Chapter 5: Begging for a living, fighting with dogs for food

Chapter 5: Begging for a living, fighting with dogs for food

"Tai Xuan Jing...why is it here with you?!"

Ji Yanran asked sternly, stealing the family secret method privately is a serious crime. What happened to Ji Chen yesterday is still fresh in her mind.

"me……"

Ji Xueruo spoke softly, but I hesitated for a long time but couldn't say anything.

"I just took it for a look..."

After a long while, she finally spoke like this.

Ji Yanran narrowed her eyes and stared at her, "Is that all?"

"if not?"

Ji Xueruo raised her head and said with tears in her eyes, "Sister, don't you believe me? Wuwuwu..."

Ji Yanran frowned, wanting to continue asking, but she finally softened her heart, sighed, and sternly warned, "The Taixuan Sutra is an important secret of our Ji family. You took it out casually. If Dad finds out, he will beat you. Why don't you return it quickly!"

"understood……"

She said with a hum, and then said with a smile, "Dad loves me so much, how could he bear to hit me? I'm not that useless person like Ji Chen."

After saying that, she stuck out her tongue and walked away.

Looking at the direction where Ji Xueruo disappeared, Ji Yanran frowned even more.

Yes.

Why do blood relatives receive such different treatments when they are related by blood?

Ji Xueruo secretly stole the secret technique, and even if Ji Xiaotian knew about it, he would at most scold her harshly, but he might not be willing to hit her.

But what about Ji Chen?

Driven out of the family, the spiritual sea is shattered, and all cultivation is lost!

When she thought of this, Ji Yanran's face turned pale and she felt a little chilled.

I remember when I was very young, my family met with an accident and Ji Chen was lost. He was not found until I was eight years old.

He left the Ji family shortly after he was born, and when he returned, eight years had passed.

Therefore, Ji Chen had almost no feelings towards Ji Yanran. Although he was his blood brother, he was actually no different from a stranger.

At that time, his mother had not left yet, and Ji Chen was still sticking around her all day, praying for some maternal love and care.

It is said that in the first two years after being found by the Ji family, Ji Chen had been begging for a living and would often cry at night, looking for his family.

When he was eight years old, the Ji family finally found him. He was fighting for food with a dog.

After returning to the Ji family, Ji Chen finally had a life without worries about food and clothing. Because he had lacked family affection for a long time, he tried hard to please every relative.

But in Ji Yanran's memory, her father, herself and her sister Ji Xueruo had never looked at Ji Chen straight in the eye. Instead, they despised and hated him, thinking that he was a wild beggar.

The most important thing is that when he was nine years old, the Ji family discovered that Ji Chen’s spiritual sea was blocked and it was difficult for him to practice. Since then, his status in the Ji family has become even worse.

Thinking back on it now, Ji Yanran couldn't help but feel a little chilled.

This is her younger brother, who was lost outside when he was young and made a living by begging and competing with dogs for food. After returning, he should have been pampered and cared for by his family.

However, the Ji family seemed to have never really given him these things!

"It rained so hard last night, his soul was shattered and he was seriously injured. I hope nothing will happen to him..."

Ji Yanran couldn't help but talk to herself, remembering that Ji Chen didn't have much blood left. If her coldness attacked again in the future, how should she deal with it?

Ji Chen must not die!

Thinking of this, she felt more and more irritated, and before she knew it, she walked out of the Ji family and came to the busy street.

……

At the same time, Yidan Pavilion.

In a room somewhere on the second floor attic.

An old man in his fifties was sitting next to the coffee table, looking at a prescription in his hand with a serious expression.

Lin Qing, the head of Yidan Pavilion, is also a fifth-rank alchemist.

Opposite him, there was a man in black robe sitting. Although he couldn't see his true face, but from the other party's voice, Lin Qing was sure that the man in black robe must not be too old.

Moreover, the recipe of the medicine in his hand was given to him by the other party.

After reading it carefully several times, Lin Qing slowly let out a breath, trying to calm the shock in his heart.

"May I ask this... young friend, where did you get this recipe for the elixir?" He looked at him and couldn't help but ask.

This is the recipe for a fifth-grade elixir called "Qinghuo Dan", which was independently researched by Shi Jichen in the previous century.

This pill can dissolve the poison of pill fire!

The so-called elixir fire poison is a terminal illness for alchemists.

Because of years of alchemy and frequent contact with alchemy fire, many alchemists will be attacked by the alchemy fire in their later years.

Once someone is infected with the Danhuo poison, they will not survive more than two years.

This problem has troubled all alchemists from ancient times to the present, but no one has ever been able to solve it.

Today, this young man in black robe suddenly came to him and handed over such a pill recipe, which naturally shocked Lin Qing.

"This……"

Hearing the other party's question, Ji Chen frowned slightly, and after a moment of silence, he said, "This is the life's work of my master. Before he was alive, he spent his entire life researching this Qinghuo Pill."

"It turns out that he is an unknown hermit!"

Lin Qing believed it without a doubt. He had read the recipe carefully many times and was sure that there was nothing strange about the refining techniques and the medicinal materials needed. With his attainments as a fifth-grade alchemist, he could naturally tell that this was indeed a real recipe and not a fake one.

However, it is still unknown whether this pill can really dissolve the poison of pill fire.

However, the preciousness of the fifth-grade elixir recipe goes without saying. Even an ordinary fifth-grade elixir recipe is worth at least tens of thousands of spirit stones. Ji Chen actually gave it to Lin Qing directly, which made Lin Qing feel uneasy for a while.

He looked at Ji Chen and said seriously, "Young friend, do you want to sell this recipe directly, or exchange it with me for something?"

Ji Chen remained silent. He pondered for a moment before saying, "I need a third-grade elixir called Qi Gathering Pill. The more the better, and it would be best if there is an unlimited supply. Other than that..."

"I want 20% of Yidan Pavilion's profits every month from now on!"

It’s not that Ji Chen is greedy. In his opinion, he is even the one who suffers the loss in this request.

The poison of elixir fire is the terminal illness for all alchemists!

The value of this Qinghuo Pill can be imagined.

After hearing Ji Chen's words, Lin Qing frowned immediately, "As for the Qi Gathering Pill, it's OK, but as for the unlimited supply..."

He was silent for a moment before continuing, "If this pill can really dissolve the poison of the pill fire, its value is absolutely immeasurable. Not to mention the unlimited supply of Qi Gathering Pills, even if it takes 20% of the monthly profit of my Yidan Pavilion, it is not too much!"

"However, before that, I need to verify the authenticity of this pill. I have to refine the pill first to be sure."

"can."

Ji Chen nodded directly. In his previous life, he had had many contacts with Lin Qing and knew what kind of person he was.

This is an old man of high moral character and prestige. Now that he has left the recipe with him, Ji Chen is not afraid that he will go back on his word or embezzle it.