Volume 2: Feng Xiang Wu Yin Chapter 39: Medicine Beast

  The sun sets in the west, with a radiant glow.

  Zhu Miao looked up at the sky and was thinking about whether to call someone to prepare dinner. Suddenly, she saw the figure of Si Ling Gu Yun rushing towards her against the wind, his hair slightly disheveled, his clothes stained with dust, apparently having hurried back in a rush.

  "Solitary Goose." Tang Nian's eyebrows rose as she smiled.

  Under the sunset's afterglow, her smile was vivid and lively, with a warm amber color in her pupils. Si Ling's usually frosty face softened as he approached her, wrapping his arms around her waist, resting his chin on her shoulder, and murmuring: "Nian Nian, Nian Nian..."

  Tang Nian's sensitive nose twitched slightly. On Si Ling Gu's body, his clothes had a strong bloody smell mixed with his own clear and cold fragrance, condensing into a special scent that was sticky, cold, sweet but not fishy, making people dizzy and drunk.

  "Haven't eaten yet?" Ciling Guhong gently rubbed against her tender skin, the slight movement bringing a sense of intimate comfort.

  "Wait for you." Tang Nian's gaze was piercing as she looked at him. This time, he had been gone for almost a whole day, which meant that she hadn't eaten his delicious cooking for a whole day and hadn't gotten poisoned by the heavenly devil either.

  "Good." Ciling Guhong withdrew his hand, pulled out a jade box from his sleeve and handed it to her, saying: "Play with it for now."

  Tang Nian opened the jade box, and inside lay a white jade ball the size of an adult. At this moment, the white jade ball moved slightly, then seemed to stretch its waist, and four hooves suddenly emerged from its jade-like body. A pair of bright green, round eyes stared out from half-closed eyelids, filled with a watery glow, looking extremely lazy. On the top of its head grew a rhombus-shaped crystal, its color a deep, almost black green.

  The little thing stared blankly at Tang Nian, then lazily crawled out of the box, tumbled and fell into Tang Nian's arms like a ball, and then curled up into a small ball again, motionless.

  Tang Nian's eyes stared at it, her pupils shining like stars. Such a strong medicinal aura...

  Seeing her delight, Si Ling Gu Hong was satisfied and left to prepare dinner.

  Zhu Miao watched this scene and couldn't help but exclaim in her heart: Master, you will spoil the mistress like this! You really will spoil her!

  Tang Nian might not know, but she was very clear about it. This little thing that looked as cute as a cat was not an ordinary pet, but a rare and precious medicinal beast. Medicinal beasts were born to eat herbs, were lazy and loved to sleep, and where they lived, herbs grew extremely quickly and had great medicinal properties. Additionally, they would occasionally spit out medicinal jade, the deeper the color of the medicinal crystal on their forehead, the longer they lived, the greater their function, and the better the quality of the medicinal jade they spat out.

  It's like Tang Nian's hand, the medicine crystal has already reached this level, and in her knowledge, there is only one in Nanlin Yang's house. These days have already heard that the Yang family has some movement, and the owner of the manor may be going to deal with these people, and then bring back the heirloom of the Yang family as a gift.

  She was thinking, when suddenly she saw Tang Nianian ruthlessly poking the beast's... butt with her finger. Zhu Miaoquan's mouth twitched and he said in a low voice, "Master, do you know what this is?"

  "Medicine beast." She had read many books at the Snow Swallow Mountain Villa, and she remembered them all clearly. As she spoke, Tang Nian continued to poke forcefully, poking the medicine beast until it rolled over, opened its eyes, and then continued to sleep.

  You know, it's actually quite rude to it! Zhu Miaoqi took a deep breath, and was really afraid that Tang Nian would accidentally kill the medicine beast with one forceful move. After all, as an alchemist, they couldn't bear to hurt their medicine beasts. Seeing that Tang Nian still had the intention of increasing her strength, she repeatedly said: "Master, this medicine beast is a good thing, it's born sleepy, why are you poking it?"

  "Play." Tang Nian said casually, and with a flick of her two fingers, the medicine beast was picked up and tossed onto the table.

  Zhu Miao Long still looked stunned, his face turned pale, and in his heart he was screaming: The young master said to play with you, but you don't have to really treat the medicinal beast as a toy, it's too extravagant!

  Tang Nian didn't know what she was thinking in her heart, although the medicine beast was precious, but with Greenie around, the medicine beast's use to her wasn't that great, the only thing it was useful for was...

  Tang Nian's finger poked at the medicine crystal on the Medicine Beast, and the medicinal energy spread out. The Medicine Beast suddenly opened its eyes, a pair of bright, shining eyes that sparkled like water.

  "Spit out the medicine, Jade." Tang Nian said.

  The medicine beast blinked its eyes, opened its mouth, and a piece of dark green medicinal jade the size of a child's palm fell onto the table.

  Zhu Miao's eyes widened in shock and her mouth hung agape.

  "Keep spitting." Tang Nian stared at it.

  The beast closed its eyes and fell asleep again. Tang Nian pointed to the tip of the medicine, the power disappeared, and poked the medicine crystal again, saying: "Cough."

  The beast flipped over, burying its head underneath and sticking its butt out. Tang Nian pointed her finger at it, the beast flipped again, Tang Nian poked...

  "Ahhh~" The beast's eyes widened in fierce anger as it glared at Tang Nianian, yet even so, it was still more cute than anything.

  Tang Nian's eyes also turned cold, with a flash of deep green waves in the depths, and the tip of her finger showed a sudden burst of medicinal power, "Not spitting it out?"

  The beast's body stiffened all over, its mouth open and spitting out jade.

  "Continue." said Tang Nian.

  The beast opened its mouth and spat out another piece.

  "Continue."

  The medicine beast's green pupils really rippled like water, and it rolled its body around.

  Tang Nian's fingers snapped lightly, and she said calmly: "You still have." Her eyes hadn't turned red yet.

  "Ugh..." The medicine beast spat out its mouth and vomited.

  Tang Nian didn't say anything either, just looked at it and nodded slightly, indicating to continue. The medicine beast's eyes were filled with tears as it let out a mouthful of air, looking at Tang Nian once, then another mouthful, again looking at Tang Nian, until finally, with a desperate effort, it spat out the last bit, its round belly seemingly shrinking away.

  "Alright." Tang Nian picked up the over a hundred pieces of medicine jade on the table, who would have thought that the small belly of the Medicine Beast could hold so much stock. The Medicine Beast, which was lying on the table with tears in its eyes, blinked and its body trembled. Tang Nian looked at it and stroked its head, encouragingly saying: "I'll leave one piece for you, remember to grow up quickly."

  "Aaaaah..." The monster's body floated lightly and fell backwards, its belly exposed.

  Zhu Miao was already numb with shock, looking at the medicinal beast that was either asleep or fainted, and then at Tang Nian's smiling face as she stroked the blocks of medicinal jade. She had never known that it was possible to force a medicinal beast to spit out its jade, nor did she know that the little belly of the demonic beast could hold so much stock. It turned out that all this time, she had thought that the rare jade spat out by the medicinal beast was the only one condensed over a period of time.

  When Si Ling returned, he had changed into a new set of clothes and the bloody smell that clung to his previous attire was gone. He placed the food on the table, sat down with Tang Nian in his arms, and glanced at the scene before him, only sparing a glance for the trembling Medicine Beast as he asked Tang Nian, "Had fun?"

  "The texture is not bad." Tang Nian nodded while pinching Yao Yu's point.

  Cang Ling looked at a pile of medicine jade on one side of the table, and then fell on the increasingly trembling Medicine Beast, saying: "All spat out?"

  The beast's eyes were wide with tears, its body stiff. Tang Nian said: "Leave one piece as encouragement."

  "En." Ciling Guhong withdrew his gaze, and only then could he dine with her.

  Afterwards, someone came to collect the tableware. Tang Nian pointed at a jade chessboard on the table with a crack in it and said to Si Ling Gu Yun, "It's been damaged by someone."

  Cui Ling noticed it when she came, thinking that Tang Nian had accidentally left it behind and planning to give her a new one the next day.

  Tang Nian simply recounted the events of that morning, staring at Si Ling Gu Yun without blinking, saying: "The sinking of the fragrant wood, the white water of the porcelain jade, the yellow dragon of the golden silk and jade, the flowing cloud stone's following cloud."

  "Alright." Ciling Guhong said without hesitation: "I'll bring it to you tomorrow."

  On the other side, Zhu Miao Ti quietly raised her head to gaze at the sky. She could already foresee Miss Yu's complexion and complicated mood for tomorrow, not just her, but probably everyone in Chao Xuan Pavilion would be shaken.

  Master, don't you think your doting is a bit excessive? Zhu Miao felt his eyebrows jumping.

  Shu Lan has also become numb, she has chosen to ignore the changes in her own young lady and Guniang's overindulgence.

  As for the forgotten medicine beast, it was unknown when it had crawled up and slowly moved outwards. When Si Ling Gu Yun picked up Tang Nian Nian to return to their room to rest, Zhu Miao Ti suddenly thought of looking at the table, only to find nothing there, but finally saw on the ground that the medicine beast had already crawled a foot away from the table, twitching the corner of his mouth, and reminded Tang Nian Nian: "Master, this medicine beast..."

  The beast's body trembled and shook violently.

  Tang Nian looked at Yao Shou for a moment, blinked, and said calmly: "Release it."

  "You think it's just an ordinary domestic animal, but can it even recognize its owner?"

  Tang Nian's head popped out from under Ciling Gu's shoulder, gazing at the stiff body of Yao Shou, and reminded him: "When you're outside, remember to only eat and not spit it out, the more you eat the longer you'll live, I'll be checking on that."

  The beast's body shrunk into a ball and rolled out.

  Zhu Miao Long, Shu Lan: "......"

  Digression

  Happy Little Theatre:

  The little medicine beast that has fallen to the ground, biting a small white handkerchief, staring at you with its sparkling green eyes, holding up a small sign: Seeking adoption, seeking evaluation, seeking comfort, seeking tiger touch, seeking sponsorship! (Dear, I'm not only good at spitting out medicine jade, but also warming beds, oh~)

  Water Slanting Eyes: Selling Meng is Shameful.

  Medicine beast rolls over: I don't care, I don't care, this master I won't pass, I want to run away from home, I want a good master to love and cherish me, I'll never come back!

  Shui Ye Xiao: Ah, ah ~ Are you sure?

  Medicine Beast: …… (shaking) Woooo... I'm done for!