Moisture Pill

Qin Yue fell silent after Li Xuan's blow. She blinked her big eyes as she looked at everyone, seeing the disbelief in their eyes.

Even Song Xiaomei looked at Qin Yue in astonishment, unable to conceal the trace of shock in her gaze.

"All right, anyone who scored below six, leave on your own. I don't want to say it a second time," Sister Qi said flatly, issuing an order to leave.

"Thank you for taking care of us during this time. We're sorry."

The three students who had failed to qualify bowed slightly, then turned and left in disappointment.

Only seven apprentices remained, standing there nervously. In the end, only three would stay, and four more would be eliminated.

"All right, next I'll teach you how to prepare hemostatic medicine and refine Coagulation Pills. These are all basics. I hope to see your refining results in a month."

Sister Qi swayed her slender waist as she walked gracefully to Qin Yue's side. Raising a hand, she rubbed the little cat again before beginning to explain how to prepare hemostatic medicine.

These were all the most basic pills. Even for hemostatic medicine and blood-replenishing medicine, all one needed to do was combine the herbs in the proper proportions.

Only Coagulation Pills required actual refining, but they were not difficult either. As long as one mastered the heat and timing, they could be successfully refined.

Thus, Sister Qi explained all of this. She even took everyone to the pill-refining room and personally demonstrated it once.

"From now on, you may use Pill-Refining Rooms Two and Three for free, but you'll have to pay for the herbs yourselves.

"Also, once your pills are successfully refined, the shop will take ten percent of the sales profit. No objections?" Sister Qi raised a brow.

"No objections!"

Everyone hurriedly nodded. They could not have asked for more than free access to the pill-refining rooms. Renting such a good place outside would have cost a great deal.

Sister Qi taking only ten percent of the sales profit was already very generous, so everyone hastily nodded.

"Go refine now. Remember to take turns watching the shop, and don't sleep again."

Sister Qi turned to look at Qin Yue. She had originally wanted to scold her a few times, but that snow-white cat was far too adorable. Her attention was immediately drawn away, and she rubbed it twice more.

"Mhm, I understand."

Qin Yue hurriedly nodded and let out a slight sigh of relief. This matter had finally passed completely.

"Yueyue, let's go refine pills."

Song Xiaomei came to Qin Yue's side, grabbed her, and headed for the pill-refining room next door to try making medicine. At the same time, she asked Qin Yue about the exam.

Inside the pill-refining room.

After Song Xiaomei shut the door, she looked Qin Yue over curiously and whispered, "Yueyue, how did you score nine points? That score is incredibly high."

"Actually, it wasn't me. Brother Li Xuan taught me. He had seen these herbs in the Summoned Beast World and knew their general properties.

"When we were reading books some time ago, we happened to compare and verify them against each other, so I remembered them all," Qin Yue answered truthfully.

"So it was Kitty. So amazing. I never thought we'd lose to a cat."

Song Xiaomei looked at the little white cat in amazement, becoming even more envious of Qin Yue's summoned beast.

"Let's refine pills. I want to earn money and buy things for Brother Li Xuan," Qin Yue suggested.

"Sure, then let's refine pills."

The two began bustling about, trying to refine pills.

However.

Pills might have been simple for Sister Qi, but they were still quite difficult for these apprentices. Hemostatic medicine was manageable, but Coagulation Pills were comparatively difficult.

The control over heat and timing had to be extremely precise, or it was easy to ruin the refinement.

That was also why Sister Qi had given everyone a month: so they could practice diligently.

Thus.

Over the next month, the apprentices all studied hard and refined pills, hoping to remain in the end.

Sister Qi simply left them to their own devices and paid no attention to the apprentices at all, spending every day in the medicine-refining room.

Occasionally, that snow-white cat would run in to watch. She did not avoid it and simply continued refining medicine on her own.

Very soon.

A month passed, and it was finally time for the assessment.

That morning, Sister Qi was slowly walking toward the shop when a plump figure approached her head-on.

Sister Qi took a look and saw that it was Sister Zhang Fang, an old customer who often came to the shop to buy pills.

"Sister Zhang Fang, what a coincidence. I actually ran into you here," Sister Qi said with a smile.

"I was waiting specifically for you. Do you still have any Black Iron-grade Moisture Pills in your shop? Can you sell me two more?" Sister Zhang Fang asked with a smile.

"Moisture Pills? Those are difficult to refine. I remember they sold out five days ago," Sister Qi thought for a moment before answering.

"Five days ago? That can't be right. Didn't I just buy two yesterday? I took one, and the effect was incredibly good—better than the ones you sold me before.

"I came this time to buy another ten pills with that kind of good effect."

"Huh? You bought them just yesterday? Are you sure?"

Sister Qi froze. She remembered that all the Moisture Pills she had refined had sold out. There should not have been any left.

"Of course I'm sure. One of the apprentices from your shop sold them to me. Oh, right, she had a white cat on her shoulder. It was very cute."

"A little cat?" Sister Qi was slightly stunned, her pretty brows knitting together.

There was only one person who carried a little cat on her shoulder: Qin Yue. But why would she sell pills to someone else? Where had she gotten the pills?

One had to know that the Black Iron-grade medicine in the shop had all been painstakingly refined by Sister Qi. It could not be casually sold to others.

Every sale of precious pills had to be approved by Sister Qi, yet Qin Yue had sold a Moisture Pill. That made Sister Qi somewhat displeased.

"How could she have Moisture Pills? Could it be that after I finished refining them and had her send them to the counter, she secretly took two?"

Sister Qi analyzed the matter in secret, feeling that Qin Yue had most likely hidden the pills away and then sold them yesterday.

"I never expected her to be that kind of person. What a disappointment."

Sister Qi drew a deep breath, anger appearing on her fair little face. She prepared to go over and question Qin Yue properly, to see what exactly had happened.

"What's wrong? You look very angry," Sister Zhang Fang asked in confusion.

"Sigh, someone troublesome appeared in the shop. I misjudged her," Sister Qi sighed, looking deeply disappointed.

"Someone troublesome? Just fire that kind of person. But first, about the pills—your recent pills have been truly excellent. Their effects have increased greatly.

"I noticed it keenly after taking just one, and their color is a deeper blue too. They look much prettier," Sister Zhang Fang said with a smile.

"Eh? A deeper blue? Aren't all the colors the same?" Sister Qi asked doubtfully.

"They're not the same. Look, the color is much prettier."

After saying that, Sister Zhang Fang took a small box from her robes and slowly opened it. Before long, a beautiful, crystalline azure pill appeared inside.

Looking at that beautiful pill and smelling its pleasant pill fragrance, Sister Qi froze, staring blankly at it.

Because she had not refined this pill. The pills she refined simply could not meet such a standard; there was an enormous gap between the two.

This made things rather strange. It proved that Qin Yue had not stolen the pills, but Sister Qi was utterly baffled, unable to understand where Qin Yue had gotten them.