Ji Fengyao was momentarily stunned and stumbled forward as Shang Beiyu pulled her along, almost bumping into him. She quickly took two steps back to distance herself from him, saying, "It's nothing."
A faint fragrance emanating from the young female bandit wafted past my nose.
A hint of disappointment flashed across Shang Beiyu's eyes. He suppressed his urge to possess her and said softly, "Hurry up and refine the pills. I see quite a few people from the Ninth Prince's Mansion in the mountains outside. They must be looking for you. The sooner you finish refining the pills, the sooner you can go back and have peace of mind."
Ji Fengyao: "..."
The way he talks, it's like he didn't kidnap her.
It wasn't that she was just being playful and impulsive, but rather that she came here on her own.
Trying to win me over with sweet talk? Do you think I'm that easy to fool?
However, Ji Fengyao wasn't foolish enough to argue with him. On the surface, she obediently went into the house to prepare to start refining pills.
Seeing that Shang Beiyu had also come in and was already seated, showing no intention of leaving.
Ji Fengyao held the alchemy furnace in her hands and said, "Senior, according to the rules of alchemy, outsiders should stay away when alchemy is being refined, otherwise it is easy to be distracted and cause the alchemy to fail."
"It's alright, I have plenty of spiritual plants," Shang Beiyu said in a low voice, sitting up even more upright.
Ji Fengyao: "...It might explode."
"With your current strength, it's fine," Shang Beiyu said, glancing at the alchemy furnace in Ji Fengyao's hand. "It's a good opportunity to get you a better alchemy furnace."
Ji Fengyao: "Hehe, then I really thank you, senior!"
This young lady was raised in luxury by my master. What rare spiritual plants and high-level alchemy furnaces haven't I seen? Listen to you pretending to be rich here!
Oh well, the Spirit Gathering Pill isn't exactly a rare medicine anyway. She can refine it without the unique alchemy techniques of the Pill Sect, it'll just be a bit more laborious.
Ji Fengyao skillfully started the furnace, disguising the extreme fire as ordinary alchemical fire.
Then, following the recipe for the Spirit Gathering Pill, they methodically put each spiritual plant into the furnace, and then used alchemy techniques to activate the extreme fire to refine them into a pure medicinal liquid.
At the moment the flames ignited, Shang Beiyu felt a vague sense of familiarity:
He seemed to have sensed the aura of fire somewhere before. However, the aura was too faint, and he was only a fragment of his soul projection, so he couldn't perceive it clearly.
Or perhaps, his true self had actually seen the little bandit's past life?
At that time, his true self was focused on finding the destined person who could help him achieve enlightenment, so he did not notice the cute little guy.
"Your Majesty, we've found the Crown Prince. He has indeed been controlled by the Ninth Prince and is currently being watched by the Ninth Prince's guard, Wuhen, and his men." From the shadows outside the window, Xiaojianzi's secret voice transmission rang out.
Shang Beiyu stared intently at the little bandit girl as she focused on refining pills, without even lifting an eyelid: "Kill her, and release the Crown Prince."
"Yes, Your Majesty," Little Cocoon replied, about to leave, but then glanced at Ji Fengyao, who was refining pills inside, and added, "Your Majesty, the two maids beside Princess Chonghe, one named Xique and the other Bailu, are also there, you see..."
Shang Beiyu frowned slightly and quickly said, "These two girls are highly valued by her, so they must not be killed... In that case, just knock them unconscious, and don't kill them. You take the Crown Prince back to the horse farm alone, and you don't need to worry about the rest. The Crown Prince will take care of it."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Little Cocoon accepted the order and left.
Ji Fengyao noticed that people were coming and going, and she was worried that they might have discovered her master and brother. Before she knew it, the medicine furnace in the alchemy furnace was cleaned, and a strong burnt smell filled the air.
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