Finding herbs

Xiao Fan saying so got a clear expression of confusion from the two of them.

Was Xiao Fan some mad scientist or why didn't he know how much his potions cost? He might be rich from selling all the Greenheart mix; however, one couldn't be this blind.

¨How do you know some things so well, yet not know anything about other things?¨ Fei Sun being the first to gather her thoughts questioned.

'What I'm going to say to this? Do I say that it's because I have the First Steps Towards Medicence book? No. I can't do that' Xiao Fan pondered things to himself for a moment.

¨Guess I'm just a misfit who always gathered his own suplies¨ He reasoned to them, having decided not to tell his deepest secrets.

¨That does sound like you¨ Fei Sun not knowing better believed this to be possible.

¨Now that we have a plan in mind. Fei Sun would you like to come with me to the market?¨ Xiao Fan ended the planning face and would start the actual plan.

Fei Sun knew that Xiao Fan wanted to leave Zhuan An alone for a moment got up ¨I'll come. Zhuan An can you go and register Xiao Fan for the trials?¨ She spoke to the girl, still staring at the table nervously.

Only a small nod was seen as a response from the girl indicating her agreement to this all.

Quickly leaving the room with Fei Sun, Xiao Fan didn't get far before Fei Sun reminded him about something.

¨You think that you can go to the market looking like that?¨ She spoke while her eyes wandered over Xiao Fan's wounds.

¨What?¨ Xiao Fan asked not getting what she was saying.

¨Due to your current outlook you need to put something on your face...¨ She gently said that Xiao Fan's face didn't look very presentable.

¨Oh right!¨ Xiao Fan got her remark about his face. It also reminded himself that he hadn't yet looked himself from a mirror.

¨I think I need to follow your instructions with this one¨ He said knowing well that something like covering makeup wasn't his area of expertise.

While looking at Fei Sun, Xiao Fan knew that she was an expert, at least in makeup.

Proud chuckle later Fei Sun accepted this ¨Follow me¨ She said and took Xiao Fan into a room that seemed something in the lines of a guest room.

When they got into the room, Fei Sun made Xiao Fan sit on a stool that was in front of a mirror, from where he could see that his face wasn't looking too hot.

From a black eye and a swollen lip to a few more extensive scars on his jaw and cheeks, Xiao Fan now saw that Ye Qi had truly gone on a rampage.

Seeing the extent of damage done to his face, Xiao Fan still looking at his face from the mirror asked ¨You can cover all of this?¨ while caressing his jaw with a hand.

¨Of course, a sect like ours does have quite a bit of tradition in cover makeup. Many people here use cover makeup to hide their scars¨ She conversed while finding things that she can use.

This eased Xiao Fan enough that he let Fei Sun run around his face sticking things in it and do other such procedure to his face for a while.

It didn't even take an hour before Fei Sun was ready to take out a cloth she had put on the mirror so that Xiao Fan would be surprised.

When the cloth was taken of Xiao Fan was genuinely amazed!

His face seemed as if there was nothing wrong with it. No scar no black eye nor swollen lip, everything was simply hidden by Fei Sun.

¨Looks good no?¨ Fei Sun asked her tone carrying a great deal of proudness.

¨Looks excelent¨ Xiao Fan said while again caressing his jawline with his hand, and unlike last time this time, he didn't even feel a bump on it.

¨Good. Now let's get going¨ She said, and then in tandem, they left the courtyard of Meng Chin towards the market, the place which Xiao Fan had mostly visited.

Going there Xiao Fan noticed that a few people were looking at him, yet Fei Sun saying not to care about them, he didn't get provoked.

However, as so many people were looking and whispering at him, he did become a little nervous; he still didn't like crowds.

After all, he was a person who didn't really know how to act in big groups or gatherings. Well, during fighting, he could, but this was somehow different to him.

However, as there was no one actually coming at him, he got to the market without much problems other than a slight discomfort taking place in him.

¨Is here something a kind to that place in Hangzhou, or do we need to go stall by stall?¨ Xiao Fan asked when they were at the market.

¨If you are referring to the Golden Herb shop where all the core disciples were hanging around during the tournament no there is not¨ She answered.

¨So from stall to stall it is¨ Xiao Fan spoke, to which Fei Sun nodded.

Knowing that there was no one place from where to get herbs, Xiao Fan decided to start from one side of the street and go from there.

Sure it would take a long time to check every tent shop one by one, yet there were no other options.

And like one could think the first few shops didn't even sell any herbs while the next few sold only swords and so on.

The first shop that sold herbs wasn't helpfull either as Xiao Fan seeing the herbs wanted to go the next place faster than from other shops.

From a glance, he had seen that all those herbs were completely useless, so useless in fact that he wouldn't even buy them to store them himself in case if he ever needed them.

When they had gone past Fei Sun had nudged the robe of Xiao Fan; however, seeing that he didn't stop at all, she noted that Xiao Fan didn't want to go there.

The first shop that Xiao Fan wanted to go and see more clearly was a tent shop which had a large counter of herbs.

Even from walking on the street next to the shop, Xiao Fan's nose picked up multiple smells of rare herbs from the air.

At that point, Xiao Fan knew he had hit something useful.

Coming to the counter itself, he saw just how many treasures there were in this shop.

This one counter easily held half of the herbs Xiao Fan needed to concoct something that would cure his headache that was like a hammer hitting a bell.

Trying to focus his mind that felt like multiple pieces, he began to specify which herb was which and what he needed.

It took a good while since the usual memory of his that worked perfectly due to the books was now shattered into a mush.

The memories were still perfect, but they needed to be shuffled around like a puzzle so that they would make sense.

However, in the end, it was only an inconvenience for him, and moments later as he was about to say which one he wanted he saw a familiar face.

On the other side of the counter, there was a person who Xiao Fan betted within Hangzhou.

¨Hey, your that girl from Hangzhou¨ Xiao Fan rashly exclaimed at the woman on the counter.

The woman, who had been waiting there for the customer to lift his head off the counter hadn't seen Xiao Fan's face yet.

And she wouldn't get to see it, as Fei Sun realised Xiao Fan was about to announce his identity to the whole sect.

Making quick actions, she took hold of Xiao Fan's robes and pulled him back to the streets just as the woman was about to see Xiao Fan's face.

Yet she didn't because she only saw the back of Xiao Fan flying into the streets.

When Fei Sun had pulled Xiao Fan out from the shop and a few shops more to the side she spoke ¨Why are you blowing your cover?¨

¨I didn't realise before I had said it¨ Xiao Fan said truthfully.

To this Fei Sun rolled his eyes for a moment before deciding to just be over it ¨You can't go to that shop anymore. If you need anything from there, tell me¨ She spoke focussing on the future, hoping that Xiao Fan would learn himself.

¨There are a couple of things I need...¨ Xiao Fan began to speak about different ingredients and such that he needed from the shop to Fei Sun for a moment.

Everything he needed said to Fei Sun, Xiao Fan let her go and get them while starting to think what had occurred inside the shop.

Xiao Fan did realise that he had spoken out of line too much, but what could he do? His head was a complete mess currently, having one straight thought was already a feat for him.

Shaking and slapping his head a few times while thinking on the alley, Fei Sun was already coming back to him with a bag full of herbs.

¨These herbs cost a fortune¨ She said. All of the money that she had saved had been used to buy those herbs Xiao Fan had wanted.

¨Tell me how much¨ Xiao Fan said while taking out his more lofty wallet out.

However, Fei Sun didn't say amount but nabbed a few of the bigger looking notes.

¨Hey; I'm very sure that they didn't cost that much¨ Xiao Fan refuted as he saw a few 10 000 gold coin notes missing from his wallet.

¨How do you know how much they cost?¨ Fei Sun playfully said. Her sentence, of course, noting about how Xiao Fan had said he didn't know how much the herbs would cost.

Typically Xiao Fan would be trying to get his money back right about now, but currently, he didn't want to have any more headaches on him and so let himself be extorted.

This time he would only lament about it inside his head for a moment before continuing his market run.

Unfavourably for Xiao Fan after that tent, there was no place on the same scale. There were a few herbs individually, but even they weren't enough for what he needed.

And so after running through the upper sect side of the market, they stopped for a while for a snack and to talk.

¨Do you think we can find rest of the herbs on the lower sect side of the market¨ Xiao Fan spoke under a patio of a bakery they were having a rest.

¨The lower sect market only has things that aren't worth the upper sect side¨ Fei Sun noted that the chances were slim.

¨Well, we either find the things from there, or we go and find them from the wilderness¨ Xiao Fan said.

The more time he spends under this headache, the more he was thinking about rash decisions like leaving the sect to look for specific plants.

Or so Fei Sun took it ¨These things are mostly found by luck. How are you going to discover them in the wilderness?¨She voiced that she didn't like his idea.

¨Only people who don't know where to look from will say they are found with luck¨ Xiao Fan said with a tone that almost wanted to slap Fei Sun's opinion of ¨found with luck¨.

Mostly comprehending what Xiao Fan wanted to say, Fei Sun little worried spoke ¨Are you sure that your words and actions aren't influenced by the concussions?¨

¨Yes they are. I want the pain gone so much that I'll go to the wilderness to find the plants alone if you aren't coming with me¨ Xiao Fan spoke.

Xiao Fan's decisions were very much so dictated by his concussions. He had also noted this but didn't care, as he just wanted the pain to go away.

¨Okay big boy calm down. Let's see if we find anything from the lower side before doing anything else¨ She expressed that she was giving in.