Li Xiang the Immortal
61 - The Flower of Hope

After the sad conversation between the child and the father, the atmosphere calmed down when Li Xiang said that he could cure the poison in Bai Wei's body.

"really? You can make an antidote for daddy's poison, Ming'er?" Said Bai Nuan with a pleased expression.

Li Xiang nodded proudly.

"Is it because you have the acquaintance of an alchemist? Or is one of the people in your family an alchemist?" Bai Nuan said with excitement.

"No, I made it myself."

Bai Nuan instantly fell silent with a shocked face when he heard what Li Xiang said, "There's no way you can make pills, Ming'er. You are neither an alchemist nor a cultivator with the fire element. Moreover, you are still too small to know many things about medicine. Being an alchemist was not an easy thing, one that could be done quickly. It took at least years for you to start making pills with low levels."

Li Xiang pouted, "Why doesn't Brother Nuan believe me? I'm not lying. I'm not a bad boy. I'm a good boy." He said with glass eyes. "Aren't you a big brother?" He glanced at Xiao Xing Fu.

Xiao Xing Fu did not look at Li Xiang sitting near where he was standing. It was as if he had not heard what Li Xiang had said.

"A-ah, it's not like that. I know Ming'er isn't a bad boy." Bai Nuan said with a pushy smile. "But being an alchemist is indeed a difficult thing. Alchemists are people who are respected by many. Not many could become alchemists, even if that person had the fire element to concoct pills. Then to become an alchemist, one must have resources. Because they needed it to practice pill making and all those resources were not certain to be successfully created."

"I don't understand him at all. Actually, how's your true nature?" Inner Bai Wei while looking at Li Xiang. He glanced at his daughter, "Ah, Nuan'er. He showed me a little bit of his ability. Well, even though it's a little weird."

Bai Nuan glanced at his father, "Is that right? But it's not possible. Ming'er couldn't possibly concoct that poison-bidding pill. Because as far as I'm concerned, no one knows the antidote to the snake venom of the skull valley."

"Just trust me," Li Xiang struck his chest proudly, "I am a great alchemist. I can create an incredible variety of pills. All I needed to make the poison downing pill was a flower of hope. It was a rare medicinal plant. It usually grows in dangerous forests or around temples.

Hope flowers have a shape like jasmine flowers. But the hope flower is blue with a black centerpiece and the hope flower grows on its own with one small stem, unlike jasmine. The flower of hope also has no leaves, but it has thorns. I just need that material. There's only 2 months left for Nuan's father to live."

"Then I'll take it. I'll look for him before that time comes." Said Bai Nuan with a stern look.

"This flower will not be easy to get. Are you sure you can take it before 2 months?" Said Li Xiang casually.

"I'll do anything for Dad! I want you to heal, so he doesn't leave me and catch up with you.."

"Mrslaus'er.." Bai Wei glanced at his daughter sadly.

"Well if Brother Nuan says that. It all depends on you. It's better that Nuan's brother look for him in the morning. But that doesn't mean Nuan can find the flower, even if Nuan's brother is around the temple or in the dangerous forest."

"I understand. I can find the flower soon."

Li Xiang smiled, "It's good that it's like that."

***

The next morning, Bai Nuan immediately prepared. It was still very early in the morning, even people had not woken up from their sleep. He would leave without disturbing his sleeping father. He wanted to leave immediately to find the flower that Li Xiang was referring to.

Just as Bai Nuan had just closed the door outside, he saw someone standing under a tree near the house. "Xing Fu?"

Bai Nuan frowned, "You? Why are you here? What the hell are you doing?"

"I'm waiting for you. I'll come with you to look for the flower of hope that the Patriarch can recover."

"Why are you coming with me? This has nothing to do with you."

"This also includes my business. Am I not your lover? There's no way I'm gonna let my future-in-law leave my future wife." Xiao Xing Fu smiled.

Bai Nuan's cheeks turned red, "A-what did you say?! It's just a sham! Where could I want to be with you! We're just pretending, remember?!"

Xiao Xing Fu laughed, "I was just joking, hahaha. Look, your face is red like a tomato."

The annoyed Bai Nuan directly hit Xiao Xing Fu's stomach to the point of making the young man groan, "Whisper! Hurry up if you want to come with me! Don't trouble me!" He immediately walked away leaving Xiao Xing Fu.

Xiao Xing Fu laughed softly, "Alright, Her Majesty the Queen, hahaha.."

***

1 hour later after the departure of Xiao Xing Fu and Bai Nuan, some disciples and others began to wake up from their respective sleep. Likewise with Li Xiang who was currently just waking up, "He instead left without saying anything to me."

"Then why didn't you stop him? You've been aware of it from the beginning. You can stop it." Suddenly there was a voice in Li Xiang's head that could only be heard by the teenager.

"Because I'm going to make this an exercise for her."

"Then why didn't you send me to follow him? Aren't you worried about him? He's your student, isn't he?" The voice sounded again, but with a cynical tone.

Li Xiang did not reply. He just kept quiet and watched out through the open window.

"Heh, you're ignoring me."

***

Moments after preparing to be ready, Li Xiang walked out of Bai Wei's house without the man's knowledge. It was not intended to go stealthily, but he felt that he did not need to report to Bai Wei if he wanted to walk the path in the sect.

The place for the Patriarch was quite spacious in this sky sword sect. The courtyard was as vast as the bamboo plants growing around.

After a while out of the territory where the Patriarch lived, Li Xiang saw a disciple who was walking towards a building standing tens of meters away from him. "Hai~" Li Xiang waved with a wide smile.

Hearing the sound, the young man who looked to be 20 years old glanced towards the direction the sound came from. He was shocked when he saw the face of the teenager who waved at him. "You're the one who was yesterday."

Li Xiang walked up to the young man with a wide smile as well as closed eyes, "You were the one who fought Xing Fu yesterday, weren't you? If it's not wrong, Wei said your name.. Lin's.. Ho's? Ah no, but Lin Hao."

"Y-well, that's my name." Said Lin Hao awkwardly as he looked at Li Xiang. "A-what's up? W-are you looking for me?"