Chapter 265: Lu Yuan!! You beast, what did you do to Hanhua?

Next, Sun Hanhua basically had a face full of question marks.

Sun Hanhua was baffled by Lu Yuan's alchemy method, having never seen anyone throw all the herbs into the furnace at once like a hodgepodge when making pills.

But soon, a medicinal fragrance appeared inside the furnace.

Just smelling that hint of fragrance, Sun Hanhua felt his bottleneck was like a porcelain bottle rapidly cracking.

It felt as if, with a little extra effort, his bottleneck would shatter even without taking the pill.

Besides being shocked that Lu Yuan could refine a breakthrough‑bottleneck pill, Sun Hanhua also wanted to see exactly how Lu Yuan did his alchemy.

How is this alchemy method completely different from what I learned before?

But when Sun Hanhua's spiritual sense tried to probe into the furnace, he was shocked again.

As soon as his spiritual sense entered, it was like a clump of cotton, and in an instant the raging flames inside burned his spiritual sense to ashes.

What… what kind of flame is this?!

It's so terrifying!!

How can Lu Yuan, merely at the Qi Refining stage, control such terrifying flames?!!

Basically, while Lu Yuan spent half an hour refining pills, Sun Hanhua remained with a face full of question marks and shock.

Of course, after half an hour, Lu Yuan produced three pills, which gave Sun Hanhua another startle.

This refining speed is too fast.

A pill capable of breaking through a bottleneck must be a super‑high‑grade pill.

Even without needing the months or years that artifact refiners spend to forge a super divine weapon, such a pill would still take at least three to five weeks.

The result……

Lu Yuan… produced it in half an hour??

Is Lu Yuan really at the Qi Refining stage??

It doesn't look like it at all!!

At this moment, Sun Hanhua's gaze toward Lu Yuan was nothing but admiration.

This little mannerism is practically a copy of Su Liyan.

After producing the pills, Lu Yuan extinguished the fire, put away the furnace, and then handed one of the three pills to Sun Hanhua.

As Sun Hanhua reached out somewhat startled to take it, Lu Yuan gazed at him with a smiling, narrowed eyes and said:

"Older sister, we should count as friends now, right?"

At this moment, Sun Hanhua nodded seriously and solemnly:

"Of course!"

Leaving aside other things, just saying this pill can help me break through my bottleneck makes us definitely friends!

And not just ordinary friends!

After Sun Hanhua finished nodding, Lu Yuan gazed at him with a smiling, narrowed eyes and said:

"Since we're friends, older sister, you must absolutely not tell anyone about today's matter."

This matter must not be known to others.

Otherwise it'll be troublesome.

Not talking about others, just consider Ji Lingxiao—would he, upon learning how skilled I am at alchemy, detain me?

Not let me go elsewhere, but lock me in a little black room.

Making me refine pills every day, if I fail to produce the quantity she sets, would she whip me with a whip?

Just thinking about it is scary.

Of course, saying this might be a bit exaggerated, but Lu Yuan feels that if Ji Lingxiao knew, he would definitely try every means to keep him.

Back when Ji Lingxiao learned that his wife was formidable in cultivation, wasn't that exactly what he did?

Lu Yuan really doesn't want to go to any cultivation sect, and it's not that joining a sect would necessarily restrict his freedom.

But it definitely wouldn't be as comfortable as in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty I'm living large—the emperor is my wife, and I can do whatever I want there.

Coming to a cultivation sect to cultivate, where could it be as enjoyable as in the Great Zhou Dynasty?

Furthermore, Lu Yuan intends to lead the Great Zhou Dynasty to its peak, making the lives of its people better.

After all, that dynasty belongs to his wife, so it's his own family's.

Naturally, he must return to the Great Zhou Dynasty.

What's more, Lu Yuan plans to use cannons to counter spellcraft and star‑eradicating warships to counter heavenly tribulation.

Lu Yuan will absolutely not stay in a cultivation sect.

As for such an important matter, why let Sun Hanhua know, in case he blabs……

Hmm……

That's not because Lu Yuan has a system; having seen Sun Hanhua's label, he therefore spoke boldly.

Sun Hanhua will definitely not leak it!

As expected, after Lu Yuan finished speaking, Sun Hanhua suddenly stood up with a solemn expression, raised three jade fingers, and looked at Lu Yuan with a grave tone:

"I, Sun Hanhua, swear on my future cultivation path that if I leak the method, I will……"

Before Sun Hanhua could finish, Lu Yuan broke in with a flushed, embarrassed face:

"Heh heh heh, just remember it, no need for this—I know what kind of person you are, older sister."

Sun Hanhua blinked, then nodded at Lu Yuan with a serious expression:

"I will definitely not tell anyone."

Lu Yuan didn't say more; since he dared to let Sun Hanhua know, he naturally knew what kind of person Sun Hanhua is.

Immediately, Lu Yuan set off back to the main hall, and Sun Hanhua hurried two steps to catch up, then stood beside Lu Yuan, looking at him admiringly and said:

"Can I learn alchemy from you?"

Hearing Sun Hanhua's words, Lu Yuan grinned and said:

"Mutual learning."

Lu Yuan's alchemy is strong, but it's all thanks to the Eight Trigrams Furnace, the Six Ding Divine Fire, and his immensely powerful spiritual power.

Of course, there's also the most important Divine Alchemy.

To be frank, Lu Yuan's technique is still rather rough; he might not even fully grasp some basic alchemy stuff.

It's like a heavy-spending player in a game.

Though his technique is rough, having money and gear lets him clear stages faster than ordinary players with superb skill.

If you want to be like Xu Xu Bao Bao, spending a Rolls-Royce on a single weapon, you can also defeat Bakaer in one go.

This has nothing to do with technique.

Simply put, Lu Yuan is fully equipped with Red 17 gear.

However, Divine Alchemy is extremely useful; it needs to be studied properly, so he can't stay rough—he should properly learn the technique from Sun Hanhua.

Of course, that's what Lu Yuan was thinking.

But what Sun Hanhua heard wasn't quite that meaning.

You, Lu Yuan, are already so strong—what's there left to learn from yourself?

Sun Hanhua thought Lu Yuan was just being polite, and felt that Lu Yuan, who spoke to Su Liyan like that, was truly a very humble person~

So Sun Hanhua didn't take Lu Yuan's words seriously, just nodded repeatedly, then, like a curious baby, looked at Lu Yuan and said:

"Why do you dump all the ingredients in at once when making alchemy?"

Normally, alchemy involves placing the herbs one by one.

This allows the alchemist to control the heat more precisely.

Dumping everything in at once…… even with immense spiritual power, you couldn't control it, right??

As for Sun Hanhua's question, Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow and explained:

"They are all put in, but that doesn't mean they're all refined together; they're done one by one, with the other ingredients set aside, first warmed by the low fire inside the furnace."

"That way, the refining time for the other herbs can be shortened……"

Hmm……

Actually, Lu Yuan was just trying to be lazy.

Anyway, Lu Yuan's spiritual power is strong enough to easily control the herbs inside the furnace.

So he just dumped all the herbs in.

It's like cooking: a normal chef has one stove, while Lu Yuan has seven or eight.

One pot is boiling, another steaming, another frying, another pan-frying.

That's pretty much the idea.

Cooking this way is fast…… no…… doing alchemy this way is fast, right? Originally the herb would take five minutes to bake, but by pre‑warming it with low fire, when it's time to bake that herb, it only takes a few seconds.

Isn't that saving time?

Of course, Lu Yuan couldn't just tell Sun Hanhua that, or it would seem low‑class.

So he had to put on an act.

And Sun Hanhua's admiring gaze toward Lu Yuan grew even brighter after hearing his words.

Alchemy can be done like this?!

I've never heard of this before!!

This way of making alchemy surely also improves the quality of the pills produced, right?

Perhaps this new method can also produce other kinds of pills.

The pills that can break through bottlenecks aren't they made this way?

For a moment, Sun Hanhua felt as if he'd opened the door to a new world, standing beside Lu Yuan, seriously pondering.

Lu Yuan also didn't know what Sun Hanhua was pondering.

Soon after entering the main hall, he saw his wife still continuing.

Lu Yuan didn't disturb her, sat at his own table, and started eating.

After following Lu Yuan into the main hall and thinking for a while, Sun Hanhua wanted to say something, but seeing Lu Yuan eating, he ended up not speaking.

Then he got up and left the main hall again.

Lu Yuan didn't bother with Sun Hanhua; after that incident, their relationship was basically settled.

There shouldn't be any more cases of losing rank just like that.

After eating a bit, Lu Yuan sniffed his nose, hmm……

How come……

He kept sensing a burnt smell, huh??

Did the dish burn?

Lu Yuan pushed aside the plates of food in front of him, blinked blankly, and said, 'Not burnt……'

Where's the burnt smell coming from??

Lu Yuan couldn't figure it out.

Afterward, Lu Yuan lowered his head and ate voraciously, not caring.

When he finished eating, Lu Yuan didn't tidy the table, just lay down on the floor and pulled out Divine Pill Heart to read.

Here the main hall has wooden floors, spotless and clean.

After an unknown amount of time, a sound echoed inside the hall.

Lu Yuan set the book down, glanced, and saw his beautiful, mature, enticing wife had awakened.

Su Liyan slightly opened her beautiful eyes; her spiritual energy and heart method had not yet fully dispersed.

Su Liyan's beautiful eyes still flickered with a trace of blue light, looking extremely mysterious.

However, this flash of light passed in an instant and quickly dissipated.

At that moment, Su Liyan, having opened her eyes, immediately looked toward the direction of her husband inside the hall.

Su Liyan's current expression was somewhat complicated, hard to describe.

A mix of excitement, admiration, and affection all jumbled together; once Su Liyan came to her senses, she immediately sprang up and lunged into her husband's arms.

Lu Yuan had already guessed it; as soon as his wife opened her eyes, he immediately set down the book in his hand.

After his wife lunged at him, Lu Yuan immediately smiled, opened his arms, and drew her alluring, voluptuous body into his embrace.

This voluptuous, soft, mature body—Lu Yuan really hadn't kneaded it like this in a long time.

This feel is still just as satisfying as before~

Soft and elastic~

In her husband's embrace, feeling his caresses, Su Liyan gazed at him, extraordinarily beautiful and shy, and said in a coquettish voice:

"Brother~~ how are you so amazing~~"

Even before cultivating, Su Liyan had absolute faith in her husband and believed he would surely improve.

But when this actually happened, Su Liyan still found it unbelievable.

The love she felt for her husband in her heart was about to overflow.

Lu Yuan didn't pick up on that; instead, while holding his wife, he smiled and said:

"Have you eaten? What should we do now?"

Su Liyan, blushing shyly and seductively in his embrace, blinked her bewitching beautiful eyes and then said in a coquettish voice:

"Hmm~~ should we clean up the bowls and chopsticks? ~"

Lu Yuan was taken aback, then raised an eyebrow, clicked his tongue, and wore a displeased expression.

And Su Liyan, after a moment's pause, instantly understood what her husband meant and what he wanted to do.

The next second, Su Liyan's extraordinarily beautiful face instantly flushed crimson, almost reddening to the roots of her ears.

Immediately, Su Liyan shyly rose from her husband's embrace and said:

"Brother~ I'll go heat the water first~ Let's take a bath together~"

Having said that, Su Liyan shyly walked toward her room in the side hall.

Lu Yuan simply lay on his side on the floor of the main hall, propping his head with one hand.

Watching his wife's shy, hurriedly retreating back, he couldn't help but chuckle.

His wife hadn't changed; down there she remained forever this shy and alluring, making one unable to let go.

Just didn't know if things upstairs had changed.

After Su Liyan had heated the water, Lu Yuan, under the tender ministrations of his wife's delicate hands, removed his clothes and stepped into the wooden tub; soon Su Liyan also shyly climbed in.

The room is still quite spacious; in this main hall, the rear chambers are where Ji Lingxiao usually resides, while the left side hall is Su Liyan's alone, and the right side hall belongs to Sun Hanhua.

Also didn't know where Sun Hanhua had gone; since he left earlier, there's been no sign of him.

Of course, Lu Yuan also couldn't be bothered to care.

After the two finished bathing, Lu Yuan could hardly wait and directly embraced his wife as he headed for the low platform.

Su Liyan's beautiful face, shyly, hid itself in her husband's embrace.

……

The next day, morning.

Ji Lingxiao returned.

Although because Lu Yuan had arrived, Ji Lingxiao also knew Lu Yuan's character; he was certain to torment his precious disciple all night.

From then on, he expected it to always be like that, so Ji Lingxiao didn't come back to stay, to avoid Lu Yuan and his precious disciple being unable to restrain themselves.

As for such matters, Ji Lingxiao had no objection; this was quite normal, while suppressing human desires would be abnormal.

However, having done it, the important thing is to make sure she doesn't get pregnant again.

That hassle—why talk about having so many children when you already have a son?

So Ji Lingxiao needed to come back and have a talk.

But when Ji Lingxiao returned, he was stunned by the sight before him.

This??

This place here has been burned?!

How come everywhere is smoked black?

Ji Lingxiao stared in disbelief for a moment, then saw Sun Hanhua standing before a black cauldron.

This black cauldron seems to be Sun Hanhua's previous jade…

Ji Lingxiao didn't bother to think further, hurried over to Sun Hanhua; fortunately Sun Hanhua hadn't changed, and the startled Ji Lingxiao quickly asked:

"What… what happened??"

"Hanhua you…"

Sun Hanhua wanted to say that he was learning a new alchemy method from Lu Yuan.

But thinking it over, if he said that, wouldn't it be telling Ji Lingxiao that Lu Yuan can do alchemy?

That wouldn't do.

So, after a moment's hesitation, Sun Hanhua immediately blinked and said:

"It's fine, I just suddenly thought of a better alchemy method."

Ji Lingxiao stared blankly at Sun Hanhua before him, and at everything dark around.

You call this a better alchemy method??

The fact that Sun Hanhua didn't say he learned it from Lu Yuan doesn't mean Ji Lingxiao can't figure it out.

About two or three seconds later.

Ji Lingxiao said through gritted teeth while walking toward the main hall:

Lu Yuan!! You beast, what exactly did you do to Hanhua!!

Happy New Year~~

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