Chapter 444 - Goodbye (1/2)
It was 4 in the morning when Alex was done making the 100+ pills for the city lord.
Finally, he could proceed onto some pills of his own. The first thing he made was some Qi Renewal pills for his sister. She needed a desperate amount of them, so in the next hour, he made as many as he could.
Then he made two sets of common parasite removal pills. It came out to be 3, so he was quite happy with it.
He made other miscellaneous pills that he thought his sister's family would need and was finally done around 8 in the morning.
”Ahhh…” he stretched as he stood up. Sitting down on the same spot for over a day and a half in a row with minimal movement was very hard for him.
'How do people go on months like this? Is closed cultivation that easy?' he wondered. 'Maybe it gets easier the more I get used to this.'
He sorted out the pills and kept 40 for himself. He didn't want to do it, but he also didn't want to reveal that he could make more pills with a single ingredient.
So, he reluctantly hid those pills away.
He walked out of the alchemy hall and walked towards his sister's house. The city was bustling in the morning and was very different from the midnight or noon he walked around.
'People return to daily life so easily, huh?' he thought.
Once he reached his sister's house, he went directly to her room and knocked.
Luo Mei opened the door and beamed. ”You're back,” she said.
”Yeah, and I brought the pills for you,” Alex said.
”Oh, come in,” she said and took him inside.
Alex walked in and took out some pill bottles. ”Here! These are the pills for fast cultivation. These are for a breakthrough, these are for Uncle after he is done with the parasites, these are normal healing pills for you and your sister, these are for smooth breakthroughs… and these are pills to improve your spiritual sense.”
Alex handed out multiple pill bottles and Luo Mei was a little overwhelmed.
”Wait! Wait! Wait! There are so many. Aren't these expensive?” she asked.
”Umm… each one should be about 2-3 True spirit stones in cost,” Alex said as he wondered if he was right. He had never really such good pills outside of auctions.
”I can't take that!” Luo Mei said.
”Well, you have to whether you like it or not. Especially this one,” he said as he pointed to the one he had created himself.
”It's a recipe I came up with on my own. Well, that might be a little untrue… it's more like I stumbled on it by accident, but it's my own recipe nonetheless. It greatly increases your spiritual sense, so it should help you a bit,” Alex said.
”But—”
”Just eat it, sister. Are you going to say no to your brother?” he asked.
”Sigh, okay. But I'm asking father to give you something too. You can't say no to your sister either,” Luo Mei said.
”Uh… sure,” Alex said.
”So… do I cultivate after eating this?” she asked.
”I don't think you need to,” Alex said.
”Alright then, here it goes,” she said and took one of the new pills out and ate it.
”Ah, it's so… warm,” she said as she shook her head a little.
”D0 you feel any changes?” he asked.
”Let me check.”
Alex felt a wave of spiritual energy wash over him as Luo Mei sent out her spiritual sense to the extreme without stretching it beyond her normal level.
”Wow!” she cried out.
”It increased by nearly 5 meters. That's amazing,” she said. ”My spiritual sense is now up to 40 meters.”
”Was it 35 only before?” he asked.
”Yeah. I started with what was it… 32 I think? And got to 35 when I broke through to the 6th realm. I think it will increase when I breakthrough more,” she said. ”Oh, how many should I eat?”
”I don't really know. Just to be safe, don't eat more than 3. Give the rest of sister Xing,” Alex said.
Luo Mei's face soured when she heard that. ”You give it,” she said.
”Sister, there is no bad blood between you two. You should also know how unreasonable you are being towards her. Imagine what she must be feeling like with her only sister hating her for something that was not her fault.”
”Just go and make up with her. Say sorry! You are the one in the wrong here from what I understand,” Alex said.
”But I…” Luo Mei couldn't come up with any argument so she just crossed her arms. ”She told you about it? Or did mother?”
”She did. I asked first though,” he said.
”Sigh… I will see what I can do,” she said.
”It's okay. Just start slowly. You don't need to make up in a single day. Slowly build back the connections you've lost,” Alex said. ”As long as you come out of it being closer than when you started, you will have succeeded.”
”I hope to hear news about you two sisters being sisterly again when you return back to Scarlet City,” he said.
”Oh right, that reminds me. You are leaving today?” she asked.
”In the afternoon, yes,” he said.
”Hmm… this might be troublesome for master now,” she said softly.
”Huh? Why?” he asked.
”I won't be returning for another 2 weeks. So by that time, my spot will have changed. Someone else will take that place,” she said.
”Um… does master immediately leave his position when someone else takes the Prime Disciple spot? No right?” he asked.