Chapter 68

【Yuelao System: The Taiji divides into two forms, Yin and Yang are originally one. Sitting in the Palace of Harmony, managing the marriage registry, men and women in love, descendants without end! Our goal is to Let the World Be Full of Love.】

【Initial Task: Please create a CP in this world; Reward: Pan Jinlian's Bamboo Pole.】

【Task to create a CP in the world (Completed); Reward: Pan Jinlian's Bamboo Pole (can be retrieved at any time).】

【Pan Jinlian's Bamboo Pole: Those struck by this bamboo pole will develop lust for the wielder and trigger a fated entanglement (one-time use).】

【Please continue your efforts to create a second CP; Reward: one Red Thread of Yuelao.】

……

Before he could finish speaking to the City Lord, a series of notifications suddenly popped up in Lin Bai's mind.

Then.

He stood stunned on the spot; the way this system activated was truly damn casual!

But what kind of ghost system is this!

Yuelao?

I've already opened a restaurant, and I'll likely need to open a pill workshop in the future; could it be that I also need to open a matchmaking agency in this world?

Besides, as a Yuelao, shouldn't you be properly pulling red threads instead of hyping CPs? Do you even know what a CP is? How many hyped CPs are actually real?

Also, what the hell is this item?

Pan Jinlian's bamboo pole?

Is this a proper thing?

Back then, it triggered such a massive bloodbath!

If the Yuelao System rewards such an item, aren't you afraid you're a fake Yuelao!

……

"Why have you stopped talking?" Xu Longyun held a high position and had seen countless people, so she naturally saw through Lin Bai's insincerity and sneered, "Feeling guilty?"

Lin Bai came back to his senses, temporarily casting the Yuelao System aside, and looked at the City Lord, saying righteously: "Guilty of what? The innocent are self-evident; making some sacrifices for the people of Jiamu City is only right..."

【Resentment from Xu Longyun; +1+1】

Sensing Xu Longyun's emotions, Lin Bai was taken aback. What's wrong with her? She was angry just a moment ago! Now it's turned into resentment? Could it be that you've actually taken a fancy to me?

Before Lin Bai's voice had even faded, Xu Longyun's face had already darkened: "Get out, and don't let me see you in the near future."

Isn't it you who calls me over once a day!

Lin Bai muttered in Belly-Defamation, pretending not to have heard her: "City Lord, I have another matter I need to trouble you with."

"Speak," Xu Longyun said.

"Do you know anyone who has pill formulas in their hands?" Lin Bai asked.

"What for?" Xu Longyun asked.

"I've recently been pondering the art of Pill Refinement and would like to learn how to refine pills," Lin Bai laughed.

"Pill Refinement?" Xu Longyun was amused, "Do you think pill masters are cabbages? You can just refine pills by randomly pondering? The pill supply for Qian City, Kun City, Zhen City, Dui City, and their subordinate towns all comes from Medicine King Valley."

"Pill formulas are the heart and soul of Medicine King Valley's pill masters; once leaked, they will be hunted down by the entire Medicine King Valley. Where would any pill formulas be circulating in the outside world?"

"Even if a sect occasionally researches a pill formula, they hoard it as a treasure and never leak it. You are also a Disciple from the Cultivation World; didn't your master tell you these common facts before you went down the mountain?"

Damn!

So it turns out that pills are still a monopoly industry in this world!

Lin Bai paused: "Where is Medicine King Valley located?"

Xu Longyun saw through Lin Bai's intentions at a glance: "Are you planning to go and snatch a pill formula?"

"Just asking casually," Lin Bai laughed.

"Medicine King Valley is at Medicine King Mountain, a thousand miles away from Jiamu City," Xu Longyun said, "They have eight hundred pill masters within the sect and three thousand mountain-guarding Disciples, all at least at the Golden Core stage. If you really intend to storm Medicine King Valley, please do me the favor of telling me in advance so Jiamu City can immediately draw a line between us."

"Golden Core?" Lin Bai was stunned, instantly feeling that his own Internal Energy wasn't so impressive anymore, and the world seemed so dangerous. Sure enough, in the end, Jiamu City was just a newbie village!

"Medicine King Valley has countless pill masters; they can pile up a large group of experts just by using pills," Xu Longyun said, "Otherwise, why has Medicine King Valley never had a single pill formula leaked in all these years?"

Experts piled up by pills!

Lin Bai's eyes lit up slightly; a pill master is indeed a good profession!

Just a moment ago, he was worried that his Internal Energy wasn't enough.

And now, a method for opening a new source has appeared. With the Rejuvenation Pill, there will surely be pill formulas for Dahuan Pill, Xiaohuan Pill, and the like in the future.

The Peerless Divine Doctor system cannot be discarded.

"City Lord, I remember you mentioned before that Medicine King Valley and Huilong Temple are going to set up disciple recruitment centers in Qian City?" Lin Bai asked.

"Yes, it should be in about half a month," Xu Longyun looked at Lin Bai and laughed, "Shopkeeper Lin, are you not planning to refine pills, but planning to go and become an apprentice?"

"No, I still have to refine pills. Please, City Lord, build me a pill refinement room near the Dark Guard training grounds!" Lin Bai shook his head and laughed.

Half a month should be the time when the players leave the newbie village.

But for Lin Bai, this time is too long.

Comparing purely by cultivation, his speed cannot keep up with the players. What if a player has a fortuitous encounter? After all, there are still an unknown number of newbie villages; the world is so big, anything can happen!

Therefore.

One must absolutely not follow in their footsteps; one must grow ahead of them.

Going to Medicine King Valley to snatch a pill formula is also not very realistic.

If one wants to get it done, one has to do it oneself.

Isn't it just a pill formula?

What if it works?

As for why he chose the City Lord's Mansion, it's mainly because the Kitchen God Rice Divination is too noisy. The players stare at him to livestream every day, which is really not suitable for research.

Choosing the City Lord's Mansion is not only quiet, but he can also listen in on the Dark Guard's communications to understand the trends outside. That dullard 【Deng Li Buduo】, even when livestreaming, doesn't communicate with the audience; staying with him for a long time will make one stupid...

……

"Are you really planning to refine pills yourself?" Xu Longyun looked astonished.

"Idle is idle; experiencing the myriad states of life is also a form of cultivation," Lin Bai smiled. "City Lord, it would be best if you could also build a stove for me. Besides Pill Refinement, I can also do some Stir-frying to change my mood."

Hearing Lin Bai's strange request, Xu Longyun looked dazed, her heart filled with mixed feelings. This guy wasn't playing dumb; he was truly crazy. He was definitely not someone she could stay with for the long haul. She had to find an opportunity to draw a line between them, otherwise, sooner or later, she would be led into a ditch by him.

That day, the romantic little spark ignited by Lin Bai's "a kind word warms three winters" was decisively and rationally extinguished by the City Lord herself after she realized Lin Bai's true nature.

Being able to reach the position of City Lord, she was not someone who let emotions dictate her actions.

However.

The City Lord still agreed to Lin Bai's request.

Just as Lin Bai said, she was already riding a tiger and hard to get off. Jiamu City was undergoing massive construction, the *Heavenly Remnant Collection* was being distributed, and the Heavenly Descended were being arranged clearly by them...

Everything was galloping toward an unpredictable direction. If Lin Bai were to throw in the towel and leave, she worried she wouldn't be able to handle it.

……

Even though Xu Longyun was only a novice village Village Chief, she was still faster at mobilizing resources than Lin Bai.

In just over an hour.

An Alchemy Room exclusively for Lin Bai had already been built, furnished with an Alchemy Furnace, a stove, and other items. Of course, there were also medical books, various medicinal herbs, as well as vegetables, meat, and all kinds of seasonings...

It was incongruous and looked exceptionally eye-sore.

After handing over the Kitchen God Rice Divination business to Luo Congwen and Deng Li Buduo, Lin Bai moved into his new studio and began his life of Pill Refinement.

Xu Longyun knew that besides Martial Art, Lin Bai also knew Palm Thunder, so she had assumed he really understood some Pill Refinement techniques and watched from the side with great interest.

But for an entire afternoon.

Lin Bai did nothing but Stir-frying, not even glancing at that Alchemy Furnace once.

Furthermore.

Although Lin Bai was flashy when cutting vegetables, playing with the kitchen knife until it was a blur, the taste of the dishes he stir-fried was simply not worth mentioning. They were barely edible and were far worse compared to the cooks in the City Lord's Mansion.

Xu Longyun tasted two dishes and then fled the Alchemy Room wearing a mask of pain.

She had already determined that, just like when he was diagnosing illnesses at the medical clinic for no reason that day, Lin Bai was simply messing around...

"The world laughs at me for being too crazy; I laugh at the world for not seeing through it." Watching the City Lord leave, Lin Bai shook his head, continued to tinker with his spatula, and said while stir-frying, "Pill Refinement requires heat control, and Stir-frying also requires heat control. Once you master one technique, you master them all. To refine pills, one must first grind out the fire skills!"

(End of this chapter)