Lin Chen carried An Ningning up the mountain.
An Ningning lay on Lin Chen's back, feeling a bit shy, yet inexplicably excited inside.
"What are you doing up the mountain so late?" Lin Chen asked.
"I need to go to the back mountain, for initiation!" An Ningning replied.
"You want to join the dicine Sect too?" Lin Chen laughed.
"Yes, I do! You wouldn't be joining too, would you?" An Ningning asked.
Lin Chen was speechless: "Why can't I join?"
An Ningning realized her words might have sounded ambiguous and quickly explained: "Generally, those who join the dicine Sect are from big families and wear branded clothes. It's the first ti I've seen soone so plain as you."
The dicine Sect is a unique sect among the Hidden Gates of China. To achieve anything, one must practice repeatedly with a large amount of Spiritual dicine, which is very costly.
Therefore, families of the sect's mbers are either wealthy or powerful, making it impossible for ordinary people to join.
Lin Chen smiled faintly: "I am self-taught."
"Self-taught? I guess you'll be eliminated in the first round." Although An Ningning didn't say it out loud, she really didn't have much confidence in Lin Chen.
Half an hour later, they finally reached the mountain top.
At that mont, a young man in white saw Lin Chen and An Ningning and was montarily stunned.
Though he didn't speak, a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes.
This white-clothed youth was Yao Lei, a mber of the Yao family from Kuncheng, who had been pursuing An Ningning.
However, An Ningning wasn't interested in him and had always been very indifferent.
Despite Yao Lei's exhaustive efforts to woo her, sending gifts on every festival, An Ningning remained as cold as ice, not even willing to hold hands, let alone speaking to him.
Seeing his goddess being carried by another man today, how could he not be furious?
"Kid, what have you done to Ningning? Why are you carrying her?" Yao Lei shouted angrily.
"Yao Lei, what's your problem? I just like being carried by him, do you have an issue?"
Having chatted with Lin Chen all the way up, An Ningning was now very familiar with Lin Chen.
From childhood till now, An Ningning had never chatted so happily with a guy.
She didn't know why, but Lin Chen seed to have sothing special that attracted her, and she now regarded Lin Chen as a friend.
Seeing Yao Lei shouting at Lin Chen, An Ningning was naturally displeased.
"Ningning, I didn't an it that way, I'm just worried you might have encountered a bad guy." Yao Lei quickly explained upon seeing An Ningning was upset.
"Bad guy? I twisted my ankle on the way, he carried up the mountain, otherwise I'd have spent the night halfway up." An Ningning said.
"Oh, that's what happened!" Yao Lei let out a sigh of relief after hearing An Ningning's explanation.
Then he took out two hundred-yuan bills from his pocket: "Kid, here's your reward, leave Ningning to now, you can go down the mountain."
Yao Lei wore a smug expression, appearing condescending and charitable.
Lin Chen looked at the hundred-yuan bills in Yao Lei's hand and a faint smile appeared: "This brother is really generous, does this woman an just two hundred to you?"
"What do you an?" Yao Lei's eyes turned cold upon hearing Lin Chen's words.
"I an a good dog doesn't block the way, I need to take this girl into the mountain for treatnt, please get out of the way." Lin Chen huffed coldly.
"Treatnt? By you?" Yao Lei snorted coldly.
Yao Lei looked at An Ningning smugly: "Ningning is getting tested tomorrow, our Yao family's muscle-relaxing powder is very effective for injuries like yours. Let spray so dicine for you."
An Ningning was tempted upon hearing Yao Lei's words.
After all, the test was happening early tomorrow morning, and with her injured foot, she wouldn't be able to complete it.
"Ningning, our Yao family has a special dicine that can make you not feel pain in a short ti, ensuring you complete tomorrow's test." Yao Lei proudly took out a porcelain bottle as he spoke.
Upon hearing this, An Ningning's eyes brightened. The Yao family was known for their dicine for bruises and sprains, and she had heard about the dicine that could temporarily eliminate pain.
This ti she was determined to enter the dicine Sect, and after a mont of thought, she decided to seek Yao Lei's help.
But just as she was about to speak, Lin Chen's figure flashed and suddenly appeared in front of Yao Lei, his hand reaching out, and the dicine bottle was already in his hand.
"My dicine!" Yao Lei felt his hand lighten as the porcelain bottle vanished.
Lin Chen opened the bottle, poured a few drops into his palm, and sniffed it with his nose.
"What you ntioned is just a kind of anesthetic powder; although it temporarily makes one forget pain, it aggravates the injury, causing lifeti harm if problems occur." Lin Chen said solemnly.
"What nonsense are you saying? That's our Spirit Pill, there's no problem with it." Yao Lei responded coldly.
Lin Chen snorted coldly: "This potion's formula is made of nine grams of Poppy, three grams of Jasmine root, thirty grams of Angelica, 0.9 grams of Calamus, boiled with Datura flowers. This potion only numbs nerves when applied on the foot, how could it cure foot injuries?"
Yao Lei's face changed dramatically upon hearing Lin Chen's words: "How, how could you know the formula for our family's secret dicine?"
Lin Chen sneered: "Seems like I was right, huh?"
Yao Lei's face turned ashen. He never imagined that Lin Chen could accurately state the secret formula of their family's anesthetic powder.
An Ningning slightly frowned and asked Yao Lei: "Is this dicine really effective?"
"Of course it's effective!" Yao Lei said smugly.
"Yao Lei, please help ." An Ningning said through gritted teeth.
This ti she had to enter the dicine Sect, no matter the cost.
"Are you crazy? If you overexert yourself, you might be limping for the rest of your life." Lin Chen couldn't hold back his anger seeing An Ningning risking a leg injury while still using the dicine.
"I can't lose this ti, I must enter the dicine Sect." An Ningning said earnestly.
Yao Lei looked smug: "You can use this dicine, but you must agree to be my girlfriend."
"You..." An Ningning's face turned sour upon hearing Yao Lei's words.
"An Ningning, if you can't enter the dicine Sect this ti, then your An family will go bankrupt. Think about the consequences. Right now, only I can save you and your family." Yao Lei's eyes showed a lewd gleam.
He had already made up his mind; once he got An Ningning, he would thoroughly mistreat her.
An Ningning's expression grew worse, though she deeply disliked Yao Lei, when she thought of her parents' expectant eyes, she finally compromised.
"Fine, I agree to it." An Ningning said through gritted teeth.
Yao Lei's face lit up with joy upon hearing An Ningning's consent.
"Don't worry, Ningning, I'll treat you well." Yao Lei said excitedly.
"Wait!" Just when Yao Lei was about to pull An Ningning away from Lin Chen, Lin Chen stopped him.
"Lin Chen, thank you for carrying up the mountain, I'll pay you double, but I must enter the dicine Sect, so please don't interfere." She said as she tried to free herself from Lin Chen's grip.
However, Lin Chen tightly held her wrist and said earnestly: "I can heal your foot injury."
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