Chapter 208
Qin Ran still had not refined any real "life extending" elixirs, but as an alchemist with considerable attainments, refining some traditional life extending elixirs was no problem.The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøv€lß1n.
Traditionally, life extending elixirs refer to those that can allow ordinary people to approach the life expectancy limit of 180 years to the greatest extent possible.
He refined some and first let his silly apprentice take them back for her family to use.
In fact, Qin Ran knew that these elixirs were considered immortal pills and miraculous medicines in the eyes of ordinary people. But he was determined to research the legendary immortality pills, because that was what his silly apprentice had mentioned at the time.
...Li Shiyin still did not know how difficult it was to refine the elixirs that extended lifespan that she wanted.
When the silly apprentice went home, besides preparing her spiritual elixirs and miraculous medicines as gifts, Qin Ran also meticulously prepared some other things, stuffing them all into Li Shiyin's cosmos pouch, along with the various elixirs, talismans, and so on that Li Shiyin herself might need...
The cosmos pouch was stuffed full again for another day.
Sometimes Li Shiyin would think that if her cosmos pouch were to break one day, it would definitely be from being overstuffed.
On the morning of the 15th day of the 12th lunar month, after eating her fill, Li Shiyin prepared to set off on her journey.
On the lawn in front of the little log cabin, she jokingly asked Qin Ran, "Master, are you really not coming back with me?"
Her tone was exactly like a Danyang rogue flirting with a young lady from Dan Peak.
Qin Ran frowned and only exhorted, "Be careful on the road."
"Hehe..." Qin Ran's manner made Li Shiyin feel happy. She asked Chasing the Wind again, "Silly Tiger, come with me to play!"
She had already imagined the scene of her swaggering into Danyang City with Chasing the Wind. It would definitely be awesome! No one would dare block her path from the city outskirts to the city interior.
In fact, Chasing the Wind really wanted to go. He panted with his tongue out, smiling, and was just about to say "Okay!" But ultimately he still looked timidly towards Qin Ran.
"Wait until Chasing the Wind has learned the shape shifting art, then we'll discuss it..." Qin Ran shook his head and said, "Chasing the Wind as he is now would cause too much panic among ordinary people."
A tiger even bigger than an ox appearing in a mortal town...just imagining that scene would be shocking.
Qin Ran made a fist to threaten her, but it was of no use whatsoever.
Qin Ran stood there a while longer, looking in the direction Li Shiyin had departed, judging Danyang's direction, then let out a soft sigh.
He also turned around to walk back to the log cabin, planning to return to his study to research teleportation arrays or the Nine Extremes Primordial Spirit Demon Devouring Skill. But after taking two steps, he kept feeling something was off, with an empty feeling in his heart, as if something was missing.
When Li Shiyin was around, even if she was napping somewhere, curled up somewhere, or running wild around the mountain with Chasing the Wind, he wouldn't see her, but he knew she was there. And now, as he scanned his eyes across Dan Peak, he only felt an empty bleakness everywhere.
Clearly Dan Peak only lacked Li Shiyin's presence, there was still Chasing the Wind, still Long Qiqi, still the old Gnarled Chinese Scholar Tree, still the Extremity Demon Weeping Willow in the back mountain, and even a fox demon in the back mountain. But the instant Li Shiyin had left, Dan Peak lost a lot of its liveliness and cheer, becoming desolate.
He could have endured the darkness. On the path of cultivation, he had prepared to spend hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of years in solitude. But light had suddenly appeared in this darkness.
No mind for cultivation today.
Qin Ran looked towards Chasing the Wind's room. Today he would install a proper door on Chasing the Wind's room!
Yes, as Chasing the Wind grew larger and larger, the hole that served as his door grew larger and larger, until finally there was no door left.
Chasing the Wind was the child with the harshest living conditions on Dan Peak, not even having a door to his room. When it snowed in winter, the snow would blow right into the room and even pile up inside. And the interior was also very messy, like a pigsty...ahem, like a tiger's den, fundamentally no different from a monster's cave in the mountains.
There would be snow and ice inside the room. At night when Chasing the Wind snored away inside, cold winds could still blow in from the doorway.
...It really was too pitiable.
"Let's install a new door on your room today?" Qin Ran said to Chasing the Wind.
"Oh?" Chasing the Wind looked at his den, a little embarrassed, and said, "I think it's fine as is."
In fact, Chasing the Wind's room was originally as exquisitely refined as the pet quarters of a wealthy family. Li Shiyin and Long Qiqi would occasionally help decorate, tidy up, and clean it. But...Chasing the Wind was just a tiger! How could he care about decorating his room! So after a long time, Li Shiyin and Long Qiqi got tired, and Chasing the Wind's room became like this.
"Go get the tools from the storeroom..." Qin Ran told Chasing the Wind.
Chasing the Wind then reluctantly went towards the storeroom.