Five days later.
Several thatched huts were born in the cave of Chen Pingdao. Yin Molan lived alone in a cold spring stream. Bai Jing, an "outsider" like Yin Molan, built her hut next to Qing Zhui and Jiang Hao's huts, making her Ning Tao's neighbor. If Ning Tao entered Qing Zhui's house, she would hear even the sound of walking, let alone wanting to do something.
In addition to a hut for living, Ning Tao also found a natural cave on a mountain wall and built it into a place for practicing and refining alchemy. Although Tianwai Clinic is your first choice for practicing and refining alchemy, the space is limited after all. It is suitable for you to practice spiritual power but not suitable for you to practice martial arts. It is suitable for refining elixirs, but ordinary elixirs are better refined in places with spiritual energy, because the elixirs can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth during the elixir refining process, but the clinic does not have this condition. It is okay to be next to the spiritual field, but it is a predatory damage to the spiritual energy of the spiritual field and spiritual materials, and the gain outweighs the loss.
The cave is not big and is in the shape of a natural water drop. It is wide at the bottom and becomes narrower as it goes up. There is a huge rock at the bottom with a smooth and flat surface. There are several puddles dripping out of stalactites, containing milky white stalactites. The concentration of spiritual energy in the cave is thicker than outside, which is perfect for you to practice martial arts and alchemy.
Thump, thump, thump…
Ning Tao sat cross-legged next to the Mei Xiang Cauldron, with his left hand's sword finger and his right hand's sword fingers rhythmically thrusting into the Mei Xiang Cauldron, bringing out individual Tianbao silk threads. Several Tianbao silk balls lay quietly on the ground next to him. They were all the raw materials for Tianbao cloth that he brought out with one finger.
There are also many spiritual materials accumulated in this cave, most of which are precious medicinal materials and spiritual materials collected by the Black Horn tribe. There are also more than a dozen spiritual materials that Chen Pingdao has obtained for him in the past few days. These dozen or so spiritual materials are all used to refine the new version of the Ancestor-Seeking Pill, and they are extremely precious.
However, not all of these spiritual materials are the spiritual materials that Chen Pingdao went to the forest to collect for him in the past few days. A considerable part of them are his own inventory. He is a practicing doctor who has lived for more than two thousand years, and he also likes health preservation. How could he not have any spiritual materials in stock at hand
Ning Tao estimated that Chen Pingdao had a secret treasure trove of spiritual materials, and asked insinuatingly, but Chen Pingdao denied it. It was not easy for him to ask questions. After all, it was a huge help for him to give him so many spiritual materials.
What is missing now is the most difficult to obtain real ambergris. Once he gets the real ambergris, he can start to refine the new version of the ancestor-seeking pill.
But before leaving for the South Island Demon Village, he had to do one thing first.
The last ball of Tianbao silk was rolled up, and Ning Tao couldn't take any time to rest, so he used his spiritual power to weave and make clothes...
An hour later, Ning Tao left the cave and returned to his residence.
The sound of water could be heard in the houses of the three women, and spiritual energy was lingering. That was when they were taking a bath using the Body Cleansing Pill to cleanse the marrow and cut the menstrual flow, thereby enhancing the strength of the physical body, which was extremely beneficial to their training.
Fox Xiaoji and Roaring Sky Dog were not there, so they probably went to Chen Pingdao's house to play. Roaring Sky Dog was even more popular with Chen Pingdao than his master. He went to cook delicious food with various spiritual materials and played various fun games. Of course, Roaring Sky Dog and Fox Princess would rather go to Chen Pingdao's house to play, and Not staying here guarding three women taking a bath. That's fine, so that Hu Xiaoji won't have to worry about studying. It would be better if she gets wild and doesn't want to study.
Ning Tao walked to his room. He had to pass by Bai Jing, Qing Zhui and Jiang Hao's rooms in sequence. Unexpectedly, when he just passed by Bai Jing's door, Bai Jing's voice came from the door, soft and soft: "Brother-in-law, please come in, I have something very important to talk to you about."
Ning Tao's feet seemed to be trapped by ropes. He smiled bitterly: "If you have anything to say, just say this, I can hear you."
Bai Jing's voice was full of dissatisfaction: "Are you afraid that I will eat you, or are you afraid that a certain tigress will stab you?"
A voice came from Jiang Hao's room: "Bai Jing, who do you think is the tigress? Are you looking for trouble? Qing Zhui is afraid of you, but I am not afraid of you!"
Ning Tao had a headache and walked away: "Well, wait until I get back to talk about anything."
Bai Jing's voice caught up with her: "Oh, forget it. Originally, I wanted to tell you a way I just thought of to earn a lot of good deeds. Since you don't even dare to enter my door, I'm too lazy. I said it. What, there is no such store after this village."
A way to earn a lot of kindness
Ning Tao was very moved. He wanted to go back and go into Bai Jing's room to talk to her, but he subconsciously glanced at Jiang Hao's door and gave up after thinking about it. He could guarantee that after entering Bai Jing's house, even if Bai Jing was bathing in a wooden bucket with no clothes on, he could maintain a correct perspective and mentality, and talk about things seriously, but he couldn't tell whether Bai Jing was serious or not. If Bai Jing flirted with him or even touched him, Jiang Haoke could hear it clearly from the next door, which would cause jealousy.
"Well, I'll talk to you later." Ning Tao left and returned to his room.
A few minutes later, after tidying up a little, Ning Tao returned to Tianwai Clinic.
The cauldron of good and evil is entangled with good and evil energies. The face on the cauldron has its eyes closed, as if it were asleep as before.
Wu Yue must have sent people to investigate this clinic, but Ning Tao was not worried at all. No key to a clinic can be destroyed, let alone a clinic
Ning Tao put the small medicine box on the desk and went straight to the first door of the calligraphy library, pushed it open and walked in. Passing by the spiritual field, he took a look, then opened the second door and walked in.
Sun Lanxiang was sitting cross-legged on the open space in the middle of the empty calligraphy library, with her hands resting on her knees, palms up, as if she was practicing quietly. She couldn't practice her spiritual power in the environment of Tianwai Clinic. All she could practice was her Taoist mind. However, judging from the slight frown on her brows, she didn't cultivate her mind very well either.
As soon as Ning Tao walked in, Sun Lanxiang opened her eyes, her eyes cold and filled with hatred.
Ning Tao has become accustomed to her being like this. He has been coming here once a day these past few days to check on her. Then he would open the door and look outside, not to detect whether anyone from Nicholas Conde or Wu Yue was outside, but to see that Sun Pingchuan was not waiting for him outside to trade with him.
Unfortunately, five days passed, and Sun Pingchuan did not appear near the clinic. Sun Lanxiang's mobile phone is placed on the desk in the clinic, and she has not received a call in the past five days. This made him a little depressed, and his confidence that Sun Pingchuan would terminate the negotiations with him was also shaken.
Ning Tao walked to Sun Lanxiang's side and placed a bag in front of Sun Lanxiang.
The bag contained a piece of barbecue brought back from the Black Horn tribe, as well as a few wild fruits and a bottle of water. Sun Lanxiang had been eating these to fill her stomach in the past few days.
After putting down the food, Ning Tao walked to a corner where a green plastic basin was placed.
That basin was the bedpan he gave her.
The plastic basin was empty, no pee, no poop, and clean enough to be used for making kimchi.
Ning Tao frowned slightly and turned to look at Sun Lanxiang: "Have you not eaten or drank in the past few days?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Lanxiang grabbed a wild fruit from the bag, rubbed it with her hands, and a piece of powder suddenly fell from between her palms. Then she took out the bottle of water, tilted the mouth of the bottle, and poured the water inside on the ground.
Whether it was the fruit powder or the water in the bottle, it penetrated and disappeared without a trace as soon as it touched the floor in the warehouse.
Ning Tao didn't know where the fruit powder and water had gone, but he knew that Sun Lanxiang hadn't eaten or drank in the past five days. She destroyed everything he brought her in this way. No wonder there was nothing in the plastic basin. If she had eaten the food and water he brought her, there would have been a puddle of urine anyway.
"Hunger strike with me?" Ning Tao stopped in front of Sun Lanxiang and raised a slap.
Sun Lanxiang raised her head and looked at Ning Tao coldly: "I'm not even afraid of death. Am I still afraid of you beating me? You go ahead and beat me. If I frown, my surname is not Sun!"
Ning Tao said: "Aren't you afraid that I will use the talisman?"
A trace of fear quietly flashed in Sun Lanxiang's eyes, but she said firmly: "I've seen everything that should be seen by you, and I don't care anymore. If you want to pull out my clothes, just come and pull it out. You can use the pulling charm or your hands." That’s fine, I don’t care. I’m not afraid of your talisman that can transfer flesh and blood to another location. I just want to die now. What will it look like when I die? Do I care about its use?”
"You are a dead pig and you are not afraid of boiling water, right?" Ning Tao said.
Sun Lanxiang suddenly became angry: "You are the dead pig!"
Ning Tao smiled: "You are still angry, which means you are not so desperate that you want to die. Just continue to act here, and I will take care of you after I finish the things at hand."
Sun Lanxiang bit her lip with her teeth, her eyes wishing that her lips were Ning Tao's, and the blood would drip from her bite.
"It seems that you are not that important in your grandfather's mind. Wu Yue did not send anyone to rescue you. You said that you sold your life for her for hundreds of years. What did you get?" Ning Tao continued to stimulate her.
Sun Lanxiang closed her eyes, looking out of sight and out of mind, but her lips betrayed her, and her lips trembled with anger.
"I'm too lazy to talk nonsense to you. There is still a piece of meat in the bag. If you want to eat it, you can eat it. If you don't eat it, you will fall down. But I want to remind you, don't let me let you go, but you go out with your life." Leave this sentence, Ning Tao turned and left.
After the calligraphy secret library gate, the library door is closed.
Sun Lanxiang opened her eyes, took out the piece of barbecue from the bag, hesitated for at least a few minutes before opening her mouth and taking a small bite...
Returning to the clinic lobby, Ning Tao moved to the door, opened it, and peeked out from the crack in the door.
There were people walking around in the alley, but they were all ordinary people, and there was no suspicious target.
"Damn, that's your granddaughter. Your son is gone, why don't you save your only granddaughter?" Ning Tao felt depressed and couldn't help but curse.
Didi, didi...
Suddenly there was a notification sound from behind that a text message had been received.
Ning Tao's heart moved, he closed the door and walked quickly to the desk. When he reached the desk, he grabbed Sun Lanxiang's mobile phone and the power bank connected to it.
Sun Lanxiang's mobile phone is as conservative and outdated as her thoughts. It is a "Bangbang phone" from China Telecom. You can buy a new one for 100 yuan. This kind of mobile phone has no security at all and can be opened directly.
Sure enough, a new text message was received in the text mailbox: Let's meet.
This was obviously not a text message sent to Sun Lanxiang, but to Ning Tao.
A smile appeared on the corner of Ning Tao's mouth, and he replied to the text message: OK, I will decide the time and place.
The other party quickly replied: I will decide the time and place, and wait for my news.
Ning Tao replied: OK.
No new information was sent from the other party.
Although there was no name and only an unfamiliar number, Ning Tao could guess his identity.
Sun Pingchuan finally couldn't hold on any longer.
Putting away Sun Lanxiang's mobile phone, Ning Tao carried a small medicine box to the lock wall, opened a blood lock, and stepped in after the door of convenience appeared...