Chapter 79 Must be raised
As the flow of hot water from the bamboo tube into the pool gradually slowed down, Chu Qinghe slowly stood up from the pool.
When the other women returned to the yard, Chu Qinghe was already sitting in the yard, with the herbs he had bought outside the north of the city placed in front of him.
Seeing this scene, Qu Feiyan pulled Xiao Zhao and quickly moved to sit opposite Chu Qinghe.
Looking at the ordinary-looking herb in Chu Qinghe's hand, Qu Feiyan asked, "Sir, is this the Acacia Linglong Grass?"
Chu Qinghe said softly, "Acacia Linglong Grass, it looks like Linglong Grass, but it has four leaves with flat tips and a grass spike in the middle, shaped like a red bean, hence the name Acacia Linglong Grass. It only grows on cliffs and is hard for ordinary people to find."
Qu Feiyan said: "No wonder it is so rare, it turns out it only grows on cliffs."
After asking Qu Feiyan to come out of the kitchen and fetch an iron bowl, Chu Qinghe used his internal force to cut off the red bean-like spikes of the Acacia grass, then stirred it with his internal force until it turned into powder and fell into the iron bowl. He added water and placed it on the stove next to him.
As the hot water in the bowl gradually boiled, Chu Qinghe added some of the medicinal powders that had just been prepared on the table into the bowl in batches. Finally, he crushed the fresh century-old ginseng on the table and mixed it with several kinds of medicinal powders and added it to the bowl.
As these medicines were added, the water in the iron bowl became viscous, and a rich medicinal aroma wafted away.
While slowly stirring the iron bowl, Chu Qinghe placed the Acacia Linglong Grass in front of Dongfang Bubai and said to him, "Help me dry this thing."
After hearing Chu Qinghe's words, Dongfang Bubai nodded and wrapped up the Acacia Linglong Grass with his true energy.
Along with the rapid flow of true energy, strong winds were created around the Acacia Grass.
On the other hand, the surface of the freshly picked Acacia grass was drying up at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The convenience of martial arts was fully demonstrated at this moment.
When Chu Qinghe was stirring the medicine in the iron bowl with his inner strength, Qu Feiyan asked curiously, "Sir, why is Acacia paired with red beans, but Turtle paired with mung beans?"
Chu Qinghe explained: "Red beans are slightly bitter and slightly poisonous, just like the feeling of lovesickness. Although the poison is small, it can enter the heart. As for mung beans, they have the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. They are slightly sweet and very nutritious, but they can easily cause internal heat. The two are a perfect match."
Qu Feiyan suddenly realized, "So that's how it is! I said they are all beans, so what's the difference between these mung beans?"
After Chu Qinghe glanced at Qu Feiyan, he thought, you are at the middle stage of the acquired realm after all, so you should learn more about pharmacology, so that you won’t be asked to mix medicine in the pool in the future and mix a pool of poison.
After all, it is quite tiring to prepare the bath water yourself every night.
In comparison, Chu Qinghe still prefers to sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor.
Naturally, these things will have to be done by Qu Feiyan and Xiao Zhao in the future.
But the problem is that Qu Feiyan's pharmacology is only third-rate, and Chu Qinghe probably can't rely on her in the short term.
After a while, Dongfang Bubai had already dried the Acacia Linglong Grass in the wind.
After dividing the dried Acacia Linglong Grass into two parts, Chu Qinghe collected half of it and ground the other half into powder using his internal energy. He then added some other medicinal powders and kept it warm in a basin of water.
When the medicine in the iron bowl next to it is almost dry, pour a little of the wine in the warm wine pot into the iron bowl next to it and boil it again.
In this way, after nine times of boiling, Chu Qinghe took out the medicinal mud.
After the internal force circulated, the medicinal mud was evenly separated and rolled into pills to dry. Ten bean-sized pills had already fallen into the bowl.
After putting five of the pills into the medicine bottle, Chu Qinghe gestured, "Okay, eat!"
Hearing this, Qu Feiyan was slightly surprised and asked, "Is that all?"
Listening to Qu Feiyan's words, Chu Qinghe squinted and said, "What else? What else do you want to do?"
The most difficult part of making medicine is controlling the medicine.
It has always been the case that if you have more, there will be excess, and if you have less, there will be a shortage.
Too much or too little will lead to failure in alchemy.
Even the amount required varies depending on the year of the medicinal materials.
For ordinary doctors, if they want to make pills with this Acacia Linglong Grass, there is no clear prescription and it is purely a matter of luck.
But with his master-level medical skills, Chu Qinghe's control over medicinal materials and dosage is incredibly precise.
Refining these things is naturally not that difficult.
As he spoke, Chu Qinghe picked up a pill, threw it into his mouth, and swallowed it.
Seeing this, Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue waved their hands, and a pill fell into their hands.
He swallowed it without even looking at it, without any hesitation at all.
Qu Feiyan picked one up and put it in Xiao Zhao's hand. "Yours."
Looking at the pill that had just been refined in his hand, Xiao Zhao couldn't help but show a bit of hesitation on his face.
"Master, this medicine is too precious, Xiao Zhao..."
Glancing at Xiao Zhao's hesitant look, Chu Qinghe said lazily, "Eat with peace of mind! There are still some left over here. If you want, you can eat a few more."
Hearing Chu Qinghe's voice, Xiao Zhao hesitated for a moment before nodding and taking the pill.
After a while, as the effect of the medicine began to take effect, several people clearly felt a distinct heat in their bodies.
Feeling the warmth flowing through her body, Qu Feiyan said, "After taking this medicine, you will be immune to all poisons. You won't have to be afraid of poison anymore."
However, just as these words came out, Chu Qinghe said unhappily: "That's a nice thought."
As soon as these words came out, Qu Feiyan looked at Chu Qinghe with a puzzled look on her face.
"Sir, didn't you say that the medicine made from this Acacia Linglong Grass can make you immune to all kinds of poisons after taking it?"
The other three women were the same and did not understand what Chu Qinghe meant.
Chu Qinghe said, "It's just that you are immune to all poisons, not that you are immune to all poisons. What I mean by being immune to all poisons is that you don't have to worry about ordinary knockout drugs or poisons like the red-crowned crane. When you encounter some special poisons, at most they will make your effects lighter and last longer. Over time, you will still be overwhelmed by the drugs."
The saying that one is immune to all poisons is itself a misunderstanding.
All things in the world are interdependent and mutually exclusive. As human beings, how is it possible that no poison has any effect on us?
It's nothing more than enhancing resistance to poison.
Not to mention anything else, if Chu Qinghe wanted, he could turn over Qu Feiyan's medicine hundreds of times without repeating it.
After Chu Qinghe explained it and learned about the effect of being immune to all poisons, Qu Feiyan was immediately disappointed.
"That's it?"
Seeing this, Chu Qinghe said calmly: "Be content! At least if you are drugged in the future, you will have time to react and won't be affected immediately."
The reason why poison is so hard to guard against is that by the time people react, it is already too late.
There are masters at the Grandmaster level like Dongfang Bubai and Yao Yue.
If it was a poison that had some fame in the martial arts world, the two women would be able to force it out directly with their true qi after spending some time.
It's just that in the process of forcing out the poison, it's inevitable that the strength will be affected, thus giving others an opportunity to take advantage of it.
However, with this physique that is immune to all poisons, the two women can have a certain buffer period after being poisoned to think of better coping methods or even catch the enemy off guard.
At critical moments, you can also turn the situation around and save your life.
Then, listening to the sound of the night watchman outside, Chu Qinghe slowly stood up.
After refilling a pot of wine, he turned to the girls in the yard and said, "Watch the fireworks!"
As he spoke, Chu Qinghe floated towards the yard. After his toes lightly touched the plants in the yard, his body rose up again and landed on the roof.
After waving his hands a few times, the snow on the roof was swept away, and Chu Qinghe lay down.
Feeling the cool breeze blowing over the roof, the heat in the body caused by the effects of the medicine was also eliminated to a small extent.
In a trance, Chu Qinghe felt as if he was in summer.
Just as Chu Qinghe lay down, accompanied by several sounds of breaking through the air, Dongfang Bubai and Yao Yue also fell onto the roof.
As the two women flew into the air, they swept the snow and lay down as they fell from the sky. Their movements were done in one smooth motion.
Even their lying positions were as if they had been discussed beforehand, one on the left and the other on the right, so skillful.
By the time Qu Feiyan pulled Xiao Zhao upstairs, it was obvious that there was no room left next to Chu Qinghe.
In response, Qu Feiyan curled her lips and pulled Xiao Zhao to Chu Qinghe.
As Qu Feiyan patted Chu Qinghe's crossed legs, Chu Qinghe couldn't help but roll his eyes.
“This girl!”
Although he was complaining in his heart, considering that today was the girl's birthday, Chu Qinghe still put his legs down flat.
A few breaths later, under Qu Feiyan's command, the two little girls used Chu Qinghe's legs as pillows and lay down sideways with their heads together.
After lying down, feeling the cool breeze from the roof, Qu Feiyan couldn't help but let out a sigh, patted her belly with her hands and exclaimed, "It's so cool."
Lying on the roof, turning his head to look at the camellia tree next to him that was still in full bloom, Xiao Zhao nudged Qu Feiyan and said, "It's past the blooming season, why are the flowers and plants in your courtyard still so lush now?"
Qu Feiyan fixed her eyes on the dark sky and said, "The young master would sprinkle some medicinal powder on the flowers and plants in the yard every once in a while, and then these flowers and plants would become like this."
Xiao Zhao suddenly realized, "So that's how it is!"
After waiting for a while, Qu Feiyan tugged at the corner of Chu Qinghe's clothes.
"Didn't you say you wanted to watch the fireworks? Where are the fireworks?"
"call out!"
"boom"
However, just as Qu Feiyan finished speaking, a noise suddenly rang out from the air.
The next second, under the dark sky, a brilliant firework instantly bloomed.
"Eh?"
Seeing the fireworks blooming in the sky, Qu Feiyan's eyes suddenly lit up and he stopped talking.
Yao Yue, who was standing beside Chu Qinghe, turned her head and looked at Chu Qinghe and asked, "Did you ask someone to prepare these fireworks?"
After swallowing the wine in his mouth, Chu Qinghe handed the wine pot to Yaoyue and said softly, "It's a festival! Plus it's this girl's birthday, so I arranged it a few days in advance."
Yao Yue took the wine pot from Chu Qinghe and said, "May 8th."
"Um?"
Chu Qinghe was stunned for a moment when he heard Yao Yue's sudden words.
But the next second, as his thoughts flowed, Chu Qinghe knew very well that Yao Yue was talking about her own birthday.
In response, Chu Qinghe chuckled and said, "Yes! I've got it in mind. May 8th."
However, just as Chu Qinghe finished speaking, a suction force came, and the wine jug in Yao Yue's hand was suddenly sucked into Dongfang Bubai's hand.
Perhaps it was because of the special timing. Listening to the conversation between Yao Yue and Chu Qinghe, Dongfang Bubai just snorted in his heart and did not sneer like he did in the past.
Instead, he withdrew his gaze from the sky and looked at Chu Qinghe seriously: "July 1st."
Hearing Dongfang Bubai's words, Chu Qinghe laughed and said, "Okay, one is May 8th, and the other is July 1st. I've got them all in mind."
At this point, Dongfang Bubai and Yao Yue nodded gently and each showed a satisfied smile.
On the other hand, Chu Qinghe also felt inexplicably amused by the two women's behavior at this time.
Not to mention, Chu Qinghe always found the .
After all, who can resist the contrast between women like Dongfang Bubai and Yao Yue?
Afterwards, everyone's gaze fell back on the sky, only the wine jug continued to be passed from one person to another.
Fireworks continued to bloom in the air, sometimes illuminating the sky and sometimes illuminating the faces of the five people on the roof.
As the breeze blew, the fragrance of flowers in the courtyard, the smell of gunpowder in the air, and the aroma of several people after bathing mixed together and slowly drifted into the noses of several people along with their breathing, making people unconsciously feel a sense of pleasure and comfort.
In the midnight of the New Year, although the wind was freezing, the five people's bodies were slowly warming up, and the warmth went into their hearts, because of the wine and the people.
Unconsciously, the eyes of both Yao Yue and Dongfang Bubai gradually softened.
Especially when the gaze turns to the person accompanying him/her, there is a hint of tenderness.
After a while, as Chu Qinghe withdrew his gaze from the fireworks in the sky, he slowly lowered his head and looked at the two heads put together on his body for a few breaths, and then his gaze fell on Xiao Zhao's head.
Thinking back to the special type that Xiao Zhao showed today, Chu Qinghe couldn't help but feel excited.
"It's a new year, and with the mascot, I don't know what my luck will be like?"
After thinking for a while, Chu Qinghe made up his mind.
“Try it!”
After all, it’s only been a few days since the last time I signed in, so I don’t feel sorry even if it’s gone.
Thinking of this, Chu Qinghe put his hand on Xiao Zhao's head and his heart moved.
"System, sign me in."
Afterwards, while Chu Qinghe was waiting, system prompt messages appeared one after another.
[Ding, congratulations to the host for signing in successfully. 】
[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining 100 taels of gold. ]
[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining the special experience card - Insights from a Hundred Martial Arts Schools. ]
[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining the medicine, 100-year-old ginseng＊1. ]
[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining medicinal wine, special sign-in card *1. ]
[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining the medicine, Nine-leaf Nine-heart Grass *1. ]
[The reward has been automatically deposited into the system backpack. Please check and withdraw it by yourself. ]
Looking at the system prompt messages that popped up one after another in front of him, Chu Qinghe turned to the system backpack to check.
After a while, after some investigation, Chu Qinghe's eyes lit up.
"Is it really possible?"
You know, although Chu Qinghe's cultivation has reached the eighth level of the acquired realm, his strength is far beyond his cultivation level.
Because of the previous battle simulator, his actual combat skills are not bad either. Although he cannot compare to Dongfang Bubai and Yao Yue who have accumulated skills over the years, he is still far beyond ordinary warriors.
However, he still lacks knowledge in martial arts and finds it difficult to anticipate the enemy's moves.
This was also one of the reasons why Chu Qinghe was defeated when using the battle simulator before.
The "Insights from Hundreds of Martial Arts" obtained from this sign-in will allow Chu Qinghe to instantly master many common martial arts insights.
As for the special sign-in card, once used, it can turn Chu Qinghe's ordinary sign-in into a special sign-in.
It’s equivalent to getting a special sign-in for free.
The Nine-Leaf Nine-Heart Grass combined with some medicines can directly improve a warrior's cultivation.
Its value is much higher than that of the Acacia Grass.
Compared with the previous ordinary check-ins, the value of the items checked in this time is not as good as the special check-ins, but it is still pretty good.
Then, Chu Qinghe turned his attention to Xiao Zhao.
"It's confirmed. This girl has the attributes of a mascot."
After confirming the attributes of Xiao Zhao's mascot, he suddenly made a decision in his mind.
"This girl must be tamed, otherwise it will be a big loss if she runs away."
Thinking of this, Chu Qinghe couldn't help but touch Xiao Zhao's head.
With what she had experienced during the day, Xiao Zhao did not react much to Chu Qinghe's rubbing of her head. Her big eyes continued to linger on the fireworks in the sky, and she let Chu Qinghe rub her hair until it messed up a little.
Until the night sky returned to immersion, Chu Qinghe raised his hand and patted Qu Feiyan who was resting on him and said, "Okay, your birthday is over, go get the barbecue grill and the skewers."
Faced with Chu Qinghe's current task assignment, Qu Feiyan, who was still reminiscing about the fireworks, suddenly sat up with a pout.
"What? It's not even the next day yet, so the birthday isn't over yet."
Facing Qu Feiyan's annoyance, Chu Qinghe said unhappily: "It's already midnight, and it's not over yet? Go quickly."
Seeing this, Qu Feiyan could only curl her lips and mutter something, then pull Xiao Zhao and jump off the roof into the kitchen.
Now that the weight was off his body, Chu Qinghe sat up.
However, the moment he sat up, the corners of Chu Qinghe's mouth twitched and he took a breath of cold air.
"My legs are numb."
Obviously, because the two girls had been resting their heads on his legs, the blood circulation in his legs was obviously a little blocked.
After the internal force circulated for a few times, the numbness in the legs subsided.
Afterwards, Chu Qinghe jumped down from the roof and returned to the yard.
After Chu Qinghe left, Yao Yue and Dongfang Bubai, who were on the roof, followed closely.
After a while, as the customized barbecue grill was moved out, the smoke filled Chu Qinghe's barbecue room, making it difficult for Chu Qinghe to open his eyes.
Smelling the gradually stronger aroma and listening to the sizzling sound of the skewers oozing with oil on the fire, let alone Qu Feiyan and Xiao Zhao.
Even Dongfang Bubai and Yao Yue felt a little more expectant at this moment.
