You cultivate immortality, I cultivate merit

Chapter 156 Still found nothing.

After Shanzheng Zhenren and Shi Zelan went out, they both decided to stay at home and practice.

Master Decheng went to the Taoist temple and naturally received a satisfactory answer.

Shi Xiaoliu practiced the water method to concoct elixirs. After failing again and again, he asked Shi Zelan: "Sister Lan, why can others successfully concoct elixirs with water methods, and why can't I?"

"Xiao Liu, have you ever seen the elixir concocted by water method?"

Shi Xiaoliu shook his head: "No, Master met him once a long time ago, and he just met him."

"Xiao Liu, is it possible that the way the elixir is formed using the water method is different from that of the fire method?"

After listening to Shi Zelan's words, Shi Xiaoliu thought for a while and nodded: "Yes, the shapes will definitely not be exactly the same. I will try a few more times."

Shi Xiaoliu turned to try the water method to prepare the elixir, while Shi Zelan sat under the eaves and drew talismans.

At Shenshi, Master Decheng came back from outside and saw Shi Zelan drawing talismans under the eaves, and asked, "Where are your master and Xiao Liu?"

Shi Zetou smiled when he saw Master Decheng: "Master, you are back. Master and Xiaoliu are both in the room."

Shi Zelan went into the kitchen to boil water, made a pot of tea for Master Decheng and brought it out.

"Uncle, drink tea."

Master Decheng picked up the tea cup and drank tea, and said to Shi Zelan: "Next spring, Sister Lan, please join us for free clinic."

"Okay, I know many medicinal herbs."

There is something to do, so the four of them living here will not be too conspicuous.

"Sister Lan, do you think Xiaoliu will be successful in concocting the elixir using water?"

"Uncle, I think so."

"You have great confidence in Xiaoliu, Sister Lan?"

"Uncle, Xiao Liu is very confident in himself. I believe in Xiao Liu."

Master Decheng listened to her words, nodded and said: "He also has great confidence in you and thinks that you will definitely break the curse. What do you think?"

“Since ancient times, evil has always prevailed over good, and there has never been an extremely evil person among our Shi family ancestors.

That person did not dare to argue and resist in the face of my master and my father and mother, but to attack a baby, his character was distorted.

I can now practice, practice swordsmanship, and draw talismans. His curse can no longer block my path to practice. "

Shi Zelan told Decheng Zhenren with some pride that she believed she would be able to break the curse one day.

Master Decheng looked at Shi Zelan and smiled: "Sister Lan will definitely build the foundation smoothly."

Master Shanzheng came out of the room and saw Master Decheng and Shi Zelan talking. He smiled and said, "Brother, you are back."

"I'm back and have made arrangements for spring."

Shi Zelan took two steps back and directly poured a cup of tea for Master Shan Zheng.

Master Shanzheng took the tea and asked Shi Zelan, "Did you go smoothly in drawing the talisman this afternoon?"

"Master, for a short while, my painting was not going smoothly."

Shi Zelan looked at Master Shanzheng curiously: "Master, it became very smooth after that."

Master Shanzheng glanced at Master Decheng and said to Shi Zelan: "Nothing, it's just that your uncle must have mentioned you and me outside in the afternoon."

Master Decheng was surprised and said: "I also mentioned Xiaoliu. When Xiaoliu comes out later, I will ask him about his situation." Master Shanzheng looked at Master Decheng and said: "What you want to do will definitely interfere with it." The order of life in the mortal world.”

After listening to what Master Shanzheng said, Master Decheng said to Shi Zelan: "Sister Lan, after the snow stops, you and Xiaoliu go to the mountain."

Shi Zelan turned to look at Master Shanzheng. After seeing him nodding, he asked Master Decheng in confusion: "There is a lot of snow on the mountain. Should we go dig medicinal roots on the mountain?"

Master Decheng's face was full of contemplation, so Shi Zelan stopped asking further questions. Since they went to the mountain, they naturally knew what they were going to face.

It was dark, and the moon hung high in the sky, making the winter night particularly cold.

Shi Xiaoliu opened the door with a joyful expression on his face. He first saw Shi Zelan sitting in the yard: "Sister Lan, let me show you the elixir concocted by my water method."

Shi Zelan reached out to take the elixir and felt something vaguely moving in the black elixir. She looked at Shi Xiaoliu: "Xiao Liu, you are really capable. Isn't the effect of this elixir very good?"

Shi Xiaoliu sighed: "The effect is good, but it cannot be preserved for a long time."

Seeing the disappointed look on his face, Shi Zelan said to him: "Go and ask your uncle. Maybe he has a good way to do this."

Shi Xiaoliu went to see Master Decheng with the elixir in hand. After reading it, he said to Shi Xiaoliu: "Now you understand why the water method was lost in the end, right?"

"Master, is there really no other way to preserve the effect of the medicine for a long time?"

"Only when water flows can it have vitality. If water does not flow, it will easily decay."

"Master, I understand. I will never do useless work again."

"It's not like you have done nothing in vain. Write down your experience and I will send it back to the Medicine Pavilion to keep it for storage. I will pass it on to those who are destined to know about it in the future."

Shi Xiaoliu's face turned slightly red: "Master, I'm not a foundation-building monk, so it's better not to use it."

"Yes. The things you read in the Medicine Pavilion are also the experiences of previous generations."

Shi Xiaoliu went back to his room and carefully recorded the process of preparing the elixir using the water method, and handed it directly into the hands of Master Decheng.

Afterwards, he quietly said to Shi Zelan: "Many years from now, if any disciples of the Medicine Pavilion are interested in water processing, they will definitely be able to find my experience records."

Shi Zelan looked at him with admiration and said to him: "When the snow stops, my uncle said we are going to the mountains. Do you know what we are going to do?"

Shi Xiaoliu shook his head: "Master hasn't told me about going up the mountain yet."

A few days later, the snow finally stopped. Master Decheng said to Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan: "Tomorrow, you go to the east mountain. As for what you can find, it depends on the luck of the two of you."

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan were very surprised to see him. Was there no purpose in being so casual?

"No matter if you find anything or not, you must come back down the mountain, do you understand?"

"I know." Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan agreed.

It was still dark the next day, but Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan were already lined up among the people leaving the city, waiting for the city gate to be opened to leave the city.

The city gate opened. After the two of them left the city gate, when there was no one on the road, they walked quickly towards the east mountain.

They went up the mountain, and when they encountered a fork in the road, they looked at each other and took the middle path up the mountain.

Before noon, they were already standing on the mountainside. Shi Zelan looked at Shi Xiaoliu: "Xiaoliu, did you feel anything?"

Shi Xiaoliu shook his head and said to Shi Zelan: "There will be no one on the mountain now. Let's go to the top of the mountain quickly."

"Ok."

Both of them thought that maybe they could see something on the top of the mountain, but when they reached the top of the mountain, they still found nothing.