After Forcibly Taking The Beautiful, Powerful, And Tragic Demon Lord As A Concubine - Chapter 16

A full ten Ten-Star Silkworms were lined up in succession on the mahogany table.

Each one was a genuine Star Silkworm that had cultivated for a thousand years. Their entire bodies were snow-white, with skin so exquisite and translucent that one could clearly see their internal organs. Only on their backs were they dotted with ten black stars that declared their prestigious status.

Feng Ruyu was completely dazed by the sight.

How much were these Star Silkworms in front of him actually worth?

He didn’t even dare to estimate.

Yet, just a moment ago, Lin Xueqing had actually said these were things he played with as a child?

Truly, comparing oneself to others only leads to fits of rage!

This was why Feng Ruyu had said it long ago.

The rich really deserve to die.

If these Ten-Star Silkworms had been in his hands all these years, he didn’t know how many more people he could have saved. But falling into Lin Xueqing’s hands, they had suffered the fate of merely gathering dust in a warehouse.

“A sin, what a sin!”

Feng Ruyu slapped his thigh in agony.

Lin Xueqing thought something was wrong and asked nervously, “What is it? Is something wrong with the items?”

Feng Ruyu replied, “No, they are too right.”

Lin Xueqing didn’t understand and blinked his innocent eyes. “Then why did the Great Ghost Doctor say it’s a sin?”

Feng Ruyu said, “Your behavior has triggered some of my hatred for the rich.”

Lin Xueqing: “…”

He understood.

Back when he was in modern times, he occasionally felt some resentment toward the wealthy, especially when he saw millionaires sharing luxury goods online while he had to work for a living; he couldn’t help but feel envious and jealous.

However, envy was just envy.

Life had to go on.

For the current Lin Xueqing, continuing life was equivalent to continuing to have Feng Ruyu treat Ye Mingjing’s illness.

Thus, he said with a smile, “Great Ghost Doctor, please forgive me. I didn’t mean to show off intentionally. It’s just that at this critical juncture, if I have them at home, I can’t exactly pretend I don’t, right?”

Feng Ruyu gave a cold snort and remained silent.

Lin Xueqing then added, “Please, Great Ghost Doctor, finish stating the other materials needed.”

Unable to do anything about him, Feng Ruyu simply listed the materials for him.

He wrote out a full, large sheet of paper.

“These are the materials and medicinal herbs needed for treating the meridians; prepare these first. Once the meridians are healed, we can talk about the rest.”

Lin Xueqing was very curious: “Can’t we repair the Golden Core first?”

After all, in his view, the thing a practitioner cared about most was definitely their cultivation level. Cultivation was a cultivator’s dignity and bottom line.

But Feng Ruyu scolded him: “Idiot, the meridians are still broken. If you patch up the Golden Core, do you want his spiritual energy to run wild inside his body and fight with the demonic qi? When that happens, his internal organs will be blown to pieces.”

Lin Xueqing was startled by the scene he described and waved his hands hurriedly: “No, no, I’ll follow your arrangements entirely.”

Only then was Feng Ruyu satisfied.

“Alright, go prepare. I need to rest for a few days.”

As he said this, Feng Ruyu yawned and collected the ten Star Silkworms from the table.

Lin Xueqing nodded: “Okay, a room has already been prepared for you. It’s the first left out the door; I’ll take you there.”

After settling Feng Ruyu in, Lin Xueqing breathed a sigh of relief but didn’t immediately start searching for the herbs on the list.

He held the list, looking at it over and over, unable to put it down. Although he couldn’t understand it, it didn’t matter; he only needed to know that this stuff could cure Ye Mingjing.

Furthermore, this was a prescription for treating meridians.

Once the meridians were reconnected, wouldn’t that mean Ye Mingjing could stand up and walk around like a normal person?

At the thought of this, Lin Xueqing could not suppress the excitement in his heart and ran like the wind to find Ye Mingjing, wanting to tell him the good news at the first possible moment.

Ye Mingjing hadn’t been in his room for the past two days.

Since that one outing, servants had reported that he had been staying in the side chamber next door.

He didn’t rest, nor did he eat; he just sat by the window of the side chamber, sitting quietly facing the small pond outside.

When Lin Xueqing pushed open the door while holding the prescription, it was the same scene.

The sky was already dark, and the outside was pitch black. Ye Mingjing, in a thin white robe, sat there quietly like a shell that had lost its soul.

It wasn’t until Lin Xueqing ran in happily.

“Sovereign! Sovereign!”

The youth’s clear, moist voice was like an ancient zither, and the pitter-patter of his footsteps was like a flower drum. The brisk melodies rang out in sequence, awakening Ye Mingjing from his daze.

After a moment of being stunned, he turned his head and saw Lin Xueqing holding a piece of paper, gesturing wildly and beaming with joy as he praised:

“The Great Ghost Doctor is truly worthy of being called a Ghost Doctor! He gave me your preliminary treatment plan. Look, this is for treating the meridians. After the meridians are healed, we will treat the Golden Core, and finally the arm. It won’t take long before all the injuries on your body are definitely healed. The Great Ghost Doctor is really amazing!”

Between his words, he repeatedly praised Feng Ruyu.

For some reason, even though he knew the praise was because Feng Ruyu could cure him, Ye Mingjing still felt displeased.

Thus, he couldn’t help but lower his face and reprimand him: “Don’t be happy too early.”

Lin Xueqing indeed froze for a moment: “Sovereign.”

Ye Mingjing turned his head away, his heart complicated and chaotic.

Lin Xueqing, however, wasn’t angry. He gently approached Ye Mingjing, and his voice lowered a few notches: “Sovereign, I know you must have been disappointed many times in the past, which is why you won’t hold onto hope this time. But this time, I promise you, you absolutely won’t be disappointed.”

“What do you have to guarantee that?”

“I have nothing, but I can still guarantee it,” Lin Xueqing said.

Ye Mingjing finally couldn’t help but glance at him. Eighteen was exactly the age of high spirits and youthful vigor; although there was still some puerility between his brows, he already possessed the rudimentary form of an adult.

When he said those words, those round, bright eyes were filled with determination.

So, this time… could he be trusted?

A brief ripple rose in Ye Mingjing’s heart, but unfortunately, it vanished again very quickly.

In the end, he still said coldly: “No need.”

There was no need for anyone to guarantee anything. In this life, he would hold his fate in his own hands.

But this fool Lin Xueqing was indeed the “silly boy” certified by Feng Ruyu. He completely failed to understand the rejection in Ye Mingjing’s attitude and continued to talk to himself with a smile:

“It’s fine, it’s fine, I’ll guarantee it for you. If I can’t do it, you can throw me into the pigsty.”

Ye Mingjing: “…”

“For a full seven days, okay? Not a single day less.”

Ye Mingjing: “Have you said enough?”

Lin Xueqing: “What, does the Sovereign find me annoying?”

Ye Mingjing knit his brows: “Too many words. Noisy.”

Lin Xueqing said, “It’s fine, Sovereign, bear with it a bit longer; I’m leaving right away. I just came over to say a word and tell the Sovereign the good news. Next, I have to get busy looking for the medicinal materials.”

Ye Mingjing pursed his lips and remained silent.

“Then I shall take my leave, Sovereign.”

Lin Xueqing did as he said. After bowing, he indeed left as promised.

Only, the sound of his footsteps had barely traveled far when he suddenly came running back again. This time when he returned, he had a fluffy animal-skin blanket in his hands.

Without asking if Ye Mingjing needed it, he wrapped it around him of his own accord.

“This is a Phantom Rabbit fur blanket; it’s very light. It’s cold at night; wear it so you don’t catch a chill.”

After saying that, he pitter-pattered away again.

Ye Mingjing really wanted to call out to him and say he wasn’t cold at all and didn’t need a blanket.

But the youth’s retreating figure was quite thin. When the evening wind blew, his snowy-white, delicate arms and calves were exposed to the night wind just like that.

Was he not cold?

The prescription Feng Ruyu gave was indeed very difficult to fulfill.

Two full days passed, and some of the herbs on the prescription had still not been gathered.

This was a rare occurrence that only happened once in a hundred years in Successor Heaven Valley. After all, the Lin family belonged to the Pill Sect, and as everyone knew, pills and medicine were inseparable.

The Pill Sect owned a vast expanse of land dedicated specifically to growing medicinal herbs.

In the warehouse, there were hundreds of thousands of types of rare and precious materials.

The Pill Sect could be said to be the place with the most comprehensive medicinal herbs in the cultivation world—bar none. In the past, when big figures from other sects needed something, they would all come to the Pill Sect to “autumn wind” (scrounge) for supplies.

But even so, Lin Xueqing had the servants and disciples search high and low, and in the end, there were still two herbs on the prescription that couldn’t be found.

It was simply a great humiliation for the Pill Sect!

Left with no choice, Lin Xueqing could only seek out Feng Ruyu for a solution.

Fortunately, after resting for two days, Feng Ruyu was in a very good mood and told him the location of these two herbs very simply.

“It’s very simple. One, we go to an auction to buy them; there happens to be a large-scale auction coming up soon that has both of these items.”

“Two, we snatch them from the cultivators who buy these two herbs at the auction, because it’s impossible for these things to come out and not be bought by someone.”

Lin Xueqing was slightly speechless: “Is there any difference between these two methods?”

Feng Ruyu said, “The difference is huge. The first relies on money, the second relies on fighting. Take your pick.”

If Lin Xueqing were a Soul Transformation cultivator, he might have a choice. Unfortunately, Lin Xueqing was only at the Foundation Establishment stage.

“Which one else can I choose? We’ll buy them at the auction.”

Feng Ruyu showed a look that said he knew it would be so and said, “Alright then, three days from now, I’ll go help you buy them.”

Lin Xueqing said, “Don’t, let’s go together.”

Feng Ruyu: “What fun are you going to join in there? It’s dirty and chaotic.”

Lin Xueqing’s eyes flashed with excitement, his round dog-like eyes suddenly lighting up as if he had seen a bone: “But that’s an auction! I haven’t been to an auction yet!”

The auction that must be written in every cultivation novel.

The auction where the male lead displays great power and goes on a spree of “face-slapping” and showing off.

Ah, just thinking about it makes one feel that life still has something to look forward to. After all, isn’t living all about showing off?

What’s more, the current Lin Xueqing also had the capital to show off.

He was rich, quite rich indeed.

“Great Ghost Doctor, just take me, I beg of you.” Lin Xueqing acted spoiled with a thick face, completely oblivious to how terrifying it was for a grown man to act spoiled.

Feng Ruyu was so shocked by this attitude that he got a layer of goosebumps, thinking to himself whether this guy had been possessed by a demonic cultivator; he almost fed him a pill to exorcise the demon.

Lin Xueqing, however, blinked piteously and said, “I really want to go see the world.”

Feng Ruyu: “…”

Perhaps it was the words “see the world” that moved a bit of compassion in Feng Ruyu. Feng Ruyu, whose attitude had been very firm about not taking Lin Xueqing, finally nodded his head.

“Fine, since you’ve begged me so much, this Venerable will take you to see the world.”

What a pity, though.

He wouldn’t be able to take a kickback.

Feng Ruyu, who regarded money as dirt, thought regretfully.