Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 856 - 536: Heart Turmoil_2

Chapter 856: Chapter 536: Heart Turmoil_2

After listening carefully, Xu Yuan suddenly looked toward Xu Xinyao beside him, his eyes carrying a hint of peculiarity as he tentatively asked,

"Xinyao, this Law Pattern Furnace..."

"It wasn’t me."

Xu Xinyao didn’t even have to think about it, her voice soft, "This thing was developed by my master and Brother Liu while leading a team during their travels."

Brother Liu, Jiang He’s eldest disciple, Xinyao’s senior brother, an unequivocal high-ranking member of the Hawk Faction of the Prime Minister’s Mansion.

Chuckling softly, Xu Yuan shook his head, a trace of contemplation in his eyes.

The ancients had not lied to me; war has always been a catalyst for technological advancements.

I hadn’t expected this life to be the same.

Once the Law Pattern Furnace is born, the production capacity of Elixir Medicines will undergo a qualitative change; those alchemists who were previously revered and held lofty statuses will be "optimized" away within the next few years.

Of course, things are not absolute.

After all, new elixir formulas will still require their research, but the unavoidable trend of declining status and salary is already in motion.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan stared at the slowly operating Law Pattern Furnace, his eyes filled with a touch of wistful expectation.

Due to the needs of reform and warfare, various Formation Patterns had rapidly developed over the past decades. Unbeknownst to him, the revolution of Formation Patterns had already quietly begun.

He suddenly had the urge to see the future, to see what this world would turn into in the next ten thousand years...

The thought flashed by, and Xu Yuan pressed it down.

Unless he was willing to become like the Luo siblings, it was impossible for a cultivator to live long enough to see that time, not to mention... perhaps by then, Formation Pattern Techniques might have faced disruption due to warfare, turning this world directly into a wasteland devoid of law.

Refocusing his attention back to the present, Xu Yuan suddenly noticed that the surface of the Law Pattern Furnace had dimmed, one of the grooves on its surface opened up, with six blobs of scarlet sticky liquid slowly drifting out from within.

It seemed this furnace full of spirit medicine wasn’t concocting Elixir Medicines but a medicinal liquid instead. A faint fishy scent wafted out from it, causing nausea even with the barrier of a poison-avoiding facecloth.

"This heavy yang liquid made from transcendent Demonic Beast blood has life-extending effects, full of vigorous vitality. Today, we originally planned to use it to stimulate the Saint’s heart."

Lou Ji, seeing Xu Yuan’s clueless expression, explained with a light laugh, "However, Changtian, since you said you wanted to try, you can go ahead. If successful, we could save some; these four bottles of life-extending heavy yang liquid would fetch a sky-high price in the outside world."

Xu Yuan blinked, looking at the four blobs of bloody liquid, and chuckled as he asked,

"So, you’re saying, if I succeed, these four bottles of heavy yang liquid would be mine..."

"You think that’s possible?"

"How about one bottle?"

"Changtian, dreams have everything."

"....." Xu Yuan curled his lip.

During the conversation, Bai Muxi, who was also busy managing the six Law Pattern Furnaces, finally found a spare moment and looked over. At the glimpse of that ornately-dressed man, her beautiful eyes instantly lit up.

Ever since the disaster in Huizhou County, she hadn’t seen the Third Young Master in a long time, nor had she heard any news about her clan people.

Months of waiting had made her restless.

Today, following Senior Luo to the Black Prison to help, her goal was to ask about her clan’s wellbeing from Lou Ji, the Black Scale Leader. She hadn’t expected to encounter the Third Young Master here.

After quickly whispering a few words to Luo Xiran beside her, transferring the control of the Law Pattern Furnace to her, Bai Muxi hastened toward them.

As she walked, her gaze quickly swept over the four.

The Third Young Master...

Lou Ji...

The Fourth Miss...

And...

Hm?

Who was that woman in black?

Her gaze flitted back and forth for a moment, and Bai Muxi sharply sensed the other’s identity.

From that woman in black’s understated aura and the subtly strange atmosphere between her and the Young Master, she ought to be Ran Qingmo.

That brainless flat-chested Saintess and the sly scheming Princess had mentioned her before, and she herself had gathered some information about her since coming to Di’an.

At first glance, the black-clad young woman had an otherworldly, aloof aura.

Just as rumored.

Only her temperament was still unknown.

As many thoughts flickered through her mind, Bai Muxi had approached the group. Without any rash actions, she simply bowed slightly:

"Mu Xi greets the Young Master."

Xu Yuan glanced at her upon hearing this, somewhat surprised.

Having not seen her for so long, he thought that, given Xiao Bai’s nature, she would perform some sort of antic in front of Ran Qingmo, but to his surprise, she was well-behaved.

But he figured it out in an instant.

Lou Ji was still there watching. Xiao Bai had long since tested this older sister’s limits; playing tricks in front of her would most likely lead to a direct demise.

He nodded slightly, and under Ran Qingmo’s gaze, Xu Yuan held the Willow Ghost Blade with an air that was neither cold nor warm:

"It’s been a while since we last met, how much has your cultivation improved?"

At the time in the Underground Palace, Xiao Bai’s cultivation was already at the peak of Great Grandmaster, only a step away from Integration Path into Primordial. After coming out, Li Qingyan had taught her the Five Elements Dao Body-fitting Daoyuan Six Lines Technique, and she should have made some progress after several months.

Bai Muxi didn’t need to think, still bowing slightly, she replied softly,

"Thanks to the Third Young Master’s blessing and the guidance from the Saintess and Princess Wu Yuan, Mu Xi has already condensed the Five Elements Dao Embodiment, only a hair’s breadth away from the Integration Path."

At the mention of Tianyan and Li Qingyan’s titles, Xu Yuan’s eyes twitched slightly.

The familiar scent of tea began to waft around his nose.

Meeting again just to pull tiger’s skin.