My Master Is a Great Dragon, Clinging to Me Every Day! - Chapter 16

Endless words of praise drifted past Xu Zhiyi’s ears. For a moment, she also stared blankly. Although she had seen Master’s appearance before,

standing in the middle of a crowd and looking up at her like this felt completely different.

Hearing the sect disciples whispering among themselves, An Chengxi turned her head and glanced at the sea of disciples. In a single glance, she spotted Xu Zhiyi.

More than anything, it was because of the power of their contract.

That was why she could sense that Xu Zhiyi was not far from her. An Chengxi’s brows softened, and she smiled faintly.

Her foot landed on the blue stone tiles. She changed her original direction and walked toward where her disciple stood.

The other disciples were very tactful and moved aside, scattering in twos and threes into two rows to let An Chengxi pass.

“Greetings, Elder Hanshan!”

They cupped their fists and bowed in unison.

But they also opened their eyes and secretly glanced over, wanting to watch the drama of master and disciple arguing.

“Yi’er, where are you going?”

This feeling was like being suddenly called on by the teacher in class. Xu Zhiyi subconsciously stood perfectly straight and replied with a sheepish smile, “Mm… I’m going to the Alchemy Hall later to buy some necessities.”

“Is Master going too?”

“So that is the case.”

Xu Zhiyi had always been lazy before and rarely went to the Alchemy Hall herself to buy things. Most of the time, she handed such tasks to the nominal disciples under her.

“Master happens to be going the same way. I will go with you.”

“How does that sound?”

…

And so, Xu Zhiyi followed behind Master, thinking that it was pretty good to have Master accompany her on her first trip to the Alchemy Hall. If she failed to recognize something important,

she could ask Master to help her judge the quality of the pills.

After all, she only had a little money in her pocket. She still had to spend carefully.

“Elder Hanshan, have you come to collect that special bottle of spirit-beast pills?”

A few sharp-eyed disciples immediately stopped their work and came out to welcome An Chengxi.

This was the batch of high-quality spirit-beast pills An Chengxi had requested a few days ago. They had arranged for disciples to work through the night before finally refining them.

Moreover, the quality was quite good.

They could indeed hand them over now.

“We added many spiritual plants that help spirit beasts gather qi to this batch of spirit-beast pills. The effect is remarkable. That is why we dared to present them for delivery.”

“As long as you eat them, we guarantee Lord Hanshan will be satisfied.”

“My master also specifically instructed that if Lord Hanshan visits again, we can give you a ten percent discount.”

With smiles on their faces, the disciples hurriedly presented the bottle of pills they had refined long ago and handed it to An Chengxi.

These pills were for spirit beasts?

Could it be that Master was eating them herself?

Xu Zhiyi muttered inwardly. After all, she had been at Shuanghan Peak for so long and had never heard of Master raising any spirit beast.

Aside from He Fengyue’s annoying deer, which chewed the leaves at her doorway every day. Truly irritating!

“Thank you for your hard work.”

“Yi’er, if there is anything else you need, put it on my account as well.”

After accepting the small red porcelain bottle, An Chengxi turned and glanced in Xu Zhiyi’s direction.

Xu Zhiyi, dressed in the blue everyday robes of an inner disciple, was examining the various goods displayed in the Alchemy Hall. Delicate little porcelain bottles were arranged in neat rows.

It was dazzling to look at.

“Qi Gathering Pill… mid-grade… three hundred spirit stones?”

“Essence-Nurturing Pill, high-grade… two hundred spirit stones.”

Holy crap, so expensive!

Xu Zhiyi sighed inwardly. Wouldn’t buying just two bottles turn her into a pauper?

It seemed refining pills herself could not be delayed!

“This little junior sister came at just the right time today. Our Alchemy Hall only has this one bottle of mid-grade Qi Gathering Pills left.”

What did he mean by looking at her so openly like that? Xu Zhiyi swallowed. Please, she wanted to buy it too, but her money did not allow it.

“Then take that as well. Count this bottle of Essence-Nurturing Pills too.”

The pills from the Alchemy Hall were always sold out as soon as they left the furnace. The main reason was that their quality was guaranteed and extremely superior.

Most people in the Yunling Sword Sect were sword cultivators.

The disciples did not dare eat the pills they refined in their own furnaces. At most, they could use them to fool outer disciples.

Of course, the most basic Qi Gathering Pills and Essence-Nurturing Pills were made from spiritual plants full of spiritual energy, so naturally there would not be any toxins.

Eating them would not kill anyone.

One just had to be careful of getting diarrhea and squatting in the latrine while everything flowed out in a thousand-mile torrent, crackling and splattering.

Hearing that Master was going to pay for hers too, Xu Zhiyi’s heart was filled with complicated emotions. Heavens, she truly did not understand why the original owner had targeted Master so much.

She was about to cry, okay?

This was basically a rich lady!

With such excellent innate conditions, what right did she have not to study hard and train diligently?

Xu Zhiyi clenched the two little porcelain bottles in her hands, still feeling somewhat guilty. She had freeloaded so many things from Master, yet she had nothing to give Master in return.

When He Fengyue came back from training down the mountain, she had brought Master a gift. But Xu Zhiyi had prepared nothing.

Then, if she managed to win a sizable reward in this competition, she would prepare a gift for Master. That could count as repaying today’s kindness.

“The disciples’ comprehensive aptitude assessment begins tomorrow. Do not be impatient and eat too many at once. Otherwise, excessive spiritual energy may block your meridians.”

Looking at Xu Zhiyi’s side profile, An Chengxi could tell what she was calculating in her heart.

So she reminded her.

Otherwise, when the time came, An Chengxi would have to run around busily helping her clear her meridians.

“I understand. This disciple will keep Master’s teachings firmly in her heart.”

As the saying went, all medicine was partly poison.

Even if she was anxious, she could not eat too many. She still had to take things slowly, bit by bit.

“However, you have been a little more diligent these days. I imagine you should obtain a decent ranking.”

“If you win, what reward does Yi’er want?”

That question was so tempting that Xu Zhiyi almost started drawing a big pie for herself. But then she thought again: what if she lost?

Sure enough, one should not make overly grand claims.

Xu Zhiyi activated her skill of kicking the ball away.

She would throw this question back to Master. If she really could make a request, Xu Zhiyi would probably wish that Master would never make her copy books again!

“I will obey Master’s arrangements entirely. Since it is a reward from Master, even a light gift carries deep affection. No matter what this disciple receives, she will be very happy.”

Still the same as before.

An Chengxi thought Xu Zhiyi lacked confidence in herself. Forget it. Seeing that she had improved this time, An Chengxi would agree to her request.

“Then how about I take you down the mountain?”

“You always say that staying in the Yunling Sword Sect is stifling, and that staying on Shuanghan Peak is boring. Then I will take you out to have a look. How does that sound?”

Two “how does that sound”s in a row. It seemed Master truly was worried that she would not like this gift.

Xu Zhiyi felt a small touch in her heart. For a moment, she was tongue-tied and did not know how to answer. She simply stared blankly at Master’s face.

The plain peachwood hairpin made her look like the goddess of the Luo River, with an immortal bearing. Her long lashes gave her a few traces of pure, fresh elegance, like a lotus rising from clear water.

“All right… Since Master suggested it, this disciple is naturally delighted.”