Chapter 22

The boxes, whether in shape, size, or color, were no different.

How was she supposed to choose?

She could only rely on luck. Du Ruo pointed casually: "Just that one."

As soon as the words fell, the third medicine box burst open with a *pop*, and a blue, pea-sized pill floated in the air.

Du Ruo breathed a sigh of relief; fortunately, it wasn't empty.

She shifted her consciousness, and something immediately appeared in her palm—it was exactly that pill.

Engraved on it were several conspicuous words—Marrow Cleansing Pill!

Du Ruo was overjoyed; it seemed her luck was not bad, as she had actually drawn such a good thing.

The Marrow Cleansing Pill, as the name suggests, can refine tendons and bones, making the physical body dozens or even hundreds of times stronger; this is an immortal pill that only exists in the immortal cultivation world. As long as she eats it, she can be as light as a swallow and have infinite strength from now on, no longer needing to fear any physical attacks.

If that muscular man Jiang Li dares to commit domestic violence against her in the future, she will let him know why flowers are so red!

Thinking of this, Du Ruo couldn't wait to put it in her mouth.

"Wait a minute!" The system suddenly screamed.

Du Ruo stopped her movement and looked at it suspiciously.

The system stifled a laugh: "Hey, woman, you are the Chief Pharmacist; don't you know you should read the manual before taking medicine?"

Manual? Du Ruo took the medicine under the oil lamp and tried hard to open her squinty eyes to look carefully.

Finally, she found a line of words smaller than a mite on the back of the medicine.

"Applicable to: Non-human!"

What does that mean? Humans can't use it?

Du Ruo was full of question marks.

The system held its belly and rolled on the virtual grass laughing: "Hahahaha, this system is dying of laughter!"

It thought the host had drawn a super prize, but it turned out to be a chicken rib.

No matter how good the Marrow Cleansing Pill is, it's a pity it's not for humans to eat.

Du Ruo ground her teeth and asked unwillingly: "What will happen if a human eats it?"

"The model doesn't match, and you will explode and die, oh."

*Grass! *

Du Ruo threw the Marrow Cleansing Pill on the bed, crossed her arms, and glared at it: "This draw doesn't count; I want to redraw."

The system spread its hands: "Sorry, every host only has one chance for the newbie grand gift pack; this is a set program, and this system can't help it."

Was she just going to waste a chance like this?

Du Ruo was very unwilling.

However, things had come to this, and she could only accept her fate; she couldn't blame anyone else for her bad luck.

She cut off communication with the system and lay on the bed listlessly, tossing and turning to look at that pill. Unfortunately, even if she stared a hole into the pill, the words "Non-human" wouldn't disappear.

*Sigh*, forget it.

She couldn't use it, so she should think about who could; she couldn't just throw it away, right?

Du Ruo thought of the dog at home.

She could only let Tie Dan have the benefit.

She turned over and got out of bed, opened the door, and went to the courtyard.

Tie Dan was sleeping soundly in the corner of the wall when it suddenly felt something was wrong. It opened its dog eyes and was shocked to see a huge shadow squatting in front of it.

"*Woof! *" The dog was almost scared to pee and stood up with a *whoosh*.

Its legs were trembling.

Du Ruo patted its head and comforted: "Don't be afraid, it's me."

So it was the new mistress.

The dog's courage finally stopped trembling, and Tie Dan barked twice at Du Ruo, meaning: *Why aren't you sleeping in the middle of the night and coming to scare a dog? *

"Little doggy, your fate is coming, oh." Du Ruo spread her palm to show it, her tone sinister: "This is a good thing; after eating it, you will be reborn and become a different dog. Do you want to eat it?"

The dog tilted its head to look at her, then at the medicine, its dog face confused.

Du Ruo directly pried open the dog's mouth and fed it in.

*Gulp*, the dog swallowed subconsciously; before it could even taste the flavor, the pill slid into its stomach.

It looked up blankly at the mistress.

Du Ruo also stared at it with bright eyes; today was the night of the full moon, most suitable for transformation, and she wanted to witness the miracle with her own eyes.

Fifteen minutes.

Thirty minutes.

Half an hour passed, and nothing happened; the dog was still the same dog as before, without the slightest change.

Du Ruo yawned.

Too sleepy, not waiting anymore; maybe the medicine needs time to take effect; I'll see tomorrow.

She got up and dragged her numb legs back to the room.

A night without dreams.

Early the next morning, Du Ruo went to verify the results with full expectations.

In the past, besides playing with Jiang Wan, Tie Dan was used to lying in the corner gnawing on grass and eating mosquitoes, but now it was nowhere to be found.

Du Ruo searched for a long time in front of and behind the house but couldn't find it, and when she asked the three little ones, they all said they didn't know.

Jiang Wan was so worried she was about to cry: "Tie Dan is very obedient and never runs around; could it have been stolen and eaten..."

Originally, she had rescued Tie Dan from several boys; those boys said there was no money at home to buy meat, so they were going to kill the dog and eat it.

She couldn't bear it, so she begged her eldest brother to buy it.

Later, Tie Dan became her best playmate.

Du Ruo comforted: "It won't; Tie Dan should just be out for a walk and will be back soon."

If a thief had really entered the house, why were the two big fat chickens bought on the return trip still fine, but a skinny dog was missing?

This is not scientific.

Du Ruo had a vague guess that it should be related to the Marrow Cleansing Pill.

After thinking about it, she had the Jiang Zhan brothers stay at home to comfort their sister, and she went out to look for it herself.

Along the path in front of the door, Du Ruo first searched in the middle of the village for a while; she did encounter several dogs, but unfortunately, none were Tie Dan.

She returned and walked toward the back mountain.

Sure enough, after walking only a hundred meters, she saw a black dog squatting by the pond.

It was exactly Tie Dan.

Du Ruo breathed a sigh of relief; she didn't startle the dog but observed it secretly from behind.

Tie Dan poked its dog head out and looked at its reflection in the water.

Then it lifted a front paw and looked at it, its expression seeming somewhat confused.

Suddenly, it slapped a willow tree beside it with one paw.

The willow tree, as thick as a bowl, actually collapsed with a *bang*!

Du Ruo's eyes widened abruptly; *Damn, this strength is too great, isn't it? *

She was ecstatic in her heart; sure enough, what the system produces must be a boutique. The effect of this Marrow Cleansing Pill is extraordinary; such a depressed and cowardly dog actually became so brave overnight!

"Now you know how powerful this system is, right?" The system said smugly in her mind: "Your Tie Dan ate the Marrow Cleansing Pill, and its combat power is top-notch; let alone dealing with a few grown men, even the tiger, the king of the mountain, would have to kneel and sing 'Conquer' if it saw it!"

And its brain was also developed to the extreme, equivalent to the intelligence of a human in their teens.

With such a powerful bodyguard and nanny, would Du Ruo have any worries when going out in the future?

Du Ruo's bit of unwillingness completely vanished.

This newbie gift pack is too practical!

She was beaming with joy and opened her mouth to call out "Tie Dan."

A middle-aged woman washing clothes by the pond had already started cursing first.

"Oh, you annoying dead dog, you're the same as your master—ugly and still making trouble!" Auntie Lin rushed toward the dog with a laundry club: "My clothes were washed for nothing; watch how I deal with you!"

Seeing her coming aggressively, the dog subconsciously turned and ran.

The moment it turned its head, it suddenly saw its mistress, and its arrogance of "relying on the master to bully others" rose up; it hid behind Du Ruo and bared its teeth and growled at Auntie Lin.

Auntie Lin naturally saw Du Ruo too, and her slightly chubby face looked a bit awkward.

Being heard by the person involved while pointing at the dog and cursing the master behind her back was, after all, a bit embarrassing.

But thinking about what that damn dog had done, Auntie Lin's chest immediately puffed up, and her confidence was sufficient.

"Jiang Li's wife, you came just in time." She put her hands on her hips and signaled Du Ruo to look at the clothes in the wooden basin by the water: "Look, look, I was washing clothes here just fine, and your dog ran over and got all my clothes dirty. Is this something a human would do?"

Du Ruo glanced at it.

It really was; the clothes were covered with a layer of dust, which should have been brought up by the dust when the tree branch fell to the ground just now, and it happened to drift into the basin.

This was indeed Tie Dan's fault.

Since the dog made a mistake, naturally, she, the owner, should clean up the mess.

"Sorry, I will definitely teach it a lesson when I go back." Du Ruo hurriedly rolled up her sleeves and smiled: "How about this, Auntie Lin, I'll help you wash them again, okay?"

Auntie Lin's eyes turned, and she shouted to a young girl washing quilts by the pond a few meters away: "Shuang'er, come up, stop washing; your Jiang Sister-in-law said she'd help us wash!"