However, Su Zianâs face was expressionless: âNow, the lives of your mother and your brother are in your hands. If you are able to ask Apothecary Leng to come back, they will be fine. If you canât invite him back, then theyâre finished!â
Su Xi was scared silly.
âDaddy, actually, Apothecary Leng didnât give your daughter any preferential treatment...â Su Xi wanted to explain. Su Zian, however, shot her a harsh sideways glance, scaring her into silence.
âXiâer! Now isnât the time to shirk responsibility. You should think about your brother and your mother.â Su Zian rubbed her head, âIf you plead here properly, with Apothecary Leng treating you so well, his heart will definitely soften.â
âBut Daddy... Apothecary Leng simply doesnât treat me- ah...â Su Xi felt like crying but lacked the tears. She did not even know what was going on. Why was everyone so sure that Apothecary Leng really liked her?
âSu Xi, if youâre like this, Daddy will be very disappointed.â Su Zian looked at Su Xi seriously.
Fine... Su Xi agreed tacitly.
âThen what about you, Daddy?â Full of expectations, Su Xi raised her head to look at him.
âDaddy will go to the imperial palace and ask His Majesty for an imperial decree,â Su Zian said and hurriedly left.
Inside the room.
Apothecary Leng was sitting indoors. In front of him, there was a small, dark red coffee table. On the table, there was a small, red clay stove, and on it, there was a pot of tea simmering. When the water reached the boiling point, it let out a bubbling sound.
When having tea, naturally, there would be someone to keep you company.
At this time, there was a person seated opposite of Apothecary Leng.
This person was none other than Su Luo.
It was only after washing the cup with the first pot of tea, did Apothecary Leng then set a new cup of perfectly steeped tea before Su Luo (1). Unhurriedly, he said, âThis is Heart Cleansing Tea. Try some.â
âHeart Cleansing Tea?â Su Luo sipped a mouthful and suddenly, a sense of enjoyment and satisfaction appeared on her face.
Just drinking one mouthful, and Su Luo already had a kind of faintly discernible feeling of being high up in the clouds. She felt a warmth slowly circulating from her abdominal area to her entire body. This feeling was extremely wonderful.
âThis tea?â There was something strange about it.
Apothecary Leng gave a satisfied smile, âA person who drinks Heart Cleansing Tea for the first time, more or less, will have their spiritual strength upgraded a bit. Now, how do you feel?â
âLike Iâm about to break through to the fifth rank soon.â Su Luo could feel the spiritual force circulating slowly inside her body, seemingly trying to break through, as if seeking for a way out.
âIf you can break through to the fifth rank, then you havenât wasted this old manâs Heart Cleansing Tea that was collected over many years and given to you.â Apothecary Leng smiled mysteriously.
On top of Su Luoâs forehead was a large question mark: âWhatâs the benefit in breaking through to the fifth rank?â
âAt least you now have the minimum qualifications to enter the selection.â
âWhat qualifications to enter the selection?â Su Luo curiously opened her eyes wide.
âThe mysteries of heaven must not be revealed...â Apothecary Leng stroked his chin, âHowever, your ability to refine drugs is still at the Elementary level. This is not particularly good.â
Su Luo looked at Apothecary Leng with a face full of suspicion. She always had this feeling of being about to be sold off by the person in front of her.
âTake out the pills you refined for this old man to have a look.â Apothecary Leng was touching his beard, âEven though you are only an Elementary Apothecary, if the effects of the immortality drugs you refine are good, then itâs not like you wonât have a chance. After all, itâs only been half a year since youâve entered the threshold of Apothecary studies.â
âWhat chance? Apothecary Leng, if you have something to say, then just say it. Donât drag it out any longer.â Su Luo looked at him, full of expectations.
âThe time still hasnât arrived yet. You should wait patiently. Anyhow, it wonât be bad news.â No matter what, Apothecary Leng was unwilling to reveal even half of a sentence.
Since she was unable to draw out an answer by asking, Su Luo also obediently stopped asking.
From her sleeves, she took out the Spirit Restoration Pills she refined and passed it over to Apothecary Leng: âThese are all the ones I refined recently. Please have a look.â
The moment Apothecary Leng saw the milky-white pills, his expression paused slightly. He took the pills and checked them carefully. He sniffed them and, in the end, even sampled a little of it.
One could only see his face had an expression of amazement: âThese arenât Elementary Spirit Restoration Pills!â
1) Serving Tea: Traditionally Chinese people would put tea in pot then added boiling water... This first pot is then pour out, often used to rinse the tea cup. Then more hot water is added to the tea and this would be allowed to seep before serving