Chapter 22

After Hua Changxi finished helping in the warehouse and returned to the Sixth Bureau, it was already the beginning of the Hai hour (21:00). At this time, everyone in the dormitory had returned.

Everyone hadn't gone to sleep yet and was chatting. As soon as Hua Changxi returned, it was as if a pause button had been pressed in the room; it went quiet instantly. After a while, they resumed chatting again.

During this time, not a single person greeted Hua Changxi.

Facing such obvious isolation, Hua Changxi naturally felt somewhat uncomfortable. However, she didn't pay much attention to it. She came to the Menial Hall for cultivation and to obtain the inheritance of medical skills, not to make friends.

Hua Changxi didn't stay in the room long. She picked up her washbasin and left the dormitory, taking the Origin Spirit Grass she had just obtained directly to the canteen.

As soon as she left, Wang Yunchu's voice grew louder.

"What do you think she's been doing all afternoon?"

"I heard she's been getting very cozy with the male menials over at the warehouse."

"Tsk tsk tsk, I really couldn't tell; she's so young and already so good at playing these games."

Lu Qingling felt that Wang Yunchu's words were a bit too much and immediately said: "Yunchu, don't talk about Changxi like that."

Wang Yunchu became even more energized: "Am I talking nonsense? Didn't you see the bundle she was carrying in her hand? Guess who gave it to her?"

As she said this, she smiled.

"The people over at the warehouse aren't easy to deal with. Why would they give her things?"

"Also, she gets up so late every day, yet the medicinal herbs she brings back are always the ones that are easy to clean and process. Can you say there's nothing going on here?"

Lu Qingling stopped talking. Everyone in the dormitory had the experience of picking up medicinal herbs late, and they all knew what kind of medicinal herbs one would get if they went late.

"Alright, never mind Hua Changxi. Let's wash up and go to sleep; there's plenty to be busy with tomorrow."

Someone came out to smooth things over, and Wang Yunchu didn't continue.

On the other side, Hua Changxi entered the canteen and found Sun Pozi, who was guarding the kitchen: "Sun Pozi, I would like to borrow the stove. Is that okay?"

Being disturbed late at night, Sun Pozi was somewhat unhappy. However, she knew that Manager Qin liked this young lady very much, and the others in the kitchen also mostly praised her, so she didn't refuse immediately.

"What are you borrowing the stove for?"

Hua Changxi revealed the withered Origin Spirit Grass she was carrying in her basin: "I'm here to decoct medicine."

Sun Pozi frowned: "These medicinal herbs are all withered; can they still be used?"

Hua Changxi shook her head: "I don't know. I can't afford fresh medicinal herbs, so I can only use these withered ones. I have great strength, and my body consumes a lot, so I have to drink medicine often. Otherwise, I'll get dizzy and have tinnitus."

Sun Pozi: "Is that so? Then where did you get these withered herbs?"

Hua Changxi: "These were discarded by the warehouse due to improper storage. I helped the people in the warehouse move some medicinal herbs today, and this was the reward they gave me."

Hearing this, Sun Pozi immediately cursed in a low voice: "That group of people in the warehouse is becoming more and more heartless. You helped them, and they actually used discarded medicinal herbs to dismiss you."

The corners of Hua Changxi's mouth curved: "Thank you for your concern, Sun Pozi, but it's fine. I know the people in the warehouse have their own difficulties. I am already very grateful that they could give me these withered herbs."

Sun Pozi looked at Hua Changxi and ultimately led her into the kitchen.

"The things in the kitchen have fixed amounts; you are not allowed to move them around randomly."

Hua Changxi quickly stated: "Sun Pozi, don't worry, I won't move things around randomly."

"Sun Pozi, I'm so sorry to disturb you late at night. You should go and rest; I'll go back as soon as I'm done."

Sun Pozi: "It's fine, I'll keep you company. I can't sleep anyway."

Hua Changxi knew that Sun Pozi was worried about her and concerned that she might use things in the kitchen, so she didn't say anything and began to process the Origin Spirit Grass.

Origin Spirit Grass is the main ingredient for Origin Spirit Pills. She didn't know how to refine pills, but she knew how to make medicinal powder.

Step one: soaking.

Step two: roasting to dry.

In this step, Hua Changxi used the Fire Control Technique to roast the Origin Spirit Grass until it was charred and crispy bit by bit, without letting it actually burn.

Step three: grinding into powder.

While processing this step, a line of text jumped into Hua Changxi's vision: 【Complete Guide to Meridian Mapping (Introductory): Disassembling Medicinal Herbs 1/10】

After grinding all ten stalks of Origin Spirit Grass into powder, Hua Changxi's mind was filled with meridian maps of ordinary plants and animals. At the same time, she also learned another new technique—the Disassembly Technique.

The Disassembly Technique is even more profound than the technique of "Butcher Ding dismembering an ox." It can not only dissect but also turn the dissected medicinal herbs and animal tissues into fine powder.

Although Hua Changxi had roasted the Origin Spirit Grass until it was charred and brittle, because there was no mortar and pestle in the kitchen, she could only rub the herbs into pieces with her hands. Therefore, the powdering degree of the first ten stalks of Origin Spirit Grass was uneven and not fine enough.

After learning the Disassembly Technique, Hua Changxi controlled her spiritual energy, and the medicinal herbs in her hands instantly turned into fine powder.

One hour later, under Sun Pozi's shocked gaze, Hua Changxi left the canteen carrying a catty of Origin Spirit medicinal powder.

"It seems Changxi really didn't lie to Manager Qin; she really knows medical skills."

As an old hand in the Menial Hall, Sun Pozi also had some experience.

The Menial Hall and the Apprentice Hall were separated by only a plaza, and Sun Pozi had also seen the apprentices in the Apprentice Hall making medicine. The techniques and proficiency of those apprentices couldn't compare to Changxi's.

Returning to the dormitory and seeing that everyone in the room was asleep, Hua Changxi climbed onto her bed on tiptoes, unable to wait to test the effect of the Origin Spirit powder.

This was her first time taking spirit plants, so Hua Changxi didn't dare to take too much. She scooped up 10 grams of medicinal powder and poured it into her mouth.

The medicinal powder melted upon entering her mouth, turning into a warm current. The warm current was like a flood breaking through a dam, rushing straight down and sweeping through her entire body.

The warm current came too violently, and Hua Changxi clearly felt her body instantly swell with pain, as if it were about to burst.

After a moment of panic, Hua Changxi quickly lay prone on the bed and began to run the Bird Breathing and Exhalation Method.

One cycle, two cycles...

After the warm current circulated through her body for ten cycles, the swelling pain began to weaken.

At this time, the heart that Hua Changxi had been holding finally dropped back into her stomach, and she began to immerse herself in cultivation.

Waking up the next day, there was no one in the room again. Hua Changxi glanced at the data, and the corners of her mouth immediately curled up.

【Realm: Qi Refining Realm 133/1000】

After refining and absorbing 10 grams of Origin Spirit powder, her spiritual energy points increased by 20 points at once.

She was quite satisfied with this result; this was equivalent to four days of her usual cultivation!

Hua Changxi calculated that 1 catty of Origin Spirit medicinal powder could help her increase by 1000 spiritual energy points.

Once she raised her spiritual energy points to 1000, could she enter the next realm?

"Helping Yu Gui this time was a huge profit!"

Hua Changxi carefully put away the Origin Spirit powder and then went to the canteen for breakfast with a face full of smiles.

As soon as she entered the canteen, she received an enthusiastic reception from Manager Qin and the others.

"Changxi, my body is also often uncomfortable. Help me take a look and see if I've caught some illness?"

Sun Pozi had told Manager Qin and the others about Hua Changxi borrowing the kitchen to make medicine last night. When everyone learned that she actually knew how to make medicine and was no worse than the people in the Apprentice Hall, they became even more trusting of her medical skills.

Hua Changxi smiled and performed "look, listen, ask, and feel" on everyone. After prescribing a few prescriptions, the breakfast she received was even more sumptuous. Eggs and salted eggs, which she had never seen in the canteen before, appeared in front of her.

Hua Changxi liked this situation where everyone was happy, so she smiled and ate everyone's good intentions into her stomach.

But this happiness didn't last long and disappeared when she went to the front courtyard.

"That's her. This person got mixed up with the people in the warehouse. She stayed in the warehouse for most of the day yesterday and only came back after dark. Who knows what she did in there?"

"I heard she gets up late every day, but the medicinal herbs she brings back from the warehouse are even easier to clean and process than the ones we get when we go early."

"The male menials over at the warehouse are all profit-driven; they wouldn't take care of a young lady for no reason."

Then, the person speaking began to wink and make suggestive smiles.

Hua Changxi looked at the pointing fingers of the crowd and listened to their insinuating discussions. Her brows knitted into a knot. She glanced at Wang Yunchu and the others, who were also whispering, and then left the Sixth Bureau without saying a word.