Memories

Shen Shuibi seemed very dissatisfied with Hu Xian'er's actions towards Li Qi's body, so she took over all of Li Qi's treatments, complaining, "Incompetent doctor!" "How could this have happened!" as she carried Li Qi to the kitchen.

Li Qi didn't understand at first.

Then Shen Shuibi poured the pot overboard and put him inside.

"Miss Shen, what is this?"

"Shut up! I finally managed to clear your blockage, and you let that quack doctor make a mess of it again. Don't talk to me, I need to focus on clearing it up!" Shen Shuibi said to Li Qi in a rare, annoyed tone.

Li Qi remained silent, since he couldn't move anyway.

However, this feeling is indeed...

He felt a lingering fear. If other skilled doctors saw his body, would they be able to break apart and injure the body stitched up by the Clear Mist Sect with a light tap, just like Shen Shuibi?

This kind of risk... will also affect future cultivation, no wonder Shen Shuibi was so angry.

It seems I really can't trust doctors outside of hospitals anymore.

They may have good intentions, but their medical skills are definitely not as good as my own dog's.

Thinking about all this, Li Qi lay in the pot, soaked in a pot of water poured in by Shen Shuibi. Then she used a fire-starting spell to boil the water and stew Li Qi in the iron pot.

Then, she busied herself with refining pills, taking out Three-Five Furnace and throwing the refined medicine into Li Qi's pot to simmer.

Fortunately, ordinary boiling water can no longer harm Li Qi, so he obediently waits inside to cook.

While cooking, Shen Shuibi said to Li Qi, "You know the concept of the microcosm within the human body, so why do you want someone to tamper with your body?"

"The human body is a microcosm, the head is like the sky, the feet are like the earth. The qi of the sky is connected to the lungs, the qi of the earth is connected to the throat, the qi of the wind is connected to the liver, the qi of thunder is connected to the heart, the qi of the grain is connected to the spleen, and the qi of the rain is connected to the kidneys. The six meridians are like rivers, the intestines and stomach are like the sea, and the nine orifices are like the qi of water flowing in. The sky has four seasons and five elements, which follow the laws of yin and yang, cold and heat, waxing and waning. Harmony is rain, anger is wind, condensation is snow, and expansion is a rainbow. This is the constant law of the sky. The human body has four limbs and five internal organs, which circulate and descend with the breath, and the essence of qi flows back and forth without ceasing. The yin and yang qi float and disperse to form the body's health, the blood vessels are manifested to form complexion, and the voice is expressed. This is the constant law of the human body."

"There is no correspondence between Celestial Person and man. Your microcosm was already out of balance. If you try to mend it, it may seem to be better, but in reality, it has become subtly different from the external world. Your microcosm was created using Shaman Path methods, borrowing the Heaven and Earth Qi, and following the laws of the four seasons. Mountains, rivers, soil, metals, rocks, grasses, and all things within it have grown. Even hair, skin, muscles, blood vessels, meridians, and bone marrow need to correspond one by one with the external world. If they don't correspond, the Inner Gods will be crooked. When you advance, you'll have to discard everything and start over. You're messing around all day. Don't you really cherish yourself?"

"Besides, the person who helped you repair things only has the skills of a craftsman, but no understanding of principles. He deserves to be stuck at the seventh rank for life!"

Shen Shuibi became increasingly angry as she spoke, and then she simply increased the heat of the Fire-Burning Technique. Immediately, steam flew everywhere, and the water in the pot evaporated in two or three seconds.

"Hot!" Li Qi almost fell out of the water.

Unfortunately, he couldn't move.

"I'll teach you a lesson!" Shen Shuibi said, and then cast another water-drawing spell, splashing a circle of cold water over Li Qi, who was completely submerged in the water, bubbling away with his mouth and nose covered.

Despite her words, she still diligently prepared the medicine, placing it in water to help Li Qi regulate the chaotic energy within his body.

She even rolled up her sleeves and massaged Li Qi's entire body again.

Li Qi lay in the pot, squinting his eyes, feeling hands moving over his body.

Is this... a blessing in disguise?

In short, Li Qi was forced to rest for another day, and he was able to move around again on the second day.

But at least we've finally set off.

Old Ma has been eating very well these past few days, and he's gained weight again, turning into a horse with a double chin once more.

Li Qi also had another good thing, which was a Mustard Seed Bag.

I bought it as a gift from Jin Buhuan.

The gift he gave was really valuable.

The Mustard Seed Bag wasn't very big, about the size of a room.

Actually, there's not much space inside this thing; it's just an entrance. The principle is to delineate an area outside the domain, like a cage, and then protect it with talismans. Next, a small opening leads to the Mustard Seed Bag. Throwing something in is like putting the item into that cage.

Because this cage in the outer realm is directly exposed to the vast outer space, it can only hold inanimate objects or living things with exceptionally strong vitality that can survive in the outer realm. Time inside is normal; food placed inside still has a shelf life. In short, it's a safe that you can take out at any time. Moreover, the environment inside is extremely harsh. The outer realm is a vacuum environment with no temperature, no light, and no shadow. Water placed inside will definitely turn into ice.

When Li Qi bought this, he also learned an interesting tidbit.

That is, the very first Mustard Seed Bag required a powerful expert of the fifth rank or above to refine.

Because defining space outside the domain is too difficult, opening a fixed spatial rift for teleportation is not something ordinary people can do.

However, later, a powerful figure started this business. He designated a large area outside the realm, which was countless miles in size, and then divided it into countless parts. He rented out these small parts of the space to different alchemist sects, allowing low-grade alchemists to open mustard seeds in the space he designated. This is how the low-grade Mustard Seed Bag came into existence.

The powerful figure also used this to collect rent from countless forces. He was like a huge cloud storage space, selling different sizes of space to different accounts. You could store things in the cloud storage and take them out when you needed them.

Low-level alchemists are merely using the cloud storage space of this powerful being; they have no real ability to manipulate it. Different Mustard Seed Bag are simply different accounts with different storage sizes.

This made Li Qi sigh with emotion.

They really know how to do business...

Depending on the size of the space rented by their respective sects, the extraterritorial spaces that these alchemists can demarcate also vary, meaning the cages come in different sizes. Li Qi's cage is considered moderately priced, but the price is enough to buy a Tang sword, which is extremely expensive.

However, it's still much more convenient, at least I don't have to carry a basket anymore.

Thanks to Young Master Jin, without the eight hundred Spirit Flower he gave, Li Qi's injuries wouldn't have healed so quickly, and without the other jewels and gold he gave, Li Qi wouldn't have been able to afford the Mustard Seed Bag.

However, while rented online cloud storage is convenient, if you don't want to use cloud storage, you can also use a portable hard drive, which is Cave-Heaven Treasure.

The Cave-Heaven Treasure are far more advanced than the Mustard Seed Bag. Although the caves are empty, they can be freely modified.

For example, the main gate of the Clear Mist Sect is a huge cave world, and everything inside was brought in from the outside and then reshaped.

As long as the environment is suitable, you can put anything inside the Cave-Heaven Treasure, and the volume will be much larger. However, the price will be exorbitant. In any case, Li Qi can't afford it, and Clear Mist City doesn't sell it at all.

I packed a bunch of frozen Piaoxu kitchen products into Mustard Seed Bag, and also bought some of Piaoxu's own cured meat and sausages. That was my food preparation for the trip.

Li Qi, leading the Old Ma that was reluctant to leave and kept chewing on its Piaoxu food, bid farewell to Clear Mist City with Shen Shuibi.

Qi Ya followed her all the way, and after much deliberation, Li Qi gave her a copy of "The Uncommon Song".

It was a gift given out of affection, since this little red fox is quite cute.

Once you've done all that, you can say goodbye to Clear Mist City for good.

Let's set off on our journey.

However, when they reached the desolate wilderness, Li Qi suddenly reined in his horse and stopped.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Shen Shuibi, sitting in the back seat, tilted her head, wondering what Li Qi was up to.

Li Qi looked around to make sure there was no one around.

Then, he took out a porcelain bottle.

"By the way, Miss Shen, this is a gift for you. It wasn't convenient to take it out in the city, but it shouldn't be a problem here." Li Qi handed the porcelain bottle to Shen Shuibi.

Shen Shuibi looked at the porcelain vase, wondering what Li Qi was up to.

Then, she pulled out the cork.

Suddenly, even though it was daytime, a bright, clear moon rose slowly into the sky.

A dense Taiyin Qi swept in.

Chanjuan moon hangs in the sky, wisps of smoke drift in the air, the long shadows begin to fall, the sky is still damp from the rain, the moonlight is cool and clear, and a gentle breeze blows.

Li Qi's eyes widened.

Ah, the book didn't say that Moon Fragment would cause such a commotion.

Is it that I don't understand?

Li Qi looked at Shen Shuibi, who was standing there in a daze, with a puzzled expression.

No, this definitely wasn't caused by the Moon Fragment!

He grabbed Shen Shuibi.

However, the icy touch on my fingertips felt like being wet with morning dew, and a Qingfeng breeze made me feel cold all over.

The surrounding scenery changed, becoming a faint blue halo, as if we were in water.

Li Qi struggled to get up and pulled Shen Shuibi.

The moment she moved, the world around her seemed to become clear in an instant, as if she had returned from underwater to the shore, her body reassembled and returned to its original state, and her senses were no longer blurred.

However, near Shen Shuibi, a moon was still shining.

And she cried.

Clutching the small porcelain bottle, the rabbit began to sob.

Although she sometimes loses her composure, she has never cried like this before.

Tears wet her pearly hair, her jade hairpin fell lightly, and her voice lingered, as if filled with resentment.

The sky is clear and bright, a light rain falls sadly, a pitiful sight, a lingering thought.

This unprecedented scene left Li Qi somewhat stunned.

While feeling heartache, I could only feel...

What a nice view.

Fortunately, he didn't stand there stunned for too long. He quickly reacted, walked forward, and grabbed Shen Shuibi: "What's wrong?"

"No, it's nothing..." Shen Shuibi wiped her face, but no matter how she wiped, it wouldn't get clean. In the end, she simply sat down on the ground, pulled out the plug, and looked inside.

This time, she stopped sobbing silently and started wailing.

Although she tried to keep her voice down, it was still clearly audible.

Li Qi stepped forward again, squatted down in front of her, and waited without saying a word, his face full of embarrassment.

Li Qi, who was usually quick-witted and eloquent, was speechless at this moment.

After a long while, Shen Shuibi gradually stopped crying.

Her face was still streaked with tears, and she remained kneeling on the ground. Raising her face, despite the constant dripping of water, she still asked Li Qi, "Li Qi, you... you know everything?"

Li Qi was bewildered.

What do I know?

I can't reach it.

However, he didn't show it. Instead, he silently picked up his sleeve and wiped her face.

Shen Shuibi finally stopped crying, sat on the ground, hugged the bottle, and said in a soft but joyful voice, "Thank you, Li Qi... you actually helped me find the things from Mount Luofu."

The light in those eyes made Li Qi turn his head away for a moment.

Li Qi felt that it was an expression he rarely saw on her.

"No... no need to thank me, it's nothing." Li Qi reacted quickly and replied immediately.

He looked up at the sky and thought to himself.

The Green Mountain Kingdom Lord.

Good buddy! You've gone to a lot of trouble.

Li Qi dried Shen Shuibi's face and touched her cheek, feeling its softness.

Shen Shuibi seemed unaware that Li Qi was stroking her face. She opened the porcelain bottle and said to Li Qi, "This thing is the Moon Core of Luofu Cave-Heaven, which was my former residence."

Li Qi also sat down on the ground in front of her, listening to her speak.

Unexpectedly, Shen Shuibi seemed to be overcome with memories and began to tell Li Qi stories from the past.

"Back then, Yang Ning really disliked me because the yin and yang energies in my body were incompatible, Taiyin Qi made her very uncomfortable, so she always hit me... and I couldn't beat her, I'm not good at fighting to begin with..."

"Once, after she hit me, I ran to the Your Highness and cried. The Your Highness called her over and asked her why she hit me."

"She looked up at me with her head held high and said, 'I've disliked her for a long time and have wanted to hit her for ages! If it weren't for the Your Highness saying that it was wrong, I would have done it two years ago!'"

"Heh..." Li Qi couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"It's funny, isn't it? After hearing this answer, the Your Highness hung her on the laurel tree and blew on her with Yin Qi for four Chen, extinguishing the fire on her head."

At this point, Shen Shuibi's tone became dejected. "However, when the military commissioner came to issue the final ultimatum, Yang Ning and I were intercepted. It was she who threw me out to cover my retreat."

"That's why I ended up alone and got separated from the Your Highness and the others..." Shen Shuibi's voice turned melancholy as she said this.

"Alright, let's not talk about that anymore. Let me tell you about my childhood. When I was little, I lived right here. This fragment of the Moon Soul was personally retrieved for me by the Your Highness from the Taiyin Realm."

"Inside here, I actually secretly carved several murals. Let me show them to you. They were all carved when I was very young. This bottle is a small mustard seed bottle. Let me decipher it."

Shen Shuibi enthusiastically recounted stories from her childhood, while Li Qi listened attentively beside her.

As the clouds dim in the setting sun, and the night scene unfolds before us, how can we bear to count the years that have passed, and reminisce about the past?

Old Ma snorted, rolled his eyes, and wisely went off to graze in the distance.

It seems that Li Qi's schedule will be delayed by another night.

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