"Hmph! Stinky Brother Xiao Ling... Bad Brother Xiao Ling... You only know how to scare me. Next time, I won't let you touch me ever again..."
Xun'er rubbed her little face where he had pinched it sore, watched the young man's back as he entered the room, and grumbled under her breath.
Xiao Ling could only shake his head helplessly at this. His feelings toward this little girl were the same as toward Xiao Yu.
After that, he closed the door properly and only then went into his own simple alchemy room. Aside from a Pill Cauldron, there was only a row of empty shelves and a White Jade Meditation Cushion on the floor.
Then Xiao Ling sat cross-legged on the White Jade Meditation Cushion and took a rectangular wooden box from his Storage Ring. Carved on the box was the exquisitely detailed outline of a nine-leaf medicinal herb.
Seeing this, Xiao Ling opened the wooden box and saw twenty sets of medicinal ingredients neatly arranged inside, along with one fourth-tier Stone Spirit Sunflower. Judging from its pale blue-white color, its medicinal properties had not been lost in the slightest.
Xiao Ling was very satisfied with this. He planned to copy a few lines from the True Explanation of Alchemy for the other party the next time they met. That way, he could count this favor as repaid.
Thinking this, Xiao Ling took a deep breath, calmed his mind, and adjusted himself to his optimal state. Then he began the first step of alchemy: warming the cauldron.
This was also a crucial detail in judging whether an Alchemist's basic skills were solid. Some genius Alchemists or alchemy grandmasters all had their own cauldron-warming techniques and alchemy systems.
As for Xiao Ling, he was still only a fresh little beginner