"Of course, I was only banking on you not making a move. I wasn't completely certain."
Jiang Xinghai stared at the dazed woman in black. "So, are you satisfied with my answer?"
"Even if I had tried to kill you, you could have subdued instantly, right?" the woman in black sighed.
"Don't be discouraged. I'll give you a chance to kill ."
Jiang Xinghai said with a straight face, "Of course, if you fail more than three tis, you must be prepared to submit to completely."
"Submit to you?" The woman in black gritted her teeth.
"What else? I can't just keep a woman around who's always trying to kill , can I?" Jiang Xinghai grinned.
The woman in black fell silent.
'Just how confident is this Jiang Xinghai?'
'But his confidence isn't baseless.'
'After all, since Jiang Xinghai could kill Wanyan Xiong, a Great Venerable, his own power must be even greater.'
'And she was rely a Ninth-Grade Master. Faced with such absolute power, she probably wouldn't even get a chance to strike!'
"How about this? I'll give you a hand and help you improve your strength," Jiang Xinghai suddenly chuckled.
"Help improve my strength? So I can get stronger and then take your life? Isn't that just asking for trouble? Are you an idiot?" the woman in black sneered, firing off questions.
But Jiang Xinghai had a well-reasoned analysis. "After all, you gave your most precious first ti. It's only natural that I help you in return."
"Then how would you help ?" The woman in black decided to play along.
"Tomorrow, I'll go find an Alchemy Cauldron and refine a batch of Gathering Essence Pills..."
"What? Wait!"
The woman in black cut Jiang Xinghai off. "Did you say you're going to refine a batch of Gathering Essence Pills?"
"Is there a problem?" Jiang Xinghai asked.
"You also know Alchemy?" The woman in black looked at him, utterly astonished.
"It's just Alchemy. Is it that difficult?" Jiang Xinghai waved his hand dismissively.
"You..."
The woman in black pursed her lips and, finding it all incredible, continued, "Fine. I'll tentatively believe you know Alchemy."
"Don't worry. I guarantee I'll refine a batch of Gathering Essence Pills, and I'll give you a few when I'm done," Jiang Xinghai said as he got dressed.
"Give a few?!"
The woman in black could no longer contain her shock and grabbed Jiang Xinghai's hand.
"You should get dressed before you catch a cold," Jiang Xinghai said earnestly.
"Jiang Xinghai, do you have any idea what a single Gathering Essence Pill is worth on the market?"
The woman in black was very serious. "Getting just one requires enormous connections and funds, and you're daydreaming about refining an entire batch?"
"Are there no Alchemists left in the secular world?" Jiang Xinghai genuinely didn't know about this.
"Alchemists? Heh... Alchemists went extinct long ago!" The woman in black was speechless. She shook off Jiang Xinghai's hand and quickly got dressed.
'Thank goodness Jiang Xinghai reminded , or I'd still be naked!'
"Hahaha, that's fantastic!"
Jiang Xinghai burst out laughing. "Since Alchemists have long since vanished from the world, if I casually refine a batch of Gathering Essence Pills, won't I be rolling in money?"
"Jiang Xinghai! Are you really an Alchemist, from a line that was thought to be extinct?" The woman in black's heart pounded as she studied his expression.
'This doesn't look like an act!'
"Don't call by my full na; it's too formal," Jiang Xinghai said, bouncing the Dark Moon Dagger in his left hand while his right arm wrapped around the woman's slender waist.
"If you really are an Alchemist, what's to stop from calling you my husband?"
Suddenly, the woman in black spoke with great solemnity. "Including the origin of this dagger, who is behind ... everything you want to know, I can tell you in full detail. But on one condition: are you really an Alchemist?"
"Of course. The real deal, guaranteed."
Jiang Xinghai mused, "As long as I have the dicinal ingredients I need—preferably Third Grade or higher—a batch of Gathering Essence Pills is a simple matter."
"Third-Grade ingredients?" The woman in black was stunned speechless once again.
'Even First-Grade ingredients are priceless and impossible to find on the market!'
"You still haven't told your na," Jiang Xinghai's tone softened.
"Chu... When you've refined the Gathering Essence Pills, I'll tell you everything," the woman in black pouted, finally saying.
"Then I'll just call you Chuchu for now."
Jiang Xinghai weighed the Dark Moon Dagger in his hand and waved her away. "You can go. I'll refine a batch of Gathering Essence Pills within three days. Then, we will each fulfill our promises to the other."
"Alright. I'll find you again in three days." Chuchu turned and vanished into the night.
'She didn't desperately need the Gathering Essence Pills—her father did!'
'If she could get Gathering Essence Pills from Jiang Xinghai, she could leave the Black Cloak and no longer be coerced!'
Jiang Xinghai had no intention of holding Chuchu captive. This woman still had great use to him.
Nor did he plan to make her a slave; otherwise, any future intimate encounters would be far too dull.
He tossed aside the chef's uniform, reverted to his original appearance, and rushed toward the foot of Luolin Mountain.
"Divine Doctor Jiang?"
"You're only just arriving?"
Just as Jiang Xinghai reached the foot of the mountain, he saw Ye Zhiqiu and Mi Hong getting out of their car.
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