Chapter 173: Meeting Zhang Qiao Again
Chapter 173: Meeting Zhang Qiao Again
The little Taoist nun is Zhang Qiao. She now worships Xiao Chunyu as her master and learns how to prepare medicines and make elixirs.
She didn't expect Xiao Xia to call her Fairy Sister in front of her master. Her pretty face turned red and she said shyly, "Just call me Chuchen."
Xiao Chunyu looked at the golden boy and jade girl with a smile, and said softly: "Chuchen, go pour some water for Junior Brother!"
"Hey! I'm going right now!"
Zhang Qiao ran to get some water with a blushing face.
"Mom, I was just joking when I called her Senior Sister, why did you take it so seriously?"
Xiao Chunyu smiled and said, "Isn't it wrong to call her Senior Sister? Your swordsmanship was taught to you by Chuchen. Do you still want to call her Master?"
Xiao Xia had no choice but to smile bitterly and said, "Senior Sister is Senior Sister!"
Walking into the lobby, there is a wooden floor, only one table, and it is spotless.
"Sit down!" Xiao Chunyu asked his son to sit down.
She hesitated for a moment and asked, "Have you returned to Chang'an?"
Xiao Xia nodded, "Grandfather Huang recognized me as his grandson, but my last name is still Xiao."
"I know that Empress Dugu left a will. I am sorry that you have been wronged in Jiangdu all these years."
Xiao Xia smiled and said, "It's not that I feel wronged. Suffering is a treasure in life. But does mother have to become a nun? I bought a house in Chang'an, so I don't have to live under someone else's roof. Mother, come back with me this time!"
Xiao Chunyu smiled and said, "Bao'er is open-minded, I am very pleased, but I really don't want to return to secular life. I like the quietness here, and I live in seclusion. If you miss me, come and see me. As long as you are doing well, I will have nothing to worry about."
"There is also a Taoist temple in Chang'an. I can buy a piece of land to build a Taoist temple for my mother."
Xiao Chunyu still shook her head, "I told you before that your master is not the master I worship now. When I was eight years old, my master came to Jiangdong to travel. She accepted me as her apprentice and took me to Qingcheng Mountain to learn alchemy and medical skills. When I was fourteen years old, I returned to Jiankang after returning to secular life. My master followed me to Jiankang and continued to teach me medical skills and pharmacy. She didn't leave until I was sixteen.
When I was nineteen, I had a falling out with your grandfather and left home for the north to live with my cousin Xiao Xu, the Princess of Jin. There I met the Prince of Jin. I gave birth to you when I was twenty-one. You are sixteen now, and I am thirty-seven. In two or three years, I will be forty. I don't want to go through so much trouble anymore, so I want to live the rest of my life here quietly with my master."
Xiao Xia was silent for a while, then said, "I respect my mother's choice!"
"That's right. You are a real man. You should put your heart in the world. The past has nothing to do with you. I am a Taoist priest. Taoism teaches us to follow our heart and fate. Don't worry. I am living a good life in Qingcheng Mountain."
Xiao Xia nodded silently.
At this time, Zhang Qiao came over with tea. She slowly squatted down and offered a cup to her master and Xiao Xia respectively. She glanced at Xiao Xia, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she said nothing and walked away with her head down.
Xiao Chunyu looked at her back and said, "In two or three years, I plan to let her return to secular life. Ah Bao, you have to take good care of her for your mother."
Xiao Xia's face suddenly turned red. There was something else behind his mother's words. How could he not understand?
"What? Don't you want to?"
Xiao Chunyu smiled and said, "In the future, she will help you prepare Chunyu Dan and Jingang Wan."
Xiao Xia nodded gently and took out a pair of frost swords from his waist. He pushed the frost swords to his mother and said, "This frost sword originally belonged to mother. Give it to her!"
"You are thoughtful, you want to use my sword as a favor? Fine! I will grant your wish."
Xiao Xia scratched his head and changed the subject, "Mom, should I keep taking Spring Rain Pills? I heard that taking internal energy pills will overdraw your lifespan."
Xiao Chunyu smiled slightly and said, "That is indeed the case, but look at those alchemists who practice alchemy, how many of them have short lives?"
Xiao Xia was stunned. "What do you mean? Is there another formula?"
Xiao Chunyu nodded, "The Heavenly King Pill, Dragon and Tiger Pill, and Five Elements Powder are just basic pills. If you only take these three kinds of pills, it will indeed affect your lifespan, so every alchemist will make a double transformation based on these three kinds of pills.
One is to improve the method of alchemy, and the other is to add more medicine. Both are indispensable. The purpose of the improvement is to eliminate the side effects that affect lifespan. Chunyu Dan is a double improvement of Tianwang Dan by my mother, eliminating the side effect of Tianwang Dan that affects lifespan, so you don’t have to worry. "
So that's how it is. Xiao Xia finally understood the real effect of Chunyu Dan. Pain relief is just one of its minor effects. Its real effect is to remove the factors that affect life span. "How long will the child have to take it?" Xiao Xia asked again.
"Give me your wrist, and let me check your pulse."
Xiao Xia pulled up his sleeves and put his hands on the table. Xiao Chunyu looked at the butterfly birthmark on his son's arm, and his eyes suddenly became extremely gentle, as if he had returned to ten years ago, when that well-behaved little guy had grown up now.
"You will use the barrier breaking to the maximum!"
Xiao Xia continued to stimulate the Dan Qi and maximize its barrier-breaking ability. Xiao Chunyu placed his fingers on his son's wrist, a hint of surprise in his eyes. His son's internal strength had actually reached the eighth level.
She immediately understood that it must be her uncle Yuan Shoucheng who passed on his skills to her son, otherwise it would be impossible for him to have such great achievements at the age of sixteen, even if she had laid a solid foundation for him.
"I estimate that you will be able to form a pill in about half a year. But even if you form a pill, you'd better continue to take Chunyu Pill for another two to three years, one pill a day. But after forming a pill, you don't need to take Jingang Pill anymore. Taking that pill for too long will have a great impact on your body shape, and you will end up like Zhang Jue."
"Do you have the formula for the King Kong Pills? I promised the head of the Xiao family in Jiangdu."
Xiao Chunyu smiled and nodded, "I'll give you a copy later."
"Mother, I still want to meet Master Yuan. Where can I find him?"
"I don't know where he will be. Leave me your address and I'll ask him to find you when he comes back."
Coming out of the living room, someone suddenly whispered behind him, "Big Monkey, follow me!"
Xiao Xia turned around and saw a Taoist robe flash and disappear into the aisle next to him. He hurriedly followed.
At the end of the corridor was a small door. Walking out of the door, there was a small open space outside the Taoist temple. Zhang Qiao threw a wooden sword to him.
"Senior sister wants to test your martial arts!"
After not seeing each other for a whole year, Xiao Xia found that the childishness between her eyebrows and eyes had faded a lot. She was no longer a flower in bud, but a slightly blossoming flower. She was already a girl in the second grade of junior high school. The baby fat on her face gradually disappeared, and her skin began to have the luster of a girl, making her more beautiful, especially her eyebrows and eyes, which looked exactly like they were drawn in a painting, but more lively and radiant than a painting.
"Sister, I'm using long weapons now!"
"Don't make excuses, enter the barrier breaking state!"
Zhang Qiao held the wooden sword horizontally, and immediately a murderous aura filled him. Xiao Xia instantly entered the highest barrier-breaking state.
The two men attacked at the same time. Two figures flashed and returned to their original positions. Zhang Qiao only had half of the wooden sword left in her hand. She looked at Xiao Xia in disbelief. She didn't even touch Xiao Xia's edge, but Xiao Xia tapped her twice with the sword and finally cut her wooden sword in half with the sword. That was a wooden sword! How could he do that?
Zhang Qiao suddenly realized that Xiao Xia's internal strength had far surpassed his own, and he could not match her in terms of speed and strength.
Zhang Qiao felt a little disappointed, but also very happy in her heart. She was excited about Xiao Xia's rapid progress.
"Not bad! Great progress, worthy of praise!"
Zhang Qiao asked with a smile: "When will Junior Brother go back?"
"Maybe tomorrow or the day after tomorrow!"
"Then let's go the day after tomorrow. I'll take you to collect herbs tomorrow. There are a few herbs that I can't collect, so you have to help me!"
Xiao Xia nodded and smiled: "I'll go with you tomorrow!"
At this time, the bell rang, and Zhang Qiao smiled and said, "It's time for dinner. I'll take you to the dining hall!"
"Are there any other men here besides me?"
Zhang Qiao shook his head. "There are more than 40 people in total, all of them are Taoist nuns. There are no other men except you!"
Xiao Xia hesitated for a moment, "Then I won't go to the dining hall!"
"That's fine! You wait in the pharmacy, I'll bring you food."
(End of this chapter)