Zhang Meng smiled, held his hand back, and said soothingly, "What do you mean by half of me and half of you? Didn't I tell you long ago that we are husband and wife, no distinction between you and me. You can get a promotion, and I am your woman, so naturally there will be benefits for me too. From now on, everyone here will call me Madam Captain when they see me, don't you agree?"
Gu Mingtai grabbed her hand with a distressed look on his face and put it to his lips, sniffing it gently. "I can never win an argument with you. Every time I speak, you always have so many reasons to convince me!"
Just as the young couple was whispering, Grandma Zhang, who had gone to the kitchen to serve the dishes, came out.
When the couple saw Grandma Zhang coming, they immediately loosened their tightly clasped hands and pretended nothing had happened, each busy with their own things.
Grandma Zhang, who was walking over, curled her lips and thought to herself that these two guys, her eyes were not blind. They thought that she didn't see anything because she let go of her hand so quickly. In fact, she had seen it a long time ago.
After resolving the issue of the deep pit, Zhang Meng stayed at home for the next few days, busying herself with alchemy. On the third day after her return, she received several boxes of medicinal herbs sent by Di Zhi, but these boxes of medicinal herbs were all ordinary ones.
Thinking that someone wanted so many pills from him, Zhang Meng didn't bother to be polite and happily accepted the boxes of medicinal materials.
After five days of research, Zhang Meng finally made a decision: to try to refine the elixir! To avoid attracting attention, Zhang Meng asked Gu Mingtai to rent her an uninhabited house in the county town to use as her alchemy studio.
That evening, after dinner and a quick greeting with Grandma Zhang and Monk Jingchen, the couple left their clingy little brother behind and drove into their rented house in the county town. Seeing the formal alchemy room, Zhang Meng immediately pulled out the alchemy furnace from her backpack.
Seeing this, Gu Mingtai immediately opened the window of the house and whistled outside. After a while, a bird like a magpie flew in.
"Noble!" It turned out that the bird that flew in was the Vermilion Bird that Gu Mingtai had recently released outside to fly freely.
Gu Mingtai said "hmm" and immediately pointed at the alchemy furnace and said, "Suzaku, Xiao Meng wants to make an elixir and needs your fire."
Suzaku immediately responded cheerfully, "No problem!"
As soon as the words fell, Suzaku immediately flew upwards, and its feathers immediately turned into a fiery red, and in an instant it turned into a huge fiery red bird flying in the house.
Suddenly, a blazing red flame flew out of its mouth and fell directly into the alchemy furnace and burned.
Seeing this, Zhang Meng shouted towards Suzaku with a grateful look on his face, "Thank you, Suzaku."
Suzaku patted his feathers and said, "You're welcome. You are my treasure, and you are also my treasure! It is my honor to help you."
Zhang Meng's face turned red because of her reply, and she didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Even though this Vermilion Bird has lived in this world for so many years, the etiquette it has learned is still the same as it was in ancient times.
Gu Mingtai said to Zhuque with satisfaction, "Zhuque, in consideration of your contribution, you can stay outside for a few more days!"
Upon hearing this, Zhuque immediately said to Gu Mingtai happily, "Thank you, sir. You are so kind."
After saying this, Suzaku flew a few times, and the feathers on its body turned back into those of an ordinary bird. "My dear, Suzaku is going to fly outside first! This time, after flying outside, Suzaku realized that many changes have taken place outside!"
Gu Mingtai waved his hand at it and said, "Go ahead, but be careful. You are a bird now. Be careful not to be caught and roasted by humans."
Suzaku snorted softly, "How is that possible? I am Suzaku. How could humans in this era possibly catch me?"
Gu Mingtai nodded, "Since everything is fine, you can go now."
Before leaving, Suzaku said goodbye to Zhang Meng and Gu Mingtai, then quickly flapped its wings and flew away, flying farther and farther. Before long, its figure disappeared from the county town. Looking at the still-burning fire, Zhang Meng took out the book that Aye Guiwu had given her and opened the first page. Following the instructions, Zhang Meng added the herbs to the stove bit by bit.
"This is my first time refining an elixir. I don't dare to refine an advanced one. I plan to refine the best Qi Gathering Pill first." Zhang Meng explained to Gu Mingtai who had been guarding her.
After putting the herbs in, Zhang Meng was suddenly stunned, and her brows furrowed more and more. Gu Mingtai walked over worriedly, "What's wrong?"
Zhang Meng immediately looked up at him, "It says here that I need to refine these herbs first. Refining herbs still requires spiritual power. My spiritual power is sometimes there and sometimes not. I don't know if I can do it."
"Don't be anxious, stay calm, believe in yourself, you can do it!" Seeing that she was uneasy, Gu Mingtai immediately grabbed her hand to comfort her.
Zhang Meng bit her lip and finally nodded, "Well, I'll give it a try!"
Zhang Meng immediately closed his eyes and channeled spiritual energy into the alchemy furnace with his hands.
Soon, she felt that the spiritual power in her body was being transferred to the alchemy furnace bit by bit.
Seeing this, Zhang Meng was delighted and immediately opened his eyes to look at Gu Mingtai beside him, "Gu Mingtai, my spiritual power seems to be back!"
Moreover, she felt that this time when she was refining the elixir, her spiritual power seemed to be much stronger than before.
Suddenly, the fire in the furnace burned very vigorously, and Zhang Meng immediately smelled a burning smell in the furnace. "What's going on? The herbs inside seem to be burnt!"
Gu Mingtai frowned and immediately looked at the fire that was burning more and more vigorously. "Your fire is too strong. Adjust your spiritual power and don't let the fire burn too strongly."
When Zhang Meng heard this, he immediately nodded, took a deep breath, and slowly slowed down the output of spiritual energy.
Soon, the fire in front of them slowly died down. Zhang Meng finally breathed a sigh of relief. This time, she didn't dare to be careless anymore and focused on feeding spiritual energy into the furnace.
An hour later, a pill with a faint medicinal fragrance and a burnt smell was taken out of the furnace.
Zhang Meng put them on her palm and counted them. She looked at Gu Mingtai a little disappointedly and said, "There are only eight. Isn't that too few?"
"I heard from my master that the best alchemist can only produce a few pills in a furnace. You have eight now, which is pretty good." Gu Mingtai said.
After hearing this, Zhang Meng immediately lowered her head and glanced at the eight pills in her hand. "There's still a burnt smell. I wonder if its effect will be weakened?"
Gu Mingtai suddenly grabbed her hand. Zhang Meng, who was looking down at the eight pills, immediately raised her head and looked at him, puzzled, "What's wrong?"
Gu Mingtai immediately smiled at her, "Aren't you worried about whether the effect of this medicine will be reduced? I have a good way to test the effect of these pills of yours."
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