Chapter 693: 575 Fu Yunshen Protective Shortcomings [1 Update]_2
“So this is Miss Zijin’s brilliance,” the Fourth Elder nodded. “She has a deep understanding of pharmacology and knows that by simply changing the order, she can turn a heat-biased Energy Dissipating Pill into one that’s biased toward cold.”
“The Pill Alliance also specifically taught this point when instructing mbers on refining dicine, but it’s indeed difficult to apply. You must learn to adapt, not be rigid. The knowledge in the books can also be applied more broadly.”
The winter hunting dicinal refining competition can indeed greatly enhance the dicine refining ability of the ancient dical field.
Because in the process of refining dicine, one must pay attention not only to their own dicine furnace but also to their opponent’s.
A single missed step can lead to the production of the wrong antidote.
This is not sneaky sabotage, but an overwhelming display of ability.
ng Qingxue certainly noticed that Ying Zijin had changed the order of the dicinal ingredients, but she never really thought it would alter the dicinal properties.
ng Qingxue’s lips trembled, a heavy taste of iron in her throat as she struggled to speak, “I’m sorry, I really didn’t an to harm you. The antidote is with the Great Elder, you won’t co to any harm, I truly didn’t… ”
She just wanted to prove that she was superior to Ying Zijin in refining dicine.
Ying Zijin’s gaze was cool, her expression indifferent, “But I don’t like pain.”
She could endure pain, but that doesn’t an she liked it.
She doesn’t harm others, but she keeps her guard up.
If it were just a Vein Severing Pill, there would be no pain initially.
But a Vein Fragnting Pill is different, it would hurt right from the start.
And indeed, without careful observation, one wouldn’t realize that what ng Qingxue refined was actually a Vein Fragnting Pill.
Because the amount of ingredients needed for the two elixirs isn’t much different.
ng Qingxue did see her change the order of ingredients, yet she still failed to refine the correct antidote.
Fu Yunshen’s grip on Ying Zijin’s fingers tightened bit by bit, his palm icy, his chest also aching as if it was shattering.
He didn’t know how she died before, nor why she could live again with her mories intact.
Clearly, her mories had returned not long before he first t her, which is why she now had the ability to protect herself.
But just that one year alone, when Ying Zijin was forcibly drained of blood by the Ying Family, unable to eat or sleep well, and also under trendous ntal pressure…
It was suffering enough.
He had felt pain, and he knew how unbearable it was.
“She is in pain, and it breaks my heart,” Fu Yunshen’s gaze finally fell on ng Qingxue for the first ti. “Your pain, that’s tolerable.”
There were no words more devastating than these nine.
ng Qingxue simply couldn’t bear it, and blood flowed from the corner of her mouth as if beads had slipped from a cut thread.
“Fu Yunshen!” Patriarch ng was furious to the extre, “Can’t you keep quiet? You know she gets emotional when she sees you and it affects her body, are you doing this on purpose?”
“Yes, deliberately,” Fu Yunshen said indifferently as he touched the girl’s head, “let’s go.”
Because of his many experiences, he usually doesn’t use harsh words on others.
Liking soone isn’t wrong, and those who liked him were never few.
Those who ca to confess, he always rejected politely, which is a respect for the girls.
ng Qingxue had caused him quite a lot of trouble in the ancient dical field, even pushing him to the brink of life and death on several occasions, where a slight inattention could have been the end.
Fu Yunshen didn’t mind and took it as a learning experience.
But when it involved Ying Zijin, things were different.
ng Qingxue’s complexion grew paler by the mont, even her lips losing their color, her voice trembling, “I really didn’t intend to hurt her, I just wanted to show you that there were areas where I could be more formidable than her…”
Foo Chen, listening on the side, finally realized what was going on.
Over the years, many had sought to marry ng Qingxue from the ng Family, but she had never married.
On one hand, her health was indeed poor; on the other, she had refused them all.
It turns out ng Qingxue actually fancied his ancestor?
“Why do you feel the need to compete? Even if you do win, what then? He won’t like you any more or less,” Foo Chen was puzzled but spoke incisively, “To be honest, even if Miss Ying can’t refine dicine, Brother Fu’s affections are still for her.”
“You couldn’t possibly think that by outmatching her, Brother Fu would start to see you, could you?”
ng Qingxue had been sheltered in the ng Family for too long, having no idea how matters of the heart really worked, did she?
ng Qingxue’s chest heaved violently with surged qi, blood spilling from her lips once again.
Ultimately unable to withstand it, she fainted.
Patriarch ng’s face turned ashen.
The one who had spoken was Foo Chen.
In terms of status and identity, Foo Chen was a direct lineage family mber of the Foo Family, just like ng Qingxue.
Especially since Foo Xi seed to have finished his closed-door cultivation and co out into the world again recently.
The ancestors of the ng Family had long since ceased to be the first generation of the family founders, so there was no way for them to compare with Foo Xi.
Patriarch ng could only forcefully swallow his anger, without the ability to reprimand.
He didn’t have ti to linger, and imdiately sent ng Qingxue back to the ng Family and asked the elders to see her for diagnosis.
ng Jingyu, however, stood in place, unable to snap back to reality.
For he had finally realized a problem that had persisted for a long ti.
He had always thought that the ancient martial artists he sent to snatch Ying Zijin’s herbs had encountered hunters from the O continent.
But now it seed that was not the case.
Those ancient martial artists were only martial apprentices, with not very high ancient martial cultivation, and if it had been soone from the ancient dical field, they could have easily disabled low-level ancient martial artists with dicine.
ng Jingyu took a deep breath.
Miscalculated.
He had thought that he wouldn’t encounter anyone from ancient dicine outside, but he hadn’t expected Ying Zijin to be so formidable.
Unfortunately, it was also too late to erase Ying Zijin from mory.
With the Pill Alliance’s protection, the ng Family couldn’t do anything either.
ng Jingyu frowned and returned to the ng Family as well.
**
Evening.
Ying Zijin and Fu Yunshen went to the riverside to release river lanterns.
After finishing, Ying Zijin took out Dudu and poked its little belly, “I’m preparing for closed-door cultivation until the end of the winter break, look after the pig for .”
Fu Yunshen tilted his head, “Hmm? Not coming out until you’re an ancient martial grandmaster?”
For ancient martial artists, closed-door cultivation was a very common occurrence, even one year was considered short.
Yue Fuyi entered closed-door cultivation at the end of last year and hadn’t co out yet.
Those from the ancestral generation, once they closed the door, it could be ten years.
He, however, was not, because his cultivation had been raised through life and death battles.
Ying Zijin handed Dudu to Fu Yunshen, “I might not reach it, but ninety years should be no problem.”
Her current ancient martial cultivation was around seventy-eight years.
Yet the step to a hundred-year cultivation of an ancient martial grandmaster was indeed difficult to break through, and so many people were stuck at the ninety-nine year mark, unable to advance an inch.
She looked up, “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing,” Fu Yunshen stuffed the protesting Dudu into his pocket and raised an eyebrow, “Starting a long-distance relationship again.”
“There’s one more day,” Ying Zijin leaned on his shoulder, “Let kiss you more for a while.”
Fu Yunshen’s peach blossom eyes curved up, “What to do, girlfriend? I’m liking you more and more.”
Where else could he find such an adorable girlfriend?
Ying Zijin pushed his face away, expressionless, “I told you, don’t flirt with .”
Fu Yunshen quickly agreed, amiable as water, “Okay.”
He paused, then added, “Can’t help it, I was born this way.”
“…”
**
The next day.
Ying Zijin went to the Pill Alliance to collect herbs needed for closed-door cultivation.
The atmosphere inside was a bit off.
There sat an old woman, with hair gone grey but her visage bearing only around forty years.
“Miss Ying,” Hall Master Li approached, frowned, then said, “This is an ancestor of the ng Family, her na is ng Wan, one hundred twenty years old this year.”
That age, in the ancient dical field, was very, very old.
Many practitioners of ancient dicine passed away like ordinary people around seventy or eighty years of age.
Ying Zijin was unconcerned, as she handed over the prescription to Hall Master Li.
Hall Master Li took it and added, “It should still be about yesterday’s incident.”
If the ng Family wants to co, and it’s an ancestor who cos, the Pill Alliance can’t stop them.
“Ying Zijin, you’re quite capable,” ng Wan said with a sharp look in her eyes, speaking indifferently, “Beating Qingxue is no big deal; why don’t you co and compete with ?”
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