Winning Them Over with Lavish Gifts

Ice Extreme Pass, inside the Meeting Room.

The vast Meeting Room was filled with Ice Extreme Pass's core officers.

Every seat along the long table was taken, yet their gazes kept drifting toward the door. A restless energy hung in the air.

"Li Qi, you've known Miss Mingyue for a long time. Tell us a little about her so we know what to expect," Ran Tu asked, leaning close and lowering his voice.

Many of the officers who had recently joined Ice Extreme Pass pricked up their ears and turned to Li Qi.

They wanted to know what kind of person their future lady was, what her temperament was like, and whether she was easy to get along with.

Li Qi smiled. "You should all know Miss Mingyue's background. She comes from the Dongfang Family and has an astonishing talent for alchemy. A few years ago, Xu Lin, master of the Alchemy Tower, took her as his final disciple. She's now a genuine seventh-grade alchemist."

He paused and swept his gaze across the room. "As for her character, I haven't spent much time with her, but I can tell you this: she personally refined more than seventy percent of the sixth- and seventh-grade pills in our pill stores, then sold them to us at extremely low prices. Anywhere else, those prices wouldn't even cover the cost."

At that, the officers' expressions shifted. They felt a little more at ease.

Sixth- and seventh-grade pills were precious beyond measure. Even as a seventh-grade alchemist, Miss Mingyue had to devote tremendous effort and valuable materials to each one.

Yet she was willing to supply Ice Extreme Pass with the fruits of her labor at a low price. That spoke not only of her feelings for the Military Lord but also of her generous