"well… "
Li Yin sighed, finally floated up from the lake, flew down on the bridge, clasped his fists and said: "I didn't expect to meet a fellow martial artist. I am not as good as you in terms of cultivation. This time we admit failure. It's just that I'm an old man. It's a day after tomorrow." A great expert on the ninth floor can get tens of thousands of taels of silver at his fingertips, so why embarrass the Su family?"
Su Li snorted coldly and did not answer.
Li Yin's heart sank when he saw this, and cold sweat appeared on his forehead. He walked to Su Huanli and sighed in a low voice: "Master, I'm sorry, I am no match for him."
Su Huanli's face was extremely gloomy, "You have never fought, how can you know who is better?"
He suspected that Li Yin was perfunctory.
Li Yin's expression changed slightly and his voice became cold, "Master, do you have to be seriously injured before you believe me? If I really fight with him, maybe he will kill me together..."
When Su Huanli heard this, he was finally frightened.
Before coming, he never thought that his life would be in danger. In his mind, Li Yin was already the best among masters. None of the various military difficulties encountered by the Su family in the past years could stump Li Yin.
"It's not easy to look at your Su family, so I'll keep an eye on you." Su Li's eyes were as bright as lightning, which made Su Huanli tremble slightly, "One thousand taels and one kilogram of raw materials, if you don't buy it, get out of here!"
One thousand taels per catty!
Su Huanli almost suffocated. The price was so terrifying that it almost took away half of the profit from the beggar's chicken. But for Baiweilou, he had only one way to go.
After a long time, Su Huanli said with difficulty: "I don't have that much liquidity, only fifty thousand taels for the time being."
"That's easy to handle."
Su Li threw out the raw materials that she had prepared early, "Here are fifty kilograms of raw materials, which is enough to support Baiweilou's expenses for two months. Today, two months later, I will come to continue trading with you."
Su Huanli's eyes darkened. This mysterious man actually knew everything about the Su family's liquidity. It was really scary.
Li Yin sighed and was speechless. A master of the ninth level would naturally be able to deal with a small aristocratic family like the Su family.
Su Huanli felt extremely aggrieved, but still took out the banknote from his arms and handed it over.
Su Li took it and nodded: "Five banknotes from Wantong Bank, not bad, fairly sincere. Head of the Su family, we will see you in two months."
As soon as the words fell, Su Li drifted away like light smoke and disappeared into the forest in the blink of an eye.
Holding fifty kilograms of raw materials, Su Huanli seemed to have lost all her strength. After a while, she buried her head and cried.
"Ah! My money..."
Li Yin stood aside and sighed secretly. The Su family is also unlucky. In this situation, they can only bite their teeth and swallow blood, and it is useless to report to the official.
On the other side, Su Li restored her original appearance and returned to Jinyuan with an extremely calm expression. It seemed that the fifty thousand taels of silver could not shake her heart at all.
"This money is enough for the time being, but if you want to refine poison, naturally you can't do it in Jinyuan, and you need to find another hidden place."
After thinking for a moment, Su Li thought of the hidden valley. If a courtyard were built there, it would be very hidden.
He did it as he thought. The next day, Su Li asked Fang Yuan to go to other towns to buy a large amount of bamboo and pile it up in the valley. After going back and forth several times, Fang Yuan had dark circles under his eyes from exhaustion, and he also bought seven or eight eight pieces of construction materials, which was almost the same. complete.
After finally resting for a few days, Su Li asked him to start building the bamboo house again and gave him the construction drawings.
Fang Yuan wailed and was unwilling to move, but Su Li just said a word and made him move again.
"When the bamboo house is built, you and your sister will have a family. Don't you want to?"
Almost every day after midnight, there is a figure exuding a tired aura, working hard in the valley. After a month of this, the bamboo building was finally completed. All that was missing was the furnishings inside.
Fang Yuan collapsed to the ground from exhaustion. Looking at the two-story bamboo building standing in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a strong sense of pride and expectation in his heart.
After years of wandering, I never thought he would have a home.
After Su Li looked at the bamboo building, he nodded with satisfaction, turned around and said with a smile: "You can rest, you don't need to worry about anything else, I will arrange it."
Fang Yuan moved slightly, and was about to ask Su Li how to move the furniture, when suddenly he felt a strange movement in his dantian.
About to break through
I was stuck on the fifth level of the day after tomorrow for a whole year, but I found an opportunity because of extreme fatigue!
Su Li's eyes showed surprise, but this look was quickly covered up. Fang Yuan didn't see it, so he raised his head and said, "Although you are smart and possess extraordinary skills, you are still an ordinary person who has never practiced, so be careful in everything."
"I'll be careful." Su Li nodded without revealing his cultivation.
Fang Yuan shook his head slightly and said helplessly: "It's a pity that the skills I practice are only suitable for men, and Ling'er can only be an ordinary person. Otherwise, I will definitely pass the skills to you. In this way, you can also have some ability to protect yourself."
"It doesn't matter." Su Li's eyes flashed and he left the valley, leaving Fang Yuan to stay here alone to practice.
On the second day, Fang Yuan asked for leave and did not come to the restaurant. He went to retreat somewhere to achieve breakthrough.
Su Li was normal during the day, but at night, like Fang Yuan these days, he went to other towns to buy furniture in disguise, moved it into the bamboo house, and decorated the bamboo house in just a few days.
The next night, Fang Yuan brought his sister Fang Ling to the Bamboo House, and he was immediately amazed. The two-story bamboo building in front of me has changed drastically. I don't know what kind of grease has been poured on the emerald green bamboo, and its surface is bright and airtight.
The bamboo windows are framed with high-quality window paper and look particularly exquisite. Opening the bamboo door, Fang Yuan was even more surprised. The decoration of the room on the first floor was no worse than that of the restaurant guest room. The ground was covered with layers of mats to isolate the moisture. Finally, a good carpet was laid. There were two beds in the room, and the mattresses were all ready. Tables, chairs, and incense tables are all available.
"Brother, is this our room?" Fang Ling's eyes were shining. She really liked it here.
"This..." Fang Yuan hesitated. Although he and Su Li did bad things together to build the bamboo house, it was the Su family's money after all. How could it belong to him, Fang Yuan.
"The first floor is your brother and sister's room."
Gentle words suddenly came from behind him, and Fang Yuan turned around in shock, and sure enough he saw Su Li walking towards him with a smile on his face.
"Sister Li!" Fang Ling exclaimed, threw herself into Su Li's arms, raised her head and said coquettishly: "Sister Li is so wonderful! I like it here so much!"
"It's fine if you like it. I'm afraid you'll find it boring and won't like it." Su Li smiled sweetly, "There are still some places in this valley that your brother can reclaim and grow some food. It would be great."
"Brother, did you hear that? Go and reclaim the land!" Fang Ling immediately turned around and said, pretending to be evil.
Fang Yuan suddenly had a dark look on his face. These two little girls really treated him like a coolie. He kept his face stern and held it in for a long time, but then he laughed again, very happily.
Although he hasn't seen Su Li's true face yet, this emotion called "happiness" seems to have not appeared for many years.
After Fang Ling fell asleep, Su Li and Fang Yuan sat in the corridor of the bamboo building. Under the dim night sky, they could vaguely see each other's expressions.
After a brief silence, Su Li spoke up first, "Second floor... If you have nothing to do, don't go up there. The same goes for your sister."
"What are you going to do?" Fang Yuan was curious. He wanted to know the purpose of building this hidden bamboo house for the fifteen-year-old girl in front of him.
"Refining poison." Su Li glanced at Fang Yuan expressionlessly, not hiding anything, "There are some poisons... There is no antidote. If you are infected, I can't save you."
She couldn't hide it even if she wanted to. She would refine a lot of poisons here in the future and would definitely need Fang Yuan's help, so she might as well say it openly.
"poison?"
Fang Yuan opened his mouth in shock and said in horror: "You know how to make poison?"
"Do you think I bought that incense?"
Fang Yuan was choked by Su Li and was speechless. Yes, the black market incense in this remote town has such a powerful effect. It can make people sleep for half an hour at most.
"What else can you refine?"
"You will know later. Don't worry, I have made arrangements so that the poisonous smoke will not float to the first floor."
Su Li assured, Fang Yuan's eyes twitched, it turned out that this was the purpose of her own arrangements.
After a moment of silence, Fang Yuan fixed his gaze and said in a deep voice: "I still don't understand. Even if you develop the dishes, you are a member of the Su family. What's the difference between the silver coins you take and those your father takes? After all, he They are your relatives, unlike me and Fang Ling... Both of our parents have died long ago. Why should you be willful? You should learn to cherish them... "
As he spoke, Fang Yuan felt as if his throat was being held by his hands, making him speechless. His eyes widened as he saw the girl in front of him gently lift up her sleeves and expose her arms. He thought that for such a delicate person, her arms would be as white as lotus root segments, but he was wrong.
Su Li gently stroked the criss-crossed scars on her arms and still smiled, "Scars like this are all over my body. My mother did it, but my father turned a blind eye. Do you think now that as long as both parents are alive, that is happiness?" "
Fang Yuan trembled slightly, took a deep breath, and suppressed the shock in his eyes. Just looking at him with this kind of injury made him cry, but she was actually smiling
"I was...reckless, I'm sorry."
Fang Yuan helplessly covered Su Li's sleeves, feeling pity in his heart. There seems to be a reason for all the strange behaviors of the girl in front of her. But he didn't dare to speak lightly, for fear of touching the scars in her heart again.
"You don't have to feel guilty. Everything I do in the future will inevitably be dangerous. You have to practice hard and protect me."
Su Li's tone was gentle. Fang Yuan was startled for a moment, and then he nodded fiercely as if he was injected with infinite power.
At this moment, he swore in his heart that he would never let the girl who was always smiling in front of him get hurt in any way again.
After settling down Fang Yuan's brother and sister, a few days later, Su Li finally raised her superficial cultivation level to the third level. Qi Xianqing was overjoyed. After morning class, he immediately took Su Li back to Baicao Hall.
At this moment, a long queue has formed in Baicaotang, all of which are ordinary people who come to see a doctor. After Qi Xianqing was busy for a while, he didn't have time until noon. He led Su Li to the back room and said solemnly:
"Disciple, you have entered the third level of Xuan Gong, which can be regarded as entering the palace. Today, I will teach you the true method of cultivation!"