Chapter 165
Having earned sixty cash first thing in the morning, and personally seeing Mayor Pei Dafa off from the temple, Gao Yu’an returned with an uncontrollable smile still on his face.
Even a mosquito is still meat. With these sixty cash as a foundation, it proves that today is a good day.
Entering the backyard, he saw his disciple still guarding the stove. He immediately told him to clean it up:
“Disciple, what are you spacing out for? The charcoal in this stove has gone out. Take it to my room.”
“Were you refining medicine just now?”
Looking up at his master, feeling that his methods were too avant-garde, Xiang Jiannan asked without moving his body.
He even used molds. The old Taoist priest was truly unfathomable.
The so-called Clarity Pills that were sold to Li Yuanwai before, were they also made like this?
It has to be said that even though the soup poured into the mold had impurities, the finished product looked quite good.
The pill sold to Pei Dafa was completely red, and when it was placed in his hand, it looked like it still had residual heat.
When he went home, he could take it orally.
“You could say that. As your teacher, I’m used to calling it alchemy.”
Nodding to Xiang Jiannan, Gao Yu’an continued,
“In life, it’s inevitable to have bumps and bruises. The pills that this old Taoist priest refines are for these problems. The effects go without saying.”
Seeing that his master was speaking with a very official tone, and looking at the remaining pills in the mold that still hadn’t moved, Xiang Jiannan felt that something was wrong.
In his impression, alchemy wasn’t like this. Pills are pills, the two are inseparable?
“Where did all the things you took out before come from?”
At this moment, he wanted to go into his master’s room for a look. Thinking back to the withered branches and leaves he had taken out, Xiang Jiannan had no impression of them at all.
He had been in his master’s room more than once or twice. He was quite sure that he knew what was in the old Taoist priest’s room.
How come he had never seen those things before?
“They were collected by your teacher when I had nothing to do. Disciple, do you want to see them?”
“To refine pills, one must have a solid foundation. There are a few records about pharmacology in your teacher’s room. When you have time, you can take them out and have a look.”
“Start by recognizing herbs.”
“No need, I’ll do it when I have time.”
Not knowing where his master’s so-called pharmacological records were, and not having any interest in them at the moment, Xiang Jiannan directly refused.
He had only barely touched the threshold of the records about Daoist techniques. Suddenly switching to something else would definitely make him unable to understand, so why waste time for no reason?
Right now, improving his cultivation was the most important thing. Even though recently, when he picked up the scriptures again, he felt that he was getting less and less out of them.
“That’s fine too. Seeing that your realm hasn’t moved for so long, switching to pharmacology is indeed not suitable.”
Bending down to pick up the pills on the ground one by one, and smelling them by his nose, Xiang Jiannan saw a look of pride on his master’s face.
“If Pei Dafa hadn’t come so early, your teacher might not have been interested in making these things.”
“Disciple, you must remember, pills are good, but you can’t forget about external cultivation.”
What did that mean? I haven’t even eaten any of the pills you made yet.
Not understanding why his master suddenly said that, he got up and walked closer to his side. Xiang Jiannan reached out to take a pill.
It was completely cooled down, and felt light as a feather in his hand. What effect did this pill have? According to Pei Dafa’s experience, it specifically treated wrist pain?
This effect was too precise.
“What is the effect of this thing?”
Holding the pill and looking at his master, Xiang Jiannan immediately asked.
He was still confused by the old Taoist priest’s sudden actions. How did he suddenly start refining pills? He had never seen him do this before, and there was no memory of it.
“Naturally, it strengthens the body and prolongs life.”
“What else?”
“Your teacher doesn’t know about the others.”
“Master, aren’t you afraid of harming people?”
“This Taoist has been refining pills for so many years, how could I worry about that?”
At noon, Pei Dafa appeared again. The pill he had taken back had indeed worked quickly. He had come to express his gratitude to the old Taoist priest.
As soon as he entered the temple, he revealed the finger marks on his face that hadn’t disappeared yet, and excitedly said to the two Taoist priests:
“My wife’s wrist doesn’t hurt anymore. The old Taoist priest’s medicine is really effective.”
“Sell me the remaining three as well.”
His sudden shout made the other incense guests in the temple curious. After approaching, they asked him:
“What medicine is it? Did the town magistrate buy it from the old Taoist priest?”
“Does Ping’an Temple sell this kind of thing too?”
“Give me one too.”
“Everyone, medicine is not something you can just randomly eat. What do you want it for?”
Giving Pei Dafa a glare, feeling that his voice was too loud, Gao Yu’an could only appease everyone’s emotions first. The expression of refusing to sell the medicine made Xiang Jiannan not believe it. Thinking about such a good opportunity, how could the Taoist priest give it up?
“The remaining few are reserved for others. We’ll talk about it when there’s another opportunity in the future.”
After speaking, he saw his master divert everyone’s attention, leading them back to the Grandmaster’s statue:
“Everyone looks very healthy. Forcing medicine on you would be ominous.”
“In a little while, this old Taoist priest will be busy with lunch. If you want to offer incense, hurry up.”
He really didn’t sell a single one.
After sending everyone away, he didn’t, as Xiang Jiannan had expected, go into the backyard to prepare lunch. The old Taoist priest sat at the dining table with Xiang Jiannan.
The incense at the temple in the first half of the day was okay, and the income was barely enough to get by.
Sitting next to the wooden table, Xiang Jiannan saw that his master couldn’t help but smile while eating.
“Why didn’t you take out the remaining three pills to sell?”
“Master, you wouldn’t be keeping them for another use, would you?”
Feeling that his guess was unlikely, realizing that it might be that the three pills were more precious, Xiang Jiannan didn’t think too much about it when he spoke.
Today was also the first time he had seen his master’s so-called alchemy. To have no impression of it in his mind, it could only be said that the pills he refined were very precious.
So precious that he was reluctant to refine them.
Although he felt that the materials his master had used before were ordinary, and that the alchemy he spoke of was completely different from what he had imagined, this didn’t mean that what he thought was the same as the appearance of those three pills.
What if he had a change of heart and specially gave it to Pei Dafa under the guise of thirty cash?
His master was a man of great wisdom. Some things, he would never do so obviously.
“Your teacher’s pills are only for those who are destined. Besides, why take medicine if you’re not sick or injured?”
“It’s also inconvenient with Pei Dafa around.”
“Why?”
Thinking that Pei Dafa could just have a promotional effect, thinking that his master probably didn’t want to sell all three remaining pills to him, Xiang Jiannan felt that he understood. This old Taoist priest wanted to treat everyone equally, but was too embarrassed to refuse Pei Dafa, so he could only not sell any, and wait for another opportunity.
“Thirty cash is too cheap. It’s not good to mention the price in front of Pei Dafa.”
“The price your teacher gave him was all based on our usual friendship.”
A friendship price. This old Taoist priest, he actually wanted to raise the price.
Feeling disdain for Gao Yu’an’s good intentions, Xiang Jiannan swallowed his food in large mouthfuls. He suddenly thought of a question.
The pills in novels could help with cultivation. Could his master also do that?
Refine pills with this kind of effect?
Before, he had asked his master about it.
His mind was getting more and more confused… He hoped it would pass soon.
What was this writing…
