Chapter 28: Deep Scheming
Pharmacist Feng waved his hand and drove Hequan and Hu Bao out of the room of the inn. After the two walked away, he got off the bed weakly and walked to the window. Through the window, he saw two ox carts parked on the street, and more than 20 bags of medicinal materials loaded on the ox carts. A trace of sick red appeared on his face. Pharmacist Feng covered his mouth and coughed a few times. He felt something sticky spraying out of his palm, and his expression changed drastically.
He spread his hand and saw a few drops of red and black blood on his palm. His face instantly became extremely gloomy.
"Little thief, you actually dared to secretly take medicine behind my back in order to expel my God-Eating Gu. Humph, since you want to die, don't blame me for taking action in advance! I was originally thinking of letting you live for a few more years so that you can practice the magic formula that can make you a god to a higher level. Now it seems that I was greedy. Let you live for another two months. When that old man Izumi buys the century-old ginseng, I will use the God-Eating and Body-Snatching Great Method to destroy your soul and take away your body! By then, I will kill all the traitors including Li Ruoxu. Let's see who else in the Iron Sword Alliance dares to... You are against me!"
"Humph, Blood Rain Sect and Dragon Tiger Gang, you took advantage of the fact that our ancestor had just passed away and colluded with more than a dozen gangs in Yunzhou to destroy the Iron Sword Alliance founded by our ancestor, forcing me to hide like a dog in this poor and bad place called Gushan. I have long sworn that one day, I will make all of you beasts, worse than pigs and dogs, die in my hands! Haha... wait, this day will come soon!"
Pharmacist Feng stood behind the window, his eyes flashing with crazy light, and he growled in a low voice with gnashing teeth. After venting his anger, Pharmacist Feng walked out of the room of the inn with a gloomy face, walked to the street, and directed the two ox carts, pulling two carts of medicinal materials, to the Wild Wolf Valley at the west end of the town.
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Wu Yan sat cross-legged on the stone bed in the stone house, and suddenly raised his head and exhaled a breath of turbid air. After practicing ten great cycles, he felt that the energy flow in his body had increased a lot. Although he had not yet completely absorbed and refined the remaining energy flow in his body, this practice also allowed him to gain a lot.
He was about to open his eyes, and his heart moved slightly. An inexplicable strange feeling surged from the bottom of his heart. That feeling gradually turned into a strong sense of uneasiness. It was as if someone was spying on him and was going to harm him. The feeling became stronger and stronger.
He quietly opened his eyes a little and glanced secretly in the direction he felt. There was a very inconspicuous gap on the west wall of the stone house, more than one person tall. The gap was left when two pieces of bluestone were stacked. It was so small that it could almost be ignored, and it was very inconspicuous.
There was a faint light that flashed through the gap. If Wu Yan had not happened to cultivate to the fourth level, he would probably not have been able to capture that feeling of uneasiness, and he would not have discovered that there was a gap between his stone house and the wall of the neighboring stone house where someone was spying.
The feeling of uneasiness disappeared. Wu Yan opened his eyes, stood up and walked to the wall, looking at the gap with a sneer. After a moment, his expression changed slightly, and he walked away as if nothing had happened.
After a while, there was a knock on the stone door of the stone house: "Wu Yan, come to my room for a while, I have something to ask you."
Wu Yan agreed, "Master Feng, you are back, great, I just happen to have something to discuss with you."
Wu Yan pushed the door open, walked out, and then went straight to the study of Feng Pharmacist. Entering the study, he saw Feng Pharmacist sitting on the armchair behind the desk, squinting and looking at him.
Although Wu Yan had imagined many times in the past few days, if Feng Pharmacist came back, he would face Feng Pharmacist, and he even thought about how to deal with Feng Pharmacist after he turned his face. However, he did not expect that the imagined things were imagined after all, and there was a huge contrast with the actual situation. Standing in front of Feng Pharmacist at this time, his heart couldn't help but beat wildly.
After being stared at by Feng Pharmacist with squinting eyes for a while, he lowered his head unconvincingly and did not dare to look at him.
"How is your cultivation going?" Pharmacist Feng asked calmly.
Wu Yan hesitated for a moment and said, "Master Feng, I am stupid. In the past six months, I have exhausted the medicinal materials you left for me. Although I have reached the peak of the second level, I still haven't broken through to the third level."
The reason why Wu Yan hesitated for a moment was that he was considering whether to tell Pharmacist Feng about the breakthrough to the fourth level. However, when he thought about the matter of the God-Eating Gu, he decided to conceal it. He remembered that Pharmacist Feng once told him that as long as he cultivated to the fourth level, he could help him do things.
Wu Yan didn't think much about it before, but just concentrated on cultivating according to Pharmacist Feng's requirements, hoping to cultivate to the fourth level as soon as possible and help him do things. But after experiencing the matter of the God-Eating Gu, he clearly realized that Pharmacist Feng wanted him to cultivate to the fourth level, which was probably not well-intentioned.
"Oh? I didn't expect that in half a year, you have already completed the second level of cultivation. Very good, use up the herbs when they are used up. It just so happens that I brought back a lot of high-quality herbs this time. Those herbs will be delivered to Qiancao Valley soon, so you don't have to worry about not having herbs to use. Just practice the formula well." Pharmacist Feng nodded with a smile, as if nothing had happened.
Wu Yan was a little suspicious, thinking to himself, is it possible that he was not affected by the mother Gu of the God-Eating Gu? Or is the record in the "Pharmacology Classic" not accurate? Or is there any way for him to suppress the harm of the mother Gu to him?
There must be something strange here. Wu Yan did not dare to be careless, and stood aside cautiously and replied: "Disciple knows, please rest assured, Master Feng, I will practice hard and will never let Master Feng down."
"Nothing happened in the sect in the past six months, right?" Master Feng hummed, and asked casually.
"To answer Master Feng, I have hardly left the valley in the past six months, and rarely contacted people in the sect, so I don't know what happened in the sect." Wu Yan showed a trace of shame on his face, and answered honestly.
Master Feng seemed to be relieved, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Okay, you go out. Remember to practice well, and when the medicinal materials outside the mountain are transported in tomorrow, I will boil the liquid medicine for you again, and strive to let you break through the second level as soon as possible."
"Thank you, Master Feng, I'll take my leave." Wu Yan saw a trace of impatience on Master Feng's face, so he took his leave obediently and walked out.
When he walked out and closed the door, Pharmacist Feng immediately showed a ferocious expression on his face. He looked at the row of cloth bags stacked next to the bookshelf with a gloomy expression.
Pharmacist Feng murmured to himself: "Little thief, I didn't expect that you have become so cunning in just half a year! It seems that I underestimated you. Humph, fortunately, I have a plan. Even if you know my mind, you can't escape my control. Let you be proud for a few days..."