Chapter 47: The Immortal's Board

"Furthermore, the combination of this Sumihua Flower Flower Flower Flower Flower and Bear Gall Powder will also produce an aphrodisiac effect," Xiao Zongting said, casting a strange look at Duan Rong.

Duan Rong immediately thought of taking medicine, the erotic dream from that night, and the map on his bedsheets; his swarthy complexion instantly flushed red, and he bared his teeth in a grimace.

"Time to eat!" Just then, Zhu Xiaoqi shouted from outside the door.

The moment Zhu Xiaoqi's voice fell, there was a rustling sound in the Inner Room, the curtain stirred, and Xiao Baijiao walked out.

She happened to see the comical and strange expression on Duan Rong's face, couldn't help but purse her lips in a smile, and then left the main room, heading toward the east wing.

The faint, lingering fragrance left behind by Xiao Baijiao did not dissipate for a long time!

Duan Rong glanced at Xiao Baijiao's lingering silhouette and sniffed his nose!

"How much money can you make in a day painting like that?" Xiao Zongting said while putting away the medicinal herbs.

"About one hundred taels a day."

Xiao Zongting looked at Duan Rong and smiled slightly.

This kid has some ability; it probably won't be long before he becomes a little rich man.

He had originally planned to apply for a separate budget for Duan Rong, but that matter was not easy to handle.

The Chief Accountant of the Inner Courtyard, that old scoundrel Xu Shouxian, had been getting closer to Luan Jingfu over these years, and naturally, he was increasingly at odds with him.

Besides, trying to get silver out of that old miser Xu Shouxian—isn't that like plucking hair from an iron rooster?

If this matter were to be truly settled, it would have to go through the Manager of the Yuanshun Escort Agency, Ruan Fengshan.

Since Duan Rong had now resolved the resource issue himself, it saved him from having to worry about it.

"I will write a prescription for you. In the future, when you practice the Second Layer, use medicine according to this prescription," Xiao Zongting said, taking paper and brush, spreading them on the table, and writing. "This is a prescription I tested myself back then. There was originally an ingredient in this prescription to stimulate the spirit, but after I tested it twice, I removed that ingredient."

Just as Xiao Zongting was speaking intently, Zhu Xiaoqi walked in, looking indignant, and said, "I said it's time to eat, yet you're still dawdling there; the food will be cold in a moment..."

Xiao Zongting looked up, actually squeezing out a trace of a smile, and said, "Understood, understood."

For some reason, Duan Rong felt that Xiao Zongting's attitude toward Zhu Xiaoqi was exceptionally good.

"Xiao Qi, serve a bowl of rice for this kid too!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Xiaoqi was slightly stunned, couldn't help but look Duan Rong up and down, and then swayed her waist as she walked out of the main room.

Xiao Baijiao had already set the bowls and chopsticks, and Zhu Xiaoqi suddenly served another bowl of rice and placed it on the table.

"Are you trying to die? Why did you serve another bowl?" Xiao Baijiao glared at Zhu Xiaoqi and chided.

"The master said that the kid in the main room is eating here today too."

"Is that so? Father said that?" Xiao Baijiao felt a bit surprised.

"Yes."

Her father had been the Chief Instructor for so many years, yet he had never kept anyone for a meal! Did that kid have some kind of background?

"What is that kid's background?" Xiao Baijiao asked Zhu Xiaoqi.

"What background could he have? Isn't he just a silly, honest kid?"

"Then why did Father keep him for a meal?"

Zhu Xiaoqi was caught off guard by the question, so she teased, "Maybe he's finding a husband for you?"

"Finding a husband for me? You crazy girl, see if I don't tear your mouth apart."

"Good Miss, good Miss, I was wrong, okay? I was wrong!"

Seeing Zhu Xiaoqi beg for mercy, Xiao Baijiao stopped pestering her, but the next moment, her smile froze on her face, and a look of sorrow appeared in her beautiful eyes.

Since she had contracted this terrible illness, how could she still have a chance to marry?

People with bitter fates are often sensitive, feeling hurt for a long time over a casual remark from others.

Over in the main room, Xiao Zongting handed the written prescription to Duan Rong.

"Your talent is extremely good; your Mental Power is likely even more formidable than mine. In this prescription, I have also removed that ingredient that stimulates the spirit."

Duan Rong's eyeballs rolled; his talent was extremely good, but it wasn't because of formidable Mental Power—it was because he had obtained his realm directly by Devouring Artifact Spirit.

His actual Mental Power was only Level 1; how could he compare to Xiao Zongting?

That medicine to stimulate the spirit must not be removed!

Thinking of this, Duan Rong immediately stopped and asked, "Then, what was the original ingredient in this prescription that stimulated the spirit?"

Xiao Zongting gave Duan Rong a faint look and said casually, "It was also Sumihua Flower Flower Flower Flower Flower. Half a stalk."

Having obtained the complete prescription, Duan Rong carefully folded it, placed it in the inner pocket of his robe, and then picked up the wrapped Medicinal Agent in his hand.

Xiao Zongting looked at Duan Rong and said, "Eat before you go."

Duan Rong chuckled and said, "Then I shall impose on you, Xiao Lao!"

The two of them, one after the other, left the main room and walked toward the east wing.

After the meal, Duan Rong walked out of Xiao Zongting's courtyard in a daze.

During the meal, Duan Rong had sat right next to Xiao Baijiao, and her natural fragrance kept drilling into his nose like an insect.

"To be so close to such beauty, it is truly soul-stirring!..."

Just like that, Duan Rong slowly and leisurely left the Yuanshun Escort Agency and arrived in front of the Raw Medicine Shop on West Street.

However, the Raw Medicine Shop was already closed at this time, and three or four beggars were lying horizontally under the eaves; one of them was using the dim light filtering in from the nearby alley to rummage through his clothes and catch lice...

Duan Rong had originally thought about getting the medicine now and going to the medicine furnace room to decoct it.

But it seemed he would have to wait until tomorrow.

Duan Rong returned to his dormitory feeling somewhat depressed.

He placed the Medicinal Agent in his hand by the bed and immediately saw a stack of books at the head of the bed.

Duan Rong immediately crawled over and flipped out that book, Ancient Rhyme Miscellaneous Notes!

Looking at this book, the evil fire that had been suppressed suddenly flared up!

He channeled his Internal Breath into his right palm and slapped the book with one strike.

"Guan Yun! I screw your ancestors!"

That *Ancient Rhyme Miscellaneous Notes* was instantly slapped into tiny pieces, and paper scraps drifted all over the bed.

Duan Rong rolled up the bedsheet and went out to wash it again... He had washed it too hastily last time and hadn't cleaned it well; there were still blurry marks on it...

Since he had time today anyway, he not only washed himself thoroughly, specifically using soap locust, but also washed his hair, which he hadn't washed for many days.

Duan Rong lay on the bed, washed clean, and very quickly fell into a dead sleep!

The next day, Duan Rong got up very early, and as soon as the Raw Medicine Shop opened its doors, he slipped inside.

Following the prescription Xiao Zongting gave him, he grabbed four doses of medicine at once.

Carrying the stack of medicine packets tied together with thin hemp rope, Duan Rong felt extremely cheerful.

One dose of medicine was thirty-four taels of silver. It was much cheaper than that medicine which cost eighty-two taels.

"Xiao Lao is right! What decent person writes books?"

Duan Rong returned to the Yuanshun Escort Agency, first went to the dormitory, placed three packets of medicine at the head of the bed, and, carrying the one packet of medicine in his hand, prepared to go to the medicine furnace room.

However, Duan Rong stopped suddenly when he reached the middle of the dormitory.

He turned back, opened the Medicinal Agent packet, and then also opened the packet of medicine from the Guan Yun prescription he had gotten from Xiao Lao last night.

He took half a Sumihua Flower Flower Flower Flower Flower and put it into the packet of Medicinal Agent he had grabbed this morning.

Only then did Duan Rong, carrying the re-wrapped medicine packet, walk straight toward the medicine furnace room in a pleasant mood...

(End of this chapter)