Xiao Minghuang saw that Ye Ruoshui's little face was flushed red, as if she had just soaked in water. Her hair was damp, and mist swirled in her beautiful eyes, making her adorable beyond measure.
"Ruoshui... were you refining pills?"
A Hundredfold Critical Hit! Elephant Blood Body Tempering Pill!
Xiao Minghuang stood at the doorway, the surging heat waves pouring from within the room baking her from head to toe until she felt pleasantly warm.
Ye Ruoshui's face was full of joy. Her Body Tempering Pill was about to be completed, and she had been planning to find Her Highness to witness its emergence from the furnace. She had not expected Her Highness to come on her own.
Wasn't this proof that she and Her Highness were hearts linked as one?
"Yes!"
Ye Ruoshui answered brightly, turning to point at the furnace blazing with fierce flames, her face brimming with delight.
"Your Highness, the Body Tempering Pill is about to come out of the furnace!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Minghuang's lips curved slightly, a faint smile appearing on her face. She raised a hand to rub Ye Ruoshui's soft hair and said warmly,
"Ruoshui, you're amazing!"
A satisfied smile appeared on Ye Ruoshui's little face. With just that single word of praise from Her Highness, all the hardships she had endured for so long amounted to nothing at all.
Xiao Minghuang looked toward the pill furnace. From within the raging flames, she could vaguely sense a surging, turbulent force of blood and qi rising and falling.
When most pills were about to be completed, they would emit different auras according to their properties and effects.
If a pill was of sufficiently high quality, it could condense that aura into something tangible and release it, creating a phenomenon visible to the