Chapter 23: The Red-Haired Fox

After Mu Yunqing finished the food she brought, Su Jiu remembered why she had come. She quickly took out the copy of the damaged pill formula she had found that day and handed it to Mu Yunqing, saying, “Senior Brother, I want to ask you to take a look at this pill formula.”

After Su Jiu gave the original formula to Cang Qiansxue, she copied it from memory. She wanted Mu Yunqing to take a look at it.

After all, in the book, it was Mu Yunqing who eventually found the complete formula and refined the pill.

Mu Yunqing wiped his hands clean, took the formula and glanced at it, his face showing a hint of surprise.

But it wasn’t because the formula was rare or difficult, but because the herbs listed on it were too common.

So common that almost no alchemist would think of putting these most basic herbs together.

Generally speaking, no matter what kind of pill it was, even the most common Gathering Spirit Pill, the formula would include one or two rare and precious herbs as a catalyst. But almost all the herbs in this formula were auxiliary or supporting ingredients in other formulas.

It was almost impossible to refine a usable pill.

Mu Yunqing let out a small “huh” and looked up at Su Jiu.

“Where did you find this formula?”

Su Jiu told the truth, but she slightly reversed the order when talking about its purpose.

“Master Uncle Cang said it might help with the poison in my body.”

Mu Yunqing nodded slightly.

Since it was related to the poison in Su Jiu’s body, he naturally couldn’t take it lightly. He immediately began to examine it carefully.

Soon, he said, “According to this formula, you can refine a pill, but the effect will be negligible. Moreover, if I’m not mistaken, it should be part of another formula. If you can find the other part, you might be able to refine a pill that actually works.”

Su Jiu was a little impatient, “No matter what the effect is, it’s better than nothing. Please take the time to refine some for me, Senior Brother. Just tell me what herbs you need, and I’ll find a way to get them.”

Most importantly, she didn’t want to continue to be honest with Shen Wangchen for three days next month.

At least Mo Lin wasn’t here this time. Next month, not only Mo Lin, but Qi Chaoye would also be back.

If she had to be honest with the protagonists again, forget about Mo Lin killing her, the rest of them wouldn’t be able to handle it.

Su Jiu didn’t want to die yet.

[If I really can’t refine it, I’ll go down the mountain a few days early and find some… male escorts…]

Su Jiu started to make plans in her heart, but quickly dismissed them.

[No, no, no.]

Mu Yunqing, who had just heard her inner voice and wanted to scold her, nodded in relief after hearing the next sentence.

Good, she still knows she’s a girl and shouldn’t be touching men casually.

As a result, he heard Su Jiu seriously thinking, [Male escorts won’t work, they don’t have cultivation. This poison will get worse each time. Next time it breaks out, it might be even worse than now. I still need to find some men with cultivation. Let me think…]

Although there were no reliable male disciples on the Undying Mountain, there were on the other peaks of the Qian Yuan Sect.

At worst, she could go to other sects.

Mu Yunqing’s face became extremely complex when he heard her words.

He clenched the formula, looked up, and said to Su Jiu with an unusually serious expression, “Junior Sister, don’t worry. Senior Brother will work day and night to refine the pill for you as soon as possible.”

So, stop thinking about sleeping with men.

And sleeping with several at once.

Listen!

Is that something a lady should say?

Su Jiu heard Mu Yunqing’s words and couldn’t help but feel touched.

“Senior Brother is so kind.” She couldn’t help but smile at Mu Yunqing, her dimples appearing at the corners of her lips, making her look extremely innocent and docile.

Who would have thought she was spewing wild words in her heart.

Mu Yunqing looked at her smiling eyes and couldn’t help but smile gently. He reached out and touched her head, saying softly, “We’re senior and junior siblings. There’s no need to thank me.”

Su Jiu left Mu Yunqing’s place and didn’t go back directly.

Now that she couldn’t use spiritual energy, she couldn’t cultivate or practice the ninth sword technique, so she could only wander around the Undying Mountain.

After leaving the Cliff of Reflection, she arrived at the entrance of the Dream Creek Valley in the back mountain.

The Dream Creek Valley was different from the Cliff of Reflection. It was spring-like all year round. Various spiritual flowers and herbs bloomed in the valley, and there were also some intelligent rabbits and squirrels jumping and playing among the flowers.

The sunset spread across the western sky, the orange-yellow sun sinking behind the mountains, gradually disappearing, leaving behind a glow still radiating warmth, gently falling upon the earth.

Not far away were the endless indigo mountains, wisps of white clouds like thin gauze wrapped around the peaks. Occasionally, a gust of wind would blow, lifting a corner, revealing the beautiful scenery of the mountains.

The past few days had been a bit too stimulating for Su Jiu.

Moreover, she had been practicing swordsmanship with Cang Qiansxue all morning, so she couldn’t help but fall asleep after sitting in the grass for a while.

Several white rabbits were hopping around in the grass.

Suddenly, their pink noses twitched, and then, as if they were intimidated by something, they stopped their movements, raised their forelegs, and looked at Su Jiu’s sleeping spot with their ruby-red eyes.

A fox, whose fur was a vibrant red, flicked its fluffy tail and walked slowly and gracefully from the other end of the grass.

Its sky-blue eyes seemed to hold contempt and disdain. It looked down at the trembling rabbits, then its slightly pointed fox mouth opened, emitting a low, mocking laugh.

It was full of sarcasm.

“Tsk, cowards.”

The rabbits had already developed intelligence and could understand that it was scolding them. They called out to each other in low voices, but none of them dared to come out and talk to the fox.

The fox raised its fluffy paw and lightly licked its fur, its tone arrogant and disdainful, “Go away, I don’t want to bother with you today.”

The rabbits called out again. The leading one raised its two forelegs, imitating humans, and pretended to bow to the fox before hurriedly leaving with the rest of the rabbits.

One of the smallest rabbits lagged behind. Halfway through, it suddenly turned its head, called out to the fox a few times, and even raised its two paws.

The fox looked at it and slowly lowered its paw. The rabbit seemed to be startled and let out a long cry, jumping in place before quickly disappearing into the grass.

“Waste.”

Qi Chaoye uttered the two words calmly.

Then, he turned his head and looked at the girl lying in the distance. A playful expression appeared on the fox’s face, as if it were human.