The old Taoist priest had already walked away, with only one clear thought in his mind.
It's all over.
If there wasn't someone else in the red tower, he would have already turned around and slashed the red tower off the cliff.
Behind him came the sound of Bai Yunpiao's hurried footsteps: "Master, Master, it's done, it's done, it's done."
Although the white crane was still expressionless and his tone was calm, the old Taoist priest knew that his excitement at this time had reached its peak.
Turning back and taking a look, sure enough, at the bottom of the alchemy furnace, there were three pills, shining a strange green color, lying quietly among the ashes.
The old Taoist priest didn't believe that this furnace elixir could be achieved. Even after seeing it with his own eyes, he still had some doubts. After looking at it for a while, he sighed: "It is indeed a real elixir, but... it is not what we want. It is recorded in the prescription that this elixir is red." When the elixir is refined, it should be red and look like a cauliflower."
He Rouyu, who came back a little earlier, told the old Taoist priest how Lu Ran regarded tears as the last piece of truth.
"Tears?" The old Taoist priest pondered for a moment, "It's true that the elixir is really good. However, this elixir is red and black as the top grade, blue and purple as the middle grade, and gold and silver as the low grade. But this green elixir is extremely rare. What is it about? It’s hard to guess the function.”
"Then, let's find someone to try?" He Rouyu turned her gaze to the two young men who were nesting in a corner trying to wake up Ke Zhizi.
The old Taoist priest also looked over and said coldly: "No need. Since it's not what we want, it doesn't make much sense. These three unexpected people finally made this unexpected pill, and there happened to be three pills. Give each of them one, maybe it can save their lives at a critical moment."
He Rouyu understood immediately, nodded, and asked: "Then... do you want to go back to Yangjian Mountain first?"
"No. Suddenly I also want to see the 'Futu Society'. Let's go down the mountain when the girl wakes up."
The old Taoist priest's voice was as strong as iron. He made a decision that quite surprised He Rouyu and walked out again.
Bai Yunpiao waved her hand towards He Rouyu, murmured something about how happy she was, and caught up with the old Taoist priest.
He Rouyu took a rare deep sigh, and her face was frowning, but it seemed to have a sad beauty.
"It's true. I haven't refined the elixir yet. I'm afraid I still need a good apprentice."
Helpless, He Rouyu had no choice but to take out a golden elixir from a cupboard in the alchemy room and threw it to Hui Huan: "Put it in water and apply it on the surface of the wound. It will heal in a minute and a half."
Hui Huan, who had been silent until now, looked embarrassed: "Isn't this...not good?"
"I'll do it!" Lu Ran, who had been gritting his teeth and glaring angrily, grabbed the big pill. The next moment, he was stunned. Yes, this Ke Zhizi was injured in the front of his heart...
Neither of them even dared to look at the wound.
He Rouyu looked at these two useless boys and snorted disdainfully, but she said with a teasing smile: "I'll give you a chance. You're useless. Go get me some water."
"well."
"okay!"
The two of them rushed out to get water and bumped into each other in front of the narrow little red door.
After a while, after returning to Huan to get water, He Rouyu drove them out of the alchemy room, and then applied medicine to Ke Zhizi herself.
Who would have thought that Ke Zhizi is actually a "Jade Clan".
The so-called "Jade Clan" has always been a legend. Although He Rouyu had raised Kezhizi since she was a child, she had never doubted Kezhizi's origin. It turned out that she was not a bloodline of the Erzhu family.
But it is true that Ke Zhizi has silver hair and blue eyes, which is very different from the iconic red hair and blue eyes of the Erzhu family.
And if they are not severely injured, this "Jade Clan" will not be able to see any difference from ordinary people.
Ke Zhizi's wound was very strange, like a jade hole carved out by a sword. It was rough on the outside, but layered and smooth on the inside. He Rouyu gently applied the elixir on the wound, and felt that the skin was incredibly soft. , this is the "skin as fat as jade" of genuine value.
Even her name is very appropriate to describe her, Rouyu.
Ke Zhizi's skin made He Rouyu envious, touching it again and again.
Then she discovered that remarkable thing, which was faintly shining in Ke Zhizi's similarly damaged clothes.
It was this thing that blocked Ke Zhizi's sword.
There are not many things in this world that can block the old Taoist priest's sword.
The object in He Rouyu's hand was the piece of white jade that Xu Fang had given him not long ago. After a closer look, he found that the texture, texture, and feel of this jade were very similar to those of the jade in Ke Zhizi's body.
The most surprising thing is that somewhere in the lower right corner of this white jade, there is a fish carved on it.
A fish that everyone knows.
Yu Li Dao, Xu Fang.
If it was him, then everything would make sense.
He Rouyu looked at the girl with a beautiful face, shook her thick long eyelashes, and had already woken up.
"Perhaps, in this battle, she can save Huanyi's life."
He Rouyu thought to herself as she stroked Ke Zhizi's jade-like face.
…
Outside the Little Red Tower.
The two useless teenagers were speechless for a while, each having their own thoughts.
"Don't you have anything to say?" Hui Huan raised his head, pretending to look at the mountains in the distance, and spoke first.
Lu Ran lowered his head, but he was really playing with a small stone.
Hui Huan continued: "Do you think the world of cultivating immortals is cruel? Do you think Master is ruthless? Do you think I... am useless?"
"I'm so tired, let's go back to the world."
Lu Ran didn't look up, but just repeated what he said again: "I'm so tired, I'm really tired."
Hui Huan was a little confused. He didn't know why he suddenly felt tired at this moment: "Huh? Is it because he didn't rest last night?"
Then, Hui Huan was educated by Lu Ran.
"Just now, the old Taoist priest stabbed Ke Zhizi with his sword. You wanted to step forward to block it, but then you held it back. I think it might be because you knew you couldn't stop it yourself, but what you knew better was that in the furnace The refined elixir is of vital importance to them and to you. You want the furnace elixir to be refined and even protect Ke Zhizi's life."
Hui Huan nodded: "Yes, I did hesitate and did not take action. As you said, I even had some expectations that I shouldn't have. I was looking forward to... looking forward to the elixir being refined."
Lu Ran also nodded: "When I say I'm tired, I'm talking about you, you guys, you're so tired. You give up your life, whether it's your own or someone else's, but that's just a recipe with incomplete ingredients. A false conjecture."
"For this conjecture, the old Taoist priest and the landlady have tried and tested again and again, year after year, day by day, and you, even at the expense of the lives of those close to you and even yourself."
"This shows how important this conjecture, this fantasy, this dream, and this dream are to you."
"And after spending so much time, energy, real materials, and sacrifices, it still failed in the end. Maybe it was impossible to achieve in the first place, and it was something that could never be refined. I have heard people say that refining elixirs and cultivating immortals is just an ideal. , so I think it’s too hard and tiring to act like an immortal.”
"I'm really not envious at all. I'm not even angry anymore because someone despises life. I just feel tired for you."
"I feel even more tired when I think of my good friends, you and Kezhizi, who will have to live like this for who knows how long."
Lu Ran looked up at Hui Huan and said a lot in one breath.
Hui Huan's eyes were filled with tears: "Brother Ran, you don't know the significance of the elixir you refined this time."
"I know. The only thing that can make you give up your life to get it is another person's life."
Lu Ran's eyes became sparkling, "If it were me, I would hesitate, I would look forward to it, and I would give up my life."
"But I always feel that we still have other options."
"Any other choice?"
"I also feel that you have all been deceived."
"Everyone was deceived?"
Hui Huan Ding looked into Lu Ran's eyes. At this moment, they became as quiet as the sea again, and some people or things seemed to sink in together.
He still didn't understand the true meaning of Lu Ran's words. He just decided that there were some things he must say to Lu Ran.
He said what he wanted to say but didn't say out loud that day at the inn: "Master refined this 'life-reviving pill' for his niece, who is also my master He Rouyu's cousin."
"And I started here because of Bona Achebe, my second brother. I just wanted him to come back to life, so I came here."
