Plucking a Maiden's Heart

Jiang Ping'an gently wrapped an arm around Ziling's slender waist as well and said softly, "Call me Young Master from now on. I'm quite young to begin with—I'm even younger than you."

"Yes, Young Master," Ziling immediately replied.

Then, delighted, she called him Young Master several times in a row.

When they arrived at the Skill Repository Hall, Ziling could not enter because she was not a true Azure Origin Sect disciple, so she could only wait outside.

Jiang Ping'an entered the Skill Repository Hall and found the introduction to the Youth Preserving Pill recipe.

The Youth Preserving Pill was a high-grade Spirit Pill. After taking it, one's youthful appearance could be fixed in place and would not change with age.

At the end of the introduction was a clear warning: the Youth Preserving Pill had to be of perfect quality before it could be taken. Otherwise, part of one's face might fail to retain its youth, creating the risk of disfigurement instead. In addition, each person could only take one Youth Preserving Pill.

Seeing the warning, Jiang Ping'an secretly rejoiced instead. Isn't the Youth Preserving Pill's demand for quality perfectly suited to me? If I use ten times the Proficiency Points to comprehend the recipe, the Youth Preserving Pills I refine will surely be of perfect quality—unless the spirit herbs themselves are poor quality.

Perhaps I can easily earn spirit stones by refining Youth Preserving Pills!

Suppressing his delight, Jiang Ping'an went to the counter to exchange for the Youth Preserving Pill recipe.

"Exchanging for the Youth Preserving Pill recipe requires three thousand five hundred merit points. You may use spirit stones to replace up to seventy percent of the merit points. One spirit stone replaces ten merit points," the staff member said expressionlessly.

Jiang Ping'an took out 245