Chapter 83: Hugging the Goddess's Thighs

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  Chen Mo's palms were scorched black by the flames, he desperately suppressed the Xuan Qi, and his divine sense played a huge role at this time, suppressing when the flames were too big, and injecting when they were too small. He finally managed to control the flames, which merged into a spherical shape, and the embryo of the elixir had appeared, slowly shrinking and condensing.

  "Condense!" Ling Wei shouted lightly.

  Chen Mo's last surge of profound energy infused into the flames, and the infant pill rotated rapidly, its water content evaporating, a single pellet of medicine was formed.

  Mu Lingwei took out the elixir, which appeared to be rough on the surface but retained the essence of the medicinal herbs inside. Unexpectedly, Chen Mo succeeded for the second time, and even a genius wouldn't be so terrifying, making one feel chilled to the bone.

  At first, I only succeeded in refining this pill on my sixth attempt, and my master praised me for my exceptional talent, saying that my future achievements in alchemy would be boundless.

  With a hint of surprise and astonishment, Mulingwei nodded her head slightly, then confirmed that Chen Mo had passed the trial.

  Everything is in silence.

  Chen Mo's bright eyes finally exhaled a long-held breath, and his tense muscles relaxed. He raised his hand to wipe away the sweat beads rolling down his forehead, leaving behind a black streak.

  "Chen Mo, congratulations on passing the trial. Starting today, I officially accept you as my disciple, which is also a fulfillment of my master's last wish."

  Mulingwei had a faint joy in her heart, and she unconsciously raised her wrist to help Chen Mo wipe away the black ash on his face. Feeling out of place, her hand was lifted halfway before stiffly falling back down.

  "Disciple Chen Mo, paying respects to the master." Chen Mo's clear and bright eyes flashed with a hint of joy, fearing she might change her mind, hastily performed the kneeling bow ritual, and without further ado, solidified their master-disciple relationship.

  My heart is even more excited, Big Sister, Big Brother, Huo Wu, I finally took the first step to becoming a pharmacist.

  Gu Muqing, you're also waiting, I won't rest until I've skinned you alive, it's the only way to vent my boundless hatred for you.

  It seems unbearable to bear Chen Mo's gaze, which is as fierce as a raging fire. Mu Lingwei's pretty face was slightly uncomfortable, and she turned around to avoid him. With a dignified tone, she said: "Chen Mo, the path of a pharmacist is still very long, and you've only learned some superficial skills so far. Future bitter training is indispensable. Continue practicing with the remaining herbs, and don't rest until you're done."

  She then took out a large pile of small Aggregation Spirit Dan materials from her storage ring.

  "I obey the master's orders." Chen said respectfully with an unusually deep bow.

  After she walked far away, Chen Mo excitedly grabbed Xiao Ba and kissed it twice. Provoking Xiao Ba to stare at him with a straight face, calm down, okay? Brother Ba, I'm hungry, let's have two pieces of five-grade medicine to fill our stomachs first.

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  It's another fleeting month later.

  A spiritual aura envelops the entire Longchun Valley, with steep mountain peaks standing among the clouds and mist. A figure leaps down from a floating pavilion, drifting through the air like cotton wool, using a stone step several feet away to stick to the cliff face. With a dark green shield on his back, he looks like a gecko from afar, following the deep fist prints, moving step by step downwards. His movements are already familiar and proficient, and in just a moment, he has reached the ground. The hundred-foot-high cliff wall disappears into the clouds as he looks up.

  "Xiao Ba, aren't you coming down?" Wearing a grey robe that wrapped around his body, with long sleeves hanging loose, the clothes were neither too big nor too small, but at first glance, he looked like an ordinary and sloppy person. However, upon closer inspection of his eyebrows and facial features, he also appeared refined and elegant.

  "Thud", Xiao Ba slid down from his back, stood on all fours, looked up at Chen Mo with a satisfied expression, and had the air of a superior person looking down.

  For nearly a month, I have been studying and practicing the refinement of the Small Gathering Spirit Pill with Mu Lingwei. With the assistance of my divine sense, I have already reached perfection in controlling the furnace fire.

  The level of alchemy has improved, and I started to worry about the upcoming battle with Qu Muqing. I have to think of ways to improve my combat strength.

  His greatest combat skill was the Vajra Demon Subduing Technique. However, due to his insufficiently strong meridians and flesh, every time he used the Vajra Demon Subduing Technique, his meridians would be injured.

  In addition, the defensive Xuan skill is also exhausted, and the old Thousand Year Green can no longer bear the weight. Previously, when killing Yan Zhiwu, he obtained a low-grade defensive Xuan Qi "Golden Bell Cover".

  Once this skill is successfully cultivated, a layer of mysterious energy shield will envelop the outside of the body, with extremely astonishing defensive power.

  It's just that the Golden Bell Shield requires extremely high intensity for the flesh and blood body, and the meridians must also be tough and strong. With Chen Mo's current physical refinement level, it is far from meeting the requirements of cultivating the Golden Bell Shield.

  Comprehensive consideration, if you can temper your physical body to a certain intensity, it will allow your actual combat effectiveness to take a qualitative leap.

  Using "Jīn Gāng Fú Mó" again won't make it so that every time the meridians are damaged, all combat power is lost.

  But the problem is that if we don't rely on external forces and instead try to temper our bodies bit by bit, it's likely that even a year's time won't be enough to complete the Golden Bell Jar's tempering process.

  A huge crisis is approaching, and there's absolutely no time to temper the flesh, so one must take an unconventional approach and blaze a new trail.

  In the book provided by Shizun Mulingwei, a five-product pill called Yijing Dan is mentioned, which can refine the marrow, strengthen the body, and fortify the meridians. If one can obtain one to temper the body with Yijing, the effect will be extremely great.

  But this is a fifth-grade spiritual elixir, rare and extremely scarce. Even if an experienced fourth-grade pharmacist were to refine this elixir, succeeding once in ten attempts would be considered lucky.

  Even if it occasionally appears at auctions, the price will be raised to the point where people dare not ask for it, because one of the main medicines, the hundred-year-old Qingteng wood resin is worth 200,000 taels of gold.

  He thought to himself that his entire family's wealth was only worth a few tens of thousands of taels of gold, so he could only put that idea aside. First, he would buy some ordinary spiritual medicine and practice his alchemy skills.

  Once you become a high-ranking pharmacist, all kinds of spiritual pills and wonderful medicines are at your disposal.

  "Hey, whose little turtle is this? It's quite cute!" A soft and sweet voice came, like a silver bell in the wind, with a hint of seductiveness, rushing into Chen Mo's ears.

  But in that voice, there was a hint of tender and deliberate gentleness, which made people feel goosebumps.

  The newcomer was the princess of Dafeng, Ye Lianxiang. She wore a pink dress that clung to her body, and her lotus-like steps were elegant. Her slender fingers seemed carved, white and translucent. The hem of her robe had three clusters of flame-like patterns, and behind her followed a maid, exuding an air of superiority.

  "Ah, look, he's even got a bump on his head, must have hit the wall." The woman pointed at Xiaoba's head and said to the maid behind her, completely ignoring Chen Mo.

  Xiao Ba dodged nimbly to the side. He glanced over, seemingly unimpressed with Ye Lianxiang. The goddess-like sister at home was indeed a rare gem, just like the saying "it's hard for the ocean to be as clear as water".

  "Oh, this little turtle can still be shy?" Ye Lianxiang deliberately pinched it hard.

  Chen Mo bowed under the gate of Mulingwei, and it had already been spread all over Changchun Valley. As the only fifth-grade pharmacist in Changchun Valley today, she usually accepted apprentices.

  Ye Lianxiang had initially planned to become her apprentice when she first entered Changchun Valley, but was flatly rejected.

  As a princess, she had never been treated like this before, and she had been holding back her anger all along.

  Xiao Ba swiftly dodged and hid behind Chen Mo's back.

  "Yeshi jie, why treat a little turtle like this?"

  At a glance at Chen Mo, the maid shouted first: "How dare you, who is your sister, this is the princess."

  "The dog relies on human momentum." Chen Mo thought to himself lazily: "This doesn't seem like the imperial palace, I've never heard that Changchun Valley has a princess."

  After that, he directly gave her a cold shoulder and turned his back on her. No matter how she stomped her feet and shouted, this self-centered and arrogant young lady was not worth his attention.

  Leisurely strolling into "Danbi Building".

  This is a place where Longchun Valley disciples often visit. Here, you can use gold tickets and contribution points to exchange for more alchemy resources.

  Four jade pillars stood upright, supporting the vast hall. The Seven Stars of the Heavenly Gate were arranged on the counter, and people lined up to exchange them for medicinal materials, bustling with noise. Gray robes wrapped around their bodies, with flame patterns embroidered, each showing their rank.

  Chen Mo stepped into the queue at the nearest station, instantly attracting a wave of sideways glances. This one-man-and-one-turtle duo was already eye-catching, and after becoming a disciple of Mu Lingwei, they became even more of a focal point, with admiring, jealous, and disdainful gazes shooting their way.

  "He doesn't look particularly handsome either, how did Master Wu take a liking to him?"

  "Shut up, or he'll report you to Mulan and you won't be able to get away with it."

  Ever since Mù Língwēi accepted Chén Mò as her disciple, some of the disciples who regarded her as a goddess couldn't help but feel unhappy and didn't dare to say anything to Mù Língwēi. Chén Mò naturally became the target for these people to vent their dissatisfaction.

  But Chen Mo didn't care how others looked at him, with an air of indifference and a calm demeanor.

  When it was Chen Mo's turn, he took out a large pile of jade bottles from his storage ring. Without any concealment, after all, first, he was a disciple of Mu Lingwei. Second, in the Changchun Valley, people like Ye Lianxiang had storage rings as a matter of course.

  "What's with the storage ring?" A sharp-eyed person noticed.

  "Didn't expect this guy to be a rich man too, actually having a storage ring?"

  "Looking at him, he doesn't seem to have enough money to buy it, I think it's more likely that Master Mu gave it to him."

  "It could be their token of love."

  Rumors and slanders, with his current temperament, would he be provoked into anger and revenge?

  "It's actually Junior Brother Chen, what a coincidence."

  Chen Mo heard the sound and looked over. He saw a figure in gray robes walking towards him with his head held high, it was Huo Yingfan. Behind him followed Ye Lianxiang, her eyes fixed on the storage ring like everyone else, but her haughty expression clearly showed disdain.

  "It's not over yet." Chen Mo muttered to himself, thinking that this must be the doing of that laborious princess who had invited some troublemaker. With a calm smile, Chen Mo deliberately ignored him.

  "This is a hundred pellets of Small Gathering Spirit Dan. Please help me exchange them for contribution points." Chen Mo politely said to the shopkeeper.

  Ye Lianxiang's eyes narrowed as she picked up a jade bottle, without asking for anyone's consent, and poured out a small Aggregation Spirit Pill. The pill emitted a refreshing fragrance, with fine lines swirling around its surface, faintly visible, of quite good quality.

  "Hey, this Small Gathering Spirit Dan is quite well-refined, isn't it? Hope you didn't steal it from somewhere?"

  Ye Lianxiang was shocked and then questioned with a tone of skepticism. She couldn't believe that this country bumpkin could achieve such success in just one month. Even she, herself, had spent more than a year to master the basics of this elixir.

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