Lu Hong looked at the tightly shut Alchemy room.
She touched the top of her head.
The spot where Su Bai had just knocked still throbbed faintly.
But Lu Hong felt a little happy inside.
"Aunt Su didn't refute my words just now, does that mean she actually..."
"No, no!"
Lu Hong quickly shook her head.
What if she was overthinking it?
But...
"Next time, can I be more proactive, more daring..."
"But I'm a little worried."
Lu Hong's heart was in a tangle at this moment.
She wanted to get closer to Su Bai.
But what if she didn't get the measure right and instead caused Su Bai's disgust?
However, if things continued like this...
Thinking of some of Xu Changge's intimate actions towards Su Bai before, she felt envious and jealous again.
"Aunt Xu and Aunt Su have known each other for so long, it's normal for them to have a good relationship."
She could tell that Xu Changge was actually testing Su Bai too.
But no matter how much they tested each other, they couldn't figure out Su Bai's true attitude.
After all, Su Bai's expression had always been calm.
No matter what storms, laughter, or scolding came her way, she didn't react much.
Lu Hong even suspected that Su Bai was perhaps emotionally detached, which was why she didn't have much of a reaction.
But that wasn't it.
Su Bai was very normal; at least her emotions were normal.
"Ah, Aunt Su, why must you be so tormenting?"
Lu Hong frustratingly flopped onto the bed, burying her face in the quilt.
Then, she took out a teacup from her Storage Pouch.
This was an item Su Bai had once used, and she had collected a few others.
Gazing at the teacup in her hand, Lu Hong extended a slender finger to rub the bottom of the cup, her eyes gradually becoming hazy...
At this moment, inside the Alchemy room.
Su Bai looked at the Millennium Spirit Gathering Spiritual Plant in the Pill Furnace with some frustration.
The difficulty of refining this Millennium Spirit Medicine far exceeded her imagination.
"It looks like this will be a prolonged battle!"
Looking at the Spirit Gathering Spiritual Plant, which showed no change under her Foundation Establishment Spiritual Fire, Su Bai's expression became serious.
She took out Medicinal Pills to replenish spiritual power and placed them beside her, just in case.
"I'm determined to refine this Medicinal Pill. Today, let me see whether the Millennium Spirit Medicine is tougher, or my Su Bai's Spiritual Fire is more powerful!"
"Burn!"
Su Bai snorted coldly, her hand seals began to change, increasing the fire's intensity.
And this Millennium Spirit Medicine was indeed tough.
A month passed just like that.
Su Bai stared into the Pill Furnace, not letting down her guard even though the Spirit Gathering Spiritual Plant was just a tiny bit away from being completely refined.
She continued to focus intently, constantly sending hand seals into the Pill Furnace.
At this time, Lu Hong was sitting in the herb garden outside, Cultivating the Medicine King Canon.
Traces of plant essence were slowly absorbed into her body.
Lu Hong opened her eyes, looking at the still tightly shut Alchemy room.
She could feel the heat of the flames from there.
This high temperature had lasted for a month already.
Before, when Su Bai performed Alchemy, it seemed she had never taken this long.
This made Lu Hong curious about what kind of Medicinal Pill her Aunt Su was refining.
Two more days passed, and the Millennium Spirit Gathering Spiritual Plant was finally refined.
Seizing this opportunity, Su Bai quickly wrapped the refined spiritual liquid with flames and immediately began refining other Spirit Medicines.
The other Spirit Medicines were all relatively common Spirit Medicines.
The difficulty of refining was greatly reduced, and it only took half a day to complete the refinement.
"Finally, it's time to refine all the refined spiritual liquids into Medicinal Pills!"
"Come on, with my status as a High Grade Alchemist, this attempt should be a piece of cake."
"Pill formed!"
As Su Bai shouted loudly, boom!
A huge explosion sounded.
Lu Hong shielded herself with one hand, a spiritual power shield already activated.
But even so, she was blown back a few steps by the impact of the explosion.
"Aunt Su!"
Lu Hong looked in surprise at the huge crater slowly emitting black smoke in front of her.
Various destroyed fragments were falling everywhere in the sky.
She was a little worried.
This was an Alchemy failure, a furnace explosion.
Just as Lu Hong was about to run into the crater, Su Bai's voice came from above.
"I'm fine."
Su Bai's Daoist robe was somewhat damaged, with most of her sleeves and skirt hem gone.
But her exposed fair arms and cute, round feet indicated that Su Bai was not injured.
Her bare feet stepped on the soil.
Su Bai held a piece of Warm Jade in one hand.
This was Lu Hong's Warm Jade bed.
It had been blasted away along with the Pill Furnace during the explosion.
Su Bai frowned, looking at the Warm Jade bed, which was full of cracks, with some heartache.
This had cost eight thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
It had actually been damaged.
Su Bai felt heartache for the Warm Jade bed, while Lu Hong felt heartache for Su Bai.
Although Su Bai's sleeves and skirt hem were gone from the explosion, and there were no obvious external injuries, Lu Hong still nervously scrutinized Su Bai's body.
"Aunt Su, are you alright?"
"I'm fine, it was just an Alchemy failure. I was careless."
The only Spirit Medicine that had gone out of control during this Alchemy session was the Millennium Spirit Gathering Spiritual Plant.
Putting down the Warm Jade bed, Su Bai flicked her hand.
A hand seal appeared in the air, and then a light rain began to fall from the sky, extinguishing the rolling thick smoke and flames.
Then Su Bai looked around again.
Lu Hong had originally been Cultivating in the herb garden, and the herb garden was also some distance from the Alchemy room. In addition, with Lu Hong's protection, the herb garden suffered no losses.
If the herb garden had suffered significant losses, Lu Hong's Medicine King Canon might have failed in its Cultivation.
"It also counts as gaining some experience. The next time I perform Alchemy, it won't explode."
She mentally reviewed the scene of the Alchemy just now.
Su Bai silently used her Divine Sense to simulate the Alchemy process again in her mind.
She now had a better grasp of the upcoming Alchemy.
Su Bai's hands once again formed hand seals.
She used Earth-elemental Spells to fill the crater in the ground.
Then she used spiritual power to fell giant trees one by one, quickly breaking them down into suitable timber.
A brand new pavilion was effortlessly rebuilt in Su Bai's hands.
Among the Spells Su Bai mastered, there were many similar ones.
She could even directly use Wood-elemental Spells, striking the ground to make large trees grow into rooms themselves.
However, the style of the rooms created that way did not match Su Bai's aesthetic, so she didn't use it.
"It's just a pity about this piece of Warm Jade. Never mind, I'll nourish it and see if it can recover."
"Later, you can use my Warm Jade first."
"Oh, right, you should stay in the herb garden for now. I still need to perform Alchemy later, so let's not have another furnace explosion."
Having said that, Su Bai took out her own Warm Jade and handed it to Lu Hong.
She also built a small hut in the herb garden.
Then, she casually took off her damaged Daoist robe and handed it to Lu Hong.
"You can dispose of this ruined clothing for me. I'm going to continue with Alchemy."
"Sigh! The Pill Furnace exploded, so I have to refine a new one. What a hassle."
Su Bai, now only wearing her inner garment, grumbled as she returned to the newly built Alchemy room.
Meanwhile, Lu Hong held the Daoist robe Su Bai had just taken off.
Although the Daoist robe was shattered and had the scorched smell left by the explosion, it had just been taken off!
Feeling the warmth on the Daoist robe, Lu Hong's breathing quickened, and her eyes lit up!
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