Chapter 110 - 36.1 - Message from the old master (1/2)

Li Xinwen wiped off the sweat from his forehead with the sleeve of his shirt while staring at the ten black and red coloured pills within the cauldron. Halfway through the process, the demonic qi acted up once again and he had to split his attention into two. He cursed An Wuya and his family, all the way to his ninth ancestor.

Taking one of the pills, he quickly stuffed it into his mouth. The pill melted as soon as it entered his mouth and he swallowed it. Li Xinwen closed his eyes as he waited for the pill to take effect. A few seconds later, Li Xinwen could feel that the rampant demonic qi from earlier was subdued and was caged by the pill's effect. As long as Li Xinwen doesn't use too much spiritual energy, he should be fine for a while. Though it's not a solution to his problem, this was all he could do for now.

”Lanyu, help me store the rest of the pills,” Li Xinwen ordered the little fairy who had been accompanying him. Lanyu was about to move when he suddenly thought of something and paused in his track.

”Master, how about you keep these on your person?” Lanyu suggested. ”What if things like last time happen again? Where I couldn't even reach you...”

”It's too conspicuous to bring along such large bottle with these round pills,” Li Xinwen replied with a sigh.

Lanyu who heard this simply flew over to the shelves and pulled out one of the drawers. Taking the item inside, Lanyu went back to Li Xinwen's side and held it up with both hands. In his hands was a simple ring with no visible decoration. ”The old master left this! It's new and not bound to anyone. Master can just bind this ring to himself and use it as storage! It's easier than leaving things here in the dimension,” Lanyu explained. ”Ah, but unlike the dimension, you can't store living things inside. Only inanimate objects.”

”How come you didn't give this to me earlier?” Li Xinwen asked as he took the ring.

”Because the door to this room is sealed, ah!”

Li Xinwen realized his mistake but didn't say anything else to save his face. He bit onto his thumb, drawing blood and then smeared it onto the ring. The ring absorbed the blood, and Li Xinwen could finally send his spiritual awareness inside the ring. To his surprise, the ring is not empty as he had expected. There were two letters inside. One addressed to the new owner, the other, addressed to Lanyu.

While Li Xinwen inspected the ring, Lanyu had already worked on putting the pills into a bottle and sealed the openings. He was just waiting for Li Xinwen to store it in the storage ring when he heard Li Xinwen calls him.

”Lanyu.”

”Hmm?” Lanyu looked up at Li Xinwen. ”Is there something wrong, master?”

Li Xinwen took out the two letters and handed one to Lanyu. ”This is for you. Your old master seems to have left you a message,” Li Xinwen told the small fairy.

Lanyu stared at the letters and held it with two hands. He could see his old master's handwriting, the cursive way of writing that was uniquely belonged to him. Lanyu hugged the letter close but didn't open it to read the content.