She thought that Li Xuanji was just impulsive, and he would calm down after his enthusiasm passed.
But to her surprise, day after day, his head seemed to be always hot, and he never calmed down until now.
Zhao Yuehua knew that Li Xuanji was not a fool, but rather very smart, so she also had doubts in her heart.
He obviously had no relatives or friends with her, why did he help her so desperately at the risk of damaging his foundation?
Just for the favor she said?
Is it worth it?
And she just stood outside the door and watched him ruin his body like this, knowing that she could stop him but didn't, how selfish was that?
She was tormented in her heart...
Seeing that the one-month closing period had passed, he still had no intention of coming out, and still buried himself in the paper.
Zhao Yuehua pursed her lips and decided to face her own heart. She stepped forward and pushed the door open and said: "There is still plenty of time, why don't you take a break?"
"..."
Li Xuanji heard the sound and glanced back subconsciously. He saw the sunlight shining through the door crack into the quiet room. He had only been accompanied by candlelight for more than a month, and the sudden sunlight stung his eyes and made him cry.
He curled up in front of the altar, covering his eyes with his arms, and tears streaming down his face. He looked like a prisoner who had been locked up for many years and suddenly saw the sun again.
"Are you okay?"
Zhao Yuehua saw his posture and knew that she had disturbed him by pushing the door rashly. She quickly stepped into the quiet room and closed the door.
"No...nothing."
Li Xuanji licked his dry lips and felt his throat burning. His voice sounded like two pieces of old bark rubbing against each other, very unpleasant.
He lowered his arms, waved his hand, and signaled that he was fine and didn't need to worry.
Zhao Yuehua looked at his bloodshot red eyes and heard his weird and hard-to-hear tone. She felt sorry for him and said softly: "Your health is important, go and rest first."
"Alright..."
Li Xuanji nodded slightly, propped up his body and smiled: "Miss Wen, I have done most of what I can do, and the rest is...is..."
He didn't finish his sentence, and he felt dizzy and fell to the ground...
"Li Xuanji...Xuanji!?"
Zhao Yuehua's face changed and she hurriedly lifted him up. She confirmed that he was still breathing, but he had fainted due to excessive energy loss. She breathed a sigh of relief...
She took off his mask and saw his pale face, cracked lips bleeding, and wet tears in the corners of his eyes. She was a bit stunned...
After a long time, she came back to her senses and murmured like a mosquito: "This favor, is huge..."
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