Chapter 8: This Favor Is Great
It's been more than a month in the blink of an eye...
During this period, Ji Bo often retreated for a few days without incident, and made up the chapters of "Taoyuan Travel" in the next two or three years, and delivered them to Mo Yunxuan's shopkeeper as a deposit.
When the old shopkeeper received the thick stack of manuscripts, his eyes almost popped out...
I asked again and again if there was any difficulty, whether I wanted to make a fulcrum of silver ticket spirit stones or something like that.
After all, in the previous "Taoyuan Travelogue", he begged his grandfather to tell his grandmother to get the monthly change, and he often delayed the draft, but now Ji Bochang has handed in the manuscript for two or three years at once, so he can't help but be nervous...
They were all old acquaintances for many years, and Ji Bochang was not polite to him, and slipped away from the more than 100 low-grade spirit stones in his Mo Yunxuan.
After the experience of 'Chunyin's Lair', he returned home refreshed.
I wanted to nourish my spirits, but I didn't want to push the door and saw Wen Ruyu sitting on the windowsill in his bedroom, sipping tea, and looking at the practice exercises he wrote in his spare time.
"Coming back?"
Wen Ruyu glanced at him indifferently, closed the book, took a sip of tea with a cup, and said to herself: "Your cultivation practice is also interesting. ”
“……”
Ji Bo saw that she saw that it was not "Taoyuan Travel", and he was relieved at the moment, and responded: "The younger generation is shallow in cultivation and has thin knowledge, so I just write something to talk about in my spare time to entertain myself." ”
"It's a good habit."
Wen Ruyu bowed slightly, then seemed to think of something, looked at the layout of the bedroom and asked with a smile: "I remember the last time I came, you still had some puppets at the head of the bed, why are they gone?" ”
"I ......"
Ji Bo often heard that his toes were curled and he wanted to buckle the soles of his shoes, and explained curly: "Well, those Yanshu puppets were actually ordered by a friend of the juniors. ”
"Custom-made by a friend?"
Wen Ruyu was shocked, and said with a meaningful smile: "Your relationship with your friend is not bad. ”
"It's not bad..."
"I see that those puppets are finely made, and the matching clothes are hard to see even the stitches, and I can see that you have put your mind to your friend too."
"Friends, naturally you can't fool people's ......"
Ji Bochang only felt that his scalp was faintly numb, and then as if he thought of something, he took out a bag of spirit stones and shook it, and said: "No, he came to pick it up a few days ago, and he was very satisfied, and he gave one hundred and ten spirit stones as a reward before leaving. ”
"Oh~"
Wen Ruyu saw that there were more than 100 pieces of spirit stones in the bag, so she only smiled meaningfully, and didn't say anything.
"I've almost made up the materials needed to refine the puppet, and I've also entrusted someone to refine the core of the core refined by Tongxinmu."
“……”
Ji Bochang seemed to think of something, and asked meaningfully: "It shouldn't be cheap, right?" ”
"It's not cheap..."
Wen Ruyu nodded, as if in remembrance, and as if sighing, she said: "Everything that can be sold has been sold, and I still owe personal favors, it's really not cheap." ”
“……”
Ji Bo Chang couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then asked with a slight frown: "Forgive the younger generation for talking too much, just for a puppet, is it worth it?" ”
"There's no way back, you don't understand."
Seeing that he was still concerned about himself, Wen Ruyu only smiled and shook his head, but did not explain much.
He threw a storage bag into his hand and said, "Don't waste any time, it's full of materials I have collected, let's get started." ”
“……”
Ji Bo often carried the storage bag in his hand, only to feel heavy, a sense of oppression.
Before, she just thought that she could sell her favor, and she didn't think much about it, but now it seems that this puppet in the foundation building period seems to have a different meaning to her......
He also sighed and didn't think much about it, arched his hand and said, "I need to retreat for a month to design the material drawings, so I won't bother much." ”
As soon as he was about to turn around and leave, a 'wait' sounded behind him, and when he turned around, he found that four jade bottles were flying from Wen Ruyu's hands.
He hurriedly took a few jade bottles, only to find out that they were all pills, one bottle of Bigu Dan, one bottle of Qi Condensing Pill, and two bottles of Peiyuan Dan.
"This ......"
Ji Bo often raised his eyebrows and asked, "Didn't you say that everything that could be sold was sold?" ”
"It's sold."
Wen Ruyu didn't know what to think, and quipped in a teasing tone: "Do you think that these bottles of pills are specially left for you by me?" ”
“……”
Seeing that she didn't speak, she sneered and looked out the window, and said with a playful expression: "Don't dream, these bottles of pills are worthless, and no one wants them to stay." ”
“……”
Ji Bochang's face froze, and then he snorted coldly and walked away, but when he left, he still muttered: "Puxin girl..."
"Huh?"
Wen Ruyu watched his back disappear from his gaze in a daze, and after coming back to his senses, he frowned and muttered: "What do you mean by Puxin Girl?" ”
……………
In the ashram...
Ji Bo often sat cross-legged in front of the altar and closed his eyes to recuperate, and only opened his eyes when his mind was at its best.
The puppet in the foundation building period, even if the core is removed, just the auxiliary materials are not something that he can completely handle as a second-layer minor cultivator of qi refining.
As a human being in two lives, he clearly knows that there are very few opportunities to change his fate!
Wen Ruyu has a gentle personality and is kind, which is extremely rare in the cultivation world, and what is even more rare is that she happens to have requirements for Yanshu now!
If you grasp the same opportunity, not to mention soaring, you can at least avoid 30 years of detours;
If you don't try hard and let the opportunity be missed, then you will be unwilling to lie on the bed for a long time!
Ji Bochang seemed to have made some kind of determination, and immediately poured out a few pieces of Bigu Dan, Qi Condensing Pill, and Peiyuan Dan, and stuffed them into his mouth with his head up.
He let out a long sigh of relief, and an abnormal flush welled up on his cheeks.
Attaching the sorcerer's mask to his face, he waved his sleeves and the candle on the altar lit on its own, and then pulled out a stack of manuscript paper from the corner of the ashram...
In the light of the candlelight, his flickering shadow resembles a beast with its fangs......
Time flies, and more than a month has passed in a blink of an eye.
During this period, he either pasted the jade slip on his eyebrows and carefully observed, or found ancient books to read page by page, or rummaged through auxiliary materials, or wrote and painted on manuscript paper with a charcoal pen.
The invigorating mask seemed to fit into his cheek, and he had never taken it off except by stuffing it into his mouth.
So much so that at this time, his eyes were filled with a layer of fine blood, and the scarlet was a little terrifying.
And many of the auxiliary materials he brought were also stacked in front of the altar by him, some were ore, some were a piece of wood, some were demon beast leather, sinew, and some were like a lump of iron ingots.
Each auxiliary material is pressed under one or more pieces of manuscript paper, which is illustrated with pictures and texts indicating the characteristics of the auxiliary material, the matters that need to be paid attention to when casting or forging, and the appearance and size that need to be made...
All sorts of things, and so on...
And outside the quiet room at this time...
Wen Ruyu looked at the door blankly.
She was a foundational monk, and her divine sense could 'see' the scene inside through the door...
At first, when she saw Ji Bo often stuffing a handful of pills into her mouth, she wanted to stop it, because although this method of taking medicine is fierce, it will also hurt her body, and even hurt her foundation.
But considering that the puppet was related to her net worth and life, she still held back.
She thought that Ji Bochang was just hot-headed, and he would calm down when the enthusiasm passed.
But to his surprise, day after day, his mind seemed to be in a state of fever, and even now he has not calmed down.
Wen Ruyu clearly knew that Ji Bochang was not a fool, but was also very shrewd, so the doubts in his heart also surfaced.
He obviously has no relatives and no reason with him, why does he have to help himself like this even if his foundation is damaged?
Just for the favor you say?
Is it worth it?
And he stood outside the door and watched him trample on his body like this, how selfish is it that he can stop it but doesn't stop it?
She's tormented...
Seeing that the one-month retreat period had passed, he had no intention of coming out at all, and still threw himself on the manuscript paper.
Wen Ruyu pursed the corners of her lips, decided to look directly into her heart, stepped forward and pushed open the door and said, "There is still plenty of time, why don't you rest first?" ”
“……”
Ji Bo often heard the voice and subconsciously glanced back, just as the sunlight shone into the quiet room through the crack in the door, and the candle flame was only accompanied by the candle for the rest of the month, and the sunlight at first glance pierced his tears.
He curled up in front of the altar, covering his eyes with his arms, and with tears streaming down his face, he looked like a prisoner who had been imprisoned for many years and suddenly saw the light of day...
"Are you alright?"
Seeing him like this, Wen Ruyu also knew that he must have disturbed him by rushing the door, so he hurriedly stepped into the quiet room to cover the door.
"No... It's okay. ”
Ji Bo often licked his chapped lips, only to feel that his throat was like a fire, and the sound of his speech was like two pieces of old bark rubbing, which was very unpleasant.
He lowered his arm and waved his hand, signaling that he was okay and didn't have to worry.
Wen Ruyu looked at his bloodshot scarlet eyes, listened to the strange and ugly tone of his voice, and said in an unbearable soft voice: "Your body is important, let's go rest first." ”
"It's okay......"
Ji Bochang bowed slightly, stood up and said with a smile: "Fairy Wen, I have already done most of what I can do, and I can get the rest... Availability......"
Before he could say the second half of the sentence, he felt the world spinning in his head, and his feet fell to the ground softly...
"Ji Bochang... Bo Chang!? ”
Seeing this, Wen Ruyu's face changed, and she hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, confirming that he was still alive, and only breathed a sigh of relief after he was in a coma after his energy was exhausted...
When he took off the mask on his face, he saw that his face was pale, his lips were chapped and bleeding, and there were wet tear stains in the corners of his eyes, and he couldn't help but lose his mind...
After a long time, she came back to her senses, and muttered like a mosquito: "This favor is too much..."