Chapter 79 - Chapter 79: Chapter 79: End of the Beast Tide (2/2)
“Qing Ling, are you going to see Elder Bai?”
Huang Qingling nodded, then turned to ask Lin Jing:
“Yes, Lin Jing, are you also heading to Yuebaolou?”
Over the past month, unable to withstand Huang Qingling’s persistence, Lin Jing made her several delicious meals again.
As a result, the two of them became quite familiar with each other.
Even the Black Kite ‘Little Sparrow,’ which had always been hostile towards Lin Jing, had its animosity towards him lessen significantly under the temptation of Lin Jing’s cooking.
Now, seeing Lin Jing, Little Sparrow always hung its head, not daring to look up.
Huang Qingling also noticed the anomaly and asked:
“What’s wrong with Little Sparrow? These days, why does it seem so well-behaved whenever it sees you?”
“Could it be that you did something to it?”
After speaking, Huang Qingling looked at Lin Jing with a face full of suspicion.
Lin Jing curled his lips, quite speechless about Huang Qingling’s suggestion, and couldn’t help but mutter to himself:
“What’s that supposed to mean? What could I possibly do to a Black Kite?”
“That’s a strange thing to say…”
However, Lin Jing did know the reason for the Black Kite’s behavior.
It was because…
This fellow, often sneaking around at night, would slip into his own kitchen.
Yet, he rarely cooked.
So every time, it would leave with its head drooping.
The Black Kite was extremely fast, usually difficult to detect, and Lin Jing could only notice it thanks to the system alerts.
Lin Jing looked at the Little Sparrow on Huang Qingling’s shoulder and smiled as he said:
“Perhaps this little one is just shy!”
The Black Kite, upon hearing this, suddenly raised its head and glared at Lin
Jing with its small eyes, as if to express its dissatisfaction.
“Chirp…”
It called out to Lin Jing, seemingly to show its displeasure.
Huang Qingling looked at Little Sparrow, her face filled with exasperation.
That didn’t look like a shy creature at all.
And then…
They didn’t continue dwelling on the matter, as the two of them walked together towards Yuebaolou.
Upon arriving at Yuebaolou, Lin Jing first handed over the Elixir Medicine to Elder Yu.
This was the first time, and he didn’t hand over too much, just following the most basic requirements, he submitted five Supreme Elixirs, and for the rest, he also only submitted Elixir Medicines that met the basic requirements.
Afterwards, he left Elder Yu’s place to collect the Alchemy Ingredients needed for the next month.
Lin Jing made his way through Yuebaolou to the backyard.
This backyard was not open to the public. It was bustling with people, all of whom belonged to Yuebaolou, including its managers, Attendants, and even various Offering Priests.
On his way to collect Alchemy Ingredients, he encountered two people.
Lin Jing recognized one of them, who was also an Offering Priest and a Pill Master, seemingly with the surname Wang, but he wasn’t too clear about his exact name.
That person strutted with his head high, as if he didn’t see Lin Jing at all.
The other person, slightly shorter, was someone Lin Jing had never seen before, probably a newcomer.
The slightly shorter Offering Priest saw Lin Jing and quickly stepped forward, bowing and saying:
“Fellow Daoist, may I ask if you are also an Offering Pill Master?”
Lin Jing was taken aback, for he was only a First-Grade Alchemist.
Therefore, these Offering Pill Masters would not interact with him at all.
Even if they happened to encounter each other, most would do as the Wang-surname Cultivator did, passing by with their heads raised, without speaking a word to Lin Jing.
At best, if they crossed paths, they would simply nod at each other, considering that a greeting.
However, Lin Jing was fine with this; he just focused on refining his own pills and usually didn’t interact with others.
Yet here was a person who took the initiative to greet him, which was indeed
quite unusual..