I Have Medicine

heard this, they all said: “Oh, so it’s like this!”

After that, Tianheng opened up the second Fangcun Cloth.
What fell out…was also a lump of ore.

This lump of ore was covered in specks of Star Sand.
The color and luster was a deep ocean blue.
It was very beautiful.

Gu Zuo asked again: “Big brother, what’s that?”

Tianheng replied: “Star Charmed Iron.
It’s also material for forging spirit weapons.”

Gu Zuo: “…”

Immediately following that was the third Fangcun Cloth.
It was still an ore, and its surface was marbled with rings upon rings of elegant vein lines.
It was stunningly beautiful.

Gu Zuo: “…And that?”

Tianheng: “Rainbow Stone.”

Gu Zuo supplemented: “Something for forging spirit weapons?”

Tianheng nodded his head: “Correct.”

Gu Zuo: “…”

There were items one after another from a few comparatively important people — Even the two collaborative gifts of Xun Suying and Liu Wuyan, who both arrived hand in hand, were precious ores.
The ores also didn’t lack the function of forging spirit weapons.

Gu Zuo was speechless.

In the end, did Zhao Yuheng and them all think that his big brother had a huge shortage of weapons… Ores, one and all.
Did anyone dare to have a bit of creativity or imagination?

On the contrary, when Tianheng saw this, he showed a smiling expression: “That spear of mine really can’t keep up with my current realm, but it’s the one I’m accustomed to using.
Later, I’ll have someone gather up and collate these ores.
They’ll be integrated into a spear, which will act as a personal weapon.”

Gu Zuo looked at those ores.

Okay.
Those guests who gave presents were also considered to have helped a friend in need.

Sure enough, with these things, Gongyi Tianheng quickly went to find someone from that Spirit Weapons Pavilion.
The trip took several days.
After returning, he took out a spear and familiarized himself with it.

That spear tip bore the sound of a cold wind, and its might was unmatched.
Its original body was silvery-white, but it had now become a black-gold luster.

When brandished, flecks of golden florets emerged on the spear’s body.
And when the golden florets scattered, Tianheng’s internal true qi also bubbled out.
Unexpectedly, it all converged together, forming a scene of dazzling and resplendent gold! Moreover, in the wake of that spear moving faster, that resplendent gold became reddish-gold.
And Tianheng, who’d also been enshrouded in this layer of reddish-gold, became like a venerable god, and glowed with an extremely terrifying majesty!

Gu Zuo, who’d been stung by that radiance, retreated several steps back.
His realm was the highest, but he still ended up like this.
Gongyi Tianyang and the other children who wanted to watch Tianheng wield his spear were all forced to retreat further and further back.
They all felt like they were going to be burned.

That type of eruptive heat wasn’t the same as a flame’s heat.
Rather, compared to a flame, it was scarier, hotter, purer, and held a type of destructive power! Whomever it touched would be enveloped and melted by this radiance.
And if anyone was awed by it, they wouldn’t dare to look directly at it.

A terrifying power!

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However, Gu Zuo knew that this was the ability of his big brother’s second set of bone pearls.

What the first set of bone pearls absorbed was poison… What power did that second set absorb? He looked at that power, and felt that it was absorbing the heat of the sun, no matter how one looked at it.

If it really was like this, then the Tiandu Body’s formidability was going to increase again!

After shaking his head, Gu Zuo didn’t hurry to ask.
Rather, he quietly appreciated Tianheng’s spear skills.

Although his big brother’s realm hadn’t changed, he still became stronger…

After a while, Gu Zuo received Xu Lingxiu’s invitation letter.
He had just seen Xu Lingxiu during Tianheng’s ceremony not long ago.
Currently, he didn’t need to go to the Violet Tower everyday, so what matter did that Xu Lingxiu find him for?

However, Gu Zuo also didn’t intend on refuting Xu Lingxiu’s face.
Since the other side had invited him, what would it be like if he didn’t go?! As a result, after he called out to Tianheng, he promptly led the Tianlong Guard protecting him and proceeded towards the Violet Tower.

Sure enough, Xu Lingxiu was already waiting for him.

During this period of time, he’d finished refining the proper quantities of Steadfast Heart Pills.
Now he had nothing to do and no longer needed to refine pills day and night like before.
But because he got used to refining pills during that time, he wanted to refine some more now that he had nothing to do.

When he saw Gu Zuo arrive, Xu Lingxiu just happened to be putting away his pills.
After quickly collecting these medicinal pills into a jade bottle, he extended a hand and pointed towards an empty room, just like every time before: “Sit.”

Gu Zuo sat down: “Senior Sect Brother Xu asked me to come over.
It’d be fine to just let the messenger say it.
No need to be that formal.”

Xu Lingxiu raised an eyebrow: “If there wasn’t any proper business, why should I have called for you?”

Gu Zuo immediately straightened his clothes and sat upright: “Respectfully listening to the words of Senior Sect Brother Xu.”

Xu Lingxiu’s expression also became proper: “This time, I want you to go with me to participate in the Pill Battling Assembly.”

Gu Zuo stared blankly: “Pill Battling Assembly? What’s the Pill Battling Assembly?”

Xu Lingxiu wasn’t impatient this time around.
On the contrary, he carefully explained to Gu Zuo: “The Pill Battling Assembly is a distinguished meeting of pharmacists, which is held in the Qingyun Continent’s Danyun City.
The age or realm doesn’t matter; the pill battles are based only on the certified pharmacist’s rank.
If you win, you can get lots of top-notch, rare medicinal herbs!”

If Gu Zuo was only a little interested when he heard the first part, his eyes shined when he heard what came after: “Rare medicinal herbs? Which ones? How many can be obtained?”

Xu Lingxiu coldly harrumphed: “Of course there’s many rare herbs.
Otherwise, with my position in the Sect, why would I still need to participate in that nuisance of a Pill Battling Assembly? Naturally, there are many for me to choose from!

He continued: “Danyun City is good at breeding medicinal herbs.
When we’re refining pills, aside from the herbs harvested from the mountains and fields, the rest mostly come from Danyun City.
And the medicinal effects of the herbs the city breeds aren’t at all inferior to the medicinal herbs in the wild.
Instead, some medicinal effects are even more mellow and rich.
The city also has herbs of all categories and product grades.
So long as one can pass one round of pill battles, there’ll be medicinal herbs to obtain.
Even if you lose there, there’ll be many city residents bringing their own herbs to sell during that time.
Then, you can pick the things you like.”

Gu Zuo listened, and his heart was moved even more.

Ah, medicinal herbs… Ah, top-notch medicinal herbs!

Of course, he believed that so long as it was an herb he needed, his big brother would do his best to find it for him.
However, his big brother needed to focus on cultivating; his mental and physical efforts couldn’t all be spent on this endeavor.
In addition, some herbs could only be encountered and not sought after, and were very difficult to find nearby.
If he went to that Danyun City, he would buy and hoard any useful medicinal herbs he saw.
When it was time to use them, there wouldn’t be any need to be concerned… Wasn’t this even better?

Merely, if he went, he would have to go by himself.

Gu Zuo was a little hesitant.

If he went to Danyun City, would he be unable to bring his dear big brother along? It wasn’t that he needed to be together with his big brother.
Rather, he’d never been so far away from him before.
A trip there and back was estimated to take a long period of time.
Even if there were other people on hand, his heart still trembled, thinking that it wasn’t safe.

Gu Zuo’s hesitation was naturally seen by Xu Lingxiu.
He was very haughty, but he wasn’t an idiot.
With only a single consideration, he recalled something.

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In a sour mood, Xu Lingxiu looked over: “Junior Sect Brother Gu, are you unwilling to go?”

Gu Zuo promptly shook his head.

Xu Lingxiu choked back his anger: “Then, do you want to ask your family’s ‘young master’?”

This time, Gu Zuo nodded.

Xu Lingxiu: “…”

Gu Zuo and him stared at each other for three seconds.

Xu Lingxiu’s brows furrowed: “This is your own matter.
Could it be that you still need another person to act as your owner?!”

Gu Zuo heard the meaning within Xu Lingxiu’s words.
He thought about it, and said with a smile: “It’s not exactly what Senior Sect Brother Xu thinks.”

He said “not exactly” because his current status was still Tianheng’s subordinate, but it actually wasn’t the case in his heart.

Gu Zuo was a modern person.
When he first started out with Tianheng, he was able to consider himself as the other party’s employee.
However, it was absolutely impossible to consider himself as a genuine servant.
Working oneself to death? Single-minded loyalty? Devoting one’s life to His Majesty? It was only because he’d interacted with Tianheng for a long time that his feelings had changed.
As a result, he valued Tianheng’s opinions from the bottom of his heart.

Although he didn’t know how the brothers of other families got along, Gu Zuo nevertheless realized that, in this other world, he had close feelings for Tianheng.
With each passing day, his dependance upon Tianheng was gradually deepening.
This kind of dependence was like depending on one’s parents or one’s closest person — To be unwilling to part from them and to listen to their opinions, that was purely human nature.

Moreover, Gu Zuo believed that he himself hadn’t completely integrated into this other world.
There were many matters where he’d listen to his dear big brother’s words more, so that he would be duped less — En, he definitely wasn’t saying that Xu Lingxiu wanted to harm him.
He also believed that Xu Lingxiu’s nature wouldn’t do that sort of thing.

This was only a habit.
A type of natural precaution.

Xu Lingxiu was still dissatisfied.
He waved his sleeve, and drove Gu Zuo out: “Out, out, out! Since that young master won’t allow you to leave, then just go back and ask him! I’ll only tell you this: If you go, you can bring a bodyguard, but you can’t bring that Gongyi Tianheng.
He’s been in the Inner Sect for many months, but there’s still a mission that hasn’t been completed yet! He can forget about that mission if he goes with you!”

Gu Zuo didn’t know anything about a mission, but he heard the seriousness within Xu Lingxiu’s words.
He also didn’t delay.
He stood up, and smiled at Xu Lingxiu as he said: “Many thanks to Senior Sect Brother Xu for still thinking about me.
I’ll go back at once, and I’ll give Senior Sect Brother Xu a reply within a day.”

Xu Lingxiu coldly harrumphed: “Go, go, go! Get going!”

Gu Zuo “got going”.

Soon, he returned to the valley.
Tianheng had also just finished operating a round of his inner cultivation method.
At this moment, he was about to stand up to practice a full-body martial skill.
When he saw that Gu Zuo had returned, he smiled: “Ah Zuo, did you receive another scolding?”

Gu Zuo pursed his lips.

In the past, if he came back early, it was because he really had received a scolding…

But this time wasn’t the case.

Gu Zuo directly said: “Big brother, Senior Sect Brother Xu wants to bring me to the Pill Battling Assembly.
He said I can get lots of rare medicinal herbs.
I also want to experience the situation of that Pill Battling Assembly, so I came back to ask you for your opinion.” He hesitated, “Additionally, although I guessed that big brother probably can’t accompany me there, Senior Sect Brother Xu spoke of a mission.
What’s that about?”

T/N: Thanks for the corrections, Charysa.

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