Chapter 18 (1/2)
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Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“What’s wrong with you, Xu Yu?” Xu Yang asked his sister, puzzled by her actions. “Aren’t you tired of staring at me for half an hour?”
Xu Yu kept her hands on her cheeks and stared at Xu Yang carefully. This made Xu Yang feel a little creeped out.
“I’m wondering why my brother has become so powerful…” Xu Yu finally spoke. She stood up and skipped lightly to Xu Yang’s side. “I’m so happy. You will definitely shock the audience at the Grand Family Tournament one month later. We are so close to returning to the Xu family.”
Xu Yang smiled slightly. He shook his head and said nothing. He felt a strong resistance against the Xu family that had no human touch and had alienated him. He did not want to return to the Xu family at all.
He had decided to participate in the Grand Family Tournament one month later for Xu Yu’s earnest anticipation and the obsession of the dead Xu Yang. He regarded this as fulfilling the last wish of the dead Xu Yang.
1Moreover, Xu Yang would also like to see the expressions on the faces of everyone in the Xu family when he were to turn his back on them and announce his disengagement with the Xu family in the Grand Family Tournament, after he had won the tournament with his amazing techniques.
“It’s a pity that the cloth I bought have turned to rags.” Xu Yu was angry when she thought of this. “I cannot make clothes for you now. I can only wait till tomorrow…”
“Xu Yu, the clothes I am wearing now are good enough.” Xu Yang stroke his slightly worn out clothes. It was sewn by the petite hands of his sister. There was warmth in his heart wearing the clothes.
“You have worn this for two years. It doesn’t fit you well anymore,” Xu Yu muttered. “It’s dirty and torn now… Please take it off, brother. I’ll wash and repair it for you.”
Xu Yang hummed in acknowledgement, and feelings of tenderness enveloped his heart.
“Brother, what are you going to do with so much firewood?” Xu Yu asked curiously when she saw the pile of firewood in the courtyard that was like a hill.
“Produce elixirs.” Xu Yang answered simply while he was busy stacking firewood under the base of the medicine ding.
“Producing elixirs! Are you an Alchemist Master, brother?” Xu Yu said in surprise. In her mind, an Alchemist Master was a respectable person who would never have anything to do with her.
1“I can only produce some ordinary elixirs now. I’m going to sell them. It’s a way of making money,” Xu Yang explained. “I must at least advance into Mystical Warrior stage to be able to produce a real spirit elixir. ”
Xu Yu hurried over to help after she was done digesting this surprising information.
Xu Yang quickly set up the fire and opened the cover of the ding.
“Unfortunately, I still don’t have the Fire-Extreme Mystical Power. It is difficult to control the fire power of an ordinary fire. I can only use it to produce ordinary elixirs.” Xu Yang felt a sense of regret but it did not slow down his actions. When the ding’s body was warm enough, he gently put a medicinal herb with withered white flowers into the ding and increased the amount of firewood. Finally, he closed the cover of the ding to refine the medicinal power.
White Dandelion, Spicy Grass, Gastrodia… These medicinal materials were poured into the fabric medicine port in the ding for refining.
“Brother, what kind of elixir are you producing?” Xu Yu, whose face was slightly blackened by the soot, asked.
1“Blood-Clotting Powder. It’s a kind of powdered elixir which can quickly stop wounds from bleeding.” Xu Yang, who was counting silently in his heart, replied distractedly. Xu Yang once observed that ordinary elixir for hemostasis in this golden age was rare and had weak effects. The development of ordinary elixir in later generations was much more complete than it was in this golden age. This kind of Blood-Clotting Powder could stop the wound from bleeding in two breaths and form scabs in half an hour. It could be called a magical effect. Its hemostasis and healing effect could even be compared with those graded spirit elixirs.
Xu Yang silently counted to a thousand and reduced the heat. Then, he started to temper the elixir with slow fire.
“Is it done?” Xu Yu could not hide her curiosity. She wanted to see how the elixir produced by her brother looked like.
Xu Yang smiled slightly and opened the ding’s cover. A slightly spicy smell came out along with the steam. Xu Yu who was peeking around the body of the ding body was engulfed in smoke and sneezed several times.
“It’s so spicy. Is it the Blood-Clotting Powder?” Xu Yu barely stopped sneezing and questioned.
Xu Yang looked down as there was a layer of fine sand-like red medicine powder on the bottom of the medicine ding with a few stems of residue herb. He could tell that the Blood-Clotting Powder had been successfully produced.
“Spicy Grass was added in order to kill germs to prevent inflammation and ulceration of the wound.” Xu Yang explained regardless of whether Xu Yu understood it or not. He opened the fabric medicine port on the side of the ding and used a small spoon to take out the freshly made Blood-Clotting Powder.
Xu Yu cut pieces of yellow paper into smaller pieces and handed them over one by one to Xu Yang. Xu Yang took the pieces of paper and packed the Blood-Clotting Powder into small packets.
Ordinary elixirs were not as rare as spirit elixirs in which there were only a few pills produced at a time. The Blood-Clotting Powder that Xu Yang produced this time was packed into more than a hundred packets. With the price of one Wolf Coin for each packet of medicine powder, the medicine powder he produced could be sold for more than a hundred Wolf Coins. However, the cost was only some ordinary herbs which did not even amount to one Wolf Coin.
“It really is a good way to make money. I’m going to the Thousand-Treasures Pavilion again.” Xu Yang exhaled. He wrapped the more than one hundred packets of medicine powder with a piece of cloth and caressed Xu Yu’s head.
“It’s late. It’s time to sleep, Xu Yu.'”