Chapter 73: An Unexpected Reunion

  Whoosh!

  Just then, a golden light burst out of the medicine garden and in an instant, it had entered into Shi Sheng's sleeve. Wang Bo was taken aback for a moment before slowly withdrawing his hand that was about to slap Shi Sheng.

  "What's going on? What's the meaning of this? If you don't give me an explanation, I'll slap you to death with one palm today." Wang Bo thought of Mo Linghua and his heart began to bleed.

  "Cough, cough, Wang Bo, it's just those few spiritual herbs, calm down!" Shi Sheng hadn't finished speaking when Wang Bo suddenly jumped up violently.

  "What about those few spiritual herbs? Not even your life can exchange for a single leaf of the Ink Spirit Flower, and other spiritual herbs are also extremely valuable, more precious than your Cong Branch Elixir. You little scoundrel actually dare to look down on my painstaking efforts! I think you're really looking for death!" Wang Bo puffed out his chest, glared with his eyes wide open, and made a gesture as if he was about to take action.

  "Wait a minute, let me explain, Master Wang. It's all just a misunderstanding, it was him, he's the one who caused all this trouble!" Shi Sheng said, shaking his sleeve vigorously.

  With a whoosh, Jinling suddenly appeared on the ground between the two of them, his body size having increased by about twice as much, roughly to the size of a palm. Shi Sheng was only slightly stunned, but at this moment, he didn't have time to think too much.

  Waaah!

  Jin Ling glared at Shi Shen, baring his teeth in a contemptuous expression, as if saying "How could you betray me?" Then he cautiously glanced at Wang Bo, his eyes rolling around restlessly.

  "Huh? What is this...?" Wang Bo furrowed his brow: "No demonic aura, yet an ordinary wild beast has such speed? Even a cultivator in the Huanhai realm might not be able to catch up. What kind of monster is this? Where did you get it from?" Wang Bo seemed to have forgotten about the medicine garden and was now curiously sizing up the little creature before him, his face filled with surprise and uncertainty.

  "Wang Bo, last time our sect's mission, we went to Wulongsan..." And so, Shi Sheng roughly recounted what had happened.

  "It was like this, a month ago I went to pick the spiritual medicine, this little thing ran into the medicine garden by itself, and I didn't think much of it. This morning I just used up all the mature spiritual medicine, and was about to take another look to see if there were any other mature ones...” As he spoke, Shi Sheng glanced at the distant empty medicine garden, and his eyes twitched involuntarily.

  "Little guy, can you understand our conversation?" asked Wang Bo.

  Squeak squeak!

  Jin Ling showed a defensive expression, hastily shook his head, meaning that he didn't understand, but suddenly felt something was wrong, and hastily nodded again. His eyes rolled around, looking at Shi Sheng one moment, then at Wang Bo the next, finally glancing at the medicine garden, revealing an innocent look.

  "Haha, what a clever little guy!" Wang Bo couldn't help but laugh and looked at Shi Sheng with some envy: "Can I have him?"

  "Can't find it!" Shi Sheng said without thinking, and added a sentence: "As long as it wants to!" Although Shi Sheng didn't care about Jin Ling, Lin Wan'er liked him after all, and he couldn't easily give him away. Moreover, this little guy wouldn't agree either.

  Squeak squeak!

  Jin Ling suddenly twisted her waist, resembling a charming woman, pointing and gesturing at Shi Sheng. She was imitating Lin Wan'er's posture when she saw off Shi Sheng, as if telling him, "Have you forgotten how Lin Wan'er entrusted you? If you don't take me back, Lin Wan'er won't let you off!"

  "Heh heh, alright, since you can make an old man like me laugh, I won't bring this up again. However, for the medicinal materials that were lost, I'll give you a list, and if you can't compensate me next time you come looking for me, I won't teach you anything!" Wang Bo smiled, seeming to have relaxed his previously somewhat suppressed mood.

  "Thank you, Uncle Wang!" Shi Sheng hastily said.

  "Don't thank me, I'm doing it for its sake!" Wang Bo pointed to Jin Ling, Shi Sheng was speechless, and Jin Ling puffed out his chest, revealing a smug expression.

  The two left Dan Fang and entered the main hall. Shi Sheng had just sat down when Wang Bo slowly opened his mouth and said, "How was it? How many elixirs did you refine?"

  "This..." Shi Sheng's face darkened, and he really wanted to say that he hadn't refined any, but compared to the success rate of opening the Nian Dan last time, it would definitely make Wang suspicious. After all, Shi Sheng didn't dare say that the spiritual medicine he had prepared to ripen was swallowed by Jin Ling. Finally, Shi Sheng glanced at Jin Ling on the wooden table and suddenly turned his eyes.

  "Wang Bo, I didn't harvest all the mature medicinal herbs. This little thing ate them all! If not, I would have definitely been able to refine a few pills!" Shi Sheng said angrily. Jin Ling quickly jumped in front of Wang Bo, shaking her small head like a rattle drum, and put on a wronged expression.

  "Hmph, it's not like you can clear your name anyway. You're not even good at speaking, so just take the blame for this mess! Shi Sheng sneered inwardly, provoking Jin Ling to grit her teeth and scratch her head in frustration, looking quite comical."

  "Refining elixirs isn't just about innate talent, it also requires a vast amount of resources. I've said it before, sometimes having an advantage in resources is far more important than innate talent. You should think of ways to get your hands on more medicinal materials!" Wang Bo spoke up.

  Upon hearing this, Shi Sheng nodded: "Right, Wang Bo, you should still have some talismans here. I want some! Best if they're top-quality talismans!"

  Wang Bo immediately rolled his eyes: "Do you think this is a wholesale market? How much silver do you owe me again? Don't say it's not true, even if it was, I wouldn't give it to you anymore. Otherwise, what if you get killed someday and your debt disappears with you? Wouldn't that be a loss of both life and money for me?"

  "Cough, cough!" Shi Sheng coughed twice: "Does Wang Bo recognize this talisman?" As he spoke, Shi Sheng took out the failed talisman he had picked up in Tianxuan Sect. Mu Qing hadn't recognized it at the time, and Shi Sheng could only ask Wang Bo now.

  "Huh? A mid-grade concealment talisman? Although it's a low rank, among mid-grade talismans, this one is considered rare. Even some high-ranking attack talismans aren't as valuable as this one! Too bad the refinement failed, otherwise with this talisman, I could hide my presence and even in the Yuanhe realm, no one would be able to detect me easily." Wang Bo nodded slightly and said.

  "Why can't I refine it now?" Shi Sheng asked in puzzlement, but his heart was somewhat excited. The Huo Fu and Gang Jian Fu were high-ranking, but they only belonged to the lower grade, he didn't expect this to be a mid-grade symbol.

  "Heh heh, the requirements for a medium-grade talisman are extremely high. The spiritual brushes and ink I gave you are all unqualified, and even the talisman paper doesn't meet the standards. Moreover, your strength is also insufficient; at the very least, you need to reach the level of Yuanhe Realm in order to refine it!" Wang Bo slowly explained.

  "Does Wang Bo recognize these three bottles of Dan medicine?" Shi Sheng took out the three jade bottles, which were exactly what he had obtained from Xie Xiu's body, and told him about Xie Xiu's affairs.

  "Oh, no wonder the Liu family's old house was arranged like that, it really is evil and chaotic. I didn't expect him to hide his identity." Wang Bo opened the jade bottle and casually glanced at it twice.

  "These three are Xuanling Dan, this jade bottle only has one dan medicine, which is the Extreme Yang Dan, generally used for cultivating yin and cold attribute gongfa. The last jade bottle contains five dan medicines, which is the Avoid Poison Dan, can resist some mild toxicity!" Wang Bo returned the three jade bottles to Shi Sheng.

  "Thanks for telling me, Mr. Wang, do you know where to buy talismans at a lower price?" Shi Sheng was preparing to buy some talismans and refine them into talismanic scrolls to sell for crystal jade.

  "Black market, but it's not common, you know too few people and can't find it. If you want it cheap, it's better to go hunt low-level demon beasts yourself, leave the beast skin and refine it into talismans. The refining method is something I can teach you!" Wang Bo said.

  "Yao beast?" Shi Sheng's heart moved, the map he bought at first did have a few places marked with yao beasts appearing, but it was likely to be dangerous if he went, so Shi Sheng immediately dispelled this idea.

  "Haha, you want it cheap but don't want to take any risks? Is there such a good thing in the world?" Wang Bo shrugged his shoulders.

  "Wang Bo, hand over the list of medicinal materials in the medicine garden to me. While you're at it, tell me about the properties of various spiritual medicines. If I have the chance, I'll definitely help you buy them all back. Of course, if you can teach me some attacking talismans, that'd be even better, heh heh!" Shi Sheng laughed and said.

  "I only teach medical talismans for treating illnesses and saving lives, I don't know about attacking talismans that harm people. As for identifying medicinal materials and prescriptions, I can also give you some pointers. Just wait a moment!" Wang Bo said as he returned to the room, waited for the time it took to burn an incense stick, then handed over an ancient scroll to Shi Sheng.

  Shi Sheng put away the ancient scroll, calculating the time, and there was still more than half a month before the awards ceremony. Although he returned earlier than expected, now that he had no more medicinal materials, staying behind would be meaningless.

  "Wang Bo, then I'll take my leave first!" Shi Sheng said.

  "Next time you come, if you can't return some silver and bring some compensation, I won't let you in the door!" Wang Bo said casually.

  "Hey, don't worry, Wang Bo!" Shi Sheng smiled and stood up, turning around to leave. Jin Ling slipped into his sleeve with a soft "whoosh".

  "Treat that little guy well, maybe he'll be of some use to you later!" Wang Bo said, Shi Sheng hesitated for a moment, responded with a "yes" and then disappeared into the room.

  After a moment of silence, Wang Bo's eyes narrowed: "This little monkey is so special, no demonic energy but such speed, I've never seen this kind before, could it be a mutation? Heh heh, this kid's luck isn't bad, maybe... in the future..." Wang Bo's voice trailed off, his face turning serious.

  ……

  "Come get a bowl of noodles!" Shi Sheng arrived at a small stall and casually ordered a bowl of noodles, planning to eat something before returning to the Tian Xuan Sect.

  "Huh? Is that you?" Just then, a woman's voice came from nearby. The newcomer was a slender and beautiful young girl wearing a light green dress, clearly a rich family's daughter! (End of this chapter, next chapter will be even more exciting!)

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