Chapter 84: Complete Guide to Alchemy — Nine Dragons Leaving the Fire Furnace
Liu Erlong's smug face was a masterclass in mockery. She even spammed the chat group like crazy, returning the humiliation she had just suffered double.
Inside the Pope's Palace, Bibi Dong's chest heaved violently, her eyes glowing red, almost overflowing.
But due to that damned warning, she had to forcefully suppress the urge to attack, taking a deep breath. Her eyes became sinister and mysterious.
Since she couldn't act, she would strike at his heart!
[Supreme Pope: Liu Erlong, don't be too happy yet. You think with the system's protection, I can't do anything to you?]
[Supreme Pope: Don't forget, what is the purpose of this group? It's because of Lin Yuan's diary!]
[Supreme Pope: Since Lin Yuan exposed my secret, do you think you're clean?]
[Supreme Pope: Your past affair with Yu Xiaogang and the messy affairs of your Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family…]
[Supreme Pope: Sooner or later, Lin Yuan will expose all your shameful secrets!]
[Supreme Pope: I hope you'll still be smiling so happily then!]
[Supreme Pope: Whatever you laugh at me now, you'll pay for it tenfold in the future. We'll see!]
Bibi Dong's words carried a strong tone of curses.
If it had been before, everyone might have been somewhat wary.
But now, the women, engrossed in their gossip, wouldn't pay any attention to this.
[Seven Treasures Little Rich Lady: Oh dear, His Holiness the Pope is getting anxious! I'm perfectly upright and honest, and I'm not afraid of any dark history. At most, I was a little mischievous as a child; what kind of scandal is that?]
[I Want to Live Past Thirty: Exactly! Besides being poisoned and dying, what could be more explosive than Bibi Dong's "Secret Room" scandal?]
[I Want to Live Past Thirty: We're all normal, okay? Who would be as dramatic as you two, mother and daughter?]
[Irritable Pig-Raising Maniac: Pshaw! I'm upright and honest. Xiaogang and I are truly in love!]
At this moment, all the women felt that they had a clean background and upright character.
No matter what, it was impossible for something like Bibi Dong being in a secret room or Qian Renxue recognizing a thief as her father to happen—something so morally reprehensible, right?
They just wanted to fully enjoy the pleasure brought by this "God's perspective."
Only Hu Liena, watching her teacher being besieged in the group chat, was so anxious that tears threatened to fall.
[Sworn Protector of the Pope: You... you've gone too far! The teacher is a victim! How can you be so heartless!]
[Sworn Protector of the Pope: Waaaaah, Teacher, don't pay them any mind. Nana will always support you!]
Unfortunately, Hu Liena's weak voice was quickly drowned out by the group of women's gleeful gossip.
In the carriage, Xiao Wu, watching the exciting "palace intrigue" unfold in the chat group, couldn't help but chuckle.
This chuckle caused her body to tremble slightly, and Lin Yuan, leaning on her shoulder, seemed a little uncomfortable from the movement.
However, just then, the carriage drove over a pebble on the road, causing a slight jolt.
An accident occurred.
Lin Yuan's head, which had been resting on Xiao Wu's shoulder, slid down abruptly due to gravity.
"Huh?!"
Before Xiao Wu could even reach out to steady him...
She felt Lin Yuan's pert nose brush against something incredibly soft and elastic.
It was her slightly developing...
A tingling sensation, like an electric current, instantly spread throughout her body!
Then, Lin Yuan's head rolled over and rested directly on her long, shapely thighs.
A lap pillow!
And a lap pillow through a thin, smooth layer of white stockings!
Xiao Wu's face instantly flushed crimson, like a ripe red apple, with even wisps of white steam rising from her cheeks.
"This... this... this..."
She froze, her hands hovering in mid-air, unsure whether to push this "pervert" away or to adjust his position.
Lin Yuan seemed to feel the exquisite texture of this new pillow in his sleep.
It was a supreme pleasure, combining the warmth of a young girl's skin with the smoothness of stockings.
He instinctively rubbed against her, even letting out a satisfied moan, burying his face deeply in her soft thigh.
"Ah..."
Xiao Wu bit her lip, almost crying out.
The strange touch made her body burn, a heat she'd never felt before spreading through her.
"You bad boy..."
"You always take advantage of me..."
Although she said this, Xiao Wu didn't push him away.
Instead, as if possessed, she reached out and gently stroked Lin Yuan's hair, a hint of doting affection in her eyes that she herself didn't realize.
Inside the carriage, an ambiguous atmosphere quietly filled the space.
While enduring the shameful heat, Xiao Wu forced herself to continue focusing on the chat group in her mind to distract herself.
...
Night fell.
The carriage stopped at a bustling post station called "Cloud Hidden Town."
Lin Yuan and Xiao Wu booked two superior rooms and went to bed early.
Midnight.
The familiar system notification sounded in Lin Yuan's mind precisely on time.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, for completing today's diary entry!]
[Congratulations, host, for obtaining: Complete Guide to Alchemy]
[Item Description: Records all the formulas and refining techniques for pills from mortal to divine grades, perfectly extracting the essence of herbs without wasting a single trace of medicinal properties.]
[Congratulations, host, for obtaining: Nine Dragons Fire Furnace!]
[Item Description: Comes with a unique fire seed (convenient for alchemy), and can advance in rank as the host's strength increases, increasing the success rate of alchemy by 50%.]
Lying on the bed, Lin Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, a glint of surprise flashing across them.
With a thought, a book exuding an ancient medicinal fragrance and a palm-sized, exquisitely carved alchemy furnace with nine fire dragons appeared in his hands.
"System, oh system, this reward of yours is truly a timely rain."
Lin Yuan's lips curled into a satisfied smile.
He had been planning how to deal with that old poisoner, Dugu Bo, once they arrived in Heaven Dou City.
After all, the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well was a treasure trove of feng shui, teeming with countless immortal herbs.
"In the original story, that spendthrift Tang San was utterly wasting resources!"
Lin Yuan couldn't help but complain, recalling the original plot.
Those are immortal herbs! Natural treasures that take tens of thousands of years to grow!
(One year in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well is equivalent to ten years elsewhere.)
And Tang San just swallowed them raw! Such a waste!
This crude method of consumption will at least cause 30%, even 50%, of the medicinal effects to be lost and wasted.
...
Meanwhile, in Heaven Dou City, at the Crown Prince's residence.
In the study, late at night, candlelight flickered.
Qian Renxue wasn't asleep. She sat cross-legged on the couch, her beautiful face still bearing the weariness of her mental breakdown during the day, but her eyes had regained their clarity.
Just now, a system notification had sounded in her mind.
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