Kapitel 58: A Fruitless Harvest
After trying out a bunch of other different street foods in the market, Zhang Xiaoqin felt full, both in mind and body... especially the body.
Luckily for her, her metabolism was good, so stomachaches rarely occurred, and even if it did, it wouldn't last long.
She walked back to Lan Xiang's stall. However, as she got closer, the streets became more congested and crowded.
Soon enough, there was no space for her to walk through.
"Hmph." With a grunt, Zhang Xiaoqin activated her cultivation. Almost immediately, she shrunk in size, until her height was equal to that of an ant.
The Zhang family was renowned for their famous body augmentation techniques, and this was one of the hardest to master.
With her new size, Zhang Xiaoqin easily maneuvered her way through the bustling crowd. The hurried footsteps did nothing to hinder her journey.
When she saw the familiar faces of her friends, she jumped onto the rug and grew back into her original size.
"Ah, Xiaoqin, er, I mean, Ying. You're back." Ye Qingle was the first to notice her presence.
"Hm? Why is it only Xiang and you here? Where did the others go?"
Zhang Xiaoqin glanced at Lan Xiang, whose hands were like wizardry as he quickly refined the pills with poise and expertise.
"Weiwei complained that it was too hot, so Xifa sent her home. As for Xifa, she's probably at her home as well."
"What about you?"
Sweat glistened on Ye Qingle's forehead, reflecting the sunlight onto Zhang Xiaoqin's eyes. Her uniform was soaked from her profuse sweating.
"Huh? Well, Xiang said that it would be too lonely if everyone left, so I'm the one staying behind. Actually, now that you're here, I think I'll make my leave." Ye Qingle fanned herself as she grabbed her phone and called Lu Xifa.
"Wait, Qingle!"
Before she knew it, Lu Xifa arrived and grabbed Ye Qingle through the portal, leaving as quickly as she got there.
Zhang Xiaoqin pouted. What was she to do when Xiang was too busy to bug? She had already filled her stomach as well.
"I guess I'll just watch Xiang's pill refining."
At first, it was uninteresting. Aside from a few fancy movements, nothing grabbed Zhang Xiaoqin's attention.
When Lan Xiang grabbed some ingredients and placed them all at the same time, Zhang Xiaoqin raised her eyebrow.
As she saw the furnace trembling and a thin black smoke leaking from the lid, Zhang Xiaoqin was captivated. What's going to happen next??
And then, boom.
A muffled explosion inside the furnace.
Zhang Xiaoqin clicked her tongue. She was secretly hoping that the furnace would be a goner and that the slob inside would splash all over the crowd's faces. Of course, she did not wish for Lan Xiang to fail, it was just that her boredom allowed her imagination to run wild.
Lan Xiang wiped his forehead as he took the pill out of the furnace and gave it to the customer.
"Here you go."
It was a transparent pill like the others he refined.
The man's eyes sparkled as he saw the pill. He grabbed it with his greedy hands and rushed off the premises, afraid that someone would steal his pill.
Lan Xiang shook his head and sighed. "Only a measly bronze level pill and he's that cautious about it?"
As he had no idea how the cultivation world ranked pills and pill recipes, he made up his own according to the system's evaluations.
Essentially, it boiled down to the color level of the technique being equal to that of the pill. That was as simple as it could get.
He looked at the system.
Techniques currently learned: 40(6)/40 [+]
Tech points: 2030
Teach points: 5
"One green, one bronze, two yellows and eight whites, for a total of 280 tech points... I'm starting to think this is a waste of space.
"Unless the whites or yellows prove to have really good effects when upgraded, there's just no point to doing this..."
Lan Xiang pursed his lips. He had gotten lucky with the blue level technique Panacea Pill the other day, which was worth 500 tech points.
"Since my inventory is full, the rest'll go to the backlog which has 20 spaces. I should just fill that with pill recipes and work towards getting teach points to upgrade my inventory.
"I've already gathered more than ten today, I'll call it a day."
He glanced at the long line that seemed like it went on for miles on end. Frowning, he grabbed a piece of paper and wrote 'closed' before sticking it onto the furnace.
"What is this? Closed?" "It's only been an hour or two since you opened!" "There's so many of us waiting here!"
The people in line complained. They stood in line under the scorching heat for such a long time, yet all they got was a fruitless harvest?
After a moment of observation, Zhang Xiaoqin stood up. Before Lan Xiang could open his mouth, she spoke first.
"All of you people. Let me remind you that this is free. My friend here, is doing all of this for free! And yet, you all feel entitled!"
Zhang Xiaoqin was genuinely irritated. The disappointment of the trembling furnace not inducing a massive explosion piled up each time Lan Xiang refined a pill. The chattering of the crowd was the last straw.
Her voice was heard by all, as loud as if she spoke through a megaphone. With indignant looks, the crowd reluctantly dispersed. Some made plans to camp around this area so that they would be the first to arrive the next day.
.....
A few hours earlier.
Unbeknownst to the two in Wuji Street, Lu Xifa did not actually take Ren Weiwei back into her homes. Instead, she went directly to her room and brought her there.
The two, sharing an interest in anime, were currently watching the latest episode of the newly airing show, The God of Middle School.
"Huh? This show is so cliche!
"Let me guess, he has some kinda relative in the hospital.
"Okay, I'm predicting that she wants to continue her family dojo or something.
"The hell is with the stars in his eyes??"
Halfway through, it became apparent that while the show was a visual feast, it lacked severely in other departments. As such, the two got bored of watching.
Lu Xifa twiddled with her fingers as silence dawned inside the room.
"...What is Xiang doing anyways?" Ren Weiwei couldn't understand why Lan Xiang was providing a free service to random passersby in Wuji Street, not to mention one as prestigious as pill refining.
"He said it's for 'developing his skills as a pill refiner', whether it be the important eloquence, the quintessential arrogance, or the pill refining itself."
"Hah? That sounds so fake." Ren Weiwei almost facepalmed.
Lu Xifa nodded her head. She didn't really believe what he had said either. "But other than that, I can't really think of other reasons why he would do something like this."
"Yeah, even going as far as to turn into a girl!"
Lu Xifa turned silent. She liked him as a girl, as she felt more comfortable around him, treating him like one of her girl friends. Well, after getting over her initial infatuation.
Normally, whenever their hands touched or grazed each other's skin, she couldn't help but blush and feel conscious of Lan Xiang.
Banishing those thoughts out of her mind, she received a call. It was from Ye Qingle.
"Qingle? You wanna go home? But who's going to accompany him? Oh, Xiao- I mean, Ying's returned? Okay, I'll be right there. Literally."
As soon as she hung up, she opened a rift to her side and went through. Luckily, Ye Qingle was right in front of her. She wrapped her arms around and went back inside, closing the rift in no time.
"Hm? This isn't my room."
"I know, but I feel lazy today... just hang out here for a while." Lu Xifa crashed onto her bed, still busy clearing her impure thoughts.
"Geez, you're sweating from head to toe." Ren Weiwei looked at Ye Qingle, who on first glance seemed to have just ran through a storm.
Ye Qingle removed her uniform and threw it on the floor. "Let me borrow your clothes, Xifa."
"Suuure."
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