Seeking the Tao in the Mortal World-Chapter 5: Taoist

The evening wind blew past, and Li Qingjun, who was drenched and unable to channel her true qi, trembled slightly, but Qin Yi turned a blind eye and didn’t have any intention of taking care of her.

Li Qingjun also gritted her teeth to persist in the cold as she picked up the rabbit on the ground, “I fed it with the poison I brought with me, but it can’t be cured with your so-called pill that can cure all kinds of poisons. Give me an explanation!”

Qin Yi laughed, “Selling medicine at the foot of the mountain is only for this mountain. What does a poison from the outside have to do with me? Should the African swine fever also be blamed on me?”

Li Qingjun automatically filtered the incomprehensible Africa. She said angrily, “I knew you were going to say that, so are you able to detoxify it? If you can’t detoxify it, you’re just a liar without medical knowledge.”

Qin Yi took the rabbit and found that the rabbit was as stiff as iron.

“It’s not poisoned at all, but a kind of alchemy that makes muscles stiff like gold stone. If people take it in wartime, it will be beneficial, but there will be some after-effects.” Qin Yi threw the rabbit away casually, “The effect of the medicine will disappear on its own in half an hour. What else do you want me to do? Should I give it a massage to eliminate the after-effect? I think let it be, the stiff ones are actually quite good…”

Li Qingjun stared at him blankly, not knowing what to say.

In short, it was her own whim. She was mad that her brother accompanied her nominally on the journey to seek immortal, but in reality, he had other plans, making her enthusiastic journey to seek immortals seem like a child’s play. She couldn’t stand it, so she deliberately tried to prove her brother’s mistake.

But it seems… brother was right.

This gold stone powder is prepared by State Preceptor Dong Huazi, and it is not something ordinary apothecaries can understand. This Qin Yi recognized at a glance. He is indeed a reclusive taoist.

As soon as her anger was relieved, Li Qingjun suddenly felt cold. She shivered while curling up on the chair with her arms folded. The white liquid was still dripping down from the tip of her hair. There were spots on her face. Her hair was messy, looking very helpless.

Just when Qin Yi thought the little girl was about to cry, she stood up and said slowly, “Sorry, I misunderstood Sir Qin.”

After speaking, she turned around abruptly and strode out with the spear in her hand. Her slender back was as straight as a spear.

“A very unyielding little girl.” Liu Su complained in the sea of ??consciousness, “She has sore muscles and can’t channel true qi, yet she won’t ask you to relieve her. She just goes out like this like she isn’t afraid of being eaten up by wolves. Hey, are you a eunuch? Aren’t you going to do anything?” 𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚗𝚘𝚟ｅｌ．𝚌ｏ𝚖

These words reminded Qin Yi, and he said, “Miss, please wait.”

Li Qingjun paused and said calmly, “Could it be that sir wants compensation?”

“My humble house provides accommodation services, hot tea and herbal bath barrels that soothes muscles and bones. It also invigorates blood circulation and unblocks veins. Only 3 silver coins per night.”

Li Qingjun didn’t expect Qin Yi to have such an attitude. Subconsciously, she was about to refuse, but when the cold wind hit her, she couldn’t help but sneeze. Thinking that the mountains were not safe, and the way to find his brother in this state was dangerous, she held back her refusal.

After a moment of silence, she took out an ingot of crushed silver and put it on the stone table in the courtyard. She walked into the room from Qin Yi’s side with no expression on her face, “Shopkeeper, get me some water.”

Qin Yi turned his head to see her entering the room, and he couldn’t help laughing, “Awkward little girl.”

Liu Su sneered, “An awkward man.”

Watching the door close, Qin Yi lowered his voice, “What’s awkward about me?”

“Who still takes a mace to the bathtub?”

“Isn’t this a sign of a good relationship with you. Inseparable…”

“Cut the nonsense.” Liu Su said sarcastically, “You shrank into a ball when she broke in. Aren’t you afraid that I’m a woman and I’ll look at you?”

Qin Yi scoffed, “Do weapon spirits have genders? Well, even if they do, can such a manly mace give birth to a female weapon spirit? You are even planning to possess a man? Don’t fool around. Even if you’re a female, you’re probably with a green face, fangs and thick waist like a bucket.”

Liu Su didn’t answer.

…………

Li Qingjun soaked in the hot water while looking at the layout of the guest room in a daze.

The ordinary log cabin had not even been painted, but it had been planed very carefully. The pillars were round and smooth. One could almost imagine the concentration and care of the young man when planing the woods. The clean wood color was covered with a layer of smooth gel, which seemed to be mothproof. There was a pot of small flowers on the window sill, which bloomed faintly under the moonlight. The fragrance was lingering and refreshing.

The quilt was also plain white silk, exuding the fragrance of the sun. It was neatly spread.

There were mountains, forests and clouds paintings on the wall. The paintings seemed quite weird. It seemed to be drawn with a sharpened pencil with only black and white, but it surprisingly had layers of distance, light and shadow, which was vivid. In Li Qingjun’s eyes, this painting was more ingenious and lacked charm and artistic conception, but it was not easy for a young man, let alone such a novel style of painting.

There was a signature on the painting: Qin Yi graffiti on the 8th day of the 2nd month of the 1st year.

What does this timing mean…

In short, it was elegant and fresh. Li Qingjun could feel an attitude from it: A tranquil and refined life. It was hard to imagine that this was a young man’s home in the countryside that had nothing to do with the so-called taoist. It was more like a scholarly family.

The hot water in the bucket was mixed with medicinal herbs. The heat soaked through the limbs and bones, dispelling the chill just now. The effect of the muscle tenderizer was also expelled, the blocked veins were also unblocked, and the true qi was flowing again.

Li Qingjun felt that this person named Qin Yi was very contradictory.

He designs traps at the gate of the courtyard. Whether it is to guard against wild animals or against people, he looks like a very insecure and cautious person. But under the premise that we had a big conflict at the moment, he dared to keep me at home and removed all the restrictions for me.

Is he too soft-hearted?

Does he really think I won’t take revenge?

Maybe he has other confidence? Faced with this strange ‘taoist’, Li Qingjun was not sure whether he had some unfathomable means.

After reluctantly suppressing the thought of revenge, Li Qingjun let out a breath and reached out to find the washbasin beside the bucket.

The washbasin was brought in by Qin Yi after bringing the hot water. There were towels and some strange things in it. Among them was something called fragrant pancreas, which Qin Yi said he made by himself, replacing the commonly used acacia to cleanse the body. There was also a kind of bath bean, which was used to wash the face…

Li Qingjun tried it. The hot spring water was like washing cream with a faint fragrance. It was really comfortable, and the washing was very clean. Her hair which had been stained with the sticky weird liquid before was also washed clean and beautiful again.

And this… Li Qingjun picked up a wooden handle strangely. One end of the wooden handle was densely filled with bristles. She didn’t know how the bristles were fixed there. Qin Yi said that this was for brushing teeth, replacing the usual young willow branches… It was also paired with his homemade ‘toothpaste’, which replaced powdered salt…

It’s weird everywhere, but I have to admit that it’s really useful.

Is this what is so special about ‘taoists’? Each crafted item is getting weirder and more practical than the last.

But why didn’t Dong Huazi and the rest refine these things. They only knew how to make the so-called aphrodisiac pills and elixirs for father every day…

Li Qingjun even felt that it was worth taking this man surnamed Qin to the capital just for these things…

Unexpectedly, she and her elder brother had the same idea. Li Qingjun herself wanted to laugh a little, but she turned her face stoic again. This Qin Yi offends me so much; I won’t let him go easily!

She finally got up, took a set of men’s clothes from the package and put it on. As she tied the belt, she was a handsome young man again.

Walking out of the guest room, Qin Yi really didn’t sleep. He was sitting in the courtyard, dispensing medicine under the moonlight. She could vaguely hear him talking to himself, “Actually, I can ask Third Brother Zhang to bring purple lotus root back when he goes to the county. I don’t have to go by myself…”

After a pause, he said to himself again, “Alchemy furnace? Well… it is everywhere, right…”

Having said that, he suddenly stopped talking and turned his head to look at the place where Li Qingjun was standing.

As the breeze was blowing, Li Qingjun’s clothes fluttered lightly. Her hair was wet from the bath. Although she was dressed in men’s clothing, she could no longer hide her girly look. But she had a pair of very heroic eyes. With a long spear, her figure was tall and straight. She had a pride and awe that was different from ordinary girls.

She is actually a very pretty girl…

Qin Yi’s eyes moved as he asked, “Aren’t you resting yet?”

Li Qingjun said with a straight face, “You’re short of medicinal materials and a good alchemy furnace, right?”

“So what?”

“The alchemy furnace for your personal use may not be satisfactory even if someone gives it to you. In addition, your financial resources…” Li Qingjun looked around while showing a mocking smile, “I’m afraid you can’t afford many things you need. “

“What does it have to do with you?”

“I… I hire you to be my apothecary. You only need to serve me as the young master and refine medicine for me. Whatever you need, my family will take care of it.”

“Nuts.” Qin Yi rolled his eyes, “You even called yourself the young master. You haven’t been hung enough, have you?”

“You!”

“By the way, if I say that what I need is you, will your family provide it?”

Li Qingjun looked livid, “Qin Yi, do you know what you are talking about?”

“I don’t know.” Qin Yi said, “Being taken care of is supposed to include warming the bed. You want to take care of, but you don’t want to warm bed for me. A person with professional ethics like me will feel bad about it, so forget it. “

Li Qingjun resisted the urge to stab with a spear as she turned around and slammed the door hard.

Liu Su’s voice came from his sea of ??consciousness, “Tsk tsk, a man who doesn’t know amorous feeling. The little girl is a little proud. What’s the big deal if you say a few nice words to deceive the little sister?”

Qin Yi lazily said, “Do you know Big Huang at the entrance of the village?”

“Why?”

“That dog is pitiful. He licks Old Xu’s shoe soles every day. Old Xu doesn’t even build a dog house for him. It shows that there is no house for dog licking (also means bootlick).”

“…” Liu Su had long been used to Qin Yi’s occasional inexplicable and weird words, so she didn’t take it seriously. She just complained, “I mean, are you not interested in women? I have never seen you talk to any woman much. I thought you don’t like the girls in the village. But this girl’s icy muscles and jade bones are great, and her face is heroic, which is extraordinary. Even I was tempted when I saw her. How did you not have any response at all.”

Qin Yi was startled, “Hey, what do you mean, you are urging me to cultivate to be an immortal while at the same time urging me to be close to women? Aren’t these 2 conflicting?”

Liu Su was silent for a while. It wanted to say something, but it held it back. Then, it suddenly smiled, “Although the that’s true, it’s not so either-or as you imagine. The way of Tao has dual cultivation, and the evil way has nourishment. One day, when you step on the way of immortality, if you are still spooky like you are holding your shoulders and shrunk into the barrel, then maybe I will often see you there in panic. Ah, little immortal, please take care.”