With the ability to fly, Qiqi finished gathering the medicinal flowers he needed in a very short time.
"Thank you, this is the first time Qiqi has gathered herbs so quickly."
Carrying his full basket, Qiqi said to Ryan.
"It's nothing, but next time you come to gather herbs, be a little more careful. Make sure your imperial decree is set better, so no accidents happen."
Ryan reminded Qiqi.
The main reason Qiqi was stuck by his imperial decree was that the imperial decree was set too simply, with only one instruction: climb the mountain to gather herbs.
If details about where to climb were added, he wouldn't have to worry about getting stuck in places he couldn't climb.
"Qiqi, noted."
Qiqi nodded his head, took out his notebook, and wrote it down.
Just like that, Ryan and Hu Tao, who had successfully found Qiqi, took him down the mountain together.
Along the way, the scent of sweet flowers gradually took effect, and some butterflies and bees began to gather around Qiqi.
"Oh..."
Qiqi tried to reach out a hand, wanting a butterfly to land on his finger.
Then a bee landed on it first.
Seeing this, Ryan reached out and pinched the bee, taking it away, then used his other hand to catch a butterfly flying nearby and placed it on Qiqi's finger.
"This Master will try too..."
Hu Tao also imitated Ryan, catching a butterfly and placing it on Qiqi's nose.
But the butterfly Hu Tao caught was clearly startled and didn't obediently stay on Qiqi's finger like the one Ryan caught; instead, it flew away... Just like that, Ryan and Hu Tao brought Qiqi back to Bubu Pharmacy.
Qiqi's Finches had been fed by A Gui, the pharmacist at Bubu Pharmacy, these past few days. As soon as Qiqi returned, he immediately went to feed them.
"Hmph, This Master does one good deed a day, and today's good deed ends here."
Outside Bubu Pharmacy, Hu Tao clapped her hands, very satisfied with the action of finding Qiqi.
"Oh, right, Ryan, want to try a new dish This Master developed? Guoba even said it was delicious this time."
Hu Tao then suggested to Ryan.
"Are you saying your cooking is so terrifying that Guoba will even speak human language after eating it?"
Hearing Hu Tao's suggestion, Ryan said with a wary expression.
Last time, just a tiny taste of the youyou great march had him vaguely seeing people from the other side of the boundary of death coming to greet him.
If he accidentally ate it, wouldn't his three thousand years as a fox and thirty years of cultivation all be lost here?
"How could that be? This Master's cooking is clearly delicious. Even the Guest Elder said my dishes are not of this world. Last time was just an accident."
Hu Tao immediately explained.
"Guest Elder..."
Hu Tao's words made Ryan hesitate for a moment.
Thinking carefully, the Jade Parcel and Crystal Shrimp from last time tasted quite good. Although they didn't reach Xiangling's level, they were still very good... Just like that, Ryan was once again tricked by Hu Tao into going to Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.
However, compared to his hasty escape last time, Ryan had a new realization this time.
"Director Hu, actually, your cooking would probably be quite good for alchemy."
Just like last time, Ryan tasted some delicious dishes, but when he picked up the last dish, all the hairs on his body stood on end, as if warning him.
So Ryan suggested this to Hu Tao.
"Can food also be used for alchemy? Is it that amazing?"
Hu Tao didn't know much about alchemy, so he was naturally curious when he heard Ryan say that.
"Ordinary food won't work, but Director Hu, yours can."
Ryan said with certainty.
"Is This Master that amazing? You're making me shy, tee hee~"
Just like that, Ryan packed an entire plate of youyou great march from Hu Tao, then transformed into a fox and left Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.
Several days had passed since the last refinement of the Myriad Facets to Dust Pill, and Ryan felt it was time to continue refining. After leaving Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, he went all the way up Mt. Tianheng, took out the sun and moon cup, and placed it on the ground.
This place was rarely visited, so he shouldn't have to worry about someone picking up the sun and moon cup again... Afterwards, Ryan returned to the external landscape space inside his qiankun bag.
As soon as he returned, Lime immediately came to Ryan's feet, clinging to him tightly.
It took a while for Ryan to realize that it was hungry... But he no longer had any electro crystals, as Ryan hadn't specifically collected any.
Fortunately, he knew that when he refined elixirs, elemental power would gather, which Slimes could absorb. To prevent Lime from starving, he had to start refining elixirs immediately.
He first took all the remaining sweet flowers and spent seven or eight hours refining a batch of Sweet Sweet Pills for Qiqi, a total of ten pills.
However, there were no Sweet Sweet Pills that could be gilded, so Ryan immediately began refining the next batch of elixirs.
He first checked the materials he had. He had intended to try refining elixirs with the youyou great march but suddenly changed his mind because he found he already had quite a lot of hair.
Qiqi's hair, Yanfei's hair, Hu Tao's hair, Paimon's hair.
Paimon's hair was secretly plucked when Ryan was trying to increase Paimon's friendship by gently stroking Paimon's head during their interactions.
After all, the little guy's hair quality was too good; Ryan had followed him for several days and hadn't seen him shed any hair.
"Then let's refine hair first..."
"And a bit more fox Qilin hair, let's try refining a Hair Dye Pill..."
After taking out these hairs, Ryan also plucked two strands of his own tail fur and put them into the alchemy furnace.
However, if only these hairs were used, even if all of them were kneaded together, they wouldn't be the size of a single pill, let alone after refinement. So, additional materials had to be added to form a pill.
Thus, Ryan casually threw in some herbs, then poured in a little of Osial's blood and paimon soup.
When others refine elixirs, they either aim for a specific recipe or to enhance or fuse the medicinal properties of the herbs to create the desired elixir.
But Ryan was different. Unless he followed an existing recipe from the Grand Pill Compendium, his alchemy was all about "gacha."
He only knew that the more special the materials he put in, the more special the elixir would be, but he didn't know the specific effects of the elixir until it was refined.
Just like that, Ryan began to refine these hairs and herbs.
Compared to the Sweet Sweet Pill, this time it took a full day and more... [Hair Dye Pill (3-star): After consumption, gain the ability to change hair color. Available colors are "white, light pink, brown, light purple, blue." Can be gilded.]
"..."
"Alright, alright, one type of hair, one color, is that it?"
Looking at the newly refined elixir, Ryan was speechless for a moment.
He couldn't think of any use for an elixir that changes hair color!
"Eh..."
"It seems like it could be used by Master!"
Just as he thought he couldn't find a use for it, the next second Ryan suddenly remembered that his Master's feathers were still colorful!
"Mm-hmm, I'll give it to Master after I pass the tribulation. White and blue... Although it's missing cyan, Master can make do for now."
Having made this decision, Ryan immediately prepared for his tribulation.
Passing the tribulation in the external landscape space was prone to problems, so Ryan picked up the little tuft on Lime's head and left the external landscape space through the sun and moon cup's passage.
"..."
"..."
"The Traveler made me do it."
Ryan emerged from the sun and moon cup, coming face to face with Paimon.
Paimon unhesitatingly pointed to Lumine next to him...