Chapter 1: Xiaoman, Save Guo Pu (I)
"Dansha, evening primrose, purple clothes, poria cocos...... Hmm, this, Zeng Qing? Hey? By the way, Uncle Li, what path have you taken in your cultivation? Can you eat Wushisan? ”
"Five stones? Of course I can eat it. It's just that where is that kind of thing that ordinary people can afford? It's just a matter of listening to it. Li Lun scratched his head and smiled.
"Oh! Then I'll refine a few furnaces by the way, which can be regarded as a thank you gift to Uncle Li!" Xie Xiaoman agreed, and wrote Zeng Qing, alum, realgar and other things on the paper.
"Huh?" Li Lun was startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, "Don't, don't!" I'm just helping you find some pharmacies, and even without my help, you can find them yourself, but it just takes a little more time. These five stones are precious and tight, where can people like me eat casually! ”
"Oh, it's okay!" Xie Xiaoman waved his hand, "This kind of thing is eaten by the celebrities of the big families, I will make a little more, and by the way, I can sell it to them." It's not for Uncle Li alone, so there's no need for any psychological burden. Speaking of this, Xie Xiaoman grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, "Besides, the matter of alchemy sounds very complicated, but it is actually very simple, if Uncle Li wants to learn, I will teach you." ”
Li Lun's eyes widened, and he took a step back in fright: "How can that be!" This kind of thing can be taught casually! Xiaoman, don't mess around! ”
"Hey, okay!" Xie Xiaoman had already given up, teaching alchemy to Li Lun, she had already proposed it seven or eight times, but Li Lun had always refused, and it seemed that he would have to wait for him to figure it out.
For Xie Xiaoman, alchemy, talismans and the like had nothing to hide. It's just some spells, and you don't need to keep it secret. But for Li Lun, these things are like the biggest secret in the world, it's not that he doesn't want to learn, but he doesn't dare to learn it. In his bones, Li Lun always felt that he was just an ordinary person, but he was lucky and embarked on the road of seeking immortals, which was just asking for a long life, not expecting immortality, let alone such a fairy technique.
If you dig deeper into the reason, Li Lun is actually a little afraid. For things like immortal spells, you may feel ecstatic if you touch a little bit, but if you really come into contact with more and the realm is high, many things will become very complicated.
What's more, he is just a casual cultivator, with no background and no backer, so if he is targeted by someone, he has no way to fight with others.
He is a pure cultivator, and he is afraid of being an enemy of others, so he is subconsciously afraid of becoming stronger.
This may seem strange at first, but in fact, many people around the world have this kind of preconception.
It's not that you don't have the ability to become stronger or stronger, but that you're subconsciously afraid. They are afraid to take on more things, so they avoid their own success, and make thousands of excuses for their laziness, in fact, the most basic reason, is simply because they are afraid of their own success.
This situation has a proper term in psychology called the "Jonah complex".
Xie Xiaoman does not have this kind of psychological burden, and the reason for this is actually because she has very little background in cultivating immortals.
She didn't know that most immortal cultivators could only be like Li Lun, seeking a healthy body and prolonging their life. In the entire process of cultivating immortals, until now, only Guo Pu has led her, and the rest is the pressure of Wu Wei.
So in her cognition, most of the immortal cultivators are powerful figures like Guo Pu, and their cultivation is just a drop in the ocean, which is not worth mentioning at all.
This is a very simple question, for Li Lun, his goal is simply to climb to the top of the rockery. So although his cultivation is growing very slowly, he is already satisfied.
But for Xie Xiaoman, what she wants to win is a Mount Tai that is enough to make the world small after climbing. Depending on the goals set, the steps taken will naturally be different.
Therefore, Xie Xiaoman doesn't have a Jonah complex, all she needs is to keep moving forward after clearing obstacles.
"Well, it's better to buy these things first, it's close anyway, and it's convenient to buy them in the future!" Xie Xiaoman looked at the list in front of him and nodded contentedly, "Uncle Li, please help me lead the way!" ”
"No trouble, no trouble!" Li Lun was polite, walked out of the yard with Xie Xiaoman, and watched her fall into the lock.
The location of the courtyard is an ordinary alley, but it is not in Wuyi Alley, but a place close to the West Market.
The neighbors next to him are all ordinary people, selling crafts and selling their strength, but that's it. It's just that the security is not bad, the street is clean, although the courtyard where Xie Xiaoman lives is not too spacious, it is also a separate courtyard, very clean.
Li Lun led Xie Xiaoman to walk in the alley, still a little puzzled, why such a young lady from a big family would choose to live in such a place.
So what's in the Xie family? Such a small alley, the courtyard of Fangcai, I feel simple when I look at it, but for Xie Xiaoman, I am afraid it is even more hard.
Before Xie Xiaoman asked him to find a house, Li Lun thought that he was going to arrange some servant to live, but he didn't expect to find a good place, Xie Xiaoman actually moved in by himself, and he didn't even bring a single servant!
This is a place that Li Lun could not have imagined. In this city, as long as there are some powerful families, which one of them is not allowed to walk on the street with three or five servants to show his identity? What's more, it's a character like Xie Xiaoman in Wuyi Alley?
But then I thought, don't put on a score, don't show up, don't talk about these vain head-and-brain decorations, such a character is the real big man!
Thinking like this, Li Lun admired Xie Xiaoman more and more for this little self.
How did he know that the reason why Xie Xiaoman lived such a "poor" life was not because of the above reasons, but simply because she didn't have much money and could only afford to rent such a small courtyard.
Although it was a family, after Xie An helped with so many things, Xie Xiaoman was still embarrassed to care that the other party asked for too much money, so he just borrowed some and prepared to pay it back after a while.
The borrowed money, in addition to renting the courtyard, also had to buy a series of messy things such as alchemy furnaces, rune paper, and medicinal stones, so after all the calculations, Xie Xiaoman found that he could only afford to rent this small courtyard.
Fortunately, she has never been a person who needs to be enjoyed, and it is enough to have such a small house with a single courtyard.
As for why she moved out of Wuyi Alley, it was naturally for convenience.
Although cultivating immortals is not pretending to be a ghost in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it is still uncomfortable to be stared at by so many people every day.
Besides, because of Xiaobai's existence......
This guy sometimes comes out to hang out in broad daylight, although ordinary people can't see his figure, but Xiaobai occasionally steals food, and occasionally runs to play there, so that people in the house from time to time see buckets, paperweights and other things floating in the air inexplicably, mistakenly thinking that it is haunted.
Moreover, this is all a trivial matter, this guy sometimes runs out to play pranks, and has already scared two people, so it is better to take it out of the house and live.
There was only a little bit of money, Xie Xiaoman asked Li Lun where the West Market was, and was going to go with him to find a pharmacy to buy some of these alchemy and talisman writing things, and then take out what he didn't use to sell it, and make a little money to supplement his family.
Huan Wen's matter has passed, she can't be so tied to the world anymore, she needs to practice hard.
It's just that I still have to buy an alchemy furnace, and I don't know if I can buy it.
Just as he was hesitating, Xie Xiaoman told Li Lun about this headache, but Li Lun said that he knew a casual cultivator and was about to sell a stove, which couldn't help but make Xie Xiaoman happy, so that he would take many detours.
Now this time I went out to go shopping!
The shopping list has been written, and by the way, I can get an alchemy furnace back, and the cultivation matter can be at ease.
In fact, Li Lun couldn't help but wonder a little, the alchemy furnace was so big, how could the two of them get it back?
He had already made up his mind to work hard, and after the real deal, Li Lun rolled up his arms and sleeves, and was about to carry the alchemy furnace, but saw Xie Xiaoman wave his hand towards the void behind him: "Xiaobai, don't be lazy, help take the furnace home!" ”
"Don't! I'm sleeping! He didn't show his figure, but Xiaobai's voice was heard clearly.
"If you don't help, I won't give you alchemy to eat!" Xie Xiaoman pursed his lips.
"Oops, I hate it!" A hundred of Xiaobai appeared unwillingly, and the beautiful silver-white boy yawned lazily.
Glancing at the alchemy furnace, Xiaobai said indignantly: "Die Xiaoman!" Stinky little man! People are so delicate, they actually make people work hard! With this alone, you have to give me ten Xuanyue Pills! ”
"Deal!" Xie Xiaoman stuck out his tongue.
"Well, that, or I'll help you get it. If this is allowed to be carried out, wouldn't it be too appalling for the people to see an alchemy furnace floating in the air? Li Lun said worriedly.
Xie Xiaoman smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay!" It won't be like that. ”
"Yes, yes, you're not stealing the pill from me! What a heart! Xiaobai grimaced at Li Lun.
Li Lun was instantly electrified, no matter how much he grimaced, Xiaobai's amazement was still there, and there was no difference between grimace and coquettishness.
Seeing such a beauty coquettish to herself, the seduction of her peach blossom eyes, Li Lun couldn't help but blush, the straight man who had already married a wife and had children, and his heart couldn't help but start swinging in the charming direction, and a certain part of his body was about to be restless.
Fortunately, the next moment, Xiao Bai opened his mouth and swallowed the alchemy furnace in one gulp.
Li Lun was petrified in an instant, and his previous thoughts were gone.
That one-person-tall alchemy furnace was swallowed into his stomach like this?
Li Lun rubbed his eyes, rubbed his eyes again, and the beauty who had just flattered him suddenly opened his bloody mouth, and replayed it in his mind over and over again.
Really, it's a monster......
Looking at Xiaobai's figure that still had no change, Li Lun's face was as pale as paper. (To be continued.) )