Chapter 2054: The Effect Is Good

Li Xingrou, upon seeing the pill, instantly cast the earlier displeasure out of her mind.

"You've already refined it?"

She had thought she needed to urge Ye Liuyun this time, but to her surprise Ye Liuyun was already prepared.

Li Xingrou opened the pill box, saw twelve neatly arranged sixth‑grade medium‑quality pills, and couldn't help but lift the corners of her eyebrows in delight.

"At present I can only reach this level; senior sister, you can make do with these for now. Once my skill improves, I'll refine higher‑grade pills for you.

One of these pills a day is sufficient.

Senior sister, first see the effect; if it's good, I'll refine more for you!"

Ye Liuyun explained from the side.

"Then I won't be polite!"

Li Xingrou collected the pills directly.

Ye Liuyun also said, "Senior sister, no need for courtesy; just come to me directly whenever you need anything!"

Li Xingrou chatted a few more sentences, then left satisfied, hurrying back to take the pills.

Before ingesting them, she of course had someone inspect them; after confirming they were fine, she confidently swallowed them.

As a result, after one pill, her entire spirit changed at once.

Not only did her skin become smoother and finer, but her vigor also multiplied.

Even the maid attending her immediately noticed the change.

She rushed to Murong Tian, who also instantly observed her change: "Xingrou, what's making you so happy today? You look several years younger!"

"Brother Tian, you noticed too?"

It's that new Alchemist Chen Feng who refined the Youth‑Preserving Pill for me; I took one, and the effect was indeed outstanding!"

Li Xingrou said happily.

"Oh?"

Before taking the pill, did you have it checked?"

Murong Tian was indeed cautious.

"It was inspected, no problem!"

Li Xingrou confirmed.

"That's good! Looks like this kid is quite adept!"

Murong Tian also relaxed.

Li Xingrou added, "Of course! He knows Li Jian, so he must have been quietly gathering information about the Sect!"

"Hmm! The effect is good; from now on have him help refine more.

But refining pills has a cost; occasionally give him some favor so he doesn't lose too much.

He's an Alchemist; I think he understands human affairs, so we should try to befriend him as much as possible.

Just don't bully him into running away!"

Murong Tian also instructed Li Xingrou.

"Don't worry! I have it under control!"

Li Xingrou was indeed confident.

When Li Xingrou returned at night to cultivate, she was even more shocked by the Youth‑Preserving Pill's effect; she found her cultivation results were better than before.

Thus, to keep Ye Liuyun supplying her with Youth‑Preserving Pills, she specially arranged for someone to prepare rare herbs for Ye Liuyun; a few days later she personally delivered them to him.

She also praised Ye Liuyun's pills for their great effect!

Ye Liuyun also told her not to make a fuss, lest too many people ask him to refine such pills, which would overwhelm him.

Li Xingrou only wanted to become beautiful herself and certainly didn't want others to be the same, so she kept Ye Liuyun's secret.

Liu Xing, over there, was also inquiring everywhere about an antidote for the Combined Poison Powder.

After returning, he thought for a while and still felt he should not act rashly toward Ye Liuyun.

He must first confirm whether the Combined Poison Powder is truly as Ye Liuyun claimed; only Ye Liuyun has the antidote.

He even asked someone to consult Jin Qing Song.

The answers he received were all the same: outsiders simply cannot solve it.

"Damn bastard!"

In Liu Xing's mind, he had already cursed Ye Liuyun's ancestors for eight generations.

"Reporting to the Sect would definitely fail! No one would believe me.

And this kid seems to know a lot about me.

Hiring someone to act covertly won't work; this bastard's courtyard has a Seventh Layer beast... what if we kidnap the few women around him?

Those women are truly tempting!"

Liu Xing hadn't yet forgotten Huo Wu and Hua Xiangyuan.

But when he thought he had fallen for a beauty trap, he kept reminding himself to be doubly careful in the future.

In the end he still didn't dare to kidnap the hostages.

Because he didn't understand Ye Liuyun, he didn't know whether Ye Liuyun would yield for a few maidens.

If Ye Liuyun doesn't care about those maidens, then he's doomed.

More crucially, he couldn't guess what Ye Liuyun wanted him to do! From his interactions with Ye Liuyun, he saw that Ye Liuyun is also a person who hides his true abilities.

He worried that following Ye Liuyun would bring him trouble.

Thus each day he felt conflicted, pondering endlessly but unable to find a good solution.

He also didn't discuss it with anyone.

He thought that even with his intelligence he couldn't devise a solution, so others would be even less able.

Ye Liuyun, however, wasn't anxious at all; instead he spent each day seizing time to cultivate, while also improving his alchemy skill.

He also had no time to go out; most of his time he stayed in his residence to cultivate.

Jin Qing Song was very satisfied that Ye Liuyun could settle down to practice alchemy and cultivation.

Moreover, Lin Luoyi was already considered a master in alchemy.

Even Lin Xiyao was regarded as a fairly talented Alchemist.

So he felt he had gained, and he praised Ye Liuyun to anyone he met.

The pills Ye Liuyun forged while training were also considered his contribution to the Sect.

Therefore, he didn't need to go out on missions to obtain resources.

During this period he devoted himself to cultivation, and every few days he would have a grand battle using the Illusion Demon Mirror.

Now the early stage of the Sixth Layer realm is fully solidified, and it has already begun advancing toward the mid‑Sixth Layer.

On the twelfth day, Li Xingrou finished the last Youth‑Preserving Pill and immediately went to find Ye Liuyun.

"Senior sister, I'm so sorry; lately Master has given me many tasks, and I haven't found time to craft."

"How about this: after I finish the Master's pills tomorrow, I'll immediately craft one for you; you can come a bit later tomorrow, or the day after."

Ye Liuyun deliberately let her return later, wanting to see the effect after her addiction.

Li Xingrou had just taken a pill today, so she wasn't in a hurry now, thought a day's delay was fine, and left.

Originally she planned to visit Ye Liuyun the next day, but without a pill to take the following day she would feel restless, as if something was missing.

She blamed the feeling on her excessive worry about her appearance, being too beauty‑obsessed, and didn't think much of it.

She also comforted herself: "Women are naturally fond of beauty!"

Everyone who saw her these days praised her for looking younger and more beautiful, so she paid even more attention to her looks.

Li Xingrou also tried to distract herself through cultivation, but she still couldn't focus, and finally couldn't resist, so she directly approached Ye Liuyun again.

"Junior brother! Senior sister doesn't want to push you so urgently."

"But senior sister is really beauty‑obsessed; the thought of not having a Youth‑Preserving Pill makes her unable to do anything!"

She explained to Ye Liuyun.

"It's okay, I understand!"

Ye Liuyun also smiled.

He knew the pill worked well; Li Xingrou was already addicted.

So he immediately produced twelve more pills and handed them to Li Xingrou.

Li Xingrou couldn't wait to go back and take them, so she immediately grabbed a pill and swallowed it at once.