Chapter 320 – One Step at a Time (2/2)

Ru Xin’s mouth was quite foul, but she was still a decent person. After that time, he had asked for Water of Recollection from her two more times, but she refused to accept any spiritual stones at all. And, despite being a great beauty, she had no air of arrogance about her either. She obviously became his first choice.

Ru Xin said, “Let me consider it. Let’s eat the watermelon first!”

They cut open the watermelon, and the red pulp gave off a special fragrance. Li Qingshan took a bite, and it melted in his mouth. It was as sweet as honey, and the spiritual qi within it merged with his sea of qi too.

Li Qingshan thought about how wondrous the school of Agriculture’s arts were. The effects were no worse than regular pills. It was just a pity that he was not a disciple of the school of Agriculture. Compared to refining pills, he preferred farming much more.

Ru Xin was still staring at Li Qingshan. She had produced a notch in the watermelon with her teeth as her pink lips were dyed red. Afterwards, she let out a loud slurp, which interrupted Li Qingshan’s thoughts.

“Can’t you eat a little more quietly?”

Ru Xin said, “Little kids know nothing at all. When you eat watermelons, you need to slurp it.”

Li Qingshan rolled his eyes and placed down the watermelon round. The huge watermelon had vanished into her belly in the blink of an eye.

Ru Xin wiped her mouth with her sleeve. “I refuse!”

“What?”

“I’ve considered it, and I refuse. I’ll see you out!”

“Then spit out my gift if you won’t take me as a student!” Li Qingshan was very tempted to choke her.

“You really want it?” Ru Xin acted like she was about to stick her hand into her mouth, as if she would actually spit it out if he wanted it.

Li Qingshan was slightly disgusted, but he ground his teeth. “Spit it out!”

With a ptui, Ru Xin spat out a melon seed. “You can go back and plant it yourself. What an idiot. Hahaha!”

Li Qingshan caught the melon seed and revealed a look of pity. He shook his head with a sigh. “What a pity, what a pity.”

Ru Xin asked, “How’s it a pity?”

Li Qingshan said, “Originally, I wanted to pay you with a True Spirit pill, but it’s a pity someone doesn’t want it. I’ll go find Juechenzi instead. When it comes to alchemy, the school of Daoism is still the best.”

“Hold on, you said a True Spirit pill?” Ru Xin was fazed. True Spirit pills were critical for reaching Foundation Establishment. She was currently at the tenth layer and was toeing this threshold. She could not help but become interested.

Li Qingshan said, “Yeah!”

“You have a True Spirit pill? I don’t believe you!” Ru Xin recovered her composure and shook her head with a faint smile.

There was basically no supply of True Spirit pills in the cultivation world right now. The most important medicinal herb for refining True Spirit pills, the Blue Butterfly flower, was basically extinct. Blue Butterfly flowers only grew on top of spiritual stone veins. It was impossible to cultivate them in Spirit Gathering formations.

Across the entire Clear River prefecture, there were truly just a handful of sects and clans with spiritual stone veins. Over many years of mining and excavating, they produced precious little amounts. They did not even have enough to refine the flowers into pills themselves, so it was even more impossible for them to sell them. Despite all the years she had spent in the school of Medicine, she only possessed two True Spirit pills right now. It was impossible for Li Qingshan to be in possession of something like that with his background.

However, little did she know that not only did Li Qingshan possess True Spirit pills, but he possessed more than one too. He was sitting on a great pile of Blue Butterfly flowers as well, and he had even been in possession of a Blue Butterfly flower field in the past.

Li Qingshan did not bicker with her. He casually fished out an embroidered box from his hundred treasures pouch. With a thud, he opened the box and displayed the True Spirit pill inside.

Ru Xin held her cheek and sighed. “In order to pursue your senior sister, you’ve even taken out a True Spirit pill. Your senior sister is very touched by this gesture…”

Li Qingshan said, “Cut it with the acting. Are you going to teach me or not?”

Ru Xin extended her hands and closed the embroidered box gently. “I’ll teach you, but you should probably keep the True Spirit pill for yourself! With how quickly you cultivate, you’ll probably need it in just a few years. You can’t reach Foundation Establishment without this.”

Li Qingshan was slightly surprised. He did not think there was an understanding and considerate side to her.

Ru Xin smiled. “Let’s just do spiritual stones. A hundred spiritual stones per a day. I will teach you with great, great care and detail.”

“You can just directly say you’ll be dragging it out a lot. I am a man of my word, so when my alchemy is enough to refine True Spirit pills, I’ll give this True Spirit pill to you. What do you think?”

If he refined all the Blue Butterfly flowers in his hundred treasures pouch into True Spirit pills, they would be worth far more than those spiritual artifacts and talismans, and he had no need to worry about demand either. This was the most important step for his breakthrough to Daemon General.

Li Qingshan extended his right hand, and Ru Xin placed her hand atop it gently. She smiled. “Deal!”

Actually, an agreement like this was like a challenge. Originally, they were supposed to produce a written pledge on Contention island with a witness present, but Li Qingshan was quite unclear with this process, and Ru Xin had not mentioned it either.

Around dusk, Li Qingshan returned to Cloudwisp island and let out a soft sigh. He felt rather exhausted. This was not only because he was learning alchemy, but also because Ru Xin would say some weird things from time to time, giving him a headache. However, under the temptation of the True Spirit pill, she basically put in her best effort to teach him. Her guidance was extremely efficient too, with no need for him to make time to attend formal classes. It had resolved one of the issues troubling Li Qingshan.