Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 8 Shunqi Pill

Xu Zhiqiong was very ashamed. He wanted to thank Big Brother Tong, but he almost delayed Big Brother Tong's big event.

Back home, Xu Zhiqiong was fidgeting. He wanted to prepare a gift for Brother Tong, but the house was empty and he couldn't even bring out a decent snack.

Brother Tong might not care about Xu Zhiqiong, but Mrs. Sister-in-law couldn't.

Even my sister-in-law doesn't care about it, a man's face is always important.

Xu Zhiqiong rummaged through boxes and cabinets, looking for a suitable gift, but onmyoji Tong Qingqiu came to the door on his own initiative.

"Zhiqiong, come to my house and sit down. Your sister-in-law made two small dishes, and we brothers have a drink."

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head again and again: "Brother, this is unavoidable. I haven't come to thank you for what happened last night, how dare I bother my brother again."

"I haven't seen you for a few days, but this mouth is quite clever," Tong Qingqiu said with a smile, "Don't talk about idleness with your elder brother, come as you please!"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled foolishly, his heart tightened suddenly, and he forgot the character setting of an honest man just now.

It's easy to pretend for a moment, but it's too difficult to pretend for a lifetime. This world is too dangerous, and you can't relax for a moment.

Fortunately, Brother Tong is a careless person, and he didn't think too much about some things. He lifted the lid of the pot and looked at the gruel in the pot. Just go to my brother's house to eat, you have to eat meat!"

Tong Qingqiu dragged Xu Zhiqiong home, chatted a few words about homework, and his wife cooked the dishes.

Tong Qingqiu's face is very long, with a pointed mouth, light eyebrows, narrow eyes, and an authentic mouse face, but his wife Wang Shi is very beautiful, about thirty, with an oval face, apricot eyes, and especially a pair of red lips. As if soaked in fat, Han Di may not have such beauty at this age.

When eating, Xu Zhiqiong accidentally looked at his sister-in-law twice, Tong Qingqiu looked Xu Zhiqiong up and down, Xu Zhiqiong realized that he was rude, and quickly lowered his head to drink the soup.

Tong Qingqiu frowned and said, "You are restless and acting strangely, are you sick?"

"I'm not sick. Yesterday, yesterday, I had a fight with a rascal and got injured."

"Could it be an internal injury?" Tong Qingqiu's expression became tense, "Extend your hand, brother, I'll feel your pulse!"

Xu Zhiqiong couldn't refuse, so he stretched out his hand, but seeing Tong Qingqiu's surprised expression, Xu Zhiqiong realized that something was wrong.

Onmyojis are good at medicine, did he notice my pulse?My Renmai has been diverted, so I can't let him know about it.

Xu Zhiqiong couldn't restrain his nervousness, and his pulse was a bit chaotic. Tong Qingqiu murmured: "The breath is blocked, the veins are blocked, it's true...Zhiqiong, I want to ask you something, you must tell me the truth."

"Okay." He couldn't tell the truth, otherwise the old Taoist priest would crush Xu Zhiqiong to pieces. He was thinking about how to lie to Tong Qingqiu.

Tong Qingqiu raised his brows, and said fiercely, "Are you constipated?"

"I...not!" Xu Zhiqiong really stuttered this time.

"Since there is no constipation, why did you squat in the toilet for half an hour?" Tong Qingqiu continued to ask.

"I..." Xu Zhiqiong couldn't explain clearly.

The scene was very tense, and Mrs. Sister-in-law relieved her: "It's time for dinner! Why don't you talk about it?"

Tong Qingqiu said with a serious expression: "His pulse is sluggish, obviously his meridian is blocked, this disease must be treated early, how can he avoid treating the disease!"

Tong Qingqiu got up and went back to the back room, and took out a three-inch square exquisite wooden box.Tong Qingqiu handed the wooden box to Xu Zhiqiong: "With this pill, the disease of meridians can be cured!"

Xu Zhiqiong opened the wooden box, and inside it was a walnut-sized pill, which was black and shiny: "Can this pill unblock the meridians?"

"No! This is Shunqi Pill!" The warlock shook his head and said, "Put it in the valley, it can clear the intestines!"

Xu Zhiqiong closed the wooden box and said solemnly: "Brother, you misunderstood, I really didn't..."

Tong Qingqiu corrected his expression and said: "If the intestines are blocked, how can the qi mechanism be unobstructed? If the qi mechanism is blocked, the meridians are naturally sluggish. This Shunqi pill has gathered my hard work for half my life. If it is sent to the ghost market, someone will grab it for five taels of silver. Back then you My sister-in-law is also constipated, she only stuffed one, and it cleared up on the same day!"

Mrs. sister-in-law dropped her chopsticks and went back to the back room.

Xu Zhiqiong took the Shunqi pill, thanked him repeatedly, and left.

……

That afternoon, Xu Zhiqiong practiced his skills in the room. The key to passing the exam is to be able to absorb someone's energy on the day of the exam. Although the Taoist master taught Xu Zhiqiong the essentials, he must be sure that nothing will go wrong. Xu Zhiqiong It still takes a lot of practice.

The best way to contact him is to find someone to experiment with and see if he can draw power from him.

But such a person is hard to find, and Xu Zhiqiong didn't want to expose himself easily, so he changed his practice method.

He put a copper coin by the wall, retreated three feet away, and cast his skills on the copper coin.

Like starting from Ren Mai!
If you can suck the copper coins into your mouth without touching the copper coins, it proves that the skill is very proficient.

And this kind of practice has another obvious benefit. If an accident happens in the big exam, you can still make a living with this skill.

From noon to dusk, Xu Zhiqiong tried hundreds of times, but he succeeded only once. The copper coin was sucked into his mouth, stuck in his throat, and he spat it out with great effort.

It is enough to have this successful experience. After summarizing, Xu Zhiqiong has accurately grasped the key elements of skills.

When it was time for dinner, Tong Qingqiu called Xu Zhiqiong home again.Madam Sister-in-Law is in a good mood tonight, with a smile on her face exuding a burst of spring, as if something good has happened.

After dinner, Tong Qingqiu sent Xu Zhiqiong back early, took out a pill from a hidden compartment next to the bed, and swallowed it.

"Ma'am, I will do my best tonight!"

Mrs. sister-in-law bit her lips and smiled, bowing her head in silence.

……

Xu Zhiqiong continued to practice his skills hard at home, and the success rate was getting higher and higher, but his physical strength was getting weaker and weaker.

In fact, his skills are not too physically demanding. If he still has the physique of a ninth-rank killer, it doesn't hurt to practice for a few days and nights.

But ever since he was abolished in killing Dao cultivation, Xu Zhiqiong's physical fitness has declined sharply, and he is a little better than ordinary people.

But it can't be said that way, the strength is weak, but the speed is much faster. It would be great if I can absorb a little energy and replenish some strength.

During the fight with Liu De'an yesterday, Xu Zhiqiong inhaled a lot of energy. Although the process was disgusting, the taste was really good.

After a short rest, Xu Zhiqiong used his skills again, and the copper coins disappeared at the base of the wall, but what was sucked into his mouth was not copper coins, it seemed to be an air machine.

That's right, it's the qi machine. When fighting with Liu De'an, the qi machine that was sucked in was the same.

Where did the air machine come from?Xu Zhiqiong was really thinking about the qi machine just now, but he didn't expect the qi machine to be sucked into his mouth.

The air mechanism was absorbed by Xu Zhiqiong, but there was another foreign object in it.

It's copper coins, and the copper coins are still in the air machine.

The copper coin was about to be spit out, but it slid down with the Qi machine, and Xu Zhiqiong couldn't spit it out.

Xu Zhiqiong had to spit out the copper coins. This size was a little unacceptable to Xu Zhiqiong.

……

Not only Xu Zhiqiong was in trouble, but Brother Tong next door was also in trouble.

He wiped the sweat from his face and looked at Madam nervously.

The madam gently wiped his face for him, and said coquettishly, "What's the matter?"

Tong Qingqiu hurriedly opened the secret compartment, took out another pill, and stuffed it into her mouth: "Be safe, lady, be safe and don't be impatient!"

The lady said distressedly: "You can't take too much of this medicine, it will hurt your health!"

"No problem!" Tong Qingqiu patted her chest, "For the sake of my wife, I am willing to risk my life!"

……

Through the cooperation of his tongue and his upper gums, Xu Zhiqiong spat out the copper coins and sat on the ground panting for a long time.

After swallowing the Qi machine, Xu Zhiqiong's physical strength instantly recovered, but he didn't know where the Qi machine came from.

Not thinking about where this energy came from, Xu Zhiqiong took out the black stone slab from the back frame, shouted, and punched it.

The slate is not broken.

With tears in his eyes, Xu Zhiqiong covered his mouth, looked at the hands on the slate, and did not cry out.

pain!It hurts so much!
He took it back tremblingly. Although the stone slab was not broken, he was sure that the blow just now had an unprecedented force.

A little more strength, a little more strength can break the slate, and you can pass the big test!
Xu Zhiqiong looked at the wall in front of him. The next door seemed to be Brother Tong's back room. Could it be that...

Xu Zhiqiong decided to do another experiment. This time he didn't use copper coins, but directly pressed against the wall to absorb power.

I imagined the appearance of Qi machine in my heart, like a creamy jelly in my mouth.

Like starting from the Ren channel, although there is no contact, it can still absorb a small amount of energy.

Brother Tong, you must be asleep too, I'll suck a little from you, don't mind.

Xu Zhiqiong pressed against the wall, exerted his strength suddenly, took two big breaths in a row, and gulped it down.

Tong Qingqiu is a sixth-grade onmyoji, although there is no physical contact, Xu Zhiqiong can feel his Ren meridian swell through the wall.

Xu Zhiqiong first looked at the hard stone slab, then at his trembling right hand.

He felt that next time, one of them would definitely be broken, either a stone or a bone!
The big exam is approaching, Xu Zhiqiong shouldn't be so risky.

But if he didn't risk his life, Xu Zhiqiong didn't have the confidence to take the exam.

He yelled at the stone slab and chopped it down again.

This time it didn't hurt, not at all, Xu Zhiqiong only felt a little shocked.

A burst of smoke and dust floated up, and the hard black stone was shattered.

It broke from the middle and broke into five pieces in total.

Xu Zhiqiong picked up a piece of gravel and laughed loudly: "You are the hardest stone on Baihu Mountain. I see how hard you are!"

……

"It's hard..." Tong Qingqiu trembled all over, looking at the lady with a look of fear.

The lady looked ferocious, and said with a drink: "What are you looking at me for? Go take medicine again!"

"This, this medicine, don't dare to take too much!"

The lady said angrily: "Then what do you want!"

"I, I eat, just eat."

……

Xu Zhiqiong, who split the stone slab, was refreshed, and the energy in his body had not yet dissipated, which made his body a little hot.

The two inhaled breaths were originally a little hot, maybe Brother Tong has gotten a little angry these two days.

Xu Zhiqiong practiced the skill of sucking copper coins for a while, but he still felt unbearably hot, so he went outside the yard to get some fresh air.

Tong Qingqiu wrapped the cotton robe around her body, sighed and said: "I am in the prime of my life, maybe I have been overworked for the past two days, and I am a bit unwell tonight, but, it's just her...why does she beat someone?"

Xu Zhiqiong exclaimed: "Sister-in-law, hit, hit you?"

Tong Qingqiu clenched her fists tightly, choked for a while, and said with red eyes: "I sell pills and magical instruments every day. Is it easy to support my family? Just because of this little thing between the beds, why do you beat someone?" ..."

Two lines of tears fell down, Tong Qingqiu sobbed repeatedly, Xu Zhiqiong felt distressed watching it.

"Sister-in-law's attack is too severe." Xu Zhiqiong realized that he had harmed Brother Tong, but he didn't expect such serious consequences.

Tong Qingqiu gritted her teeth and said bitterly: "This shrew is really nothing!"

"Maybe my sister-in-law's weather has been unfavorable these past few days."

"I'm not feeling well..." Tong Qingqiu suddenly stopped crying, as if she realized something, "I said that she behaved differently in the past two days. It turns out that she hides her disease and avoids medical treatment. If it wasn't for my brother's reminder, I almost missed a big deal for my brother!"

Tong Qingqiu got up and went home, and saw his wife lying on the bed with her back to him, already fast asleep.

The timing was right and the posture was right, Tong Qingqiu gave his wife a Shunqi pill.

Madame woke up.

Tong Qingqiu smiled, she was calm, the lady must be in a good mood.

That night, the couple didn't sleep all night.

Early the next morning, my sister-in-law went out to buy vegetables, but Tong Qingqiu was unable to get out of bed due to trauma.

……

In the blink of an eye, one day passed, and tomorrow was the big exam. Xu Zhiqiong's skill of moving flowers and trees has reached a very proficient level, and he almost never misses when he sucks coins from three feet away.

After dinner, Xu Zhiqiong wanted to go to bed early, but he heard someone calling the door outside the courtyard.

"Zhiqiong, are you at home? I've brought you a pill."

It was Yang Wu, who had promised to bring some qi-invigorating pills to Xu Zhiqiong, but Xu Zhiqiong only took it as a courtesy, but he did not expect him to bring it.

Xu Zhiqiong's pulse was abnormal, so he couldn't take qi-tonifying pills, but when a friend came, he couldn't turn him away.

Xu Zhiqiong pushed open the door and was about to invite Yang Wu in, but found that there was another person behind Yang Wu.

"Brother, little sister is here too."

The fragrance was tangy, Xu Zhiqiong took a deep breath of the fragrance, and invited the two into the room.

"You two, sit down for a while, I, I'll make a cup of green tea for Junior Sister Han."

Junior Sister Han hurriedly grabbed Xu Zhiqiong: "Brother, if my sister is not thirsty, there is no need for tea. You should sit down quickly. I won't bother you anymore."

It is best not to drink tea. Daxuan's tea art is very complicated, much more complicated than Dongying's tea ceremony. Xu Zhiqiong does not have this skill, nor does he have such good tea.

The three sat down, and Junior Sister Han first cared about Xu Zhiqiong's injury: "Brother, are you feeling better? My little sister can't eat or sleep these days, and I miss Senior Brother every day."

Xu Zhiqiong believed this, and Han Di would definitely not be able to sleep these two days.

Yang Wu helped and said, "Zhiqiong, Junior Sister Han has suffered a lot for you. She hasn't eaten much or closed her eyes for several days. What do you think this person looks like?"

Xu Zhiqiong looked at the two of them and asked, "Have you been together these two days?"

Han Di frowned and said, "How can senior brother say such a thing?"

Yang Wu was not happy anymore: "Zhiqiong, what do you mean by that? It's nothing more than messing around with me, how can you make fun of my junior sister? How can you talk nonsense about the innocence of your daughter's family?"

Xu Zhiqiong hurriedly apologized with a smile: "It's my brother who made a mistake, junior sister, don't blame me, don't blame me!"

Han Di lowered his head, still very angry, Yang Wu said with resentment on his face: "Zhiqiong, I didn't blame you, you see how you hurt the heart of junior sister?"

Xu Zhiqiong wiped his nose and said, "I, I didn't..."

"Forget it, I can't explain some things to you clearly, let's be more serious!" Yang Wu took out a dozen brocade boxes and placed them in front of Xu Zhiqiong one by one: "This is my father's way of replenishing my energy." The elixir used, I have the cultivation base of the ninth rank, and I don’t need it, so I will give it to you.”

Xu Zhiqiong nodded and smiled, "Thank you, brother."

"Don't say thank you in a hurry, Junior Sister Han has something to ask you for help, will you help?"

Han Di complained, "Senior Brother Yang, don't make things difficult for Brother Xu."

"How can this be called embarrassing?" Yang Wu said to Xu Zhiqiong, "You can see Junior Sister Han's affection for you. The dean gave you a Juyuan Pill, and you take half of it and give it to Junior Sister Alright."

Xu Zhiqiong sniffled again: "Yes, but that is, it was given to me by the dean."

Yang Wu sighed and said, "Zhiqiong, you are so confused, you said that you can pass the exam after taking half a pill, so what's the benefit of taking that extra half pill?"

"Yes, it can improve your cultivation."

"With your foundation, can you be promoted to the eighth rank?" Yang Wu jumped up anxiously, "You just give half of the elixir to the junior sister, so what's wrong with everyone being happy?"

Xu Zhiqiong bowed his head and said nothing, Junior Sister Han held back her tears and said, "Senior Brother Yang, let's go, don't make things difficult for Senior Brother Xu."

Yang Wu sighed: "He is such a dead-headed fellow, Junior Sister, don't worry, just come to my house and sit down, Senior Brother will help you figure out a solution!"

Yang Wu got up to leave, but Junior Sister Han refused to leave.

She came rushing to Juyuan Pill, and she definitely couldn't leave if she didn't get the things.

Seeing the scene, Yang Wu was a little embarrassed, so he could only ask again: "Will you give this Gathering Yuan Pill?"

"Here! Junior Sister came to me to ask for it, and you have talked about this, so why don't I give it?"

Xu Zhiqiong went back to the back room, took out an exquisite wooden box, and handed it to Han Di.

Han Di opened the wooden box and saw a black elixir exuding a strong medicinal fragrance.

"This, this is the Juyuan Pill," Xu Zhiqiong introduced, "The Juyuan Pill was produced by the Department of Yin and Yang every twelve years!"

Han Di was moved to tears: "Little sister, I am a little sister, I am sincere, thank you brother from the bottom of my heart!"

Yang Wu looked at Han Di with shining eyes, then at Xu Zhiqiong who was stupid and silly, and said quickly: "You two are half of each other, let's separate it now."

Han Di lowered his head, and said timidly: "I'm afraid it's not easy to divide this elixir."

What does this mean?
Han Di wants to be alone?

Yang Wu looked at Xu Zhiqiong, feeling more and more sorry, but on second thought, this pill might really be difficult to distinguish.

Junior Sister Han said it was hard to tell, she must have concerns, how could Junior Sister Han, such a good person, have any bad intentions.

"Zhiqiong, look at this, I have also prepared a lot of Qi tonic medicine for you..."

Xu Zhiqiong looked at Han Di holding the wooden box and refused to let it go, and said with a naive smile: "Junior Brother Yang is right, what kind of bastard am I, taking this pill is a waste, so give it all to Junior Sister!"

Han Di said happily after hearing the words: "Then thank you, brother. My brother will never forget your friendship in this life. I will be a slave in the next life and repay my brother's kindness!"

Han Di took the wooden box and immediately left the courtyard gate, Xu Zhiqiong chased after him and said, "Junior Sister Han, be careful on the road, I'll see you off!"

Yang Wu looked at Xu Zhiqiong, feeling a little sorry, but seeing that Han Di was already on the horse, he had to chase after him.

"Zhiqiong, you should rest earlier, there are some things, we, we will..."

Han Di had already left, Yang Wu hurriedly got on his horse and chased after him: "Junior Sister, don't worry, don't worry, didn't you agree to come to my house for a while?"

Han Di was too lazy to look at Yang Wu, holding the brocade box and said: "Senior Brother Yang, it's getting late, and we have to go up the mountain tomorrow, let's rest earlier, and we will go to your house to pay a visit tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)