A Beauty Comes Seeking Help

He planned to refine an Advancement Pill that very day.

Chu Yang truly got his wish. Since he had obtained the main medicinal ingredient for the Advancement Pill, Lantern Heart Grass, everything naturally fell into place.

That very night, he advanced to a Dou Master.

By the next morning, he still seemed immersed in the joy of advancing.

However, early that morning, Yanyan and Keke came to tell him that someone wanted to see him and had been lingering outside the small courtyard for quite some time.

"Who?"

Chu Yang found it strange. This was the Xiao Family compound; anyone who wanted to see him should surely have been a member of the Xiao Family. Who was acting so bashfully and hesitantly?

"It's Miss Xiao Yu," Yanyan and Keke did not dare conceal it from Chu Yang.

"Xiao Yu?"

Chu Yang immediately recalled his first encounter with her yesterday. But afterward, he had hurried to shut himself away to refine the Advancement Pill, and had seemingly put her out of his mind.

Chu Yang secretly felt ashamed.

As he wondered why Xiao Yu had come to find him so early, he remembered that the Advancement Pill had already been refined and he had taken it to advance. A joyful man was invigorated, so he naturally hurried outside to meet Xiao Yu.

"Ah! What happened to you...?"

When Chu Yang saw Xiao Yu lower her face and hastily turn away upon seeing him, he was naturally confused.

Still, Xiao Yu soon turned her face back toward him.

Her face was like a pear blossom drenched by spring rain. She looked as though she had suffered some great grievance, and even more strikingly, there was a mark on her face that looked like it had been scratched by a cat.

"I'm disfigured, I'm disfigured..."

Xiao Yu complained to Chu Yang in a tearful voice, as though she regarded him as one of her own and could pour out her grievances to him.

They had not seen each other for just one night. How had Xiao Yu become like this? Chu Yang was utterly baffled. By all rights, this was already the Xiao Family estate. How could it be less safe than the wilderness outside?

"I know you have a way... because you're an alchemist..." Xiao Yu continued crying.

"Alright." Seeing her like this, Chu Yang had no choice but to reassure her first. Yet he was even more curious about what exactly had happened to Xiao Yu. "I can help you restore your appearance, but are you willing to tell me how this happened?"

"It was that little bastard." Xiao Yu had not intended to hide it from Chu Yang. Deep down, she already regarded him as one of her own. "He did this to my face!"

"Which little bastard?" Chu Yang truly could not think of who it was.

"Xiao Yan!" Xiao Yu gritted her teeth.

Ah?! Chu Yang cried out inwardly, though no sound came out.

That was because he immediately remembered the grudge between Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan.

"But..." Then Chu Yang seemed to remember something. "Didn't Xiao Yan just advance to a Dou Practitioner...?"

He did not finish his words, as though deliberately leaving them unsaid. He knew that Xiao Yu was currently a three-star Dou Practitioner, perhaps even close to advancing to a four-star Dou Practitioner. How could Xiao Yan possibly defeat her?

No matter what, Xiao Yu should have been the one leaving marks on Xiao Yan's face!

Of course, once Chu Yang began speaking, Xiao Yu could guess the rest.

Xiao Yu then explained the entire matter to Chu Yang in detail—

She said that her younger brother, Xiao Ning, had been deliberately injured by Xiao Yan during a match the day before yesterday. When she returned home and heard about it, she could not swallow her anger and had gone to teach Xiao Yan a lesson to vent her brother's anger.

"I never expected him to suddenly become so terrifying. Did he take some medicine? Use some secret technique? Or... But the cultivation methods and battle skills he used didn't seem to belong to our family..."

From Xiao Yu's words, Chu Yang understood that she suspected Xiao Yan's father, Xiao Zhan, of abusing his authority as clan head to favor his precious son. Yet in the end, she was confused and half-denied it herself: the cultivation methods and battle skills Xiao Yan used did not seem to belong to their family, and were even superior to them.

Chu Yang felt that Xiao Yu was not stupid. She was gradually beginning to suspect that Xiao Yan had an expert backing him.

But neither Xiao Yu nor anyone else in the Xiao Family could possibly know about Old Yao for now. The latter, fearing pursuit by that mysterious force, still did not dare reveal himself openly.

Thus, many people in the Xiao Family had turned their suspicions toward Xun'er.

Xun'er was not originally a member of the Xiao Family. She came from a distant and immensely powerful family. Almost everyone in the Xiao Family knew this, though they did not know the details, and Xun'er would not tell them. Even Xiao Yan did not yet know her true background, as Xun'er was unwilling to tell him the truth.

Xun'er was mysterious and possessed an incredibly powerful background. No one in the Xiao Family dared offend her, because offending her could bring catastrophic disaster upon the entire family. Every member of the Xiao Family knew this.

In fact, even Xiao Zhan himself suspected that Xun'er had given his son those cultivation methods and battle skills.

However, Chu Yang knew that Xun'er had been wrongly accused. The cultivation methods and battle skills Xiao Yan used to defeat Xiao Ning and even Xiao Yu had all come from Old Yao—things like Eight Extremes Collapse and Fire Blowing Palm.

Especially that suction and repulsive force. Chu Yang felt it could be considered the origin of his own Great Dou Absorption Technique. But Old Yao's level was ultimately limited. Even he had been unable to fully develop that set of techniques to its peak, so Xiao Yan's attainments in this area remained at that level. Compared with Chu Yang's increasingly powerful Great Dou Absorption Technique, it was the difference between a spring-fed brook and a vast lake.

Naturally, Chu Yang would not reveal Old Yao's secret to Xiao Yu.

He merely reassured Xiao Yu that he had a way to restore her beauty that very day.

Xiao Yu naturally broke into a smile through her tears. She even seemed to forget the grievances she had suffered at Xiao Yan's hands, and instead began eagerly wondering at the marvelous abilities of Chu Yang, the alchemist.

Chu Yang immediately stated that he would prepare medicine for Xiao Yu.

As a rule, he refined pills and prepared medicine in his own alchemy room. Even his personal maidservants, Yanyan and Keke, were not yet qualified to observe.

Though Xiao Yu faintly felt wronged inside, she had no choice but to wait outside with Yanyan and Keke for Chu Yang to emerge with good news.

The "cat scratch" Xiao Yan had left on Xiao Yu's face was not actually very serious. Chu Yang felt that there was no need for a Beauty Restoration Pill to resolve it.

He had not even begun refining Beauty Restoration Pills yet.

Therefore, to address Xiao Yu's urgent need, he first prepared an herbal medicine. He was worried that the young lady might be anxious!

He was confident that this herbal medicine could immediately heal the scar on Xiao Yu's face.

Preparing this herbal medicine was even faster than refining pills.

Before long, Chu Yang opened the door and came out.

He had Yanyan and Keke help Xiao Yu apply it.

"Ah—"

Very soon, Xiao Yu let out a cry of surprise as she looked into the mirror.

Yanyan and Keke were equally astonished right afterward.

They saw that the "cat scratch" marks on Xiao Yu's face had not only vanished completely, but the skin on her face had become even better than before, making her look even more beautiful.