Junior sister, I really need to control you

Chapter 196 Forgetting Self and Object, Achieving Unity with Heaven and Man

In the mansion of Shengyuan City.

Mu Xiaoyu sat cross-legged in front of the visualization diagram, but instead of trying to comprehend it, she raised a ball of Nine Yang Spiritual Fire in front of her. Several purified materials in the fire were slowly fusing together under her control.

For Mu Xiaoyu, with the power of the Nine Yang Spiritual Fire and her divine sense, this step was already second nature to her.

Therefore, she still had the leisure to glance at the visualization diagram hanging in front of her from time to time.

Hurry up and refine the quasi-magic weapon and the magic weapon. When that happens, I'll be a master weapon refiner, and I can temporarily put weapon refining aside and go beat up my senior brother in the visualization diagram!

Although she has always been the one getting beaten up so far, her best performance was only when a sword light cut off a piece of her senior brother's clothes in the visualization.

But she is indeed getting closer and closer to her true destined senior brother.

Mu Xiaoyu believed that as long as she persisted in honing her skills, she would eventually be able to truly surpass her senior brother in the visualization diagram.

Then you can settle scores and avenge your grievances in the visualization!

After contemplating for a while and once the materials were almost fully integrated, Mu Xiaoyu focused her attention and began to solidify the material and inscribe the restriction.

However, at this stage, the Nine Yang Spirit Fire, her greatest advantage, is of little use; she must rely entirely on her divine sense, weapon-refining skills, and cultivation.

Even though what she refined was only a relatively ordinary quasi-magic weapon, the difficulty of its restrictions far surpassed that of a high-grade magic weapon.

Two and a half hours later, Mu Xiaoyu's consciousness trembled, and the half-finished artifact suddenly shattered and fell to the ground.

"Ugh... I failed again. I was so close."

Mu Xiaoyu puffed out her cheeks.

She then assessed her remaining mana and realized that trying again might be too much, so she decided to recover her mana first.

"Junior sister has been very diligent these past few days."

Li Yinsheng pushed open the door and entered, smiling broadly.

"Senior brother!" Mu Xiaoyu jumped up. "Senior brother, you're here? I'll be able to refine a quasi-magic weapon soon!"

She raised her small face to look at Li Yinsheng, waiting for her senior brother's praise.

"Hmm, Junior Sister is really amazing," Li Yinsheng patted her head, "I doubt there will be a younger weapon-refining master in the lineage than you."

"Hehehe, it's all thanks to my senior brother. If it were just me, I probably wouldn't even be able to forge a second-rate magic weapon..." Mu Xiaoyu said with a somewhat embarrassed smile.

"Once I'm able to refine magical artifacts, I must refine one for my senior brother too!" she thought to herself.

"Since you've worked so hard, junior sister, it's time to give you a reward."

Li Yinsheng smiled and took out five crystal-clear pills, which looked like glass beads.

"Is this the pill that Senior Brother has been refining to improve cultivation?" Mu Xiaoyu blinked, somewhat curious.

She only knew that her senior brother had been refining pills to improve his cultivation, but she didn't know the specifics.

“That’s right. These five pills are called Five Qi Pills. They are a set of five. After refining them, they are enough to increase one’s cultivation by about 150 years,” Li Yinsheng said.

"One hundred and fifty years!" Mu Xiaoyu's eyes widened. "That's twice the amount of my current cultivation level!"

"After all, the amount of spiritual herbs used in it is quite staggering," Li Yinsheng said with a smile.

In order to obtain these spiritual herbs, he invested the vast majority of his harvest in Hidden Dragon Valley, and most of his withered and flourishing spiritual essence was also refined into longevity pills in exchange for these herbs.

If it weren't for the compensation received earlier, the consumption of the withered and flourishing spiritual energy would have been even greater.

Fortunately, by a twist of fate, he obtained a supplementary cultivation technique from Chi Ling that allows him to cultivate the essence of the sun. He no longer needs to purchase it from the Yunmeng Merchant Guild, and it doesn't matter if he uses up all the spiritual herbs and withered and flourishing spiritual energy.

"Wouldn't it be bad to give it to me as a reward?" Mu Xiaoyu shook her head. "Such a precious pill, Senior Brother should eat it himself. That way, Senior Brother will become even more powerful, right?"

"With my current cultivation level, this pill won't be of much use to me," Li Yinsheng shook his head.

He paused for a moment and then smiled, "And what Junior Sister doesn't know is that besides improving cultivation, this pill has another very interesting effect."

"Interesting?" Mu Xiaoyu immediately became wary. "Will it hurt?"

"Of course it won't hurt, not even a little bit," Li Yinsheng assured him with a smile.

"Will it itch?" Mu Xiaoyu asked, her eyes darting around.

“Of course not,” Li Yinsheng added.

"What interesting function does it have?" Mu Xiaoyu's face showed a look of relaxation and curiosity.

Li Yinsheng opened his palm and pointed to the yellowish-brown pill: "Junior sister, try this first. After you finish eating it, everything you eat will taste sweet."

"Such a good thing?" Mu Xiaoyu's eyes lit up.

She picked up the pill and put it in her mouth, her eyes lighting up: "Mmm! This pill is sweet too, so delicious!"

A moment later, she swallowed the pill and then took out two small oranges from her storage bag.

"I remember this orange being really sour, let me try it again..."

She peeled the orange, separated a small segment, and then put a corner into her mouth, carefully biting it open.

Then her eyes lit up: "It really has become sweeter!"

She popped the whole orange segment into her mouth and chewed it a couple of times: "It's still sweet!"

She then simply threw the rest into her mouth, shaking her head and saying, "Hehehe, it's still sweet. This pill is truly amazing..."

Under Li Yinsheng's smiling gaze, she brewed another cup of strong tea, her eyes almost squinting into slits.

"Hmm, it smells like tea, and it's not bitter at all, it's actually very sweet...hehe..."

“Other pills have similar effects, like this one. After taking it, even sugar will taste bitter.” Li Yinsheng smiled and pointed to the red pill.

"Let me try! Let me try!" Mu Xiaoyu picked up the red pill and popped it into her mouth.

Then she took out a bag of candied fruit, picked up a dried apricot, and popped it into her mouth.

"Ugh! It's so bitter! It's even more bitter than bitter melon!" Mu Xiaoyu immediately spat out the dried apricot. "This isn't fun! This isn't fun at all!"

"Then let's try this one, it's salty." Li Yinsheng handed the black pill to Mu Xiaoyu.

Mu Xiaoyu swallowed the black pill, then picked up a piece of candied fruit, stuck out her tongue, and carefully licked the candied fruit with the tip of her pink tongue.

"Hmm... it tastes like fruity pickled vegetables, which is alright," Mu Xiaoyu said, rubbing her chin. "If there really were such pickled vegetables, they would be quite good with mung bean porridge."

"A touch of fruity pickled vegetables in sweet mung bean porridge can actually enhance its sweetness. Just be careful not to add too much salt, or it will overpower the other flavors..."

"Junior sister has quite a taste for food," Li Yinsheng said with a smile.

Mu Xiaoyu chuckled, a hint of smugness in her eyes.

"Try this one too, it's sour." Li Yinsheng handed her Qingdan.

After swallowing the green pill, Mu Xiaoyu first wrinkled her face because of the sour taste of the pill itself. After recovering, she did not touch the candied fruit again, but instead picked up the half-finished cup of strong tea and took a small sip.

"Ugh...it's so sour, like drinking vinegar!" Mu Xiaoyu smacked her lips and stuck out her tongue.

Li Yinsheng laughed and said, "What, is Junior Sister afraid of sour things?"

"Of course I'm not afraid!" Mu Xiaoyu waved her hand. "I love eating hawthorn berries at home!"

She paused, then shook her head and said, "But it has to be made into candied hawthorns, it tastes better when it's sweet and sour, this pure sour taste isn't good."

Li Yinsheng smiled but remained silent.

"And what about this last one? It's white, does that mean it has no taste when you eat anything?" Mu Xiaoyu looked at the last translucent white pill with some curiosity.

"Junior sister, why don't you try it and see?" Li Yinsheng said, handing over the pill.

After taking the white pill, Mu Xiaoyu's face immediately turned rosy: "Spicy, spicy, spicy, hiss, hiss... This is spicy!"

She instinctively took out a jug of water, took a sip, and then realized something was wrong.

The next instant, her entire face flushed crimson with the speed of splashing ink.

"Pfft—Aaaaaah—So spicy, so spicy, so spicy!!"

She sprayed all the water out in one gulp, then immediately opened her mouth wide and cast a Wind-Shaking Technique into it.

Even so, her fair face was already flushed, her forehead was covered in sweat, and a few veins appeared on her temples and slender, beautiful neck.

After a long while, Mu Xiaoyu, with tears in her eyes, sniffed and looked at Li Yinsheng: "Senior brother, so this is spicy!"

Her lips were much redder than usual, as if she had applied a layer of lip rouge.

Li Yinsheng smiled and said, "These pills are based on the relationship between the five elements and the five flavors. Junior Sister should have learned about them, but she just didn't realize it for the time being."

“Oh right,” Mu Xiaoyu suddenly realized, “White represents metal, which corresponds to spiciness, no wonder it’s spicy.”

She picked up another piece of candied fruit and gently bit off a small piece with her teeth.

"Hiss... It's so spicy, even spicier than wild chili peppers!" Mu Xiaoyu gasped.

She quickly looked at Li Yinsheng: "Senior brother, this isn't fun, you should help me solve it."

"It's off?" Li Yinsheng was taken aback. "Junior sister, this isn't magic, there's no way to undo it."

Mu Xiaoyu stood there dumbfounded.

It took her a full ten breaths to come to her senses. Her eyes widened, and her voice was loud enough to lift the roof off.

"Can't it be undoed?! What am I supposed to do then?!"

The tears that had already welled up in her eyes from the spiciness seemed to be increasing at this moment.

Seeing Mu Xiaoyu pacing anxiously, looking like she might burst into tears at any moment, Li Yinsheng smiled slightly and comforted her.

"Junior sister, don't worry, the effects of the medicine will wear off on their own."

"Phew..." Mu Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief. "Then, senior brother, how long will it take to subside, tomorrow or the day after?"

"There's no specific timeframe; it depends on when Junior Sister refines the medicinal power within her body," Li Yinsheng said.

Mu Xiaoyu's face froze: "Senior brother, refining medicinal power usually takes a long time, right?"

"Generally speaking, yes, but since you have the Devouring Spirit Body that Tun Tun shared with you, as well as the Three Elements True Technique to assist you, the time required for refining will be greatly shortened."

Meeting Mu Xiaoyu's gaze, which seemed to grasp at a straw, Li Yinsheng smiled.

"Junior Sister, it will take two or three years to refine all the Five Qi Pills, or maybe a year or two."

"As your junior sister refines it, the changes in your sense of taste will regress in the previous order, and eventually return to normal."