I Have Medicine

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Tianheng didn’t say much either.
He only exchanged a few words with Gu Zuo before leaping out and jumping into that Fire Cloud Pit.

Right.
He wanted to experience the feeling of the Fire Cloud Body Tempering.

The instant that he entered the pit, Tianheng covered his body with true qi.
In the blink of an eye, those countless tongues of flame flickered and lapped, engulfing his entire body.

Threads of fire entered his body, and instantly swept out in all directions.
Under the impact of these fire threads, his meridians, flesh, bones, and organs constantly produced the feelings of being cooked through.

These fire threads seemed to be searching for things to attack.
As a result, the fire dashed to the left and rushed to the right, looking all over.
After constantly wreaking havoc on Tianheng, the fire unexpectedly didn’t find anything.
In the end, it finally gathered inside the flesh and on the surfaces of the organs and veins while quietly burning.
At this very moment, within every wisp of blood and lump of flesh, it seemed as if something was drawing away the water from every nook and cranny.
Gradually, things began to dry up.
However, under the abundance of the true qi, the affected locations became plump and full again…

In fact, this was normal.

This fire cloud was a kind of peculiar flame.
Shouldn’t the things that those fire threads were constantly looking for be the impurities inside the body? However, Tianheng possessed the Tiandu Body.
His flesh was Xiantian, and originally, it was incomparably pure.
Although he previously ate some things that weren’t so pure when he was a weak and sickly youth, he only had the best medicinal cuisines and top grade medicinal pills ever since he met Gu Zuo.
Of the two, while the former might’ve occasionally had some impurities due to the grade of the medicinal ingredients and meat essences, the top grade pills completely lacked any impurities.
Naturally, this allowed Tianheng’s physical body to become even purer — Basically, he had already reached an immaculate level.

Prior to this time’s body tempering, Tianheng hadn’t eaten anything for a full day and night.
When he broke through to stage seven, that extremely small amount of impurities had been jolted out of his body, and had dissipated into the air.
Now, no matter how much those tongues of flame searched, it couldn’t find even the tiniest bit of impurities.

As a result, the Fire Cloud Body Tempering really could only temper the body and nothing else.

Meanwhile, Gu Zuo sat cross-legged in front of the Fire Cloud Pit.
He lowered his head, and used his psychic power to pay firm attention to his dear big brother.

He watched as Tianheng jumped down, and was caught by a wisp of fire cloud.
He also watched the flames rise up on that fire cloud.
The flames thoroughly enveloped Tianheng, and almost completely covered him up.
With senses that were sharper than that of other people, Gu Zuo perceived those fire threads as they burrowed into the pores all over Tianheng’s body, conducting further body tempering! But, Gu Zuo saw that Tianheng’s expression didn’t show a fierce appearance like the other people who were undergoing the Fire Cloud Body Tempering.

Could it be that his big brother wasn’t in pain?

However, Gu Zuo quickly threw out this way of thinking.

Because, with his understanding of Tianheng, Gu Zuo was able to discover the tautness in Tianheng’s body.
If there wasn’t any sharp pain, then it shouldn’t have been like this.
As such, the reason why Tianheng’s expression could be so tranquil should’ve been because…he had long gotten used to suffering.

…This was also right.

Although the Fire Cloud Body Tempering was painful, Tianheng once endured the agony of having one’s meridians clogged.
Whenever he freely moved about, it was like walking on the tips of blades.
Wouldn’t that be even more painful?

Since he could endure that, he could certainly endure this.

Gu Zuo sighed.

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Previously, when Gu Zuo realized that his big brother would persevere through the pain, he only felt admiration.
But now, while he was only watching his big brother undergoing body tempering on the fire cloud, he felt a feeling of unease from the bottom of heart because his big brother’s expression was too calm.

Perhaps… It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that his heart was also pained.

Gu Zuo sighed again.

Indeed, after thinking about it, it would be very painful.
If it was him, he certainly wouldn’t be able to handle it.

Unfortunately, there was nothing that Gu Zuo could do to make it less painful for Tianheng.
After all, for things like body tempering, the more it hurt and the longer one persevered, the greater the benefits.
It was impossible for him to stop Tianheng from improving his physical body just because his heart felt uncomfortable — In actuality, this kind of body tempering opportunity was very hard to come by.

As such, he could only support his big brother, and accompany Tianheng on the side.

With such thinking, Gu Zuo simply sat cross-legged next to the Fire Cloud Pit, operated his cultivation method, and continued to consolidate his realm and accumulate true qi.

“Chongyun Sect has gone too far…”

“Sadly, while I thought my aptitudes were extraordinary, such that none of the many disciples of the Inner Sect entered my eyes, I couldn’t even last a few moves under that Chongyun Sect’s tyrannical abuse! It’s truly…disheartening.”

“Be brave after a humiliation.
Is it possible that you’ll stay depressed just because of a temporary setback?”

“If I was seriously like that, then why would I have come here?!”

The arrivals who accompanied these voices were two young men.
They were tall and sturdy, and their facial features were handsome.
Their faces should’ve been heroic and exuberant, but their brows were now laded with exhaustion.
The lights in their eyes were also somewhat dim.
No longer were they as high-spirited as before.

These two people were secluded disciples.
One was called Cui Hao, and the other was called Huo Qing.
Both of them were personages on the Qingyun Leaderboard’s lower ranks.
A few days ago, they fought a few battles with those Chongyun Sect disciples.
Originally, they shared wins and losses with their opponents, and occasionally, they would gain the upper hand.
However, Chongyun Sect’s side suddenly dispatched someone else.
This person completely overpowered them like chopping dried wood and pulling out withered grass.
If they had been able to fight to their hearts’ content, then ultimately losing wouldn’t have mattered as much.
But for the most part, the other party didn’t make but a couple of moves, and they had already been struck off the platform.
They’d even suffered serious injuries!

Cui Hao and Huo Qing — One lasted three moves, and the other lasted four moves.
Both of them had been heavily injured after being beaten.
Once they left in disgrace, it took a day or two for them to recover with the help of a high-level pharmacist.

But while their bodies healed, the blows that their faces and spirits took weren’t so easy to recover from.
To think that they were valued and nurtured by Qingyun Sect, and that they were brilliant and famous personages in some people’s hearts.
And yet, now —

At this time, the two were in the middle of studying the reasons for their own failures.
Before anything else, they were determined to properly cultivate in the Qingyun Mountain Range, and to hone their physical bodies to become even stronger.

Hence, because their cave dwellings were relatively close, and because they intended to help one another by pointing out the other’s mistakes, they went together.

After grumbling for a little bit, they steadied their minds once more.
The two people then arrived in front of the Fire Cloud Pit.

Only, just as they got there, they surprisingly discovered that sitting before the Fire Cloud Put was…a pharmacist? Not only was this face new, but it was also very soft and immature.

This was so strange.

Right at this moment, that teenaged pharmacist who was sitting cross-legged opened his eyes.

His features were delicate and pretty, and his figure was slim and supple.
His pair of eyes were like dots of lacquer, and had a clear shine.
The light in his eyes turned a little, and they appeared to be very spirited.
He seemed to be quite charming.

Cui Hao and Huo Qing’s impressions of this teenaged pharmacist weren’t bad, but there were some matters that couldn’t be let off just because of a good impression — In the Qingyun Mountain Range, there were always only martial artists.
This wasn’t a place where pharmacists would show up.

So, who was he?

Cui Hao stepped forward, and opened his mouth to ask: “Junior Sect Brother, how did you come here? Can you use a passage token?”

Huo Qing also stood shoulder to shoulder with Cui Hao, and looked over with inquiring eyes.

Soon after, they watched as that teenaged pharmacist blinked his eyes.
Then, his expression became somewhat embarrassed.

Huo Qing and Cui Hao both faintly furrowed their brows.

Could this really be a person who had some other objectives? The Sect’s defenses shouldn’t have been this weak!

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“These two Senior Sect Brothers, the passage token…is in the hands of my family’s young master.”

At this time, a feeble voice sounded out.

Gu Zuo was quite embarrassed.

Although that passage token had both of their names written on it, he had handed it over to his big brother for safekeeping.
Right now, it wasn’t in his possession at all.
He didn’t think about this before.
What was he supposed to do if someone later came to verify his identity while he accompanied his big brother’s body tempering?

His identity couldn’t be confirmed this time, but he shouldn’t be out of luck, right?

However, just sitting here and resigning himself to his fate wasn’t any good.
While Gu Zuo didn’t care if the other party believed him or not, he still feebly spoke a sentence to explain himself.

Immediately following this, the two young disciples who seemed to be very familiar with this place exchanged glances.
After that, they opened their mouths and asked: “Junior Sect Brother, what’s your name?”

— Did this mean that they believed him?

Once Gu Zuo heard this, he roused himself: “This one is Gu Zuo.
My family’s young master is called Gongyi Tianheng.
The passage token for the two of us has been approved.
Right now, my family’s young master is tempering his body down below.
I’m worried about his safety, so I’ve been waiting on top.
If these two seniors don’t believe me, you just need to wait for my family’s young master to come out to confirm it.”

Those two young disciples heard this, and nodded their heads.

“I am Cui Hao.”

“My name is Huo Qing.”

“Among everyone down below, which one is your family’s young master?”

Gu Zuo turned around, extended a hand, and pointed at Tianheng’s position: “Senior Sect Brother Cui, Senior Sect Brother Huo, please look.
That is my family’s young master.”

Cui Hao and Huo Qing both looked over there.
Sure enough, they saw an extremely handsome young man who wore brocade robes and was sitting upon a fire cloud.
This man was likewise a new face — The words of this teenaged pharmacist were somewhat trustworthy.

Gu Zuo thought about it, and continued to convey his own security: “My family’s young master also left his name on the stone tablet.”

Cui Hao and Huo Qing heard this, and flew in front of the stone tablet.
They raised their eyes, and looked up.

Their gazes continuously shifted upwards.
Finally, at the very top of the second zone, they saw a newly-carved personal name.

Gongyi Tianheng.

Cui Hao’s eyelids twitched: “This name is very familiar…”

When they heard the teenaged pharmacist mention it before, they already felt it was familiar.
Now that they saw it, this feeling became even more pronounced.
In that case, where did they hear of it…

Huo Qing opened his mouth in haste: “Wasn’t it mentioned by a couple of seniors that someone went to seize glory for the Sect before we went over?”

Cui Hao understood right away.

Yes.
Chongyun Sect came to start quarrels with Qingyun Sect’s disciples, and it didn’t take only a day or two.
While they had been in secluded cultivation, someone really had stepped forward to fight a few rounds with those Chongyun Sect disciples.
Later on, due to repeated battles, that person’s body received heavy injuries and they had to withdraw.

Wasn’t that person’s name Gongyi Tianheng?!

T/N: Thanks for the corrections, Charysa.

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