Will You Be a Foot-Warming Maid?

"What, what did you just say?"

Ling'er's face was filled with disbelief. Thinking of Su Luo's appraising gaze earlier, and the way he had nodded afterward, she had thought Su Luo had taken a fancy to her and that she might become an Alchemist's wife in the future.

Even considering his humble origins, as long as the Alchemist liked her, becoming a concubine should not have been a problem. Who would have thought that Su Luo had looked at her like that because he wanted her to be a foot-warming maid? And not even his own foot-warming maid, but one for his Mother. Didn't that mean she had no chance at all of rising in status?

"Be my Mother's foot-warming maid. So, will you do it?"

Su Luo spoke impatiently. As a transmigrator, his Soul Power—or rather, his Spiritual Power—was far stronger than that of ordinary people. Especially after fusing with his first Soul Ring, Su Luo's Soul Power had grown even stronger, allowing him to remember many things.

Unfortunately, Ling'er was one of the people Su Luo remembered.

Even more unfortunately, Ling'er had not left Su Luo with a good impression.

In the original story, she had mocked Xiao Yan because he initially reported his strength to the Blood War Mercenary Group as eighth stage Dou Qi. That was nothing much, though. After all, Xiao Yan had reported eighth stage Dou Qi himself, so others could hardly be blamed.

The problem was that during the operation afterward, Ling'er had been nothing but trouble.

The Blood War Mercenary Group had originally planned to capture one Second-Order Magical Beast. Because of her, they had been forced to change their plan to capturing two Second-Order Magical Beasts at once, even though the Blood War Mercenary Group only had one Dou Master.

If they had not happened to run into Xiao Yan, who had come looking for magic cores, the Blood War Mercenary Group would have been wiped out because of her alone.

Su Luo felt that someone like her ought to properly serve as a foot-warming maid and make the most of what little usefulness she had left, lest she go out and harm others again.

After all, aside from Ling'er, the others in the Blood War Mercenary Group seemed fairly decent so far.

"I..." Ling'er looked so aggrieved that tears were about to fall. For a moment, she could neither agree nor refuse.

She had just said that she could do anything, yet Su Luo had barely made one request before she was unable to do it. How could she even open her mouth now?

But if she said she could do it, did that mean she really had to become someone's foot-warming maid?

As Ling'er agonized, Qing Ye stepped forward. "Ling'er is still young. Let me handle the matter of being a foot-warming maid."

"Sister Qing..." Ling'er looked at Qing Ye in surprise. She wanted to say that she should bear the consequences of her own actions, but the words would not come out no matter how hard she tried.

"If it's for a foot-warming maid, I don't think anyone here is more suitable than me." Qing Ye spoke with a bitter smile. When Qing Ye appeared in the original story, particular emphasis had been placed on her devilish figure.

Although the current timeline was still far from when Xiao Yan came to Qingshan Town and encountered the Blood War Mercenary Group, Xiao Yan had only just set out to train at that time, and the women he encountered then were generally older than him.

Thus, Qing Ye was now nearing the peak of her development. She had already begun to take on the outline of a devilish figure and could indeed be said to be very suitable for the role of a foot-warming maid.

Su Luo looked at Ling'er, who wanted to say something but could never bring herself to speak, then at Qing Ye's resolute gaze. In the end, he patted Qing Ye on the shoulder. "I was joking. Don't take it to heart."

It was Ling'er Su Luo disliked, not Qing Ye. Naturally, there was no need to make things difficult for Qing Ye. Still, since Ling'er had not been brought over to serve as a foot-warming maid, Su Luo would need to be careful when entering the mountains with the Blood War Mercenary Group later—or simply avoid entering the mountains with that walking disaster.

"Uncle Kagan, please prepare five hundred Blood Condensing Grass plants, five hundred Bone-Growing Flowers, five hundred Vitality Fruits, five hundred Poppy Flowers, and a quiet room for me."

Su Luo recited the Blood Coagulating Powder formula that Medicine Elder had first used to teach Xiao Yan alchemy in the original story. Of course, just like Medicine Elder, he had added an extra Bone-Growing Flower to the formula to prevent it from being leaked.

After all, compared to Medicine Elder, Su Luo currently had very few formulas, so he valued them even more. This particular formula was especially easy for even beginners to learn quickly. If it truly leaked and some Alchemist apprentice emerged to compete with Su Luo for business, he would have no one to blame but himself.

At present, Su Luo knew very little about the medicinal herbs of this world, so he had no way of producing a better formula. Therefore, he had no choice but to take formulas seriously.

"Alright, leave it to me. Within two days at most, I'll present every medicinal herb Master requires."

Kagan patted his chest as he assured Su Luo. The moment Su Luo said he was an Alchemist, almost no one doubted him. Aside from the consequences of impersonating an Alchemist within the empire, Alchemists were easy to identify. All it took was one alchemy session to quickly determine whether someone could truly refine medicine.

Especially since Su Luo had made it clear that he intended to refine medicine for the Blood War Mercenary Group, with his safety falling under their protection, this arrangement could, in a sense, also be considered supervision of an Alchemist, preventing a fake Alchemist from swindling them.

Kagan moved quickly. Especially under the weight of the words "Alchemist," the entire Blood War Mercenary Group sprang into action, knowing that their future was involved.

Before the sun had even set that day, a full set of fine furniture from Qingshan Town had been prepared and placed in the best guest room in town.

Outside the guest room stood no fewer than eighteen Dou Zhe of six stars or above, along with Kagan, a Dou Master, serving as guards. Their security force was unmatched in Qingshan Town.

This group of Blood War Mercenary Group members alone already surpassed the current upper limit of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's strength.

Clearly, once the title of Alchemist entered the picture, the Blood War Mercenary Group's power experienced a terrifying increase.

Because of those words, Alchemist, mercenaries who had once traveled alone relying on their own strength joined the Blood War Mercenary Group one after another, causing its combat strength to soar. It now looked poised to become Qingshan Town's number one faction.

Kagan of the Blood War Mercenary Group was grinning so broadly at its expansion that he could barely close his mouth.

As everyone knew, one person's happiness was often built upon another person's suffering.

As delighted as Kagan of the Blood War Mercenary Group was, Mu She of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group was just as furious.

"Father! Stop hitting me! Please, stop! If this continues, I'll die!"

After several leather whips had been snapped, Mu Li begged Mu She for mercy through tears and snot.

Mu Li was already extremely weak, but he knew that if he did not beg for mercy, he would sooner or later be beaten to death.

"You still have the nerve to cry! Do you know what the Wolf Head Mercenary Group has become because you offended an Alchemist?!"

Seeing Mu She's whip about to fall on him again, Mu Li's mind raced madly.

"Wait, Father, don't hit me. I've got it! I have a way to solve the problem with the Alchemist."

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