"I was thinking you wouldn't emerge from seclusion for a long time. Now that you've emerged, has it meant you've already broken through?"

Chu Qingxuan nodded, "Yes, Miss Zhirong also needs to work hard in her cultivation."

"Yes, Chuchu too."

After exchanging pleasantries with Chu Qingxuan, Zhi Rong suddenly said to Chu Qingxuan, "Chu Chu, while you were away, Young Master Lin Zhen came to see you several times."

Lin Zhen?

Speaking of which, she hadn't seen Lin Zhen in a long time.

"Okay."

After finishing her preparations, Chu Qingxuan flew to Chang'an Palace on her sword. As soon as she entered Chang'an Palace, she saw Gu Chang'an.

When Gu Chang'an saw Chu Qingxuan, he was also pleasantly surprised, while Lin Zhen stood next to him with a smile on her lips.

"Little Chuchu, your master has finally decided to release you!" Gu Chang'an said with a face full of resentment.

He hadn't seen his junior apprentice for a long time; life without his junior apprentice was truly boring.

Chu Qingxuan smiled and said, "Master is doing this for my own good."

Chu Qingxuan always protected Nan Muchen.

Gu Chang'an felt jealous.

Then, he waved his hand and said, "Never mind, you're his apprentice, but... come here, I have something good to show you, a new elixir formula I've developed..."

He then tried to pull Chu Qingxuan into the pill room.

Upon entering the medicine room, Gu Chang'an ran off to find the pill formulas, while Lin Zhen stood beside Chu Qingxuan and whispered something.

"Junior Sister, I think you are the one who should be my master's disciple. He won't even let me see you."

Chu Qingxuan was slightly taken aback, then raised an eyebrow, "Let's watch it together."

"Hmm." Lin Zhen said proudly, "Although I saw it, I still benefited from your fame, and I feel unbalanced."

Chu Qingxuan: "..."

What can be done? Gu Chang'an liked her when he first saw her as a child. At first, he thought she was cute, but after she showed her talent for alchemy, he liked her even more.

Although Lin Zhen is Gu Chang'an's apprentice, Gu Chang'an's affection for him is far less than that for Chu Qingxuan.

Gu Chang'an once said: "A female disciple is a treasure."

At that time, Lin Zhen's expression was unpredictable and quite captivating.

Chu Qingxuan felt that Lin Zhen's decision not to kill her was a sign of genuine kindness.

Strangely enough, Lin Zhen later started to dote on his junior sister, Chu Qingxuan.

Although the two often bicker with each other.

"Little Chuchu, come and take a look. This is the pill formula I've developed, but it seems to be missing something..."

As Gu Chang'an spoke, he took out the pill formula. Chu Qingxuan chuckled, "Junior Uncle, you are the master of pills. It's not appropriate for me to take a look."

Gu Chang'an said righteously, "You are my junior apprentice, what's wrong with showing you this!"

Lin Zhen: "..." Master, you didn't say that when I asked to see it.

At Gu Chang'an's insistence, Chu Qingxuan took it and looked at it.

She glanced at it and saw it was a youth-preserving pill. Her brows furrowed, her expression truly complicated.

"Junior Uncle, may I borrow your alchemy furnace?"

Following the steps written by Gu Chang'an, Chu Qingxuan also failed.

Looking at the dark pill, Chu Qingxuan pouted, "It still doesn't work."

"Sigh, it seems it really is useless."

Chu Qingxuan studied the pill formula carefully, then suddenly said, "Isn't something missing?"

Gu Chang'an's eyes lit up, and he snatched the prescription from Chu Qingxuan's hand. "I understand. Chu Chu, wait here, I'll go and study it some more."

After saying that, Gu Chang'an became engrossed in studying the elixir formulas.

Chu Qingxuan shook her head; her junior master really did love alchemy.