Chapter 47 (1/2)

“It’s just growing a beard… You scared me.”

Jiu Jiu picked up the wooden ladle and smelled the wine in the jar at the side. She said in lingering fear, “I thought my Yin and Yang would be out of balance, and I would turn into a manly woman.”

Li Changshou laughed softly and shook his head. He had always respected his martial aunt’s logical thinking.

“Martial Aunt, after I finish refining this furnace of pills, I will probably be in seclusion from half a year to one year and cultivate the True Samadhi Flames. I have prepared a year’s worth of those few kinds of wine for you. However, it won’t be good for you if you drink too much of these. You should drink in moderation. It’s at the same old place on the shelf at the side of the medicinal wine jar.”

“Half a year?”

Jiu Jiu took those few wine pots and replaced them with a few empty ones. She walked over with her hands at her back and warned him seriously, “Although the True Samadhi Flames can be cultivated at the Void Return Realm, what is needed in the beginning is to burn your essence, Qi, and spirit to condense the fire seedling! Don’t rus.h.!.+ Don’t cultivate the Dharma spell into deficit essence Qi, and end up losing your essence, Qi, and spirit! That would be horrible!”

Li Changshou nodded his head with a smile and continued to bury his head to separate the herbs.

Jiu Jiu yawned helplessly and mumbled, “I’ve been stuck in a bottleneck in the past few years. I have problems in breaking through my cultivation level.

“However, I have encountered such situations a few times in the past. After I was stuck at the bottleneck for a few years, I managed to break through for no reason.

“After I break through, I will be entering seclusion for a few years. It might be decades, so you might not see me for a very long time.”

Li Changshou replied with a smile, “Martial Aunt, you’ve already mainly cultivated the Inaction Sutra, right?”

“Yes.” Jiu Jiu took a bamboo chair over and sat at the side of the table. She rested her head on the table while being bored to death. “When you ascend to an immortal, you can also cultivate the Inaction Sutra. If you have good potential, you can also cultivate it at the Void Return Realm.

“Unfortunately…

“Oh, that’s right. I heard Fifth Senior Brother say that your master seems to be starting to achieve enlightenment on the Inaction Sutra.”

“Yes. Two months ago, my master obtained a sutra sent by the sectarian officer within the sect.” Li Changshou casually said, “Actually, given your att.i.tude, you’re most suitable to cultivate the Inaction Sutra.”

Jiu Jiu blinked her eyes. “Little Changshou, you’re saying the same thing as my master.”

Li Changshou replied, “Previously, Martial Uncle Jiu Wu had also given me Volume One of the Inaction Sutra. Aren’t these words from the sutra?”

“I see,” Jiu Jiu murmured to herself and quietly watched Li Changshou sort out the herbs at the side. Unconsciously, she got lost in thoughts…

A moment later.

“Little Shoushou… you’re actually pretty good-looking… Hehehe… Why did I not realize that in the past?”

“Eh?”

Li Changshou, who had prepared for alchemy, turned his head. He found that his martial aunt had fallen asleep on the table and was mumbling in her sleep.

After Immortal Ascension, her immortal body was still pure. Although his martial aunt did not tidy up her mid-length hair all year round, it was still smooth and s.h.i.+ny black.

She had a phoenix tail braid without any head ornaments, and she did not put on any cosmetics. She gave people the feeling that she was simple and pure.

His martial aunt, who had fallen into a deep sleep, could be described as having good skin and a clear mind.

Unfortunately, she was too lively when asleep.

Li Changshou shook his head with a smile and walked out of the Pill Chamber quietly. He looked at the little spiritual fish he had raised in the pond, which was shaped like Yin-Yang fish, and waited for Jiu Jiu to take a breather and wake up.

After all, he had something to ask her. He could not be too harsh on his martial aunt, as he wanted to use her pure immortal powers for alchemy.

After two days, Li Changshou was done with refining pills and temporarily sealed up the Pill Chamber. Then, he activated the array formations within 1.5 kilometers of the Pill Chamber.

After he sent Jiu Jiu away, he went to find Lan Ling’e to tell her about his seclusion.

Li Changshou was going to condense the fire seedling of the True Samadhi Flames during his seclusion this time, which would take him around half a year.

Lan Ling’e, who was dressed in a loose training attire and a.n.a.lyzing the technique of spreading medicine, was suddenly somewhat bewildered.

“Senior Brother, are you not entering seclusion in the Pill Chamber?”

“It’s easy to cause the place to explode while cultivating the True Samadhi Flames,” Li Changshou replied with a smile. “I will do a wooden raft later on and enter seclusion in the middle of the lake. That would be better.”

Lan Ling’e blinked and wanted to say something but hesitated.

Li Changshou put a few porcelain bottles in her hands and told her about the usage and dosage of those bottles of pills.

With her mind constantly pondering, Lan Ling’e still asked softly, “Senior Brother, you don’t need to… hide the True Samadhi Flames?

“Isn’t that Dharma spell very formidable?”

Li Changshou knocked on his junior sister’s head, with naturally not much force.

Despite facing each other, Li Changshou still explained carefully to her by voice transmission, “You’ve not had my lessons in the past few years. Have you forgotten what I’ve taught you? The True Samadhi Flames were bestowed by the master of Jiu Wu and Jiu Jiu. If I hide it and don’t use it, the others will have more doubts. It’s considered a trump card if the others cannot imagine, guess, or think of any information exposed based on your daily life, rather than just talking about its power.”

Lan Ling’e stuck her tongue out and learned obediently with her head lowered.

Li Changshou took another two porcelain bottles and sent a voice transmission. “Place these two bottles of pills in front of our master’s house. These are the immortal pills for him to refine, and they have cleansing effects. Don’t try them secretly. You will explode from the medicinal effect of the immortal pills.”

Lan Ling’e was happy right away. “Then after Master eats them, wouldn’t he…”

“It’ll be hard.” Li Changshou shook his head and sighed lightly. He wandered to the forest and was prepared to create the wooden rafts that he would be using later on.

Lan Ling’e opened the jade bottle to smell it, and pure essence Qi rushed forth.

She took a breath lightly and felt heavy in her head. She returned to her house while feeling dizzy and quickly mediated to dispel the medicinal effect.

Li Changshou laughed softly upon seeing that. He found an old forest, pulled up his sleeves, and started going all out.

Two days later…

“What’s that sound?”

Lan Ling’e, who had just awakened from her meditation, got up to look outside the window. She opened her mouth and took a few breaths before she felt helpless…

‘I will do a small wooden raft later on.’

When Lan Ling’e recalled what her senior brother had said and looked at the big, ‘simple’ 500-feet tower s.h.i.+p that had just been launched on the lake, she could not help slap her forehead.

What had her senior brother misunderstood regarding the size?

Lan Ling’e lowered her head to look at the curve on her training attire, and the corners of her mouth twitched.

‘Stupid Senior Brother, he actually… lost the concept of size thanks to Martial Aunt Jiu Jiu!’

Actually, Li Changshou was not someone who emphasized pleasure. He put more importance on usability when he created some fun things.

The small wooden raft was just formed simply by wood, and there were no restrictions. In terms of the difficulty in making it, it was indeed just a gadget.

The place where he would enter seclusion had to have a simple warning array, isolation array, and anti-probe array. He needed some s.p.a.ce to place and hide the base of these array formations.

Apart from that, he still had some plans up his sleeves.

The two-floor-high tower s.h.i.+p had a total of seven rooms of similar sizes, with each room interconnected and placed with a cus.h.i.+on.