"Senior Sister looks calm on the outside, but she's actually unpredictable. It's like being around a tiger! Being by her side is just as dangerous!"
"She really is an extraordinary beauty, maybe the most beautiful woman I've ever seen. But you can't judge a person just by their looks. Can you imagine? She makes me eat a lot of beast leftovers and the corpses of spirit herbs. And late at night, she makes me soak in water filled with spirit herb corpses, claiming it will strengthen my body!"
"One time, I wanted to learn spatial techniques to make traveling easier, but she taught me how to shrink down instead, holding me in her palm and playing with me!"
Lu Yang complained about Yun Zhi's various abuses, quickly earning the sympathy of the little medicine kings, who began to feel sorry for him.
The Ginseng Doll couldn't help but say, "Since that's the case, let's work together! You act as the inside man, and we'll be the outside support. Let's turn the tables on that female demon!"
Lu Yang was startled and quickly advised, "Absolutely not! We need to think this through. Senior Sister is the top disciple of the Sect of Inquiry, and her skills are beyond our comprehension. With just the few of us, we wouldn't stand a chance."
He calmly analyzed, "To be safe, let's wait until I reach the Tribulation Stage. That way, we will have a better chance. Then we can all act together and counterattack Senior Sister, achieving success in one go!"
"By then, we can settle scores and seek revenge. Wouldn't that be better?"
The little medicine kings felt proud to be human, thinking things through so well. "I thought your intelligence was a bit lower than mine, but it turns out you have such a detailed plan. Looks like our smarts are on par!"
With a common enemy, Lu Yang and the little medicine kings quickly bonded, shouting and clamoring to take down the female demon.
With Lu Yang joining them, the little medicine kings felt like they had wings, and victory seemed easy to achieve!
At the entrance of the medicine garden, Uncle Ba looked through a water mirror and saw Lu Yang's uplifting plan, sighing softly.
Yun Zhi had specifically instructed him to keep an eye on Lu Yang's movements and to prevent any accidents in the medicine garden. If anything happened, he was to inform her immediately.
Now, was this situation considered an accident?
If he told Yun Zhi, even if it wasn't an accident, it might still lead to some unexpected trouble.
"Why are there no easy-going young people nowadays?"
...
"I've said so much, but I haven't shown you the spells I can do." Lu Yang moved his body, performed the spell "Shrink the Earth," and jumped straight into the ground.
The Wisdom Tree King and Yun Zhi had similar reactions, both amazed. The Wisdom Tree had lived for so long and had never seen such a spell before.
On the surface, it looked like a spatial technique, but in practice, it resembled a five-element spell.
To be able to perform an unheard-of spell at such a young age was truly a sign of talent.
Now, Lu Yang was using "Shrink the Earth" skillfully, swimming through the ground like he was in water. He popped in and out of the soil so smoothly that it almost gave the illusion that the ground was water.
After finishing with the Qilin Immortal Medicine and the Eternal Flower, the Ginseng Doll and the Three-Leaf Star Grass shared Lu Yang's tragic experiences under the female demon's control, which resonated with them and stirred up their emotions.
"Our Medicine King finally has an undercover agent among the humans!"
The four little medicine kings sat on the trunk of the Wisdom Tree King, clapping and praising Lu Yang's abilities.
Lu Yang let out a strange cry, kicked his legs, leaped high into the air, arms spread wide like a cross, spinning in the air for 360 degrees before crashing to the ground face-first—he got dizzy while spinning.
His attempt to show off failed.
The little medicine kings hurriedly rushed to help him up.
For a Foundation Stage cultivator, this kind of injury was just a surface wound and would heal quickly.
Seeing that Lu Yang could really loosen the soil, the little medicine kings pulled out a map of the medicine garden and had Lu Yang dig according to their instructions.
"This area has deep roots, reaching three meters down. Be careful not to touch them, or we might misunderstand you. I suggest you dig between three and five meters underground; that's the safe zone."
"The roots in other areas are between half a meter and two meters deep, so just dig below two meters."
Lu Yang asked curiously, "What happens if I hit a root?"
The Ginseng Doll replied seriously, "We'll think you're a foot fetishist."
"???"
The Eternal Flower chimed in, "You humans have so many weirdos who like to drink while chewing on our plant's skin, saying it's delicious and goes well with drinks. They even cultivate large amounts of it."
"What plant are you talking about?"
"Peanuts."
Lu Yang couldn't quite follow the little medicine kings' train of thought.
Fortunately, he didn't dwell on that question too much and started digging according to the Ginseng Doll's route.
The Ginseng Doll, bored of watching the earthworms dig, found it amusing to watch a human dig and rushed to follow closely behind Lu Yang.
The little medicine kings also had the ability to burrow into the ground, but they merged with the earth, unlike Lu Yang's method of pushing through the soil.
The soil Lu Yang passed through was loose, just right for the little medicine kings.
The Wisdom Tree King watched the little medicine kings play happily and sighed. Trees couldn't dig into the ground.
It looked up at the sun in the sky, feeling its heat, and sighed again, "Why am I so tall? There's not even a shady spot."
The Wisdom Tree King felt like the world was being unkind to it.
The little medicine kings followed Lu Yang all day, playing and joking on their way back, laughing, "Let's boil some water for a bath!"
The Wisdom Tree King had already prepared a wooden tub filled with water, sourced from the stream that watered the herbs.
A bright light appeared from the Qilin Immortal Medicine's abdomen, slowly moving up until it reached its mouth, where it breathed out the Qilin True Fire.
The Qilin Immortal Medicine resembled a true Qilin, no wonder ancient people insisted they had seen one.
The Qilin True Fire was extremely hot, and in the blink of an eye, it boiled the water, making it bubble.
One by one, the little medicine kings jumped in, floating with their eyes closed.
Lu Yang found this scene particularly familiar, like something he had seen in a kitchen before.
He remembered, this was called medicinal cuisine.
But it was the first time he had seen ingredients jump into the pot on their own.
Before long, the fragrance of the medicine wafted out, filling the air. Lu Yang took a deep breath and felt invigorated, even sensing a boost in his cultivation.
"The Medicine King truly is impressive; the medicinal power is terrifying."
Lu Yang looked at the little medicine kings playing in the water and smiled helplessly.
He remembered Senior Sister saying that immortality is a poison, a pain that no ordinary person can bear. Only those with a character beyond the ordinary can withstand the suffering of immortality.
The little medicine kings had experienced endless years, witnessing countless historic events. Those who made history had long since passed, yet the little medicine kings remained alive.
Perhaps only a child-like nature allowed the little medicine kings to live for so long without breaking down.
But they were too easily deceived.
(End of Chapter)