A deal with Zi Yan

Ta-da-da~

Just then, footsteps sounded behind them.

Qian Ye turned around and saw that the person was a little girl in white, with small arms and legs, a pair of long ponytails, and delicate features, looking exactly like a little loli.

It seems this little girl came to me for the elixir.

Qian Ye smiled slightly, said nothing more, and continued walking forward without stopping.

Zi Yan caught up in a few steps and walked alongside her, feigning maturity. "Qian Ye, do I want that kind of pill too?"

They really came for the seventh-grade pills.

"What kind of pill?" Qian Ye pretended not to know.

"That's... that's the kind of pill you gave the old man?"

"Old man, which old man?"

"Elder!"

"Oh?" Qian Ye pondered, "Yan Yan, this is a seventh-grade pill. You can't just take it whenever you want. You have to exchange it for something. Like medicinal herbs, Monster Core, or Fire Energy?"

Fire Energy?

Zi Yan thought for a moment, then immediately denied it. She could have anything else, but she didn't even have enough Fire Energy herself, let alone enough to exchange for. "Medicinal herbs are fine, wait for me?"

After she finished speaking, she took off running.

But after running a few steps, she turned back and ran up to Qian Ye: "By the way, Qian Ye, where do you live?"

"The Medicine Gang's residence," Qian Ye replied. ♔🎄 ✎☠

She was unaware that Qian Ye had already traded a seventh-grade pill, the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, for the Medicine Gang's lodging.

"I understand. You just wait, I'll be right there." Zi Yan said, then scurried away and disappeared from sight.

Qian Ye smiled, turned around, and continued walking back.

"Brother Qian Ye, you're back."

As soon as Qian Ye reached his front door, he heard Xiao Xun'er's voice.

Then, she rushed to him.

What else could Qian Ye say? He reached out and patted her head, then walked inside alongside her.

Hu Jia followed suit and ran out as well. When she looked at Qian Ye, her eyes were already sparkling.

Qian Ye looked at the two people on his left and right, their faint fragrance emanating from them, and felt a lingering sense of satisfaction.

Elder Qing was already busy in the kitchen, and soon the aroma of food filled the dining room.

"Brother Ye, Sister Qing asked me to call you two for dinner."

Qian Ye had just sat down and chatted with Xiao Xun'er for a while when Hu Jia ran over from the restaurant to call him to go eat.

"Okay." Qian Ye got up and walked towards the restaurant with Xiao Xun'er.

With Elder Qing as the steward, we were spared the time of cooking ourselves.

Although his cooking skills were better than Elder Qing's, as the saying goes, if there's something ready to eat, who would want to cook for themselves?

When Qian Ye arrived at the restaurant, he saw that ten dishes and a soup were already laid out on the table.

At this moment, Hu Jia, Xiao Xun'er, and Elder Qing were already seated, watching Qian Ye sit down, waiting for him to enjoy the dinner together.

Qian Ye picked up his chopsticks, glanced at the three women, and said, "Good-for-nothings."

"Let's eat." The three women said in unison, picking up their chopsticks and starting to eat with him.

The allure of delicious food is undeniable.

In addition, Elder Qing's cooking skills were also superb, and before long, Qian Ye and the other two were sweating profusely from eating.

Bang~

Just as Qian Ye and his friends were enjoying their meal, a loud noise came from outside the door, and someone slammed the door open.

As soon as the restaurant door opened, a little girl poked her head in and peered inside.

Uh~

Hearing the commotion, Xiao Xun'er and the others looked towards the door.

Qian Ye looked over as well, and it turned out to be none other than the little maid Zi Yan.

I'm really impressed with her. We were only halfway through the meal when this little girl showed up.

Then he thought again about what he had promised her, and seeing the small bundle on her shoulder, he knew without a doubt that the little girl had come to exchange her medicine for pills.

I wasn't so angry anymore and continued eating.

Elder Qing glanced at Qian Ye, then at Zi Yan, smiled, and lowered his head to continue eating.

After all, they had already met the little girl, so they weren't surprised.

However, Xiao Xun'er and Hu Jia knew absolutely nothing about this girl, so naturally they didn't know her background.

"Brother Qian Ye, who is this little girl?" Hu Jia looked at the little girl who had suddenly barged into the restaurant, feeling more puzzled and curious.

I didn't see what a dangerous person a girl of about twelve years old was.

Xiao Xun'er looked at Zi Yan, then at Elder Qing, and finally at Qian Ye, her gaze questioning, as if Qian Ye knew something.

Qian Ye exchanged glances with the two girls before smiling and saying, "Hu Jia, Xun'er, don't underestimate her just because she's young. She's the top-ranked senior student on the Inner Academy's Strong Ranking, and she's also a Peak Dou Wang expert."

Ah~

Upon hearing Qian Ye's words, both women, except for Elder Qing remained silent, were shocked. Xiao Xun'er and Hu Jia were also stunned.

"Brother Qian Ye, you're not kidding us, are you?" Hu Jia looked at Zi Yan at the door with disbelief for a long time. "Isn't this just a twelve-year-old girl? How could she possibly be Peak Dou Wang, a top ten in the Inner Academy's Strong Ranking, and even the number one on the Strong Ranking?"

Xiao Xun'er remained silent, carefully examining Zi Yan. She also found it unbelievable, but she was more convinced that Qian Ye wouldn't lie to her.

"Yes." Qian Ye answered Hu Jia's question with absolute certainty.

Then he turned around and waved to Zi Yan: "Yan Yan, come here?"

Zi Yan glanced at Xiao Xun'er and the other girls, realizing she didn't recognize them, but she looked at Elder Qing again, since she had just met him, before carrying her bundle to Qian Ye, putting it on the ground, and then opening it.

Immediately, over a hundred kinds of medicinal herbs were displayed before him.

Qian Ye glanced at them and had to admit that these were all high-quality herbs. He figured Zi Yan must have scoured the medicine pavilion to get so many. He patted her head and said, "Very good."

"Where's the pill?" Zi Yan stretched out a small, fair hand, hoping to exchange it for a seventh-grade pill, the Yin- Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, from Qian Ye.

"Here you go." Qian Ye naturally couldn't go back on his word, so he took out a Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and gave it to her.

Zi Yan smiled happily, revealing her two pearl-like Xiao Hu. Then, in front of Hu Jia and the others, she stuffed the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill into her mouth in one gulp, chewing it with relish as if it were an ice pop.

Before long, she had swallowed the pill completely.

"Qian Ye, I'll come back to find you." Zi Yan licked her lips with lingering satisfaction, then turned and disappeared through the restaurant entrance.

The three women left behind— Hu Jia, Xiao Xun'er, and Elder Qing— looked at each other, unsure of what to say.

Qian Ye shook his head, picked up his wine glass and drank it all in one gulp before continuing to eat the rest of his meal.

That night, Qian Ye entered the secret chamber alone, intending to refine a batch of pills before going to sleep.

I was busy until midnight.

Qian Ye finally finished refining a batch of seventh-grade pills before returning to his room to rest.

The more the merrier; you can eat it yourself, give it away, or trade it.

If it can achieve twice the result with half the effort, why not do it?