dical pavilion backyard.
After washing his hands, Lu Jin'an sat cross-legged on the mat, a layer of scorching Dan Fire covering his hands, refining the Ice Soul Frost Flower between his palms.
Lu Jin'an always believed it was better to rely on oneself rather than others, so before stepping onto the Immortal Path, he had studied alchemy; by the age of seven, he could already make so elixirs effective for ordinary people at ho.
Now, thirteen years into his Immortal Path, his path of alchemy closely followed his cultivation, allowing him to produce most elixirs useful for Tongsheng Realm cultivators as a fourth-grade Alchemist.
At his level, he could refine the Ice Soul Frost Flower even without the aid of a Pill Furnace—in fact, no furnace was needed.
Though it was called alchemy, it was really just about refining the flower to extract the two types of dicine liquid hidden in its petals and stems.
The Ice Soul Frost Flower can be dicine, but it can also be poison.
As dicine, the petals of the Ice Soul Frost Flower, due to their cold nature, can temper a cultivator's ridians throughout the body. In the 'cold contraction' caused by the dicinal properties, combined with the 'thermal expansion' of spiritual power, the ridians beco resilient, thereby enhancing the speed and capacity of spiritual power circulation for the cultivator.
However, once the dicine liquid extracted from the stems and leaves is added, the Ice Soul Frost Flower turns into a poison, one that can freeze a cultivator's ridians and render spiritual power immovable.
Watching the Ice Soul Frost Flower in his hand gradually lt into liquid, Lu Jin'an had a mischievous smile erge on his lips.
This was the thod he ca up with to counter Zhu Nanzhi—using the crazy thod to treat a crazy body!
He was going to coat his weapon with poison, giving Zhu Nanzhi a surprise.
As for whether it would succeed—it definitely would!
Because the Naless Poison Zhu Nanzhi planted in him was targeted at the Tongsheng Realm, it couldn't possibly exceed or fall short of that.
If it falls short, it's useless; if it exceeds, the dicinal properties are too strong, making it impossible for a cultivator to have no feeling of rejection.
Therefore, Zhu Nanzhi used so unnoticed magical technique when poisoning, and this type of technique he also knew, and he was confident Zhu Nanzhi couldn't detect it.
Having successfully poisoned Zhu Nanzhi, her vigilance certainly wasn't as strong as his!
After calming himself, Lu Jin'an cast aside distractions and continued to focus intently on extracting the dicine liquid, not daring to show the slightest negligence.
The Ice Soul Frost Flower at his side was just this one, and it concerned his own future of being either a person or a Sword Spirit, so even though he'd extracted dicine liquids of the sa grade countless tis, at this mont, he held the mindset of his first refining of the fourth-grade elixir, with his eyes only on the drops of transparent dicine liquid being extracted and stored in the barrier.
Ti passed, the blood donors gathered at the dical pavilion's door after lunchti, curiously looking at the pavilion which remained closed at this hour.
Despite the noise, no one dared to demand entry.
On the eaves, Xia Ming gazed indifferently at this group of demon cultivators, pondering whether Lu Jin'an would finally treat him to a good al today.
What to eat?
As the thoughts wandered, after an unknown span of ti, quite a few demon cultivators dispersed, and Xia Ming sensed the heat of Dan Fire in the backyard subsiding.
Looking up at the sun, knowing it was just past late afternoon, he flapped his wings and flew to the backyard.
Returning to human form, Xia Ming stared at the porcelain bottle in Lu Jin'an's hand, which was collecting the dicine liquid, blinking and asking, "Weren't you going to make elixirs?"
"Don't mind the details."
Lu Jin'an, carefully filling up a bottle with dicine liquid, heaved a long sigh and a relaxed smile appeared on his face.
Xia Ming looked curiously at Lu Jin'an, knowing that although the Ice Soul Frost Flower was rare, extracting this grade of dicine liquid was second nature to the senior brother, so why did he seem so cautious?
Having packed away the porcelain bottle, Lu Jin'an stood up and walked towards the outer hall, "Open the dical pavilion door."
"Alright~" Xia Ming jogged to open the door, asking as he ran, "Senior brother, I want to eat at tonight."
"Hmm..."
Having reached the outer hall, Lu Jin'an watched as the steady stream of living blood supplies entered, sitting back in the chair behind the diagnosis desk to enjoy the afternoon sun streaming in through the lattice windows.
"Will you cook yourself?" Xia Ming eagerly gazed at Lu Jin'an, "I can go hunting."
"At a level where we don't need food anymore, aren't you still greedy?" Lu Jin'an teased.
"Senior brother, you once said that the process of cultivation is like 'Human Moves Mountains', and there's no need to abandon the desires such as emotions and culinary desires." Xia Ming justified, "Your cooking skills are so great, before you return to the sect, I need to check if your culinary skills have declined."
"Nan Zhi will bring food for later." Lu Jin'an said, glancing at Xia Ming and thinking about whether he should have her leave first?
It's not that he feared his identity being discovered, mainly he was worried about Zhu Nanzhi being jealous.
The risk of a crazy being jealous is high.
"Huh? You're not cooking, I'm really craving though, making another at dish should be okay..."
The young girl Xia Ming mumbled in a tangled expression, but Lu Jin'an listened to none of it, contemplating sothing else.
That is, the purpose of Zhu Nanzhi's visit here.
Before activating the "Great Freedom Visualization Technique" to reverse the long river of ti, Zhu Nanzhi ntioned "having to return tomorrow"; why tomorrow?
Was her purpose of coming here rely mundane interactions?
If so, with her having sealed her cultivation, she could still indulgently enjoy a period of ti, right?
Yet it happened to be 'tomorrow', a ti point when Lin Mu and Li Huangquan were likely to determine a victor in their Qi Fortune Competition...
Could Zhu Nanzhi be aiming to obtain sothing from this Qi Fortune Competition in the Nanzhuo Domain?
As the thoughts unraveled, Lu Jin'an stood up and headed outside, Xia Ming promptly following with expectant eyes and asking, "Were you persuaded by , planning to go hunting?"
"Do a favor." Lu Jin'an turned to Xia Ming, "Investigate if there's anyone or anything important around Lin Mu, especially those romantic interests of his."
Thinking it over, Lu Jin'an still felt it was more likely that Zhu Nanzhi was looking for soone. After all, a small place like Nanzhuo Domain having a seven-petaled Ice Soul Frost Flower was already a great fortune, and such things Qingmiao Palace wasn't lacking in, so the likelihood it was a person's affair was substantial.
Especially if that person bore so special physique.
Xia Ming blinked, seeing Lu Jin'an's serious expression, and seriously nodded as well, "Understood."
Lu Jin'an quickly reached out and placed a hand on Xia Ming's shoulder as she started to walk, "Just observe from afar, return if you see nothing, stay safe...
Decide the dish na, I'll cook."
Suddenly motivated, Xia Ming, without wasting words, transford back into her original form and swiftly disappeared into the sky.
Lowering his hand, Lu Jin'an ceased pondering over the matter, figuring this matter didn't greatly affect him, just wanting to grasp more intelligence about Zhu Nanzhi.
Stretching lazily, he was just about to turn around when a gentle voice sounded from behind—
"Husband and that girl, they seem very close?"
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