CHAPTER 80: CHAPTER 80

"Oh, you’re here!" Chen Muxue found Cen Lizhui in the room, lying on the bed looking quite weak.

Chen Muxue approached with some concern: "Are the internal injuries not healed yet?"

Cen Lizhui nodded repeatedly: "Yeah, it feels awful."

"Then you should rest. I’ll go prepare the dish for the culinary competition!"

"I was feeling awful just now, but I’m much better now. I’ll help you out!" Cen Lizhui suddenly sat up from the bed.

Chen Muxue scrutinized him with a suspicious look.

"By the way, look at this." She took out a bunch of Heavenly Heart Begonia. "Is there anything special about it?"

"Heavenly Heart Begonia? Where did you get it?" Cen Lizhui was a bit surprised. "The Heavenly Heart Begonia tree blooms and bears fruit only once every fifty years, and this tree is a kind of Spirit Beast’s habitat tree. The fruit is hard to grow, and most of it is eaten by the Spirit Beast. Finding such a complete bunch of Begonia Fruit is extremely difficult."

"Heavenly Heart Begonia itself has the effect of banishing gloom. If it can be used as a material to refine into Heavenly Heart Jade Clear Pill, it can effectively dispel evil spirits, demonic barriers, and even Heart Demons. It’s truly essential medicine for those who’ve gone mad with power. Many are just a few Heavenly Heart Jade Clear Pills away from becoming great powers!"

As Cen Lizhui spoke, he found Chen Muxue looking at him with a strange expression. He subconsciously recoiled a bit: "What’s the matter?"

"Ah, nothing."

For a moment, she thought Cen Lizhui might have watched too many commercials. If he were dressed up, he could probably go on TV selling some Miaojiang folk remedy for rheumatism.

"So theoretically, giving this thing to Xiaohua is actually not a bad idea, right? It would have a slight detoxifying effect, wouldn’t it?" Chen Muxue toyed with the Heavenly Heart Begonia, which others considered unbelievably precious. "I’m not into Alchemy, right?"

Cen Lizhui fell silent, thinking, "I can’t do Alchemy"—as someone who casually brewed Purple Jing Yurong Cream while cooking once said.

Had he not known Chen Muxue truly believed she couldn’t, he would’ve thought this person was a master braggart.

"Why not use it in your, uh, competition entry?" Cen Lizhui said somewhat uneasily. "Look, if you can incorporate such a rare item, you’re sure to get more favor. Then wouldn’t ten thousand taels be in the bag?"

If they could accidentally refine Heavenly Heart Jade Clear Pill, what’s ten thousand taels compared to all those fools fighting over them!

Chen Muxue hesitated: "What can Begonia Fruit be used for? Should I make candied fruit skewers and fool people with that? That wouldn’t work. Who hasn’t seen candied fruit skewers?"

Just as Chen Muxue was mulling over this, Xiaohua’s voice came from outside: "Sect Leader, are you there? Come quickly, there’s a really strange person outside!"

Chen Muxue perked up upon hearing this, as Xiaohua often seemed to encounter bad people, like a magnet for trouble. If she said there was a strange person, it deserved attention.

Upon coming out, Xiaohua pointed outside the window, down the street, at a curly-haired, green-eyed Western Region Merchant selling goods.

Chen Muxue breathed a sigh of relief, telling Xiaohua that it was just a normal person; they were born looking like that. It’s just like cats—some are black, some are orange.

However, upon seeing what the Western Region Merchant was selling, inspiration flashed in Chen Muxue’s mind.

"Xiaohua, you must be a lucky charm!" Chen Muxue hugged Xiaohua and kissed her a big one, then hurried downstairs to buy things from the Western Region Merchant.

Xiaohua touched the spot where she’d been kissed, giggling: "Xiaohua is a fish!"

Behind her, Cen Lizhui was speechless for a moment. Although he didn’t fully understand, he was quite sure Chen Muxue didn’t mean that.