Chapter 231
Long Qiqi found that recently Dan Peak had been a bit strange. Or rather, it wasn't Dan Peak, but the greenhouse by Sword Washing Lake that was very odd.
But she couldn't quite put her finger on what exactly was the problem. Currently all the vegetables and herbs in the greenhouse were under her care, and they didn't have any issues.
That day, Long Qiqi was in the greenhouse looking after some Spirit Tree saplings that Qin Ran had recently planted.
These saplings were only a few feet tall, but had many leaves, small clusters of broad leaves from top to bottom, making them look like small green hills. But that was it - despite Long Qiqi's attentive care of the saplings for several days now, she couldn't see anything magical about them.
So she really didn't understand why saplings like these deserved to be planted in Spirit Soil. She knew that Cultivating Spiritual Soil was a precious item that his silly apprentice had risked his life to obtain for him.
"Sigh..." In the end, all Long Qiqi could do was sigh. Because when it came down to it, she was just a servant... an apprentice... a medicine boy whose job was to grow herbs for Qin Ran.
What right did she have to question so much?
As Long Qiqi sighed, she recorded the measurements of the sapling - its height, chest, waist, hips circumference, trunk diameter and so on, accurately noting them down in a table.
After recording the basic data, she watered the sapling with Spirit Liquid and nutrients. Speaking of which, Long Qiqi had more to say about that nutrient solution. She always felt that it was an incredible concoction, Qin Ran's secret recipe. She had asked him to teach her several times, but Qin Ran always fobbed her off saying "You should focus on alchemy first, we can talk about spiritual plants later."
Humph! If he didn't want to teach then fine! She, Long Qiqi, wasn't so desperate for it...
After tidying up the Spirit Liquid, nutrients and tools, she headed over to the next area.
Just then, Li Shiyin's shouts suddenly rang out from outside the greenhouse: "Master! Master~!"
"Ugh, there she goes again, unable to go a day without calling for Master at least twice. Otherwise she'd feel uncomfortable all over," Long Qiqi shook her head with a sigh.
That Li Shiyin had a habit of going out and about, yet also liked sticking close to her master. So every time she returned from a trip, shouts of "Master!" could be heard echoing all over Dan Peak.
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And for some reason, over the past few days - perhaps because Qin Ran was off researching some "black tech pill" somewhere again - the number of times Li Shiyin would call out for "Master" every time she came back had shot straight up.
And with one look, she immediately noticed something off.
She discovered bits of grass roots, soil and other dirt on Qin Ran's clothes and hair.
It looked as if he had just crawled out of the ground.
"Mas...ter?" Her gaze instantly grew sharp as she stared at Qin Ran and asked, "Where did you go?"
Qin Ran instantly noticed the change in Li Shiyin, realizing that... his silly apprentice had discovered something.
Well, he had taught her too well after all.
Ordinary people like Long Qiqi would never have noticed the specks of soil he hadn't cleaned off properly. But Li Shiyin was different - she could spot anything off about him right away.
Such sharp eyes! From now on, if he were to secretly steal incense or covet jade, there'd be no getting past her hawk eyes!
Cough cough... he hurriedly pulled his thoughts back on track, smiling wryly as he said "Your master has been practicing the Earth Escape Technique lately!"
"Earth Escape Technique?" Li Shiyin's expression instantly shifted from sharp to delighted, as that did fit with her image of her master, however...
"Master, you already know Water Escape, Wind Escape, Lightning Escape, even Soaring Through the Clouds and Mist..." She held out her fingers one by one as she asked quizzically, "Why learn Earth Escape on top of all that?"
"Haha..." Qin Ran laughed awkwardly in response, "One can never have too many techniques!"
Alright! Li Shiyin felt that was reasonable - her master was just that cautious and steady, fixated on mastering escape techniques, so she could understand... as long as he wasn't secretly meeting some woman, she could understand anything.
"Master, master..." She changed the topic, eager to tell Qin Ran her original purpose for seeking him out. "Do you know who I beat up today?"
Beat someone up?
Qin Ran looked Li Shiyin over carefully. This line sounded very familiar - the last time he'd heard it was when Chasing the Wind said he'd beat up a dragon.
"Who did you beat up this time?" he asked.