Silver Bottle VI

"Did you hear that?" Lemei laughed. "He's doing all this willingly."

"And I'm not making him work for nothing. I gave him some high-end pastries and supplies from home."

The noble girl spread her hands.

"This is also Madam's teaching. As alchemy apprentices, we should strictly abide by the principle of 'equivalent exchange.'"

"Sorry, but dignity is priceless."

Gilan replied calmly.

"Besides, your attitude really pisses me off."

With that, he turned and left, carrying the firewood.

Lemei froze.

Then, her face darkened with irritation. She gritted her teeth, took two steps forward, caught up to him, and spoke again:

"I'll trade my things for your alchemy formations!"

"No need." Gilan said indifferently, without looking at her.

"You..."

Lemei felt utterly stifled.

Never before had she been so thoroughly rebuffed by a commoner, especially a male commoner.

But helplessly, he was also Madam Macara's apprentice—and even smarter and more knowledgeable than she was... The strengths for which she had been praised and admired since childhood were utterly suppressed by him.

Lemei felt that in front of this blond young man, she simply could not hold her head up.

Most importantly, she could not beat him.

After seeing Gilan casually kill a wild rabbit twenty meters away with a stone, Lemei had completely abandoned any thought of subduing this man by force.

Status, position, strength, intelligence, talent...

Everything Lemei had once taken pride in paled in comparison before Gilan.

"What would it take for you to be willing to teach me?"

Lemei gritted her teeth, stopped walking, and asked in a low voice.

She had her own pride and was unwilling to be outdone by a commoner man her own age. Besides, she truly had a deep passion and dedication for alchemy.

"If you want to learn, then you need the