Chapter 185: Chapter 185 Mysterious Girl
The three deacons’ mouths twitched.
“You have a good temper?”
“Can anyone in the entire Green Cloud Sect have a worse temper than you?”
But Wen Hongyao prided himself on having a good temper in front of Supreme Elder Qin, which showed just how nasty this Supreme Elder’s personality was.
“Reporting to Elder Wen, a disciple just went in.”
Wen Hongyao’s old face twitched. “Then let that disciple fend for himself.”
Jiang Fan headed straight for the High-Level Medicine Garden.
One by one, high-grade herbs he had once coveted grew lushly before him.
He could pick them as he pleased.
“The healing spirit pill with the best results is a third-grade spirit pill, the Revitalizing Pill.”
“For external injuries, it stops bleeding immediately; for bones, they can be repaired in half a day; for internal injuries, it cures as soon as it’s administered.”
“Its individual effects aren’t top-notch, but it covers all bases, making it ideal for complex battlefield environments.”
Having finalized his alchemy plan, he began to ponder the pill recipe.
“Dragon Whisker Grass, Three-striped Spiritual Fruit, Hundred-year-old Mulberry shavings…”
He muttered to himself as he searched.
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a patch of Dragon Whisker Grass, as tall as a person.
They looked like white whiskers, clustered together, swaying in the wind.
Before he could take out his harvesting tools, a cold snort unexpectedly sounded from behind him.
“Who gave you permission to pick Dragon Whisker Grass? It’s extremely delicate and can only be collected under a senior’s guidance!”
Jiang Fan was startled.
He considered his cultivation quite decent, with a perception far better than ordinary folks.
Yet someone had approached him without his noticing at all.
Turning his head, he found no one behind him.
His scalp tingled. “A ghost?”
Until something stepped hard on his instep.
“Where are you looking?”
The voice came from below.
Jiang Fan looked down to see a little girl, about four feet tall, glaring at him with puffed cheeks.
She appeared to be around six years old.
She had a face as cute as a porcelain doll, with delicate skin that seemed like it would tear at a touch.
Her voice was soft and childish.
Though her attire was a bit mature.
Such an adorable little girl was dressed in coarse linen garments, her hair styled in an old-fashioned bun typical of mature women.
“Little girl, where are your parents?”
Jiang Fan squatted down, curiously examining the suddenly appearing little girl.
How did someone so small end up in the Medicine Garden?
Where were her guardians?
The little girl spoke with authority: “I should be asking you, where are your guardians?”
“Why are you causing trouble in the high-level Medicine Garden?”
Jiang Fan was amused and patted her head. “Small as you are, you’ve got quite a temper.”
“Watch this! I’ll show you how to pick Dragon Whisker Grass!”
The little girl dodged Jiang Fan’s hand, her face stern. “Dragon Whisker Grass is very delicate.”
“If you damage it, don’t blame me for being rude!”
Jiang Fan touched his nose.
Why did this little girl talk so old-fashionedly?
And such a big temper.
Whose family spoiled their child so much that they became this temperamental?
Shaking his head, Jiang Fan prepared to pick the Dragon Whisker Grass.
As the little girl said, this grass was indeed extremely fragile.
It couldn’t tolerate the slightest contamination.
Otherwise, it would instantly decay.
So, he put on the Ice Silk Gloves he had prepared beforehand and took out a cool jade box.
Then, he took a specially-made jade knife, carefully cutting three inches from the root.
He then meticulously coiled it up and placed it into the jade box.
A look of surprise appeared on the little girl’s face, and she couldn’t help but nod slightly, a sign of approval.
Dragon Whisker Grass was very light, and harvesting three pounds of it took Jiang Fan a full hour.
“How about it, any damage?” Jiang Fan shook the full jade box of Dragon Whisker Grass.
The little girl rolled her eyes. “Look at you, all proud and smug!”
Jiang Fan couldn’t help but laugh.
He actually got disdained by a little girl.
“Alright, you play by yourself, I still have other herbs to pick.”
With that, Jiang Fan moved on to the Three-striped Spiritual Fruit.
The little girl tucked her hands into her sleeves and followed closely, keeping a close watch on Jiang Fan.
She was just waiting for Jiang Fan to make a mistake and ruin the fruit.
Then she could scold him until he was drenched in spittle!
Daring to show off in front of her, Qin Wangchuan—she wouldn’t let him get away!
Yes, she was indeed the Supreme Elder of Medicine Peak, Qin Wangchuan.
In her youth, she had ingested a Spirit Fruit by accident, freezing her appearance at the age of six forever.
She never aged or grew.
Always looking like a six-year-old girl.
Because of this, her personality became sensitive and capricious.
The other Supreme Elders were all afraid of her.
Seeing her following, Jiang Fan didn’t mind. He continued to use specialized techniques to pick three pounds of the fruit.
He then moved on to the Hundred-year-old Mulberry, meticulously scraping three pounds of shavings.
The entire process was skillful and precise, without a single mistake.
This made Qin Wangchuan take notice, nodding in approval. “Which peak are you a disciple of?”
“Such skilled techniques, your master must have taught you well.”
Jiang Fan laughed. “I’m a disciple of Sect Master Peak. How about you? Whose child are you?”
Qin Wangchuan glared at him.
Over the years, she had been misunderstood by countless people and was already used to it.
Impatiently waving her hand. “If there’s nothing else, go away. If you step on the Spirit Grass, I’ll crush your skull!”
Jiang Fan couldn’t help but laugh.
Where did this kid come from?
“I still have things to do, I’ll leave later.”
He arrived at a desolate, unused part of the Medicine Garden, taking out a small pill furnace and many alchemical tools.
The pill recipe was taken from the “Taiyin Soul Technique.”
The author had marked the recipe with “unverified.”
So it was uncertain whether he could successfully refine the pill.
Better to try before leaving the Medicine Garden.
If it failed, he’d switch to another pill recipe and gather the herbs again.
Qin Wangchuan followed, glanced at Jiang Fan’s tools, and asked in surprise, “You know alchemy?”
“Could you be a Soul Master?”
This couldn’t be true, she thought.
The Green Cloud Sect had only one other grade Soul Master.
But he had left the sect years ago.
How could a disciple of Sect Master Peak be a Soul Master?
“I’m a rather impressive Soul Master!” Jiang Fan smiled.
Before the child, he rarely showed his genuine side without a facade.
“Hah!” Qin Wangchuan sneered. “If you’re a Soul Master, I’ll do a flip!”
Jiang Fan laughed. “You said it!”
Then he immediately took out the three primary materials and many auxiliary ones from his personal stash.
He began making the pill on the spot.
From refining, entering the furnace, controlling the heat, to solidifying the pill, his process was swift and precise.
Qin Wangchuan’s eyes widened, mumbling in astonishment, “He really is a Soul Master?”
A Soul Master could easily stand on equal footing with the elders.
How could he be a disciple under Liu Wuchen?
Such mistreatment of a Soul Master!
“Could he be a Soul Master apprentice, not qualified to stand alone?”
Thinking it over, Qin Wangchuan found this the most likely scenario.
Otherwise, Liu Wuchen must have water in his brain to treat him merely as a disciple.
“An impressive display, yet just a Soul Master apprentice.”
Qin Wangchuan watched smugly. “Let’s see what quality of pills a Soul Master apprentice can produce.”
Soul Master apprentice?
Jiang Fan laughed and immediately opened the pill furnace.