Chapter 407: Swine (1/2)

Alex logged back into the game after returning from his classes. It was nearly 4 pm, so he had to go do what he needed to very soon since he didn't know the time frame for when it was allowed.

”I sure hope it's available all the time,” he thought. He quickly walked out of his house and made his way to his master's residence.

He saw a few girls, different from the ones from this morning, taking care of her. They looked like they were slacking off quite a bit, but considering that they had nothing to do except literally just keep an eye on their sect leader.

He walked into the cold room and saw that his master's face was very comfortable and it looked like she was just sleeping.

”Hello,” he greeted the girls. ”Were there any changes since last night?” he asked.

The girls greeted him back and let him know that there was nothing of that sort happening. Apparently, she'd hadn't woken up a single time since she was asleep, not even a little movement.

'Her body must've really been exhausted,' he thought. Just fighting with the yang energy all day would have surely caused her very high distress.

”Are you guys giving her anything to eat?” he asked.

The girls looked at him with a weird look. ”She's still unconscious. How could we give her anything to eat?” they asked.

”Ah, my bad,” he said. 'I forgot this world doesn't have saline drips and such. Maybe they could give her some fluids— Or not. I guess cultivators don't follow the same rules as a normal sick person. As long as they have Qi, they should be fine,' he thought.

Now that he knew of Ma Rong's status, he decided to leave to do what he had been planning for the whole day.

”Oh right, did Zhou Mei or Fan Ruogang come here today?” he asked.

”Yes, for a while. But they left soon after,” the girls said.

”Um… do you know where they are right now by any chance?” he asked. He needed at least one of their help.

”Uhh… not really. But they should be in their homes. I don't think they have anywhere else to go,” the girls said.

”You guys don't have direct communications to either of them right?” Alex asked expecting nothing.

”No,” all the girls said as they shook their heads.

”I see. Thank you anyway,” he said as he turned around to leave.

”Oh wait,” one of the girls said. ”Sister Zhou's little sister should be in her house, and sister Zhou visits there a lot,” she said.

Alex's eyes lit up. ”Ah, that's right. Zhou Mei had a little sister. I'll ask her for her sister. Thank you,” he said and left for sure this time.

He walked down the sect leader's mountain until he reached the sect valley and walked through the crowd. A few disciples turned around to look at him, but most inner sect disciples, let alone outer sect disciples, didn't even recognize him.

Only a few of them turned around to say their greeting to him at all.

Alex liked this invisibility he got despite being very popular in reality. The knowledge of him making a 60% harmony pill in the Annual Sect Competition was not something people could easily hide. Add to the fact that he was the sect leader's direct disciple, he was a direct contender with Wan Li for the most popular disciple in the sect.

He went past the sect valley and made his way to the Core mountain. The elders didn't stop him, and he easily went up the mountain.

'Oh, they already filled 2 more houses in the month I was away,' he thought as he looked through the houses. He finally reached the house that was his but gave away.

He sent his spiritual sense inside but didn't find anyone in. 'Hm… where'd he go?' he wondered, but quickly changed his thoughts and moved on to the next house.

He sent in his spiritual sense to check and smiled when he saw that all three of them were indeed there. He waited for a bit as it seemed like Zhou Mi was in an important step of the pill-making process. Once it seemed like she was over it, he finally walked up to the door.

KNOCK KNOCK

He knocked on the door and waited.

”Go and check who it is,” Zhou Mei's voice could be heard from inside. Alex heard loud footsteps coming out of the house and smiled.

The door opened to reveal the large Kong Yuhan, who seemed to be a little annoyed. However, the moment he saw Alex, his face changed and he immediately got Alex into a tight hug.

”Brother Yu! You really are okay,” he shouted out loud.

Alex smiled. ”Yes, I am, Brother Kong. Sorry for worrying you,” he said.

”It's okay. It's fine as long as you're fine. I was so afraid that you might have been really injured or something. I thought sister Mei was lying to me to give me false hope,” Kong Yuhan said.

The two of them talked for a few more minutes before the Zhou sisters walked out.

”Yu Ming? Why are you here?” Zhou Mei asked as she walked out.

”Oh, I need your help a little. I can use Fanfan's help as well, but I don't know how to contact her at all,” he said.

”Our help? What for? I doubt there is anything that I can teach you which you don't already know,” she said.

Alex reached into his bag and brought out a pill bottle. ”I need to know what this pill does,” he said.

Zhou Mei instinctively took the pill bottle and opened it up to see what was inside. She took out one of the pink pills and placed it on her hands.