I Became the Alchemy Master by Picking Up Trash-Chapter 224 - 222: Moss Wraps

Li Xing was very satisfied with Hui Hui’s performance and affectionately patted its wooden fish-shaped head, then said to Chu Yunyi, "All done, let’s go."

Chu Yunyi nodded and stepped in the direction of the airflow.

"Hey."

Chu Yunyi stopped, turned around, and looked at Li Xing in surprise, noticing that she hadn’t followed but had instead taken out the Heavenly Wolf Saber.

Li Xing pointed the tip of her saber at the ground behind her and unceremoniously said, "You walk at the back."

Chu Yunyi shook his head in refusal: "Ah Xing, the corridor environment is more suitable for Star Beasts, there’s a high chance of encountering dangerous high-level species, it’s more appropriate for me to walk in front."

Li Xing’s expression had started to show impatience.

"Chu Yunyi, you need to know your place. Our team has three people right now, we’re just missing a talisman master, you were brought in as a substitute, not as a team captain."

"Since you’re tagging along with us, you have to follow our team’s rules. The talisman master who can’t be persuaded has to walk behind me. You, come here——!"

Pointing again to the spot behind her with the saber tip, Li Xing’s tone brooked no argument.

"Either stand with Hui Hui, or I’ll knock you out and let Hui Hui carry you!"

Emmmmm

Facing Li Xing’s "tyranny", Chu Yunyi compromised. After all, his current state of spiritual power wasn’t enough to resist Li Xing’s forceful approach.

Reaching the position level with the Big-mouth Flower, Chu Yunyi helplessly watched the ugly flower twist its neck and stick out its tongue at him, as if showing off, or maybe just mocking.

"Hahaha, you’re such a docile pretty boy! Since you’re on the same level as me, it means we have the same status in the master’s heart. I’m the master’s sweet little pet, what are you, huh? Hehehe!"

As soon as Hui Hui finished being cheeky, Chu Yunyi shot it a look, which scared Hui Hui.

"Master, master! I think he can hear me talking!"

Li Xing continued walking ahead without turning, paying attention to the environment, searching for usable plants, while still using Divine Sense to talk with Hui Hui, multitasking.

"Take it easy, he could really hear you. He’s not as good-tempered as he looks, if you irritate him and he hits you, I won’t help."

Chu Yunyi’s spiritual power was closer to Divine Sense than even that of the Great Elder. If there was another person on the Qianyuan Continent who could hear Hui Hui speak, it could only be him.

Despite Li Xing’s warning, the Big-mouth Flower didn’t take it to heart: "I’m so beautiful, how could he bear to hit me? I think he’s just in a bad mood, I’ll sing him a song to cheer him up!"

The Big-mouth Flower’s brash singing habit was something Li Xing really couldn’t handle. Besides, its singing wasn’t pleasant; the moment Hui Hui started, Li Xing severed their Divine Sense connection unilaterally.

Li Xing enjoyed the peace, but it was a torment for Chu Yunyi, who couldn’t help but wonder where the buzzing fly-like sound came from, neither clear nor ignorable, driving him nuts!

Every so often, Li Xing would stop to collect plants, none of which Chu Yunyi recognized, but judging by the color reaction of the Double-Layered Garlic in the pot, they were all poisonous.

After walking a bit further, Li Xing stopped again, frowning.

"Ah Xing, what’s wrong?"

"Are you sure we should go this way?"

"I’m sure." Chu Yunyi was a Wind Element Spirit User, extremely sensitive to wind, and the airflow was coming from this direction, he couldn’t be wrong.

"Then it’s odd, we’re heading underground." Although the slope of the corridor was small, Li Xing still keenly noticed they were moving away from the surface.

If Chu Yunyi’s sense was correct, then there was only one possibility—there was a massive space underground, with water inside, evaporation causing temperature differences, leading to airflow.

Chu Yunyi said, "The junctions we’ve passed so far have no airflow. Even if they aren’t dead ends, they wouldn’t lead to an exit. This direction might lead to a massive space, I suggest we check it out."

Li Xing nodded, there was no other choice, but she wasn’t ready to go on, she was hungry and needed to eat.

Li Xing, without regard for appearances, sat cross-legged and took out everything she had collected along the way from her Spiritual Pendant, laying it out on the ground like a stall.

Chu Yunyi sat across from Li Xing, quietly watching. He was too curious about what Li Xing intended to do with these poisonous items, was she planning to do Alchemy again?

But to his jaw-dropping surprise, Li Xing meant to eat them!

Watching Li Xing stack those highly toxic items into a small bundle and stuff them into her mouth, Chu Yunyi felt his heart skip a beat.

"Ah Xing, you——! Spit it out——!"

Li Xing puffed her cheeks like a drum, and before Chu Yunyi could reach her to make her gag, she chewed the moss package to pieces and swallowed it.

"What are you doing!"

Li Xing hated being disturbed while eating. If not for the fact that Chu Yunyi was the coffee sponsor, her fist would’ve swung over.

"How can you eat those things? They’re all poisonous!"

Chu Yunyi didn’t know much about plants, but he knew Song Shurun’s Battle Pet, which was still black; showing those glowing plants on the cave walls were lethal.

Li Xing sighed: "Who says something poisonous can’t be eaten?"

Chu Yunyi: "..." What kind of reckless logic is this?

Seeing his confusion, Li Xing decided to demonstrate with facts, pulling items from the ground supplies.

She first picked up a palm-sized purple leaf, spread a layer of jelly-like blue algae on it, then added finger-thick black moss, a few fingernail-sized insect eggs, an orange flower, and some green rice-sized seeds, finally sprinkling some fluorescent green powder like seasoning.

Layer by layer, she arranged these items in sequence, folded the purple leaf into a package that could be swallowed in one go, and handed it to Chu Yunyi.

"Try it."

After recovering from the initial shock, Chu Yunyi felt his earlier reaction might’ve been over the top, and awkwardly took the moss package, thanking her.

Chu Yunyi mimicked Li Xing, stuffing the moss package into his mouth, summoning the courage needed for eating rock salt crabs, and took a big bite.

The sweet taste spread through his mouth, and Chu Yunyi’s eyes widened suddenly. The next instant, thoughts of poison were forgotten, as he indulged in the moss package’s irresistible flavor.

It was the first time Chu Yunyi had tasted such delicious food in the wild; his gaze at Li Xing was full of astonishment.

Li Xing ate quickly; by now, the second moss package was down, and she was preparing the third.

While smearing the cough moss, she mumbled, "It’d be great if Qingtian were here, with some chilling it would taste even better."

Suddenly, Chu Yunyi was upset. Just cooling it down, huh, he could do that too, why was she thinking about Qingtian?

Chu Yunyi extended his hand, wrapping it around the moss package. Primordial Spirit surged, countless tiny Wind Blades appeared in the scope of his palm, quickly swirling around the moss package. Within seconds, the heat of the package was whisked away by the wind.

Feeling the temperature had dropped enough, Chu Yunyi retracted the Wind Blades and glanced at Li Xing.

Li Xing placed the cold moss package into her mouth, the crisp, refreshing taste was the epitome of earthly delight! As she chewed, she gave Chu Yunyi a thumbs-up, causing the corner of his mouth to lift, letting out a gentle hum.

After tasting the chilled version, Li Xing refused to eat the normal ones again. To ensure Chu Yunyi willingly chilled the food, Li Xing’s attitude was incredibly agreeable. Not only did she personally make the moss package for him, but she also changed his title from "Chu Yunyi" back to "Brother Chu."

If it weren’t for Li Xing’s sugary sweet approach, Chu Yunyi’s mood smoothing over the minor displeasure Qingtian caused would’ve been impossible.

The supplies scattered on the ground swiftly got devoured by the two, and patting his slightly bulging stomach, Chu Yunyi felt the psychological trauma caused by the rock salt crab get completely healed.

"Ah Xing, is the Double-Layered Garlic sick?"

"No, it’s fine." The little guy was about to sprout the seventh leaf, Song Shurun should really pay her some babysitting fees.

"Then why does it show the toxic stuff, but we eat them without a problem?"

"The Double-Layered Garlic isn’t wrong, each of these things is highly toxic on its own, but combined, one’s poison is another’s antidote, neutralizing each other, so it’s like there’s no poison."

It turned out plants could be used this way, compared to Li Xing’s skill, Lin Caier’s expertise was really insufficient.

"Actually, there’re completely non-toxic ingredients here, but they taste bad, and I don’t want to eat them. It’s already tough traveling out, why compromise on food? Why eat dog urine moss when there’s Lingzhi!"

On this point, Chu Yunyi couldn’t agree more. Thinking back to the "dog urine moss" Team Heaven’s One had been eating these past few days, he suddenly felt envious of Qingtian and the others.