But Yuehua Zhenren was not confused by her, "Jiujiu, it's not that the teacher is unwilling to stay longer. It's just that the matter of alchemy matters, and now it's less than an hour before midnight. ”

Bai Jiujiu wanted to let the other party stay for a while, but he also knew that refining the pill was the most important thing now. Although it is not easy to meet the master, it is not without opportunities in the future, and she can still tell which is more important.

Her reluctant gaze kept following Yuehua Zhenren, and after a long time, she let go of her fingers with difficulty, slowly stepped back, and owed a slight debt to the other party, "Master, you must take care of yourself." Your teachings to the disciples will always be remembered by the disciples. ”

Hearing this, Yuehua Zhenren waved his hand casually, "The teacher has not yet fallen to the point where you need to worry about this little girl." On the contrary, it's you, don't let the teacher worry about it, it's already thankful. ”

Yuehua Zhenren's voice grew farther and farther away, and his figure gradually disappeared. Bai Jiujiu knew that the other party was afraid that he was leaving. As the scenery in front of you returned to darkness again.

Bai Jiujiu sighed and slowly opened his eyes. It was still a familiar room, and thinking back to everything that had just happened, she couldn't help but feel a little stunned.

However, he quickly cheered up, and now there was not much time left until three quarters of midnight, and he had to hurry up and start preparing for alchemy.

Looking back at the room shrouded in streamers, Bai Jiujiu quietly closed the door. I don't know how long this trick can last, and I hope that before her elixir refining is completed, nothing will go wrong.

At the thought that as long as he practiced the elixir, he would be able to restore his spiritual power, Bai Jiujiu's heart was excited.

She used the few spiritual powers in her body and went straight to the woods in the back mountains, and at this time she couldn't find the medicinal materials needed for refining, so she could only find herbs with similar medicinal properties to replace them. As for the refining pill furnace, Bai Jiujiu counted the time while searching for herbs, for fear of missing the best opportunity for alchemy.

When everything was ready, Bai Jiujiu lit a fire in the kitchen. Although if you think about it carefully, it is indeed a little inappropriate to make alchemy in the kitchen, but there is no way to do it. After all, his spiritual power is insufficient now, and he can't arrange the enchantment, and if he lights a fire in the courtyard, he will definitely attract the attention of others.

After Bai Jiujiu lit the furnace fire, he suddenly found that he did not have the Dan furnace used for alchemy at hand.

This made her embarrassed, and it was not easy to find such things as Dan furnaces. The Xu family definitely doesn't have it, and now it's midnight, even if you go to buy it temporarily, no store is open.

At this moment, the cage drawer placed in the corner attracted Bai Jiujiu's attention. She thought for a moment, the so-called alchemy and steamed steamed buns didn't seem to be any different, so she simply used a cage drawer instead of a Dan furnace.

Thinking of this, Bai Jiujiu didn't delay any longer, put the prepared medicinal materials into the cage drawer, and started the alchemy step by step according to the alchemy method taught by the master.

At the beginning, Bai Jiujiu was refining the pill while still paying attention to the situation outside. She knew that the trick laid by the master at this time was probably gone. If her movement is too big, it will inevitably wake up the people of the Xu family, and she doesn't want Xu Huaiqing to see her alchemy.

But as the alchemy progressed, a layer of fine sweat had already oozed from Bai Jiujiu's forehead. The refining of the elixir is very particular about the control of the heat. If the fire is small, it will not be able to condense the Dan form, and if it is larger, it will burn the medicinal herbs, and it will be a complete failure.

In order to accurately control the heat, Bai Jiujiu at this time couldn't pay attention to the movement outside the house. She put all her attention on the cage drawer, carefully controlling the fire, for fear that something would go wrong.

Looking at the bursts of white smoke coming out of the cage drawer, Bai Jiujiu slowly breathed a sigh of relief. The refining of the pill has been basically completed, and the next step is the process of condensing the pill, as long as the furnace fire is kept unextinguished, and the aroma of the pill overflows from the cage drawer, it is done.

Just raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead, Bai Jiujiu suddenly heard a squeak, and the kitchen door was slowly pushed open.

Bai Jiujiu was startled, and hurriedly used his body to cover the cage drawer on the fire.

"What are you doing in the kitchen without sleeping in the middle of the night?"

The person who suddenly broke in was none other than Xu Huaiqing. When he woke up at night, he found that Bai Jiujiu was gone, and his originally chaotic brain instantly became clear. Because of the previous oolong, he was not in a hurry to go out to look for it, and happened to see the kitchen light on, so he came over to take a look.

Seeing Xu Huaiqing who suddenly appeared, Bai Jiujiu couldn't help but feel a little weak. If Xu Huaiqing found out that she was alchemizing, how should she explain it, she couldn't say that she was steaming steamed buns.

"I didn't ...... It's nothing. Just hungry and see if there's anything else to eat in the kitchen. Bai Jiujiu looked away weakly, trying to change the topic.

Xu Huaiqing really knew Bai Jiujiu too well, just by looking at her reaction, he knew that she must have something to hide from herself.

"Looking for something to eat? Isn't there still pastries in the room, you won't eat them all, will you? ”

Bai Jiujiu really wanted to nod and admit that she had eaten all the pastries, but she also knew that Xu Huaiqing would not believe it. After all, it was a pastry prepared for the New Year, even if Bai Jiujiu ate it for three or five days, it was more than enough, how could it be possible to eat it all in one night.

What's more, as long as you go back to the room, you can know that she hasn't touched those pastries at all.

Thinking of this, Bai Jiujiu's eyes rolled, and he pretended to be calm and raised his chin, "I want to eat some normal food, is there anything wrong?" ”

Xu Huaiqing frowned slightly, something was wrong, Bai Jiujiu like this was really wrong.

Suddenly, he noticed that Bai Jiujiu seemed to be hiding something with his body.

Xu Huaiqing took a few steps forward, wanting to bypass Bai Jiujiu and see what she was doing just now. However, Bai Jiujiu did not let him succeed, and still firmly blocked the cage drawer behind him with his body.

Seeing Bai Jiujiu's movements, Xu Huaiqing's face sank, his deep eyes stared at the other party, and his deep voice revealed his displeasure "What were you doing just now, what do you have to hide from me?"

Bai Jiujiu made his head like a rattle, and his eyes widened angrily, "What are you talking about, how could I have an accident to hide it from you." ”

After speaking, she turned sideways and took a step out of the way, revealing the cage drawer behind her, "I suddenly want to steam some steamed buns and eat them." ”

At this time, Bai Jiujiu's heart couldn't help but feel a little happy. Fortunately, I didn't find the Dan furnace just now, so I found a cage drawer to replace it. If Xu Huaiqing saw the Dan furnace, then she really had no way to hide it.