I Have Medicine

Chapter 603 - (First class over) Alright, actually, he doesn’t want to refuse either…

Gu Zuo’s expression was very focused as he watched the Battle Soul Pill that was about to take shape.

He was completely unaware that his image in the hearts of the many students had been updated again; he was merely trying his best not to let the refinement of this Soul Pill go wrong.

There was no helping it—although his talent was very high, when dealing with a main ingredient as difficult to control as a soul, he still had to be extremely careful. This also made his process of refining a Soul Pill far less effortless than when he refined a graded pill.

Inside the Soul Furnace, the Ghostfire Yin Flame burned fiercely.

After a moment, the hazy substances all finally merged into the pill embryo, and the pill embryo itself turned a gray-green color, full and glistening with light. However, this glimmering light was different from the usual rounded glow of graded pills; it carried a faint sense of sharpness, as if it contained a certain power that, once pierced, would surely erupt!

Gu Zuo raised his hand and plucked the gray-green pill that was spat out from the snake’s mouth between his fingers. Then, he looked at the many students and said very seriously: “The Soul Pill is now successful, but to use it, you must establish a connection with it using your own internal energy so that you can use it quickly during battle—naturally, what I mean is the martial artist’s method. However, if a Soul Pill is personally refined by a pharmacist, they can use other techniques, crushing the pill at the very beginning to release its Soul Beast. At that time, as long as the medicinal properties are not exhausted, the Soul Beast will not stop, fighting for the pharmacist.”

Speaking up to this point, he released the internal energy within his body to establish a connection with the Soul Pill. Immediately, he raised the Soul Pill, and with a flash of light upon it, a mass of phantom energy immediately burst forth, landing on the ground in front of him.

The next moment, the phantom energy quickly solidified at a speed visible to the naked eye, simultaneously revealing its appearance.

This was a mighty Primordial Ox about seven or eight zhang long, with three horns on its head, scales covering its exterior, and eyes that were vertically-slit like a snake’s, filled with a light of cruelty and savagery.

Its aura was also extremely terrifying; it seemed as if the surrounding space was compressed by it. Everyone could tell that this Primordial Ox had retained at least ninety percent of its power from when it was alive!

Gu Zuo happened to add: “Soul Pills have no ranking, but if the pharmacist’s technique is superb, the Soul Beast’s duration of use will be longer, and the power it retains will be closer to its living self.”

The Primordial Ox let out a long, resonant roar on the spot, and its aura strengthened with the sound of the roar. It seemed as though, as soon as Gu Zuo gave the command, it would attack with the fastest speed!

The students below the stage were also secretly astonished when they witnessed the appearance and capability of this Soul Pill.

The Battle Soul Pill was truly formidable!

Immediately after, Gu Zuo retracted the Soul Pill and spoke again: “When refining a pill with a soul, the suffering of the soul as the will within it is destroyed is difficult to describe. Therefore, anyone intending to use human souls to refine pills must be extremely cautious. Refining should only be done after the human soul has consented. You must not arbitrarily kill people to take their souls and refine Soul Pills.”

Upon hearing Gu Zuo say this, the students finally breathed a sigh of relief. Immediately, they all became solemn and boomed: “Yes!”

‘The fierce pharmacist could bring this up, so it seems he is not one of those utterly deranged people. That is good, that is good…’

At this point, Gu Zuo had imparted all the methods and general knowledge about refining Soul Pills to the students attending the lecture. Of course, the knowledge of refining Soul Pills could certainly not be covered in one lesson, so he was only explaining the basics now, just enough to give the students a good start.

After explaining these things, Gu Zuo put away the Soul Furnace and other items, and said again: “What I will talk about next is the Deceptive Pill.”

The students below the stage, who were still immersed in the topic of the Soul Pill, were suddenly reinvigorated upon hearing this sentence.

However, in the next moment, Gu Zuo said: “But the time is up for today. All matters concerning the Deceptive Pill will be left for the next lecture.” He then stood up. “You may leave.”

After speaking, he did not linger on the stone platform. His brow swelled, and he released his Divine Spirit again, stepping on it to land instantly.

Gongyi Tianheng watched him with a smile, extending his hand towards him.

Gu Zuo grabbed his hand, and then Gongyi Tianheng’s figure flickered. The two of them vanished from the spot.

The two coordinated perfectly, and the whole process took less than a second before they were out of sight.

It was then that the numerous students realized that Gu Zuo had left.

At the same time, more discussions erupted among them.

Truthfully, this lecture had been an excellent value for the many pharmacist students, as they learned many things they had never learned before. As for the martial artist students, they also discovered some things that were beneficial to them—especially the increased understanding of pharmacists and medicinal pills, which undoubtedly broadened their horizons.

It was just…

These four hours of class… passed too quickly.

Unknowingly, class was already dismissed!

More pharmacists began to look forward to the next lecture.

The Soul Pill was so strange that it made their hearts yearn. They wondered what kind of pill the Deceptive Pill that was to be discussed in the next lesson would be. Subconsciously, they all used their authority to flock to the numerous library buildings in the academy to search for relevant ancient texts on the Soul Pill and the Deceptive Pill.

At this moment, their level of anticipation for the next lecture had reached an unprecedented intensity.

This feeling was no less than what they would experience if a Pill Emperor were to come and teach them.

—-

After Gu Zuo left with Gongyi Tianheng, he let out a long sigh of relief.

Then, he smiled at Gongyi Tianheng: “Big Brother, how was my performance?”

Gongyi Tianheng raised an eyebrow and rubbed the top of his head: “Ah Zuo’s performance was naturally excellent.”

Gu Zuo was completely satisfied.

He had been preparing the lessons for so long, and he felt that regardless of the classroom atmosphere, the things he wanted to teach were all laid out in the proper sequence. To some degree, it must have been helpful to the students… ‘Hmm, I shouldn’t be thought of as an unconscionable lecturer who does no real work but cheats for my pay, right?’

The two walked towards their residence.

However, just as Gu Zuo was feeling good and reviewing the process of teaching the class for a while, Gongyi Tianheng suddenly spoke again: “Ah Zuo, you have finished your first lecture. It seems the matter of those invitations must now be addressed.”

Gu Zuo was startled.

‘Oh, right.’ He had received many invitations before, but he had declined them all with the excuse that he needed to prepare for the lecture. Now that the lecture was over, he definitely had to deal with the subsequent matters.

However, Gu Zuo genuinely found such matters headache-inducing.

When he was dependent on his father in the past, he was a small fry and didn’t have to worry about so many interpersonal relationships. After arriving in this different world, he had Big Brother by his side to help, so he didn’t have to deal with these things at all. Now, being suddenly pushed into the public eye… he had to admit, his pressure was immense.

And so, Gu Zuo looked at Gongyi Tianheng with a pleading look: “Big Brother…”

Gongyi Tianheng laughed: “I only meant to ask Ah Zuo to prepare, not to ask Ah Zuo to engage in pretense with people. Everyone has a different nature and different strengths. For matters Ah Zuo dislikes, your brother happens to have some ability, and I naturally won’t force Ah Zuo.”

Gu Zuo gave a light cough.

That was true. Because his Big Brother had recently intended to fully expose him to the public, he had momentarily thought the wrong way.

He should have understood that his Big Brother was just telling him to be ready to face those people, not that he had to deal with all the plotting and scheming himself from beginning to end.

After figuring it out, Gu Zuo gave Gongyi Tianheng a look of begging for forgiveness.

Gongyi Tianheng couldn’t resist pinching his face: “When have I ever blamed Ah Zuo?”

Gu Zuo let himself be pinched, feeling slightly embarrassed.

At this moment, the two had already arrived at the base of the mountain where their residence was located.

A somewhat ambiguous smile suddenly appeared on Gongyi Tianheng’s face. He leaned close to Gu Zuo’s ear, his voice slightly lowered: “However, Ah Zuo misunderstanding your brother like this makes your brother a little sad.”

Gu Zuo felt his Big Brother’s breath on his ear and couldn’t help but feel a slight heat rise from his earlobes, and a nearly imperceptible restlessness surged in his heart.

Then, Gongyi Tianheng’s voice became even softer: “Therefore, Ah Zuo should naturally compensate your brother a little…” As he spoke, his hand, he didn’t know when, had already wrapped around Gu Zuo’s waist, and one hand slowly, yet with power, slipped inside his clothes.

Gu Zuo only felt a wave of heat on his waist, and then his face also became hot.

‘Big Brother’s implication… I certainly understand.’

‘It is just, just…’

‘Alright, actually, I don’t want to refuse either…’

Immediately after, they appeared in front of their door. Gongyi Tianheng’s posture had somehow changed again; his chin rested on Gu Zuo’s shoulder, and he smiled gently, his lips lightly touching the side of Gu Zuo’s neck.

Gu Zuo held his breath.

His face was hot and his heart pounded. He turned around and hugged his Big Brother’s neck.

Then, their lips and teeth met, and their breath mingled. Gu Zuo couldn’t say anything at all… That’s right, being a man, talking is not as good as… as doing.

…

The next day, Gu Zuo woke up in the morning light, feeling a generalized pain, as if he had been run over.

When he remembered exactly why his body felt this way, his face instantly flushed. He then slowly rubbed his face and silently prepared to sit up.

Then, Gu Zuo heard a pleasant laugh, which immediately made his body stiffen.

Immediately, he turned his head with a “kaka” sound: “Big Brother…”

At this moment, on the wide bed, an extremely handsome young man lay on his side, quietly watching him, with a soft smile in his eyes and on his lips.

His physique was long and slender, his muscles evenly toned. His dark, long hair cascaded over his naked chest, with a small portion following his spine and disappearing beneath the brocade quilt covering his waist.

Gu Zuo’s gaze involuntarily followed the long hair down… his heart was beating very fast.

In such a scene… beneath that brocade quilt, they were both completely unclothed…

Recalling the events of the previous night, Gu Zuo’s breathing quickened slightly. Then, under the gaze of those deepening smiles, he silently turned his head away.

‘Well, fine. It is me who isn’t pure.’

But Gu Zuo hadn’t realized that there was only one brocade quilt on the bed, and the events of last night involved both of them. If the quilt was covering his Big Brother’s body, then he himself…

The person semi-propped up on the bed had a physique somewhere between a youth and a young man. His body was flexible and slightly lean, and the pale skin was almost entirely covered in hickies and bruises.

He, too, was… unclothed.

Every aspect of the scene was taken in by the handsome young man.

But he didn’t remind him at all.