"Ding! Within one month, please make good use of the Healer's cheat to develop 100 kinds of poisons or practical pills. Upon completion, you will be rewarded with 100 points!"
Since obtaining the Healer cheat, it seems that she hasn't used nine-tenths of its functions except for healing Chu Mubai. This side quest perfectly suits her wishes.
And coincidentally, she had quite a few good things in her storage ring.
There are plenty of channels for reselling things in the capital. Xia Yixin, disguised as Yan Jiu, bought all the other items except those sent by Chu Mubai and used them as medicinal herbs.
What she lacks most right now are some rare medicinal herbs. After all, she has the advantage of being a medical immortal, and it would be a pity not to stock up on some in case of emergency. Some good things are easy to be discovered if they go through the Grand Tutor's mansion, and she really needs those things to make some of the pills she wants to make.
So gradually, it became no longer a secret that a generous herbal medicine dealer from the desert had come to the capital.
Xia Yixin also bought a house in the capital under the identity of Yan Jiu and hired a steward to help her collect medicinal herbs. Every time, she would pretend to drive the herbs out of the city and then secretly put them into her storage ring.
Fortunately, Chu Mubai has been busy dealing with Chu Qin's affairs these past few days, so she can find an excuse to take Xiaoman out for a while during the day without being stopped.
This leisurely life lasted for half a month.
She changed into Yan Jiu's clothes and followed the butler into the house. The butler said that someone wanted to discuss a big deal with her.
The moment the butler pushed open the door, Xia Yixin knew she was doomed. The man inside, dressed in a moon-white long robe, exuded a gentlemanly and refined air that seemed to have been tempered with ice tonight.
Chu Mubai narrowed his eyes slightly, stood up and bowed. "I am Chu Mubai. I have long admired Young Master Yan's name. It is truly better to meet you in person than to have heard so much about you."
Chu Mubai looked at the other person's figure. The man was thin and handsome, with a temperament that was three parts evil and seven parts cold. Judging from his figure, he could rule out the idea that he was a woman in disguise, but why did he feel a strange sense of familiarity with him?
Xia Yixin felt she had been careless this time and awkwardly returned the greeting. She had a feeling that Chu Mubai had come prepared this time.
Sure enough, after a few words, Chu Mubai said quietly, "It's quite a coincidence. I recently heard that Young Master Yan has purchased a hundred-year-old water spirit mushroom. Because I have been taking medicine for many years, my sense of smell is different from ordinary people. I happened to smell the water spirit mushroom at the Chu residence. I wonder if Young Master Yan knows my wife? She is also from the desert."
Xia Yixin inwardly cursed, but on the surface she remained calm. "That's right, I know your wife. General Xia once did me a favor, and I also received your wife's help when I came to the capital. She is my sworn sister. It's just some small medicinal herbs."
Chu Mubai's eyes darkened slightly. He couldn't find anything about this man named Yan Jiu, but he could tell that there was no affection in Yan Jiu's eyes when he mentioned her. Perhaps he was overthinking it. Was he really her sworn brother?
Xia Yixin was relieved to see that he seemed to have no suspicions, but his next words made her heart jump into her throat again.
"Since you are her sworn brother, how can you still live outside the mansion? Why don't you come back to the Grand Tutor's mansion with me today? It can be considered as my way of expressing my gratitude to you on behalf of the lady."
Good heavens!
She absolutely cannot move into the Grand Tutor's residence!
Xia Yixin was panicking inside, but she remained calm on the surface, refusing his offer because he was leaving the capital the next day. She then changed the subject and talked about the serious business of medicinal herbs.
Having obtained the medicinal herbs she wanted, Xia Yixin stood up, clasped her hands in farewell, and made her escape.
Leng Zhan walked up to Chu Mubai and asked, "Master, do you need us to investigate this?"
"No need. Didn't you find nothing before? This person is skilled in disguise and invisibility. Even if you investigated, it would be useless."
However, why does Yan Jiu seem more and more familiar to him the more time he spends with him?
Meanwhile, Xia Yixin changed her clothes and returned to Xiyuan.
First, he recklessly completed the 100th poison, and sure enough, he heard the system notification: "Ding! Congratulations on completing the research and development of 100 kinds of poisons or practical pills. Reward: 100 points! Total points -610!"
Through her tireless efforts, she accumulated many small porcelain bottles in her storage ring, and any one of them would be enough to astound the world.
For example, there are colorless and odorless poisons that can kill anyone within a hundred miles if crushed, and there are even medicines that can bring someone back to life as long as they have a breath left.
Of course, considering Chu Mubai's situation, she also specially made many pills for him to carry with him so that he wouldn't need to brew medicine so often when he went out in the future.
Thinking that Chu Mubai would definitely come to "talk" to her, she decided to take the medicine bottle she had prepared and go to the East Garden first.
But Chu Mubai said that he was called away by the old lady, and he didn't return until dark. Unconsciously, she fell asleep on the coffee table.
Chu Mubai stepped into the cold air and was slightly taken aback when he saw the woman sleeping soundly on the coffee table. His eyes darkened when he saw the porcelain vases in front of her.
He unscrewed a porcelain bottle, and the faint medicinal smell was the same as the medicine he had been drinking these past few days, so he guessed what it was.
He had actually had Leng Zhan keep an eye on her during this time and knew that she had been making a lot of pills in Xiyuan. He didn't expect that this girl still had a conscience and was still thinking about him.
Chu Mubai walked gently to her side and looked deeply into the sleeping woman's eyes.
She curled up, her little head tilted to one side as she rested on the coffee table, a hint of melancholy in her eyes, her pink lips tightly pursed. Even in her sleep, she still looked preoccupied.
She was a small, delicate girl, but it was as if she had been bewitched, making him think about her all the time.
His eyes darkened slightly, and by the time he realized it, his fingertips had already touched her cheek.
His usually calm heart was now rippling as if a pebble had been thrown into it.
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