Congratulations on checking in with goddess Ning'er! Reward: Soul Storage Ring ×1

Until she reached out and held out a pill to Fa Ma. Fa Ma looked at it, his eyes immediately lit up, and he excitedly picked up the pill to examine it for a while before putting it back in Yao Yue's hand. "Yes, yes, this is the seventh-grade pill, the Life Returning Pill, a pill that can bring people back to life."

"Grand Preceptor, Grand Preceptor?"

In a daze, Qian Ye was awakened by someone, but the sound was not harsh; rather, it was clear and melodious, like the sound of a bell, refreshing to the ear.

Who is calling me?

Qian Ye opened her eyes and sat up in bed. There was no one in the room. She glanced around and finally looked at the door, where there seemed to be a long, narrow shadow.

Looking through the door, one immediately sees a woman, about eighteen or nineteen years old, dressed in palace attire. She is tall, with regular features and an oval face, looking like a fairy from a painting—a stunning beauty.

Clearly, this was a palace maid; a quick calculation revealed that she had been arranged by Princess Yao Ye.

She kept her word and promised to arrange three beautiful palace maids for herself, and she really did arrange three: one personal maid and two maids for general tasks.

He smiled and said, "Come in?"

"Yes, Your Excellency." A voice responded from outside.

Thump~

The door was pushed open, and a woman of about nineteen years old walked in first. Then two more women walked in behind her, one about eighteen and the other about seventeen. They were all beautiful palace maids of similar age. The only difference was that the first maid was wearing a green robe with a red belt, while the two behind her were also wearing green robes but had yellow belts around their waists.

Qian Ye thought that the different belts must represent the different statuses of the palace maids.

Just like the official robes and black gauze hats of ancient feudal dynasties in that world, the decorations, shapes, patterns, or colors on the hats of palace officials varied according to their rank and size.

"Who are you?" Qian Ye asked directly after sizing up the three of them.

"Greetings, Grand Preceptor. My name is Ning'er. I am your personal maid, sent by the Eldest Princess to take care of your daily needs," the maid with the red sash introduced herself.

He then introduced the two palace maids behind him, "Her name is Xia'er, Ruo'er. They are responsible for the daily work of cleaning the mansion and will assist me in serving you, sir."

I see.

Qian Ye nodded. "Okay, then stay. As long as you three stay here without worry, I won't treat you badly."

"Thank you, sir," the three women said in unison.

Qian Ye nodded. "Xia'er, Ruo'er, you two go out first?"

"Yes." The two responded and immediately left, closing the door behind them.

Then, leaving only Qian Ye and Ning'er in the room, she was a little nervous, wondering what he meant by leaving her alone. After all, it was normal to be worried since it was their first meeting.

Qian Ye got off the bed, circled Ning'er three times, and when he got close enough to smell a faint fragrance emanating from her. "Your name is Ning'er?"

"Yes, sir. 😾♛ ★😾" Ning'er replied, bowing her head. She dared not show the slightest displeasure, remaining obedient and eliciting pity from others.

"From now on, I'll entrust the management of the mansion to you. Don't let me down, understand?" Qian Ye asked.

"Yes, sir." Ning'er was secretly delighted, not expecting her master to think so highly of her.

"Ding! Master, congratulations on checking in with Goddess Ning'er! Reward: Soul Storage Ring +1! Note: The item has been stored in the System Space, please check it!"

"Loli voice Check-in System," it said.

[Soul Storage Ring: Used to collect souls; it has a large internal space and is suitable for collecting and imprisoning any soul.]

Qian Ye nodded in agreement, then immediately took out a ring from his System Space. It was a black ring. He put it on his finger, knowing that he could use it to collect souls.

Presumably, the function of this ring is similar to that of the Yao Chen Ring, which can be used to store a soul.

The difference is that the Soul Storage Ring rewarded by the system is much better.

Qian Ye dripped a drop of his own blood onto it, Soul Storage Ring immediately absorbed it, completing the recognition process. From now on, he could use it to absorb souls, which was quite convenient.

"Then you can go down now?"

"Yes, sir." Ning'er nodded and immediately withdrew. Once outside, she closed the door and immediately clutched her rapidly beating heart, extremely nervous.

She felt she was unapproachable, yet she couldn't help but be captivated by his charm, especially since he was the teacher of a nation—a rare find in the entire Jia Ma Empire, and no one could resist him.

Even Yao Ye had harbored some improper thoughts about him, let alone a lowly palace maid like her.

Xia'er and Ruo'er shared the same thoughts, but they felt unworthy and dared not get too close to him, which did not mean they didn't have feelings for him.

Soon after, Yao Ye sent someone to deliver to Qian Ye a complete set of imperial advisor's equipment: clothes, robes, hat, jade pendant, sword, boots, and a magnificent horse.

This can be considered a generous treatment of him.

"Ning'er, the little princess and Guild Master Fa Ma have come to see the Imperial Preceptor. Should we inform him?"

Ning'er was standing outside Qian Ye's room when Ruo'er stepped forward and said something.

"What are they doing here?" Ning'er asked.

She seemed to be deep in thought. After all, they were the little princess and President Fa Ma, so she couldn't refuse them face. Of course, if Qian Ye didn't want to see her, she wouldn't let the two of them in either, since her master now wasn't the little princess, but Qian Ye. Times had changed.

Even if you offend them, there's nothing you can do about it.

"I don't know. They just said they wanted to see the adults because they had important matters to discuss. They didn't say anything else, and I didn't dare to ask any more questions," Ruo'er said.

After all, she was a princess, and as a lowly palace maid, she certainly didn't have the right to question the princess. Otherwise, she would be violating the rules set by the royal family, and the consequences would range from a reprimand and imprisonment to execution.

"Let's consult the Imperial Advisor first."

"Yes."

The two then went to knock on the door...

Outside the Imperial Preceptor's residence, Fa Ma and Yao Yue were waiting at the gate. Xia'er was standing guard on the left side of the gate. Seeing the little princess's anxious appearance, she was very afraid that she would suddenly rush in. After all, she was a princess. She couldn't stop her or not. She was afraid that if she let her in, Imperial Preceptor Qian Ye would blame her. After all, her master now was Qian Ye, not the little princess.

However, one side is a princess, and the other is the imperial advisor; neither of them are easy to deal with. If the little princess really wants to barge in, she wouldn't be able to stop her given her strength.

Hopefully, the little princess won't trespass.

"Teacher, why don't we just go in and see the Imperial Advisor? I'm a princess; he won't blame me." Sure enough, Yao Yue couldn't wait for Ruo'er to go in and announce her arrival; she wanted to barge in directly.

"No." Fa Ma quickly stopped her, not wanting to offend a Seventh-Tier Apothecary over such a trivial matter. He had no choice but to stop his unruly disciple, lest she be ruthlessly kicked out even if she went in.

The other party is Seventh-Tier Apothecary, not someone a Fifth-Tier Alchemist like myself would dare to be disrespectful to.

Even the emperor, the eldest princess Old Jia would have to give him face; what am I compared to him?

"Xiao Yue, Ruo'er has already gone in to report, there's no need to rush. Let's wait until she comes out before we talk about it."