Ancient Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 9 Yao Rongrong's Harvest

Yao Rongrong first took out a porcelain bottle, which she shook at Lin Xiu, saying, "Sir, can you guess what this is?"

Lin Xiudao: "What?"

Yao Rongrong pouted her red lips and said coquettishly, "Sir, you didn't even try to guess, how boring!"

Lin Xiu said, "I don't have much experience, so I really can't guess. This is called knowing what you know and admitting what you don't know."

"His words are so eloquent, truly befitting a storyteller..."

Yao Rongrong muttered something, then decided not to keep them in suspense any longer, "Sir, do you remember the medicine I mentioned yesterday that can help with cultivation?"

This contains an adjuvant medicine called Qi-Boosting and Health-Nourishing Pill. I took it when I was a child. It helps to strengthen the foundation and develop potential, and its effects are top-notch.

"Sir, you didn't even guess? I'm not giving it to you."

As she spoke, she tucked the porcelain bottle into her bosom, gave Lin Xiu a provocative look, and chuckled.

Lin Xiu wasn't in a hurry. Taking medicine wasn't just for a short while; there would be plenty of time to grind the medicine later.

In the end, I might have to make Yao Rongrong take the medicine too, lest the medicine be wrong and I don't know it, and I'm deceived by this woman who hasn't vented her resentment yet.

Hmm... I think I'm being a little too suspicious...

But in this day and age, what's wrong with being a little suspicious?

However, on the surface, he still cooperated with Miss Yao, acting extremely anxious and pitiful: "Miss Yao, I was wrong. I will definitely cooperate with you properly in the future and never make such a mistake again!"

"Pfft..."

Yao Rongrong couldn't help but laugh at Lin Xiu's teasing. She gave him a reproachful look and said, "Alright, alright, sir, you really know how to tease people!"

I'll give you the medicine, but don't even think about taking it now! You'll have to trade it for a story.

Lin Xiu: "..."

6!

He had wanted to train Yao Rongrong, but now he'd been trained instead by the heroine Yao.

But actually it's not too bad; storytelling isn't a difficult thing for me.

So be it if I'm being trained. You train me, I train you; the back-and-forth is what makes it interesting, more challenging than a one-sided trend.

"Sure, I'll tell you a story in a bit, see what you want to hear."

Lin Xiu readily agreed, then asked, "Any other gains?"

"Of course!"

Yao Rongrong took out another flower and carefully placed it on the ground, looking somewhat cautious about it—she even held her breath.

Lin Xiu subconsciously held his breath and looked closely. He saw that the flower was very strange. The flower stem was slender, the petals were large and colorful, which showed a bit of eeriness. The stamens were raised up like smoke. At first glance, it seemed extremely strange.

Lin Xiu felt no beauty from this flower; instead, he found it somewhat eerie.

He was certain he had never seen a flower like this before.

"What kind of flower is this?"

To know what you know, and to admit what you don't know, he simply voiced his doubts.

"have no idea."

Yao Rongrong shook her head and said, "There is an offering table in the hall of the Star Gazing Sect. When I went in, I saw this flower placed on it, as if it were being worshipped."

And yet, just lying there horizontally, without being planted in the soil or a flowerpot, it is so vibrant and has not withered.

I felt something was off about this flower, so I brought it out.

She paused slightly before looking at Lin Xiu and continuing, "When I came out yesterday, your reaction really startled me."

I immediately thought of this flower and wondered if the eeriness here was related to it. I was so scared that I quickly threw the flower far away.

But nothing happened to me overnight. I found the flower strange and thought it might have some secret or be useful, so I couldn't bear to throw it away and picked it up.

"Sir, if you feel there's a problem, I'll just throw the flowers away."

Lin Xiu: "..."

This woman is also a money-grubber...

He thought for a moment and said, "Forget it, you've already taken it, and we've already handled the flowers. If there's a real problem, it'll be too late to throw it away."

"What's meant to be will be, so let's just take it. Who knows, it might be a treasure that comes in handy someday?"

"Yes, you're right, sir! You've thought things through very clearly!"

Yao Rongrong smiled broadly, as if she had breathed a sigh of relief, and put the flowers back.

"..."

Lin Xiu paused for a moment before asking, "Is there anything else on it? Like manuscripts or letters?"

What if there were some martial arts manual that was even better than the training techniques Yao Rongrong taught her?

Yao Rongrong shook her head again and said, "Under the offering table, there was a brazier, which was full of ash and some scraps of paper."

There were probably letters inside, and maybe other things, but they were all burned, which is a bit of a shame. Otherwise, if there had been some breathing exercises inside that could have corroborated our own, that would have been wonderful!

Sigh... Anyway, all the paper with writing on it from the Star Gazing Sect should have been burned. I've searched everywhere, but I haven't found a single piece of paper or silk with writing on it.

"If this sect truly harbors any secrets, we'll never know."

Lin Xiu sighed inwardly.

pity……

Yao Rongrong added, "There's more. I saw two fields in the backyard, but they've both been destroyed."

It wasn't the kind of destruction that comes from neglect over time, but rather the kind of destruction caused by human intervention, where farm tools were used to uproot the entire field. I wonder what was planted there before?

As she spoke, her beautiful eyes turned to the spot where she had just put away the flowers.

Lin Xiu couldn't help but glance at Yao Rongrong's gaze as well.

Neither of them said anything, but each let out a sigh.

"In that case, let's go."

Lin Xiu said something.

Yao Rongrong nodded and said, "Okay."

"Mmm~"

The black donkey also brayed and responded.

The two people and the donkey left the Star Gazing Sect and headed north.

Lin Xiu asked, "Miss Yao, where are you planning to go?"

"The capital city."

Yao Rongrong said, "Before the great calamity came, my master left home for the capital. I waited alone at home for a long, long time, until the world was in turmoil, but she never came back."

I want to go to the capital to look for her, or search along the way, to see if I can find her, even if it's just finding a living dead person..."

When this topic came up, Yao Rongrong's voice became somewhat somber, but she quickly composed herself and asked Lin Xiu with a smile, "And you, sir? Where are you going?"

Lin Xiu said, "Didn't I say I needed to find a place to stay? At least a place where a storyteller like me could survive."

Yao Rongrong asked, "Like this place? If there weren't these strange occurrences, and this place is relatively secluded with land to cultivate, wouldn't that be fine?"

Lin Xiu shook his head and said, "No."

Yao Rongrong blinked: "Why not?"

Lin Xiu said, "I don't know how to farm. I'm afraid I'll starve to death before I can figure it out myself."

Yao Rongrong: "..."